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@meganmay.bsky.social

Green Party, Unison member, feminist organiser. Pro abortion pro trans pro sex work decrim. She/her

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Chris Bertram@crookedfootball.bsky.social · 17h ago

"RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised"

Nicola Kelly@nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · yesterday

I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...

Daniel C. Blight@danielcblight.bsky.social · 4d ago

***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:

University and College Union (UCU)@ucu.org.uk · 4d ago

UCU members at Brighton University face the threat of derecognition. We have called an emergency rally tomorrow at 1:15pm. It would be amazing to see as many #TUC26 delegates as possible in attendance. 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY

BDS movement@bdsmovement.bsky.social · last wk.

A boycott of everything is a boycott that goes nowhere. In this second video of our BDS 101 series, learn about the strategy behind the BDS movement's boycott campaigns — and why our boycott targets are divided into priority, pressure and organic.

Jared Yates Sexton@jysexton.bsky.social · last wk.

There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.

Bethany Black@bethanyblack.bsky.social · 2w ago

What is consciousness? What is sentience? These are philosophical question that have been asked since the dawn of time. How lucky we are to live in a time where 7 people in Northern California realised the answer is “being able to predict the most statistically significant next word in a sentence”

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3w ago

I have written to the Cabinet Secretary to seek assurances that the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, who was lobbying for the privatised water industry until recently, has had no involvement in talks about the future of Thames Water.

25th August 2026 Dear Antonia, It is reported in the media today that the Prime Minister has ‘shelved’ plans to take Thames Water into administration. As is well known, the Chief of Staff in Downing Street James Purnell was until his appointment, the Chief Executive of Flint Global, whose clients it is widely reported include members of the privatised water industry, and Thames Water’s bondholders. The Times reports that the Prime Minister has been ‘advised by officials’ not to go ahead with special administration. In addition to James Purnell, can you confirm that no other officials involved in this process have links to the privatised water industry, and have accepted no hospitality from anyone associated with or acting on behalf of members of the water industry, including Flint Global, post the departure of James Purnell. It is especially concerning that the Times reports that the Prime Minister has listened to advice that even the half measure of temporary special administration would be costly and run into legal issues. Of course, this is what advisers and lobbyists for the privatised water industry will be saying and it is the ‘advice’ James Purnell would have been making weeks ago, It is also highly unlikely to be true, given the repeated catastrophic failures of Thames Water, including polluted rivers, sky high bills and water shortages, Thames Water could be taken into public ownership right now and Thames Water would not have a legal leg to stand on. The public and I expect a proper explanation for this decision, including an update to parliament at the first possible time, and assurances that James Purnell has had nothing at all to
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · last mo.

I think it's key to understanding their worldview that they imagine a world not *without* immigrants, but one in which immigrants' inferiority is permanently asserted and they become a subservient caste. All these people worship the Gulf States.

Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · last mo.

What is the right-wing vision for a world where immigrants have been deported and public services cut? Care and other services would dry up. The return of living in squalor for those beyond working age? The workhouse? The pauper’s grave?

Dmitry Grozoubinski@explaintrade.com · last mo.

It's me, a Telegraph columnist, taking a break screaming bloody murder about fairness in the women's sports I wouldn't be caught dead watching to wax lyrical about academic integrity in sociology, a field I consider to be fake, at institutions I consider to be communist indoctrination centers.

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · last mo.

I've been combing through Reform UK's latest party accounts. Reform UK took more in donations in 2025 than Labour and the Lib Dems combined...twice over. £31.9 million in donations in a non-GE year. It's staggering. They spent a lot (over £21m) but banked over £10m. Reform's war chest = £11.9m

REFORM UK Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 2025 Notes 2025 2024 £ £ Income Donation income 2 22,872,257 5,861,950 Fundraising income 3 1,418,902 389,703 Merchandise sales 3 719,742 48,593 Membership fees 4 5,976,354 4,344,371 Notional income 144,880 - Investment income 5 96,750 1,874 Miscellaneous income 6 633,535 186,225 Total income 31,862,420 10,832,716 Staff costs 10 2,966,604 741,146 Depreciation 12 27,393 1,710 Premises costs 499,635 144,226 Office costs 8,944,096 2,601,650 Campaign cost 4,376,601 4,248,408 Fundraising costs 3,472,805 1,341,280 Notional expenditure 144,880 - Branch campaigning costs 736,958 - Financing charges 11 400,587 236,167 Total Expenditure 21,569,559 9,314,587 Surplus before taxation 10,292,861 1,518,129 Tax on surplus (98,296) - Surplus for the financial year 10,194,565 1,518,129
LiLBaz@lilbazza.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm hearing if we treat people with a touch of humanity & don't bang them up for 22 out of 24hrs they don't develop pent up rage & aggression & the need to self-harm or lash out on others to channel all that violence that's been cultivated in them. More as we get it

The motto of the unit, which is based on prisons in Sweden and Norway, is: "Building better neighbours." There are choir sessions, dance classes, a reading group and a weekly tea party where inmates and officers discuss their concerns. Prisoners are out of their cells for up to nine hours a day, compared with two in the rest of the jail.
Rachel Sylvester@rachelsylvester.bsky.social · last mo.

New Scandinavian wings at Wandsworth and Pentonville jails have seen a 45% fall in assaults, 57% drop in self harm and halving of staff absence rates - fascinating results from trial into a more rehabilitative approach to prisons observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places.

Opposition Leader Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Home Office Secretary Chris Philp, in high-vis police jackets enjoy a photo opportunity.
Tony Bird@tonybirdlondon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Be interesting to see who mourns the death of a journalist who was arrested for punching his pregnant partner and who said he couldn't become a teacher because "I could not remotely conceive of not trying to shag the kids." Bet it's the "protecting women and children" crew