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That this gorgeous flamboyance exists in the wild world is just filling me with joy ๐คฉ I hope you enjoy it too โบ๏ธ
โMore than a hundred groups co-ordinated to try to shut DSEI down. There were banners from the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, the Global Womenโs Strike and Quakers for peace, among others.โ
Rebekah Diski at the Stop the Arms Fair protests, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity ๐
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity with trans women after todayโs Supreme Court ruling.
The rollback of LGBT rights โ especially trans rights โ is global, bankrolled by billionaires and the far-right.
Trans rights are human rights. We must defend the Equality Act and its protections for trans people.
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Whatโs the inking pen youโre using btw?
Benefit cuts with a red rosette are in many ways no different than those stained in blue. Joints still throb when the heating has to be switched off in winter. Stomachs still pang with hunger when there is only a biscuit for tea. And yet cuts signed off by a Labour Chancellor are in a sense particularly brutal. They come with a tinge, not just of fear, but despair and betrayal. The feeling that if this is life under the โgood guysโ, there really is no hope that anything will get better. Politicians, it turns out, really are all the same. That is the sort of loss that canโt be measured by a Treasury spreadsheet. It is also one that - once lost - is deeply hard to get back.
Quakers have a long history of nonviolent direct action. At the time, this is often viewed as criminal.
History, however, normally judges differently.
The UK government needs to have a hard think about which side it wants to be on.
Not in living memory has a Quaker Meeting House been violated like this.
Photo of sun rising up above silhouette of tree branches and a church
Happy Equinox folks ๐๐๐
โLet us know why you cancelled, itโll just take a minuteโ
Image of text reads: โOther reason: I disagree with the political stance and alignment of the Amazon business which particularly harms the most vulnerable. I will no longer be spending my money there.โ
๐ค Such an unexpected relief to delete the Amazon app from my devices ๐ฎโ๐จ๐ #BuyDirect
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#blueskyart
Drawn circles encompass 4 seated figures around a fire facing outwards with a heart at the centre
A picture for you:
Embrace ๐
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
A poem for you ๐
โEncompassโ
26.2.2025
#blueskypoem #truethings #lunchbreak
#daybreak #poetry #poetree
How to spend half a trillion dollars
So glad youโre here @emmaelizabeth88.bsky.social ๐๐๐
Not that far back, we were all black.
๐ How ever did you survive Durham ๐
I would love to see you next time Iโm down in London, I canโt believe how long itโs been!
Living a 10 min journey from this beach and from Liverpool city centre is a very happy compromise
I grew up in the midlands, moved here 25 years ago and I donโt think I could bear to be away from the sea again ๐ฅฐ I love London and all the amazing food and entertainment it has to offer, but can only do about 3 days before I get overwhelmed and need a horizon and some super fresh air ๐
Black crow flying against a dreamy yellow and grey sky above a sandy beach
Yellow and grey sky over sandy beach with Leasowe lighthouse in the distance
Leasowe Bay #wirral #coast #joy
M L W 18.2.25 #workinprogress #workforpeace #threadsofconnection
Forgot to alt text: image of painted flowers with the words: โIf it brings you even a little bit of joy, do thatโฆ definitely do that.โ
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Happy in-between Christmas and Easter cactus flower๐ต๐ธ๐ฅฐ #cactus #flower #surprise