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Morwenna Griffiths

@morwennag.bsky.social

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Retired academic (education, feminism, social justice, research methods, etc). Now likes writing poetry, taking photographs and reading books.

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Morwenna Griffiths @morwennag.bsky.social · Aug 20

More power to your elbows!

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devrawiz.bsky.social @devrawiz.bsky.social · Aug 19

"6 former Israeli hostages+widow of a slain hostage have released a video pleading with President Trump in English to support a comprehensive deal to make peace in Gaza so that the remaining hostages can be freed." + Mossad/IDF want Trump to stop the genocide.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israelis-u...

Israelis Understand That Trump Can End The Nightmare In Gaza. Americans Should Know This Too.

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

www.caitlinjohnst.one

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · Aug 19

5 years after Brexit, it’s shamefully clear that UK is being left behind on environment policy. With few exceptions, Govt has *deliberately* chosen not to keep up with standards of EU neighbours. Worse, in a number of areas they’re planning to actively go backwards @ieep.eu
@europeanmovement.co.uk

UK falling behind EU on environmental rules amid post-Brexit rollback

Exclusive: Labour ministers choosing to weaken green protections inherited from the bloc, analysis reveals

www.theguardian.com

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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest @edi.bike · Aug 19

This morning we've delivered an Open Letter, co-authored with Spokes, to the City Chambers - addressing the delays and deferrals of decisions on the East Area ‘Travelling Safely’ schemes, in London Rd, Willowbrae, Duddingston and beyond.

edi.bike/files/2025/p...

Five white A4 envelopes are spread out across the black cover of a front-loading cargo bike, under the pillared stone arches of the City Chambers quad in Edinburgh. The envelopes are marked with 'URGENT' and the logos of Spokes, the Lothian Cycle campaign, and edi.bike

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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨 BREAKING: Activists just installed a giant piece of protest art on a gas platform to symbolise the DAMAGE fossil fuel giants like Shell are inflicting on people and planet.

Who else is FED UP of big oil polluting the planet and getting away with it?

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · Aug 14

Flower drawing in progress. Im not that fast, it’s a timelapse.

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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨 BREAKING: 1,000 litres of “BLOOD” spills from a Shell platform in the North Sea.

Activists just installed a giant piece of protest art by world-famous artist Anish Kapoor to symbolise the DAMAGE oil giants like Shell are inflicting on people and planet.

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · Jul 29

#ScottishPoetryEvents

LOUD POETS FRINGE 2025

Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Dates: 1st, 8th, 14th, 21st Aug
Time: 8.30-9.45pm

Tickets: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:61...

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JohnNicolson @johnnicolson.bsky.social · Jul 29

Darkly funny: signs appearing across central London, protesting Starmer’s use of anti-terror laws against peaceful pro-Palestine protesters.

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Morwenna Griffiths @morwennag.bsky.social · Jul 22

No? Tell me what they are?

Morwenna Griffiths @morwennag.bsky.social · Jul 22

Hello @adriancoyle.bsky.social and @jennysanders.bsky.social I hardly ever look at bluesky but maybe I know you lovely people are here.

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Morwenna Griffiths @morwennag.bsky.social · Jul 22

You express just what I think Aidan. Thank you - and thank you our half dozen, and thank you @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social and Roy McFarlane.

Morwenna Griffiths @morwennag.bsky.social · May 27

I love this TED talk. It helps give some perspective on the news headlines that assail us every day and all the time. www.angushervey.com?ref=fixthene...

ANGUS HERVEY

www.angushervey.com

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · Apr 29

"If I knew where poems came from, I would go there." -- Michael Longley.

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Juliet Wilson (Crafty Green Poet) @craftygreenpoet.bsky.social · Apr 27

Good news for fans of independent cinema in Edinburgh. The Filmhouse (@filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social) plans on reopening in June! www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/opening-th...

Opening the doors of Edinburgh Filmhouse

How the city's ‘fantastic four’ helped save art house cinema from life as a theme pub

www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk

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devrawiz.bsky.social @devrawiz.bsky.social · Apr 26

What more is there to say. The USA/UK/Germany, to name the main culprits, will cry crocodile tears, perhaps. The genocide could have been stopped as soon as the ICC published its verdict. Soon a remnant of Gazans will be forcibly (called voluntarily) be pushed out.
mondoweiss.net/2025/04/rafa...

Rafah no longer exists. This is part of Israel’s plan to permanently occupy Gaza.

Israel has completely wiped out Rafah, turning a fifth of Gaza’s territory into a giant buffer zone. This is part of Israel’s plan to permanently remain in Gaza and ethnically cleanse its people.

mondoweiss.net

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Morwenna Griffiths @morwennag.bsky.social · Apr 7

Nine of those that marched to demonstrate resistance against the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline have been remanded ahead of their trial, and are without basic provisions in Kampala's maximum security prison. If you're able to donate to support them, please do so here.
chuffed.org/project/stud...

chuffed.org

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · Apr 4

This is called ‘The Futures aren’t Bright, the Futures are Orange’.

$The Futures aren’t Bright, the Futures are Orange And in today’s financial news, a sharp fall in the competence and capability markets have led to a rise in dolour against such a pounding and a yen to return to a rational world. The SADSAQ index has plummeted by a further 22%, following severe marble losses. Intelligence and acumen slumped by 34% and 45% respectively, while credibility tumbled, grazing both knees and fracturing its collarbone. Elsewhere, the FFS 100 index has seen a 12% rise in incredulity, as shares in buffoonery and idiocy continue to soar in response to another record-breaking day for the US president at the laughing stock exchange. Brian Bilston$

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Morwenna Griffiths @morwennag.bsky.social · Mar 23

Next Sunday poetry readings. 16 poets at the Story Telling Centre, Edinburgh. 11.30-12.30. Lunch available. I am one of the 16. #poems#poetry_readings#Edinburgh#School0fPoets#free

Morwenna Griffiths @morwennag.bsky.social · Mar 23

A tidy house, a tidy room
I look at them with envy.
I’d love to have a tidy place
Instead I’ve got high entropy

I’ve tried to please, to court and win
the gods of tidy living.
They turn their backs on all my pleas.
They stay aloof and unforgiving.
#poems#housework#tidyness#frustration#resignation

Morwenna Griffiths @morwennag.bsky.social · Mar 14

What was the occasion? I'm glad the oven didn't catch fire. 😉They look yummy.

Morwenna Griffiths @morwennag.bsky.social · Mar 8

A poem I wrote a couple of years ago about feminist philosophy in the 1980s and still relevant 40 years later. Modelled on one of my favourite Shakespeare sonnetsl #poem#philosophy#feminism#women#Shakespeare

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Morwenna Griffiths @morwennag.bsky.social · Mar 6

Some years ago these municipal crocuses were planted in serried ranks. They have broken free. Passing them today I noticed a single daffodil flowering. It brought on a haiku
Just one daffodil
in a crocus plantation
defiantly rogue
#crocus#daffodil#nature#haiku

Morwenna Griffiths @morwennag.bsky.social · Mar 3

cold winds and sunshine
crocuses turn their faces
up to the blue sky
#nature#crocus#spring#scotland

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · Mar 3

As @oxfamgb.bsky.social makes clear, Israel’s decision to block aid to over 2 million Palestinians Gaza is “a reckless act of collective punishment, and is explicitly prohibited under international humanitarian law”. Full Oxfam statement here: oxfam.org.uk/mc/yf84ug/

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Morwenna Griffiths @morwennag.bsky.social · Mar 1

The Edinburgh Botanical Gardens

By what mechanics
do the Botanics
make us into romantics,
put us at ease
under their trees?

It’s no hocus pocus -
just a hill of white crocus

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · Mar 1

"Singing in the dark times."

Launching today, North Sea Poets - online poetry workshops, masterclasses and webinars:
northseapoets.com/about

The Poets | North Sea Poets

We are a collective of poets with national and international reputations. who believe in the importance of our artform.

northseapoets.com

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Morwenna Griffiths @morwennag.bsky.social · Feb 27

North Berwick Happiness

A day out, a sandy beach, blue sky,
seaweed, sea glass, shells and wispy cloud,
the sounds of the waves and the seagulls’ cry.

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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · Feb 26

With just a TINY tax on those with the broadest shoulders, we could have lower energy bills and cheaper public transport.

France have just voted for a tax on the super-rich. So what's the UK waiting for?

Add your name to demand a better future for us all. 👇 act.gp/4bk7NBS

Tax the super-rich for a greener, fairer Britain

Britain is crying out for national renewal, and it’s climate solutions that can improve people’s lives starting tomorrow. Solutions that are achievable if those with the broadest shoulders - who also ...

act.gp

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Climate Change Committee @thecccuk.bsky.social · Feb 26

We have published our advice on the Seventh Carbon Budget. It is in line with previous Government commitments – the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Carbon Budgets, international commitments, and the Net Zero commitment in 2050.

The recommended Seventh Carbon Budget pathway

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