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Alex Lockwood @alexlockwood.bsky.social · 19h

What's the research around flags, their impact on us, and what people really think about them? I wanted to take a bit of a dive into the subject and find out. www.absurdintelligence.com/are-we-flagg...

Are we flagging yet?

There’s still much to learn from our relationship with national symbols.

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Clare Farrell @claretotty.bsky.social · 4d

I’m learning all the time about the art of bringing people together. Last weekend I was part of the team that ran Humanity Project’s national gathering, and it filled me with joy to be with such a down-to-earth, diverse, funny and loving group of people: clarejfarrell.substack.com/p/the-art-of...

The art of convening: a Humanity Project national gathering

I'm learning more and more about this practice of bringing people together.

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Alex Lockwood @alexlockwood.bsky.social · 24d

In the light of all that's happening across our nations and neighbourhoods, we @absurdintelligence.bsky.social hope we achieved our ambition for our Fate of Britain Convention last week: that how it felt in the room is how we can make it feel in the country www.absurdintelligence.com/taking-fate-...

Taking fate into our own hands

Our Convention on the Fate of Britain was a party for the people who keep the country running.

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Make Them Pay @makethempay.bsky.social · 28d

1 in 5 people across Britain (14M) live in poverty, while an elite few are allowed to hoard vast wealth

Workers face job losses, economic breakdown & the impacts of climate change - all of which are interconnected, & not least bc the same few are profiting from & driving them

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Alex Lockwood @alexlockwood.bsky.social · Sep 5

Does reducing help to the poorest to spend more on weapons really defend us? For @absurdintelligence.bsky.social today @davidbent.bsky.social argues looking to Arne Naess' concept of 'nonmilitary defence' is a better guide for defence in a precarious world. www.absurdintelligence.com/now-is-the-t...

Now is the time for nonmilitary defence

Does reducing help to the poorest really defend us?

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Clare Farrell @claretotty.bsky.social · Aug 15

On the release of Roger Hallam from prison - a really good time to remind ourselves of the ongoing problem of police and media collusion. The work to build new institutions that serve the people and not the state continues. Please share if you can. Thanks dears! x

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On Roger's release - my speech at the appeal for the Whole Truth Five

My friend Roger Hallam is out of prison, but the work to build new democratic institutions continues.

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Alex Lockwood @alexlockwood.bsky.social · Aug 8

Had a dream about a book called American Camino.

Didn't know it was a real book.

I guess that's a sign.

www.waterstones.com/book/america...

American Camino by Kip Redick | Waterstones

Buy American Camino by Kip Redick from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · Aug 3

US nuclear weapons with three times the power of the Hiroshima bomb have just been transported to England, new evidence suggests.

The government doesn’t want the public to know.

Here’s how Nukewatch UK tracked the bombs’ journey.

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The inside story of how America sent nuclear weapons to Britain

Nukewatch UK explains how it tracked the bombs being flown across the Atlantic.

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Alex Lockwood @alexlockwood.bsky.social · Aug 3

Oh I dunno, I think England is a part of Britain right. So I'm pretty sure all parts of Britain would want to feel agency over it's future, whichever way that might go, and how it might relate to the separate nations that make the collective Isles

Alex Lockwood @alexlockwood.bsky.social · Aug 1

BRIE-FORM
(h/t Joseph Gelfer)

Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · Aug 1

🧀Some (very Friday in August) polling. Does your favourite cheese affect how you vote? Reform have huge leads with fans of Stilton & Cheddar, but also people who don't eat cheese at all. Labour dominates among Feta fans. Tories best result is Brie & Greens with Camembert.

Alex Lockwood @alexlockwood.bsky.social · Aug 1

⚽⚽ Women's football makes Britain brilliant - change my mind ⚽⚽ (Or rather change Alanna's, who has penned this fabulous piece on the Lionesses, 'Proper English', national identity & what kind of people we want to be, for @absurdintelligence.bsky.social).

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The Lionesses. Women’s sport makes Britain brilliant

The Euros winners show what it means to love your country.

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Clare Farrell @claretotty.bsky.social · Jul 26

I want to ask you to reflect on a basic human experience of wanting to fit in, and how, in many parts of culture, why we don't grow out of those immature behaviours, and how action on climate has been caught up in this - including calls for Climate Justice clarejfarrell.substack.com/p/is-climate...

Is Climate Justice possible? Part 3

Justice requires elder wisdom and a willingness to be vulnerable, not an immature willingness to fit in at any cost.

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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · Jul 26

Scotland is ready to welcome Trump this morning 😎

Chalk written on the road says Trump is a cunt

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Alex Lockwood @alexlockwood.bsky.social · Jul 25

He doesn't really care about my thoughts for sure, but MiniMart Goodwin aligning himself with those who propagate the 'white genocide' conspiracy, has got to come bite him - and his boss Nigel 'Four Homes' Farage - on the bum at some point, right? www.absurdintelligence.com/a-great-repl...

A Great Replacement? No, it’s capitalism eating your baby

There's a reason why the far-right push conspiracy theories.

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Alex Lockwood @alexlockwood.bsky.social · Jul 20

The right wing media finally coming clean about its agenda

Alex Lockwood @alexlockwood.bsky.social · Jul 18

I actually like all the Degrowth work, but as a rather ironic symptom of the problems of our economic model... 👀 🤑

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Alex Lockwood @alexlockwood.bsky.social · Jul 17

Just a big-up to Gary Stevenson who came back to his YouTube channel this week to find how effectively his call for message discipline around a wealth tax has worked out. My latest for @absurdintelligence.bsky.social

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Message discipline works - well done Gary

When you have a clear, consistent message and a powerful messenger, you can shift the political weather.

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Clare Farrell @claretotty.bsky.social · Jul 15

Last night I watched Mean Girls, and it made me realise quite a lot about climate justice. It's a teen comedy but it's good! It says a lot about human behaviour, consumerism, and how our sense of safety is woven with our sense of identity. Part 2 of 3: clarejfarrell.substack.com/p/is-climate...