Katy Cooper
@decsop1.bsky.social
Singing, cycling and cricket.
(For NCDs/health stuff, hop over to @healthkaty.)
(For NCDs/health stuff, hop over to @healthkaty.)
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Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Wonderful! And this is in my hood too ☺️ #SE4
Our co-founder's conversation with Clare Balding on BBC Radio 4's Ramblings is now available on BBC Sounds.
Hana shares her journey from never walking for pleasure to building Go Jauntly – and why accessible green spaces matter for everyone. 🌿✨
Listen here:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Hana shares her journey from never walking for pleasure to building Go Jauntly – and why accessible green spaces matter for everyone. 🌿✨
Listen here:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
February 13, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Wonderful! And this is in my hood too ☺️ #SE4
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…
Ex Tory MP John Redwood has been made a peer, as Lord Redwood on 31 January, and was formally introduced in the Lords on Tuesday
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 AM
One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…
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Munich, of course, famously a great place for British PMs to get an easy win that saves their career.
Yvette Cooper: 'Later this week, Keir Starmer will lead our delegation to the Munich Security Conference. At this crucial time for the world, we need his leadership not just at home but on the global stage, and we need to keep our focus where it matters, on keeping our country safe.'
February 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Munich, of course, famously a great place for British PMs to get an easy win that saves their career.
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No wonder the orange toddler is unhinged once again.
The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not on the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot.
Repost this if you agree they are AMAZING and an inspiration!
The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not on the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot.
Repost this if you agree they are AMAZING and an inspiration!
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
No wonder the orange toddler is unhinged once again.
The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not on the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot.
Repost this if you agree they are AMAZING and an inspiration!
The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not on the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot.
Repost this if you agree they are AMAZING and an inspiration!
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Mandelson resigning now to 'save embarrassment' is like me suddenly remembering that I should tell my partner "I'm keeping the baby" on my way to taking the child to school lol
February 2, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Mandelson resigning now to 'save embarrassment' is like me suddenly remembering that I should tell my partner "I'm keeping the baby" on my way to taking the child to school lol
Oh my heart!
February 1, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Oh my heart!
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The coolest Congresswoman there’s ever been.
January 29, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The coolest Congresswoman there’s ever been.
This is lovely.
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
January 29, 2026 at 1:52 PM
This is lovely.
A helpful thread for anyone considering taking that “20-minute” course on AI that the government is wittering on about…
(Spoiler alert: don’t bother.)
(Spoiler alert: don’t bother.)
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:34 AM
A helpful thread for anyone considering taking that “20-minute” course on AI that the government is wittering on about…
(Spoiler alert: don’t bother.)
(Spoiler alert: don’t bother.)
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I find Gmail’s new “write this for me” feature deeply sinister. They’re trying to convince you that you are dumb and helpless. Don’t let them steal your ability to formulate thoughts and communicate. You were capable of writing an email in 2022 and you’re capable now.
January 15, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I find Gmail’s new “write this for me” feature deeply sinister. They’re trying to convince you that you are dumb and helpless. Don’t let them steal your ability to formulate thoughts and communicate. You were capable of writing an email in 2022 and you’re capable now.
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Ofcom may take decisive action against X, like requiring it to apologise in eight months on a webpage so buried that nobody will read it.
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Ofcom may take decisive action against X, like requiring it to apologise in eight months on a webpage so buried that nobody will read it.
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If a new app was produced which had, as its core features, the generation of sexual deep fake images of children and calls for a violent global far-right revolution, then not only would it be swiftly banned, but you wouldn't have a single mainstream politician willing to associate themselves with it
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
If a new app was produced which had, as its core features, the generation of sexual deep fake images of children and calls for a violent global far-right revolution, then not only would it be swiftly banned, but you wouldn't have a single mainstream politician willing to associate themselves with it
Overheard on train: “I think she’ll Bafta but I don’t think she’ll Oscar.”
<screams into void>
<screams into void>
January 8, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Overheard on train: “I think she’ll Bafta but I don’t think she’ll Oscar.”
<screams into void>
<screams into void>
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On X/Twitter and government
Part of the problem is inertia: back in the day it took a huge shift to get UK gov onto social media. It certainly did not happen quickly.
And now it is "core" it will take a similarly huge shift to get comms departments off it.
Turning around oil tankers and all that.
Part of the problem is inertia: back in the day it took a huge shift to get UK gov onto social media. It certainly did not happen quickly.
And now it is "core" it will take a similarly huge shift to get comms departments off it.
Turning around oil tankers and all that.
January 7, 2026 at 10:11 AM
On X/Twitter and government
Part of the problem is inertia: back in the day it took a huge shift to get UK gov onto social media. It certainly did not happen quickly.
And now it is "core" it will take a similarly huge shift to get comms departments off it.
Turning around oil tankers and all that.
Part of the problem is inertia: back in the day it took a huge shift to get UK gov onto social media. It certainly did not happen quickly.
And now it is "core" it will take a similarly huge shift to get comms departments off it.
Turning around oil tankers and all that.
Oh FFS Crawley. Good ball, but a leave?! All over by the time I wake up, I fear.
January 7, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Oh FFS Crawley. Good ball, but a leave?! All over by the time I wake up, I fear.
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Seems like time to begin a review of the “effectiveness” of men in decision-making positions
Pentagon will begin review of 'effectiveness' of women in ground combat positions www.npr.org/2026/01/06/n...
Pentagon will begin review of 'effectiveness' of women in ground combat positions
The review, outlined in a Pentagon memo obtained by NPR, comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told admirals and generals in September that women must meet the "highest male standard."
www.npr.org
January 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Seems like time to begin a review of the “effectiveness” of men in decision-making positions
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imagine a cheery BBC news report in 1938 breezily asking "which countries could be in Hitler's sights after the Sudetenland?"
January 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
imagine a cheery BBC news report in 1938 breezily asking "which countries could be in Hitler's sights after the Sudetenland?"
This is from a year ago. Astonishingly prescient.
January 5, 2026 at 9:31 AM
This is from a year ago. Astonishingly prescient.
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
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You boy, what colour are you?
December 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
You boy, what colour are you?