@fionafc.bsky.social
Friend in the broadest sense, activist, green socialist, striving for a fairer world. Gardener between gardens though not for much longer hopefully. Love dogs - of course! I forgot to add puffins - they're rather wonderful, too.
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This is an image of Sainte Chapelle - Chateau de Vincennes, located just east of Paris. #Photography #Architecture #Interior #France #StainedGlass 📷
February 9, 2026 at 7:24 AM
This is an image of Sainte Chapelle - Chateau de Vincennes, located just east of Paris. #Photography #Architecture #Interior #France #StainedGlass 📷
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OK. Brace yourself for the most delicious ancient Egyptian hippo. Just lovely. Quite old. sainsburycentre.ac.uk/art-and-obje...
February 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM
OK. Brace yourself for the most delicious ancient Egyptian hippo. Just lovely. Quite old. sainsburycentre.ac.uk/art-and-obje...
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Mary Eliza Mahoney (1st licensed US Black nurse), Harriet Tubman (Civil War nurse), and Sojourner Truth (abolitionist, nurse advocate) broke barriers and advanced healthcare despite immense racial challenges, leaving legacies of courage and advocacy.
#BlackHistoryMonth #GratitudeforNurses
#BlackHistoryMonth #GratitudeforNurses
February 7, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Mary Eliza Mahoney (1st licensed US Black nurse), Harriet Tubman (Civil War nurse), and Sojourner Truth (abolitionist, nurse advocate) broke barriers and advanced healthcare despite immense racial challenges, leaving legacies of courage and advocacy.
#BlackHistoryMonth #GratitudeforNurses
#BlackHistoryMonth #GratitudeforNurses
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5 years ago today, 10 years ago today, 15 years ago today.
February 7, 2026 at 10:19 AM
5 years ago today, 10 years ago today, 15 years ago today.
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Britain’s economy is being hollowed out as weakly regulated companies destroy assets and capital while move profits overseas | Derek Hammersley
Is turbo-capitalism corroding Britain’s economy?
Britain’s economy is being hollowed out as weakly regulated companies destroy assets and capital while move profits overseas
bylines.scot
February 6, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Britain’s economy is being hollowed out as weakly regulated companies destroy assets and capital while move profits overseas | Derek Hammersley
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England's water companies promise £104bn investment by 2030.
Shareholders won't pay, customers will. Shareholders will own resulting assets, income streams.
Customers already paid, companies handed £85bn dividend to shareholders.
35% of customer bills pays for debt interest and dividends.
Shareholders won't pay, customers will. Shareholders will own resulting assets, income streams.
Customers already paid, companies handed £85bn dividend to shareholders.
35% of customer bills pays for debt interest and dividends.
Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money
37 years of privatisation has been a disaster
leftfootforward.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:49 AM
England's water companies promise £104bn investment by 2030.
Shareholders won't pay, customers will. Shareholders will own resulting assets, income streams.
Customers already paid, companies handed £85bn dividend to shareholders.
35% of customer bills pays for debt interest and dividends.
Shareholders won't pay, customers will. Shareholders will own resulting assets, income streams.
Customers already paid, companies handed £85bn dividend to shareholders.
35% of customer bills pays for debt interest and dividends.
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Listened in on a call today - planning a project for later in the year.
Managed to get a little bit of starry sky knitted up on the bairns hot water bottle.
So cute!!
Managed to get a little bit of starry sky knitted up on the bairns hot water bottle.
So cute!!
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Listened in on a call today - planning a project for later in the year.
Managed to get a little bit of starry sky knitted up on the bairns hot water bottle.
So cute!!
Managed to get a little bit of starry sky knitted up on the bairns hot water bottle.
So cute!!
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Strongly worded letters? Petition? Sit in? Hunger strike?
Terr0r1sm is what white colonialists say when the natives resist.....
Stealing is their right. And the only perceived prerogative of the natives is to submit & die.....
Well guess what? They wont....
#WeAreLegion
#Z10nismIsACancer
Terr0r1sm is what white colonialists say when the natives resist.....
Stealing is their right. And the only perceived prerogative of the natives is to submit & die.....
Well guess what? They wont....
#WeAreLegion
#Z10nismIsACancer
February 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Strongly worded letters? Petition? Sit in? Hunger strike?
Terr0r1sm is what white colonialists say when the natives resist.....
Stealing is their right. And the only perceived prerogative of the natives is to submit & die.....
Well guess what? They wont....
#WeAreLegion
#Z10nismIsACancer
Terr0r1sm is what white colonialists say when the natives resist.....
Stealing is their right. And the only perceived prerogative of the natives is to submit & die.....
Well guess what? They wont....
#WeAreLegion
#Z10nismIsACancer
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George Washington Carver developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
George Washington Carver developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics. #BlackHistoryMonth
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NOT 👇 SURPRISED.......
February 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
NOT 👇 SURPRISED.......
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February 3, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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Drug laws have never stopped people from using drugs.
They've stopped people from using drugs safely.
It's time to legalise *and* regulate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They've stopped people from using drugs safely.
It's time to legalise *and* regulate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drugs policy approach needs to change, Zack Polanski says
The Green Party leader of England and Wales says there needs to be a
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Drug laws have never stopped people from using drugs.
They've stopped people from using drugs safely.
It's time to legalise *and* regulate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They've stopped people from using drugs safely.
It's time to legalise *and* regulate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Storm #clouds and sunbeams over Loch Arkaig, Scotland for the #BlueSkyArtShow
Photographed in 1985 on #Kodachrome
#EastCoastKin #photography #landscape #clouds
Photographed in 1985 on #Kodachrome
#EastCoastKin #photography #landscape #clouds
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Storm #clouds and sunbeams over Loch Arkaig, Scotland for the #BlueSkyArtShow
Photographed in 1985 on #Kodachrome
#EastCoastKin #photography #landscape #clouds
Photographed in 1985 on #Kodachrome
#EastCoastKin #photography #landscape #clouds
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump to hike NHS drugs prices. The government is refusing to say how much this will cost or how it will be paid for. Tell Wes Streeting to come clean: act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-wes-str...
Tell Wes Streeting: come clean on cost of Trump’s NHS deal
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump that will see the NHS pay pharma companies much higher drugs prices. But they won’t come clean on how much this agreement will cost the NHS. Estim...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
January 30, 2026 at 10:37 PM
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump to hike NHS drugs prices. The government is refusing to say how much this will cost or how it will be paid for. Tell Wes Streeting to come clean: act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-wes-str...
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#OnThisDay, 30 Jan 1913, Ida B Wells forms the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago, Illinois, to give a voice to Black women who had been excluded by national suffrage organisations because of their race.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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January 30, 2026 at 10:56 AM
#OnThisDay, 30 Jan 1913, Ida B Wells forms the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago, Illinois, to give a voice to Black women who had been excluded by national suffrage organisations because of their race.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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Let's hope this positive news gets as much attention as the people who try to convince us that the UK is a murder ravaged hellscape.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Homicides at lowest level in nearly 50 years, ONS statistics show
The 499 homicide cases in the year to September were the lowest in England and Wales since 1977.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Let's hope this positive news gets as much attention as the people who try to convince us that the UK is a murder ravaged hellscape.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Water bills to rise again in England, well above the rate of inflation.
90% of water industry is foreign owned. Shareholders count the returns, have no contact with leaks, water shortages or sewage dumping.
Customers fleeced. Privatisation is a scam.
90% of water industry is foreign owned. Shareholders count the returns, have no contact with leaks, water shortages or sewage dumping.
Customers fleeced. Privatisation is a scam.
Water bills to rise again: Use our tool to find out by how much
The average annual household bill in England and Wales will increase by £33 from April.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Water bills to rise again in England, well above the rate of inflation.
90% of water industry is foreign owned. Shareholders count the returns, have no contact with leaks, water shortages or sewage dumping.
Customers fleeced. Privatisation is a scam.
90% of water industry is foreign owned. Shareholders count the returns, have no contact with leaks, water shortages or sewage dumping.
Customers fleeced. Privatisation is a scam.
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Please share in solidarity of the oppressed.
#Palestine
#Palestine
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Please share in solidarity of the oppressed.
#Palestine
#Palestine
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A SLOWED-DOWN GENOCIDE IS NOT A CEASEFIRE
January 27, 2026 at 8:20 PM
A SLOWED-DOWN GENOCIDE IS NOT A CEASEFIRE
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IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN TO YOU FOR IT TO MATTER TO YOU
January 28, 2026 at 1:20 PM
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN TO YOU FOR IT TO MATTER TO YOU
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BBC Politics Scotland is currently broadcasting a look at nuclear energy which is a blatant puff piece for Labour's pro-nuclear policy, talking about the 'brain drain' from Scotland due to the Scottish Government's opposition to nuclear energy.
January 28, 2026 at 2:41 PM
BBC Politics Scotland is currently broadcasting a look at nuclear energy which is a blatant puff piece for Labour's pro-nuclear policy, talking about the 'brain drain' from Scotland due to the Scottish Government's opposition to nuclear energy.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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Here’s the lesson of the Andy Burnham saga: Labour needs a new leader.
Even Toynbee is abandoning Starmer
Need policies not cults.
Pledges that mean something.
Inclusivity not authoritarianism.
Redistribution, not trickle-down.
Public ownership of essentials.
Public welfare over corporate welfare.
Even Toynbee is abandoning Starmer
Need policies not cults.
Pledges that mean something.
Inclusivity not authoritarianism.
Redistribution, not trickle-down.
Public ownership of essentials.
Public welfare over corporate welfare.
Here’s the lesson of the Andy Burnham saga: Labour needs a new leader – fast | Polly Toynbee
Keir Starmer’s dismal decision to block the Greater Manchester mayor has bought him time, but it won’t change his fate, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Here’s the lesson of the Andy Burnham saga: Labour needs a new leader.
Even Toynbee is abandoning Starmer
Need policies not cults.
Pledges that mean something.
Inclusivity not authoritarianism.
Redistribution, not trickle-down.
Public ownership of essentials.
Public welfare over corporate welfare.
Even Toynbee is abandoning Starmer
Need policies not cults.
Pledges that mean something.
Inclusivity not authoritarianism.
Redistribution, not trickle-down.
Public ownership of essentials.
Public welfare over corporate welfare.