Lauren
@fleurione.bsky.social
glamourphonic electronic disco baby ❤️🏳️🌈
Neurodivergent queer trade unionist yarn fan gamer I guess!
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Neurodivergent queer trade unionist yarn fan gamer I guess!
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Community Garden Radio Wiki-lover
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Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
notinourname.org.uk
✍️🏳️⚧️I’ve signed this open letter by Not In Our Name - women in support of the trans+ community. We call on the media to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women (it’s not trans women) and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
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Still looking for a Christmas present for the Scottish folklore enthusiast in your life? Dark Crescent has you covered - "a terrific collection of Scottish folktales with a modern twist" (according to Joanne Harris!) ✨️ Available in the usual places/via @lunapress.bsky.social! linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Still looking for a Christmas present for the Scottish folklore enthusiast in your life? Dark Crescent has you covered - "a terrific collection of Scottish folktales with a modern twist" (according to Joanne Harris!) ✨️ Available in the usual places/via @lunapress.bsky.social! linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
#Spotify has a monopoly on streaming. Everyone uses it as their go to “Playlist for X event!” service. Sign this petition to urge festivals & venues to move to a less evil platform: www.change.org/p/urge-festi...
Sign the Petition
Urge festivals and venues to abandon Spotify for PR use.
www.change.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#Spotify has a monopoly on streaming. Everyone uses it as their go to “Playlist for X event!” service. Sign this petition to urge festivals & venues to move to a less evil platform: www.change.org/p/urge-festi...
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Netflix's $83 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean more corporate consolidation.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
✍️🏳️⚧️I’ve signed this open letter by Not In Our Name - women in support of the trans+ community. We call on the media to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women (it’s not trans women) and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
notinourname.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
✍️🏳️⚧️I’ve signed this open letter by Not In Our Name - women in support of the trans+ community. We call on the media to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women (it’s not trans women) and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
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Following a report on @drjogrady.bsky.social's NEC update, we want to clarify that all dispute issues remain unresolved:
❌ trade union victimisation
❌ failure to negotiate a hybrid working policy
❌ failure to adequately deal with safety issues
❌ breach of recognition agreement & other policies.
❌ trade union victimisation
❌ failure to negotiate a hybrid working policy
❌ failure to adequately deal with safety issues
❌ breach of recognition agreement & other policies.
November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Following a report on @drjogrady.bsky.social's NEC update, we want to clarify that all dispute issues remain unresolved:
❌ trade union victimisation
❌ failure to negotiate a hybrid working policy
❌ failure to adequately deal with safety issues
❌ breach of recognition agreement & other policies.
❌ trade union victimisation
❌ failure to negotiate a hybrid working policy
❌ failure to adequately deal with safety issues
❌ breach of recognition agreement & other policies.
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Please see our statement for further information.
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/s...
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/s...
Statement from Unite UCU
After once again being denied an observer, it has come to our attention that on Friday 7th of November UCU’s General Secretary, Jo Grady, told the National Executive Committee that there was only o…
uniteucu.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Please see our statement for further information.
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/s...
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/s...
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
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with games as big as GTA many players (and even some devs tbh) forget that these games are made by humans and not just faceless corporations
I'm glad this channel exists, people need to see how fucked up the union busting from Rockstar really is
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
I'm glad this channel exists, people need to see how fucked up the union busting from Rockstar really is
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
with games as big as GTA many players (and even some devs tbh) forget that these games are made by humans and not just faceless corporations
I'm glad this channel exists, people need to see how fucked up the union busting from Rockstar really is
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
I'm glad this channel exists, people need to see how fucked up the union busting from Rockstar really is
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
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This wasn’t about leaking GTA VI.
It was:
Rockstar illegally firing union members to stop the studio from unionizing.
it directly contradicts Rockstar’s PR narrative and confirms almost everything that people suspected was going on.
It was:
Rockstar illegally firing union members to stop the studio from unionizing.
it directly contradicts Rockstar’s PR narrative and confirms almost everything that people suspected was going on.
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This wasn’t about leaking GTA VI.
It was:
Rockstar illegally firing union members to stop the studio from unionizing.
it directly contradicts Rockstar’s PR narrative and confirms almost everything that people suspected was going on.
It was:
Rockstar illegally firing union members to stop the studio from unionizing.
it directly contradicts Rockstar’s PR narrative and confirms almost everything that people suspected was going on.
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
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We'll be at the book fair on Sunday to share masks, info and excitement about all these fantastic community groups! 12-3 to accommodate our members' needs.
Especially come find us if you want a large amount of masks for your business! We want to pass a recent acquisition into the community asap
Especially come find us if you want a large amount of masks for your business! We want to pass a recent acquisition into the community asap
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We'll be at the book fair on Sunday to share masks, info and excitement about all these fantastic community groups! 12-3 to accommodate our members' needs.
Especially come find us if you want a large amount of masks for your business! We want to pass a recent acquisition into the community asap
Especially come find us if you want a large amount of masks for your business! We want to pass a recent acquisition into the community asap
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New campaign ad for Dems just dropped.
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New campaign ad for Dems just dropped.
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7 Nov 2025 -- Vowing to “reclaim Hampstead Heath from the TERFs” following public consultation on women's access to the famed London pond & legal threats from TERF groups, The Dyke Project collective announces "a morning of trans joy and community celebration" for Nov 8. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Upcoming trans-joy-filled community event aims to reclaim Hampstead Heath ponds
A morning of trans joy and community celebration will take place to, as organisers put it, "reclaim Hampstead Heath from the TERFs".
www.thepinknews.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
7 Nov 2025 -- Vowing to “reclaim Hampstead Heath from the TERFs” following public consultation on women's access to the famed London pond & legal threats from TERF groups, The Dyke Project collective announces "a morning of trans joy and community celebration" for Nov 8. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Call me controversial, but technology that leads vulnerable people into crisis and even holds their hand as they die by suicide should not be endorsed by schools and universities, we should not be giving discounted subscriptions to this monstrous tech to young people AT ALL
The boyfriend of a friend of my son's has spent several weeks in a psych ward due to Chat GPT induced psychosis. He isn't suicidal but AI encouraged him down a toxic and paranoid wormhole until he became completely delusional. Evil stuff.
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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ASOS which is "work in the same way you’ve done for years" is not irresponsible. It's protecting our members until a fair & equitable hybrid policy is agreed.
UCU SMT then deducting 100% of daily pay from staff taking ASOS & undermining its own policy?
Now that’s irresponsible.
UCU SMT then deducting 100% of daily pay from staff taking ASOS & undermining its own policy?
Now that’s irresponsible.
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
ASOS which is "work in the same way you’ve done for years" is not irresponsible. It's protecting our members until a fair & equitable hybrid policy is agreed.
UCU SMT then deducting 100% of daily pay from staff taking ASOS & undermining its own policy?
Now that’s irresponsible.
UCU SMT then deducting 100% of daily pay from staff taking ASOS & undermining its own policy?
Now that’s irresponsible.
Really interesting eve at @selfesteem.music-social.com ‘s “in conversation with…” book launch event. But host Jack Rooke seemed to forget it was her event at times, cutting her off to talk himself and it spoiled it tbh. Felt like a little proof of some of the points she makes about being a woman 🤷🏻
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Really interesting eve at @selfesteem.music-social.com ‘s “in conversation with…” book launch event. But host Jack Rooke seemed to forget it was her event at times, cutting her off to talk himself and it spoiled it tbh. Felt like a little proof of some of the points she makes about being a woman 🤷🏻
[trying to be culturally sensitive and supportive while talking to a goth] I hope you have a really miserable Halloween that makes you thoroughly depressed
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Covid in England is definitely on the way down, but Flu is on the way up - and over a month early.
My latest substack
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
My latest substack
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
England's Covid wave recedes but is replaced by flu
Making Sense explores how evidence and data can help us make sense of the world — from the NHS and Covid to science, democracy and politics.
Christina Pagel is a Professor of Operational Research at...
open.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Covid in England is definitely on the way down, but Flu is on the way up - and over a month early.
My latest substack
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
My latest substack
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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Just in case anyone is listening, please note that UK universities cannot operate successfully on the basis of continuous reduction of academic staff and academic staff pay. No amount of staff wellness sessions will change this.
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Just in case anyone is listening, please note that UK universities cannot operate successfully on the basis of continuous reduction of academic staff and academic staff pay. No amount of staff wellness sessions will change this.
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The vast majority of trans people in the UK feel unsafe: the beeb thinks that story is "too weak"
A handful of bigots think trans healthcare is unsafe: they get their own special on News Night
A handful of bigots think trans healthcare is unsafe: they get their own special on News Night
We tried to place this story - very expensive polling, the first of its kind, strong quantitative data about what trans people feel about Britain: bluntly there is no better way to tell the story - with the BBC but it said it was "too weak".
But it will pick up any old piece of transhating garbage.
But it will pick up any old piece of transhating garbage.
In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
goodlaw.social/ncfw
goodlaw.social/ncfw
October 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The vast majority of trans people in the UK feel unsafe: the beeb thinks that story is "too weak"
A handful of bigots think trans healthcare is unsafe: they get their own special on News Night
A handful of bigots think trans healthcare is unsafe: they get their own special on News Night
“The White House today released a list of those donating to Trump’s ballroom that he intends will replace the now-demolished East Wing of the White House. The list includes the Altria Group Inc., Amazon, Apple, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Coinbase, Comcast Corporation,…” 🧵(1/2-3)
October 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“The White House today released a list of those donating to Trump’s ballroom that he intends will replace the now-demolished East Wing of the White House. The list includes the Altria Group Inc., Amazon, Apple, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Coinbase, Comcast Corporation,…” 🧵(1/2-3)
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Two of our founders worked on a pair of affirming animations for @thrivingautistic.bsky.social, introducing key ideas.
The first is Discovering You're Autistic, basically giving people the messages we most needed to hear when we were first realising we're Autistic...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDv...
The first is Discovering You're Autistic, basically giving people the messages we most needed to hear when we were first realising we're Autistic...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDv...
Discovering You're Autistic
YouTube video by Thriving Autistic
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Two of our founders worked on a pair of affirming animations for @thrivingautistic.bsky.social, introducing key ideas.
The first is Discovering You're Autistic, basically giving people the messages we most needed to hear when we were first realising we're Autistic...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDv...
The first is Discovering You're Autistic, basically giving people the messages we most needed to hear when we were first realising we're Autistic...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDv...
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Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic is an animation about those things that people tend to think are just individual quirks, until they realise they're common Autistic experiences.
It's so important to feel seen!
Many of these are very commonly misunderstood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O6h...
It's so important to feel seen!
Many of these are very commonly misunderstood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O6h...
Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic
YouTube video by Thriving Autistic
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic is an animation about those things that people tend to think are just individual quirks, until they realise they're common Autistic experiences.
It's so important to feel seen!
Many of these are very commonly misunderstood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O6h...
It's so important to feel seen!
Many of these are very commonly misunderstood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O6h...
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Join us 24th Nov 2-3pm for a webinar on creating inclusive workplaces for academics with Energy Limiting Conditions. Register: AcademicsWithELC.eventbrite.co.uk For academics with ELC, line managers, HR, funders, publishers, union & EDI reps & conference organisers @isrfoundation.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Join us 24th Nov 2-3pm for a webinar on creating inclusive workplaces for academics with Energy Limiting Conditions. Register: AcademicsWithELC.eventbrite.co.uk For academics with ELC, line managers, HR, funders, publishers, union & EDI reps & conference organisers @isrfoundation.bsky.social
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For our next Solaris Presents event we've come over all spooky!
Tomorrow, at 7pm BST, we'll be welcoming @isabelcanas.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com to talk all things gothic romance &celebrate their latest books:
Watch FREE live or on catch up anywhere in the world geni.us/SPGRICMKH
Tomorrow, at 7pm BST, we'll be welcoming @isabelcanas.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com to talk all things gothic romance &celebrate their latest books:
Watch FREE live or on catch up anywhere in the world geni.us/SPGRICMKH
October 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For our next Solaris Presents event we've come over all spooky!
Tomorrow, at 7pm BST, we'll be welcoming @isabelcanas.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com to talk all things gothic romance &celebrate their latest books:
Watch FREE live or on catch up anywhere in the world geni.us/SPGRICMKH
Tomorrow, at 7pm BST, we'll be welcoming @isabelcanas.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com to talk all things gothic romance &celebrate their latest books:
Watch FREE live or on catch up anywhere in the world geni.us/SPGRICMKH