Fiona Reeves
@freeves.bsky.social
http://fionareeves.co.uk
Software Engineer. Graphic designer. Electric car driver. Mother of two. Point & click adventure game player. Green Party member.
Software Engineer. Graphic designer. Electric car driver. Mother of two. Point & click adventure game player. Green Party member.
Good! Keep it up!
Greater Manchester ICB has again put off its adoption of an NHS data platform prescribed by the UK government and run by Palantir until there is more evidence that it will be in the “best interests” of the city's population 👀
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/manchester_nhs_fdp_deferred/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/manchester_nhs_fdp_deferred/
Manchester defers joining Palantir NHS data platform again
: Care board still waiting for evidence that it will be in the best interests of the population
www.theregister.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Good! Keep it up!
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Wrapping paper from @gailmyerscough.co.uk arrived today - thanks! 😊
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Wrapping paper from @gailmyerscough.co.uk arrived today - thanks! 😊
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"Higher education generated £24bn in export earnings for the UK in 2022-23, far above aircraft manufacturing with £12bn, legal services with £9.5bn and telecoms with £8.8bn."
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Less than Greggs? Public have no idea of value of top universities, study finds
Belief that snack chain’s revenues exceed those of Oxford’s one of many misconceptions about UK’s HE sector
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Higher education generated £24bn in export earnings for the UK in 2022-23, far above aircraft manufacturing with £12bn, legal services with £9.5bn and telecoms with £8.8bn."
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Every procedural delay, every stalling tactic, traps people in a system that denies them agency and compassion at the moment they need it most. Write to peers right now and let them know how you feel. We've made that easy, use our toolkit. #AssistedDyingBill. humanists.uk/action/ask-t...
Ask the House of Lords to support assisted dying
Help us support the Assisted Dying Bill and stop the filibustering in the House of Lords. Raise the issue and send a message to peers today.
humanists.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Every procedural delay, every stalling tactic, traps people in a system that denies them agency and compassion at the moment they need it most. Write to peers right now and let them know how you feel. We've made that easy, use our toolkit. #AssistedDyingBill. humanists.uk/action/ask-t...
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It would take peers 20 years to get through all the amendments at this pace.
When an unelected chamber deliberately stalls a bill backed by the Commons, it does more than delay legislation; it undermines representative democracy.
#AssistedDyingBill
humanists.uk/2025/11/21/a...
When an unelected chamber deliberately stalls a bill backed by the Commons, it does more than delay legislation; it undermines representative democracy.
#AssistedDyingBill
humanists.uk/2025/11/21/a...
House of Lords will talk out the Assisted Dying Bill unless changes are made
The House of Lords will talk out the Assisted Dying Bill, causing it to fail, unless they speed up the debate. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision are dismayed that the unelected House is frustrati...
humanists.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It would take peers 20 years to get through all the amendments at this pace.
When an unelected chamber deliberately stalls a bill backed by the Commons, it does more than delay legislation; it undermines representative democracy.
#AssistedDyingBill
humanists.uk/2025/11/21/a...
When an unelected chamber deliberately stalls a bill backed by the Commons, it does more than delay legislation; it undermines representative democracy.
#AssistedDyingBill
humanists.uk/2025/11/21/a...
Finished @blakemanorgame.bsky.social by @spookydoorway.bsky.social today! What an absolutely phenomenal game, loved [*almost] every moment of it - looked forward to & excited to play, edge of seat engaged. Also great feeling of achievement at the end to have solved everything! Highly recommended!
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Finished @blakemanorgame.bsky.social by @spookydoorway.bsky.social today! What an absolutely phenomenal game, loved [*almost] every moment of it - looked forward to & excited to play, edge of seat engaged. Also great feeling of achievement at the end to have solved everything! Highly recommended!
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If you support the #AssistedDyingBill, and want to see compassionate reform finally enacted for terminally ill people. We need you to call this out. Stop the filibustering, and write to peers today.
humanists.uk/action/ask-t...
humanists.uk/action/ask-t...
Ask the House of Lords to support assisted dying
Help us support the Assisted Dying Bill and stop the filibustering in the House of Lords. Raise the issue and send a message to peers today.
humanists.uk
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If you support the #AssistedDyingBill, and want to see compassionate reform finally enacted for terminally ill people. We need you to call this out. Stop the filibustering, and write to peers today.
humanists.uk/action/ask-t...
humanists.uk/action/ask-t...
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The courts are forcing a 6 year old girl to keep the name of the man who raped her mother.
No survivor should face harm from the very system that is meant to protect them. No child should have to carry an abuser’s name.
It’s time to change the system 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
No survivor should face harm from the very system that is meant to protect them. No child should have to carry an abuser’s name.
It’s time to change the system 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
The law has failed a woman and her child – fight back
No survivor should face harm from the very system that is meant to protect them. No child should have to carry an abuser’s name. It’s time to change the system.
goodlawproject.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The courts are forcing a 6 year old girl to keep the name of the man who raped her mother.
No survivor should face harm from the very system that is meant to protect them. No child should have to carry an abuser’s name.
It’s time to change the system 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
No survivor should face harm from the very system that is meant to protect them. No child should have to carry an abuser’s name.
It’s time to change the system 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
These are the most recent photos I’ve taken of our own cat. We got him 3.5 years ago from the RSPCA - he needed a new home after his original owner died.
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
These are the most recent photos I’ve taken of our own cat. We got him 3.5 years ago from the RSPCA - he needed a new home after his original owner died.
I was in the kitchen this afternoon when I suddenly noticed this huge grumpy ginger cat staring in at me! I thought our cat was pretty big but not in comparison to this one! 😳
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I was in the kitchen this afternoon when I suddenly noticed this huge grumpy ginger cat staring in at me! I thought our cat was pretty big but not in comparison to this one! 😳
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The fact that this person remains Health Secretary is objectively one of the most significant British political scandals of the post-Covid era. But because he's doing something the media barons like, everyone has decided it's fine.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that the British Medical Association, which represents Britain's doctors, is a threat to the NHS. Streeting took a record £225k from private healthcare-related donors in just two years.
British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike
Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demands
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The fact that this person remains Health Secretary is objectively one of the most significant British political scandals of the post-Covid era. But because he's doing something the media barons like, everyone has decided it's fine.
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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Over 12,000 people have added their name to keep Hampstead heath ladies' ponds inclusive.
With the consultation coming to an end in 2 weeks, we need to show the strength of our movement. Join us 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
With the consultation coming to an end in 2 weeks, we need to show the strength of our movement. Join us 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive
A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back
goodlawproject.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Over 12,000 people have added their name to keep Hampstead heath ladies' ponds inclusive.
With the consultation coming to an end in 2 weeks, we need to show the strength of our movement. Join us 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
With the consultation coming to an end in 2 weeks, we need to show the strength of our movement. Join us 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
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Great! Now for Westminster. Having 26 bishops with automatic voting rights as a special privilege because of the CofE's place in our constitution is a hangover from 14th century medieval England. In a modern democracy, no religious group should have reserved seats. humanists.uk/2025/11/05/b...
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Great! Now for Westminster. Having 26 bishops with automatic voting rights as a special privilege because of the CofE's place in our constitution is a hangover from 14th century medieval England. In a modern democracy, no religious group should have reserved seats. humanists.uk/2025/11/05/b...
Spent the afternoon at The Lowry seeing Christmas Carol Goes Wrong. Family trip 😊
#mischieftheatre #mischiefcomedy #lowry #ChristmasCarolGoesWrong
#mischieftheatre #mischiefcomedy #lowry #ChristmasCarolGoesWrong
November 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Spent the afternoon at The Lowry seeing Christmas Carol Goes Wrong. Family trip 😊
#mischieftheatre #mischiefcomedy #lowry #ChristmasCarolGoesWrong
#mischieftheatre #mischiefcomedy #lowry #ChristmasCarolGoesWrong
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A very clear and easy to understand example. A diesel and electric car park side by side.
Photo credit: nextmove
Photo credit: nextmove
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A very clear and easy to understand example. A diesel and electric car park side by side.
Photo credit: nextmove
Photo credit: nextmove
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If you want to know which chemical firms are employing hundreds of lobbyists to prevent forever chemicals from being banned. All the info here: share.google/mSa8IeNiwcAR...
The Forever Lobbying Project
The Forever Lobbying Project exposes the real cost of PFAS pollution on the environment, science, and politics.
share.google
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you want to know which chemical firms are employing hundreds of lobbyists to prevent forever chemicals from being banned. All the info here: share.google/mSa8IeNiwcAR...
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Agentic Browsing feels like sleepwalking into an online security nightmare. The phrase "A perfect storm of security risks" is used in this article, and I can see why. 🙈
theconversation.com/openais-atla...
theconversation.com/openais-atla...
OpenAI’s Atlas browser promises ultimate convenience. But the glossy marketing masks safety risks
If you want to try Atlas, the advice is straightforward: extreme caution.
theconversation.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Agentic Browsing feels like sleepwalking into an online security nightmare. The phrase "A perfect storm of security risks" is used in this article, and I can see why. 🙈
theconversation.com/openais-atla...
theconversation.com/openais-atla...
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heard on a game podcast just now, that a 15 hour, single player game is maybe not long enough.
We have to get past this idea as developers and audiences.
A game will be, and should be, just as long as it needs to be for *what it is*.
We have to get past this idea as developers and audiences.
A game will be, and should be, just as long as it needs to be for *what it is*.
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
heard on a game podcast just now, that a 15 hour, single player game is maybe not long enough.
We have to get past this idea as developers and audiences.
A game will be, and should be, just as long as it needs to be for *what it is*.
We have to get past this idea as developers and audiences.
A game will be, and should be, just as long as it needs to be for *what it is*.
Finished Shardlight yesterday, another great point & click adventure by @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social Took me a little while to get into this one, perhaps I wasn’t in the right mood to start with - maybe needed a gap after previous game, but the second half really grabbed me and I really enjoyed it!
November 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Finished Shardlight yesterday, another great point & click adventure by @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social Took me a little while to get into this one, perhaps I wasn’t in the right mood to start with - maybe needed a gap after previous game, but the second half really grabbed me and I really enjoyed it!
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This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
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A former Hampshire county council Tory leader who claimed more than £15,000 in allowances over six months – despite failing to attend meetings in that period – has won a ceremonial honour for “dedication and hard work”.
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 AM
A former Hampshire county council Tory leader who claimed more than £15,000 in allowances over six months – despite failing to attend meetings in that period – has won a ceremonial honour for “dedication and hard work”.