laura
@lauradymphna.bsky.social
occupational justice • inclusion health • anti-apartheid • everything we do is music • embrace nothing
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1 in 153 people in England are homeless.
We’ve launched a new interactive map with esure, letting you explore the homelessness figures for your local area👇
Homelessness affects almost every part of the country.
england.shelter.org.uk/what_we_do/u...
We’ve launched a new interactive map with esure, letting you explore the homelessness figures for your local area👇
Homelessness affects almost every part of the country.
england.shelter.org.uk/what_we_do/u...
Shelter's new interactive homelessness map - Shelter England
Shelter's new interactive map shows the latest homelessness stats across England. These latest figures represent the shocking reality of the housing emergency.
england.shelter.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
1 in 153 people in England are homeless.
We’ve launched a new interactive map with esure, letting you explore the homelessness figures for your local area👇
Homelessness affects almost every part of the country.
england.shelter.org.uk/what_we_do/u...
We’ve launched a new interactive map with esure, letting you explore the homelessness figures for your local area👇
Homelessness affects almost every part of the country.
england.shelter.org.uk/what_we_do/u...
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Stop pretending Jews are a monolithic group, and that people who object to *genocide* are racist. I've been on marches with my wife, participating in chants, marching with the sizeable Jewish bloc because my wife is Jewish.
It's exhausting.
I never thought I'd say this but feeling so bleak this morning, part of me wishes they'd cut the smokescreen and just admit they don't like Jews - in Israel or anywhere else. Embrace the racism. Stop pretending they're the good guys on the side of progressive values. Be honest.
I never thought I'd say this but feeling so bleak this morning, part of me wishes they'd cut the smokescreen and just admit they don't like Jews - in Israel or anywhere else. Embrace the racism. Stop pretending they're the good guys on the side of progressive values. Be honest.
December 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Stop pretending Jews are a monolithic group, and that people who object to *genocide* are racist. I've been on marches with my wife, participating in chants, marching with the sizeable Jewish bloc because my wife is Jewish.
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Britain is like this because our national politics is a shrivelled husk of democracy: a country where the world’s most poisonous media outlets fill a great gaping void empty of actual politics with relentless fear, incitement and hatred.
December 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Britain is like this because our national politics is a shrivelled husk of democracy: a country where the world’s most poisonous media outlets fill a great gaping void empty of actual politics with relentless fear, incitement and hatred.
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After a year in which the wider musical ecosystem is taking more and more notice of the French underground, David McKenna presents 20 of his favourite records that emerged in 2025
Rockfort! The Best #FrenchMusic of 2025
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Rockfort! The Best #FrenchMusic of 2025
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December 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
After a year in which the wider musical ecosystem is taking more and more notice of the French underground, David McKenna presents 20 of his favourite records that emerged in 2025
Rockfort! The Best #FrenchMusic of 2025
buff.ly/6E9ixyd
Rockfort! The Best #FrenchMusic of 2025
buff.ly/6E9ixyd
this sketch gets more accurate over time m.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKc...
December 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
this sketch gets more accurate over time m.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKc...
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Earlier this week, we gave important evidence on a Parliamentary Inquiry into black homelessness.
We shared research from our 'My Colour Speaks Before Me' report, while Peer Researcher Uche shared her powerful lived experience.
Our voices are clear: we need a fairer housing system.
We shared research from our 'My Colour Speaks Before Me' report, while Peer Researcher Uche shared her powerful lived experience.
Our voices are clear: we need a fairer housing system.
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Earlier this week, we gave important evidence on a Parliamentary Inquiry into black homelessness.
We shared research from our 'My Colour Speaks Before Me' report, while Peer Researcher Uche shared her powerful lived experience.
Our voices are clear: we need a fairer housing system.
We shared research from our 'My Colour Speaks Before Me' report, while Peer Researcher Uche shared her powerful lived experience.
Our voices are clear: we need a fairer housing system.
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Every literary festival or theatre should condemn this, but as Sonia says, they won’t. They will cowardly disguise themselves by saying it’s “politics” and that they aren’t “political”. The storming of the National Theatre of Palestine is a crime not only on Palestinians, but on Palestinian art.
I can’t wait for PEN to comment on the Israeli intelligence forces storming the Palestinian National Theatre in Jerusalem and threatening the whole cast of the children’s performance and the audience if they didn’t leave in five minutes.
Because they won’t.
Because they won’t.
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Every literary festival or theatre should condemn this, but as Sonia says, they won’t. They will cowardly disguise themselves by saying it’s “politics” and that they aren’t “political”. The storming of the National Theatre of Palestine is a crime not only on Palestinians, but on Palestinian art.
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Ahead of next week's Budget, the Green Party is calling for immediate cost of living measures to cut bills by hundreds of pounds, and for fair taxes on extreme wealth to raise over £30 billion a year.
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Ahead of next week's Budget, the Green Party is calling for immediate cost of living measures to cut bills by hundreds of pounds, and for fair taxes on extreme wealth to raise over £30 billion a year.
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
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A ‘Mamdani Monitor’?? Zohran RESPONDS to the ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt for vowing to “track” his admin for antisemitism.
“I have some doubts in Jonathan's ability to do so honestly, given that he previously said I had not visited any synagogues only to have to correct himself.”
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“I have some doubts in Jonathan's ability to do so honestly, given that he previously said I had not visited any synagogues only to have to correct himself.”
zeteo.com/subscribe
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A ‘Mamdani Monitor’?? Zohran RESPONDS to the ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt for vowing to “track” his admin for antisemitism.
“I have some doubts in Jonathan's ability to do so honestly, given that he previously said I had not visited any synagogues only to have to correct himself.”
zeteo.com/subscribe
“I have some doubts in Jonathan's ability to do so honestly, given that he previously said I had not visited any synagogues only to have to correct himself.”
zeteo.com/subscribe
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I’ve seen on the media how pundits amusingly refer to Zack Polanski as if entirely propped up by social media & youngsters’ ‘vibes’ but to this middle aged women (who has no TikTok account) he seems the most serious political leader in sight talking about real issues with conviction and directness 🤷🏻♀️
November 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I’ve seen on the media how pundits amusingly refer to Zack Polanski as if entirely propped up by social media & youngsters’ ‘vibes’ but to this middle aged women (who has no TikTok account) he seems the most serious political leader in sight talking about real issues with conviction and directness 🤷🏻♀️
this is a great reminder that ‘anyone can register with a GP surgery, and that proof of address or immigration status are not needed. It also highlights that people have a right to a free interpreter’
A quick reminder about our Access to Health card which sets out people’s rights to accessing treatment and registering with a GP.
It can be downloaded from our website, or please get in touch if you would like copies of the card sending out to you: healthwatchoxfordshire.co.uk/news/new-acc...
It can be downloaded from our website, or please get in touch if you would like copies of the card sending out to you: healthwatchoxfordshire.co.uk/news/new-acc...
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
this is a great reminder that ‘anyone can register with a GP surgery, and that proof of address or immigration status are not needed. It also highlights that people have a right to a free interpreter’
So many of us British Jews feel the same, thank you for your voice Zack
My comment? I'm proud of Green councillors who are doing everything they can to bring attention to stopping the genocide.
www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...
www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...
Hackney synagogue calls on Zack Polanski to suspend Green councillors who ‘rallied against Israel’ - The Jewish Chronicle
An extraordinary meeting of the council, called to discuss a motion to cut all ties with ‘Israel’s genocide’, led to an ‘inflamed’ debate
www.thejc.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
So many of us British Jews feel the same, thank you for your voice Zack
My excellent friend Viatrix and me are thrilled to be featured on this month’s Plastic Language w/ FIELDNOTES..
such an honour to be played amongst these wonderful sounds
www.nts.live/shows/plasti...
such an honour to be played amongst these wonderful sounds
www.nts.live/shows/plasti...
Plastic Language w/ FIELDNOTES 29th October 2025
Will René presents Plastic Language, a show exploring spoken word across recorded media, spanning dub, jazz, ASMR, sound poetry & much more. The selections are informed by - but not limited to - the c...
www.nts.live
October 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
My excellent friend Viatrix and me are thrilled to be featured on this month’s Plastic Language w/ FIELDNOTES..
such an honour to be played amongst these wonderful sounds
www.nts.live/shows/plasti...
such an honour to be played amongst these wonderful sounds
www.nts.live/shows/plasti...
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Very excited about this show on Sunday. 'Maison Rose' from '77 is a real cult gem of course but she's still making vital music - 2022's 'Targala, la maison qui n'en est pas une' is delightful johnkoolrecords.bandcamp.com/album/targal...
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Very excited about this show on Sunday. 'Maison Rose' from '77 is a real cult gem of course but she's still making vital music - 2022's 'Targala, la maison qui n'en est pas une' is delightful johnkoolrecords.bandcamp.com/album/targal...
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One of the most important political messages on the internet.
October 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
One of the most important political messages on the internet.
Imagine you’re at a party. How do you respond to a middle-aged white guy saying that he has recently ‘experienced an increase in racism and sexism’. As a white man.
October 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Imagine you’re at a party. How do you respond to a middle-aged white guy saying that he has recently ‘experienced an increase in racism and sexism’. As a white man.
Macabi Tel Aviv are now saying its too unsafe for them to go to Aston Villa so have cancelled their visit.. well done everyone for letting them play the victim www.maccabi-tlv.co.il/2025/10/%d7%...
הודעת מועדון - מועדון הכדורגל מכבי תל אביב
אנו מוקירים את המאמצים של ממשלת בריטניה והמשטרה להבטיח כי שני מחנות האוהדים יוכלו להגיע למשחק בבטחה, ומודים על כל המסרים של תמיכה שקיבלנו מכל רחבי קהילת
www.maccabi-tlv.co.il
October 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Macabi Tel Aviv are now saying its too unsafe for them to go to Aston Villa so have cancelled their visit.. well done everyone for letting them play the victim www.maccabi-tlv.co.il/2025/10/%d7%...
oh Ed you schmuk
Aston Villa must not be a no-go area for Jews, says Ed Miliband
Aston Villa must not be a no-go area for Jews, says Ed Miliband
Energy secretary calls for lifting of ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters
Aston Villa’s football ground cannot be a “no-go area” for Jews, Ed Miliband said as he reiterated calls for a ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans to be lifted.
The energy secretary said ministers were working to ensure supporters of the Israeli club could attend the Europa League fixture at Villa Park on 6 November. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
oh Ed you schmuk
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The delivery of 'Newcastle' here is brilliant bsky.app/profile/cedw...
Charles Edwards as problematic boss Simon in Dreaming Whilst Black S2
October 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The delivery of 'Newcastle' here is brilliant bsky.app/profile/cedw...
I’m the newest (Jewish) Aston Villa fan
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I’m the newest (Jewish) Aston Villa fan
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Joined today, following @lauradymphna.bsky.social's lead
Not only are we at record numbers of members and growing every day - this is our highest ever poll rating.
We're just getting started.
This is the politics of the 99% Vs the 1% for a country we can all afford to live in - plenty of room to grow.
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We're just getting started.
This is the politics of the 99% Vs the 1% for a country we can all afford to live in - plenty of room to grow.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Oct.
Changes w/ 1 Oct.
RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Oct.
Changes w/ 1 Oct.
October 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Joined today, following @lauradymphna.bsky.social's lead
Please don’t use my Jewish identity to try and shut down protests that are calling for the end of a genocidal war. This conflation is what fuels antisemitism, please stop
October 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Please don’t use my Jewish identity to try and shut down protests that are calling for the end of a genocidal war. This conflation is what fuels antisemitism, please stop
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Zack Polanski saying what every politician should be saying,
"It's problematic to weaponise the synagogue attack to silence protest in this country against the genocide in Gaza"
"These are separate things and we should condemn them both"
"It's problematic to weaponise the synagogue attack to silence protest in this country against the genocide in Gaza"
"These are separate things and we should condemn them both"
October 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Zack Polanski saying what every politician should be saying,
"It's problematic to weaponise the synagogue attack to silence protest in this country against the genocide in Gaza"
"These are separate things and we should condemn them both"
"It's problematic to weaponise the synagogue attack to silence protest in this country against the genocide in Gaza"
"These are separate things and we should condemn them both"
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Under the Concrete Gazebo this Sunday, 7th September 1-5pm at Waterbeach Barracks.
A mix of group improvs open to all and performances including:
Nye Jones
Twenty-three hanging trees and Rachel Watkins
Threshold entities
Personal Reasons (that's me & @lauradymphna.bsky.social )
Free entry!
A mix of group improvs open to all and performances including:
Nye Jones
Twenty-three hanging trees and Rachel Watkins
Threshold entities
Personal Reasons (that's me & @lauradymphna.bsky.social )
Free entry!
September 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Under the Concrete Gazebo this Sunday, 7th September 1-5pm at Waterbeach Barracks.
A mix of group improvs open to all and performances including:
Nye Jones
Twenty-three hanging trees and Rachel Watkins
Threshold entities
Personal Reasons (that's me & @lauradymphna.bsky.social )
Free entry!
A mix of group improvs open to all and performances including:
Nye Jones
Twenty-three hanging trees and Rachel Watkins
Threshold entities
Personal Reasons (that's me & @lauradymphna.bsky.social )
Free entry!