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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · 23h

Our first community Tuesday 2 years ago, done 100 since and the museum feels very different in some ways, familiar in others. Here’s to 100 more.

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · 3d

Today we release the 2024 findings for the Dying Homeless Project. It’s something I work on year round with an amazing team.

This year we saw a 9% increase but so much more than nos. These are human stories that never be forgotten 💔

museumofhomelessness.org/news/new-res...

Our investigation finds that 1611 people experiencing homelessness died in 2024 - a 9% increase on the previous year. — Museum of Homelessness

We are devastated to share our latest research into the deaths of those who die. It has revealed the continued impact at the sharpest edge of the homelessness crisis, as the Labour Government has fail...

museumofhomelessness.org

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · 6d

This is terrible so sad to see this.

Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 6d

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'

Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

www.bbc.co.uk

Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · 8d

Great to be quoted with this, it’s a really good piece of work by Josh Gabbatiss over at Carbon Brief! We’ll worth a look.

Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social · 8d

🗞 @mattturtle.bsky.social co-director of the Museum of Homelessness, said that SWEP should be made a legal requirement to protect rough sleepers.

Turtle said: “These findings, like our own research, show that many councils opt not to help people who need it the most when there is extreme weather…

Big Issue @bigissue.com · 8d

Homeless people were protected from hot weather on a record number of occasions in 2025 as climate change led to hottest summer ever.

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · 9d

Always find this mind boggling, City Hall, the symbol of London’s governance being dismantled. Easy to do as it’s apparently owned by the Kuwaiti Sovereign Wealth fund and Greater London Authority was turfed out long ago…

Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · 10d

So our vigil is next week, one of the hardest days of the year for those in our community as we gather to remember those we’ve lost museumofhomelessness.org/news/annual-...

Hope folk can make it. Our findings for 2024 are released the day before

Annual vigil — Museum of Homelessness

Please join us to remember with love all who have died whilst homeless in 2024. 9/10/2025 Opposite Downing Street. Gathering from 6pm, we will read the names at 7pm. Organised by Museum of Home...

museumofhomelessness.org

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · May 17

Haha that is indeed a lot to cram in just an hour. Glad you got to the tour and a chance to hear some pearls of wisdom from Uncle Clive x

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · May 17

John I so wish we’d more then a second to chat - thank you so much for coming today. Meant so much ❤️😊

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Apr 29

The Govt did announce this off the back of our Dying Homeless project findings tho: www.gov.uk/government/n...

Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Apr 27

Thanks for sharing ❤️@haringeywelcome.bsky.social

@HaringeyWelcome @haringeywelcome.bsky.social · Apr 27

Important trans inclusive statement by our wonderful partners at @ourmoh.bsky.social.
As stated, risks of Supreme Court ruling include further discrimination towards trans refugees and migrants in our communities.
Follow link to read / sign full letter.

museumofhomelessness.org/news/what-th...

What the Supreme Court ruling on trans exclusion means and how we are responding, a note from director Jess Turtle — Museum of Homelessness

How museum of Homelessness is responding to affirm a trans inclusive space and services and what is behind the push for trans exclusion in the UK and the USA.

museumofhomelessness.org

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Apr 27

This thread says it all. Thank you!

The EHRC has long been toothless, corrupt & hollowed out and is stoking more hate and disinformation.

It saddens me so much to see how much suffering this is causing & how much people are being hoodwinked by the horrific forces re-shaping put politics.

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Apr 27

This thread says it all. Thank you!

The EHRC has long been toothless, corrupt & hollowed out and is stoking more hate and disinformation.

It saddens me so much to see how much suffering this is causing & how much people are being hoodwinked by the horrific forces re-shaping put politics.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Apr 13

Previously, the arrests of pro-Palestinian voices on university campuses would’ve drawn instant attention from the DHS civil rights office’s First Amendment watchdogs, attorneys in the compliance branch said. That guardrail is gone.

By @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social

“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights

The closure of the 150-person office, which protected the civil rights of both immigrants and U.S. citizens, strips Homeland Security of its internal guardrails as the Trump administration turns DHS…

www.propublica.org

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Apr 12

20 days since last Blue Sky login… This is all I have to report

Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Mar 22

Great book this is btw, from the Philippines, to Syria, to pre-war Ukraine it shows how long our info-sphere has been contested, compromised and in many cases severed from reality.

Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Mar 22

Been reading this recently. It stuns me to read this week that Jack Thorne got stopped by a headteacher saying “I want to know what more schools can do” after watching Adolescence.

The affects of disinfo are so far reaching (this was published in 2020!) we need whole subjects devoted to it.

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Mar 15

An honour to see this. A moment not to be forgotten ❤️❤️❤️

Richard Sandell @richardsandellrcmg.bsky.social · Mar 15

Landmark exhibition - Transcestry - celebrates 10 incredible years of the Museum of Transology. Who could have known a decade ago - when the first objects were collected - how much we would need this 1000 object manifestation of trans joy and resilience in 2025. Unmissable. ❤️❤️❤️

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Mar 15

@jessicaturtle.bsky.social gets us the same billing as Banksy & a London Indian restaurant. All equal in 10Foot’s epic upcoming Big Issue takeover. Thanks so much for the ft 💥💥

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Mar 2

Been interested in noting the Zelenskyy “election mandate” stuff & been hearing it alot more. I now get why. Part of coordinated Kremlin disinfo so expect to hear it from western sympathisers more. This one is a good read for people looking ahead re Ukraine Russia euvsdisinfo.eu/the-kremlins...

The Kremlin's playbook for undermining post-war Ukraine - EUvsDisinfo

While peace talks may eventually silence the guns, the Kremlin disinformation apparatus is already crafting narratives to fracture post-war Ukraine.

euvsdisinfo.eu

Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Feb 28

I’ll repeat

Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Feb 16

On Ukraine I’m guessing it’ll be the following:
1. Peace deal designed to put Ukraine in a position where it can’t ever accept
2. Ukraine then made out to be “aggressor” by US/Russia.
3. War continues - with Ukraine to blame.
4. US uses breakdown to continue to castigate Europe/NATO

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Feb 28

Yes I think so, there are definitely plans for follow-up & I’m pretty sure we’ll be sharing more soon.

Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Feb 28

This was a very important discussion. Hope we can do more together on this. ❤️

National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thanks to @happymuseum.bsky.social for inviting NMDC to join the conversation around ethical use of social media. It was great to talk with @themerl.bsky.social and @ourmoh.bsky.social and sector colleagues today. Lots of inspiration from museums in our sector.

HappyMuseum Project @happymuseum.bsky.social · Feb 24

Coming up this Thursday - join us in an open conversation exploring ethical use of social media for museums.

Feels more relevant and urgent by the day....

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Feb 18

Anyone who has read Collusion @lukeharding1968.bsky.social would not be surprised by today’s turn of events

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Feb 17

Some cracking new werks at the museum!

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Matt Turtle @mattturtle.bsky.social · Feb 16

On Ukraine I’m guessing it’ll be the following:
1. Peace deal designed to put Ukraine in a position where it can’t ever accept
2. Ukraine then made out to be “aggressor” by US/Russia.
3. War continues - with Ukraine to blame.
4. US uses breakdown to continue to castigate Europe/NATO