Michelle Lester
@michellelester.bsky.social
Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati Remainer who left for Portugal.
English IB /AL teacher/tutor. Writes a bit.
Books, animals, walking in nature. Evenings in the kitchen dancing to a post-punk playlist. 📚💙
https://open.substack.com/pub/michellelester
English IB /AL teacher/tutor. Writes a bit.
Books, animals, walking in nature. Evenings in the kitchen dancing to a post-punk playlist. 📚💙
https://open.substack.com/pub/michellelester
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DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
Pleas sign. We mustn’t take our eyes off what’s happening to the women and girls of Afghanistan 😢
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
If we can’t speak, why live?
The Taliban is trying to erase women. But last year, a group of countries vowed to hold Afghanistan accountable, possibly even at the world’s top court. Join the global call for justice now – urge the...
secure.avaaz.org
September 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Pleas sign. We mustn’t take our eyes off what’s happening to the women and girls of Afghanistan 😢
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
SEZes or freeports are putting large areas of the country into the hands of (mostly US) corporations.
UK's new trade strategy says it will continue inserting corporate courts into its trade deals.
Sign petition: Call time on corporate courts. #StopISDS
act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-cal...
UK's new trade strategy says it will continue inserting corporate courts into its trade deals.
Sign petition: Call time on corporate courts. #StopISDS
act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-cal...
Petition: Call time on corporate courts
The UK's new trade strategy says it will continue inserting controversial corporate courts into its trade deals. At this very moment, the government is negotiating an investment treaty with India that...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
August 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
SEZes or freeports are putting large areas of the country into the hands of (mostly US) corporations.
UK's new trade strategy says it will continue inserting corporate courts into its trade deals.
Sign petition: Call time on corporate courts. #StopISDS
act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-cal...
UK's new trade strategy says it will continue inserting corporate courts into its trade deals.
Sign petition: Call time on corporate courts. #StopISDS
act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-cal...
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🔥 The UK govt is deeply complicit in the Gaza genocide.
Here’s why...
Here’s why...
In all but name: is Gaza Britain’s undeclared war?
Britain isn’t just watching Gaza burn – it’s helping fuel the fire, with weapons, intelligence, and silence
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
🔥 The UK govt is deeply complicit in the Gaza genocide.
Here’s why...
Here’s why...
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As Keir Starmer hires former Sun editor David Dinsmore as his new communications chief, a quick reminder of the sorts of communications Dinsmore helped to put out in his former job
July 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
As Keir Starmer hires former Sun editor David Dinsmore as his new communications chief, a quick reminder of the sorts of communications Dinsmore helped to put out in his former job
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"Perhaps I will write—not to immortalize the pain, but to say that we were here… loving, dreaming, planting, drawing, singing, reading, writing… before our lives were reduced to a passing news bulletin or a cold political statement."
Palestinian writer Omar Hamad bears witness to genocide in his home of Gaza.
Omar Hamad in Gaza: “I once wrote with ink, today I write with ashes.”
Omar Hamad is a Palestinian writer and pharmacist bearing witness to genocide in his home of Gaza. He writes about stolen love, safety and peace, and the reality of life on the ground. * I walk bar…
buff.ly
June 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Perhaps I will write—not to immortalize the pain, but to say that we were here… loving, dreaming, planting, drawing, singing, reading, writing… before our lives were reduced to a passing news bulletin or a cold political statement."
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'When nearly half of people are so financially fragile that they are living in fear of a £100 bill, something has gone very wrong'
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
Nearly half of Brits only £100 away from being overdue on their rent or mortgage: 'On a knife edge'
'When nearly half of people are so financially fragile that they are living in fear of a £100 bill, something has gone very wrong'
www.bigissue.com
May 31, 2025 at 7:36 AM
'When nearly half of people are so financially fragile that they are living in fear of a £100 bill, something has gone very wrong'
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
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You can help by using @trusselluk.bsky.social’s handy tool to email your MP and asking them to call on the Work and Pensions Secretary to rethink the government’s cruel & irresponsible planned cuts to social security
action.trussell.org.uk/disability-c...
action.trussell.org.uk/disability-c...
Cruel cuts to disability support: the Work and Pensions Secretary needs to hear from your MP
Our social security system should be there for us all, especially when we need it most. But the UK government has proposed huge cuts to disabled people’s support when they’re already three times more ...
action.trussell.org.uk
March 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
You can help by using @trusselluk.bsky.social’s handy tool to email your MP and asking them to call on the Work and Pensions Secretary to rethink the government’s cruel & irresponsible planned cuts to social security
action.trussell.org.uk/disability-c...
action.trussell.org.uk/disability-c...
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World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out
After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.
wck.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
April 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
So in Welsh Good Friday is called "Dydd Gwener y Groglith", [dɨːð ˈgwɛnɛr ə ˈgrɔgliθ], which literally means "Friday of the crucifixion lesson"! Some of the etymologies here are sort of interesting, so let's take a closer look at these words 1/
April 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Tempered by steel – the ignominious end of a metal history in Wales
The long and storied history of Welsh steel is apparently to be allowed to end with a whimper, while tables are banged in Westminster to save ’British’ steel.
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
The long and storied history of Welsh steel is apparently to be allowed to end with a whimper, while tables are banged in Westminster to save ’British’ steel.
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
Tempered by steel – the ignominious end of a metal history in Wales
The long and storied history of Welsh steel is apparently to be allowed to end with a whimper, while tables are banged in Westminster to save ’British’ steel
bylines.cymru
April 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Tempered by steel – the ignominious end of a metal history in Wales
The long and storied history of Welsh steel is apparently to be allowed to end with a whimper, while tables are banged in Westminster to save ’British’ steel.
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
The long and storied history of Welsh steel is apparently to be allowed to end with a whimper, while tables are banged in Westminster to save ’British’ steel.
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
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Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK.
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Palestinian Scholarship
www.gold.ac.uk
April 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK.
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
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Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
April 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
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the emperor’s favorite concubine fired one of his top internal security officers while rumors abound that the household eunuch has lost the emperors favor
April 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
the emperor’s favorite concubine fired one of his top internal security officers while rumors abound that the household eunuch has lost the emperors favor
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We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
April 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
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"What do you mean they accidentally just recognised Taiwanese sovereignty?"
April 3, 2025 at 6:38 AM
"What do you mean they accidentally just recognised Taiwanese sovereignty?"
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Honey bees are domesticated animals introduced from Europe — and aren't endangered, unlike many of North America's over 3600 species of native bees. Honey bees crowd out native bees from food & spread diseases to them. Instead of adding another hive, plant native flowers!
xerces.org/blog/want-to...
xerces.org/blog/want-to...
Want to Save the Bees? Focus on Habitat, Not Honey Bees
Keeping honey bee hives will not help the 3,600 bee species native to North America. In fact, it might do the opposite. The best solution to bee declines is to address underlying causes like habitat l...
xerces.org
March 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Honey bees are domesticated animals introduced from Europe — and aren't endangered, unlike many of North America's over 3600 species of native bees. Honey bees crowd out native bees from food & spread diseases to them. Instead of adding another hive, plant native flowers!
xerces.org/blog/want-to...
xerces.org/blog/want-to...
We can create a society that is more fair and just if those with the broadest shoulders - who also emit the most - chip in & do their bit. I’ve joined Greenpeace UK in demanding a one-off National Renewal Tax on the super-rich 0.1% in the UK with wealth over £10 million. Will you also add your name?
March 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We can create a society that is more fair and just if those with the broadest shoulders - who also emit the most - chip in & do their bit. I’ve joined Greenpeace UK in demanding a one-off National Renewal Tax on the super-rich 0.1% in the UK with wealth over £10 million. Will you also add your name?
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Der Spiegel found mobile phone numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to Mike Waltz, Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth on the internet. Most of these numbers and email addresses are apparently still in use. 😳
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...
www.spiegel.de
March 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Der Spiegel found mobile phone numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to Mike Waltz, Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth on the internet. Most of these numbers and email addresses are apparently still in use. 😳
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In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
March 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
Uh-huh. That’s all cool, then 🤯
March 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Uh-huh. That’s all cool, then 🤯