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Mat @okwithmydecay.bsky.social · 20d

Still buzzing and feeling inspired by yesterday's @makethempay.bsky.social protest! Gary Stevenson's speech that now is the time to place pressure on the government for a wealth tax has given me hope. The next protest will be on October 10th. Let's grow this movement! #MakeThemPay #ClimateAction

Mathew (@[email protected])

Feeling politically recharged and inspired after today's Make Them Pay protest through central London. #MakeThemPay #London

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Make Them Pay @makethempay.bsky.social · 21d

🔥 TODAY - WE TAKE TO THE STREETS TO MAKE THEM PAY🔥

We can't wait to see everyone out in their thousands on the streets today to demand the billionaires and polluters responsible for breaking Britain are made to pay to fix it ✊

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Make Them Pay @makethempay.bsky.social · 23d

💥There are just 3 days to go before the national Make Them Pay demonstration!💥

Check out this thread for all the information you need to join thousands on the streets to demand the government tax the super rich, protects workers not billionaires and makes polluters pay ⬇️

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Sep 10

Spotify peeved after 10,000 users sold data to build AI tools

Spotify sent a warning to stop data sales, but developers say they never got it.

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Mat @okwithmydecay.bsky.social · Sep 8

This petition that @theguardian.com should incorporate climate science into its food section makes a very valid and important point

We Can Make an Impact.

The Guardian should incorporate climate science into its "Food" section

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Mat @okwithmydecay.bsky.social · Sep 8

This petition that @theguardian.com should incorporate climate science into its food section makes a very valid and important point

We Can Make an Impact.

The Guardian should incorporate climate science into its "Food" section

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Mat @okwithmydecay.bsky.social · Sep 3

The last thing we need is digging up more fossil fuels. Please ask your MP to pledge to stop Rosebank. actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-... #StopRosebank

Ask you MP to pledge to Stop Rosebank

We need as many MPs to pledge to stop this disaster oil field. Use our email tool to ask your MP to pledge their support to Stop Rosebank and ending new oil & gas.

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · Aug 29

If we want a liveable future, we need to ensure there’s no new oil and gas.

Together, we can stop Rosebank and build a world powered by care, not carbon.

Join the Day of Action on 6 September:
👉 actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

#StopRosebank

Stop Rosebank Day of Action: Saturday 6th September

On 6th September, join us for a national Day of Action to Stop Rosebank. This is the moment we’ve been building towards. Any day now, the UK government will face a major climate test. Equinor is expe...

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Strike Map @strikemap.org · Sep 2

✊Support the @rmtunion.bsky.social tube strike🚆
5-12 September

We're still mapping all the pickets for this strike, here is what we have so far: strikemap.org/organisation/rmt

Help put strikes on our map, see post below 👇

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#StrikeMap #RMT #TubeStrike #London #LondonUndergroundStrike

Promotional poster for RMT Tube Strikes from September 5-12 featuring several individuals with flags and safety vests at a picket line.

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Mat @okwithmydecay.bsky.social · Sep 2

Tickets for @endoftheroadfestival.com 2026 sorted, I can't wait for their 20th anniversary festival! 😀 The early birds and tier one tickets sold out so fast #EndOfTheRoad #EOTR26 #MusicFestivals

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Aug 18

Wow check out this real picture of Sydney harbour that UTS used on their website trying to attract international students

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an utterly fucked generative AI image of sydney harbour, with the opera house on an entire island, lots of random boats and an unconcinving sunset in the background

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 6

Leading global scholars sign letter urging UK to end Palestine Action ban

Exclusive: Naomi Klein and Angela Davis among those demanding stop to ‘attack on fundamental freedoms’ of assembly and protest * Letter: Palestine Action ban is an attack on fundamental freedoms Naomi Klein and Angela Davis are among dozens of international scholars and writers who have signed a letter to the Guardian calling on the UK government to reverse the ban on Palestine Action. The letter applauds what it describes as a “growing campaign of collective defiance” against the ban and commends the “courageous stand” of hundreds of people who plan to risk arrest by declaring their support for Palestine Action during a mass protest in London on Saturday. Continue reading...

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Mat @okwithmydecay.bsky.social · Aug 6

I'll be impressed if Hackney Council manages to cap Lime bicycle journeys at £1.75. One of my recent rides was £5, and that was just for a 15 minute journey.

Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · Jul 31

Council to cap e-bike fares and charge carriers £80 to collect badly parked cycles

#Hackney #ebikes #transport #cycling

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/31/c...

Council to cap e-bike fares and charge carriers £80 to collect badly parked cycles

Local restaurateur say current scheme feels ‘a bit of a Wild West’

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Mat @okwithmydecay.bsky.social · Aug 1

This #BandcampFriday I recommend the mini-compilation that Heavenly Recordings has put out of JD Twitch's remixes. It's name your own price, with the money raised going towards his day-to-day support, after the very sad news of his terminal cancer diagnosis.

JD Twitch - Heavenly Remixes, by Heavenly Recordings

3 track album

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Mat @okwithmydecay.bsky.social · Jul 31

Yesterday's adventure climbing Blencathra

Mathew (@[email protected])

Today we climbed Blencathra, and took a heap of photos #Blencathra #LakeDistrict #landscapePhotography

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Mat @okwithmydecay.bsky.social · Jul 23

This morning, whilst listening to my music collection on shuffle, a great tune by Bonnie “Prince” Billy came up that I wanted to share with my partner. To my surprise his album Down The Road is not available on Spotify, because Oldham, in his own words, is "offended by Spotify’s existence".

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · Jul 23

MIND-BLOWING FACT: If you made $250,000 a day since Pedro Pascal was born you still wouldn’t make as much money as oil giant Equinor did in just the last 3 months with £4.8 billion in profit

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Record Club @record.club · Jul 23

We are now officially live on the App Store!

Same app as web, but better with native push, haptics, pull to refresh, and share menu support. Big thanks to everyone who helped out with testing!

‎Record Club

‎Record Club is a social music network that makes it easy to track, rate, review and compile lists of your favorite releases with a community of other music fans. Here’s just some of what you can do:...

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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · Jul 16

West Reservoir swimmers fight to save communal changing rooms as council revamp gets underway

#Hackney #swimming #sports #planning

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/16/w...

West Reservoir swimmers fight to save communal changing rooms as council revamp gets underway

Petition launched by campaigners who worry community ethos will be lost

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · Jun 29

I was extremely honoured to have created the backdrop artwork for the magnificent @nadineshah Glastonbury performance earlier today. Of course you won’t have seen it on the BBC as they didn’t show any of it.

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Just Stop Oil @just-stopoil.bsky.social · Jul 9

The right to a trial by a jury of your peers is a fundamental part of the UK legal system.

To take this away would be yet another nail in the coffin of democracy.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jul 12

At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people

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Mat @okwithmydecay.bsky.social · Jul 11

I saw Marie Davidson do an incredible DJ set at Glastonbury, and there was a tune that stood out with the lyric of "electrify me". I couldn’t find the track, so I tried contacting her, and today they emailed me back with the details! Now I just need to find this as a digital download of it.

Problematic - Electrify Me (Batteries Included Mix)

YouTube video by South London Vinyl Alliance

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Jul 9

What’s the odds on “a major social network has an antisemitic AI built into it” being raised by lobby with PM’s spokesperson today? A special DCMS committee? Ofcom launching an emergency investigation? Seems it’s so hard to comprehend that people will just focus on more manageable screaming at BBC.

Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · Jul 8

It would be nice to, among other things, get an answer from the UK government about why they still feel comfortable using this as one of their primary communication channels

K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · Jul 8

Elon's AI is now actively recommending a second Holocaust

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Hackney Night Shelter @hackneyns.bsky.social · Jul 7

TONIGHT! Come along to a night of laughter in support of Hackney Night Shelter -starting at 8pm, Backyard Comedy Club www.designmynight.com/london/bars/...

Stand Up For The Shelter

Buy tickets for Stand Up For The Shelter at Backyard Comedy Club London. Tickets and information for Stand Up For The Shelter Mon, 7th Jul 2025 @ 19:30 - 22:15 in London.

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