Alison-R
@alison-r.bsky.social
Health & disability. Science. Eco things.
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Deck the halls and lock him up.
Written by Rikki Beadle-Blair
Performed at Soho Theatre, Walhamstow for charity fundraiser "Comedians Do Carols."
Written by Rikki Beadle-Blair
Performed at Soho Theatre, Walhamstow for charity fundraiser "Comedians Do Carols."
December 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Deck the halls and lock him up.
Written by Rikki Beadle-Blair
Performed at Soho Theatre, Walhamstow for charity fundraiser "Comedians Do Carols."
Written by Rikki Beadle-Blair
Performed at Soho Theatre, Walhamstow for charity fundraiser "Comedians Do Carols."
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'Power must be built. It's not something that can be flicked on like a switch.'
Organising is hard work, but nobody is coming to save us.
Megan De Meo of @unitetheunion.bsky.social speaking at our Community Organising panel last week
Organising is hard work, but nobody is coming to save us.
Megan De Meo of @unitetheunion.bsky.social speaking at our Community Organising panel last week
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
'Power must be built. It's not something that can be flicked on like a switch.'
Organising is hard work, but nobody is coming to save us.
Megan De Meo of @unitetheunion.bsky.social speaking at our Community Organising panel last week
Organising is hard work, but nobody is coming to save us.
Megan De Meo of @unitetheunion.bsky.social speaking at our Community Organising panel last week
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One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.
September 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.
AI cannot be relied on.
“OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws”
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html
September 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
AI cannot be relied on.
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
Wow!
Yesterday we visited Green Mountain Falls, CO to visit the kinetic sculpture Off the Beaten Path by Patrick Shearn. I wasn’t ready for just how dynamic it was even in the slightest breeze. Reminds me of a murmuration of starlings. Incredible artwork. It’ll only be up through October 19th.
September 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Wow!
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When centrists adopt far-right rhetoric, they don’t make themselves stronger. They make themselves look inauthentic, legitimise the far right, and shift the political debate onto terrain defined by their opponents.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Cooper suggests asylum seekers could be moved into warehouses instead of hotels – UK politics live
Home secretary says government aims to ‘shrink the whole asylum system’ and is looking at ‘military and industrial sites’
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
When centrists adopt far-right rhetoric, they don’t make themselves stronger. They make themselves look inauthentic, legitimise the far right, and shift the political debate onto terrain defined by their opponents.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Israeli peace campaigners, Standing Together, against the starvation in Gaza
Now in Tel Aviv: Thousands of Jews and Palestinians are marching together against the starvation in Gaza and for an immediate ceasefire deal to end the annihilation and return the hostages
July 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Israeli peace campaigners, Standing Together, against the starvation in Gaza
Zack Polanski, running to be Green Party leader
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
July 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Zack Polanski, running to be Green Party leader
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(from)The Second Coming
By WB Yeats
“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, / The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere / The ceremony of innocence is drowned; / The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity."
By WB Yeats
“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, / The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere / The ceremony of innocence is drowned; / The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity."
April 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
(from)The Second Coming
By WB Yeats
“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, / The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere / The ceremony of innocence is drowned; / The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity."
By WB Yeats
“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, / The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere / The ceremony of innocence is drowned; / The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity."
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The Labour government's changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will drive disabled people further into poverty. Scrap the plans now!
Join us tomorrow, 1:30pm in Old Market Square, along with charity Disability Support, Notts TUC and Unite Community to stand for a more humane welfare system.
Join us tomorrow, 1:30pm in Old Market Square, along with charity Disability Support, Notts TUC and Unite Community to stand for a more humane welfare system.
June 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The Labour government's changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will drive disabled people further into poverty. Scrap the plans now!
Join us tomorrow, 1:30pm in Old Market Square, along with charity Disability Support, Notts TUC and Unite Community to stand for a more humane welfare system.
Join us tomorrow, 1:30pm in Old Market Square, along with charity Disability Support, Notts TUC and Unite Community to stand for a more humane welfare system.
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Polling analysis has indicated that Labour are losing more votes to the Greens and Lib Dems than to Reform
Polling analysis shows Labour are losing more voters to Greens and Lib Dems than to Reform
Labour should be worried about losing votes to the left, not just to the hard right
leftfootforward.org
June 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Polling analysis has indicated that Labour are losing more votes to the Greens and Lib Dems than to Reform
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Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
leftfootforward.org/2023/11/excl...
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
leftfootforward.org/2023/11/excl...
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
leftfootforward.org
June 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
leftfootforward.org/2023/11/excl...
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
leftfootforward.org/2023/11/excl...
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We got tricked by science fiction into thinking a futuristic city is all about flying cars and crystal towers and hologram billboards but what it really looks like is nice apartment blocks, good mass transit, pedestrian zones with shade trees and safe bike lanes.
June 26, 2024 at 9:14 PM
We got tricked by science fiction into thinking a futuristic city is all about flying cars and crystal towers and hologram billboards but what it really looks like is nice apartment blocks, good mass transit, pedestrian zones with shade trees and safe bike lanes.
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The ICC arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Mohammed Deif make clear that to continue selling arms to Israel is to aid and abet war crimes. It is utterly indefensible.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander
International Criminal Court judges say there are “reasonable grounds” they bore
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 1:17 PM
The ICC arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Mohammed Deif make clear that to continue selling arms to Israel is to aid and abet war crimes. It is utterly indefensible.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New Video: @georgemonbiot.bsky.social describes the treatment of #MECFS as "The Greatest Medical Scandal of the 21st century". The video explores the impact of ineffective & harmful treatments & how they were defended by the scientific & media establishment.
youtu.be/RiwX9Y0NbiQ?...
youtu.be/RiwX9Y0NbiQ?...
ME/CFS Scandal Explainer (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
YouTube video by Broken Battery
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 12:42 PM
New Video: @georgemonbiot.bsky.social describes the treatment of #MECFS as "The Greatest Medical Scandal of the 21st century". The video explores the impact of ineffective & harmful treatments & how they were defended by the scientific & media establishment.
youtu.be/RiwX9Y0NbiQ?...
youtu.be/RiwX9Y0NbiQ?...
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One third of children in the UK are living in poverty and we have had a day with the media obsessing about rich farmers who want to keep their millions tax free. Who is orchestrating this utterly bizarre news agenda, and why?
November 19, 2024 at 9:45 PM
One third of children in the UK are living in poverty and we have had a day with the media obsessing about rich farmers who want to keep their millions tax free. Who is orchestrating this utterly bizarre news agenda, and why?
This would be good. #bluesky #featurerequest
I really hope Bluesky can develop the Bookmark option so we can save posts we like and refer to it when we need it. They have this in FB, IG, and that old space. Can we all rally for the Bookmark button? And we must not forget the EDIT option! This will definitely make this app better!
November 20, 2024 at 2:07 PM
This would be good. #bluesky #featurerequest
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Excellent piece on winning against big oil by communicating smarter (focused on the US, but useful elsewhere)
billmckibben.substack.com/p/youre-not-... @billmckibben.bsky.social
billmckibben.substack.com/p/youre-not-... @billmckibben.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Excellent piece on winning against big oil by communicating smarter (focused on the US, but useful elsewhere)
billmckibben.substack.com/p/youre-not-... @billmckibben.bsky.social
billmckibben.substack.com/p/youre-not-... @billmckibben.bsky.social
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I think I agree with this, with caveats.
Look, 1.5C without overshoot was always at their very margins of plausibility. There’s a reason why there was almost no literature on how to achieve it until the UN requested an IPCC report on the topic.
But the target was, and is, a signifier:
Look, 1.5C without overshoot was always at their very margins of plausibility. There’s a reason why there was almost no literature on how to achieve it until the UN requested an IPCC report on the topic.
But the target was, and is, a signifier:
Climate action is falling terribly short
Time to bury the 1.5C goal?
Absolutely not - why the 1.5 goal must prevail
(even when global warming exceeds 1.5C)
My opinion for Project Syndicate 👇
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Time to bury the 1.5C goal?
Absolutely not - why the 1.5 goal must prevail
(even when global warming exceeds 1.5C)
My opinion for Project Syndicate 👇
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
The 1.5°C Target for Global Warming Must Prevail | by Joeri Rogelj - Project Syndicate
Joeri Rogelj argues that the threshold established by the Paris agreement remains crucial – even if it is breached.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 20, 2024 at 12:24 PM
I think I agree with this, with caveats.
Look, 1.5C without overshoot was always at their very margins of plausibility. There’s a reason why there was almost no literature on how to achieve it until the UN requested an IPCC report on the topic.
But the target was, and is, a signifier:
Look, 1.5C without overshoot was always at their very margins of plausibility. There’s a reason why there was almost no literature on how to achieve it until the UN requested an IPCC report on the topic.
But the target was, and is, a signifier:
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No one is required to tolerate bigotry. Opposing views are fine up to the point they dehumanise others, whether because of national origin, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, etc. That is not a mere difference of opinion; that is a difference of morals.
November 19, 2024 at 3:07 AM
No one is required to tolerate bigotry. Opposing views are fine up to the point they dehumanise others, whether because of national origin, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, etc. That is not a mere difference of opinion; that is a difference of morals.
Official figures about economic inactivity based on the Labour Force Survey, which now has an unrepresentative 13% response rate.
Curious. The ONS may have overestimated no. of economically inactive:
“response to the Labour Force Survey have collapsed from 39% in 2019 to 13% last year.
“workers may be less likely to respond than the economically inactive”
Other data supports this view.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
“response to the Labour Force Survey have collapsed from 39% in 2019 to 13% last year.
“workers may be less likely to respond than the economically inactive”
Other data supports this view.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
ONS may have ‘lost’ a million workers from job figures since pandemic
Resolution Foundation says figures are ‘overly pessimistic’ as people in work are less likely to answer survey
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Official figures about economic inactivity based on the Labour Force Survey, which now has an unrepresentative 13% response rate.
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Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
A message from a REAL farmer who hasn’t been brainwashed by the Tories, wealthy landowners and the right wing media👇🏽
#FarmersProtest
#FarmersProtest
November 20, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres