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Colin Barrow
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Scotland. Likes making captions. he/him. Profile picture is a white and tabby cat sitting next to a maroon No More Craptions t-shirt
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marcdavenant.bsky.social
I discovered yesterday that in advance of our meeting with Westminster Council to discuss the Adelphi tent encampment, they secretly brought forward the eviction to present us with a fait accompli. The community is now fractured. Here is my open email from today to Adam Hug, Council Leader.
An empty building terrace with security fencing along the area where a homeless tent encampment used to be Dear Adam I hope you are well and thanks again for facilitating the meeting which took place yesterday. David was very nice and gave some assurances over the planned interventions for some displaced members of the Adelphi encampment community over the next eight weeks. However, the actions of the council the previous week do raise some doubts as to whether any of our communications/discussions so far have been in good faith. I was bitterly disappointed to discover yesterday that the council had moved to pre-emptively clear the encampment last week in advance of that meeting and without informing me or MoH. When I spoke with members of the community in November, they all told me that they had been informed by council officials that the date for the clearance had been set for 1 January. I had planned to attend from 6am that day, with my press card, to document the evictions for the media and for the public record. I had planned to do follow-ups with members of the community documenting the longer-term consequences of the decision to evict them. This will not now be possible as the community has been fractured, with some at the Connection and others dispersed along the Embankment or elsewhere. I had wondered why David kept putting back the date of the meeting, after we had said we would be flexible, offering several dates and times early in December but it all now becomes clear. The council was playing it long on the meeting while in the background bringing forward the date for the eviction. It does create a perception that this was an underhand strategy by the council designed to present us with a fait accompli at the meeting and to avoid any embarrassing photographic record of these evictions ending up in the media or on social media. I understand from community members who I spoke with yesterday that officials from the council turned up at midnight one day last week, completely out of the blue, and informed people that the camp would be cleared at 7am the following morning. They then turned up mob-handed and cleared the encampment. One community member told me yesterday that people they knew in the camp lost all of their possessions through this action. After yesterday's meeting | tried to track down people from the encampment and found some at the Connection and one sleeping rough on the Embankment. Two of the most vulnerable members were nowhere to be seen and appear to have fallen through the gaps. I really appreciate that there are no easy answers to a situation like this but must question whether pre-emptive clearance was justifiable on public interest grounds. I asked David who the decision-maker was for the early clearance and when the decision was made but he couldn't or wouldn't tell me. I can't help feeling that the decision was made by the council as a response to the article in The Big Issue, and to avoid media momentum building around the story if emotive images of vulnerable people being evicted were to be published. I have always believed that any democracy thrives where there is transparency, especially when it comes to making life and death decisions like these. Five participants in the Outsiders project have subsequently died while sleeping rough. In 2024 at least 1,611 homeless people died. These are difficult decisions and people's lives can literally depend on what public bodies like yours do in situations like the Adelphi. I would hope that officers at the council can reflect on their actions and understand that public scrutiny of the evictions of the most vulnerable members of society is a good thing. It provides checks and balances on the overwhelming strength of public bodies and the imbalance of power between them and those who must live with the consequences of their decisions, especially when those decisions have been made in secret and the subsequent actions are done surreptitiously to avoid any visual record of what happened. It sends all the wrong messages when it comes to trust and public confidence. Critical friends on issues like homelessness are something that the council should be nurturing - that only works where there is mutual trust, respect, and transparency. I hope you have a good Christmas, if you celebrate it, and hope perhaps that you will spare a thought tomorrow for those who have been displaced and cast aside by society just before such an important day for reunion and reconnection. Best Marc Davenant
December 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy
“What happened was, a faucet started dripping. And then I managed to route around the malignant machineries of late-stage capitalism. These days, that’s almost always a story worth telling.” https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/12/18/Humanist-Plumbing
Humanist Plumbing
www.tbray.org
December 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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callmeames.bsky.social
hi is bluesky alive? twitch.tv/callmeames
ames over the main screen for baldur's gate 3
December 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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mrmunchertoyou.bsky.social
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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jupiterscorner.bsky.social
i got my rats, my cat, and i am ready for CHAOS!! We're live NOW with Apex Legends, come be insane with us hehehe www.twitch.tv/jupiterscorner
A screenshot of the Apex Legends lobby. In the top left corner is Jay, and they're holding up a peace sign. Their tuxedo cat, Chance, is sitting behind them judging everything that's about to go down.
December 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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minovskyarticle.bsky.social
The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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callmeames.bsky.social
hiii im STUDYING for FINALS waaaUGH twitch.tv/callmeames
Ames smiling wearing a pink sweater with hearts on it. To the left is a pomodoro timer from super sweet bot and underneath is the super sweet task list. to the right is info on how to use the task list and Ames' tasks. Behind her is a pink wall covered in kpop posters and baldur's gate 3 art. There is pink cow squishmallow and a giraffe stuffed animal sitting on top of a cube organizer with various knicknacks.
December 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
RFK Jr. is a completely unqualified conspiracy theorist who is putting newborn babies at risk.

The reckless decision to end a proven vaccine recommendation has no scientific basis.

This guy has got to go.
December 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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jupiterscorner.bsky.social
cheers to 28 with my man fuse 🥂 I'm live NOW with the bois (@callmeames.bsky.social & @jagthebah.bsky.social), come hang out! www.twitch.tv/jupiterscorner
A screenshot of the lobby in Apex Legends. The legend fuse is in the middle, and he's holding up a bottle of beer cheersing behind him with his left foot on a missile. In the top left corner is Jay, and they're cheersing back. They're wearing a bucket hat that says "women want me, fish fear me."
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
There are so many people living lives of quiet dignity despite horrific medical news or poverty or tragedy where every day they still wake up and try to be good people in the world even as the world pushes against them and it makes me even angrier at the absolute shitheads that rule over things
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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alexpaknadel.bsky.social
Another way of looking at this (prompted by Rachel) is of course the most obvious yet overlooked aspect - namely that whatever happens, you got to make a thing in a world that REALLY doesn't want you to make things anymore.
You won. Creation won. Nihilism lost.
Happy 2026, ya filthy animals.
racheaissance.com Rachel Pinnelas 💭 @racheaissance.com · 22d
gentle reminder that just because something you made didn't make a "best of" "year end" list doesn't mean you didn't make anything important in 2025
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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racheaissance.com
gentle reminder that just because something you made didn't make a "best of" "year end" list doesn't mean you didn't make anything important in 2025
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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moonjam.com
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.

I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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callmeames.bsky.social
hi im being comfy with malachite the world's most comfort character to ever character twitch.tv/callmeames
Ames' facecam over the main screen for Baldur's Gate. Around their face cam is a light pink border with pink leaves and a crescent moon. They are smiling and wearing a bluey sweatshirt.
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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callmeames.bsky.social
hi im begging for malachite if u care twitch.tv/callmeames
Ames' facecam over the main screen for baldur's gate. Around their face cam is a light pink border with pink leaves and a crescent moon. They are looking weird and wearing a pink shirt with a skeleton on it.
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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callmeames.bsky.social
hi its just a girl and her comfort character who is on trial for the murder of a billion people twitch.tv/callmeames
Ames' facecam over the main screen for baldur's gate 3. Around their face cam is a light pink border with pink leaves and a crescent moon. They are smiling and wearing a bluey sweatshirt.
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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callmeames.bsky.social
the gates are bald i REPEAT the gates are BALD twitch.tv/callmeames
Ames' facecam over the main screen for Baldur's gate 3. Around their face cam is a light pink border with pink leaves and a crescent moon. They are smiling and wearing a pink sweater with white hearts on it. In the top right corner is a cry counter showing they've cried twice during this run.
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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callmeames.bsky.social
im live almost two hours late and not even playing what im supposed to be but the cats are in cups, my lord twitch.tv/callmeames
Ames' facecam over their just chatting scene. The background behind their facecam is pink striped and there are ghost lights at the top. There is a Support me at ko-fi.com/callmeames button on the lower right. They are smiling with their chin on their hand and wearing fluffy pink hoodie with strawberries on it. Behind them is a pink wall covered in kpop posters and baldur's gate 3 art. There is pink cow squishmallow and a giraffe stuffed animal sitting on top of a cube organizer with various knicknacks.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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callmeames.bsky.social
hiii im changing my major from IT to Malachite come celebrate this change of path 💚 twitch.tv/callmeames
Ames' facecam over the loading screen for Baldur's Gate 3. Around their face cam is a light pink border with pink leaves and a crescent moon. They are smiling and wearing a bluey sweatshirt.
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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callmeames.bsky.social
MALACHITE I'M COMING HOME SWEETIE twitch.tv/callmeames
Ames' facecam over the main screen for Baldur's Gate 3. They are wearing a light pink sweater with white hearts on it and their hair is half pulled back. They are wearing dangly earrings that have ceramic popsicles in the lesbian flag colorway at the end.
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.

I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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rincewind.run
by any conceivable measure SNAP is one of the best programs we have, keeps countless people from food insecurity, and every dollar spent goes back into the community 1.5 times over

if you’re policing what people spend it on because they don’t “deserve” joy you’re a shitty excuse for a human being
brendelbored.bsky.social Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Nov 2
“Oh poor people can buy popsicles with food stamps” shut the fuck up the government gives perverts a trillion dollars in government money each year for pervert factories for billionaires the fucking popsicles are none of your fuckin business
November 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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callmeames.bsky.social
hiii im back shaming geralt twitch.tv/callmeames
Ames' facecam over the main screen for The Witcher 3. Around their face cam is a light pink border with pink leaves and a crescent moon. They are (expression) and wearing a blue shirt under a cream and pink cardigan.
November 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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callmeames.bsky.social
hi i'm live hallowing thy ween 🎃 twitch.tv/callmeames
Ames dressed up as a strawberry. She has pink flowers in her hair and pink and orange butterfly clips as well. They have strong pink blush on their cheeks and across their nose with little white dots. They are wearing a pink cardigan with strawberries stitched onto it. The background behind their facecam is pink striped and there are cherry blossom lights at the top. There is a Support me at ko-fi.com/callmeames button on the lower right of the screen. Behind them is a pink wall covered in kpop posters and baldur's gate 3 art. There is pink cow squishmallow and a giraffe stuffed animal sitting on top of a cube organizer with various knicknacks.
October 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM