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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 4h

@livingmaps.bsky.social
for those of you interested in military map making, check out this fascinating First World War #Maps blog from
@stuartackland.bsky.social
Link below👇

Nick Millea @milleanick.bsky.social · 8h

Time for the next @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Maps blog from @stuartackland.bsky.social taking us back to the First World War & a close look at trench maps. What are these unusual numbered circles? Learn more at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/
@bcsmaps.bsky.social @westernfrontww1.bsky.social

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · 12h

Interested in creating more inclusive maps? Join us for a hands-on workshop on the 18th October to learn about and practice inclusive mapping www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inclusive-...

Inclusive Mapping Workshop: Creating a Design Brief

Join us for a hands-on workshop to learn about and practice inclusive mapping

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 2d

With the Conservative Party and Reform UK planning for the UK to join Russia by pulling out of the European Convention on Human Rights, here is a checklist of what those rights are and what they would be ripping up:
#EHRC #humanrights

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 6d

Saddened to hear of the death of Jane Goodall, a pioneering conservationist. We were fortunate enough to have interviewed her as one of the 100 voices in the Oral History of the Environmental Movement archive, soon to be available in the British Library Life Stories Collection.

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 8d

Solidarity with Women's Environmental Network and sisters everywhere. ❤️♀️❤️
Now more than ever, we must lean into our values of care, connection, and collective action. Reach out. Check in. Speak up. Protect one another; every act of solidarity is a seed of resistance.
www.wen.org.uk/2025/09/19/s...

STATEMENT ON FAR-RIGHT VIOLENCE AND RACISM

Statement on Far-Right Violence and Racism.

www.wen.org.uk

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 13d

Royal Park Keeper setting the record straight!

Royal Parks breaks silence on Nigel Farage's bombshell claim migrants eat swans

Reform UK leader claimed migrants are stealing and eating swans from Royal Parks in Britain

www.express.co.uk

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 20d

me too!

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Joanna Hastings @joannahastings.bsky.social · 20d

I've been so despondent about the inability of politicians to answer questions with integrity and clarity, and then I watch this and, be still my heart, there's hope again. @zackpolanski.bsky.social nailing it. This is the future I want. Go Green.💚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ksg...

Is Zack Polanski the Left's answer to Nigel Farage?

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

www.youtube.com

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks for the reminder, @olimould.bsky.social I was feeling quite traumatised after being so outnumbered on the Dis-Unite the Kingdom march and almost vomming after watching scenes from the state banquet and Trump-Starmer press conference🤢

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 21d

mine too!

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 21d

Led by Donkeys protests "Orwellian" arrests for projecting Trump/Epstein photos www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Led By Donkeys attacks ‘Orwellian’ arrests after Trump Windsor projections

Exclusive: Campaign group says it was behind stunt that showed images of Trump and Epstein on castle tower

www.theguardian.com

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 21d

@wen-uk.bsky.social Women's Environmental Network have pioneered and continues to campaign on toxic chemicals in menstrual and baby products.

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 21d

Hugely proud to sing with the @climatechoirs.bsky.social choir flashmob at King's Cross, fighting back against more oil and gas licenses at Rosebank, the largest undeveloped oil field in the UK. Equinor, we don't want your dirty oil anymore! ! Great support from the crowd!

Climate Choir Flashmob King's Cross Station: Stop Rosebank!

YouTube video by Climate Choir Movement

www.youtube.com

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 22d

@livingmaps.bsky.social Earlier this year we had the pleasure of co-facilitating a workshop on creative mapping and health, with colleagues from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. This short video shows some of the fun and creative mapping approaches and ideas we were exploring
youtu.be/oqmMDoLr2Pk

What Does a Map of our Health Look Like?

YouTube video by Global Affairs, King's College London

youtu.be

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 23d

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 23d

A book for the times we are in - how over a hundred thousand people could decide asylum seekers and people of colour are to blame for their troubles, and why they think the world's former richest man is on their side.

Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 24d

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 27d

On Wednesday, 17th September, a march supported by over 40 organisations will be taking place in London to protest the state visit of Donald Trump.
stoptrump.org.uk/protest/

Trump Not Welcome | 17 September 2025

Stop Trump Coalition

stoptrump.org.uk

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 28d

Israel has ordered civilians to evacuate “for your own safety,” but without transport, many are physically unable to do so | Jennie Kermode

Trapped: vulnerable people in Gaza city watch as IDF tanks advance

Israel has ordered civilians to evacuate “for your own safety,” but without transport, many are physically unable to do so

bylines.scot

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 28d

Me too!

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 Emergency Protest 1 - Oppose the visit of Isaac Herzog
⏰️ Wed 10 September, 5:30PM
📍 Chatham House, London

🚨 Emergency Protest 2
⏰️ Wednesday 10 September, 7PM
📍 Downing Street, London

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European Greens @europeangreens.eu · 29d

🇳🇴 Great news from Norway!

👏 Green party @mdg.no got over the 4% threshold for the first time. This Green success secures a left-wing government.

That means that despite gains by the far right, they will not be in power.

CONgrats to the
norwegian greens
on their Best
ever results!

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · Sep 7

Reform voters are so blinded by the "small boats" narrative - convinced by Farage's dog whistle politics that asylum seekers, refugees and migrants are the cause of their troubles, they can't see beyond that

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · Sep 6

About those Reform Party team shirts they "Trumpeted!" as manufactured in the UK ...
@reformexposed.bsky.social

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · Sep 6

Available via book sellers on Amazon

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