Lynda Shentall
@drlyndashentall.bsky.social
Runner, ranter, feminist, socialist. Glossop resident. Social worker. Teach SW at Salford university. immigration & HIV activist. Lover of music, books, exercise, cats & food.
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Stromness this afternoon. The sun sets as another snow shower arrives.
January 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Stromness this afternoon. The sun sets as another snow shower arrives.
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Our #Lego display cases are packed full of fabulously festive LEGO models for our MERRY & BRIGHT #OrkneyLibraryLego theme! 🎄🎁
All made by library users using our #Lego collection. Thanks to everyone who made us a #Christmas model! ❤️
Our first theme of 2026 will be SPACE! 🚀🛰☄️
All made by library users using our #Lego collection. Thanks to everyone who made us a #Christmas model! ❤️
Our first theme of 2026 will be SPACE! 🚀🛰☄️
December 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Our #Lego display cases are packed full of fabulously festive LEGO models for our MERRY & BRIGHT #OrkneyLibraryLego theme! 🎄🎁
All made by library users using our #Lego collection. Thanks to everyone who made us a #Christmas model! ❤️
Our first theme of 2026 will be SPACE! 🚀🛰☄️
All made by library users using our #Lego collection. Thanks to everyone who made us a #Christmas model! ❤️
Our first theme of 2026 will be SPACE! 🚀🛰☄️
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‼️An exciting opportunity. Could you be our next Managing Director?
⚡ We're looking for someone who is energised by, and committed to, our work and values, and who will bring new vision and fresh energy!
Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue. Closing date: 9am on 12th Jan
⚡ We're looking for someone who is energised by, and committed to, our work and values, and who will bring new vision and fresh energy!
Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue. Closing date: 9am on 12th Jan
Vacancies - Social Workers Without Borders
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December 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
‼️An exciting opportunity. Could you be our next Managing Director?
⚡ We're looking for someone who is energised by, and committed to, our work and values, and who will bring new vision and fresh energy!
Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue. Closing date: 9am on 12th Jan
⚡ We're looking for someone who is energised by, and committed to, our work and values, and who will bring new vision and fresh energy!
Find out more about the role & apply here: tinyurl.com/mvyadpue. Closing date: 9am on 12th Jan
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Our dedicated and inspirational Managing Director, Naomi, has decided it is time to hand the baton to someone new.
📣 We're looking for our next Managing Director, to build on the work that has come before, and to lead Social Workers Without Borders into our next phase.
📣 We're looking for our next Managing Director, to build on the work that has come before, and to lead Social Workers Without Borders into our next phase.
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Our dedicated and inspirational Managing Director, Naomi, has decided it is time to hand the baton to someone new.
📣 We're looking for our next Managing Director, to build on the work that has come before, and to lead Social Workers Without Borders into our next phase.
📣 We're looking for our next Managing Director, to build on the work that has come before, and to lead Social Workers Without Borders into our next phase.
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You've heard of Elf on the Shelf but how about
December 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
You've heard of Elf on the Shelf but how about
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How did Mary and Joseph get their groceries delivered?
On a Lidl donkey…
On a Lidl donkey…
December 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
How did Mary and Joseph get their groceries delivered?
On a Lidl donkey…
On a Lidl donkey…
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Yesterday we had some unusual, festive visitors who stopped off at the library on their way to work! 🦌🦌
This is Aztec and Jelly, the Cairngorm Reindeer, on their way to meet Christmas shoppers at William Shearer's wonderful shop in Kirkwall.
This is Aztec and Jelly, the Cairngorm Reindeer, on their way to meet Christmas shoppers at William Shearer's wonderful shop in Kirkwall.
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Yesterday we had some unusual, festive visitors who stopped off at the library on their way to work! 🦌🦌
This is Aztec and Jelly, the Cairngorm Reindeer, on their way to meet Christmas shoppers at William Shearer's wonderful shop in Kirkwall.
This is Aztec and Jelly, the Cairngorm Reindeer, on their way to meet Christmas shoppers at William Shearer's wonderful shop in Kirkwall.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
December 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
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Compassion, welcome and solidarity, brought straight to the door of the Home Secretary! ✊
The message is clear: these cruel plans do not represent us.
Communities up and down this country stand for #CompassionNotCruelty.
It's not too late to change course.
The message is clear: these cruel plans do not represent us.
Communities up and down this country stand for #CompassionNotCruelty.
It's not too late to change course.
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Compassion, welcome and solidarity, brought straight to the door of the Home Secretary! ✊
The message is clear: these cruel plans do not represent us.
Communities up and down this country stand for #CompassionNotCruelty.
It's not too late to change course.
The message is clear: these cruel plans do not represent us.
Communities up and down this country stand for #CompassionNotCruelty.
It's not too late to change course.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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Now Available: Research Handbook on Social Work and Societies edited by Hugh McLaughlin and Barbra Teater
Free chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
Explore how social work has translated into practice in different countries with different client groups.
Free chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
Explore how social work has translated into practice in different countries with different client groups.
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Now Available: Research Handbook on Social Work and Societies edited by Hugh McLaughlin and Barbra Teater
Free chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
Explore how social work has translated into practice in different countries with different client groups.
Free chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
Explore how social work has translated into practice in different countries with different client groups.
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Letting people work is one of the most obvious ways to transform asylum in the UK.
All parties must see that letting people pay tax and start rebuilding their lives as soon as possible just makes sense.
Agree? Tell the Asylum Minister to #LiftTheBan now:
bit.ly/LTB-act
All parties must see that letting people pay tax and start rebuilding their lives as soon as possible just makes sense.
Agree? Tell the Asylum Minister to #LiftTheBan now:
bit.ly/LTB-act
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Letting people work is one of the most obvious ways to transform asylum in the UK.
All parties must see that letting people pay tax and start rebuilding their lives as soon as possible just makes sense.
Agree? Tell the Asylum Minister to #LiftTheBan now:
bit.ly/LTB-act
All parties must see that letting people pay tax and start rebuilding their lives as soon as possible just makes sense.
Agree? Tell the Asylum Minister to #LiftTheBan now:
bit.ly/LTB-act
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It's right to be angry about asylum accommodation. But too often, that anger is directed at people seeking safety - not the broken system that they're forced to navigate.
This brilliant guide explains the real issues in asylum accommodation, and how to change the conversation:
This brilliant guide explains the real issues in asylum accommodation, and how to change the conversation:
Asylum housing: Changing the conversation | Freedom from Torture
A guide on talking about refugees and torture survivors in asylum accommodation
stories.freedomfromtorture.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's right to be angry about asylum accommodation. But too often, that anger is directed at people seeking safety - not the broken system that they're forced to navigate.
This brilliant guide explains the real issues in asylum accommodation, and how to change the conversation:
This brilliant guide explains the real issues in asylum accommodation, and how to change the conversation:
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The reform party nativity scene.
No unmarried mothers. No Middle Eastern people. No refugees. No people seeking emergency accommodation.
And not a wise fvcking man in sight…
No unmarried mothers. No Middle Eastern people. No refugees. No people seeking emergency accommodation.
And not a wise fvcking man in sight…
October 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The reform party nativity scene.
No unmarried mothers. No Middle Eastern people. No refugees. No people seeking emergency accommodation.
And not a wise fvcking man in sight…
No unmarried mothers. No Middle Eastern people. No refugees. No people seeking emergency accommodation.
And not a wise fvcking man in sight…
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good progress. Just 790 to go!!
We really really need all hands on deck to get Tarek’s mitigation letter to the judge with 10,000 signatures by Monday. Please circulate offline and here, and sign!
www.change.org/p/free-tarek...
www.change.org/p/free-tarek...
Sign the Petition
FREE TAREK BAZROUK NOW! NO MORE JAIL TIME! SIGN HIS MITIGATION LETTER!
www.change.org
October 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
good progress. Just 790 to go!!
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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Are you able to host in Reading?
One of our guests is currently studying a Master’s at the University of Reading and needs a place to stay as soon as possible.
He’s 25-years-old, originally from Syria, and speaks fluent English.
If you can help, please get in touch ❤️
One of our guests is currently studying a Master’s at the University of Reading and needs a place to stay as soon as possible.
He’s 25-years-old, originally from Syria, and speaks fluent English.
If you can help, please get in touch ❤️
September 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Are you able to host in Reading?
One of our guests is currently studying a Master’s at the University of Reading and needs a place to stay as soon as possible.
He’s 25-years-old, originally from Syria, and speaks fluent English.
If you can help, please get in touch ❤️
One of our guests is currently studying a Master’s at the University of Reading and needs a place to stay as soon as possible.
He’s 25-years-old, originally from Syria, and speaks fluent English.
If you can help, please get in touch ❤️
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Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Find out more about the event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
Manchester Volunteer Fair!
Come join us at the Manchester Volunteer Fair to connect with local organisations and find opportunities to give back to your community!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Find out more about the event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
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We’ll be at the Manchester Volunteer Fair this Saturday to talk about hosting and answer any questions you have about opening your home to someone seeking sanctuary.
Come and speak to a couple of our brilliant local hosts and find out some of the ways you can make a difference in your community ❤️
Come and speak to a couple of our brilliant local hosts and find out some of the ways you can make a difference in your community ❤️
September 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We’ll be at the Manchester Volunteer Fair this Saturday to talk about hosting and answer any questions you have about opening your home to someone seeking sanctuary.
Come and speak to a couple of our brilliant local hosts and find out some of the ways you can make a difference in your community ❤️
Come and speak to a couple of our brilliant local hosts and find out some of the ways you can make a difference in your community ❤️
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Similar sort in Wigan: Reform candidate who vows to reduce number of HMOs in town... manages three HMOs
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Reform candidate who vows to reduce number of HMOs in town... manages three HMOs
He insists that none of the shared houses have been occupied by illegal migrants or used as a halfway house for former prisoners
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Similar sort in Wigan: Reform candidate who vows to reduce number of HMOs in town... manages three HMOs
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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Continued prayers for Victor, a true hero who gives us all hope the future.
September 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Continued prayers for Victor, a true hero who gives us all hope the future.