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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 14h

You don’t get to bankroll a genocide…

Embolden and cheer on the perpetrators

…and then call yourself a hero for pulling the plug.

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Joanna Foster @fabticfoster.bsky.social · 13h

“We are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us."

~ Jo Cox

Image by Ben Jennings

Image of a Jewish man and a Muslim man sat on a bench overlooking a city shadowed in smoke. Both are holding a coffee cup. The Muslim man says,”I’m so sick of people thinking all this violence is done in my name.” The Jewish man replies, “Tell me about it.”

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Joanna Foster @fabticfoster.bsky.social · 1d

Another fabulous signed, first edition #book from the Cleeve Bookshop

My father is going to be delighted when he opens this on Christmas Day

#ShopIndie

thecleevebookshop.co.uk

Hardback copy of the book ‘Cat: On the road to find out’ by Yusuf/Cat Stevens.

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Joanna Foster @fabticfoster.bsky.social · 1d

What. A. Man.

Brave, brilliant and beautiful in every way.

TheBossRoss @thebossross.bsky.social · 2d

Love this man. #Hero

#Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

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Joanna Foster @fabticfoster.bsky.social · 1d

Really fortunate to see #Punch at the West End tonight

Of even greater privilege was to be in the audience for a post-performance discussion on masculinity

Actor Tony Hirst walked the walk of allyship as he called out male privilege and the falsehood that the far right are acting to protect women

‘Post Show Q&A’ poster featuring a panel with Tony Hirst, Nico Concha, Dr Kenny Imafidon and Gethin Jones discussing masculinity.

Programme for the play ‘Punch’ at the Apollo Theatre. The orange fronted cover features the photograph of a young man in a white shirt and jeans who is breathing out a cloud of dust/light particles.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 2d

Morning all.

Two young children holding hands standing by a zebra crossing at Bayswater Station, London, 1965.
Photograph by Wilfred Frederick

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

US photographer Dorothea Lange documented female shipyard workers- Kaiser shipyard, California, WW2, 1943 #womensart

#BlackHistoryMonth

Monochrome photograph of a young Black women worker, in overalls and with a welder's visor lifted up on her head, sitting in sunlight against a wall

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Joanna Foster @fabticfoster.bsky.social · 3d

Hold on to #hope

#MondayMotivation

‘Hold on to Hope’ poster in a window of a house painted yellow with a green front door.

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Joanna Foster @fabticfoster.bsky.social · 4d

“Tell God it’s Bouquet”

The final words of Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom ‘Keeping Up Appearances’

Impossible to think of Patricia Routledge and not smile

British Sitcom Keeping Up Appearances GIF

Alt: BBC sitcom ‘Keeping Up Appearances’ GIF showing Patricia Routledge’s comedic talent of facial expressions and use of her body to make the character of Hyacinth Bucket/Bouquet come alive. She is wearing a blue spotted dress with pearls and is speaking with on-screen husband Richard Bucket wearing his trademark flat cap and shirt and tie.

media.tenor.com

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 5d

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

The racists in the UK are not the ones attending pro-Palestine marches this weekend.

The racists in the UK are the ones saying that you shouldn’t protest 53 Palestinians being murdered because two Jewish people were also murdered on the same day.

Some of us can condemn both.

At least 53 Palestinians killed in fresh wave of Israeli attacks on Gaza

Military offensive stepped up as Hamas leaders consider Trump’s 20-point peace plan

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 6d

Morning all.

Crown St, Gorbals, Glasgow 1970. Credit TSPL

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Joanna Foster @fabticfoster.bsky.social · 7d

“All they wanted was a home”

‘The Death of Joy Gardner’ by Benjamin Zephaniah

#NationalPoetryDay

youtu.be/V_V7MvSVWvw?...

The Death of Joy Gardner

YouTube video by Benjamin Zephaniah - Topic

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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 7d

Did you know that for the past 25 years, there's a law that's been quietly defending your rights every day?

That's the Human Rights Act at work

Happy Birthday to the HRA 🎉

Image of protesters from the Hillsborough disaster demanding justice.
Text: 25 YEARS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT

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Joanna Foster @fabticfoster.bsky.social · 7d

The threads exhibition has finished but the #RedDress is still on tour

Next stop #Stroud for the #Book Festival on 6 November

reddressembroidery.com/EXHIBITIONS

The Resilience exhibition hopes to have another installation in the future; I’ll let you know if it does

Thank you for being an ally 💪🏽

EXHIBITIONS — The Red Dress

A 14 year long, award winning global collaborative embroidery project 2009-2023.

reddressembroidery.com

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Joanna Foster @fabticfoster.bsky.social · 7d

Bore da / Good morning @cerysmatthews.bsky.social
@womensartbluesky.bsky.social
@jonpountney1.bsky.social @desdelboy.bsky.social

This account from young #Welsh artist Matt Thomas has beautiful images of the #RedDress and #Resilience exhibition in #Brecon

www.instagram.com/p/DPCFGErjEZD/

Instagram

Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

www.instagram.com

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Joanna Foster @fabticfoster.bsky.social · 7d

“One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.”

~ Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall on her knees in a forest playing with a young chimpanzee.

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 8d

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵

Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

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Jon Pountney @jonpountney1.bsky.social · 8d

Today is the International Day of Older Persons, and very recently I had the honour of photographing Dame Sian Phillips for my work with @agecymru.bsky.social
An absolute highlight for me; she is just the best company, even getting in lemon drizzle cake for me!

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Krittika @krittikaa.bsky.social · 9d

There’s a fun Hindi phrase that goes “ulta chor kotwal ko daante” (“the thief turns around and starts scolding the policeman”)

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 9d

Nigel Farage: Labour rhetoric incites violence against Reform

Reform UK leader will claim in a speech today that Keir Starmer’s labelling of his migrant plan as ‘racist’ has endangered the safety of his candidates and activists ⬇️

Nigel Farage: Labour rhetoric incites violence against Reform

www.thetimes.com

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Nature Conservancy of Canada | Conservation de la nature Canada @ncccnc.bsky.social · 9d

Today, on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we pause to learn, listen, honour residential school Survivors and remember the children who never returned home.🧡 #NDTR #TruthAndReconciliation

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 9d

Young Syrian refugees paint murals at Zataari camp Jordan, to overcome trauma and memories of violence #womensart

Photo of a young smiling girl in an orange top, head and shoulders, standing in front of a pink mural featuring children's drawings of an octopus and fish

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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 19d

If you haven’t signed this please do then give yourself a hug

Tony Beales @tonybeales.bsky.social · Jun 15

Brown hare backlit by early morning sun anxiously watching signatures on the petition heading for 30,000. I'm sure you've signed the petition to protect hares from shooting in the breeding season, but any more family and friends to sign? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
#UKwildlife #mammals

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