Somerville
@glassy1.bsky.social
Wife, mum, artist, poetry, scientist, Christian, Chronic illness (M.E), sufferer. Passionate about climate, beauty, justice, love and acceptance. Easily brain fogged! I'm not an expert, I just want to make a positive difference whenever, and wherever I can
'Dear Child of God, I write these words because we all experience sadness, we all come at times to despair, and we all lose hope that the suffering in our lives and in the world will ever end. I want to share with you my faith and my understanding that this suffering can be transformed
December 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
'Dear Child of God, I write these words because we all experience sadness, we all come at times to despair, and we all lose hope that the suffering in our lives and in the world will ever end. I want to share with you my faith and my understanding that this suffering can be transformed
Starmer is a complete fool.
APPEASEMENT DOESN'T WORK.
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Starmer is a complete fool.
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Reading about today's UK #CovidInquiry report and it's bringing out of me a range of emotions.
In particular ANGER that Covid and #LongCovid are still being past-tensed.
I feel abandoned in my new-found disability.
Shame on all who have deliberately undermined this pandemic, vaccination and more.
In particular ANGER that Covid and #LongCovid are still being past-tensed.
I feel abandoned in my new-found disability.
Shame on all who have deliberately undermined this pandemic, vaccination and more.
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Reading about today's UK #CovidInquiry report and it's bringing out of me a range of emotions.
In particular ANGER that Covid and #LongCovid are still being past-tensed.
I feel abandoned in my new-found disability.
Shame on all who have deliberately undermined this pandemic, vaccination and more.
In particular ANGER that Covid and #LongCovid are still being past-tensed.
I feel abandoned in my new-found disability.
Shame on all who have deliberately undermined this pandemic, vaccination and more.
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Whow. Congratulations. Look at that swing.
If you want to be part of results like this: join.greenparty.org.uk
If you want to be part of results like this: join.greenparty.org.uk
Macclesfield Central (Cheshire East) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Whow. Congratulations. Look at that swing.
If you want to be part of results like this: join.greenparty.org.uk
If you want to be part of results like this: join.greenparty.org.uk
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Vaccines are safe. Vaccines save lives.
Autism is caused by genetics + environmental triggers.
Extensive studies with millions of kids showed no connection between vaccines and autism.
Doctors vaccinate our kids because we love them and want them to live to be healthy adults.
Autism is caused by genetics + environmental triggers.
Extensive studies with millions of kids showed no connection between vaccines and autism.
Doctors vaccinate our kids because we love them and want them to live to be healthy adults.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Vaccines are safe. Vaccines save lives.
Autism is caused by genetics + environmental triggers.
Extensive studies with millions of kids showed no connection between vaccines and autism.
Doctors vaccinate our kids because we love them and want them to live to be healthy adults.
Autism is caused by genetics + environmental triggers.
Extensive studies with millions of kids showed no connection between vaccines and autism.
Doctors vaccinate our kids because we love them and want them to live to be healthy adults.
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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I feel like I need to RT this ... again
November 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I feel like I need to RT this ... again
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My father flew in Lancasters in the second world war. He’s the last man in this picture drawn by my uncle. These men had more courage than I can imagine. They fought a war against fascism and against genocide. WE MUST NOT FORGET.
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
My father flew in Lancasters in the second world war. He’s the last man in this picture drawn by my uncle. These men had more courage than I can imagine. They fought a war against fascism and against genocide. WE MUST NOT FORGET.
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You don't get coverage like this on Russian TV without Kremlin approval. The Kremlin knew Farage would be a useful tool, and such he has been and continues to be.
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
You don't get coverage like this on Russian TV without Kremlin approval. The Kremlin knew Farage would be a useful tool, and such he has been and continues to be.
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
@zackpolanski.bsky.social this is one of the many reasons @teamlabouruk.bsky.social sucks on climate.
There is SO MUCH MONEY!
The government is only “cash strapped” because it chooses to be.
And it only ever chooses to be when it means helping working people, children, disabled people, old people, refugees & the ecosystems that keep every single one of us alive.
The government is only “cash strapped” because it chooses to be.
And it only ever chooses to be when it means helping working people, children, disabled people, old people, refugees & the ecosystems that keep every single one of us alive.
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social this is one of the many reasons @teamlabouruk.bsky.social sucks on climate.
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Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
YouTube video by The Guardian
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
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Scarborough South Beach
October 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Scarborough South Beach
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I am thinking of the people of Jamaica, and the many New Yorkers with loved ones there, as Hurricane Melissa — fueled by a warming ocean — grows into the strongest storm ever to bear down upon the island.
As the Atlantic Ocean warms, climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa's ferocity
Hurricane Melissa has rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm due to warming oceans linked to climate change.
apnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I am thinking of the people of Jamaica, and the many New Yorkers with loved ones there, as Hurricane Melissa — fueled by a warming ocean — grows into the strongest storm ever to bear down upon the island.
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MONEY IN POLITICS IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF OUR PROBLEMS.
Until money is taken out of politics, we can NEVER have a true democracy.
Until money is taken out of politics corporate interests, vested interests, and the interests of the wealthy will continue to take priority over the interests of the many
Until money is taken out of politics, we can NEVER have a true democracy.
Until money is taken out of politics corporate interests, vested interests, and the interests of the wealthy will continue to take priority over the interests of the many
October 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
MONEY IN POLITICS IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF OUR PROBLEMS.
Until money is taken out of politics, we can NEVER have a true democracy.
Until money is taken out of politics corporate interests, vested interests, and the interests of the wealthy will continue to take priority over the interests of the many
Until money is taken out of politics, we can NEVER have a true democracy.
Until money is taken out of politics corporate interests, vested interests, and the interests of the wealthy will continue to take priority over the interests of the many
And the EU are apparently pushing through the Amazon destroying Mercosur deal with Brazil as we speak - catastrophic for climate and the Amazon, whilst they host COP30!!! The hypocrosy is deep. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social
Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
And the EU are apparently pushing through the Amazon destroying Mercosur deal with Brazil as we speak - catastrophic for climate and the Amazon, whilst they host COP30!!! The hypocrosy is deep. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social