John Cooper
@j0hnc00per.bsky.social
Nurse. Therapist.
Socialism. Climate justice.
Birmingham, UK.
It’s later than you think 🌍🍉
https://musicfromdifferentplaces.blogspot.com/?m=1
Socialism. Climate justice.
Birmingham, UK.
It’s later than you think 🌍🍉
https://musicfromdifferentplaces.blogspot.com/?m=1
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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Thank you majority: "According to the most recent edition of an annual Harris Poll, for the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy." You're right.
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thank you majority: "According to the most recent edition of an annual Harris Poll, for the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy." You're right.
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There's also a room devoted to her at The Tate Modern's exhibition on Nigerian modernism. I went with friends who had a family connection to her - everyone was pleased she was given that recognition and space.
Nigerian Modernism | Tate Modern
www.tate.org.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There's also a room devoted to her at The Tate Modern's exhibition on Nigerian modernism. I went with friends who had a family connection to her - everyone was pleased she was given that recognition and space.
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"The latest artist commission ... – by the Indigenous Sámi artist Máret Ánne Sara – invites gallerygoers into a labyrinthine structure based on the scaled-up interior of a reindeer’s nasal passages. Once inside they can ... [listen] to Sámi elders telling stories and imparting knowledge."
‘Smell is a language’: Máret Ánne Sara on why Tate’s Turbine Hall whiffs of frightened reindeer
As Sámi culture is threatened by the climate emergency and hostility from Nordic nations, the artist has built a structure of resistance: a labyrinthine artwork of animal pelts and bones based on a re...
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"The latest artist commission ... – by the Indigenous Sámi artist Máret Ánne Sara – invites gallerygoers into a labyrinthine structure based on the scaled-up interior of a reindeer’s nasal passages. Once inside they can ... [listen] to Sámi elders telling stories and imparting knowledge."
London sunset from The Shard on Saturday afternoon
November 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
London sunset from The Shard on Saturday afternoon
The brilliant Gwenifer Raymond at the Kitchen Garden Cafe, Kings Heath on Sunday night.
@gweniferraymond.bsky.social
@gweniferraymond.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The brilliant Gwenifer Raymond at the Kitchen Garden Cafe, Kings Heath on Sunday night.
@gweniferraymond.bsky.social
@gweniferraymond.bsky.social
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Climate activists gathered and protested in cities across the world on Saturday, including Birmingham, UK.
We only have one planet. Defend it.
#ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #COP30 #ClimateJusticeNow
We only have one planet. Defend it.
#ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #COP30 #ClimateJusticeNow
November 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Climate activists gathered and protested in cities across the world on Saturday, including Birmingham, UK.
We only have one planet. Defend it.
#ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #COP30 #ClimateJusticeNow
We only have one planet. Defend it.
#ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #COP30 #ClimateJusticeNow
Malvern Hills from Dead Woman’s Thorn, Ledbury.
November 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Malvern Hills from Dead Woman’s Thorn, Ledbury.
Carpenter’s Hill, Beoley
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Carpenter’s Hill, Beoley
'Major breakthrough' at interstellar comet as scientists make unexpected detection
'Major breakthrough' at interstellar comet as scientists make unexpected detection | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Scientists have pointed NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory at comet 3I/ATLAS and detected hydroxyl gas, a chemical fingerprint of water.
www.skyatnightmagazine.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
'Major breakthrough' at interstellar comet as scientists make unexpected detection
There should never have been any question of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans coming to Birmingham. In fact Maccabi Tel Aviv should not be playing at all.
October 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
There should never have been any question of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans coming to Birmingham. In fact Maccabi Tel Aviv should not be playing at all.
Trump threatens to declare war on Norway if he does not win Nobel Peace Prize
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize
US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Trump threatens to declare war on Norway if he does not win Nobel Peace Prize
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
My 2 favourite bands (in 1979)
Judas Priest release their version of Black Sabbath's 'War Pigs' with Ozzy Osbourne for charity
Judas Priest have released their cover of Black Sabbath's 'War Pigs' with Ozzy Osbourne for charity. Listen here.
www.nme.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
My 2 favourite bands (in 1979)
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Funny how there is no money for disabled people or those struggling on low pay, but we can give a bigoted US President a banquet costing £10,000s.
September 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Funny how there is no money for disabled people or those struggling on low pay, but we can give a bigoted US President a banquet costing £10,000s.
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"It starts slowly at first, then all of a sudden it just creeps up on you."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A racist mob menacing refugee children and our town. Read this and see what lies ahead, unless we act now | Anonymous
Last weekend, it fell to ordinary people to oppose the far right and others. The national toxicity has reached us: a kind of hate I haven’t seen since the 1970s
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"It starts slowly at first, then all of a sudden it just creeps up on you."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Closing your eyes to inconvenient truths doesn’t make them go away.
It’s far better to have the guts and maturity to face up to reality!
It’s far better to have the guts and maturity to face up to reality!
The EPA move follows news the administration wants to scrap the satellites that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
If you can't measure it and don't know where it's coming from, it becomes very difficult to reduce or eliminate it (or hold anybody accountable for damages).
Gift link.
If you can't measure it and don't know where it's coming from, it becomes very difficult to reduce or eliminate it (or hold anybody accountable for damages).
Gift link.
September 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Closing your eyes to inconvenient truths doesn’t make them go away.
It’s far better to have the guts and maturity to face up to reality!
It’s far better to have the guts and maturity to face up to reality!
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Solidarity to everyone marching against far-right hatred and division today
September 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Solidarity to everyone marching against far-right hatred and division today
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Trade union bloc is on the go in the march against racism
September 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Trade union bloc is on the go in the march against racism
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September 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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This number of fascists and far-right activists on the streets is a warning to the whole left and union movement.
September 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This number of fascists and far-right activists on the streets is a warning to the whole left and union movement.
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Join the national demonstration for climate justice on Saturday 20 September in central London.
The Climate Justice Coalition is organising transport from cities across the UK including Birmingham.
Tickets are only £15.
@climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
The Climate Justice Coalition is organising transport from cities across the UK including Birmingham.
Tickets are only £15.
@climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
Make Them Pay
Billionaires have broken Britain. Make them pay to fix it
www.makethempay.org.uk
August 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Join the national demonstration for climate justice on Saturday 20 September in central London.
The Climate Justice Coalition is organising transport from cities across the UK including Birmingham.
Tickets are only £15.
@climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
The Climate Justice Coalition is organising transport from cities across the UK including Birmingham.
Tickets are only £15.
@climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
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Flags do more to divide community
www.pressreader.com/uk/birmingha...
#BrumTogether #RefugeesWelcome #StopTheFarRight #StandUpToRacism
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#BrumTogether #RefugeesWelcome #StopTheFarRight #StandUpToRacism
September 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Flags do more to divide community
www.pressreader.com/uk/birmingha...
#BrumTogether #RefugeesWelcome #StopTheFarRight #StandUpToRacism
www.pressreader.com/uk/birmingha...
#BrumTogether #RefugeesWelcome #StopTheFarRight #StandUpToRacism
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"The flags must go."
Flags do more to divide community
www.pressreader.com/uk/birmingha...
#BrumTogether #RefugeesWelcome #StopTheFarRight #StandUpToRacism
www.pressreader.com/uk/birmingha...
#BrumTogether #RefugeesWelcome #StopTheFarRight #StandUpToRacism
September 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"The flags must go."