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Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · May 29

June is Pride Month. Let's call out companies who show support for LGBTQ+ people while also advertising on GB News, a channel that pumps out LGBTQ+ hate. Tell these companies to pick a side - hate or Pride:

action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...

Pick a side – hate or Pride

June is Pride month. So our social feeds will be awash with corporate rainbow logos performatively signalling their support for the LGBTQ+ community. But some of the same companies celebrating Pride a...

action.goodlawproject.org

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Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Mar 31

This deserves a share if only for the pun. 💥

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Mar 31

It turns out Le Pen is not mightier than Le Fraud!

Marine Le Pen is banned from office for five years after a French court convicts her of a massive fake-jobs scam benefiting her party

By Ann Moody for @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Marine Le Pen storms out of court as French judge guillotines her 2027 presidential hopes

Marine Le Pen is banned from office for five years after a French court convicts her of a massive fake-jobs scam benefiting her party

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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In Search of Ann Walker @searchingforann.bsky.social · Feb 25

171 years ago today, at about 1pm, Ann Walker died at her home, Cliffe Hill, in Lightcliffe.

We remember her today for her sense of humour, generosity to those less fortunate & how she defied convention to live with the woman she loved.

Memorial Card, West Yorkshire Archive Service, SH:3/L/120

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Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Feb 25

#AnnWalker
20 May 1803 - 25 Feb 1854
Landowner
Business woman
Philanthropist
Adventurer
Creative
And wife
More than an adjunct to #AnneLister
Laid to rest 3 Mar 1854 here at St. Matthew’s Church Lightcliffe
@searchingforann.bsky.social

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Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Jan 29

Therapy 💙

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Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Jan 16

@cheryl-macdonald.bsky.social 👋🏻

Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Dec 31

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Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Dec 20

My intent exactly. And not for me the weeks of post holiday pine needle unearthing. 😄

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Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Dec 20

To my Bluesky pals from my home to yours. 🎄

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Dec 19

Jesus Christ have some fucking dignity man. The spectacle of the British right queueing up to supplicate itself before this preening man-child.

Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · Dec 18

Conservative shadow business minister Andrew Griffith has urged Elon Musk to take another look at the Tories before donating to Reform UK, highlighting his party’s low-tax and anti-woke credentials

www.ft.com/content/e0b8...

Senior Tory urges Elon Musk not to back Reform UK

Andrew Griffith showers praise on Tesla billionaire before asking him to also consider the Conservatives

www.ft.com

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Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Dec 17

Keeping Ann’s legacy alive. #forAnn

In Search of Ann Walker @searchingforann.bsky.social · Dec 17

ANN WALKER’S LEGACY CHRISTMAS FUNDRAISER
“Go on, fearlessly do your duty”
On this day 184 years ago, despite grieving for her wife, Ann Walker wrote home from Moscow to ensure acts of charity were carried out at Christmas. Ann's letter to Booth is transcribed below. 1/

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Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Dec 16

Glitch sorted and we’re on our way to reaching our £2,500 🎯
#forAnn

In Search of Ann Walker @searchingforann.bsky.social · Dec 16

FUNDRAISING APPEAL 2024
The Justgiving "Give Now" button is now working again after a sitewide issue. Please give if you can to our appeal to feed people in the Lightcliffe area this Xmas in the spirit of Ann Walker!

www.justgiving.com/page/in-sear...

ISAW 2024 fundraiser for Brighouse Central Foodbank

Help In Search Of Ann Walker raise money to support Brighouse Central Foodbank

www.justgiving.com

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Jeanie Finlay @jeaniefinlay.com · Dec 14

Ten years I ago I made a film about an am-dram theatre company battling to put on a pantomime against the odds - they had a tight deadline, next to no budget and a malfunctioning donkey costume. They made it magical - a Christmas miracle!

I truly loved making this film

vimeo.com/ondemand/panto

Watch Panto! Online | Vimeo On Demand

BBC Storyville, Glimmer Films and Met film present A film by Jeanie Finlay. 71 mins www.facebook.com/pantomimefilm | www.twitter.com/pantofilm 90% of UK theatres…

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Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Dec 8

It was/is *ok* in Nottingham, although bad enough to persuade me to give the gym a miss and stay home with the log burner & wrap Xmas gifts.
Hope your power is restored. X

Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Dec 7

Small wins.
Stay safe both of you. And warm. 🙏🏼

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Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Dec 7

£1700 and counting. Thanks’ to everyone for donating, liking, sharing.
Can we reach our £2000 target?
I reckon so! Link ⬇️

In Search of Ann Walker @searchingforann.bsky.social · Dec 7

FUNDRAISING APPEAL 2024

Ann Walker left money for the people of Lightcliffe in her will but she also gave during her life.

Read more about Ann Walker's giving from 3 letters to David Booth in the article below- insearchofannwalker.com/ann-walkers-...

Ann Walker's Giving - In Search of Ann Walker

Looking at Ann Walker's generosity using three letters written by her to David Booth in 1839 and 1840, focussing on the arrangements for her tenants and old servants.

insearchofannwalker.com

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Guardian and Observer NUJ @gonuj.org · Dec 3

You can read about why Observer and Guardian journalists are striking here:

www.nuj.org.uk/resource/not...

Not for Sale: Save The Observer

Journalists at the Guardian & Observer are taking strike action in opposition to the hurried sale of the title.

www.nuj.org.uk

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Thea Gilmore @theagilmore.bsky.social · Dec 3

Yeah Greg.. beware those (middle class) women of a certain age. We’ve had enough of the shit..

#gregwallace #middleclasswomenofacertainage

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Nov 12

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Dec 2

Compared to the list of Traitor Tot's pardons, hunter Biden is an absolute angel.

See for yourself: rb.gy/lfkzsb

Pardons Granted by President Donald J. Trump (2017-2021)

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Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Dec 1

Where’ve ya bin? 😉

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Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Dec 1

I’m thinking this is a good thing for you Steph… but I have no idea what that all means. NONE! 😆

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Dec 1

This needs to be taken seriously and taken seriously now - not in 3 years' time.

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Nov 30

“Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers. The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax”

🚜🌾 vs. 🧐💰

Whose land? Tax avoidance and the broken economics of British farming

Noise in the billionaire press about inheritance tax changes hides a basic fact: the non-farming rich own too much land

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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Mandy Mellor @mandymellor.bsky.social · Nov 30

#Bronze owned the game imho.