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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 2h

Me too, Dave.
I can't stop grinning looking at this.

Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 8h

Beautifully stated, Judy.

Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 8h

Maddening.
BlueSky allows all sorts of nonsense. Trolls galore.
But when women speak out, they are quick to attempt to silence us.

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Judy Webb @judyw.bsky.social · Dec 16

Yes, another petition, but if you don't sign any others, please sign this one. 🐝🙏🏻
act.gp/3Hlg2Qe

Save bees from deadly pesticides

We can’t allow pesticides to destroy our environment and kill any more bees.

act.gp

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 8h

Exactly.
Who couldn't use a softer, greener world?

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 8h

As women are disappearing all over the world, these women have #TheNerve to launch a truly independent news service.

The Nerve @thenerve.news · 2d

Our founders: @sarahdonaldson.bsky.social, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, Jane Ferguson, @imogencarter.bsky.social & Lynsey Irvine

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 8h

Day and night.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

Spot the difference!

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 8h

Support independent women journalists.

Follow @thenerve.news
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

We're launched! In my newsletter this week, I write about our new female-founded media collective
@thenerve.news,
the fuck you energy that's fuelling it & why the mainstream media's laundering of Tony Blair is *exactly* why you need to read it 👊👊👊
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-nerve

The Nerve

We've got it. Do you?

broligarchy.substack.com

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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 5d

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 9h

Well said.
And likely true.

Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 9h

There was a time, many decades ago, when Dan was a thoughtful and respected journalist. Unfortunately, those days are long gone.

I'm proud California has a governor who is fighting for our rights. We need more of this. Much more.

Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 9h

Exactly.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 9h

Excellent point on all accounts, MO.

One more reason to support the new, women-owned and operated media @thenerve.news

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 9h

Joyeux Anniversaire Heather.
Huge appreciation for everything you do.

Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 9h

It's an excellent metaphor.

BlueSky is getting increasingly troubling.
I'm here less and less.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 16h

Every state should invade Mississippi to retrieve their tax dollars

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13h

This new book by @cartoonkate.bsky.social is a breath-takingly beautiful thing: I'd go so far as to say a work of genius.

It's my privilege to be interviewing her about it at the East Gate Bookshop, Totnes on 23rd October. Please join us if you can:
www.totnespulse.co.uk/product/tick...

Ticket: Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen

Kate Evans is a writer, cartoonist, illustrator and studied English literature at the University of Sussex in Brighton. From 1995 to 1998 Evans dedicated herself to environmental activism, providing c...

www.totnespulse.co.uk

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 9h

She will be missed.
One of the great minds on BlueSky.
I'm sorry she is no longer here.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 4d

In addition to our essential healthcare workers and teachers, the 'lanyard class' includes ...

Volunteers
Paraeducators working with neurodiverse pupils
Advocates for our disabled and elder community
Librarians
Museum Guides
Journalists
Cab and Delivery Drivers
Airline Staff

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 6d

This is his repeated attacks on what he calls the "lanyard class". Who are the terrible people who wear lanyards? Doctors & nurses, care workers, teachers, managers, administrators, secretaries. The people who hold society together, who keep everything running, who do the jobs he wouldn't stoop to.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely, George.

In addition to our essential healthcare workers and teachers, the lanyard class includes ...

Volunteers
Paraeducators working with neurodiverse pupils
Advocates for our disabled and elder community
Librarians
Museum Guides
Journalists
Cab and Delivery Drivers
Airline Staff

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5d

I was on Any Questions last night. I think it was a good discussion, which became quite fierce at times.
We debated the vile attack in Manchester, the right to protest, the Tories' crazy climate stance and how to rescue politics.
You can listen to it here:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Any Questions? - Aphra Brandreth MP, Lord Carlile, George Monbiot, Emma Reynolds MP - BBC Sounds

Alex Forsyth presents political debate from The Square at Chester Zoo.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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