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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 16h

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Rachael House @rachaelhouse.bsky.social · 17h

So much to admire about them!

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Rachael House @rachaelhouse.bsky.social · 17h

And International Lesbian Day too!
Double the joy!
Two of my favourite species!

The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 17h

It's #WorldOctopusDay! Pictured here a “Polypus levis Hoyle” from a 1910 publication on the German Deep-Sea Expedition of 1898, led by Leipzig University Professor of Zoology, Carl Chun. Buy it as a print here: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/octopus/

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 17h

I grew up in Lozells, just a stone’s throw from Handsworth.

Robert Jenrick called it “as close as I’ve come to a slum” and complained he “didn’t see another white face.”

This is white-supremacist thinking dressed up as “legitimate concerns”.

I grew up in Lozells, just a stone’s throw from Handsworth — where much of my family still live and where I went for sixth form. It’s a proud, diverse, working-class community.

Robert Jenrick called it “as close as I’ve come to a slum” and complained he “didn’t see another white face.”

This is white-supremacist thinking dressed up as “legitimate concerns”.

The political and media establishment normalises this racism, but we won’t stay silent. We stand with all our communities and against the far-right.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 1d

My statement on the second anniversary of the 7 October attacks.

Two years on from the horrific terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, we remember all the innocent victims whose lives were cruelly stolen by Hamas.

Our thoughts are also with the families whose loved ones were callously murdered, as well as with the hostages who disgracefully remain in captivity and must be released immediately.

October 7 was the single deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust and a profoundly painful experience for London’s Jewish communities. We must never forget this atrocity, nor the deep distress and grief it has caused many Londoners.

As the vile terrorist attack on Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester last Thursday demonstrated, we still have far more to do to tackle the poison of antisemitism and drive it out of our society.

Our Jewish communities must be able to live, work and worship freely – without the fear of harassment, discrimination, intimidation or violence. The fact they are currently unable to shows we must work much harder to stamp out antisemitism wherever it rears its ugly head.

We must never allow conflict overseas to divide us at home. As Mayor, I will continue my work to promote inter-faith dialogue and build bridges between our different religious communities. Whether it’s antisemitism or any other form of bigotry, London has no place for those who seek to sow the seeds of hate.

On this solemn anniversary, we must also acknowledge the suffering and trauma since 7 October 2023. Like so many others, my heart aches for the tens of thousands of innocent civilians in Gaza who have been killed and the families who have been torn apart.

Today, more than ever, I pray that the cycle of terror, killing and bloodshed that has engulfed the region can soon be brought to an end; that the surviving hostages can be set free; that vital humanitarian aid can flow into Gaza; and that Israelis and Palestinians can one day live side-by-side in two states and in peace.

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Rachael House @rachaelhouse.bsky.social · 3d

I stuck my riso print to cardboard to make a placard for a demo yesterday, protesting all the sewage dumped into our rivers and seas. I didn’t know the demo was cancelled due to the weather. The walk in high winds was bracing and enjoyable anyway!

Riso print in green and orange of a fierce tattooed mermaid. The text on the print reads - stop all the shouting about who uses which bathroom & shout louder about how all your shit ends up in your rivers and seas.
The A3 print is stuck onto brown cardboard.

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Rachael House @rachaelhouse.bsky.social · 15d

I think it might be from Black Lodge Press.

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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 16d

Farage’s plans to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain would ruin lives and tear families apart.

Rather than dismissing Reform’s xenophobic proposals as 'unrealistic' or 'unaffordable', our government should be clear that they are cruel and unjust. We must stand up for migrants' rights.

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Rachael House @rachaelhouse.bsky.social · 19d

Good morning.
Here’s one of my large platters, with a vital quotation from Bayard Rustin.
Part of my collection for The Shop Floor Project.
Photograph courtesy of The Shop Floor Project.

theshopfloorproject.com/collections/...

Photograph of an oval blue and white platter on an ornate white mantelpiece. The platter is decorated with a scale pattern and the text, by Bayard Rustin, reads ‘we need in every community a group of angelic troublemakers’.

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · 19d

Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 20d

I probably shouldn’t be saying this but I’ve convinced more than 60 German Shepherds to quit the police force

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Rachael House @rachaelhouse.bsky.social · 22d

That other side should never be blank!

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Pen Fight @penfight.bsky.social · 22d

This weekend! I'll be at The Old Waterworks in Southend along with a bunch of amazing zine makers for @grrrlzinefair.

RSVP to the fest for free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grrrl-zine...

a graphic advertising Pen Fight Distro tabling at Grrrl Zine Fair 2025. There's a picture of a zine called a whisper or a shout about street harassment. The rest of the graphic reads: sat 20th and sun 21st september, at the Old Waterworks, North road, SS0 7AB

a poster for Grrrl Zine Fair 2025. Reads: Free Entry
RSVP & full line up grrrizinefair.com
@grrrizinefair grrrlzinefair.com
20th & 21 September Saturday 2-9pm Sunday 12-6pm
ART & PUBLISHING STALLS LIVE MUSIC -
DJS
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CREATIVE WORKSHOPS
COMEDY TAROT
READING YOGA SCREEN PRINTING
PORTRAITS PHOTO BOOTH
ZINE EXHIBITION
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ZINE LIBRARY STOKED (VEGAN FOOD)
SABABA (COCKTAILS) LAZY SLOTH COFFEE LEIGH ON SEA BREWERY
ZINES: HATE ZINE - SWEET-THANG THIIIRD KIA CREATES PAGEMASTERS LOOK DEEPER - SEEDLINGS
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AYSHE-MIRA YASHIN PEN FIGHT DISTRO - KATIE IN COLOUR BUHAINS CAROLINE WINTERS HAYLEY WELLS BEX BOP - PAPER MOON ZINES - THE EX- EDITOR RAGE ZINE - SHAZLEEN KHAN - WEED ZINE - IZZY ARGENT FUNA YE + THE PIDGIN LIBRARY SLOWSLOWZO ZINES & MORE!
CATERPILLAR PRESS

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Rachael House @rachaelhouse.bsky.social · 22d

Check out the link to support Southwark Day Centre For Asylum Seekers and get beautiful rewards for your donations.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-sdcas...

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Rachael House @rachaelhouse.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you!

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Rachael House @rachaelhouse.bsky.social · 23d

Good morning.
Drawing I made on Friday.

Six panel comic drawn in black ink.
Each panel has flags on it that do not represent nations/countries. The text reads ‘Keep your freak flag flying high’ and the flag on the final panel reads ‘ and get the dascists off our streets’.

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VOTING > PROTESTING @reesetheone.bsky.social · 25d

Mic drop.

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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 24d

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Billy Bragg. All You Fascists Are Bound To Lose. A song for days like these

After career criminal Stephen Yaxley Lennon’s march today in central London, Billy Bragg singing the Woody Guthrie song, All You Fascists Are Bound To Lose. As the lyrics say it takes organis…

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 24d

I am on tour right now with a book about two gay working class artists who died long before I was born. I’ve visited bookshops and libraries and galleries. And at every event I’ve been welcomed and there has been warmth and community. Books build empathy. The arts connect us. They just do.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 28d

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 29d

"Dozens of domestic cats, including nearly 70 this year, have been infected with H5N1, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department. Many of the animals became infected after consuming raw milk or raw pet food contaminated with the virus."

🎃CK DexterHaven🎃 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · Sep 4

Quick heads up- Bird flu popping back up in raw cat food.

Cat in San Francisco euthanized after latest bird flu infection tied to raw pet food

Federal health officials are warning that certain lots of RAWR Raw Cat Food Chicken Eats may be contaminated with H5N1 bird flu.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Sep 8

Reporting a new Banksy mural which attacks the legal system for criminalizing protests against genocide, the BBC adds "the graffiti has been covered up and guarded". Thanks Dad.

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Rachael House @rachaelhouse.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Rachael House @rachaelhouse.bsky.social · Sep 8

Good morning.
If you search on insta for #cartoonistsforg4za you’ll see this drawing of mine, and lots more by brilliant comics people.
(Others have fewer spelling mistakes!).

An eight panel comic in black and red pencil.
It shows thought bubbles talking of my everyday life, gradually shifting into small acts of resistance and the terrifying reality of war in Gaza. The thought bubbles become smoke amongst the rubble.

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jessmakescomics.bsky.social @jessmakescomics.bsky.social · Sep 6

This is the 3rd of my collaborative comics and Tom Wrigley has done an absolutely amazing job illustrating it! I drafted this back in May and the situation has changed since then - the benefits bill passed in a reduced state so I won’t lose as much. But others will. So we continue to fight.

A 6 panel comic. This image shows 4 panels. Panel 1: A wrapped bunch of peonies. Text: ‘I’ve been craving abundance’.
Panel 2: The same bunch of peonies in a vase, they have opened into full bloom. Text: ‘I bought a bunch of peonies the size of my head’.
Panel 3: A large box of fruit labelled Crowdfarming. The fruits are apricots and cherries. Text: I ordered 2.5kg of apricots and cherries for my birthday.
Panel 4: A stack of library books, some of them look rather hefty. Text: I borrowed 6 hardback books to last me 2 weeks.

The final 2 panels of a 6 panel comic are on this page.
Panel 5: The bunch of peonies in a vase is shown from a different angle. There is a bowl of apricots and cherries next to it. Text: It seems to make no sense, with the PIP cuts coming. I’m set up to lose £3000 a year.
Panel 6: The bunch of peonies is in the centre of the panel with the bowl of fruit on one side, and the stack of books on the other. Text: But it’s because of the PIP cuts. Abundance makes me feel safer, if only for a while.

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