Rachel Hamada
@rachelhamada.bsky.social
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Director at @takeoneaction.bsky.social Founder and chair at @theferret.scot Former lead on community-led investigations at @tbij.bsky.social Playwright. Love games, play, stories. Scotland-based. She/her
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erininthemorning.com
Excellent reporting from Heated and Atmos.

It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.

heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
heated.world
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petergeoghegan.bsky.social
🔴 NEW: Larry Ellison’s £257m bet on Tony Blair

Our investigation with @lighthousereports.com reveals how the Tony Blair Institute has been accused of pushing the interests of tech tycoon Ellison — Trump’s “CEO of everything” — and his company Oracle

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Inside the Tony Blair Institute
A former PM, Trump's 'CEO of everything' and NHS data - what could go wrong?
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ndrew.bsky.social
i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended
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nataliesedacca.bsky.social
It’s not clear what these changes will concretely consist of but this is an appalling proposal from Mahmood, ignoring the challenges that asylum seekers face in accessing legal advice and undermining protections for trafficking survivors
jonathantranter.bsky.social
"Shabana Mahmood has announced plans to change modern slavery laws to prevent migrants from making last minute attempts to 'frustrate a removal' after her bid to appeal in a trafficking case was thrown out by the court of appeal" 💀 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Mahmood vows to change modern slavery laws after bid to deport Eritrean man thwarted
Appeal court rejects home secretary’s attempt to appeal against blocking of return of man to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal
www.theguardian.com
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pookaco.bsky.social
Our friends at @takeoneaction.bsky.social kick off their festival in Edinburgh this week. See the programme at www.takeoneaction.org.uk
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ayoub.bsky.social
My latest, on how concepts like the populist hype and reactionary centrism can help us understand how our media and political system normalises dangerous far right talking points and policies

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Rethinking the rise of the far right
shado editor Elia Ayoub looks at how populist hype and reactionary centrism have fuelled misunderstanding about the rise of the far right.
shado-mag.com
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cmmonwealth.bsky.social
Few countries have been privatised as deep or as far as in Britain.

This failed experiment has shaped your life.

To learn how, explore our new project — Who Owns Britain? — at the link below.

www.common-wealth.org/interactive/...
Who Owns Britain?
How the radical experiment of privatisation transformed society and reshaped our lives.
www.common-wealth.org
rachelhamada.bsky.social
Power Station is screening tonight at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social - and then you can come along to this brilliant workshop tomorrow with filmmaker Dan Edelstyn. All pay what you can!
takeoneaction.bsky.social
Join us for a session with Dan Edelstyn, co-director of Power Station to explore alternative models of political and independent filmmaking, working with and for communities and side-stepping traditional gatekeepers to craft bold, radical documentaries.

www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/crossi...
Crossing the Line with Dan Edelstyn - Take One Action!
Join us for a session with Dan Edelstyn, co-director and co-producer of Power Station to explore alternative models of political and independent filmmaking.
www.takeoneaction.org.uk
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
The solar revolution means that power can be decentralized, democratized, distributed far more justly. So it makes perfect and hideous sense, given the nostalgia of authoritarians for a golden age (of exclusion, exploitation, and inequality ), to tie themselves to all fossil fuel's problems.
The Future Is Coming and It's (Literally) Sunny: Notes on the Solar Revolution
I drove home to San Francisco from New Mexico last weekend, and in the western Mojave desert of California I passed in quick succession three vast renewable energy sites: the first was three solar con...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
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emcc-scotland.bsky.social
We're excited to launch a new survey exploring Gender Equity in the Scottish Film Exhibiton sector, in partnership with @filmhubscotland.bsky.social. If you work or volunteer in film exhibition, please fill out the survey. We welcome responses from all genders: www.surveymonkey.com/r/FilmEquity
A photograph of a white woman with brown hair in a messy bun, operating a camera on a film set. Text overlaid reads: Gender Equity in Scottish Film Exhibition Survey. Logos: Equal Media & Culture Centre, FilmHub Scotland, BFI FAN, The National Lottery, Screen Scotland
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scotnational.bsky.social
This is the stark testimony of former BBC journalist Mohamed Shalaby, who quit the corporation over its reporting on Gaza

Read the full interview 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
rachelhamada.bsky.social
Excited to moderate this at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social on Sat as part of our Real Utopias festivals.

Come along if you like weird but brilliant shorts exploring the frontiers of tech, and brilliant-post screening conversations with @karengregory.bsky.social, @foxglovelegal.bsky.social and YOU
takeoneaction.bsky.social
⛓️‍💥 DISMANTLING TECH FANTASIES 🌐

Our programmer shares a highlight from our Edinburgh festivals, a shorts programme about interrogating the false promises of AI.

Screening at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social on Saturday 20th September, 3PM!

www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/disman...
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theskinnymag.bsky.social
"There's quite a lot of evidence that facts alone don't necessarily change people's minds. You need to get to people's emotions as well"

@takeoneaction.bsky.social, Scotland's film festival for social change is back – we talk to director Rachel Hamada
Better Worlds: Take One Action 2025 preview - The Skinny
Take One Action's director Rachel Hamada introduces this year's festival, which takes place under the banner of Real Utopias.
www.theskinny.co.uk
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takeoneaction.bsky.social
In an era where trans kids are spoken over and spoken for, NIÑXS sparkles with confidence, wit, and magic: a joyous demand that trans youth get to narrate their own stories.

Presented in collaboration with @sqiff.bsky.social

www.takeoneaction.org.uk/film/ninxs/
NIÑXS - Take One Action!
In this joyous documentary co-authored by its subject, fifteen-year-old Karla tells her coming-of-age story as a young trans girl.
www.takeoneaction.org.uk
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takeoneaction.bsky.social
👁️FILM SPOTLIGHT: NIÑXS 👁️

In the rural small town of Tepoztlán, Mexico, fifteen-year-old Karla gets to tell her own coming-of-age story as she navigates the joys and complexities of trans adolescence.

Book your tickets: www.takeoneaction.org.uk/film/ninxs/
NIÑXS - Take One Action!
In this joyous documentary co-authored by its subject, fifteen-year-old Karla tells her coming-of-age story as a young trans girl.
www.takeoneaction.org.uk
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takeoneaction.bsky.social
🎥Film Spotlight: POWER STATION (2025)

Two artists and activists are on a mission to power their street with solar energy, one home at a time. We'll be showing POWER STATION in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Dundee!

👉 TICKETS: www.takeoneaction.org.uk/film/power-s...
Power Station - Take One Action!
Two artists and activists are on a mission to power their street with solar energy, one home at a time.
www.takeoneaction.org.uk
rachelhamada.bsky.social
Really excited to announce the launch of our 2025 film festival programmes - hope to see many of you at one of our events! #RealUtopias2025
takeoneaction.bsky.social
💫 IT’S HERE! 💫

Watch the trailer for Take One Action Film Festivals 2025 and dive into our Real Utopias programme!

EDINBURGH | GLASGOW | INVERNESS | DUNDEE

ACCESS:
🎟️ All tickets pay-what-you-can (£0-20)
💬 All films with descriptive subtitles

Get your tickets now: www.takeoneaction.org.uk
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takeoneaction.bsky.social
👋 We’re BACK!

Real Utopias will be coming to screens and community spaces near you this autumn:

〰️ #Edinburgh (17-21 Sep)
〰️ #Glasgow (25-28 Sep)
〰️ #Inverness (28-30 Oct)
〰️ #Dundee (7-8 Nov)

We’re excited to share our gorgeous poster for this year’s festivals, designed by Maddie Lennon!
Poster for the Take One Action areal Utopias poster, in purple and bronze. Topographic lines of a map intersect with bronze stills from this year’s films. It includes dates and info about funders.
rachelhamada.bsky.social
Today! Last chance to get free tickets for this event exploring videogames, their place in our culture and how they could be key to imagining alternative futures - exhibition with @marijamdid.com, discussion with @adrianhon.bsky.social, and short film screening

bit.ly/resistanceingames
Resistance in Game Space
Level up! Find out how videogames have shaped the world around us, for better and worse, and how they might help shape alternative futures.
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marijamdid.com
Edinburgh folk!
A fantastic Videogames + Art + Politics event is taking place tomorrow. What a treat, do NOT miss! 💚
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This Saturday is Resistance in Game Space, an evening looking at how videogames are key to imagining alternative futures. We'll be at Sett Studios in Leith, Edinburgh, from 6-9pm and tickets are free!

Find out more about what's planned and sign up at
bit.ly/resistanceingames
Resistance in Game Space
Level up! Find out how videogames have shaped the world around us, for better and worse, and how they might help shape alternative futures.
bit.ly