Miriam
@shejimp.bsky.social
Peripatetic Braille (and other stuff) Teacher
I like craft, clothes, family and paying people fair pay for fair work.
I love my schnoodle.
I like craft, clothes, family and paying people fair pay for fair work.
I love my schnoodle.
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An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
October 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
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Garment workers deserve more!
Workers in Cambodia have to spend almost twice what they earn just to survive. This is not a request but an urgent necessity.
Raise the wages.
Full statement: cambodianess.com/article/civi...
cambodianess.com/article/civi...
Workers in Cambodia have to spend almost twice what they earn just to survive. This is not a request but an urgent necessity.
Raise the wages.
Full statement: cambodianess.com/article/civi...
cambodianess.com/article/civi...
Civil Society Wants Minimum Wage Raised as Workers Struggle to Survive
PHNOM PENH — With living costs soaring and workers sinking deeper into debt, at least 27 civil society groups and unions are demanding that Cambodia ra...
cambodianess.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Garment workers deserve more!
Workers in Cambodia have to spend almost twice what they earn just to survive. This is not a request but an urgent necessity.
Raise the wages.
Full statement: cambodianess.com/article/civi...
cambodianess.com/article/civi...
Workers in Cambodia have to spend almost twice what they earn just to survive. This is not a request but an urgent necessity.
Raise the wages.
Full statement: cambodianess.com/article/civi...
cambodianess.com/article/civi...
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Solidarity with the Debenhams (Boohoo) workers who may be about to lose their jobs. We've sadly seen this before. Across supply chains workers are underpaid, undervalued and treated as disposable by fashion brands.
Debenhams must urgently engage with @usdawunion.bsky.social and save these jobs.
Debenhams must urgently engage with @usdawunion.bsky.social and save these jobs.
We're calling on Debenhams (formerly Boohoo) to END its anti-union stance and engage with us over the proposed closure of its warehouse 🗣️
September 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Solidarity with the Debenhams (Boohoo) workers who may be about to lose their jobs. We've sadly seen this before. Across supply chains workers are underpaid, undervalued and treated as disposable by fashion brands.
Debenhams must urgently engage with @usdawunion.bsky.social and save these jobs.
Debenhams must urgently engage with @usdawunion.bsky.social and save these jobs.
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We are calling this "Raise the Colours (or, The Ballad of Little Bobby Jenrick)"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87bY...
It's a musical commentary on #raisethecolours, celebrating Robert Jenrick's latest social media antics, with a ukelele gradually going out of tune.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87bY...
It's a musical commentary on #raisethecolours, celebrating Robert Jenrick's latest social media antics, with a ukelele gradually going out of tune.
"Raise the Colours (or, The Ballad of Little Bobby Jenrick)" - original song by The Marsh Family
YouTube video by Marsh Family
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We are calling this "Raise the Colours (or, The Ballad of Little Bobby Jenrick)"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87bY...
It's a musical commentary on #raisethecolours, celebrating Robert Jenrick's latest social media antics, with a ukelele gradually going out of tune.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87bY...
It's a musical commentary on #raisethecolours, celebrating Robert Jenrick's latest social media antics, with a ukelele gradually going out of tune.
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Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
Well @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social it’s been a blast. Highlights include being half-arsed, unexpected, if fleeting community making elf gauntlets, rest as resistance and fantastic studies and hymn singing, plus a bit of folk music. Fabulous.
August 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Well @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social it’s been a blast. Highlights include being half-arsed, unexpected, if fleeting community making elf gauntlets, rest as resistance and fantastic studies and hymn singing, plus a bit of folk music. Fabulous.
1/ Dear UK Labour leadership-
Have you lost your collective minds? Please re-read your election manifesto and consider giving some time to the bits that don’t curtail people’s rights, don’t make things harder for those already struggling, don’t pander to the reform right
Have you lost your collective minds? Please re-read your election manifesto and consider giving some time to the bits that don’t curtail people’s rights, don’t make things harder for those already struggling, don’t pander to the reform right
August 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
1/ Dear UK Labour leadership-
Have you lost your collective minds? Please re-read your election manifesto and consider giving some time to the bits that don’t curtail people’s rights, don’t make things harder for those already struggling, don’t pander to the reform right
Have you lost your collective minds? Please re-read your election manifesto and consider giving some time to the bits that don’t curtail people’s rights, don’t make things harder for those already struggling, don’t pander to the reform right
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You can only pick one.
Which one?
Which one?
July 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
You can only pick one.
Which one?
Which one?
Yesterday I heard the story of a paediatrician who told someone that their child couldn’t have ADHD because they “hadn’t been excused from school”. I have lots of thoughts about this but am lost for words…
June 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Yesterday I heard the story of a paediatrician who told someone that their child couldn’t have ADHD because they “hadn’t been excused from school”. I have lots of thoughts about this but am lost for words…
I don’t post here often because I’m finding Bluesky tricky. So much is political or “buy my book” type posts. I just want to know what’s happening in normal lives really or engage with folk who are fun!
So here is my dog. She is always in the fun zone….
So here is my dog. She is always in the fun zone….
June 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I don’t post here often because I’m finding Bluesky tricky. So much is political or “buy my book” type posts. I just want to know what’s happening in normal lives really or engage with folk who are fun!
So here is my dog. She is always in the fun zone….
So here is my dog. She is always in the fun zone….
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Email your MP now and urge them to vote against cruel cuts to disability support
action.trussell.org.uk/your-mp-must...
action.trussell.org.uk/your-mp-must...
Your MP must vote against cruel cuts to disability support
Our social security system should be there for us all, especially when we need it most. But the UK government has proposed huge cuts to disabled people’s support which are going through Parliament now...
action.trussell.org.uk
June 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Email your MP now and urge them to vote against cruel cuts to disability support
action.trussell.org.uk/your-mp-must...
action.trussell.org.uk/your-mp-must...
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Did you know it’s just under 12 weeks until Greenbelt? Did you also know that if you buy *before midnight tonight* you can split the total cost into three equal, interest-free monthly payments up to July? You can do the same Consider this a public service announcement and grab a payment plan today.
May 31, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Did you know it’s just under 12 weeks until Greenbelt? Did you also know that if you buy *before midnight tonight* you can split the total cost into three equal, interest-free monthly payments up to July? You can do the same Consider this a public service announcement and grab a payment plan today.
I’m not sure about #beachbodyready or #hotgirlsummer. Time to aim for #beachedwhalesummer where everyone just turns up in whatever shape the like and slob about on the beach/mountain/lakeside etc. Keep us hydrated and roll us back home at the end. Perfect.
April 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I’m not sure about #beachbodyready or #hotgirlsummer. Time to aim for #beachedwhalesummer where everyone just turns up in whatever shape the like and slob about on the beach/mountain/lakeside etc. Keep us hydrated and roll us back home at the end. Perfect.
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Rana Plaza Never Again.
Today we urge the interim government in Bangladesh to prioritise workers rights in its bold reform plans, and deliver on the demands of workers for rights, wages and power.
www.tbsnews.net/economy/rmg/...
Today we urge the interim government in Bangladesh to prioritise workers rights in its bold reform plans, and deliver on the demands of workers for rights, wages and power.
www.tbsnews.net/economy/rmg/...
UK trade unions, NGOs urge Bangladesh to improve RMG workers’ wages
The campaigners said boosting the social security situation for garment workers in Bangladesh is essential now more than ever
www.tbsnews.net
April 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Rana Plaza Never Again.
Today we urge the interim government in Bangladesh to prioritise workers rights in its bold reform plans, and deliver on the demands of workers for rights, wages and power.
www.tbsnews.net/economy/rmg/...
Today we urge the interim government in Bangladesh to prioritise workers rights in its bold reform plans, and deliver on the demands of workers for rights, wages and power.
www.tbsnews.net/economy/rmg/...
It wouldn’t be Holy Saturday if I wasn’t faffing about making something. Last year it was a crocheted rooster, today it is tomb improvements…
April 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It wouldn’t be Holy Saturday if I wasn’t faffing about making something. Last year it was a crocheted rooster, today it is tomb improvements…
There seems to be a lot of chat about “banning phones in schools”. I visit a lot of schools for my job. None of them allow phones to be used in school. This is deflection from the real problems.
April 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
There seems to be a lot of chat about “banning phones in schools”. I visit a lot of schools for my job. None of them allow phones to be used in school. This is deflection from the real problems.
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These are the Heard & McDonald Islands. They are 4000km south of Perth, Australia and 2000km kilometres north of Antarctica.
Pictured here is the islands’
International Trade Committee, which is meeting in an emergency session tonight.
Pictured here is the islands’
International Trade Committee, which is meeting in an emergency session tonight.
April 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
These are the Heard & McDonald Islands. They are 4000km south of Perth, Australia and 2000km kilometres north of Antarctica.
Pictured here is the islands’
International Trade Committee, which is meeting in an emergency session tonight.
Pictured here is the islands’
International Trade Committee, which is meeting in an emergency session tonight.
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Your daily reminder that NEXT made 1 BILLION in profit last year but won't even pay its UK staff the real living wage, and don't get us started on their garment workers 😡https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/27/major-uk-investors-join-push-for-retail-giants-to-pay-workers-real-living-wage
Major UK investors join push for retail giants to pay workers ‘real living wage’
Axa and Scottish Widows back ShareAction campaign for chains such as Next to pay at least £12.60 an hour
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Your daily reminder that NEXT made 1 BILLION in profit last year but won't even pay its UK staff the real living wage, and don't get us started on their garment workers 😡https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/27/major-uk-investors-join-push-for-retail-giants-to-pay-workers-real-living-wage
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Interesting. So, SHEIN invests hundreds of thousands into the infrastructure, provides the tech, controls the prices and quantities, styles and product variety, determines the long-term business plan for a supplier but somehow they're still third party?!
retailasia.com/fashion/news...
retailasia.com/fashion/news...
SHEIN invests $70m to empower supply chain partners by 2028
SHEIN is investing $70m in its Supplier Community Empowerment Program (SCEP) by 2028 to improve manufacturing facilities and worker conditions.
retailasia.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Interesting. So, SHEIN invests hundreds of thousands into the infrastructure, provides the tech, controls the prices and quantities, styles and product variety, determines the long-term business plan for a supplier but somehow they're still third party?!
retailasia.com/fashion/news...
retailasia.com/fashion/news...
@mayaellismp.bsky.social hello Maya, I voted for you in the summer and have written to you since. Sadly, I got no reply. I was hoping you could give me a reason to stay in the Labour Party. Can’t say it’s looking good right now….
March 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
@mayaellismp.bsky.social hello Maya, I voted for you in the summer and have written to you since. Sadly, I got no reply. I was hoping you could give me a reason to stay in the Labour Party. Can’t say it’s looking good right now….
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
UK - Liz Truss: economy crashing lettuce loser. America- Trump: hold my beer….
March 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
UK - Liz Truss: economy crashing lettuce loser. America- Trump: hold my beer….
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Sparky Rube.
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Sparky Rube.
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youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem