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Sue Pearson

@soupie.bsky.social

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I love words, soaking them up and writing them down. The smell of leaf mould and green things sprouting. The texture of bark. Fussing song birds, and the roar and drama of wind and waves. And humans; complex like layers of rock laid down over millennia.

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Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · 13d

Say it loud, say it clear, Robinson’s not welcome here. So good to be shoulder to shoulder with the community of Newcastle today. The far right aren’t welcome in my toon.

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Ben Dickenson @benjitoon.bsky.social · 13d

Newcastle says no to fascism.

The far right brought a hundred or so with them, bussed from far and wide. This city turned out 1000s, from local communities, estates and streets. Geordies of all backgrounds coming together and outnumbering the purveyors of hate by some distance.

Newcastle united.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20d

In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

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Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Sep 4

Looks like I live in an upwardly mobile area! 🤣

Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Sep 3

Why aren’t we all ordering tickets and not turning up?

Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Aug 17

Is that the bride’s scold back into popularity in America?

Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Aug 16

Congratulations @chriscottom.bsky.social

Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Jun 10

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · May 3

Stair climb day 2. Apologies to anyone who's thoroughly bored of this by now. Please rest assured, I will soon be back to my normal waffle about writing craft, sharing wonderful flash fiction and moaning about my health...

#MattsStairClimbChallenge

Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · May 2

Right... ok... today's the first day of my stair climb challenge 😬 Going to be posting updates throughout the day. You may want to mute me 😂

#MattsStairClimbChallenge

About to attempt my first few climbs.

A reminder of what I'm attempting and why:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Matt's Stair Climb Challenge

I'm attempting to climb Ben Nevis. Kind of. Since I live with a chronic health condition and can't actually get to Ben Nevis, I'm attempting to climb the equivalent of Ben Nevis by going up and down...

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Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · May 1

So here’s hoping that that was chocolate on my sunglasses!

Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Apr 18

Oh! Dear Janey Godley, what a tribute that would be. That, and absolute, backs turned silence would be quite something.

Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Apr 11

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Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Apr 10

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Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Apr 6

Please amplify this

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Apr 5

Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE.

Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:

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Jaime Montana Cook is at
Sackets Harbor Central School.
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Message from the Sackets Harbor Principal
As the principal of these students, I need to speak plainly.
Our three students who were taken by ICE were doing everything right. They had declared themselves to immigration judges, attended court on their assigned dates, and were following the legal process.
They are not criminals. They have no ties to any criminal activity. They are loved in their classrooms. Their family has worked at the nearby "Old McDonald's" petting zoo and dairy farm for 15 years.
They lived in a house on the same road as a home ICE had a warrant for. The fact that ICE went door to door is unfathomable. The fact that our students were handcuffed and put into the same van as the alleged criminal from down the street is unconscionable. When I think of my third grader's experience, my stomach twists and it is hard to breathe.
We are in shock-and it is that shared shock that has unified our community in the call for our students' release.
We are in direct communication with our students. Let me be clear: they are not
"being medically evaluated." They are not being "questioned as potential victims."
Calling a detention center by another name does not change what it is.
We deserve better than spin and misinformation. My teachers and my students are already hurting.
Please, think about how long every hour feels for a third grader in a detention center.
The wait had already been too long a week ago.
I have no other agenda. Please release my students and their mother back to our community.
Jaime Cook
Prek-12 Principal
Sackets Harbor, NY

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The Propelling Pencil @proppencil.bsky.social · Apr 6

It's sunny and the entries are rolling in for our Charity Flash Fiction Competition. You might as well join in! £170 in prizes, @judehwriter2.bsky.social guest judging, proceeds to @cftrustuk.bsky.social And you can get feedback from our superb readers for an extra £5. £5 or free to enter. Details⬇️

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Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Apr 4

Not the sort of co I want to use!

Falgaia // @falgaia.bsky.social · Apr 3

wow look at all of these better alternatives to Adobe that exist

ask me about Pixelart programs if interested in that aspect specifically because you *definitely* don't need PS for that, lol

The now infamous Adobe Alternatives infographic, created by XdanielArt

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Apr 3

"If you now mess up in one part of the world economically, it can instantly impact politics and economics in another part of the world. The same is true of geopolitical and security risk. There is a more catastrophic level of risk than ever before because of interconnected systems. That matters"

Populist Simplicity in a Hyper-Complex World: Will Trump Overplay His Hand?

Hardeep Matharu dissects what the now infamous Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky revealed about the American President’s approach – and speaks to political scientist Brian Klaas about why hi...

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Ali McGrane @alimcg.bsky.social · Apr 3

In March the UN agreed to a Global Ocean Treaty to protect 30% of our oceans by 2030. Currently <3% is properly protected. The UK Govt pushed for the Treaty & should support a ban on deep sea mining immediately. Join me in calling on David Lammy to deliver global ocean protection now. act.gp/44M8iQA

David Lammy: deliver a Global Ocean Treaty now

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Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Apr 1

Yippeeeee!! 😋

Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Apr 1

🤣🤣🤣 May use that phrase when I’m throwing a downward dog move in my next yoga class!

Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Apr 1

@tomshakespeare.bsky.social I don’t suppose you could be persuaded to publicly divulge your sourdough hot cross bun recipe?!?! You know, in a caring is sharing act of kindness, for a world that is crying out for a little tlc. Obviously no pressure 😉

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Mar 31

#GeorgiaProtests, Day 124!

The scene in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi tonight.

One of the most remarkable & sustained protest movements in modern European history.

Non-stop, for 124 days, the Georgian people have been fighting regime violence, Russian influence & authoritarianism.

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(🎥 Ezz Gaber)

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Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Mar 31

Han Kang will do it.

Sue Pearson @soupie.bsky.social · Mar 28

Is this not illegal?!

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Mar 28

Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...

One of the biggest corporate donors to the populist Reform U.K. party has sold almost $2 million worth of transmitters, cockpit equipment, antennas and other sensitive technology to a major supplier of Moscow’s blacklisted state weapons agency, documents show.

From 2023 to 2024, the company, part of the British aerospace manufacturer H.R. Smith Group, shipped the equipment to an Indian firm that is the biggest trading partner of the Russian arms agency, Rosoboronexport.

H.R. Smith Group donated 100,000 pounds (just under $130,000) to Reform U.K. last year, two days after Nigel Farage was announced as the party’s leader. The company is run by Richard Smith, a businessman who owns 55 Tufton Street, a Westminster townhouse that is home to some of Britain’s most influential right-wing lobbying and research groups.