Shellfire (she/her)
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Cats. Cooking. Beer. Crafting. But the greatest of these is cats.
OMG yes. Palantir, and Thiel, have no place in our NHS!
Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
February 5, 2026 at 3:03 PM
OMG yes. Palantir, and Thiel, have no place in our NHS!
Excellent article, that shows how broad and accepting most people are, and how the lunatics in Sex Matters are just frothing hatemongers. Wonder who funds them and why... (but first, celebrate this story)
"As co-chair, Beth, now 68, faced down intimidation from anti-trans groups to oversee a vote that cemented the Association’s inclusive ethos in 2024. It was, she says, 'the hardest thing I have ever done, and also the thing I’m the most proud of.'"
The women fighting for trans inclusion at Hampstead ponds
The High Court has rejected a legal challenge attempting to ban trans people from Hampstead Heath’s single-sex ponds. Good Law Project speaks to the activists and regular swimmers behind the movement ...
www.dazeddigital.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Excellent article, that shows how broad and accepting most people are, and how the lunatics in Sex Matters are just frothing hatemongers. Wonder who funds them and why... (but first, celebrate this story)
Mandy is a thoroughly rotten man being rotten with other rotters. I never understood why that slimeball was welcomed back into government time and time again. Hear hear George!
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thre...
skywriter.blue
February 3, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Mandy is a thoroughly rotten man being rotten with other rotters. I never understood why that slimeball was welcomed back into government time and time again. Hear hear George!
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I've been thinking about this post a lot since I read it. Is it OK to be a fascist now? Or do the people who talk that way and those who vote for them genuinely not realise? Either way, this cautionary doc from 80+ years ago feels eerily familiar... heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-9-...
January 9, 2026
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I've been thinking about this post a lot since I read it. Is it OK to be a fascist now? Or do the people who talk that way and those who vote for them genuinely not realise? Either way, this cautionary doc from 80+ years ago feels eerily familiar... heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-9-...
Blimey, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was 77 years ago. How long before Trump and his goons undermine it all? heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-1...
December 10, 2025
Today is Human Rights Day, celebrated internationally in honor of the day seventy-seven years ago, December 10, 1948, when the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Hu...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Blimey, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was 77 years ago. How long before Trump and his goons undermine it all? heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-1...
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A careful, and compelling analysis, of how the Equality Act operates post the awful Supreme Court decision, from the woman who guided the Act through Parliament. www.linkedin.com/pulse/does-e...
Does the Equality Act ban trans women from women's services?
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers (FWS) on 16 April this year that “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 (EA2010) means biological sex, there has been si...
www.linkedin.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
A careful, and compelling analysis, of how the Equality Act operates post the awful Supreme Court decision, from the woman who guided the Act through Parliament. www.linkedin.com/pulse/does-e...
I'm not sure I trust an appliance company that thinks you should put your cornflakes in the freezer
October 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm not sure I trust an appliance company that thinks you should put your cornflakes in the freezer
Seems like the perfect person to report on argumentative meetings
US and China's different reports of their trade meeting
US and China's different reports of their trade meeting
The BBC's Laura Bicker explains how the two nation's have reported on the trade negotiations.
www.bbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Seems like the perfect person to report on argumentative meetings
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Great image and message
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Great image and message
I mean, it's a ballsy move...
The company that makes the ladders used in the Louvre heist has a new ad campaign.
"When you need to move fast," reads a banner under the image. "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"When you need to move fast," reads a banner under the image. "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I mean, it's a ballsy move...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If you don't yet do this, you're missing out on helping your favourite local charity - for free! I support Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital
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If you live in the UK and value the countryside, consider signing this petition to tighten up the definition of 'grey belt' (ie land that is suitable for development) so that we don't lose lots of genuine green belt land petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Change the ‘grey belt’ definition in the National Planning Policy Framework
We want an urgent change to the ‘grey belt’ definition in the NPPF. We think the grey belt glossary definition [which] could result in the loss of our countryside forever - vital for health and wellbe...
petition.parliament.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
If you live in the UK and value the countryside, consider signing this petition to tighten up the definition of 'grey belt' (ie land that is suitable for development) so that we don't lose lots of genuine green belt land petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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Fascinating. As someone who has rarely ever been within the 'healthy' zone of BMI, this is comforting news - albeit preliminary and not conclusive (<-- I have to say that as a science editor) theconversation.com/fat-but-fit-...
‘Fat but fit’: what the latest study reveals
New research finds lowest risk of early death may not sit in the traditional healthy BMI range.
theconversation.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Fascinating. As someone who has rarely ever been within the 'healthy' zone of BMI, this is comforting news - albeit preliminary and not conclusive (<-- I have to say that as a science editor) theconversation.com/fat-but-fit-...
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September 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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No. Such. Thing. As. Flushable. Wet. Wipes. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/100...
100 tonnes of slimy wet wipes removed from Thames in massive clean-up
Over 100 tonnes of wet wipes that had congealed into a giant wet-wipe island in the Thames have been removed, restoring the river flow around Hammersmith.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
No. Such. Thing. As. Flushable. Wet. Wipes. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/100...
A well-written but ghastly read...
In 1999, the Centers for Disease Control and *Prevention* (at least until the fascists change the name) highlighted the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. Trump's people are undermining ~all~ ~of~ ~them~. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
Ten Great Public Health Achievements -- United States, 1900-1999
www.cdc.gov
September 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A well-written but ghastly read...
Happy birthday Ethel, 116 today! www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2025/8/...
World's oldest person and longest-surviving Brit ever Ethel Caterham turns 116
Ethel Caterham (UK), the world's oldest living woman and person, is celebrating her 116th birthday today.
www.guinnessworldrecords.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Happy birthday Ethel, 116 today! www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2025/8/...
A fantastic piece with excellent, clear graphics, that show how hoax researchers can manipulate the 'science' about vaccines and autism.
And as a palate cleanser, why not try the Bad Vaxx online game? See more misinformation tactics and win points! www.badvaxx.com
And as a palate cleanser, why not try the Bad Vaxx online game? See more misinformation tactics and win points! www.badvaxx.com
A must-read, must-share piece - clearly deconstructing the shoddy science of the Geiers (who are inexplicably in charge of studies at HHS).
Consider this an early warning for what lies ahead. 🛟🩺🧪
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Consider this an early warning for what lies ahead. 🛟🩺🧪
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism (Gift Article)
Data can easily be manipulated to show a causation that doesn’t exist.
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A fantastic piece with excellent, clear graphics, that show how hoax researchers can manipulate the 'science' about vaccines and autism.
And as a palate cleanser, why not try the Bad Vaxx online game? See more misinformation tactics and win points! www.badvaxx.com
And as a palate cleanser, why not try the Bad Vaxx online game? See more misinformation tactics and win points! www.badvaxx.com
Version history in documents as a tool to help improve writing and reduce use of genAI. Fascinating! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Version control: how I combat the rise of generative AI in the classroom
I was worried that ChatGPT was composing my students’ essays. Looking at the writing process step by step can combat this and has other benefits, too.
www.nature.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Version history in documents as a tool to help improve writing and reduce use of genAI. Fascinating! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I could not have landed a job at Vogue in the ’90s. 25 out of 32, but at least a third of those were guesses! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Could You Have Landed a Job at Vogue in the ’90s?
To work for Anna Wintour in Vogue's glory days, you had to know a little bit of everything. Take the quiz to find out if you would have made the grade.
www.nytimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I could not have landed a job at Vogue in the ’90s. 25 out of 32, but at least a third of those were guesses! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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July 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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What a cunch of bunts
The Supreme Court promised that its decision "would not be disadvantageous to or remove protection from trans people" so we are surprised and disappointed that the Westminster Parliament has surrendered to hate. goodlaw.social/qduz
Parliament surrenders to anti-trans activists on toilet policy
The UK parliament has thrown trans people under the bus on toilets, abandoning its own policy to placate activists who accosted a trans barrister on the parliamentary estate.
goodlaw.social
June 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What a cunch of bunts
No shade here. Go Stella!
I admit it. I broke the rules calling Farage out. I am not sorry- will keep calling him and his fellow travellers out. But making abortion a human right in England & Wales like in Northern Ireland better protects access than me getting into trouble:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
June 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
No shade here. Go Stella!