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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 5h

My students made this film about a local #cricket club. If you need something to make you believe in the #goodness of people again, this is it. Feel free to support the club as well. youtu.be/sczf9HCeYE0?...

Edge Hill's Student Film Project keeps Wavertree CC in the game

YouTube video by Edge Hill University Research & Knowledge Exchange

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 2d

I think it must be Wednesday. I looked at my calendar yesterday, it said Sunday, but I was in the middle of some CPD course. So it can't have been.

Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 8d

Yes please. More of this, please, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. I may not be a doctor, but I teach students at a university. And I try my best for them. We all contribute. That includes the lovely people in the corner shops who help their communities with a vital local shop and many more.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 8d

This the kind of message politicians need to send:

When asked about Reform UK's plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain, Wes Streeting answered: "Nigel Farage says go home, I say you're home."

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 10d

I went to Portland in 2002. It was the US city where I felt safest. It seemed like a relaxed, open kind of place. When I asked someone for directions, they didn't gasp or were surprised, but rather smiled and showed me the way. It must have changed a lot, then, as Trump clearly never lies....

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 16d

Dear Reform, you are not very clever, are you? You don't know what migrants contribute to this country, do you? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain for migrants

The party says scrapping the scheme and restricting migrant access to benefits will save hundreds of billions of pounds.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 20d

a heart made out of different types of chocolate

ALT: a heart made out of different types of chocolate

media.tenor.com

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 20d

So free speech is for saying horrible things about people we don't know and bringing real fear to their lives, but is not about behaviour we can observe directly by powerful people who don't like what we are saying?

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 21d

Good luck to you all, then. Maybe they won't last long.

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 21d

Do any Americans on here like the orange person back who is DEFINITELY NOT in the Epstein files? I don't feel comfortable having him here. Also, I really don't understand how people can believe that he isn't guilty of all kinds of horrible sex crimes. He has admitted to it... 🤷

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · 24d

I wonder how proud George Osborne is about his legacy. Austerity bred discontent and a sense of disenfranchisement. And this is exploited by rich folk such as Lennon Yaxley, i.e. Tommy Robinson and Nigel Garage to do this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Police hurt during Tommy Robinson's Unite the Kingdom rally in London

Some 25 arrests are made after

www.bbc.co.uk

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · Sep 5

A woman on the left, persistently hounded, eventually resigns for underpaying tax. At the same time, the man who avoids taxes on his second job, who doesn't work for his constituency, rarely attends parliament, is hailed as potentially next PM. #DoubleStandards

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Angela Rayner resigns after underpaying tax on Hove flat

Her departure comes after the PM's ethics adviser concludes that she breached ministerial rules.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · Sep 1

The loud sigh you can hear? It's the collective outbreath of parents seeing their children return to school after 6 weeks of juggling work and childcare.

a black and white photo of a woman smiling and saying `` instant relief '' .

ALT: a black and white photo of a woman smiling and saying `` instant relief '' .

media.tenor.com

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · Aug 23

So glad you had a great time. It has become my wonderful home. Do come back ☺️

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · Aug 23

So good to see so many of us here to embrace immigration and reject hate #Liverpool #RefugeesAreWelcomeHere

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · Aug 22

Another day, another moment when all you can do is wish Americans good luck and strength in their resistance. It's not looking good.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...

FBI searches home of John Bolton - live updates

Agents and police vehicles have been seen at Bolton's home in the Washington DC suburb of Bethesda, Maryland.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · Aug 21

Yup, devastating. How can we make our voices heard? Any thoughts?

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · Aug 21

Please read.

At 19 I had to flee my country, afraid for my life – without even saying goodbye to my family www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

At 19 I had to flee my country, afraid for my life – without even saying goodbye to my family

Mohanad was a medical student in Sudan, but he had to leave in secret, hiding in a vegetable truck, until he reached Libya, where he was kidnapped repeatedly. That was only the start of his perilous j...

www.theguardian.com

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · Aug 20

Openness and transparency are important elements to facilitate research. This is being taken away by changes to the BBC Written Archives Centre, not to speak of the utterly behind-lock-and-key practices of the streamers. Please consider adding your name to this letter: tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025

Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...

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Elke Weissmann @tellyelk.bsky.social · Aug 14

Please watch and understand: these are human beings, these are children, these are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · Aug 13

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