Emily Fay
@emilyfay.bsky.social
Dreamer, living in the wonderful county of Shropshire
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1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism?
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
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Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
🧵
March 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism?
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
🧵
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
🧵
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Big #beaver news! 🦫📸 Our first camera trap footage of the new beaver pair at the Old River Bed is here! They’re cleaning themselves—a key behaviour that keeps their fur waterproof using oils from their castor glands. Plus, grooming helps strengthen their mated bond 💛
#ShropshireWildlife #Shropshire
#ShropshireWildlife #Shropshire
February 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Big #beaver news! 🦫📸 Our first camera trap footage of the new beaver pair at the Old River Bed is here! They’re cleaning themselves—a key behaviour that keeps their fur waterproof using oils from their castor glands. Plus, grooming helps strengthen their mated bond 💛
#ShropshireWildlife #Shropshire
#ShropshireWildlife #Shropshire
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Elon Musk is not the richest man in the world; men who live at home with their partner and children who love them experience riches he couldn't imagine.
February 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Elon Musk is not the richest man in the world; men who live at home with their partner and children who love them experience riches he couldn't imagine.
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Long Mynd ponies. Shropshire at it's best
January 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Long Mynd ponies. Shropshire at it's best
Beautiful stained glass window in St Tysilio church, Llangollen
December 3, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Beautiful stained glass window in St Tysilio church, Llangollen
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It was rather surreal to see the remains of a ducking stool today in St Peter's Church, Myddle. Described as 'The Oldest Known remedy for evil tongues'. It was often used against 'unquiet women' and witches. They were dunked in nearby Marton Pool. This one dates from the 1660s.
#Shropshire #history
#Shropshire #history
November 23, 2024 at 2:54 PM
It was rather surreal to see the remains of a ducking stool today in St Peter's Church, Myddle. Described as 'The Oldest Known remedy for evil tongues'. It was often used against 'unquiet women' and witches. They were dunked in nearby Marton Pool. This one dates from the 1660s.
#Shropshire #history
#Shropshire #history
So lucky to live in Shropshire and to be able to get out on beautiful Autumn walks
November 22, 2024 at 5:18 PM
So lucky to live in Shropshire and to be able to get out on beautiful Autumn walks
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A list of bands in order of efficacy:
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
November 22, 2024 at 12:05 PM
A list of bands in order of efficacy:
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
Enjoying the snow in Shropshire. Ice crystals are so beautiful ❤️
November 22, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Enjoying the snow in Shropshire. Ice crystals are so beautiful ❤️
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🧵SALT🧵
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
1/14
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
1/14
November 19, 2024 at 3:03 PM
🧵SALT🧵
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
1/14
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
1/14
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Had a brilliant lunch with @francescrook.bsky.social & others at Brixton Prison's Clink restaurant today, staffed by serving prisoners. Delicious food, and a good opportunity to interact with the humans usually 'out of sight, out of mind'. Shown to reduce reoffending. Society needs more of this.
November 19, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Had a brilliant lunch with @francescrook.bsky.social & others at Brixton Prison's Clink restaurant today, staffed by serving prisoners. Delicious food, and a good opportunity to interact with the humans usually 'out of sight, out of mind'. Shown to reduce reoffending. Society needs more of this.
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📢 an exciting opportunity to support nature recovery in Shropshire! Nestled amongst the Stiperstones and the Long Mynd, Betchcott Hill is a vital habitat for wildlife, including beloved curlew. But we can't do it without your help 🤝
www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/appeals/betc...
www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/appeals/betc...
Betchcott Hill Land Appeal | Shropshire Wildlife Trust
Help us purchase and restore 50 hectares of land in the iconic Shropshire Hills.
www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
November 18, 2024 at 1:46 PM
📢 an exciting opportunity to support nature recovery in Shropshire! Nestled amongst the Stiperstones and the Long Mynd, Betchcott Hill is a vital habitat for wildlife, including beloved curlew. But we can't do it without your help 🤝
www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/appeals/betc...
www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/appeals/betc...
This is the kind of good news we need across the whole country. Free school meals for all would positively impact so many families health and wellbeing
November 19, 2024 at 2:28 PM
This is the kind of good news we need across the whole country. Free school meals for all would positively impact so many families health and wellbeing
Snowy morning in Shrewsbusy, Shropshire
November 19, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Snowy morning in Shrewsbusy, Shropshire
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This #poverty is the most fundamentally important determinant of health and in the case of our children their future life chances .. this should be the government’s number one #publichealth priority if we’re serious about reducing health inequalities.. needs action not rhetoric!
This is absolutely appalling, but sadly not at all surprising www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high
Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:07 PM
This #poverty is the most fundamentally important determinant of health and in the case of our children their future life chances .. this should be the government’s number one #publichealth priority if we’re serious about reducing health inequalities.. needs action not rhetoric!
We really need a kinder world...not a less kind one. Talk to Trans people, build understanding, learn to be an ally because if this trend continues they are really going to need supportive friends
Pretty striking from the British Social Attitudes Survey: In 2016, 58% of Brits supported trans people's right to change their legal sex; by 2022 that number had halved to just 31%
November 18, 2024 at 1:32 PM
We really need a kinder world...not a less kind one. Talk to Trans people, build understanding, learn to be an ally because if this trend continues they are really going to need supportive friends
Shropshire needs a fairer funding formula from central government to save local services. Very sad to see Shropshire highlighted in this article...tougher times ahead for rural counties
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The streetlights going out over Britain tell a brutal story: austerity isn't over – it's getting worse | John Harris
Labour won’t achieve its aim of reviving the UK’s economy until it takes the plight of cash-starved councils more seriously, writes Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Shropshire needs a fairer funding formula from central government to save local services. Very sad to see Shropshire highlighted in this article...tougher times ahead for rural counties
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Morning… Mycena haematopus 🍄📷
November 17, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Morning… Mycena haematopus 🍄📷
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So you’ve made a brew, and now you need something good to read.
Can’t face the papers? Try the Hello You Sunday Supplement!
It’s a carefully chosen collection of links and recommendations to divert, amuse and stimulate.
Check it out and share it widely?
open.substack.com/pub/jimallth...
Can’t face the papers? Try the Hello You Sunday Supplement!
It’s a carefully chosen collection of links and recommendations to divert, amuse and stimulate.
Check it out and share it widely?
open.substack.com/pub/jimallth...
The Hello You Sunday Supplement, Issue 11
Your weekly signpost to the good stuff
open.substack.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:53 AM
So you’ve made a brew, and now you need something good to read.
Can’t face the papers? Try the Hello You Sunday Supplement!
It’s a carefully chosen collection of links and recommendations to divert, amuse and stimulate.
Check it out and share it widely?
open.substack.com/pub/jimallth...
Can’t face the papers? Try the Hello You Sunday Supplement!
It’s a carefully chosen collection of links and recommendations to divert, amuse and stimulate.
Check it out and share it widely?
open.substack.com/pub/jimallth...
We need to create a healthier, equitable food system. Our current system is not only making us ill, but it is costing an additional £268bn due to the wider impacts of diet related ill health
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK’s unhealthy food habits cost £268bn a year, report finds
Exclusive: Food, Farming and Countryside Commission added up cost to NHS and economy of diet-linked disease
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 10:19 PM
We need to create a healthier, equitable food system. Our current system is not only making us ill, but it is costing an additional £268bn due to the wider impacts of diet related ill health
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...