Timothy Stacey
@godsandsods.bsky.social
In search of magic, myths, rituals & traditions fuelling political, economic and ecological solidarity. Coordinator: Ecology and Belonging: https://nias.knaw.nl/themegroup/ecology-and-belonging-in-search-of-a-new-political-space/. Lover of silliness.
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A new week - and a new huge milestone!
@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!
We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
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@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!
We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
A new week - and a new huge milestone!
@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!
We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!
We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I just joined the Green Party. Thanks @zackpolanski.bsky.social for refuelling my waning faith in social democracy
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October 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I just joined the Green Party. Thanks @zackpolanski.bsky.social for refuelling my waning faith in social democracy
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Ben jij een (beleids)professional, betrokken bij het thema 'Transities in een radicale tijd'? Ben je benieuwd naar hoe je #futuring kan toepassen in je eigen werk & naar leren met én van ambitieuze masterstudenten? Meld je nu aan voor de #MixedClassroom professionals.uu.nl/nl/cursus/be...
Beleid maken voor een radicale tijd - Universiteit Utrecht
In deze Mixed Classroom gaan we in op de vraag hoe overheid en samenleving hun onderlinge relatie kunnen herijken. Daarbij stellen we ‘futuring’ centraal.
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October 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Ben jij een (beleids)professional, betrokken bij het thema 'Transities in een radicale tijd'? Ben je benieuwd naar hoe je #futuring kan toepassen in je eigen werk & naar leren met én van ambitieuze masterstudenten? Meld je nu aan voor de #MixedClassroom professionals.uu.nl/nl/cursus/be...
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I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.
Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.
Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?
Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.
Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?
Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
October 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.
Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.
Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?
Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.
Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?
Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
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What does the future of ecology & belonging look like? From indigenous & decolonial perspectives to conservatism & eco-fascism.
Join Dr Timothy Stacey @godsandsods.bsky.social as he explores possibilities for a new political space.
📅 Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/faith...
Join Dr Timothy Stacey @godsandsods.bsky.social as he explores possibilities for a new political space.
📅 Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/faith...
September 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What does the future of ecology & belonging look like? From indigenous & decolonial perspectives to conservatism & eco-fascism.
Join Dr Timothy Stacey @godsandsods.bsky.social as he explores possibilities for a new political space.
📅 Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/faith...
Join Dr Timothy Stacey @godsandsods.bsky.social as he explores possibilities for a new political space.
📅 Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/faith...
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Mandelson was architect of 2nd State visit for Trump. That visit should not happen. It is sickening to confer special UK honour on Mandelson's fellow Epstein acolyte who is a dangerous autocrat, banning books, militarising police & destroying democratic freedoms.
September 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Mandelson was architect of 2nd State visit for Trump. That visit should not happen. It is sickening to confer special UK honour on Mandelson's fellow Epstein acolyte who is a dangerous autocrat, banning books, militarising police & destroying democratic freedoms.
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Labour say: “Zack Polanski doesn’t have a plan for serious times.”
This, from the party of:
– The two child benefit cap
– Cuts for disabled people
– Arming genocidal regimes
They're terrified of @greenparty.org.uk as we're not bought off by the super rich.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
This, from the party of:
– The two child benefit cap
– Cuts for disabled people
– Arming genocidal regimes
They're terrified of @greenparty.org.uk as we're not bought off by the super rich.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Multiple Labour MPs considering defecting to Greens, says Zack Polanski
Exclusive: Sitting down with The Independent, the new Green Party leader said he was ‘absolutely’ having conversations with Labour MPs who are considering defecting
www.independent.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Labour say: “Zack Polanski doesn’t have a plan for serious times.”
This, from the party of:
– The two child benefit cap
– Cuts for disabled people
– Arming genocidal regimes
They're terrified of @greenparty.org.uk as we're not bought off by the super rich.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
This, from the party of:
– The two child benefit cap
– Cuts for disabled people
– Arming genocidal regimes
They're terrified of @greenparty.org.uk as we're not bought off by the super rich.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
This isn’t just media savvy. It takes guts and an ability to connect. I’m not convinced yet but I’m getting there
People are exhausted.
Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved.
Blaming migrants won’t fix this.
Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services.
#DrawTheLine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved.
Blaming migrants won’t fix this.
Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services.
#DrawTheLine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘We have to tell an alternative story’: Green leader Polanski chats to Nigel Farage’s constituents
Visit to Clacton-on-Sea part of social media strategy that Zack Polanski feels can rebut Reform’s rhetoric
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This isn’t just media savvy. It takes guts and an ability to connect. I’m not convinced yet but I’m getting there
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People are exhausted.
Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved.
Blaming migrants won’t fix this.
Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services.
#DrawTheLine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved.
Blaming migrants won’t fix this.
Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services.
#DrawTheLine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘We have to tell an alternative story’: Green leader Polanski chats to Nigel Farage’s constituents
Visit to Clacton-on-Sea part of social media strategy that Zack Polanski feels can rebut Reform’s rhetoric
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
People are exhausted.
Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved.
Blaming migrants won’t fix this.
Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services.
#DrawTheLine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved.
Blaming migrants won’t fix this.
Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services.
#DrawTheLine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This guy’s got some game
Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
September 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This guy’s got some game
The far-right English flag raising campaign must be countered with far more than contempt. Progressives urgently need to work on their symbolic politics.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Flags as symbols of prejudice, not pride – and a distinct air of menace. Welcome to England 2025 | John Harris
The rapid spread of these banners is unsettling – and shows how the hard right is reaching people and places the left cannot, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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September 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The far-right English flag raising campaign must be countered with far more than contempt. Progressives urgently need to work on their symbolic politics.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Have we lost the language of belonging: from closed borders to ignored warnings of environmental catastrophe?
Join our free online seminar with Dr Timothy Stacey @godsandsods.bsky.social to explore an alternative vision.
For more info & to book your place: www.tickettailor.com/events/faith...
Join our free online seminar with Dr Timothy Stacey @godsandsods.bsky.social to explore an alternative vision.
For more info & to book your place: www.tickettailor.com/events/faith...
September 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Have we lost the language of belonging: from closed borders to ignored warnings of environmental catastrophe?
Join our free online seminar with Dr Timothy Stacey @godsandsods.bsky.social to explore an alternative vision.
For more info & to book your place: www.tickettailor.com/events/faith...
Join our free online seminar with Dr Timothy Stacey @godsandsods.bsky.social to explore an alternative vision.
For more info & to book your place: www.tickettailor.com/events/faith...
Have you noticed the 90s are back? Could the seemingly silly trend offer possibilities for a sustainable future?
Young teens wearing baggy jeans. Listening to Nirvana. On a Walkman. Have you fallen through a time portal? No. It’s just the latest trend. Could this 90s revival culture help people embrace a fossil-free future? Read @godsandsods.bsky.social's new #ClimateConfessions blog www.uu.nl/en/opinion/s...
July 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Have you noticed the 90s are back? Could the seemingly silly trend offer possibilities for a sustainable future?
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200 Veterans are showing up to immigration hearings to physically stand with Afghan refugees & shield them from harassment & unlawful ICE arrest. This is upholding your oath to the Constitution❤️
This & 4 more inspiring stories of American courage against fascism:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/5-stories-...
This & 4 more inspiring stories of American courage against fascism:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/5-stories-...
5 Stories of Courage to Fight Fascism
In a sea of despair, here are stories to lift you up and inspire you to hold the line against injustice
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July 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
200 Veterans are showing up to immigration hearings to physically stand with Afghan refugees & shield them from harassment & unlawful ICE arrest. This is upholding your oath to the Constitution❤️
This & 4 more inspiring stories of American courage against fascism:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/5-stories-...
This & 4 more inspiring stories of American courage against fascism:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/5-stories-...
Our reaction to #NoKings: Dramaturgically speaking, the resistance is finally finding it’s rhythm
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The #NoKings protests this weekend were a great example of Dramaturgies of Change in action. | Timothy Stacey
The #NoKings protests this weekend were a great example of Dramaturgies of Change in action.
By adopting the upside down national flag, previously used by Dutch farmers resisting nitrogen regulations...
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June 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Our reaction to #NoKings: Dramaturgically speaking, the resistance is finally finding it’s rhythm
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www.linkedin.com/posts/timoth...
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Read 'Dramaturgies of change: Staging political transformation', a new paper by @godsandsods.bsky.social, Jeroen Oomen, @jessehoffman.bsky.social & @maartenhajer.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Read 'Dramaturgies of change: Staging political transformation', a new paper by @godsandsods.bsky.social, Jeroen Oomen, @jessehoffman.bsky.social & @maartenhajer.bsky.social
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Kinnock’s absolutely right.
EXCLUSIVE: Neil Kinnock slams Labour’s strategy on Reform as “100% wrong” and “mortally stupid” in a new Prospect interview with @arusbridger.bsky.social. “Appeasers get eaten,” he says.
www.prospectmagazine...
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Neil Kinnock: Labour is ‘100 per cent wrong’ to fight Reform UK on its own turf
The former Labour leader on his party’s ‘mortally stupid’ strategy to combat Reform
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
June 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Kinnock’s absolutely right.
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Last week at Sustainability Day @ifswien.bsky.social🌿 Shout-out to @fabiennelind.bsky.social, @tillhilmar.bsky.social, Linda Coufal & Sarah Schäfer for presenting a poster with first insights👏 & @evrop-anka.bsky.social & Fabienne for an interesting panel discussion on #emotions and #climatepolitics
June 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Last week at Sustainability Day @ifswien.bsky.social🌿 Shout-out to @fabiennelind.bsky.social, @tillhilmar.bsky.social, Linda Coufal & Sarah Schäfer for presenting a poster with first insights👏 & @evrop-anka.bsky.social & Fabienne for an interesting panel discussion on #emotions and #climatepolitics
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Join us this afternoon for a #FriendsOfTheFuture seminar with Riley Tsang 'Embodying transitions: what transitions studies can learn from transgender experiences' www.uu.nl/en/events/em... #Futures #Futuring #Transitions #TransExperiences
Embodying transitions: what transitions studies can learn from transgender experiences — with Riley Tsang
Join the Urban Futures Studio on May 26th for an engaging Friends of the Future seminar with Riley Tsang, a creative facilitator from Taiwan and the US Midwest working as the Global Engagement Special...
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May 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Join us this afternoon for a #FriendsOfTheFuture seminar with Riley Tsang 'Embodying transitions: what transitions studies can learn from transgender experiences' www.uu.nl/en/events/em... #Futures #Futuring #Transitions #TransExperiences
Alastair MacIntyre was one of the reasons I became an academic. His explanation of tradition reshaped my thinking and my life. Unless a life is lived in terms of a grander narrative, it ceases to make sense. His life has made so many others make sense
Rest in peace MacIntyre. One of the greatest living thinkers ceased to think and gone to a well deserved rest.
May 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Alastair MacIntyre was one of the reasons I became an academic. His explanation of tradition reshaped my thinking and my life. Unless a life is lived in terms of a grander narrative, it ceases to make sense. His life has made so many others make sense
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Could political radicalism require an element of conservatism?
That’s what we suggest in our new article. Treating politics as theatre, we suggest that the most successful shows tap into and reinterpret already dominant symbols.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
That’s what we suggest in our new article. Treating politics as theatre, we suggest that the most successful shows tap into and reinterpret already dominant symbols.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Dramaturgies of change: Staging political transformation - Timothy Stacey, Jeroen Oomen, Jesse Hoffman, Maarten Allard Hajer, 2025
Against the backdrop of escalating climate change and widespread political dissatisfaction, calls are increasing for radical transformation of socioeconomic and...
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May 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Could political radicalism require an element of conservatism?
That’s what we suggest in our new article. Treating politics as theatre, we suggest that the most successful shows tap into and reinterpret already dominant symbols.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
That’s what we suggest in our new article. Treating politics as theatre, we suggest that the most successful shows tap into and reinterpret already dominant symbols.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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@evrop-anka.bsky.social at COST Action @depolarisingeu.bsky.social last week, to present CIDAPE’s new methodology for understanding #emotions in #climate discourse. WP1 is establishing an “Interpretative Emotions Analysis” framework, using emotions as a critical lens to address polarised debates.
May 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
@evrop-anka.bsky.social at COST Action @depolarisingeu.bsky.social last week, to present CIDAPE’s new methodology for understanding #emotions in #climate discourse. WP1 is establishing an “Interpretative Emotions Analysis” framework, using emotions as a critical lens to address polarised debates.
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'He had...one power which transcended all others...that of assimilating & adapting himself to the pursuits & lives of others....assuming more violent changes than the chameleon... Alcibiades could associate with good & bad alike, & found naught that he could not imitate' (Plutarch, Greek Lives)
May 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
'He had...one power which transcended all others...that of assimilating & adapting himself to the pursuits & lives of others....assuming more violent changes than the chameleon... Alcibiades could associate with good & bad alike, & found naught that he could not imitate' (Plutarch, Greek Lives)
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I'm probably too angry to be writing this, but the travesty of Labour swinging to the right, some thoughts: 1/26
May 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I'm probably too angry to be writing this, but the travesty of Labour swinging to the right, some thoughts: 1/26
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Could political radicalism require an element of conservatism?
That's what we suggest in our new article. Treating politics as theatre🎭, we suggest that the most successful political movements tap into and reinterpret already dominant symbols.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
That's what we suggest in our new article. Treating politics as theatre🎭, we suggest that the most successful political movements tap into and reinterpret already dominant symbols.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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May 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Could political radicalism require an element of conservatism?
That's what we suggest in our new article. Treating politics as theatre🎭, we suggest that the most successful political movements tap into and reinterpret already dominant symbols.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
That's what we suggest in our new article. Treating politics as theatre🎭, we suggest that the most successful political movements tap into and reinterpret already dominant symbols.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...