Immy
@imaxinar.bsky.social
Medical photographer, bike rider & long dog owner.
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Labour MP says only way to unite UK over immigration is by leaning into Reform narrative.
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Labour MP says only way to unite UK over immigration is by leaning into Reform narrative.
Wtf is wrong with this government? They've pilled themselves to think the only way to fight Reform is to be the cruellest government possible
Home Office media release on new settlement rules.
5 years to settlement for family members of British citizens; BNO Hong Kong visas + public sector workers
Keir Starmer's government proposes 15 year, 20 year + even 30 year settlement routes: deliberately off the charts of any precedent anywhere
5 years to settlement for family members of British citizens; BNO Hong Kong visas + public sector workers
Keir Starmer's government proposes 15 year, 20 year + even 30 year settlement routes: deliberately off the charts of any precedent anywhere
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Wtf is wrong with this government? They've pilled themselves to think the only way to fight Reform is to be the cruellest government possible
Wtf is wrong with this government? They've pilled themselves to think the only way to fight Reform is to be the cruellest government possible
Home Office media release on new settlement rules.
5 years to settlement for family members of British citizens; BNO Hong Kong visas + public sector workers
Keir Starmer's government proposes 15 year, 20 year + even 30 year settlement routes: deliberately off the charts of any precedent anywhere
5 years to settlement for family members of British citizens; BNO Hong Kong visas + public sector workers
Keir Starmer's government proposes 15 year, 20 year + even 30 year settlement routes: deliberately off the charts of any precedent anywhere
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Wtf is wrong with this government? They've pilled themselves to think the only way to fight Reform is to be the cruellest government possible
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Deploy the wheelie trolley of remembrance. Very #respecty.
@remembrancewatch.bsky.social maximum respect for the fallen from my NHS Estates department colleague... also fishing?
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Deploy the wheelie trolley of remembrance. Very #respecty.
@remembrancewatch.bsky.social maximum respect for the fallen from my NHS Estates department colleague... also fishing?
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
@remembrancewatch.bsky.social maximum respect for the fallen from my NHS Estates department colleague... also fishing?
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Want to save the NHS? Build protected cycle lanes!
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Want to save the NHS? Build protected cycle lanes!
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Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
Excellent thread showing the dangers of believing everything generative AI shows you
When we posted this a couple of weeks ago, we had some AI enthusiasts insist that this diagram was the result of poor prompting, or that the prompt that the original poster made was to generate a funny, bad diagram. So we decided to test ChatGPT's capability...
Today in AI Is Not A Good Source For Learning About The World's Most Misunderstood Body Part, meet this ChatGPT gem.
Funnily enough, we're actually going to talk about how most of this is kinda sorta right (for small values of right), as a cautionary tale about generative AI.
Funnily enough, we're actually going to talk about how most of this is kinda sorta right (for small values of right), as a cautionary tale about generative AI.
September 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Excellent thread showing the dangers of believing everything generative AI shows you
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This, from The Londoner yesterday, also features people on the march who claim not to be racists. Though the things they say prove otherwise
September 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
This, from The Londoner yesterday, also features people on the march who claim not to be racists. Though the things they say prove otherwise
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🚨1000 authoritarian actions. 7 months🚨
I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.
In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
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I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.
In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
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Grand Designs: the loss of American freedom
Exactly seven months into Trump's second term, we have reached 1000 authoritarian actions. Here I lay out the enormity of what has happened.
christinapagel.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🚨1000 authoritarian actions. 7 months🚨
I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.
In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
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I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.
In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
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Excellent petition and a plan with literally no down sides. Sign this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Mandate funding of active travel provision as part of any transport projects
In light of the Chancellor's recent announcement of funding for transport infrastructure, we call for new legislation mandating funding for active travel provision alongside funding for transport proj...
petition.parliament.uk
August 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Excellent petition and a plan with literally no down sides. Sign this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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This man is a Conservative MP and former No.10 adviser.
August 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
This man is a Conservative MP and former No.10 adviser.
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Right, so I was asked to take a look at this headline and as you can imagine, there is a lot wrong with it! 🙄
This was initially published in
@thetimes
and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc
Let’s take a look….👀
🧵
1/26 (1/1)
This was initially published in
@thetimes
and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc
Let’s take a look….👀
🧵
1/26 (1/1)
July 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Right, so I was asked to take a look at this headline and as you can imagine, there is a lot wrong with it! 🙄
This was initially published in
@thetimes
and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc
Let’s take a look….👀
🧵
1/26 (1/1)
This was initially published in
@thetimes
and then picked up by the usual GB News, DM, Telegraph etc
Let’s take a look….👀
🧵
1/26 (1/1)
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Keir Starmer's spokesman says that Israel has a right to self defence, before repeatedly refusing to say the same of Iran
June 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Keir Starmer's spokesman says that Israel has a right to self defence, before repeatedly refusing to say the same of Iran
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There'll be more on this, but just a quick post to say how proud we are that both fans came together and refused to be intimidated by the venue's threats.
A credit to both football clubs
A credit to both football clubs
Today's L&SERWFL Trophy final vs Dulwich Hamlet Res has been abandoned.
The presence of Palestine flags among both sets of supporters was deemed unacceptable by the venue and the game was duly called off.
Clapton CFC were 2-0 up at the time through goals from Emily Link and Egle Trezzi.
The presence of Palestine flags among both sets of supporters was deemed unacceptable by the venue and the game was duly called off.
Clapton CFC were 2-0 up at the time through goals from Emily Link and Egle Trezzi.
May 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There'll be more on this, but just a quick post to say how proud we are that both fans came together and refused to be intimidated by the venue's threats.
A credit to both football clubs
A credit to both football clubs
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"If ever you’re in need as I was may you have an island of strangers like I had"
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen
The prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
"If ever you’re in need as I was may you have an island of strangers like I had"
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
April 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
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“those of us who can avoid travel to the US must continue the science others cannot and speak up where others are silenced”
Colleagues are cancelling their US work trips. I worry that international colleagues in the US are at risk if they collaborate with us on certain topics.
I've written a new post about the increasing danger of being a foreign scientist in the US.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/trumps-att...
I've written a new post about the increasing danger of being a foreign scientist in the US.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/trumps-att...
Trump's attacks on universities get ever darker, with the shadows reaching our shores
The US has become a hostile and authoritarian state to foreign scientists and is choosing ideology over science.
christinapagel.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
“those of us who can avoid travel to the US must continue the science others cannot and speak up where others are silenced”
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Very good analysis on lessons learned from lockdown
bsky.app/profile/chri...
Read if you think 1) "lockdown impacts show govt was wrong to do so" (first time), or 2) "for next time we just need to *not* lock down, or anything else to stop disease spread"
bsky.app/profile/chri...
Read if you think 1) "lockdown impacts show govt was wrong to do so" (first time), or 2) "for next time we just need to *not* lock down, or anything else to stop disease spread"
It's 5 yrs today since lockdown started in England, but "We must never have lockdown again" is the wrong lesson.
Lockdowns are terrible but so are deadly pandemics.
Our choices 5 years ago were limited - we can & must do better in the future.
Do read my post.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Lockdowns are terrible but so are deadly pandemics.
Our choices 5 years ago were limited - we can & must do better in the future.
Do read my post.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
We are learning the wrong lessons from lockdown
And unless we learn the right ones, we risk making the same mistakes in a new pandemic
open.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Very good analysis on lessons learned from lockdown
bsky.app/profile/chri...
Read if you think 1) "lockdown impacts show govt was wrong to do so" (first time), or 2) "for next time we just need to *not* lock down, or anything else to stop disease spread"
bsky.app/profile/chri...
Read if you think 1) "lockdown impacts show govt was wrong to do so" (first time), or 2) "for next time we just need to *not* lock down, or anything else to stop disease spread"
This government would do well to lead change in driving convictions. This "I drive for work so can't lose my licence" lark needs to stop. If you need to drive for work drive legally so you don't endanger your ability to work.
A driver who flipped his car, left the scene then lied about it being stolen to Police has avoided jail or any driving ban.
Why?
Because “he’s now driving for Amazon” and “has expensive car repayments to make”.
Now we have to share the road with him.
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
Why?
Because “he’s now driving for Amazon” and “has expensive car repayments to make”.
Now we have to share the road with him.
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
Driver who flipped car and lied about it being stolen now delivers for Amazon
Andrew Jones, aged 23, had been stopped in Quinton by police hours before he crashed into a roundabout
www.birminghammail.co.uk
March 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This government would do well to lead change in driving convictions. This "I drive for work so can't lose my licence" lark needs to stop. If you need to drive for work drive legally so you don't endanger your ability to work.
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"I was eating Cheerios and then bye bye tooth"
- my son, to government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- my son, to government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
March 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"I was eating Cheerios and then bye bye tooth"
- my son, to government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- my son, to government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Morning BlueSky. Another day of ennui, disappointment and bone-cold moral horror awaits us. Have a cup of tea.
March 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Morning BlueSky. Another day of ennui, disappointment and bone-cold moral horror awaits us. Have a cup of tea.
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🧵Censor, purge, defund - how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science & universities.
This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.
I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.
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This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.
I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.
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March 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🧵Censor, purge, defund - how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science & universities.
This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.
I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.
1/16
This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.
I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.
1/16
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"issue permanent visa bans against those who are deemed to misrepresent their birth sex on visa applications"
this is handmaids tale stuff
this is handmaids tale stuff
THEY'RE GOING TO ISSUE PERMANENT VISA BANS TO TRANS VISITORS TO THE US.
This isn't just for athletes. The directive as stated applies to all visa applications made by trans folks and declare it material fraud to use a different gender marker on applications.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This isn't just for athletes. The directive as stated applies to all visa applications made by trans folks and declare it material fraud to use a different gender marker on applications.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers
Exclusive: State department memo directs officers to bar those deemed to misrepresent birth sex on applications
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"issue permanent visa bans against those who are deemed to misrepresent their birth sex on visa applications"
this is handmaids tale stuff
this is handmaids tale stuff
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A local resident has started a petition to push #NewhamCouncil to install an LTN that has been proposed since 2020 after her 3 year old son was hit by a driver trying to pass them on their way home from nursery. If the LTN had been in place, this would not have happened.
chng.it/fdMjmQxkQw
chng.it/fdMjmQxkQw
Sign the Petition
Accelerate Newham Council's Plans for a Low-Traffic Neighbourhood in the Woodgrange/Capel
chng.it
February 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
A local resident has started a petition to push #NewhamCouncil to install an LTN that has been proposed since 2020 after her 3 year old son was hit by a driver trying to pass them on their way home from nursery. If the LTN had been in place, this would not have happened.
chng.it/fdMjmQxkQw
chng.it/fdMjmQxkQw