Joe disco
@joedisco.bsky.social
Live and work in environmental education in NE London. Rebel for life ☘️🌎🦇🦋 please support: https://medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/joe-downie
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Joe disco
@joedisco.bsky.social
· May 5
Stride for Palestinians 2025
I am running in aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). This will include my first marathon in 11 years (and first ever trail marathon!) on Sat 7th June. Training is really hard... I'm up to 18 mil
medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com
Please support my efforts to run 107km for the desperate people of Gaza, including a trail marathon on 7 June #strideforpalestinians @medicalaidpal.bsky.social medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/joe-downie
"Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die." - Elon Musk, 13.09.25 If you're still on X, what are you doing supporting this right-wing monster-multi-billionaire? #DitchX #LeaveX
(incidentally, chatGPT claims Musk didn't actually say this..!)
(incidentally, chatGPT claims Musk didn't actually say this..!)
September 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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The hypocrisy of the hotel protestors in Epping perfectly summed up by the this Reddit post 👏
From r/Essex
From r/Essex
August 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The hypocrisy of the hotel protestors in Epping perfectly summed up by the this Reddit post 👏
From r/Essex
From r/Essex
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As another heatwave hits the UK, the UK Green Building Council have said the UK’s schools, care homes and offices are not equipped for the effects of global heating.
We need a maximum working temperature and urgent adaptation to protect people from the effects of extreme heat.
We need a maximum working temperature and urgent adaptation to protect people from the effects of extreme heat.
June 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
As another heatwave hits the UK, the UK Green Building Council have said the UK’s schools, care homes and offices are not equipped for the effects of global heating.
We need a maximum working temperature and urgent adaptation to protect people from the effects of extreme heat.
We need a maximum working temperature and urgent adaptation to protect people from the effects of extreme heat.
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Dissent is treated as terrorism, while terrorism is just state policy.
#PalestineAction
#PalestineAction
June 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Dissent is treated as terrorism, while terrorism is just state policy.
#PalestineAction
#PalestineAction
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Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
June 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
Oppressive petrol chemical state Saudi Arabia should spend $100bn on the clean energy transition and climate change mitigation, not state of the art weaponry supplied by the US in exchange for AI development. What kind of future world are we creating?
May 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Oppressive petrol chemical state Saudi Arabia should spend $100bn on the clean energy transition and climate change mitigation, not state of the art weaponry supplied by the US in exchange for AI development. What kind of future world are we creating?
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Starmer's Britain.
Not even subtle.
Not even subtle.
May 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Starmer's Britain.
Not even subtle.
Not even subtle.
After 3 years of negotiating, not the best day to announce a trade deal with India 🇮🇳... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw... #indiapakistan
India says it has launched strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir - latest
A spokesperson for Pakistan's military tells local media that three locations have been hit by missiles.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
After 3 years of negotiating, not the best day to announce a trade deal with India 🇮🇳... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw... #indiapakistan
Please support my efforts to run 107km for the desperate people of Gaza, including a trail marathon on 7 June #strideforpalestinians @medicalaidpal.bsky.social medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/joe-downie
Stride for Palestinians 2025
I am running in aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). This will include my first marathon in 11 years (and first ever trail marathon!) on Sat 7th June. Training is really hard... I'm up to 18 mil
medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Please support my efforts to run 107km for the desperate people of Gaza, including a trail marathon on 7 June #strideforpalestinians @medicalaidpal.bsky.social medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/joe-downie
www.nts.live/shows/breakf... feel like I'm playing catch up with NTS, wish I'd started listening years ago, so much good music!
The NTS Breakfast Show w/ Charlie Satsumas 28th April 2025
Wake up with Charlie Satsumas…
www.nts.live
April 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
www.nts.live/shows/breakf... feel like I'm playing catch up with NTS, wish I'd started listening years ago, so much good music!
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One of the most grotesque contrasts in the history of human civilisation.
April 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
One of the most grotesque contrasts in the history of human civilisation.
Enjoyed a lot of great photography and art yesterday! #leighbowery #80sphotography #tatemodern #tatebritain
April 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Enjoyed a lot of great photography and art yesterday! #leighbowery #80sphotography #tatemodern #tatebritain
Well done @just-stopoil.bsky.social, got to keep up the pressure though. #resistanceworks
April 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Well done @just-stopoil.bsky.social, got to keep up the pressure though. #resistanceworks
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“By going cap in hand to fossil fuel firms and millionaires in offshore tax havens, Nigel Farage is making it very clear who he’s working for—his elite mates—not us.”
✍️ @writesbright.bsky.social
👉 desmog.com/2025/04/25/nigel-farage-reform-uk-top-fundraiser-nick-candy-targets-oil-gas-donations/
✍️ @writesbright.bsky.social
👉 desmog.com/2025/04/25/nigel-farage-reform-uk-top-fundraiser-nick-candy-targets-oil-gas-donations/
April 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“By going cap in hand to fossil fuel firms and millionaires in offshore tax havens, Nigel Farage is making it very clear who he’s working for—his elite mates—not us.”
✍️ @writesbright.bsky.social
👉 desmog.com/2025/04/25/nigel-farage-reform-uk-top-fundraiser-nick-candy-targets-oil-gas-donations/
✍️ @writesbright.bsky.social
👉 desmog.com/2025/04/25/nigel-farage-reform-uk-top-fundraiser-nick-candy-targets-oil-gas-donations/
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. @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social is bang-on
Disabled people, carers, pensioners risk being treated like suspects by default.
Don’t punch down. Let’s look up & deal with the billions being asset stripped and price-gouged from above.
Disabled people, carers, pensioners risk being treated like suspects by default.
Don’t punch down. Let’s look up & deal with the billions being asset stripped and price-gouged from above.
April 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
. @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social is bang-on
Disabled people, carers, pensioners risk being treated like suspects by default.
Don’t punch down. Let’s look up & deal with the billions being asset stripped and price-gouged from above.
Disabled people, carers, pensioners risk being treated like suspects by default.
Don’t punch down. Let’s look up & deal with the billions being asset stripped and price-gouged from above.
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Every MP who advocates for this needs a letter detailing how each Death by Dangerous Driving conviction panned out in their constituency.
If you think the risk from our roads comes from cycling, you need to think harder.
If you think the risk from our roads comes from cycling, you need to think harder.
Prosecutions under this change in the law might amount to two or three per year.
Which I'm fine with, BTW.
But now do the same for drivers.
Anyone recall the last time a driver got life for any of the 1600 deaths involving motor vehicles?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
Which I'm fine with, BTW.
But now do the same for drivers.
Anyone recall the last time a driver got life for any of the 1600 deaths involving motor vehicles?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
Cyclists who kill pedestrians could be jailed for life under new law in England and Wales
Reckless cycling is currently prosecuted under legislation from the 1860s, with a maximum two-year jail sentence
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Every MP who advocates for this needs a letter detailing how each Death by Dangerous Driving conviction panned out in their constituency.
If you think the risk from our roads comes from cycling, you need to think harder.
If you think the risk from our roads comes from cycling, you need to think harder.
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‘We obsess over the angry young men going Reform. But what of the anxious young women going Green?’
Good piece by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social on a political trend that’s been ignored in favour of the media’s bias towards a) Farage b) men in general
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Good piece by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social on a political trend that’s been ignored in favour of the media’s bias towards a) Farage b) men in general
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We obsess over the angry young men going Reform. But what of the anxious young women going Green? | Gaby Hinsliff
Desire for a politics that cares about global and local injustice is sharpening the political gender divide, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
‘We obsess over the angry young men going Reform. But what of the anxious young women going Green?’
Good piece by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social on a political trend that’s been ignored in favour of the media’s bias towards a) Farage b) men in general
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Good piece by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social on a political trend that’s been ignored in favour of the media’s bias towards a) Farage b) men in general
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🤖 Android here we come!
Spread the word! Share this far and wide—yell it from rooftops, tell your rich uncle about it, slip it into casual conversation at the grocery store.
Spread the word! Share this far and wide—yell it from rooftops, tell your rich uncle about it, slip it into casual conversation at the grocery store.
Donate to Help Bring Flashes for Bluesky to Android!, organised by Sebastian Vogelsang
Hi everyone! I’m Sebastian, the developer behind Flashes for Bluesky - … Sebastian Vogelsang needs your support for Help Bring Flashes for Bluesky to Android!
gofund.me
March 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🤖 Android here we come!
Spread the word! Share this far and wide—yell it from rooftops, tell your rich uncle about it, slip it into casual conversation at the grocery store.
Spread the word! Share this far and wide—yell it from rooftops, tell your rich uncle about it, slip it into casual conversation at the grocery store.
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Amazing to see UK solar powering 40% of national grid!! Only a few short years ago, 1% would have been impressive!
IEA says clean green solar now cheapest source of new electricity. Costing a fraction of fossil gas.
Go @edmilliband.bsky.social ...
#YesWeAre
IEA says clean green solar now cheapest source of new electricity. Costing a fraction of fossil gas.
Go @edmilliband.bsky.social ...
#YesWeAre
April 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Amazing to see UK solar powering 40% of national grid!! Only a few short years ago, 1% would have been impressive!
IEA says clean green solar now cheapest source of new electricity. Costing a fraction of fossil gas.
Go @edmilliband.bsky.social ...
#YesWeAre
IEA says clean green solar now cheapest source of new electricity. Costing a fraction of fossil gas.
Go @edmilliband.bsky.social ...
#YesWeAre
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These Trump tariffs are getting out of hand.
#TrumpTariffs
#TrumpTariffs
April 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
These Trump tariffs are getting out of hand.
#TrumpTariffs
#TrumpTariffs
Trump makes Liz Truss look competent. #trumptariffs
April 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump makes Liz Truss look competent. #trumptariffs
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👏👏Brill to see @chrishinchliff.bsky.social stand up for his constituents & support public ownership.
Water is an essential resource & public water is fundamental to a healthy democracy.
@weownit.org.uk @labourlewis.bsky.social @mpwatch.bsky.social @zero-hour.bsky.social @peoplesmomentum.bsky.social
Water is an essential resource & public water is fundamental to a healthy democracy.
@weownit.org.uk @labourlewis.bsky.social @mpwatch.bsky.social @zero-hour.bsky.social @peoplesmomentum.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
👏👏Brill to see @chrishinchliff.bsky.social stand up for his constituents & support public ownership.
Water is an essential resource & public water is fundamental to a healthy democracy.
@weownit.org.uk @labourlewis.bsky.social @mpwatch.bsky.social @zero-hour.bsky.social @peoplesmomentum.bsky.social
Water is an essential resource & public water is fundamental to a healthy democracy.
@weownit.org.uk @labourlewis.bsky.social @mpwatch.bsky.social @zero-hour.bsky.social @peoplesmomentum.bsky.social
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Tony Benn would have been 100 years old today.
It's been 11 years since he died, but his legacy lives on in our collective struggles for justice, equality and peace.
Happy birthday Tony! 🌹
It's been 11 years since he died, but his legacy lives on in our collective struggles for justice, equality and peace.
Happy birthday Tony! 🌹
April 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Tony Benn would have been 100 years old today.
It's been 11 years since he died, but his legacy lives on in our collective struggles for justice, equality and peace.
Happy birthday Tony! 🌹
It's been 11 years since he died, but his legacy lives on in our collective struggles for justice, equality and peace.
Happy birthday Tony! 🌹