Joanne Whitehead
@jowhitehead.bsky.social
⭐️ Business Strategist | Charity Trustee
🌍 Advocate for ethical leadership & progressive change.
⚡ Campaigning for a better future: pro-EU, anti-far-right.
💜 Yorkshire roots. And as Nanna said: #NeverTrustATory
🌍 Advocate for ethical leadership & progressive change.
⚡ Campaigning for a better future: pro-EU, anti-far-right.
💜 Yorkshire roots. And as Nanna said: #NeverTrustATory
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Joanne Whitehead
@jowhitehead.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hello, Bluesky! 🌥️ I’m Jo, @Jo_WhiteheadUK on Twitter (23k followers). After years fighting Brexit, the Tories & the far right, I’m here for balance: activism, business & joy. Let’s reconnect! 💙
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Another reason for us to make @bsky.app the biggest social media platform in the word, say boll**** to Elon Musk & send him packing. We CAN do it
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...
Is Elon Musk Planning To Make A 'F*** You Starmer' $100 Million Donation To Reform UK?
The tech billionaire has been at war with the PM for months.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 1, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Another reason for us to make @bsky.app the biggest social media platform in the word, say boll**** to Elon Musk & send him packing. We CAN do it
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...
Calling all music lovers in & around Sheffield! Monday 16/12 (in celebration of her 16th birthday) my absolute favourite artist Darcy Rose will be playing at the Sidney & Matilda. 16 wasn’t a typo, this 15yr old blows me away! Support a young artist & buy your tickets! 🥰 youtu.be/0YdpPNoWb_4
Tramlines Festival, Darcy Rose (2023)
YouTube video by Darcy Rose
youtu.be
December 1, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Calling all music lovers in & around Sheffield! Monday 16/12 (in celebration of her 16th birthday) my absolute favourite artist Darcy Rose will be playing at the Sidney & Matilda. 16 wasn’t a typo, this 15yr old blows me away! Support a young artist & buy your tickets! 🥰 youtu.be/0YdpPNoWb_4
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"Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers.
The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax."
The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax."
Whose land? Tax avoidance and the broken economics of British farming
Noise in the billionaire press about inheritance tax changes hides a basic fact: the non-farming rich own too much land
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 8:21 PM
"Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers.
The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax."
The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax."
Hi butterflies! Having been super busy & on a news ban (Trumps win tipped me over the edge!) I’ve been on an unintended SM break. Have a missed anything? Has Russia invaded us yet? My big news?-I’ve opened the Christmas ferrero rocher… 🙈 😂
November 28, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Hi butterflies! Having been super busy & on a news ban (Trumps win tipped me over the edge!) I’ve been on an unintended SM break. Have a missed anything? Has Russia invaded us yet? My big news?-I’ve opened the Christmas ferrero rocher… 🙈 😂
Please @netflixuk.bsky.social tell us if a program is dubbed before we start watching! It’s so distracting! I’d much rather subs! 🙏
November 23, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Please @netflixuk.bsky.social tell us if a program is dubbed before we start watching! It’s so distracting! I’d much rather subs! 🙏
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The ADHD brain’s unique abilities: a positive approach
The cognitive differences in an ADHD brain reveal a special set of abilities; with a positive approach, they can be understood and harnessed
The cognitive differences in an ADHD brain reveal a special set of abilities; with a positive approach, they can be understood and harnessed
The ADHD brain’s unique abilities: a positive approach
The cognitive differences in an ADHD brain reveal a special set of abilities; with a positive approach, they can be understood and harnessed
centralbylines.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 11:32 AM
The ADHD brain’s unique abilities: a positive approach
The cognitive differences in an ADHD brain reveal a special set of abilities; with a positive approach, they can be understood and harnessed
The cognitive differences in an ADHD brain reveal a special set of abilities; with a positive approach, they can be understood and harnessed
Some people might say ‘it was 18yrs ago, he’s done his time.’ I say No! We have a huge problem in the UK with women being beaten/raped/stalked/abused. We cannot have leaders who’ve shown violence to women. He’s got abused women in his constituency, how can they trust another abuser to help them?
Nice of Sky News to catch up and report.
Reform knew what McMurdock did. They didn’t give a fuck that a woman beater was their candidate. Now he’s an MP.
We’ve been talking about his conviction for months. The press platformed Reform like they were the Spice Girls but didn’t ask about this.
Reform knew what McMurdock did. They didn’t give a fuck that a woman beater was their candidate. Now he’s an MP.
We’ve been talking about his conviction for months. The press platformed Reform like they were the Spice Girls but didn’t ask about this.
November 23, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Some people might say ‘it was 18yrs ago, he’s done his time.’ I say No! We have a huge problem in the UK with women being beaten/raped/stalked/abused. We cannot have leaders who’ve shown violence to women. He’s got abused women in his constituency, how can they trust another abuser to help them?
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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship
We offer scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).
www.leeds.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
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I never know how helpful 'Imagine ifs' are - although I am partial to reminding people of the media meltdowns when Diane Abbott had a mojito on a train - but seriously, imagine a major Labour politician publicly advertising this level of pant-wetting ignorance. He is shadow *Justice Secretary* ffs.
The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Putin. Khomeini died in 1989. Robert Jenrick wanted to be Tory leader, but doesn't appear very well informed about current affairs.
November 22, 2024 at 9:34 AM
I never know how helpful 'Imagine ifs' are - although I am partial to reminding people of the media meltdowns when Diane Abbott had a mojito on a train - but seriously, imagine a major Labour politician publicly advertising this level of pant-wetting ignorance. He is shadow *Justice Secretary* ffs.
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This scandal is a lesson in why you should never buy leasehold if you can avoid it bit.ly/4fXdmYj Leaseholders are not homeowners! They only own the right to live in a few cubic metres of air for a finite time but must pay uncapped service charges every year
November 22, 2024 at 10:40 AM
This scandal is a lesson in why you should never buy leasehold if you can avoid it bit.ly/4fXdmYj Leaseholders are not homeowners! They only own the right to live in a few cubic metres of air for a finite time but must pay uncapped service charges every year
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● Jaguar Land Rover adds £10bn annually to the UK economy
● Employs 11,000 people in the UK
● Creates thousands more jobs in supply chain reliant on it
● And Grandad Nigel wants them to go bust because he doesn't like the ads.
Why do YOU think he doesn't like them?
● Employs 11,000 people in the UK
● Creates thousands more jobs in supply chain reliant on it
● And Grandad Nigel wants them to go bust because he doesn't like the ads.
Why do YOU think he doesn't like them?
The great patriot doesn’t like the new Jaguar advert, so he hopes they go bust. What a horrid man.
November 22, 2024 at 7:44 AM
● Jaguar Land Rover adds £10bn annually to the UK economy
● Employs 11,000 people in the UK
● Creates thousands more jobs in supply chain reliant on it
● And Grandad Nigel wants them to go bust because he doesn't like the ads.
Why do YOU think he doesn't like them?
● Employs 11,000 people in the UK
● Creates thousands more jobs in supply chain reliant on it
● And Grandad Nigel wants them to go bust because he doesn't like the ads.
Why do YOU think he doesn't like them?
Fed up of UK media being owned by offshore billionaires? Appalled that MPs, amplified by friendly journos can lie & spread division/hate without consequence? You can do something- Sign this 👇
November 21, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Fed up of UK media being owned by offshore billionaires? Appalled that MPs, amplified by friendly journos can lie & spread division/hate without consequence? You can do something- Sign this 👇
Thinking too much about space & black holes blows my mind. Sadly we still live in a world where women are paid less than men & our actions and discoveries are overshadowed/forgotten & minimised. So let’s acknowledge & remember Louise Webster, who did something I could absolutely not do! 👏
Louise Webster: The woman who co-discovered black holes but whose name has disappeared down a metaphorical black hole.
Today, do your bit to make sure she is not forgotten by remembering her name!
www.hive.co.uk/Product/Marc...
@headofzeus.bsky.social
Today, do your bit to make sure she is not forgotten by remembering her name!
www.hive.co.uk/Product/Marc...
@headofzeus.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Thinking too much about space & black holes blows my mind. Sadly we still live in a world where women are paid less than men & our actions and discoveries are overshadowed/forgotten & minimised. So let’s acknowledge & remember Louise Webster, who did something I could absolutely not do! 👏
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In the real world, if you leave a pub because everybody is screaming abuse, there are constant fights, and you get no service because the spoiled brat of a landlord too busy sucking up to Nazis... nobody accuses you of vanishing into an elitist echo chamber.
Same applies online.
Same applies online.
November 21, 2024 at 8:09 AM
In the real world, if you leave a pub because everybody is screaming abuse, there are constant fights, and you get no service because the spoiled brat of a landlord too busy sucking up to Nazis... nobody accuses you of vanishing into an elitist echo chamber.
Same applies online.
Same applies online.
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Remember folks that we need to return to the old habit of reposting (retweeting) people's posts instead of liking them to allow the folks we think are cool to build their following. Let's continue to build one another's visibility as a community should.
November 19, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Remember folks that we need to return to the old habit of reposting (retweeting) people's posts instead of liking them to allow the folks we think are cool to build their following. Let's continue to build one another's visibility as a community should.
Today is Equal Pay Day!
The gender pay gap in the UK is 11.3%—so if a man earns £1, a woman earns 88.7p.
Women:
- Ask for more money—even if it’s a no.
- Go for the job—even if you don’t tick every box.
- Start a business—pay yourself first & charge properly.
Equality benefits everyone 💫
The gender pay gap in the UK is 11.3%—so if a man earns £1, a woman earns 88.7p.
Women:
- Ask for more money—even if it’s a no.
- Go for the job—even if you don’t tick every box.
- Start a business—pay yourself first & charge properly.
Equality benefits everyone 💫
November 20, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Today is Equal Pay Day!
The gender pay gap in the UK is 11.3%—so if a man earns £1, a woman earns 88.7p.
Women:
- Ask for more money—even if it’s a no.
- Go for the job—even if you don’t tick every box.
- Start a business—pay yourself first & charge properly.
Equality benefits everyone 💫
The gender pay gap in the UK is 11.3%—so if a man earns £1, a woman earns 88.7p.
Women:
- Ask for more money—even if it’s a no.
- Go for the job—even if you don’t tick every box.
- Start a business—pay yourself first & charge properly.
Equality benefits everyone 💫
Over in the other place I’m used to scrolling through insults, lies, division & general bad news. Here however… I’m logging off a bit more knowledgable & in awe of our planet 🌎
🧵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.
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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 8:18 PM
Over in the other place I’m used to scrolling through insults, lies, division & general bad news. Here however… I’m logging off a bit more knowledgable & in awe of our planet 🌎
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Which.... is the case for all other property owners as well. The gap between the coverage of this proposal and its reality can be seen from space.
memo to farmers protesting today, if you’re desperate to hand your farm to your offspring then give it to them while you’re still alive, panic over, so long as you live another 7 years there’s no inheritance tax
November 19, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Which.... is the case for all other property owners as well. The gap between the coverage of this proposal and its reality can be seen from space.
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People in the UK checking the weather forecast tonight
a man with a beard is looking at another man and saying `` winter is coming . ''
ALT: a man with a beard is looking at another man and saying `` winter is coming . ''
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:22 PM
People in the UK checking the weather forecast tonight
Well I’m loving the connections here, so many jumping over from the other place! Happy to follow back but it helps if: I recognise you or you have a photo/bio/posts. I just like to know who I’m talking with 🥰
November 18, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Well I’m loving the connections here, so many jumping over from the other place! Happy to follow back but it helps if: I recognise you or you have a photo/bio/posts. I just like to know who I’m talking with 🥰
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Here’s a good one to multi block some wrong ‘uns… this is how it works
1 Select the list
2 Click “Subscribe”
3 Select “Block” the entire list in one click
Boommmm
Bluesky is trying to keep this place tidy with healthy debate
Let’s help them to do it
👍🏼👍🏼💙💙
bsky.app/profile/did:...
1 Select the list
2 Click “Subscribe”
3 Select “Block” the entire list in one click
Boommmm
Bluesky is trying to keep this place tidy with healthy debate
Let’s help them to do it
👍🏼👍🏼💙💙
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November 14, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Here’s a good one to multi block some wrong ‘uns… this is how it works
1 Select the list
2 Click “Subscribe”
3 Select “Block” the entire list in one click
Boommmm
Bluesky is trying to keep this place tidy with healthy debate
Let’s help them to do it
👍🏼👍🏼💙💙
bsky.app/profile/did:...
1 Select the list
2 Click “Subscribe”
3 Select “Block” the entire list in one click
Boommmm
Bluesky is trying to keep this place tidy with healthy debate
Let’s help them to do it
👍🏼👍🏼💙💙
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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A beautiful system to BLOCK all the MAGA trolls IN ONE CLICK
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Subscribe to it
It offers you "block all"
Block them in one click
Thank you @bsky.app
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Subscribe to it
It offers you "block all"
Block them in one click
Thank you @bsky.app
November 9, 2024 at 7:01 AM
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Click on this list bsky.app/profile/did:...
Subscribe to it
It offers you "block all"
Block them in one click
Thank you @bsky.app
Click on this list bsky.app/profile/did:...
Subscribe to it
It offers you "block all"
Block them in one click
Thank you @bsky.app
It’s snowing! ❄️ ⛄️
That is the post 😂
That is the post 😂
November 18, 2024 at 9:24 PM
It’s snowing! ❄️ ⛄️
That is the post 😂
That is the post 😂
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The President of the United States will come into office with his own social media platform.
That, combined with X, means Trump will have turnkey state-run media.
I don’t think the media has fully grasped that yet.
That, combined with X, means Trump will have turnkey state-run media.
I don’t think the media has fully grasped that yet.
November 17, 2024 at 6:26 PM
The President of the United States will come into office with his own social media platform.
That, combined with X, means Trump will have turnkey state-run media.
I don’t think the media has fully grasped that yet.
That, combined with X, means Trump will have turnkey state-run media.
I don’t think the media has fully grasped that yet.
Hello, Bluesky! 🌥️ I’m Jo, @Jo_WhiteheadUK on Twitter (23k followers). After years fighting Brexit, the Tories & the far right, I’m here for balance: activism, business & joy. Let’s reconnect! 💙
November 18, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Hello, Bluesky! 🌥️ I’m Jo, @Jo_WhiteheadUK on Twitter (23k followers). After years fighting Brexit, the Tories & the far right, I’m here for balance: activism, business & joy. Let’s reconnect! 💙