Kate Rawson
@katerawson.bsky.social
N.D Cornish actor, voiceover artist & playwright. @funnywomen comedy writer runner up 2023; #LittleBlueLines ARIA-winning radio play about #miscarriage here: https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sgrp She/her
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Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
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I’m not surprised at the large turn out yesterday. Our media ecosystem - as @carolecadwalla.bsky.social has often pointed — has completely collapsed, and people are motivated by outright inflammatory lies on social media. It’s a crisis of information and the dark side of the digital revolution
September 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I’m not surprised at the large turn out yesterday. Our media ecosystem - as @carolecadwalla.bsky.social has often pointed — has completely collapsed, and people are motivated by outright inflammatory lies on social media. It’s a crisis of information and the dark side of the digital revolution
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I gave a talk this morning at Upaya Zen Center. Here's the essay about disaster and human nature it was based on. It look back to Hurricane Katrina and forward to the present moment. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/we-were-made...
We Were Made for This
Twenty years ago, on August 29, 2005, a huge hurricane hit the Gulf Coast. New Orleans's levees failed, as had been predicted, and much of the city went underwater. Although the authorities had issued...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I gave a talk this morning at Upaya Zen Center. Here's the essay about disaster and human nature it was based on. It look back to Hurricane Katrina and forward to the present moment. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/we-were-made...
“That reveals another tendency of chatbots. AI researchers have said chatbots are trained to provide plausible answers, follow instructions and generate things people want to hear.
Especially, it seems, about their bosses”
Especially, it seems, about their bosses”
May 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“That reveals another tendency of chatbots. AI researchers have said chatbots are trained to provide plausible answers, follow instructions and generate things people want to hear.
Especially, it seems, about their bosses”
Especially, it seems, about their bosses”
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Hell yes!!!
May 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Hell yes!!!
This is an incredibly important TED talk, speaking to now, we must listen! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Amazing. After nearly losing her house, and being locked away in a legal battle for years because of one innocuous line in her last TED Talk, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social returns to the Lion’s Den, and calls out the Broligarchs
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
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April 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This is an incredibly important TED talk, speaking to now, we must listen! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
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Brilliant advice on supporting & understanding ND tweens / teens with ADHD (& probably useful listening for neuro-typical teens & parents too!) from #additude podcast & the amazing @drsharonsaline.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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543- Parenting Resistant Tweens and Teens with ADHD: Getting Buy-In from Your Adolescent
Podcast Episode · ADHD Experts Podcast · 19/02/2025 · 1h 3m
podcasts.apple.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Brilliant advice on supporting & understanding ND tweens / teens with ADHD (& probably useful listening for neuro-typical teens & parents too!) from #additude podcast & the amazing @drsharonsaline.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
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I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
March 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
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Wrote something for @theguardian.com today with @claremcglynn.bsky.social on the new independent porn review and what needs to happen next www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Porn isn’t just a reflection of our desires – it shapes them, putting women and girls at risk | Fiona Vera-Gray
For too long UK law has trailed behind internet platforms. After a long-awaited review, ministers must put this right, says Fiona Vera-Gray, a professor of sexual violence
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Wrote something for @theguardian.com today with @claremcglynn.bsky.social on the new independent porn review and what needs to happen next www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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March 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
Beautiful! @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
Silk embroidered fox created by Helen Richman, professional hand embroiderer, based in Somerset, UK #womensart
February 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Beautiful! @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
February 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
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Every word of this
Be loud
Be brave
Be loud
Be brave
February 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Every word of this
Be loud
Be brave
Be loud
Be brave
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Infant mortality rates have increased in US states which have enacted abortion bans following the landmark ruling overturning the nationwide right for women to access the procedure, a new study has found
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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US infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds
Some states restrict access for women following the overturning of Roe v Wade.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Infant mortality rates have increased in US states which have enacted abortion bans following the landmark ruling overturning the nationwide right for women to access the procedure, a new study has found
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“On the wall is a drawing of Nisaba, the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of writing & grain… women here talk about the inspiration they gain from the idea that before there was patriarchy there were ancient egalitarian societies in which women shared power with men.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
‘Woman, life, freedom’: the Syrian feminists who forged a new world in a land of war
In a society riven by conflict and misogyny, the autonomous region of Rojava has a government with perhaps the most complete gender equality in the world
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“On the wall is a drawing of Nisaba, the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of writing & grain… women here talk about the inspiration they gain from the idea that before there was patriarchy there were ancient egalitarian societies in which women shared power with men.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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“Tyrants always fear art because tyrants want to mystify while art tends to clarify. The good artist is a vehicle of truth.”
Remembering Iris Murdoch, who returned her borrowed stardust on this day in 1999
Remembering Iris Murdoch, who returned her borrowed stardust on this day in 1999
Salvation by Words: Iris Murdoch on Language as a Vehicle of Truth and Art as a Force of Resistance to Tyranny
“Tyrants always fear art because tyrants want to mystify while art tends to clarify. The good artist is a vehicle of truth.”
www.themarginalian.org
February 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“Tyrants always fear art because tyrants want to mystify while art tends to clarify. The good artist is a vehicle of truth.”
Remembering Iris Murdoch, who returned her borrowed stardust on this day in 1999
Remembering Iris Murdoch, who returned her borrowed stardust on this day in 1999
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Chair of Thames Water suspected by govt officials of holding “conflicted position” when his company made an “unjustified” dividend payment of £37.5m to its shareholders.
The entire privatised water industry is a massive conflict of interest.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The entire privatised water industry is a massive conflict of interest.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water chairman accused of conflict of interest over £37m share dividend payment
Defra officials concerned about ‘conflicted position’ of Sir Adrian Montague over dual role chairing holding company
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Chair of Thames Water suspected by govt officials of holding “conflicted position” when his company made an “unjustified” dividend payment of £37.5m to its shareholders.
The entire privatised water industry is a massive conflict of interest.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The entire privatised water industry is a massive conflict of interest.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Today is Rosa Parks's birthday.
We remember her courage.
We remember her fearless resistance.
We remember her leadership in the Civil Rights Movement.
We will never stop fighting racial injustice.
We remember her courage.
We remember her fearless resistance.
We remember her leadership in the Civil Rights Movement.
We will never stop fighting racial injustice.
February 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today is Rosa Parks's birthday.
We remember her courage.
We remember her fearless resistance.
We remember her leadership in the Civil Rights Movement.
We will never stop fighting racial injustice.
We remember her courage.
We remember her fearless resistance.
We remember her leadership in the Civil Rights Movement.
We will never stop fighting racial injustice.
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There is no such fucking thing as being “too woman” to pilot a helicopter, “too gay” to land a plane or “too black” to be an air traffic controller.
There is however, such a thing as being too hateful, too stupid & too sociopathic to be president.
And we call that Donald Trump.
There is however, such a thing as being too hateful, too stupid & too sociopathic to be president.
And we call that Donald Trump.
February 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
There is no such fucking thing as being “too woman” to pilot a helicopter, “too gay” to land a plane or “too black” to be an air traffic controller.
There is however, such a thing as being too hateful, too stupid & too sociopathic to be president.
And we call that Donald Trump.
There is however, such a thing as being too hateful, too stupid & too sociopathic to be president.
And we call that Donald Trump.
Hardship plus ignorance plus disinformation, and here we are…
New polling shows Reform UK surging—they could win 67 seats and become one of the biggest parties in Parliament.
www.stop-reform.org @hopenothate.org.uk
New polling shows Reform UK surging—they could win 67 seats and become one of the biggest parties in Parliament.
www.stop-reform.org @hopenothate.org.uk
www.stop-reform.org
February 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Hardship plus ignorance plus disinformation, and here we are…
New polling shows Reform UK surging—they could win 67 seats and become one of the biggest parties in Parliament.
www.stop-reform.org @hopenothate.org.uk
New polling shows Reform UK surging—they could win 67 seats and become one of the biggest parties in Parliament.
www.stop-reform.org @hopenothate.org.uk