Mandy Mellor
@mandymellor.bsky.social
Embrace your oddity.
Deeds not words.
Deeds not words.
Pinned
June is Pride Month. Let's call out companies who show support for LGBTQ+ people while also advertising on GB News, a channel that pumps out LGBTQ+ hate. Tell these companies to pick a side - hate or Pride:
action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...
action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...
Pick a side – hate or Pride
June is Pride month. So our social feeds will be awash with corporate rainbow logos performatively signalling their support for the LGBTQ+ community. But some of the same companies celebrating Pride a...
action.goodlawproject.org
May 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
June is Pride Month. Let's call out companies who show support for LGBTQ+ people while also advertising on GB News, a channel that pumps out LGBTQ+ hate. Tell these companies to pick a side - hate or Pride:
action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...
action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...
This deserves a share if only for the pun. 💥
It turns out Le Pen is not mightier than Le Fraud!
Marine Le Pen is banned from office for five years after a French court convicts her of a massive fake-jobs scam benefiting her party
By Ann Moody for @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Marine Le Pen is banned from office for five years after a French court convicts her of a massive fake-jobs scam benefiting her party
By Ann Moody for @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Marine Le Pen storms out of court as French judge guillotines her 2027 presidential hopes
Marine Le Pen is banned from office for five years after a French court convicts her of a massive fake-jobs scam benefiting her party
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This deserves a share if only for the pun. 💥
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171 years ago today, at about 1pm, Ann Walker died at her home, Cliffe Hill, in Lightcliffe.
We remember her today for her sense of humour, generosity to those less fortunate & how she defied convention to live with the woman she loved.
Memorial Card, West Yorkshire Archive Service, SH:3/L/120
We remember her today for her sense of humour, generosity to those less fortunate & how she defied convention to live with the woman she loved.
Memorial Card, West Yorkshire Archive Service, SH:3/L/120
February 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
171 years ago today, at about 1pm, Ann Walker died at her home, Cliffe Hill, in Lightcliffe.
We remember her today for her sense of humour, generosity to those less fortunate & how she defied convention to live with the woman she loved.
Memorial Card, West Yorkshire Archive Service, SH:3/L/120
We remember her today for her sense of humour, generosity to those less fortunate & how she defied convention to live with the woman she loved.
Memorial Card, West Yorkshire Archive Service, SH:3/L/120
#AnnWalker
20 May 1803 - 25 Feb 1854
Landowner
Business woman
Philanthropist
Adventurer
Creative
And wife
More than an adjunct to #AnneLister
Laid to rest 3 Mar 1854 here at St. Matthew’s Church Lightcliffe
@searchingforann.bsky.social
20 May 1803 - 25 Feb 1854
Landowner
Business woman
Philanthropist
Adventurer
Creative
And wife
More than an adjunct to #AnneLister
Laid to rest 3 Mar 1854 here at St. Matthew’s Church Lightcliffe
@searchingforann.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
#AnnWalker
20 May 1803 - 25 Feb 1854
Landowner
Business woman
Philanthropist
Adventurer
Creative
And wife
More than an adjunct to #AnneLister
Laid to rest 3 Mar 1854 here at St. Matthew’s Church Lightcliffe
@searchingforann.bsky.social
20 May 1803 - 25 Feb 1854
Landowner
Business woman
Philanthropist
Adventurer
Creative
And wife
More than an adjunct to #AnneLister
Laid to rest 3 Mar 1854 here at St. Matthew’s Church Lightcliffe
@searchingforann.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
To my Bluesky pals from my home to yours. 🎄
December 20, 2024 at 5:46 PM
To my Bluesky pals from my home to yours. 🎄
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Jesus Christ have some fucking dignity man. The spectacle of the British right queueing up to supplicate itself before this preening man-child.
Conservative shadow business minister Andrew Griffith has urged Elon Musk to take another look at the Tories before donating to Reform UK, highlighting his party’s low-tax and anti-woke credentials
www.ft.com/content/e0b8...
www.ft.com/content/e0b8...
Senior Tory urges Elon Musk not to back Reform UK
Andrew Griffith showers praise on Tesla billionaire before asking him to also consider the Conservatives
www.ft.com
December 19, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Jesus Christ have some fucking dignity man. The spectacle of the British right queueing up to supplicate itself before this preening man-child.
Keeping Ann’s legacy alive. #forAnn
ANN WALKER’S LEGACY CHRISTMAS FUNDRAISER
“Go on, fearlessly do your duty”
On this day 184 years ago, despite grieving for her wife, Ann Walker wrote home from Moscow to ensure acts of charity were carried out at Christmas. Ann's letter to Booth is transcribed below. 1/
“Go on, fearlessly do your duty”
On this day 184 years ago, despite grieving for her wife, Ann Walker wrote home from Moscow to ensure acts of charity were carried out at Christmas. Ann's letter to Booth is transcribed below. 1/
December 17, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Keeping Ann’s legacy alive. #forAnn
Glitch sorted and we’re on our way to reaching our £2,500 🎯
#forAnn
#forAnn
FUNDRAISING APPEAL 2024
The Justgiving "Give Now" button is now working again after a sitewide issue. Please give if you can to our appeal to feed people in the Lightcliffe area this Xmas in the spirit of Ann Walker!
www.justgiving.com/page/in-sear...
The Justgiving "Give Now" button is now working again after a sitewide issue. Please give if you can to our appeal to feed people in the Lightcliffe area this Xmas in the spirit of Ann Walker!
www.justgiving.com/page/in-sear...
ISAW 2024 fundraiser for Brighouse Central Foodbank
Help In Search Of Ann Walker raise money to support Brighouse Central Foodbank
www.justgiving.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Glitch sorted and we’re on our way to reaching our £2,500 🎯
#forAnn
#forAnn
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Ten years I ago I made a film about an am-dram theatre company battling to put on a pantomime against the odds - they had a tight deadline, next to no budget and a malfunctioning donkey costume. They made it magical - a Christmas miracle!
I truly loved making this film
vimeo.com/ondemand/panto
I truly loved making this film
vimeo.com/ondemand/panto
Watch Panto! Online | Vimeo On Demand
BBC Storyville, Glimmer Films and Met film present A film by Jeanie Finlay. 71 mins www.facebook.com/pantomimefilm | www.twitter.com/pantofilm 90% of UK theatres…
vimeo.com
December 14, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Ten years I ago I made a film about an am-dram theatre company battling to put on a pantomime against the odds - they had a tight deadline, next to no budget and a malfunctioning donkey costume. They made it magical - a Christmas miracle!
I truly loved making this film
vimeo.com/ondemand/panto
I truly loved making this film
vimeo.com/ondemand/panto
£1700 and counting. Thanks’ to everyone for donating, liking, sharing.
Can we reach our £2000 target?
I reckon so! Link ⬇️
Can we reach our £2000 target?
I reckon so! Link ⬇️
FUNDRAISING APPEAL 2024
Ann Walker left money for the people of Lightcliffe in her will but she also gave during her life.
Read more about Ann Walker's giving from 3 letters to David Booth in the article below- insearchofannwalker.com/ann-walkers-...
Ann Walker left money for the people of Lightcliffe in her will but she also gave during her life.
Read more about Ann Walker's giving from 3 letters to David Booth in the article below- insearchofannwalker.com/ann-walkers-...
Ann Walker's Giving - In Search of Ann Walker
Looking at Ann Walker's generosity using three letters written by her to David Booth in 1839 and 1840, focussing on the arrangements for her tenants and old servants.
insearchofannwalker.com
December 7, 2024 at 7:10 PM
£1700 and counting. Thanks’ to everyone for donating, liking, sharing.
Can we reach our £2000 target?
I reckon so! Link ⬇️
Can we reach our £2000 target?
I reckon so! Link ⬇️
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You can read about why Observer and Guardian journalists are striking here:
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/not...
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/not...
Not for Sale: Save The Observer
Journalists at the Guardian & Observer are taking strike action in opposition to the hurried sale of the title.
www.nuj.org.uk
December 3, 2024 at 5:53 PM
You can read about why Observer and Guardian journalists are striking here:
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/not...
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/not...
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Yeah Greg.. beware those (middle class) women of a certain age. We’ve had enough of the shit..
#gregwallace #middleclasswomenofacertainage
#gregwallace #middleclasswomenofacertainage
December 3, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Yeah Greg.. beware those (middle class) women of a certain age. We’ve had enough of the shit..
#gregwallace #middleclasswomenofacertainage
#gregwallace #middleclasswomenofacertainage
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
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Compared to the list of Traitor Tot's pardons, hunter Biden is an absolute angel.
See for yourself: rb.gy/lfkzsb
See for yourself: rb.gy/lfkzsb
Pardons Granted by President Donald J. Trump (2017-2021)
rb.gy
December 2, 2024 at 3:31 AM
Compared to the list of Traitor Tot's pardons, hunter Biden is an absolute angel.
See for yourself: rb.gy/lfkzsb
See for yourself: rb.gy/lfkzsb
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This needs to be taken seriously and taken seriously now - not in 3 years' time.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
December 1, 2024 at 8:27 AM
This needs to be taken seriously and taken seriously now - not in 3 years' time.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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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”
🚜🌾 vs. 🧐💰
🚜🌾 vs. 🧐💰
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 30, 2024 at 10:25 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”
🚜🌾 vs. 🧐💰
🚜🌾 vs. 🧐💰
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Really excellent, considered guide to this issue.
I am esp interested in mental health contexts, re: legitimate concerns over Canada situation, but also the striking benefit that simply having access to AD can have for terminally ill people, apparently acting as a form of palliative relief.
I am esp interested in mental health contexts, re: legitimate concerns over Canada situation, but also the striking benefit that simply having access to AD can have for terminally ill people, apparently acting as a form of palliative relief.
Everything you need to know about the assisted dying debate before MPs vote tomorrow iandunt.substack.com/p/trying-to-...
Trying to make a damn bit of sense of the assisted dying debate
Everything you need to know about a profound change in the law
iandunt.substack.com
November 28, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Really excellent, considered guide to this issue.
I am esp interested in mental health contexts, re: legitimate concerns over Canada situation, but also the striking benefit that simply having access to AD can have for terminally ill people, apparently acting as a form of palliative relief.
I am esp interested in mental health contexts, re: legitimate concerns over Canada situation, but also the striking benefit that simply having access to AD can have for terminally ill people, apparently acting as a form of palliative relief.
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Everything you need to know about the assisted dying debate before MPs vote tomorrow iandunt.substack.com/p/trying-to-...
Trying to make a damn bit of sense of the assisted dying debate
Everything you need to know about a profound change in the law
iandunt.substack.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Everything you need to know about the assisted dying debate before MPs vote tomorrow iandunt.substack.com/p/trying-to-...
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The Guardian published my letter: www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Dying people deserve a choice. Let them make it | Letters
Letters: Readers who believe the assisted dying bill should be passed into law in England and Wales respond to Guardian coverage
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:09 PM
The Guardian published my letter: www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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To protect me from prosecution, my husband, bedridden, in constant discomfort, his senses failing, ended his own life alone and unsupported. it's too late for him, but we can still make it possible for others to have a choice in how they die. I am campaigning for change on Friday.
November 26, 2024 at 2:47 PM
To protect me from prosecution, my husband, bedridden, in constant discomfort, his senses failing, ended his own life alone and unsupported. it's too late for him, but we can still make it possible for others to have a choice in how they die. I am campaigning for change on Friday.
#AnnWalker's uncle William left money in his will for the parish poor. She continued this charity giving & now the
#SearchingForAnn community raise money in her memory at Christmas time for the Brighouse Central Foodbank.
If you’re able to make a donation - thank you ⬇️ #gentlemanjack #annelister
#SearchingForAnn community raise money in her memory at Christmas time for the Brighouse Central Foodbank.
If you’re able to make a donation - thank you ⬇️ #gentlemanjack #annelister
ISAW 2024 fundraiser for Brighouse Central Foodbank
Help In Search Of Ann Walker raise money to support Brighouse Central Foodbank
www.justgiving.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:40 PM
#AnnWalker's uncle William left money in his will for the parish poor. She continued this charity giving & now the
#SearchingForAnn community raise money in her memory at Christmas time for the Brighouse Central Foodbank.
If you’re able to make a donation - thank you ⬇️ #gentlemanjack #annelister
#SearchingForAnn community raise money in her memory at Christmas time for the Brighouse Central Foodbank.
If you’re able to make a donation - thank you ⬇️ #gentlemanjack #annelister
#AnnWalker's uncle William left money in his will for the poor of the parish. She continued this charity giving and now the
#SearchingForAnn community raise money in her memory at Christmas time for the Brighouse Central Foodbank.
Link below ⬇️ #gentlemanjack #annelister
#SearchingForAnn community raise money in her memory at Christmas time for the Brighouse Central Foodbank.
Link below ⬇️ #gentlemanjack #annelister
ISAW 2024 fundraiser for Brighouse Central Foodbank
Every year ISAW runs a fundraiser in Ann Walker's name for a foodbank. insearchofannwalker.com/ann-walkers-...
Please consider a donation today, no matter how large or small. Carry on Ann's tradition by giving.
www.justgiving.com/page/in-sear...
Every year ISAW runs a fundraiser in Ann Walker's name for a foodbank. insearchofannwalker.com/ann-walkers-...
Please consider a donation today, no matter how large or small. Carry on Ann's tradition by giving.
www.justgiving.com/page/in-sear...
November 25, 2024 at 8:28 PM
#AnnWalker's uncle William left money in his will for the poor of the parish. She continued this charity giving and now the
#SearchingForAnn community raise money in her memory at Christmas time for the Brighouse Central Foodbank.
Link below ⬇️ #gentlemanjack #annelister
#SearchingForAnn community raise money in her memory at Christmas time for the Brighouse Central Foodbank.
Link below ⬇️ #gentlemanjack #annelister