Pamela
@pamelaleng.bsky.social
Systemic and Family Psychotherapist working in the NHS.
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Pamela
@pamelaleng.bsky.social
· Jun 12
Systemic Voices on justice, freedom and peace
A reflective text by Cinthe Lemmens (Belgium) In a world increasingly marked by war, systemic injustice, and deepening inequality, we — as systemic thinkers, therapists, counselors and facilitators — ...
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‘We may be tempted to claim a “non-political” stance — therapy space as neutral, sacred, untouched. But as has been voiced before: neutrality is not an ethically valid position when fundamental human rights are under attack. Silence is not neutral. It is a form of complicity.’
#Psychotherapy
#Psychotherapy
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Tiny urban forests can help #rewild urban settings and help fight #climatechange. The brainchild of the Japanese botanist Miyawaki is taking his idea global.
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #forests #nature #biodiversity
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #forests #nature #biodiversity
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tiny urban forests can help #rewild urban settings and help fight #climatechange. The brainchild of the Japanese botanist Miyawaki is taking his idea global.
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #forests #nature #biodiversity
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #forests #nature #biodiversity
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Sky News just had Kelvin Mackenzie on, former editor of The Sun, one of the people at the centre of probably the most disgraceful front page in newspaper history, complaining about BBC journalists not being objective and 'fake news'. Astonishing. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Sky News just had Kelvin Mackenzie on, former editor of The Sun, one of the people at the centre of probably the most disgraceful front page in newspaper history, complaining about BBC journalists not being objective and 'fake news'. Astonishing. ~AA
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Chris Packham on the political shift on climate change: “It’s no secret that the fossil fuel companies are funding Reform and The Conservatives - that’s a fact. These people are either denying something extremely dangerous or they’re puppet-ing it for their paymasters”
#bbclaurak
#bbclaurak
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Chris Packham on the political shift on climate change: “It’s no secret that the fossil fuel companies are funding Reform and The Conservatives - that’s a fact. These people are either denying something extremely dangerous or they’re puppet-ing it for their paymasters”
#bbclaurak
#bbclaurak
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The BBC once again finds itself making news, rather than breaking news. As my colleagues and I find, based on surveying over 11,000 people, one part of British society trusts the BBC a lot more than another. There's a clear partisan and left-right divide in trust for the BBC.
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The BBC once again finds itself making news, rather than breaking news. As my colleagues and I find, based on surveying over 11,000 people, one part of British society trusts the BBC a lot more than another. There's a clear partisan and left-right divide in trust for the BBC.
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Exactly right. Mistakes must be corrected, but deliberate campaigns should be recognised for what they are.
BBC’s Nick Robinson on #Trump #BBC row: “As ever..it’s clear that there is genuine concern about editorial standards+mistakes. There is also a political campaign by people who want to destroy the organisation that you are currently listening to. Both things are happening at the same time.”
Today - 08/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Exactly right. Mistakes must be corrected, but deliberate campaigns should be recognised for what they are.
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"The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.”
- George Monbiot
- George Monbiot
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.”
- George Monbiot
- George Monbiot
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I wrote this yesterday about what to tell young people who are worried about what work will be in the age of AI:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
preparing for the working world in the age of AI
or: seven things to tell your kids when they ask what they should study now, or what the point of studying is
naomialderman.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I wrote this yesterday about what to tell young people who are worried about what work will be in the age of AI:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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How can you not be radicalized.
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
How can you not be radicalized.
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The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments during the government shutdown.
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown. U.S.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments during the government shutdown.
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The company that's pushing this technology should not only be regulated, it should be shut down, & everyone who worked to develop & promote this program should be held accountable in a court of law. Sam Altman belongs under the jail.
This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The company that's pushing this technology should not only be regulated, it should be shut down, & everyone who worked to develop & promote this program should be held accountable in a court of law. Sam Altman belongs under the jail.
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EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
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Very amusing to watch Reform complain about all the things wrong with the UK - every one caused by Brexit - without actually mentioning Brexit, as if they happened by magic.
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Very amusing to watch Reform complain about all the things wrong with the UK - every one caused by Brexit - without actually mentioning Brexit, as if they happened by magic.
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21 out of 33 Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords have paid jobs outside Parliament.
Shadow ministers paid to ‘advise’ the same industries they’re meant to scrutinise. Conflict of interest institutionalized. Paymasters served.
Can't get good society without ending political bribery.
Shadow ministers paid to ‘advise’ the same industries they’re meant to scrutinise. Conflict of interest institutionalized. Paymasters served.
Can't get good society without ending political bribery.
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
21 out of 33 Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords have paid jobs outside Parliament.
Shadow ministers paid to ‘advise’ the same industries they’re meant to scrutinise. Conflict of interest institutionalized. Paymasters served.
Can't get good society without ending political bribery.
Shadow ministers paid to ‘advise’ the same industries they’re meant to scrutinise. Conflict of interest institutionalized. Paymasters served.
Can't get good society without ending political bribery.
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
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I will never understand the people who can look at this and shrug.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I will never understand the people who can look at this and shrug.
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You tighten your belt, skip the heating, buy own-brand.
And you wait for the next election to cast your vote in the hope it will change things for the better.
Except it doesn’t.
And that’s not a bug in the system.
It’s the entire operating logic of First Past the Post.
And you wait for the next election to cast your vote in the hope it will change things for the better.
Except it doesn’t.
And that’s not a bug in the system.
It’s the entire operating logic of First Past the Post.
The Price of Powerlessness
How First Past the Post Fuels Britain’s Cost-of-Living Crisis
uglypolitix.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
You tighten your belt, skip the heating, buy own-brand.
And you wait for the next election to cast your vote in the hope it will change things for the better.
Except it doesn’t.
And that’s not a bug in the system.
It’s the entire operating logic of First Past the Post.
And you wait for the next election to cast your vote in the hope it will change things for the better.
Except it doesn’t.
And that’s not a bug in the system.
It’s the entire operating logic of First Past the Post.
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If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned.
We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
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This would 💯 happen in the UK if the same political dispensation took power here
I feel like a sizeable chunk of British journalism is in complete denial about that
I feel like a sizeable chunk of British journalism is in complete denial about that
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This would 💯 happen in the UK if the same political dispensation took power here
I feel like a sizeable chunk of British journalism is in complete denial about that
I feel like a sizeable chunk of British journalism is in complete denial about that
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This is really excellent data journalism... Elon Musk has declared war on the British government, it just doesn't realise it.
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is really excellent data journalism... Elon Musk has declared war on the British government, it just doesn't realise it.
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must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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#GenreRoulette #SoulfulSaturday
#MusicChallenge
Best Part - H.E.R. & Daniel Ceasar
📺Later… with Jools Holland
youtu.be/j045yEf2cLg?...
#MusicChallenge
Best Part - H.E.R. & Daniel Ceasar
📺Later… with Jools Holland
youtu.be/j045yEf2cLg?...
Daniel Caesar (feat. H.E.R.) perform Best Part on Later... with Jools
YouTube video by BBC Music
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#GenreRoulette #SoulfulSaturday
#MusicChallenge
Best Part - H.E.R. & Daniel Ceasar
📺Later… with Jools Holland
youtu.be/j045yEf2cLg?...
#MusicChallenge
Best Part - H.E.R. & Daniel Ceasar
📺Later… with Jools Holland
youtu.be/j045yEf2cLg?...