LORRAINE GILLIES she/her
@raineygillies.bsky.social
Experienced CEO, into horses and ponies, involved in stuff about #prevention #antisocialbehaviour #youthwork #autism #adhd. Co-chair of the Independant Working Group on ASB. Director of the Donaldson Trust - the National Centre for Neurodiversity.
What a tragedy. She was a warrior against abuse absolutely trafficking. Such a shame.
"In the end, the toll of abuse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight." Men in high places have blood on their hands
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Virginia Giuffre, who accused Prince Andrew of sexual assault, has died, her family says
Virginia Giuffre's family has told Sky's US partner network NBC News she took her own life at her farm in Western Australia.
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April 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
What a tragedy. She was a warrior against abuse absolutely trafficking. Such a shame.
On #internationalwomensday, I'm sharing www.thewedge.scot - for #neurominority #women who are in work and are going into a bear pit every day. We got your back.
The Wedge
www.thewedge.scot
March 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
On #internationalwomensday, I'm sharing www.thewedge.scot - for #neurominority #women who are in work and are going into a bear pit every day. We got your back.
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February 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
@NetworkRail, can you tell me why you are allowing #Velo to give highly addictive, carcinogenic, nicotine pouches free to commuters? I've watched them while waiting for my train, and they are targeting young people with vile substances, packaged up, and advertised as platform prizes.
February 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
@NetworkRail, can you tell me why you are allowing #Velo to give highly addictive, carcinogenic, nicotine pouches free to commuters? I've watched them while waiting for my train, and they are targeting young people with vile substances, packaged up, and advertised as platform prizes.
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ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Meet the Researchers!
📅19th February
⏲️1310 - 1340
📍Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh Napier University
Broken Hearts, Empty Accounts: Preventing Romance Fraud
Mark Kydd
Abertay University
@the-sipr.bsky.social
Meet the Researchers!
📅19th February
⏲️1310 - 1340
📍Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh Napier University
Broken Hearts, Empty Accounts: Preventing Romance Fraud
Mark Kydd
Abertay University
@the-sipr.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Meet the Researchers!
📅19th February
⏲️1310 - 1340
📍Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh Napier University
Broken Hearts, Empty Accounts: Preventing Romance Fraud
Mark Kydd
Abertay University
@the-sipr.bsky.social
Meet the Researchers!
📅19th February
⏲️1310 - 1340
📍Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh Napier University
Broken Hearts, Empty Accounts: Preventing Romance Fraud
Mark Kydd
Abertay University
@the-sipr.bsky.social
Watching #BAFTAS. Not sure which is worse.. #DavidTennant suit or the dreadfully long acceptances speeches...
a woman in a black suit applauds in a crowd
ALT: a woman in a black suit applauds in a crowd
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February 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Watching #BAFTAS. Not sure which is worse.. #DavidTennant suit or the dreadfully long acceptances speeches...
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Often, in my extremely lengthy career, I've been really frustrated at the pace of change. Stuff like this helps...
February 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Often, in my extremely lengthy career, I've been really frustrated at the pace of change. Stuff like this helps...
Reading for the eleventymillionth time. #SunsetSong #BookSky
February 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Reading for the eleventymillionth time. #SunsetSong #BookSky
Adding pronouns to my profile feels like a v small act for good!
February 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Adding pronouns to my profile feels like a v small act for good!
Stress busting by baking.. V well known technique.
February 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Stress busting by baking.. V well known technique.
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Graffiti in Padova, Italy
(By street artist, Evyrein)
(By street artist, Evyrein)
January 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Graffiti in Padova, Italy
(By street artist, Evyrein)
(By street artist, Evyrein)
I'll never forget the trip to #auchwitz with my brother and sister some years ago. Sharing this pic of the #women's block in #birkenau for #holocaustmemorialday as a reminder that atrocities happen when people don't speak out.
January 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I'll never forget the trip to #auchwitz with my brother and sister some years ago. Sharing this pic of the #women's block in #birkenau for #holocaustmemorialday as a reminder that atrocities happen when people don't speak out.
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Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
Are you a #neurominority #woman? Do you struggle at work? Come and #coproduce a new #peer resource with us. Sign up to #TheWedge session here www.thewedge.scot . Its for you!
January 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Are you a #neurominority #woman? Do you struggle at work? Come and #coproduce a new #peer resource with us. Sign up to #TheWedge session here www.thewedge.scot . Its for you!
communityjustice.scot/news/board-m... delighted to join the board of Community Justice Scotland. Really looking forward to getting stuck in!
Board Members appointed to Community Justice Scotland - Community Justice Scotland
The Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs today announced the appointment of Henry Acres, Lorraine Gillies, Keith Rosser and Helen Wollaston as Board Members of Community Justice Scotland (CJ...
communityjustice.scot
January 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
communityjustice.scot/news/board-m... delighted to join the board of Community Justice Scotland. Really looking forward to getting stuck in!
#cairo has been on my bucket list for year and IM GOING! #egypt #walklikeanegyptian #Pyramids #sphinx #aswan #Luxor #felucca on the #nile #solotravel
January 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
#cairo has been on my bucket list for year and IM GOING! #egypt #walklikeanegyptian #Pyramids #sphinx #aswan #Luxor #felucca on the #nile #solotravel
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This is the post-reality era. There’s no agreement on what constitutes truth; each of us can shape facts as we please in a digital realm as influential as the physical world
What better metaphor than a reality TV star with Twitter’s owner as propagandist www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
What better metaphor than a reality TV star with Twitter’s owner as propagandist www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Say goodbye to the old order… tomorrow belongs to Trump
In the end, for the end has surely come, it was just a blip. The Liberal Order which governed our lives, the lives of our parents, and the lives of…
www.heraldscotland.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is the post-reality era. There’s no agreement on what constitutes truth; each of us can shape facts as we please in a digital realm as influential as the physical world
What better metaphor than a reality TV star with Twitter’s owner as propagandist www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
What better metaphor than a reality TV star with Twitter’s owner as propagandist www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
January 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM