R Chapman
@rmchapman.bsky.social
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R Chapman
@rmchapman.bsky.social
· Apr 16
"One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws."
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Today is International Men’s Day. So here’s to refugee men fleeing abuse, trans men denied healthcare, queer men bullied for being different, Black men racially profiled, disabled men excluded from work, and all the other men who fail at being “real men.” May we continue to cultivate our humanity.
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today is International Men’s Day. So here’s to refugee men fleeing abuse, trans men denied healthcare, queer men bullied for being different, Black men racially profiled, disabled men excluded from work, and all the other men who fail at being “real men.” May we continue to cultivate our humanity.
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Dear Politician,
If fascists are endorsing your immigration policies, it’s because your immigration policies are racist.
Just saying.
If fascists are endorsing your immigration policies, it’s because your immigration policies are racist.
Just saying.
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Dear Politician,
If fascists are endorsing your immigration policies, it’s because your immigration policies are racist.
Just saying.
If fascists are endorsing your immigration policies, it’s because your immigration policies are racist.
Just saying.
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Making refugee status temporary is an appallingly callous move. People will effectively have to put their lives on hold, possibly for decades
Morally abhorent and worthy only of the xenophobes of Reform
#r4today
Morally abhorent and worthy only of the xenophobes of Reform
#r4today
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Making refugee status temporary is an appallingly callous move. People will effectively have to put their lives on hold, possibly for decades
Morally abhorent and worthy only of the xenophobes of Reform
#r4today
Morally abhorent and worthy only of the xenophobes of Reform
#r4today
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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reminder that when the IOC did a study on this exact topic the result was 'there's no difference really in fact sometimes they actually have a disadvantage to cis women'
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
reminder that when the IOC did a study on this exact topic the result was 'there's no difference really in fact sometimes they actually have a disadvantage to cis women'
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sex workers definitely contribute far more to society than any billionaire ever has
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
sex workers definitely contribute far more to society than any billionaire ever has
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@royalsociety.org is this acceptable behaviour for one of your fellows? Do you still endorse this guy?
November 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
@royalsociety.org is this acceptable behaviour for one of your fellows? Do you still endorse this guy?
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People will mock this. But something to note:
When Remembrance Day was introduced, this is EXACTLY what many British WW1 veterans did on it.
They would meet up with old friends and colleagues from their units. Talk. Laugh. Cry. Toast those not there and get joyously, and utterly shitfaced. /1
When Remembrance Day was introduced, this is EXACTLY what many British WW1 veterans did on it.
They would meet up with old friends and colleagues from their units. Talk. Laugh. Cry. Toast those not there and get joyously, and utterly shitfaced. /1
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
People will mock this. But something to note:
When Remembrance Day was introduced, this is EXACTLY what many British WW1 veterans did on it.
They would meet up with old friends and colleagues from their units. Talk. Laugh. Cry. Toast those not there and get joyously, and utterly shitfaced. /1
When Remembrance Day was introduced, this is EXACTLY what many British WW1 veterans did on it.
They would meet up with old friends and colleagues from their units. Talk. Laugh. Cry. Toast those not there and get joyously, and utterly shitfaced. /1
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Legendary wing walker Lillian Boyer at work.
WW1, the availability of war surplus aircraft after it and the many flight schools that popped up, created an explosion of opportunity for female aviators.
E.g. the schools that didn't want take women quickly discovered that economically they needed to.
WW1, the availability of war surplus aircraft after it and the many flight schools that popped up, created an explosion of opportunity for female aviators.
E.g. the schools that didn't want take women quickly discovered that economically they needed to.
November 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Legendary wing walker Lillian Boyer at work.
WW1, the availability of war surplus aircraft after it and the many flight schools that popped up, created an explosion of opportunity for female aviators.
E.g. the schools that didn't want take women quickly discovered that economically they needed to.
WW1, the availability of war surplus aircraft after it and the many flight schools that popped up, created an explosion of opportunity for female aviators.
E.g. the schools that didn't want take women quickly discovered that economically they needed to.
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Here is an anti fascist being dragged under arrest in 1936 and in 2114 perhaps those arrested for protesting for Palestine action will be up on the walls at whatever gallery remains and a hostile government will imagine they would have been progressive in 2025
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Here is an anti fascist being dragged under arrest in 1936 and in 2114 perhaps those arrested for protesting for Palestine action will be up on the walls at whatever gallery remains and a hostile government will imagine they would have been progressive in 2025
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Absolutely stonking Plaid win in Caerphilly: as I understand what by-elections mean, Labour will now have to back Welsh Independence and a bunch of left wing policies in order to win back support, right? Or is it only when they lose narrowly to the fash they take up their policies?
October 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Absolutely stonking Plaid win in Caerphilly: as I understand what by-elections mean, Labour will now have to back Welsh Independence and a bunch of left wing policies in order to win back support, right? Or is it only when they lose narrowly to the fash they take up their policies?
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
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Real good news/bad news thing for Starmer.
Good news: he got people to sign up for signing at a similar pace to Your Party's mailing list.
Bad news: It's opposition to his ID cards idea.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Good news: he got people to sign up for signing at a similar pace to Your Party's mailing list.
Bad news: It's opposition to his ID cards idea.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Real good news/bad news thing for Starmer.
Good news: he got people to sign up for signing at a similar pace to Your Party's mailing list.
Bad news: It's opposition to his ID cards idea.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Good news: he got people to sign up for signing at a similar pace to Your Party's mailing list.
Bad news: It's opposition to his ID cards idea.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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🚨Watch as police confiscate van showing Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump in Windsor amid the US president's state visit
September 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🚨Watch as police confiscate van showing Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump in Windsor amid the US president's state visit
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Cats say a £22bn investment in Dreamies and new Catnip technologies will boost Britain's economy in the next few years
Microsoft says its new £22bn investment in the UK's AI sector should boost Britain's economy in next few years
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
AI could boost UK economy by 10% in 5 years, says Microsoft boss
Boss Satya Nadella said it was the biggest investment the firm had made outside of the US.
www.bbc.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Cats say a £22bn investment in Dreamies and new Catnip technologies will boost Britain's economy in the next few years
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If you views are abhorrent, I don’t care how civil you are when articulating them. 🤷🏻♂️
September 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
If you views are abhorrent, I don’t care how civil you are when articulating them. 🤷🏻♂️
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The media fuss made about chalk marks on a statue (easy to wash off) because it was made by trans people, compared with the silence about this (hard to wash off) fascist vandalism says it all about British mainstream media.
Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
September 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The media fuss made about chalk marks on a statue (easy to wash off) because it was made by trans people, compared with the silence about this (hard to wash off) fascist vandalism says it all about British mainstream media.
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Today's Love Letter is from the unstoppable @shing.bsky.social. Shing's ode to Making Little Guys is one of the single most nourishing pieces of nonfiction I have ever read. Maybe you need this one as much as I do.
Little Guys
A Love Letters Feature by Shing Yin Khor - September 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
September 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Today's Love Letter is from the unstoppable @shing.bsky.social. Shing's ode to Making Little Guys is one of the single most nourishing pieces of nonfiction I have ever read. Maybe you need this one as much as I do.
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BREAKING: They're scrubbing @banksy
The court is erasing Banksy's mural just like it's erasing our right to protest.
The court is erasing Banksy's mural just like it's erasing our right to protest.
September 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
BREAKING: They're scrubbing @banksy
The court is erasing Banksy's mural just like it's erasing our right to protest.
The court is erasing Banksy's mural just like it's erasing our right to protest.
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This says it all about Streeting's and Starmer's double-standards. They are just transphobes and hypocrites.
September 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This says it all about Streeting's and Starmer's double-standards. They are just transphobes and hypocrites.
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The gov really are just saying calls for violence against certain demographics are okay actually, more than okay, reasonable and maybe even policy ideas
September 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The gov really are just saying calls for violence against certain demographics are okay actually, more than okay, reasonable and maybe even policy ideas
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If we reduce Linehan's threats to just a difference of opinion that we may not agree with, but surely we all agree he is entitled to them blah blah blah, then don't arrest nannas holding up signs either.
September 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
If we reduce Linehan's threats to just a difference of opinion that we may not agree with, but surely we all agree he is entitled to them blah blah blah, then don't arrest nannas holding up signs either.