Sarah Jane Butler
@sarahjanebutler.bsky.social
Writer and ditch-poker. First novel, Starling, published by @FairlightBooks 2022. Next book, The Many Lives of Rivers, due 2027. Agent Julia Silk/Greyhound. she/her; pwME https://linktr.ee/sarahjanebutler
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This is a really nice font to have. In addition to being readable it hits that attractive-yet-unobtrusive sweet spot, and it’s TOTALLY FREE
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This is a really nice font to have. In addition to being readable it hits that attractive-yet-unobtrusive sweet spot, and it’s TOTALLY FREE
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Illegal immigration is not tearing Britain apart. A media-driven obsession with illegal immigration is tearing Britain apart.
November 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Illegal immigration is not tearing Britain apart. A media-driven obsession with illegal immigration is tearing Britain apart.
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This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win
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There is no difference in practice between removing rights of individuals and leaving the ECHR. The end outcome is still the same, people lose rights. If human rights are an obstacle to your policy it is not the rights which are the issue, it is your policy. Labour going full Reform at this stage.
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
There is no difference in practice between removing rights of individuals and leaving the ECHR. The end outcome is still the same, people lose rights. If human rights are an obstacle to your policy it is not the rights which are the issue, it is your policy. Labour going full Reform at this stage.
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"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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If you live in an English town your sewage will likely be treated twice before being discharged into a river. If you live in a small village it may only be treated once. Neither is enough to destroy all the meds + pathogens in sewage. In Switzerland, they treat water 3x to destroy meds + pathogens🧵
⚠️💧 A new study by the University of Exeter found that when common non-antibiotic drugs like painkillers mix with antibiotics in our waterways, they help bacteria become antibiotic-resistant.
This aligns with findings from our Autumn #GreatUKWaterBlitz. 🔗 https://earthwatch.pulse.ly/cpuuoj9fg5
This aligns with findings from our Autumn #GreatUKWaterBlitz. 🔗 https://earthwatch.pulse.ly/cpuuoj9fg5
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If you live in an English town your sewage will likely be treated twice before being discharged into a river. If you live in a small village it may only be treated once. Neither is enough to destroy all the meds + pathogens in sewage. In Switzerland, they treat water 3x to destroy meds + pathogens🧵
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yes the question is not "are the BBC perfect?"
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
BBC needs to be protected. While they certainly have leanings towards bias on many issues (imo) & can be infuriating, alternative is a media controlled by ratings driving advertising revenue & drowning in bad actors w/ personal agendas - the poison will spread through UK media landscape as a whole
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
yes the question is not "are the BBC perfect?"
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
Brilliant idea - when you're a tiny community group it can be so hard to cover those boring but essential costs like insurance!
Look at this great fund. £200 for really small charities to spend on boring things. Easy, quick to apply.
Link below.
Please share :)
Link below.
Please share :)
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open!
£200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Brilliant idea - when you're a tiny community group it can be so hard to cover those boring but essential costs like insurance!
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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
If, like me, your energy or ability to exercise daily is limited do read this. Thank you @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk for not using a tracker and trusting your body. The reminder I needed right now!
On the blog this week we’re talking fitness….. sort of. Tune in, not out, for a different angle and why you don’t need to do 10,000 steps!
open.substack.com/pub/drnature...
#activity #ageing #fitness #chronicillness #health
open.substack.com/pub/drnature...
#activity #ageing #fitness #chronicillness #health
Fit in Ten Minutes?
Thanks for reading All Kinds of Everything!
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November 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If, like me, your energy or ability to exercise daily is limited do read this. Thank you @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk for not using a tracker and trusting your body. The reminder I needed right now!
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PLEASE DO NOT ASK STAFF WHERE DRACULA’S GRAVE IS THERE ISN’T ONE.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
PLEASE DO NOT ASK STAFF WHERE DRACULA’S GRAVE IS THERE ISN’T ONE.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
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Publishers, publicity peeps, take note, I'm back in the saddle for Wigtown Book Festival 2026. Please send catalogues, AI sheets, proofs. Using Programme@Wigtownbookfestival.com email again (after a year off). Writers, please have publishers get in touch! www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/welcome...
Wigtown Book Festival | Welcome Return of Festival Programmer Lee…
Lee is a well-known figure in Scottish literature and media. Her role with will involve curating the 2026 Wigtown Book Festival programme.
www.wigtownbookfestival.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Publishers, publicity peeps, take note, I'm back in the saddle for Wigtown Book Festival 2026. Please send catalogues, AI sheets, proofs. Using Programme@Wigtownbookfestival.com email again (after a year off). Writers, please have publishers get in touch! www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/welcome...
Ooh, writers who dream of having a gorgeous website - here are some lovely ones by @handpressed.net
I don't specialize in book-related shizzle as such but have made websites for a number of writers - e.g. nicolachester.com, melissaharrison.co.uk, beckcsmith.com, joanhaigbooks.com, kerriandrews.co.uk, peter-moore.co.uk, sarahthomas.net - I don't charge the earth. handpressed.net
Nicola Chester - Nature Writer and Activist
Nicola Chester is a writer and an activist for nature. Her books include On Gallows Down and Ghosts of the Farm.
nicolachester.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Ooh, writers who dream of having a gorgeous website - here are some lovely ones by @handpressed.net
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Drinking water for up to 6 million people in England may have levels of 'forever chemicals' which could "constitute a potential danger to human health"
Drinking Water Inspectorate have issued enforcement notices on water companies to reduce levels of chemicals
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drinking Water Inspectorate have issued enforcement notices on water companies to reduce levels of chemicals
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water for 6m people
The persistent pollutants which build up in the environment have been linked to serious illnesses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Drinking water for up to 6 million people in England may have levels of 'forever chemicals' which could "constitute a potential danger to human health"
Drinking Water Inspectorate have issued enforcement notices on water companies to reduce levels of chemicals
🧵🧵 1/4
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drinking Water Inspectorate have issued enforcement notices on water companies to reduce levels of chemicals
🧵🧵 1/4
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Often overlooked, small water bodies - streams, damp ditches, small bogs, ponds - support more rare species compared with larger habitats while high-quality ponds support about 2/3 of all freshwater plant + animal species in a landscape.
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freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/start-w...
November 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Often overlooked, small water bodies - streams, damp ditches, small bogs, ponds - support more rare species compared with larger habitats while high-quality ponds support about 2/3 of all freshwater plant + animal species in a landscape.
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freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/start-w...
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freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/start-w...
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Butchers Broom now has large shiny red berries. It is an ‘ancient woodland indicator’ because it doesn’t spread easily to new woods. So where you see it, the woodland has usually been there for a very long time. Words & pic Barry Yates @rxnature.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Butchers Broom now has large shiny red berries. It is an ‘ancient woodland indicator’ because it doesn’t spread easily to new woods. So where you see it, the woodland has usually been there for a very long time. Words & pic Barry Yates @rxnature.bsky.social
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Great trespass along the River Dart today to kick off @righttoroam.bsky.social's 9 river trespasses in November - protesting the inadequacy & unworkability of the Govt's 9 river walks pledge
We trespassed in an estate owned in the Cayman Islands & later met up with kayakers from Friends of the Dart
We trespassed in an estate owned in the Cayman Islands & later met up with kayakers from Friends of the Dart
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Great trespass along the River Dart today to kick off @righttoroam.bsky.social's 9 river trespasses in November - protesting the inadequacy & unworkability of the Govt's 9 river walks pledge
We trespassed in an estate owned in the Cayman Islands & later met up with kayakers from Friends of the Dart
We trespassed in an estate owned in the Cayman Islands & later met up with kayakers from Friends of the Dart
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I’ll choose and announce the winners to this later today.
I’m not saying posting cat photos as a reply helps.
But I’m also not saying it doesn’t.
I’m not saying posting cat photos as a reply helps.
But I’m also not saying it doesn’t.
Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
November 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I’ll choose and announce the winners to this later today.
I’m not saying posting cat photos as a reply helps.
But I’m also not saying it doesn’t.
I’m not saying posting cat photos as a reply helps.
But I’m also not saying it doesn’t.
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Right to Roam campaigners call for access to all England’s rivers
Our local groups are organising 9 river trespasses in November to highlight how inadequate & unworkable the government’s pledge of a mere 9 river walks is:
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Our local groups are organising 9 river trespasses in November to highlight how inadequate & unworkable the government’s pledge of a mere 9 river walks is:
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Right to Roam campaigners call for access to walk along all England’s rivers
Activists will stage nine protests where they will trespass on to private land along rivers.
www.standard.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Right to Roam campaigners call for access to all England’s rivers
Our local groups are organising 9 river trespasses in November to highlight how inadequate & unworkable the government’s pledge of a mere 9 river walks is:
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Our local groups are organising 9 river trespasses in November to highlight how inadequate & unworkable the government’s pledge of a mere 9 river walks is:
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Today I found an Ent
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Today I found an Ent
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The @whitehouse-47.bsky.social account has so far only been blocked 57,000 times. I'm sure we can do better than that.
October 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The @whitehouse-47.bsky.social account has so far only been blocked 57,000 times. I'm sure we can do better than that.
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And if you’re wondering who Labour is listening to? “Reeves boasted she hatched plan to rip down our nature protections over a “smoked salmon & scrambled eggs breakfast” with corporate lobbyists”. While Starmer’s resolve to kick down planning rules are result of his “conversations with leading CEOs”
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
And if you’re wondering who Labour is listening to? “Reeves boasted she hatched plan to rip down our nature protections over a “smoked salmon & scrambled eggs breakfast” with corporate lobbyists”. While Starmer’s resolve to kick down planning rules are result of his “conversations with leading CEOs”
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After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet
The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter
christinapagel.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
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If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.
The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...
GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience
The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024
www.business-live.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.