Sharon Payne
@shazzlep.bsky.social
Ex-X lurker. Left views - interested in how politics can work for the many. Book lover, cat lover. Must stop shouting at the radio!
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Go to prisonersforpalestine.org to support the campaign
December 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Go to prisonersforpalestine.org to support the campaign
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An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
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We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
Keyless ignition - the most pointless invention we didn’t need!
Today I learned, through an unfortunate chain of events, that it’s possible to start a car with the keys on the roof, have the keys stay on the roof for five miles, ask “what’s that clunk” as they fall off, continue for a further 20 miles, then find you can’t lock your car and it won’t restart.
August 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Keyless ignition - the most pointless invention we didn’t need!
Just listening to R4 this morning & thinking exactly this!
August 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Just listening to R4 this morning & thinking exactly this!
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Ignore the haters. London is the 🐐
August 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Ignore the haters. London is the 🐐
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Our own @pimlicat.bsky.social explaining why giving Musk a foothold in our energy infrastructure is a REALLY bad idea, to @lewisgoodall.com on @lbc.co.uk just now.
"If you were a UK regulator, why would you think somebody who has said 'I don't give a damn about regulations' is fit and proper?" ~AA
"If you were a UK regulator, why would you think somebody who has said 'I don't give a damn about regulations' is fit and proper?" ~AA
August 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Our own @pimlicat.bsky.social explaining why giving Musk a foothold in our energy infrastructure is a REALLY bad idea, to @lewisgoodall.com on @lbc.co.uk just now.
"If you were a UK regulator, why would you think somebody who has said 'I don't give a damn about regulations' is fit and proper?" ~AA
"If you were a UK regulator, why would you think somebody who has said 'I don't give a damn about regulations' is fit and proper?" ~AA
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August 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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We published a photo of a malnourished child in Gaza. It made an impact globally – and created controversy | Elisabeth Ribbans
We published a photo of a malnourished child in Gaza. It made an impact globally – and created controversy | Elisabeth Ribbans
Initially, we did not know that Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq had existing health needs. But his medical details do not diminish his suffering, or that of other children in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We published a photo of a malnourished child in Gaza. It made an impact globally – and created controversy | Elisabeth Ribbans
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I wrote this up - how “hard working local MPs” are facilitating a genocide:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
A 'good constituency MP'? how ‘hard working local politicians’ are facilitating a genocide
I ran into my MP today...
open.substack.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I wrote this up - how “hard working local MPs” are facilitating a genocide:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
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London's crime rate now is half of what it was in 1990 and nearly a quarter of 1975.
But all Farage has is BS and lies.
But all Farage has is BS and lies.
July 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
London's crime rate now is half of what it was in 1990 and nearly a quarter of 1975.
But all Farage has is BS and lies.
But all Farage has is BS and lies.
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Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, proposes a new model of support for people in his area, based on their needs.
Burnham’s alternative welfare reform for Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, proposes a new model of support for people in his area, based on their needs
northwestbylines.co.uk
July 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, proposes a new model of support for people in his area, based on their needs.
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Rümeysa is one of the kindest, most compassionate people I have ever met. Many of you came to know her first and foremost as an ICE abductee, seized by a state that wanted to strip her of her humanity. I would like for you to know her in her own words, which are resoundingly human.
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Rümeysa is one of the kindest, most compassionate people I have ever met. Many of you came to know her first and foremost as an ICE abductee, seized by a state that wanted to strip her of her humanity. I would like for you to know her in her own words, which are resoundingly human.
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This is unsurprisingly very good, although we should be clear that the narrative of Jenrick, Goodhart and Goodwin that immigration has ruined London is no different in either its factual basis or its racist motivation from Trump/Vance's "Haitians are eating your pets".
New comment piece. Those who lament a "lost" or "fallen" London, & these days blame it on immigration, are engaging in a populist scam: www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-la... #London #Jenrick #Reform @sundersays.bsky.social @lewisbaston.bsky.social @richardbrown.bsky.social @charleswright57.bsky.social
Dave Hill: Lamenting a 'lost' London is a populist scam
Claims that the capital has fallen into lawless decline with immigration as a main cause are false and unpatriotic
www.onlondon.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This is unsurprisingly very good, although we should be clear that the narrative of Jenrick, Goodhart and Goodwin that immigration has ruined London is no different in either its factual basis or its racist motivation from Trump/Vance's "Haitians are eating your pets".
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Tommy Robinson sent a letter to himself, he meant to log out and send it from a different account.
But he didn't.
Don't RT 🤣
But he didn't.
Don't RT 🤣
June 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Tommy Robinson sent a letter to himself, he meant to log out and send it from a different account.
But he didn't.
Don't RT 🤣
But he didn't.
Don't RT 🤣
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Blistering piece from @iandunt.bsky.social on Matthew Goodwin's visit to London.
"The success of London is a point-blank, up-against-the-wall-motherfucker refutation of the right-wing populist world view."
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
"The success of London is a point-blank, up-against-the-wall-motherfucker refutation of the right-wing populist world view."
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
They hate London because it is beautiful
Matthew Goodwin went to that there London the other day and what he found shook him to his core.
open.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Blistering piece from @iandunt.bsky.social on Matthew Goodwin's visit to London.
"The success of London is a point-blank, up-against-the-wall-motherfucker refutation of the right-wing populist world view."
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
"The success of London is a point-blank, up-against-the-wall-motherfucker refutation of the right-wing populist world view."
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
Good information to know.
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Good information to know.
So true!
June 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
So true!
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This is excellent, if you are already weary of Google AIsplaining everything.
I use udm14.com which routes your search to Google plus a term which switches off the "AI"; who knows how long it will keep working.
&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
udm14.com
June 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This is excellent, if you are already weary of Google AIsplaining everything.
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Dismissed FAA staffer Ronicsa Chambers said her team members — five Black women and one white man with a disability — were told they would be reassigned but remain without work.
“As far as we know, we’re the only ones still on administrative leave.”
New, @davidmcswane.bsky.social @propublica.org
“As far as we know, we’re the only ones still on administrative leave.”
New, @davidmcswane.bsky.social @propublica.org
Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”
The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs.
www.propublica.org
June 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Dismissed FAA staffer Ronicsa Chambers said her team members — five Black women and one white man with a disability — were told they would be reassigned but remain without work.
“As far as we know, we’re the only ones still on administrative leave.”
New, @davidmcswane.bsky.social @propublica.org
“As far as we know, we’re the only ones still on administrative leave.”
New, @davidmcswane.bsky.social @propublica.org
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Please sign this petition in solidarity with trans people. Trans sisters are our sisters!
chng.it/QgKrTzJKbY
chng.it/QgKrTzJKbY
Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
chng.it
May 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Please sign this petition in solidarity with trans people. Trans sisters are our sisters!
chng.it/QgKrTzJKbY
chng.it/QgKrTzJKbY
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Also, UK publishing is worth £11bn and yet our IP and creative resources are being given away...
Britain has no idea - in terms of its self-image, not economists obviously - what economy it actually has
One of my favourite facts to point out is: at over £8bn annually, the *videogames industry* is more than twice as valuable to the UK economy as fishing and steel combined.
One of my favourite facts to point out is: at over £8bn annually, the *videogames industry* is more than twice as valuable to the UK economy as fishing and steel combined.
Men are extremely keen to explain to me that Britain *needs* a domestic steel production plant and doesn't necessarily *need* universities. Okay. Steel contributed about £1.7bn to the UK economy in 2024. Universities contributed more than £200bn.
May 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Also, UK publishing is worth £11bn and yet our IP and creative resources are being given away...
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An actual tragedy is playing out in real time on the pages of the Telegraph.
If you are the praying kind then please pray for them.
If you are the praying kind then please pray for them.
May 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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I don’t mean to alarm anyone but I think I did a bird watching today? Like I saw a bird and I was like “Ooh I think that’s an Oriole” and I googled it and it WAS an Oriole and then I just sat there and watched it for a while until it flew away and honestly 10/10 no notes at all
May 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.
May 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.