Simon Dearn
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COVER REVEAL - Congratulations to #BSFG Committee member @theresaderwin.bsky.social on her forthcoming novel, GOD’S VENGEANCE
Congratulations to my friend, author @theresaderwin.bsky.social with the cover reveal for her forthcoming novel GOD’S VENGEANCE soon to be published with #CrystalLakePublishig
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
COVER REVEAL - Congratulations to #BSFG Committee member @theresaderwin.bsky.social on her forthcoming novel, GOD’S VENGEANCE
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NOVEMBER EVENT: We are very excited to welcome SFF author and @bsfa.bsky.social Chair @stewarthotston.com as our guest on 14th Nov. Come and join us @ The Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or online via Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1860499797979
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1860499797979
October 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
NOVEMBER EVENT: We are very excited to welcome SFF author and @bsfa.bsky.social Chair @stewarthotston.com as our guest on 14th Nov. Come and join us @ The Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or online via Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1860499797979
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1860499797979
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
The Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu another £41 million to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system: a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff. Join me in demanding that Fujitsu is finally held to account. Sign the petition! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
Hold Fujitsu to account for Post Office scandal
£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. And that's on top of another whopping £65m the Government paid the scandal ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu another £41 million to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system: a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff. Join me in demanding that Fujitsu is finally held to account. Sign the petition! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
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OCTOBER EVENT: This Fri 10th Oct, we are very excited to welcome award-winning fantasy & romance author @zenaldehyde.bsky.social. Come and join us at The Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us on Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1774794641549
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1774794641549
October 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
OCTOBER EVENT: This Fri 10th Oct, we are very excited to welcome award-winning fantasy & romance author @zenaldehyde.bsky.social. Come and join us at The Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us on Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1774794641549
eventbrite.co.uk/e/1774794641549
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SEPTEMBER EVENT: We are very excited to welcome back our honorary president Alastair Reynolds on 12th September. Come and join us at the Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us online on Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1570741061799
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1570741061799
August 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
SEPTEMBER EVENT: We are very excited to welcome back our honorary president Alastair Reynolds on 12th September. Come and join us at the Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us online on Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1570741061799
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1570741061799
Love this from Humanists UK! #Thatshumanism is the perfect introduction to the humanist approach to life, featuring four animations narrated by Stephen Fry, and brand new posters all about humanism for schools. Have a look for yourself! humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
That's humanism
Humanists make sense of the world through logic, reason, and evidence, and always seek to treat those around us with warmth, understanding, and respect.
humanists.uk
August 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Love this from Humanists UK! #Thatshumanism is the perfect introduction to the humanist approach to life, featuring four animations narrated by Stephen Fry, and brand new posters all about humanism for schools. Have a look for yourself! humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
Musk’s X is amplifying extremist voices – let’s urge the EU to act now and protect our democracy! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-01...
Protect our democracy against Elon Musk’s X
Musk’s X is amplifying extremist voices – let’s urge the EU to act now and protect our democracy!🛡️
action.wemove.eu
July 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Musk’s X is amplifying extremist voices – let’s urge the EU to act now and protect our democracy! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-01...
There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
🚨 No More First Past the Post Elections.
5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented.
We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented.
We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!
The 2025 Local Election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken.
With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning elec...
actionnetwork.org
July 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🚨 No More First Past the Post Elections.
5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented.
We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented.
We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
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Funded in about 7 mins and 10 seconds! Next fans are just awesome! Thank you!!!!
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ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3
The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next: the evolution of the Speccy computer, now expanded into the world of the Sinclair QL, C64 and... More!
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July 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Funded in about 7 mins and 10 seconds! Next fans are just awesome! Thank you!!!!
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Kids are growing up with climate change, but aren't learning about it in school! 🤯 Let's demand climate education for every UK child. Sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
Teach children in the UK how to help the planet!
We would like the UK government to implement climate change and protecting the earth into all school curriculums to ensure that our generation are informed about the choices they make and the impact w...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Kids are growing up with climate change, but aren't learning about it in school! 🤯 Let's demand climate education for every UK child. Sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
Far too often, people walking, wheeling or cycling experience avoidable danger. Ask your MP to call on the Government to adopt Living Streets and The Bikeability Trust's five key calls to help us create safer streets for all. @livingstreets.bsky.social act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/174678/...
Support a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create Safer Streets for All
Far too often, people walking, wheeling or cycling experience avoidable danger. Write to your MP today, urging them to call on the Government to adopt Living Streets and The Bikeability Trust's five k...
act.livingstreets.org.uk
July 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Far too often, people walking, wheeling or cycling experience avoidable danger. Ask your MP to call on the Government to adopt Living Streets and The Bikeability Trust's five key calls to help us create safer streets for all. @livingstreets.bsky.social act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/174678/...
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JULY EVENT: We are very excited to welcome horror and dark fiction author @jamesbrogden.bsky.social as our guest for 11th July. Come and join us at the Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us online. Tickets available via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1443683850259
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1443683850259
June 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
JULY EVENT: We are very excited to welcome horror and dark fiction author @jamesbrogden.bsky.social as our guest for 11th July. Come and join us at the Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us online. Tickets available via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1443683850259
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1443683850259
Please sign this petition to keep Saturday opening at Harborne Library. Access to books is hugely important, especially for children. This is the library that I visited every week as a child and the current generation deserve the same access to books my generation enjoyed.
chng.it/x9yMxWjGnF
chng.it/x9yMxWjGnF
Keep Saturday opening at Harborne Library
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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July 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Please sign this petition to keep Saturday opening at Harborne Library. Access to books is hugely important, especially for children. This is the library that I visited every week as a child and the current generation deserve the same access to books my generation enjoyed.
chng.it/x9yMxWjGnF
chng.it/x9yMxWjGnF
Say no to mandatory digital ID - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID)
Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives.
Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Say no to mandatory digital ID - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
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JUNE EVENT: We are very excited to welcome bestselling, award-winning SFF author Claire North as our 13th June guest. Come and join us at the Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us online. Tickets available via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1378473915589
@orbitbooks.bsky.social
@orbitbooks.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
JUNE EVENT: We are very excited to welcome bestselling, award-winning SFF author Claire North as our 13th June guest. Come and join us at the Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us online. Tickets available via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1378473915589
@orbitbooks.bsky.social
@orbitbooks.bsky.social
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MAY EVENT: We are very excited to welcome back writer, editor and translator @xuetingni.bsky.social as our guest on Friday 9th May. Come and join us at the Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us online. Tickets available via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1331184601979
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1331184601979
April 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Don't forget to.folliw the #BrumGroup bluesky account