Stephen Harvie
stephenharvie.bsky.social
Stephen Harvie
@stephenharvie.bsky.social
Militant Gay Atheist
He/Him
Human, LGBTQ+, and Animal Rights Activist - very woke!
Scottish/British/European/Human
Heartbroken husband of the late Yoshio "Joey" Nomura
Into Rubber, Poetry, Lesney Matchbox cars.
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Please sign to protect our NHS from even more Private Healthcare contracts"
🚨Private healthcare companies are lobbying the Health Secretary to sign up to a new PFI deal.

⏰We’re running out of time to stop this deal.

📋Add your name to the petition now and show Wes Streeting YOU stand against new #PFI in our #NHS.
#NoNewPFI
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
Tell Wes Streeting - NO new PFI in our NHS!
weownit.org.uk
December 7, 2024 at 8:54 AM
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Word of the morning is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or a toppling gust of wind.

Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.
December 7, 2024 at 11:34 AM
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Ponder this.
December 5, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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OMG, this would be HILARIOUS! 😆
December 6, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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Immigration has not made Brits poorer.

Greedy bosses have. Greedy landlords have. Greedy life-giving-services providers (drugs, water, energy) have.

#Brexit has also made Brits poorer.

But immigration has not made Brits poorer.

Politicians have.
December 6, 2024 at 11:07 AM
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Please help us and take the short survey here...it's all about political donations...something I talk a lot about in my book

Democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard

The warrior @petergeoghegan.bsky.social who leads Democracy For Sale is taking this to MPs who support transparency

PLEASE SHARE 🙏🏼
December 5, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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Two words for certain types of people, should you need them:

microlipet: one who gets all worked up over nothing.

struthonian: the person who buries their head in the sand and says ‘Problem? What problem?’.
December 3, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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Today we observe the #InternationalDayfortheAbolitionofSlavery. The horrors of slavery plague the present as well as the past. According to @anti-slavery.bsky.social, 49.6 million people live in modern slavery – in forced labour and forced marriage. www.un.org/en/observanc...
December 2, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.

To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
December 1, 2024 at 10:12 AM
November 30, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Well said that woman!!
November 30, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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Big Pharma is the only reason anyone still dies from HIV: “We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.”
Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV
We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.
newrepublic.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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This ~ 💯%
November 29, 2024 at 11:21 AM
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Since Nigel Farage has just sided with Russia again, and said “the idea Ukraine is going to win, frankly, is for the birds,” it’s time to re-ask those five questions he’s never asked about his support for Vladimir Putin 1/6

bylinetimes.com/2024/06/19/t...
The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia
As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform once more during this general election campaign, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never conf...
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 11:24 AM
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More than 180,000 Londoners are homeless & living in temporary accommodation

TA has damaging impacts on people’s health & wellbeing

The work of orgs like @itsgroundswell.bsky.social & @positiveeast.bsky.social is shining a light on the toll of the TA crisis

What we've learned: bit.ly/4fPOVvN
How the temporary accommodation crisis is affecting Londoners health and wellbeing
We tackle poverty and inequality in London
bit.ly
November 19, 2024 at 9:08 AM
November 28, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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November 28, 2024 at 12:40 PM
That's my next dinner party sorted...
November 28, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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November 28, 2024 at 7:13 AM
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November 27, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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There it is
November 27, 2024 at 1:50 AM
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The fight for a compassionate assisted dying law needs you. This Friday at 09:00-12:00, we're rallying in Parliament Square, London, to coincide with the first debate of the Assisted Dying Bill. Will you stand with us? humanists.uk/events/assis...
November 27, 2024 at 10:52 AM
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Find your nearest free, confidential and quick HIV test this week!
November 27, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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It's crucial to hear and share the stories of those most deeply impacted by the UK's unjust, inhumane, and unpopular assisted dying laws. Their voices deserve to be at the heart of the conversation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
‘My husband was starving and in pain when he died – he deserved a dignified death’’
Kevan Donoghue passed away after three weeks of being unable to eat or drink due to a blockage in his stomach
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 11:36 AM
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Etymology of the day: before a tapering piece of hanging ice was called an ‘icicle’ it was an ‘ickle’. In the Middle Ages people decided to add ‘ice’ for extra oomph and (tautologically) called it an ‘ice ickle’, until the two words eventually blended together.
November 28, 2024 at 10:17 AM