Stephanie Cole
@stephiec.bsky.social
Twitter escapee (@eseesea). Social change leadership, connect, collaborate @ywccommunity @socialleadersne @theRSAorg fellow. Feminist. Gone not forgotten Sharing Learning Doing, Good Space/Broadacre House [UK]
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Zack Polanski the Greens are sharing misinformatioin about the Gorton and Denton by-election, and ought to be ashamed of themselves.
The chart he has shared on Threads suggests only thee Greens can beat Reform. But it's using vote change data.
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The chart he has shared on Threads suggests only thee Greens can beat Reform. But it's using vote change data.
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January 25, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Zack Polanski the Greens are sharing misinformatioin about the Gorton and Denton by-election, and ought to be ashamed of themselves.
The chart he has shared on Threads suggests only thee Greens can beat Reform. But it's using vote change data.
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The chart he has shared on Threads suggests only thee Greens can beat Reform. But it's using vote change data.
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Because these things are fractal, a question for reflection: how is the regime's treatment of women similar to its treatment of water similar to its treatment of immigrants similar to its treatment of the climate similar to its treatment of public health similar to its treatment of children ...
January 25, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Because these things are fractal, a question for reflection: how is the regime's treatment of women similar to its treatment of water similar to its treatment of immigrants similar to its treatment of the climate similar to its treatment of public health similar to its treatment of children ...
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It was my sombre duty back in 2010 to honour Danish and British war dead as part of my daily job in Helmand. It feels emblematic of a flawed relationship.
arthursnell.substack.com/p/an-especia...
arthursnell.substack.com/p/an-especia...
An Especially Flawed Relationship
There have been valid questions about the Transatlantic Relationship for years.
arthursnell.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:36 PM
It was my sombre duty back in 2010 to honour Danish and British war dead as part of my daily job in Helmand. It feels emblematic of a flawed relationship.
arthursnell.substack.com/p/an-especia...
arthursnell.substack.com/p/an-especia...
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🧳 New In Focus blog post - The Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from Czechoslovakia
A close look at Dana Kyndrová's photographs from inside the Soviet barracks, where change is absorbed into routine, and doesn't look like the spectacle you expect.
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/in-f...
A close look at Dana Kyndrová's photographs from inside the Soviet barracks, where change is absorbed into routine, and doesn't look like the spectacle you expect.
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/in-f...
January 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
🧳 New In Focus blog post - The Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from Czechoslovakia
A close look at Dana Kyndrová's photographs from inside the Soviet barracks, where change is absorbed into routine, and doesn't look like the spectacle you expect.
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/in-f...
A close look at Dana Kyndrová's photographs from inside the Soviet barracks, where change is absorbed into routine, and doesn't look like the spectacle you expect.
🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/blog/in-f...
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Looking for your next role in the VAWG sector?
Here are some job and volunteering vacancies available at some of our specialist Rape Crisis centres.
More details here: rapecrisis.org.uk/about-us/job...
Here are some job and volunteering vacancies available at some of our specialist Rape Crisis centres.
More details here: rapecrisis.org.uk/about-us/job...
January 23, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Looking for your next role in the VAWG sector?
Here are some job and volunteering vacancies available at some of our specialist Rape Crisis centres.
More details here: rapecrisis.org.uk/about-us/job...
Here are some job and volunteering vacancies available at some of our specialist Rape Crisis centres.
More details here: rapecrisis.org.uk/about-us/job...
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Don't forget, tomorrow is another FiLiA Women's Assembly event, FiLiA Fire 🔥in #Bolton – a FREE Women-only group, which meets monthly.
🗓️ Saturday 24th January
🕖 7-9PM
📍 Bolton, Greater Manchester
🎟️ bit.ly/JanFiLiAFire
#FiLiAFire ❤️🔥 #Manchester 🐝
🗓️ Saturday 24th January
🕖 7-9PM
📍 Bolton, Greater Manchester
🎟️ bit.ly/JanFiLiAFire
#FiLiAFire ❤️🔥 #Manchester 🐝
January 23, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Don't forget, tomorrow is another FiLiA Women's Assembly event, FiLiA Fire 🔥in #Bolton – a FREE Women-only group, which meets monthly.
🗓️ Saturday 24th January
🕖 7-9PM
📍 Bolton, Greater Manchester
🎟️ bit.ly/JanFiLiAFire
#FiLiAFire ❤️🔥 #Manchester 🐝
🗓️ Saturday 24th January
🕖 7-9PM
📍 Bolton, Greater Manchester
🎟️ bit.ly/JanFiLiAFire
#FiLiAFire ❤️🔥 #Manchester 🐝
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★ Starved, Protested, Arrested: Unearthing Annie Mills at the Marx Memorial Library ★
Join us on this Women-only tour of Marx Memorial Library & workshop on Annie Mills, little-known activist of the National Unemployed Workers’ Movement.
🗓️ Wed 28th January 6pm
🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiAAnnieMillsMML
Join us on this Women-only tour of Marx Memorial Library & workshop on Annie Mills, little-known activist of the National Unemployed Workers’ Movement.
🗓️ Wed 28th January 6pm
🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiAAnnieMillsMML
January 23, 2026 at 12:27 PM
★ Starved, Protested, Arrested: Unearthing Annie Mills at the Marx Memorial Library ★
Join us on this Women-only tour of Marx Memorial Library & workshop on Annie Mills, little-known activist of the National Unemployed Workers’ Movement.
🗓️ Wed 28th January 6pm
🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiAAnnieMillsMML
Join us on this Women-only tour of Marx Memorial Library & workshop on Annie Mills, little-known activist of the National Unemployed Workers’ Movement.
🗓️ Wed 28th January 6pm
🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiAAnnieMillsMML
I don't know who told Apple their liquid glass nonsense was 'Beautiful, delightful and instantly familiar'. It isn't. It looks like something is broken. The clock on the lock screen in particular.
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I don't know who told Apple their liquid glass nonsense was 'Beautiful, delightful and instantly familiar'. It isn't. It looks like something is broken. The clock on the lock screen in particular.
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To read more, please see this week’s Substack: open.substack.com/pub/rachelhe...
And to donate to Sarah Porter’s GoFundMe, please click here: www.gofundme.com/f/sarah-port...
And to donate to Sarah Porter’s GoFundMe, please click here: www.gofundme.com/f/sarah-port...
Sport has always been a touchstone for women's liberation. No wonder men try to put a stop to it.
A runner was pulled from the Spine Race because Taliban sympathisers threatened to assassinate her during the event. This is part of a global and historical pattern of misogynist terrorism.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
To read more, please see this week’s Substack: open.substack.com/pub/rachelhe...
And to donate to Sarah Porter’s GoFundMe, please click here: www.gofundme.com/f/sarah-port...
And to donate to Sarah Porter’s GoFundMe, please click here: www.gofundme.com/f/sarah-port...
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Anyone who believes in equity must pull out all the stops to defend women’s & girls’ right to play sport. Because if we don’t defend that right, men will only be emboldened to dramatically intensify their restrictions on women’s & girls’ freedoms.
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Anyone who believes in equity must pull out all the stops to defend women’s & girls’ right to play sport. Because if we don’t defend that right, men will only be emboldened to dramatically intensify their restrictions on women’s & girls’ freedoms.
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And what all these case studies show is that women’s ability to participate freely in sport is far from trivial, but is the canary in the coalmine, the touchstone and bellwether for women’s freedoms in a society.
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
And what all these case studies show is that women’s ability to participate freely in sport is far from trivial, but is the canary in the coalmine, the touchstone and bellwether for women’s freedoms in a society.
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These may feel different to Porter’s case, because they were perpetrated by individual men instead of an organised regime. But all misogyny is ‘organised’, in that it’s fostered by an ideology & culture, which thrives everywhere from politics to porn, the military to the manosphere.
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 PM
These may feel different to Porter’s case, because they were perpetrated by individual men instead of an organised regime. But all misogyny is ‘organised’, in that it’s fostered by an ideology & culture, which thrives everywhere from politics to porn, the military to the manosphere.
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This is because sport gives women financial & social power, geographical freedom, & greater authority within relationships. There are numerous stark case studies in which men have assaulted and murdered sportswomen to quash these exact freedoms. I wrote about these: open.substack.com/pub/rachelhe...
Sport has always been a touchstone for women's liberation. No wonder men try to put a stop to it.
A runner was pulled from the Spine Race because Taliban sympathisers threatened to assassinate her during the event. This is part of a global and historical pattern of misogynist terrorism.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 PM
This is because sport gives women financial & social power, geographical freedom, & greater authority within relationships. There are numerous stark case studies in which men have assaulted and murdered sportswomen to quash these exact freedoms. I wrote about these: open.substack.com/pub/rachelhe...
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The death threats sent to Porter are part of a global, transhistorical pattern in which women’s ability to play sport is a bellwether for the extent of female liberation within a culture. Men often ban women’s sport as one of the first restrictions they impose on women’s freedoms.
January 21, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The death threats sent to Porter are part of a global, transhistorical pattern in which women’s ability to play sport is a bellwether for the extent of female liberation within a culture. Men often ban women’s sport as one of the first restrictions they impose on women’s freedoms.
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❓ Do you feel you're advancing with AI?
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❓ Would you like to support your colleagues to do the same?
🚀 Then our free self-serve course is for you!
You'll receive 8 weekly emails packed with tips and tools designed to help you support colleagues, and drive your org forward with AI 👉 buff.ly/1KSivpU
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January 21, 2026 at 10:26 AM
❓ Do you feel you're advancing with AI?
❓ Would you like to support your colleagues to do the same?
🚀 Then our free self-serve course is for you!
You'll receive 8 weekly emails packed with tips and tools designed to help you support colleagues, and drive your org forward with AI 👉 buff.ly/1KSivpU
❓ Would you like to support your colleagues to do the same?
🚀 Then our free self-serve course is for you!
You'll receive 8 weekly emails packed with tips and tools designed to help you support colleagues, and drive your org forward with AI 👉 buff.ly/1KSivpU
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This confirms what women already know: the cost-of-living crisis never went away. Rising food prices hit women first & worst.
The Budget proved there are options beyond the blunt tool of interest rates. Measures like rail fare caps should be the start, not the end of a targeted cost-of-living plan.
The Budget proved there are options beyond the blunt tool of interest rates. Measures like rail fare caps should be the start, not the end of a targeted cost-of-living plan.
UK inflation rises for first time in five months to 3.4% in December
Bigger than forecast rise part-fuelled by air fare and food price rises suggests Bank of England will keep interest rates on hold in February
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:41 AM
This confirms what women already know: the cost-of-living crisis never went away. Rising food prices hit women first & worst.
The Budget proved there are options beyond the blunt tool of interest rates. Measures like rail fare caps should be the start, not the end of a targeted cost-of-living plan.
The Budget proved there are options beyond the blunt tool of interest rates. Measures like rail fare caps should be the start, not the end of a targeted cost-of-living plan.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“When an organisation's culture changes, you can often feel it or see it before you have words to describe what is unfolding.”
“When an organisation's culture changes, you can often feel it or see it before you have words to describe what is unfolding.”
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"Nor is this by any means all the beginning writer foresees. "
"Nor is this by any means all the beginning writer foresees. "
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"It pulls at my clothing and sometimes I feel I've got to pick it up, cuddle and kiss it."
"It pulls at my clothing and sometimes I feel I've got to pick it up, cuddle and kiss it."
January 21, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“When an organisation's culture changes, you can often feel it or see it before you have words to describe what is unfolding.”
“When an organisation's culture changes, you can often feel it or see it before you have words to describe what is unfolding.”
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We were pleased to support this important research. The report shows why people affected by issues must be involved in all stages of data work, and highlights major gaps in poverty and gendered poverty data. We look forward to continuing this work together.
Good intentions aren’t enough to understand poverty—good data matters. Our new interim report with the Centre for Public Data examines gaps in UK poverty data and their impact on policy and research.
Read more: rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Read more: rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Understanding poverty in the UK: the data gaps holding us back
rss.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 12:48 PM
We were pleased to support this important research. The report shows why people affected by issues must be involved in all stages of data work, and highlights major gaps in poverty and gendered poverty data. We look forward to continuing this work together.
Hello Arthur @snellarthur.bsky.social this is a very cheeky question re a book suggestion but you’re the one person I know (tho obviously know only from podcast listening!) - because of your past experience and current focus - who might be able to help…
January 20, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Hello Arthur @snellarthur.bsky.social this is a very cheeky question re a book suggestion but you’re the one person I know (tho obviously know only from podcast listening!) - because of your past experience and current focus - who might be able to help…
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel
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#MVAWG accounts for at least 15.8% of all recorded crime, has been declared a national threat and the Gov't has committed to halving this within 10 years.
In Making Policy Work for Women, we made several recommendations to Gov't📑➡️ bit.ly/FiLiA-Making-Policy-Work-For-Women
#16Days #16DaysOfActivism
In Making Policy Work for Women, we made several recommendations to Gov't📑➡️ bit.ly/FiLiA-Making-Policy-Work-For-Women
#16Days #16DaysOfActivism
December 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
#MVAWG accounts for at least 15.8% of all recorded crime, has been declared a national threat and the Gov't has committed to halving this within 10 years.
In Making Policy Work for Women, we made several recommendations to Gov't📑➡️ bit.ly/FiLiA-Making-Policy-Work-For-Women
#16Days #16DaysOfActivism
In Making Policy Work for Women, we made several recommendations to Gov't📑➡️ bit.ly/FiLiA-Making-Policy-Work-For-Women
#16Days #16DaysOfActivism
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Really looking forward to this. Spaces limited so book early! #UnionsForWomen #AnnieMills
Starved, Protested, Arrested: Unearthing Annie Mills at the Marx Memorial Library. Join us for a tour of the library & an archive workshop on this little-known activist of the National Unemployed Workers’ Movement.
🗓️ Wed 28th January 6pm
📍 Marx Memorial Library, London
🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiAAnnieMillsMML
🗓️ Wed 28th January 6pm
📍 Marx Memorial Library, London
🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiAAnnieMillsMML
December 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Really looking forward to this. Spaces limited so book early! #UnionsForWomen #AnnieMills
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“In the last year of the Conservative Government alone, 115 prisoners were released in error, including a series of serious offenders.
“At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC.”
“At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC.”
How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“In the last year of the Conservative Government alone, 115 prisoners were released in error, including a series of serious offenders.
“At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC.”
“At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC.”
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Q: What did Crick and Watson discover?
A: Rosalind Franklin's notes
A: Rosalind Franklin's notes
James Watson -- the Nobel laureate co-credited with the pivotal discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, but whose career was later tainted by his repeated racist remarks -- has died at 97
u.afp.com/SnZy
u.afp.com/SnZy
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Q: What did Crick and Watson discover?
A: Rosalind Franklin's notes
A: Rosalind Franklin's notes