Calisnenath
@calisnenath.bsky.social
Swindon resident. Lefty inclusive evangelical CofE/Methodist Christian ✝️. IT professional. Give me classical music 🎶🎶 plants🌾🌿 gin or wine 🍷 books 📚 and food 🍜🧀 and I'm happy 😁Sings with Cantores.net chamber choir. Purple 💜 LGBTQIA+ ally 🌈🌈 Woke and proud.
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I can think of 101 reasons we need a #WealthTaxNow yet I can't think of even one disadvantage.
“Oxfam’s latest inequality report showed that the total wealth of UK billionaires increased by £35mn per day in 2024. Increasing taxes on the super-rich through a modest wealth tax could generate an estimated £24bn a year.”
Labour’s disability benefit cuts betray the vulnerable—fairer alternatives exist
Labour's £5bn disability benefit cuts hurt the most vulnerable. Fairer options, like a wealth tax, could fund support without harm
northeastbylines.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I can think of 101 reasons we need a #WealthTaxNow yet I can't think of even one disadvantage.
And this is why I'm doing my current job. THIS.
Notwithstanding what I think may be a couple of transcription errors, this speech by Darren Jones on use of technology in Treasury is a very good speech. He sounds like he knows what he's talking about and that he understands why he's saying what he's saying www.gov.uk/government/s...
Darren Jones speech to Institute for Government
In a speech at the Institute for Government today, Darren Jones laid out his plans to transform and upgrade the government’s central finance system.
www.gov.uk
March 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
And this is why I'm doing my current job. THIS.
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For Palestinians being killed and the future of human rights, we must keep calling out our Government’s complicity in this genocide.
The UK has now issued more new arms licences than it pitifully suspended last year.
Israel's violation of international law is our violation of international law.
The UK has now issued more new arms licences than it pitifully suspended last year.
Israel's violation of international law is our violation of international law.
March 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
For Palestinians being killed and the future of human rights, we must keep calling out our Government’s complicity in this genocide.
The UK has now issued more new arms licences than it pitifully suspended last year.
Israel's violation of international law is our violation of international law.
The UK has now issued more new arms licences than it pitifully suspended last year.
Israel's violation of international law is our violation of international law.
Saw this and thought of @bertsbooks.bsky.social Bert needs a rolling ladder......
March 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Saw this and thought of @bertsbooks.bsky.social Bert needs a rolling ladder......
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As the Daily Mail reports today, beavers protect farmland from flooding. But the Telegraph reports wild beaver release as ‘a new front against farmers.’ Once again attacking natural solutions.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
Labour backs release of beavers in new front against farmers
Campaigners fear dams created by the animals will cause flooding of fields used to grow crops and damage trees
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
As the Daily Mail reports today, beavers protect farmland from flooding. But the Telegraph reports wild beaver release as ‘a new front against farmers.’ Once again attacking natural solutions.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
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January 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Annaliese Dodds has made a principled decision to step down from her role following Starmer's move to cut foreign aid to fund defence spending.
Like her, I believe withdrawing from humanitarian commitments is both cruel, counterproductive, and short-sighted.
Like her, I believe withdrawing from humanitarian commitments is both cruel, counterproductive, and short-sighted.
February 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Annaliese Dodds has made a principled decision to step down from her role following Starmer's move to cut foreign aid to fund defence spending.
Like her, I believe withdrawing from humanitarian commitments is both cruel, counterproductive, and short-sighted.
Like her, I believe withdrawing from humanitarian commitments is both cruel, counterproductive, and short-sighted.
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Are you responsible for looking after a listed church? Could you spare 15-20 minutes to complete a survey?
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has commissioned research on the repair and maintenance of historic places of worship.
dioceseofyork.org.uk/lpow-survey
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has commissioned research on the repair and maintenance of historic places of worship.
dioceseofyork.org.uk/lpow-survey
Feedback Sought: Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme - Diocese of York
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has commissioned research on the repair and maintenance of historic places of worship.
dioceseofyork.org.uk
February 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Are you responsible for looking after a listed church? Could you spare 15-20 minutes to complete a survey?
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has commissioned research on the repair and maintenance of historic places of worship.
dioceseofyork.org.uk/lpow-survey
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has commissioned research on the repair and maintenance of historic places of worship.
dioceseofyork.org.uk/lpow-survey
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The late, great Janey was right
March 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The late, great Janey was right
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american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit
March 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit
@rachic11.bsky.social spied this and thought of you! jonny-baker.com/2025/02/laby...
labyrinth 25 years on! – Jonny Baker blog
jonny-baker.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
@rachic11.bsky.social spied this and thought of you! jonny-baker.com/2025/02/laby...
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Who is responsible for this? 🤣
February 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Who is responsible for this? 🤣
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At the stonewall monument rn
February 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
At the stonewall monument rn
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We live in a country where the richest 1% control 70% of the wealth.
➡️Endless growth won't bring down your bills; we need to redistribute wealth to the working class.
🟢Scottish Greens would introduce a wealth tax, delivering £70bn for our public services.
➡️Endless growth won't bring down your bills; we need to redistribute wealth to the working class.
🟢Scottish Greens would introduce a wealth tax, delivering £70bn for our public services.
February 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Incredible.
Badenoch: “The govt is recruiting a new chief inspector of borders, who lives in Finland & wants to WFH, this is not serious”
Starmer: “He was appointed in 2019 by the last govt, he then worked from Finland. He’ll now be working from the UK full time”
#PMQs #PoliticsLive
Starmer: “He was appointed in 2019 by the last govt, he then worked from Finland. He’ll now be working from the UK full time”
#PMQs #PoliticsLive
February 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Incredible.
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A reminder that God loves you unconditionally, no strings attached - today and every day ❤️
February 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A reminder that God loves you unconditionally, no strings attached - today and every day ❤️
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This Feb we’re celebrating love. It’s #LGBTHistoryMonth too, and at Greenbelt we’ve been honoured to welcome incredible people who’ve stood for love—from Peter Tatchell to Mpho Tutu van Furth. Their stories remind us that love, like hope, isn’t just a feeling. It’s a practice. It’s in the making.
February 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This Feb we’re celebrating love. It’s #LGBTHistoryMonth too, and at Greenbelt we’ve been honoured to welcome incredible people who’ve stood for love—from Peter Tatchell to Mpho Tutu van Furth. Their stories remind us that love, like hope, isn’t just a feeling. It’s a practice. It’s in the making.
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The Green Energy Transition is not just a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
It must also be a transition of power from corporations to the people.
I’m glad that Shetland Islands Council is being bold in this regard.
It must also be a transition of power from corporations to the people.
I’m glad that Shetland Islands Council is being bold in this regard.
February 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Green Energy Transition is not just a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
It must also be a transition of power from corporations to the people.
I’m glad that Shetland Islands Council is being bold in this regard.
It must also be a transition of power from corporations to the people.
I’m glad that Shetland Islands Council is being bold in this regard.
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There is an alternative⬇️
join.greenparty.org.uk
join.greenparty.org.uk
February 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
There is an alternative⬇️
join.greenparty.org.uk
join.greenparty.org.uk
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This should be changed asap.
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation - Free Movement
There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is here) that have the
freemovement.org.uk
February 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This should be changed asap.
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
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✈️ In the teeth of a climate emergency, the company that runs Bristol Airport wants to expand it – AGAIN. ✈️
Carla Denyer MP and Bristol Green Party councillors have condemned the proposals in the strongest possible terms, calling it “tone-deaf and reckless”
Carla Denyer MP and Bristol Green Party councillors have condemned the proposals in the strongest possible terms, calling it “tone-deaf and reckless”
February 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
✈️ In the teeth of a climate emergency, the company that runs Bristol Airport wants to expand it – AGAIN. ✈️
Carla Denyer MP and Bristol Green Party councillors have condemned the proposals in the strongest possible terms, calling it “tone-deaf and reckless”
Carla Denyer MP and Bristol Green Party councillors have condemned the proposals in the strongest possible terms, calling it “tone-deaf and reckless”
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Thought I’d give this another push. Thanks to all of you who have read and found something of interest in it.
I’ve written a column for US magazine The Christian Century for several years. My latest is about what cherishing #trans lives might look like through a theological lens. It’s a passionate, furious piece as such times as these require. Do share:
www.christiancentury.org/voices/what-...
www.christiancentury.org/voices/what-...
What can the church offer trans people right now?
Baptism and Eucharist should rework all of our ideas about...
www.christiancentury.org
January 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Thought I’d give this another push. Thanks to all of you who have read and found something of interest in it.
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So what did @churchofengland.org #Synod vote for on Safeguarding?
We voted for Option 4
We know it will take some time so put Option 3 in place straight away.
We are aiming for Mars but to ensure we get there we’ll travel to the moon first.
Not the headline I’d wanted but not the end of the story
We voted for Option 4
We know it will take some time so put Option 3 in place straight away.
We are aiming for Mars but to ensure we get there we’ll travel to the moon first.
Not the headline I’d wanted but not the end of the story
February 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
So what did @churchofengland.org #Synod vote for on Safeguarding?
We voted for Option 4
We know it will take some time so put Option 3 in place straight away.
We are aiming for Mars but to ensure we get there we’ll travel to the moon first.
Not the headline I’d wanted but not the end of the story
We voted for Option 4
We know it will take some time so put Option 3 in place straight away.
We are aiming for Mars but to ensure we get there we’ll travel to the moon first.
Not the headline I’d wanted but not the end of the story