Chris H
@chrishof.bsky.social
She/her. Translator, LARPer, activist - not necessarily in that order
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate
*CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...
action.goodlawproject.org
February 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
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Citizenship stripping is racist
It damages the sense of belonging of British communities by making some people’s citizenship worth less than that of others.
Add your name if you agree that the UK government should abolish citizenship stripping.
secure.reprieve.org/page/162864/...
It damages the sense of belonging of British communities by making some people’s citizenship worth less than that of others.
Add your name if you agree that the UK government should abolish citizenship stripping.
secure.reprieve.org/page/162864/...
End Citizenship Stripping
Add your name today if you agree that the UK government should abolish citizenship stripping
secure.reprieve.org
December 12, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Citizenship stripping is racist
It damages the sense of belonging of British communities by making some people’s citizenship worth less than that of others.
Add your name if you agree that the UK government should abolish citizenship stripping.
secure.reprieve.org/page/162864/...
It damages the sense of belonging of British communities by making some people’s citizenship worth less than that of others.
Add your name if you agree that the UK government should abolish citizenship stripping.
secure.reprieve.org/page/162864/...
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If you believe puberty blockers are being wrong prescribed to confused, gender questioning children then surely the solution is more therapeutic support and guidance for gender questioning children, not no puberty blockers for trans kids???
December 12, 2024 at 7:49 PM
If you believe puberty blockers are being wrong prescribed to confused, gender questioning children then surely the solution is more therapeutic support and guidance for gender questioning children, not no puberty blockers for trans kids???
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Billy didn’t just do songs but also the social history behind them. It defies belief that the Manchester Guardian, the newspaper formed & forged in the labour movement, would have convened a meeting to eviscerate its organisation during a strike supported by 93% of its journalists
December 12, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Billy didn’t just do songs but also the social history behind them. It defies belief that the Manchester Guardian, the newspaper formed & forged in the labour movement, would have convened a meeting to eviscerate its organisation during a strike supported by 93% of its journalists
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Water profiteers get: £85bn in dividends. You get a 40% bill hike?!
We refuse to pay for their mess. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... 🧵
We refuse to pay for their mess. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... 🧵
84% Hike for Sewage in Rivers? Tell OFWAT: Enough is Enough!
On 19th December, OFWAT will announce one of the biggest water bill hikes in history.
Despite overwhelming public opposition, water bosses are pressuring our regulator to approve a staggering 40% ave...
actionnetwork.org
December 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Water profiteers get: £85bn in dividends. You get a 40% bill hike?!
We refuse to pay for their mess. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... 🧵
We refuse to pay for their mess. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... 🧵
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By far and away, my favourite thing about this spectacularly dumb post...
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
December 3, 2024 at 10:17 PM
By far and away, my favourite thing about this spectacularly dumb post...
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
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The European Federation of Journalists has announced they will 'stop publishing content on Elon Musk's platform X. We can no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.'
@efjeurope.bsky.social
@efjeurope.bsky.social
X-odus: @EFJEUROPE account will be frozen from 20 January 2025
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has decided it will no longer post content on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, from 20 January 2025, ...
europeanjournalists.org
November 29, 2024 at 4:14 PM
The European Federation of Journalists has announced they will 'stop publishing content on Elon Musk's platform X. We can no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.'
@efjeurope.bsky.social
@efjeurope.bsky.social
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🔥 The new EU General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) are set to create unique challenges for UK businesses and Northern Ireland’s place in the UK…
…coming into effect on Dec 13th.
…coming into effect on Dec 13th.
Post-Brexit GPSR rules: pulling another thread in the fabric of the UK
EU General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) are set to create unique challenges for UK businesses and Northern Ireland’s place in the UK
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 7:16 PM
🔥 The new EU General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) are set to create unique challenges for UK businesses and Northern Ireland’s place in the UK…
…coming into effect on Dec 13th.
…coming into effect on Dec 13th.
Facepalm moment
Wait, sorry, does Elon think that fentanyl is shipped here via legitimate channels and subject to tariffs? Does he think fentanyl is like soybeans?
November 27, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Facepalm moment
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Word of warning, don't rely only on social media for your news, as their management can tweak what you are seeing. Hopefully with Bluesky it will be different, but please don't rely on that either. Go check real news websites, too.
People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change
November 27, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Word of warning, don't rely only on social media for your news, as their management can tweak what you are seeing. Hopefully with Bluesky it will be different, but please don't rely on that either. Go check real news websites, too.
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Since 2016, there have been 3 elections, 6 PMs, and 4 different Brexit deals, none of which the Brexiters like.
Yet the same Brexiters who said voting on those deals would break democracy, want another election, because they don't like the result of the one 4 months ago.
These people are toddlers.
Yet the same Brexiters who said voting on those deals would break democracy, want another election, because they don't like the result of the one 4 months ago.
These people are toddlers.
November 25, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Since 2016, there have been 3 elections, 6 PMs, and 4 different Brexit deals, none of which the Brexiters like.
Yet the same Brexiters who said voting on those deals would break democracy, want another election, because they don't like the result of the one 4 months ago.
These people are toddlers.
Yet the same Brexiters who said voting on those deals would break democracy, want another election, because they don't like the result of the one 4 months ago.
These people are toddlers.
This is a very important thread to read.
1/ 🚨 Conspiracy theories about the 2024 election miss the bigger picture.
The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention.
Here’s how they did it... 🧵
The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention.
Here’s how they did it... 🧵
November 25, 2024 at 8:59 AM
This is a very important thread to read.
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Well this seems bad.
November 23, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Well this seems bad.
This is horrendous. We can't allow the far right mob to intimidate venues.
And it sounds awfully similar to the 1920s...
And it sounds awfully similar to the 1920s...
Worth reading in full to see how bad things have become. Looks like it might become a standard tactic for stuff that the far right notices. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Anti-racism campaigner’s London book events cancelled amid threat of far-right violence
Freedom of speech groups alarmed after events to promote book by Hope Not Hate employee are called off
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:02 AM
This is horrendous. We can't allow the far right mob to intimidate venues.
And it sounds awfully similar to the 1920s...
And it sounds awfully similar to the 1920s...
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Large parts of adult social care in England face collapse, thinktank says.
The budget blamed but there are other factors.
Massive real cut in local govt funding since 2010.
Privatisation: 30%-40% of money vanishes in profits. Money buys less.
End Privatisation
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
The budget blamed but there are other factors.
Massive real cut in local govt funding since 2010.
Privatisation: 30%-40% of money vanishes in profits. Money buys less.
End Privatisation
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Large parts of adult social care market in England face collapse, thinktank warns
Sector will have extra £2.8bn cost burden from April due to tax and wage rises announced in budget, says Nuffield Trust
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:55 AM
Large parts of adult social care in England face collapse, thinktank says.
The budget blamed but there are other factors.
Massive real cut in local govt funding since 2010.
Privatisation: 30%-40% of money vanishes in profits. Money buys less.
End Privatisation
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
The budget blamed but there are other factors.
Massive real cut in local govt funding since 2010.
Privatisation: 30%-40% of money vanishes in profits. Money buys less.
End Privatisation
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Great to see the government taking disinformation and its impact seriously
✍️ sign our petition: Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
✍️ sign our petition: Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
November 20, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Great to see the government taking disinformation and its impact seriously
✍️ sign our petition: Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
✍️ sign our petition: Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election.
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
November 23, 2024 at 1:29 AM
One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election.
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
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Yesss! In Feb I’m returning to Jorvik for the Viking Fringe Festival, with my show ‘Dark Norse - Tales from the shadows of the Vikings’. Tickets already on sale. Details here: www.facebook.com/events/12946...
#jorvik #viking #NorseMythology #StorytellingForGrownUps
#jorvik #viking #NorseMythology #StorytellingForGrownUps
November 21, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Yesss! In Feb I’m returning to Jorvik for the Viking Fringe Festival, with my show ‘Dark Norse - Tales from the shadows of the Vikings’. Tickets already on sale. Details here: www.facebook.com/events/12946...
#jorvik #viking #NorseMythology #StorytellingForGrownUps
#jorvik #viking #NorseMythology #StorytellingForGrownUps
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1. The difference so far (and for god's sake let's keep it that way) between X and Bluesky is not between right and left but between abuse and respect.
A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean?
A short thread.🧵
A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean?
A short thread.🧵
November 21, 2024 at 7:54 AM
1. The difference so far (and for god's sake let's keep it that way) between X and Bluesky is not between right and left but between abuse and respect.
A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean?
A short thread.🧵
A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean?
A short thread.🧵
A picture of my cat Fluffy relaxing on the sofa as an antidote to all my political posts...
November 20, 2024 at 7:19 PM
A picture of my cat Fluffy relaxing on the sofa as an antidote to all my political posts...
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Andrew Tate got banned from Bluesky in less than one day.
Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.
Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.
November 19, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Andrew Tate got banned from Bluesky in less than one day.
Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.
Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.