Elanor K-R
@elanorellekr.bsky.social
Ellie, 34 - plant lady, book collector, ecologist-in-progress. Carpe diem, carpe noctem, carpe jugulum.
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The U.K. is a police state
July 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The U.K. is a police state
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Several studies have now established that Joe Rogan's podcast show is the leading source of false information about science and health care issues on social media today.
July 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Several studies have now established that Joe Rogan's podcast show is the leading source of false information about science and health care issues on social media today.
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More than 50 protesters across UK arrested for allegedly holding signs supporting Palestine Action www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
More than 50 protesters across UK arrested for allegedly holding signs supporting Palestine Action
‘Dozens’ arrested in Parliament Square on Saturday, with demonstrations across the UK prompting police action
www.theguardian.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
More than 50 protesters across UK arrested for allegedly holding signs supporting Palestine Action www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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ok late to this but it’s so messed up that men can be known, documented, public abusers and still get feted in this exact manner but famous women have to go into hibernation every 4-6 years otherwise one day everyone wakes up and is like you know what i can’t stand? this bitch’s face.
July 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
ok late to this but it’s so messed up that men can be known, documented, public abusers and still get feted in this exact manner but famous women have to go into hibernation every 4-6 years otherwise one day everyone wakes up and is like you know what i can’t stand? this bitch’s face.
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This is a constant thing in progressive leaning people.
“Well, workers shouldn’t BE tipped; they should make a living wage!”
“People shouldn’t be driving in cities.”
“Nobody should be shopping at or selling on Amazon.”
We don’t live in that world yet. Take steps to get there. Do what YOU can.
“Well, workers shouldn’t BE tipped; they should make a living wage!”
“People shouldn’t be driving in cities.”
“Nobody should be shopping at or selling on Amazon.”
We don’t live in that world yet. Take steps to get there. Do what YOU can.
"When we get UBI..."
OK, work on that first, then.
Because I see a lot more erosion of IP rights than I see useful movement on the "give everybody money" project.
Which makes me think y'all might not be on my side.
My side is the one where artists don't starve.
OK, work on that first, then.
Because I see a lot more erosion of IP rights than I see useful movement on the "give everybody money" project.
Which makes me think y'all might not be on my side.
My side is the one where artists don't starve.
June 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
This is a constant thing in progressive leaning people.
“Well, workers shouldn’t BE tipped; they should make a living wage!”
“People shouldn’t be driving in cities.”
“Nobody should be shopping at or selling on Amazon.”
We don’t live in that world yet. Take steps to get there. Do what YOU can.
“Well, workers shouldn’t BE tipped; they should make a living wage!”
“People shouldn’t be driving in cities.”
“Nobody should be shopping at or selling on Amazon.”
We don’t live in that world yet. Take steps to get there. Do what YOU can.
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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
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Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while…
www.propublica.org
June 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
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And if this isn't enough to convince you that Substack should be avoided at all costs, @angryblacklady.bsky.social is incredibly capable of sharing her list of reasons that will hopefully knock some sense into you.
June 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
And if this isn't enough to convince you that Substack should be avoided at all costs, @angryblacklady.bsky.social is incredibly capable of sharing her list of reasons that will hopefully knock some sense into you.
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Many disabled folks rely on powered devices to keep them alive. The extreme heat of summer often causes power outages, which kills disabled people.
This is a downstream devastation of climate change - and why climate justice is so important.
It’s the marginalized who will suffer the most.
This is a downstream devastation of climate change - and why climate justice is so important.
It’s the marginalized who will suffer the most.
People with disabilities will often be impacted harder & faster by extreme weather events.
Check on the disabled people in your life. See if they have contingency plans and include them in emergency preparedness.
The last power outage nearly sent me to hospital 🧵
Check on the disabled people in your life. See if they have contingency plans and include them in emergency preparedness.
The last power outage nearly sent me to hospital 🧵
Maps show the cities about to experience extreme humidity and heat
Humidity will soon surge to extreme levels across 40 states. Find out where there will be excessive heat and humidity — and how humidity patterns are changing.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Many disabled folks rely on powered devices to keep them alive. The extreme heat of summer often causes power outages, which kills disabled people.
This is a downstream devastation of climate change - and why climate justice is so important.
It’s the marginalized who will suffer the most.
This is a downstream devastation of climate change - and why climate justice is so important.
It’s the marginalized who will suffer the most.
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I will not buy your AI book,
I will not give its text a look
I will not share your AI art,
I will not share even a part
I will not play your AI game
I will not play it, feel some shame!
Use your soul and heart and head
And make us things to love, instead
#noAI
I will not give its text a look
I will not share your AI art,
I will not share even a part
I will not play your AI game
I will not play it, feel some shame!
Use your soul and heart and head
And make us things to love, instead
#noAI
June 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I will not buy your AI book,
I will not give its text a look
I will not share your AI art,
I will not share even a part
I will not play your AI game
I will not play it, feel some shame!
Use your soul and heart and head
And make us things to love, instead
#noAI
I will not give its text a look
I will not share your AI art,
I will not share even a part
I will not play your AI game
I will not play it, feel some shame!
Use your soul and heart and head
And make us things to love, instead
#noAI
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🚨NEWS🚨
Mapped: The worst-hit areas for PIP cuts as more than 1.3m could lose support under Labour’s plans
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Mapped: The worst-hit areas for PIP cuts as more than 1.3m could lose support under Labour’s plans
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
PIP cuts mapped: The worst-hit areas as more than 1.3m could lose support
Some of the UK’s most deprived areas stand to lose out the most, new data reveals
www.independent.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🚨NEWS🚨
Mapped: The worst-hit areas for PIP cuts as more than 1.3m could lose support under Labour’s plans
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Mapped: The worst-hit areas for PIP cuts as more than 1.3m could lose support under Labour’s plans
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Three years ago I got involved in a week long twitter spat with Katherine after pointing out that she had misattributed lines from a Budweiser beer commercial to Winston Churchill.
Wouldn't have been the end of days if it hadn't been written on the walls of her school.
Not a renowned fact checker.
Wouldn't have been the end of days if it hadn't been written on the walls of her school.
Not a renowned fact checker.
This is the second time this woman (“Britain’s strictest headteacher”) has claimed there’s a secret school in London she won’t name that has replaced Shakespeare with me. It’s complete bullshit of course but why’s she so obsessed with me
June 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Three years ago I got involved in a week long twitter spat with Katherine after pointing out that she had misattributed lines from a Budweiser beer commercial to Winston Churchill.
Wouldn't have been the end of days if it hadn't been written on the walls of her school.
Not a renowned fact checker.
Wouldn't have been the end of days if it hadn't been written on the walls of her school.
Not a renowned fact checker.
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Excited to announce that the ebook is now available directly from Jargonaut Press! Visit www.laurie-mather.co.uk to find out more.
June 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Excited to announce that the ebook is now available directly from Jargonaut Press! Visit www.laurie-mather.co.uk to find out more.
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We’ve leapt over a lot of red lines in the last week. But one I find most worrying is Trump/MAGA/ICE have ceased even pretending to claim some criminal pretext for cracking down on protected speech. It’s just straight up “if you criticize us, you’re getting throttled/arrested/disappeared.”
June 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We’ve leapt over a lot of red lines in the last week. But one I find most worrying is Trump/MAGA/ICE have ceased even pretending to claim some criminal pretext for cracking down on protected speech. It’s just straight up “if you criticize us, you’re getting throttled/arrested/disappeared.”
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I am begging people to stop using menstrual cycle apps.
The risks “go far beyond just targeted ads. When this data falls into the wrong hands, it can affect users’ job prospects and lead to workplace surveillance, health insurance discrimination, and cyberstalking. It has even been used to limit access to abortion in the U.S., the study warns.”
Period Data ‘Gold Mine’ Poses Serious Health and Safety Risks, Report Finds
A new report highlights the dangers of menstrual tracking apps, which collect data that could jeopardize the safety and wellbeing of people who menstruate.
gizmodo.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I am begging people to stop using menstrual cycle apps.
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Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
June 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
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This is how.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
June 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This is how.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
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I think a lot about how Aaron Swartz committed suicide while facing a probably long jail sentence for download some of JSTOR, but no one at Meta is going to face any repercussions for using all of Libgen to train its AI.
Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but.
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
June 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I think a lot about how Aaron Swartz committed suicide while facing a probably long jail sentence for download some of JSTOR, but no one at Meta is going to face any repercussions for using all of Libgen to train its AI.
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The BBC is still promoting Israel's lies - 20 months into the genocide.
Coverage of the aid massacres is another depraved case study in the biggest scandal of Western journalism of our time.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/bbc-promot...
Coverage of the aid massacres is another depraved case study in the biggest scandal of Western journalism of our time.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/bbc-promot...
June 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The BBC is still promoting Israel's lies - 20 months into the genocide.
Coverage of the aid massacres is another depraved case study in the biggest scandal of Western journalism of our time.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/bbc-promot...
Coverage of the aid massacres is another depraved case study in the biggest scandal of Western journalism of our time.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/bbc-promot...
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Ms. Rachel says she’ll keep advocating for children in Gaza, even if it means risking her career
Ms. Rachel says she’ll keep advocating for children in Gaza, even if it means risking her career
Ms. Rachel, whose full name is Rachel Accurso, made headlines in recent weeks for speaking out on her social media platforms about children living inside Gaza. Her comments have sparked backlash from ...
www.wbur.org
June 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Ms. Rachel says she’ll keep advocating for children in Gaza, even if it means risking her career
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UK military aid, arms, intelligence and decisions by government ministers have enabled Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
That’s why I’m proud to co-sponsor @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social’s bill for a full, independent public inquiry, like the one for the Iraq War. Truth matters. So does accountability.
That’s why I’m proud to co-sponsor @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social’s bill for a full, independent public inquiry, like the one for the Iraq War. Truth matters. So does accountability.
June 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
UK military aid, arms, intelligence and decisions by government ministers have enabled Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
That’s why I’m proud to co-sponsor @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social’s bill for a full, independent public inquiry, like the one for the Iraq War. Truth matters. So does accountability.
That’s why I’m proud to co-sponsor @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social’s bill for a full, independent public inquiry, like the one for the Iraq War. Truth matters. So does accountability.
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I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost
I worry that not enough of a big deal is being made about how long-term the devastation of these budget cuts to our scientific and health agencies will be, beyond the absolute ruin they will cause in the acute period.
June 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost
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If you like:
* grown up protagonists
* thrift shops and coffee shops
* a sprinkling of data science
* sweary fairies
* mythology and vengeance
then Somewhere To Be should be your next read!
www.amazon.co.uk/Somewhere-Be...
* grown up protagonists
* thrift shops and coffee shops
* a sprinkling of data science
* sweary fairies
* mythology and vengeance
then Somewhere To Be should be your next read!
www.amazon.co.uk/Somewhere-Be...
June 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If you like:
* grown up protagonists
* thrift shops and coffee shops
* a sprinkling of data science
* sweary fairies
* mythology and vengeance
then Somewhere To Be should be your next read!
www.amazon.co.uk/Somewhere-Be...
* grown up protagonists
* thrift shops and coffee shops
* a sprinkling of data science
* sweary fairies
* mythology and vengeance
then Somewhere To Be should be your next read!
www.amazon.co.uk/Somewhere-Be...