Fran
@fran-g.bsky.social
freelance digital strategist, helping non profits create audience-centred strategies. https://www.fran-digital.org
#FreePalestine🇵🇸 🍉
societal challenger. intersectional feminist. environmentalist. 🏳️🌈
Trustee @goodnightout.bsky.social
#FreePalestine🇵🇸 🍉
societal challenger. intersectional feminist. environmentalist. 🏳️🌈
Trustee @goodnightout.bsky.social
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"The Supreme Court can kid itself all it likes about this decision not being bad for trans people. Trans people know it is the latest savage blow against a community that is already reeling"
- @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social for the Independent
www.independent.co.uk/voices/trans...
- @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social for the Independent
www.independent.co.uk/voices/trans...
We left it to the Supreme Court to decide ‘what a woman is’ – they chose wrong
The Supreme Court’s decision regarding trans women has made me ashamed of my profession – and ashamed of what our law has become, writes Good Law Project founder Jolyon Maugham KC
www.independent.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"The Supreme Court can kid itself all it likes about this decision not being bad for trans people. Trans people know it is the latest savage blow against a community that is already reeling"
- @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social for the Independent
www.independent.co.uk/voices/trans...
- @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social for the Independent
www.independent.co.uk/voices/trans...
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BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
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We’re recruiting! Please share! 🗣️
We’re looking for a freelance project coordinator to help produce the Nightlife Navigator: a global, open-access online library of policies and resources: www.goodnightoutcampaign.org/jobs/
We’re looking for a freelance project coordinator to help produce the Nightlife Navigator: a global, open-access online library of policies and resources: www.goodnightoutcampaign.org/jobs/
March 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We’re recruiting! Please share! 🗣️
We’re looking for a freelance project coordinator to help produce the Nightlife Navigator: a global, open-access online library of policies and resources: www.goodnightoutcampaign.org/jobs/
We’re looking for a freelance project coordinator to help produce the Nightlife Navigator: a global, open-access online library of policies and resources: www.goodnightoutcampaign.org/jobs/
Absolutely horrifying and heartbreaking.
This is what this country does to people fleeing persecution now. Literally leaving them to rot. I just can't. 💔💔
hyphenonline.com/2025/02/17/m...
This is what this country does to people fleeing persecution now. Literally leaving them to rot. I just can't. 💔💔
hyphenonline.com/2025/02/17/m...
Iranian asylum seeker lay dead for up to four months while wearing ankle tag
Mehrab Omrani’s case sparks calls from cross-party MPs for government to review plan to expand use of Clearsprings ‘dispersal accommodation’
hyphenonline.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Absolutely horrifying and heartbreaking.
This is what this country does to people fleeing persecution now. Literally leaving them to rot. I just can't. 💔💔
hyphenonline.com/2025/02/17/m...
This is what this country does to people fleeing persecution now. Literally leaving them to rot. I just can't. 💔💔
hyphenonline.com/2025/02/17/m...
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A horrific case, raising more serious questions about the companies running asylum accommodation.
Why are these companies allowed to keep extracting huge profits from services whilst failing in their duty of care and presiding over a litany of failings?
Why are these companies allowed to keep extracting huge profits from services whilst failing in their duty of care and presiding over a litany of failings?
Iranian asylum seeker lay dead for up to four months while wearing ankle tag
Mehrab Omrani’s case sparks calls from cross-party MPs for government to review plan to expand use of Clearsprings ‘dispersal accommodation’
buff.ly
February 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A horrific case, raising more serious questions about the companies running asylum accommodation.
Why are these companies allowed to keep extracting huge profits from services whilst failing in their duty of care and presiding over a litany of failings?
Why are these companies allowed to keep extracting huge profits from services whilst failing in their duty of care and presiding over a litany of failings?
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As explained in article below, rather than combatting exploitation, immigration raids actually increase the precarity of people's positions, and can lead to greater levels of trafficking. Labour's latest push on raids is counterproductive, and puts people at more risk.
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
Immigration raids make victims of trafficking more vulnerable. This is what the government should do instead
Rhetoric and policies around increased immigration raids may sound like a sensible approach to tackling exploitation and gangs, but the reality is very different.
www.lbc.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
As explained in article below, rather than combatting exploitation, immigration raids actually increase the precarity of people's positions, and can lead to greater levels of trafficking. Labour's latest push on raids is counterproductive, and puts people at more risk.
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
Thank you, Sheffield Jews Against Israeli Apartheid.
"to focus exclusively on its impact on Jewish people and the eradication of Jewish communities, without learning from what it has in common with other racial persecutions and genocides, diminishes the universal significance of the Holocaust"
"to focus exclusively on its impact on Jewish people and the eradication of Jewish communities, without learning from what it has in common with other racial persecutions and genocides, diminishes the universal significance of the Holocaust"
This Holocaust Memorial Day, 'never again' must mean never again for anyone
Three members of local anti-apartheid campaign Sheffield Jews Against Israeli Apartheid share their personal perspectives on Gaza, Israel, and Holocaust Memorial Day.
nowthenmagazine.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thank you, Sheffield Jews Against Israeli Apartheid.
"to focus exclusively on its impact on Jewish people and the eradication of Jewish communities, without learning from what it has in common with other racial persecutions and genocides, diminishes the universal significance of the Holocaust"
"to focus exclusively on its impact on Jewish people and the eradication of Jewish communities, without learning from what it has in common with other racial persecutions and genocides, diminishes the universal significance of the Holocaust"
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Israel is back pedalling on the ceasefire deal it signed but not in the mass killings of Palestinian civilians. By not reining in Netanyahu, his US-EU sponsors are accelerating the West's loss of credibility & soft power everywhere www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
At least 70 Palestinians killed in Gaza airstrikes as Israeli cabinet delays meeting to agree ceasefire – live
Final sign-off for ceasefire deal delayed after Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Hamas of ‘reneging’ on parts of agreement
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Israel is back pedalling on the ceasefire deal it signed but not in the mass killings of Palestinian civilians. By not reining in Netanyahu, his US-EU sponsors are accelerating the West's loss of credibility & soft power everywhere www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Now that a ceasefire has been agreed to in Gaza, the bombs will stop falling, and the world will breathe a sigh of relief. Yet, for those of us who survived, the war hasn’t ended—it has merely transformed.
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/the-gaza-ceasefire-will-not-cure-the-wounds-of-genocide/
#Pa…
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/the-gaza-ceasefire-will-not-cure-the-wounds-of-genocide/
#Pa…
The Gaza ceasefire will not cure the wounds of genocide
Now that a ceasefire has been agreed to in Gaza, the bombs will stop falling, and the world will breathe a sigh of relief. Yet, for those of us who survived, the war hasn’t ended—it has merely transformed.
mondoweiss.net
January 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Now that a ceasefire has been agreed to in Gaza, the bombs will stop falling, and the world will breathe a sigh of relief. Yet, for those of us who survived, the war hasn’t ended—it has merely transformed.
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/the-gaza-ceasefire-will-not-cure-the-wounds-of-genocide/
#Pa…
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/the-gaza-ceasefire-will-not-cure-the-wounds-of-genocide/
#Pa…
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Israel is blocking the UN from investigating claims of sexual violence on October 7 because they’re worried it might lead to an investigation into all the sexual violence the IDF is currently inflicting on Palestinians they kidnapped from Gaza.
Israel blocks UN Hamas sexual crimes probe to avoid inquiry into abuse of Palestinians
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www.haaretz.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Israel is blocking the UN from investigating claims of sexual violence on October 7 because they’re worried it might lead to an investigation into all the sexual violence the IDF is currently inflicting on Palestinians they kidnapped from Gaza.
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This gang of sex abusers preyed on young children in Walsall, and got away with it for years. What could possibly explain the failure by Nigel Farage, Elon Musk and the Tories to call for a public inquiry about it?
January 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This gang of sex abusers preyed on young children in Walsall, and got away with it for years. What could possibly explain the failure by Nigel Farage, Elon Musk and the Tories to call for a public inquiry about it?
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Damascus has been liberated. Syria is free of the Assad regime.
I can’t process anything.
After 54 years of the Assad family holding Syrians hostage - we are free.
I can’t process anything.
After 54 years of the Assad family holding Syrians hostage - we are free.
December 8, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Damascus has been liberated. Syria is free of the Assad regime.
I can’t process anything.
After 54 years of the Assad family holding Syrians hostage - we are free.
I can’t process anything.
After 54 years of the Assad family holding Syrians hostage - we are free.
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Ibrahima Bah is a teenage asylum seeker from Senegal who is being imprisoned in the UK. In December 2022, he was steering a dinghy that broke apart in the Channel. Very sadly, four people drowned, and five are still 'missing at sea'.
November 22, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Ibrahima Bah is a teenage asylum seeker from Senegal who is being imprisoned in the UK. In December 2022, he was steering a dinghy that broke apart in the Channel. Very sadly, four people drowned, and five are still 'missing at sea'.
Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
Israel's Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza Revealed Through Evidence and Analysis
YouTube video by Amnesty International
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
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You stop exploitation of migrants by targeting the exploitation not the migration. That means minimum wage and labour market enforcement & giving migrants rights so they’re not scared to report employers.
Otherwise you’re just helping shitty employers scare their workers into keeping quiet.
Otherwise you’re just helping shitty employers scare their workers into keeping quiet.
It would be great if, just for once, we had a government focused more on protecting people than enforcement. These "crackdowns" have minimal overall impact on majority of businesses affected. They specifically hit workers, who often are already being exploited 1/6
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Firms illegally employing workers in UK face 'stronger' action, says Yvette Cooper
The Home Secretary admitted some of the pull-factors attracting people to risk their lives crossing the Channel in ‘small boats’ needed to be tackled
www.standard.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 9:15 AM
You stop exploitation of migrants by targeting the exploitation not the migration. That means minimum wage and labour market enforcement & giving migrants rights so they’re not scared to report employers.
Otherwise you’re just helping shitty employers scare their workers into keeping quiet.
Otherwise you’re just helping shitty employers scare their workers into keeping quiet.
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🔥 Why is the ICC ruling so important?
Because all members of the ICC are now obliged to arrest Netanyahu if he sets foot on their soil.
Those countries include UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Canada, Australia, NZ… over 120 nations.
In “the West” it’s only the US which is the exception.
November 21, 2024 at 3:07 PM
🔥 Why is the ICC ruling so important?
Because all members of the ICC are now obliged to arrest Netanyahu if he sets foot on their soil.
Those countries include UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Canada, Australia, NZ… over 120 nations.
In “the West” it’s only the US which is the exception.
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“This is a watershed event in the history of international justice. The ICC has never, in over 21 years, indicted a pro-Western official. Indeed, no international court since World War II has done so."
Our story on the ICC warrant just issued for Netanyahu:
www.dropsitenews.com/p/icc-netany...
Our story on the ICC warrant just issued for Netanyahu:
www.dropsitenews.com/p/icc-netany...
The International Criminal Court Issues 'Watershed' Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, for War Crimes in Gaza
The court rejected arguments by the U.S. and Israel that the ICC does not have jurisdiction, subjecting the officials to potential arrest in 124 countries
www.dropsitenews.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:13 PM
“This is a watershed event in the history of international justice. The ICC has never, in over 21 years, indicted a pro-Western official. Indeed, no international court since World War II has done so."
Our story on the ICC warrant just issued for Netanyahu:
www.dropsitenews.com/p/icc-netany...
Our story on the ICC warrant just issued for Netanyahu:
www.dropsitenews.com/p/icc-netany...
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The e-Visa scheme could create a digital Windrush scandal.
By the end of 2024, proof of the right to be in the UK will be fully digitalised.
Up to 4 million migrants will be at risk of being unable to prove their status offline.
The Home Office must follow the recommendations in our report.
By the end of 2024, proof of the right to be in the UK will be fully digitalised.
Up to 4 million migrants will be at risk of being unable to prove their status offline.
The Home Office must follow the recommendations in our report.
November 17, 2024 at 11:35 AM
The e-Visa scheme could create a digital Windrush scandal.
By the end of 2024, proof of the right to be in the UK will be fully digitalised.
Up to 4 million migrants will be at risk of being unable to prove their status offline.
The Home Office must follow the recommendations in our report.
By the end of 2024, proof of the right to be in the UK will be fully digitalised.
Up to 4 million migrants will be at risk of being unable to prove their status offline.
The Home Office must follow the recommendations in our report.
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Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own.
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
November 18, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own.
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
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With farm owners protesting today over the prospect of paying a highly discounted inheritence tax, I'm sure you've seen quotes about how they "feed the nation".
But nobody is talking about the migrant workers who actually pick the crops on horticulture farms, so here's a short thread about them.
But nobody is talking about the migrant workers who actually pick the crops on horticulture farms, so here's a short thread about them.
November 19, 2024 at 8:59 AM
With farm owners protesting today over the prospect of paying a highly discounted inheritence tax, I'm sure you've seen quotes about how they "feed the nation".
But nobody is talking about the migrant workers who actually pick the crops on horticulture farms, so here's a short thread about them.
But nobody is talking about the migrant workers who actually pick the crops on horticulture farms, so here's a short thread about them.
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Palestinian journalists and media outlets aren't on BlueSky — and might not move here — so pleading this platform to not let a genocide become background noise amid the fun-new-club vibes
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Israel accused of crimes against humanity over forced displacement in Gaza
Human Rights Watch says it has evidence that suggests ‘the war crime of forcible transfer’ of civilians
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Palestinian journalists and media outlets aren't on BlueSky — and might not move here — so pleading this platform to not let a genocide become background noise amid the fun-new-club vibes
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Love to see this, big up the couple in India
November 13, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Love to see this, big up the couple in India
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November 11, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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Twitter has lost nearly one-fifth of its daily active user base in the U.S. and a whopping one-third in the UK. mashable.com/article/elon...
Elon Musk's X is losing users in the U.S., UK, and EU. X's own data proves it.
The former Twitter continues its decline under Musk.
mashable.com
November 10, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Twitter has lost nearly one-fifth of its daily active user base in the U.S. and a whopping one-third in the UK. mashable.com/article/elon...