Grace Pengelly
@gracepengelly.bsky.social
writer/editor/raising a nation of squibs
www.gracepengelly.co.uk
www.gracepengelly.co.uk
I’ve written about the creative process and the experience of being edited over on my substack -> murmuration.substack.com/p/what-is-a-...
May 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I’ve written about the creative process and the experience of being edited over on my substack -> murmuration.substack.com/p/what-is-a-...
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Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
May 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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I’m sorry, but this woman is absolutely poisonous and cruel and I cannot *stand* her or her attacks on trans people. You should feel about her IP like you do about Tesla. This is appalling.
April 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I’m sorry, but this woman is absolutely poisonous and cruel and I cannot *stand* her or her attacks on trans people. You should feel about her IP like you do about Tesla. This is appalling.
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Supporting a ceasefire, justice & self-determination for Palestinians is - as Daniel Kebede said - a totally mainstream opinion in the UK
Yet anyone standing up for that position is accused of sympathising with terrorism in demonstrations of obvious, desperate & unrepresentative media bias #r4today
Yet anyone standing up for that position is accused of sympathising with terrorism in demonstrations of obvious, desperate & unrepresentative media bias #r4today
April 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Supporting a ceasefire, justice & self-determination for Palestinians is - as Daniel Kebede said - a totally mainstream opinion in the UK
Yet anyone standing up for that position is accused of sympathising with terrorism in demonstrations of obvious, desperate & unrepresentative media bias #r4today
Yet anyone standing up for that position is accused of sympathising with terrorism in demonstrations of obvious, desperate & unrepresentative media bias #r4today
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Awful interview with Daniel Kebede from the Education Union about accusations from bigot-baiter Farage about attending Palestine demos
Truly horrific how normal it has become for people to be interrogated like this for showing support for a people facing annihilation & erasure. #r4today
Truly horrific how normal it has become for people to be interrogated like this for showing support for a people facing annihilation & erasure. #r4today
April 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Awful interview with Daniel Kebede from the Education Union about accusations from bigot-baiter Farage about attending Palestine demos
Truly horrific how normal it has become for people to be interrogated like this for showing support for a people facing annihilation & erasure. #r4today
Truly horrific how normal it has become for people to be interrogated like this for showing support for a people facing annihilation & erasure. #r4today
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The creative industries generate £126bn for the UK economy. Creative workers deserve to be paid like all other workers. AI industry should pay them. Anything else is theft.
The five co-authors of this report on copyright, AI and the arts are all from the science and technology sectors. Not one artist or creator among them.
April 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The creative industries generate £126bn for the UK economy. Creative workers deserve to be paid like all other workers. AI industry should pay them. Anything else is theft.
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Arresting Quaker women for non-violent protest and breaking into a meeting house to do so. The first time anyone has been arrested in a meeting house in living memory. Despicable behaviour from a Labour government’s Home Office/the Met Police.
🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Arresting Quaker women for non-violent protest and breaking into a meeting house to do so. The first time anyone has been arrested in a meeting house in living memory. Despicable behaviour from a Labour government’s Home Office/the Met Police.
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On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?
March 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?
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Protestors met JD Vance in Vermont when he went to vacation there today. This is a good one:
March 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Protestors met JD Vance in Vermont when he went to vacation there today. This is a good one:
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A timely moment to remember that Donald Trump dodged the draft & JD Vance wondered a few short years ago whether he would turn out to be 'America's Hitler'...
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A timely moment to remember that Donald Trump dodged the draft & JD Vance wondered a few short years ago whether he would turn out to be 'America's Hitler'...
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I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.
February 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.
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A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that
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We can still show we stand with Ukraine stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...
Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit
Stop Trump Coalition
stoptrump.org.uk
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We can still show we stand with Ukraine stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...
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Kamala Harris told us exactly what was going to happen.
The Lincoln Project.
The Lincoln Project.
March 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Kamala Harris told us exactly what was going to happen.
The Lincoln Project.
The Lincoln Project.
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Very strange to see Trump slashing USAID — which everyone pointed out was explicitly destroying America’s soft power structures globally — and to respond by… slashing the British aid budget.
Starmer slashes aid to fund major increase in defence spending
Announcement prompts concerns that PM is pandering to US president and warnings over consequences of aid cuts
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Very strange to see Trump slashing USAID — which everyone pointed out was explicitly destroying America’s soft power structures globally — and to respond by… slashing the British aid budget.
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I like the closing line, "The paradise of fools is coming to an end. I do not hope for an apology or recantation. I just hope they do not take the rest of us down with them."
February 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I like the closing line, "The paradise of fools is coming to an end. I do not hope for an apology or recantation. I just hope they do not take the rest of us down with them."
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Radical publishing notion, right here: if your publishers are making a living from publishing and selling your books, then you, the author, should be making a living from writing them.
January 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Radical publishing notion, right here: if your publishers are making a living from publishing and selling your books, then you, the author, should be making a living from writing them.
I gave birth to a 9.5lb baby in my living room! How did I do it? Read today’s Murmuration to find out -> murmuration.substack.com/p/the-living...
January 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I gave birth to a 9.5lb baby in my living room! How did I do it? Read today’s Murmuration to find out -> murmuration.substack.com/p/the-living...
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So, to recap: the suggestion is: the UK creative industries grant open access to all their historic and future work and IP, without payment, to the brains behind a nascent industry that just tanked $1tn in a couple of hours. Sure. Seems great.
January 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
So, to recap: the suggestion is: the UK creative industries grant open access to all their historic and future work and IP, without payment, to the brains behind a nascent industry that just tanked $1tn in a couple of hours. Sure. Seems great.
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One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this -
Omar El Akkad
Order yours now! Coming soon with @canongate.co.uk
Omar El Akkad
Order yours now! Coming soon with @canongate.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this -
Omar El Akkad
Order yours now! Coming soon with @canongate.co.uk
Omar El Akkad
Order yours now! Coming soon with @canongate.co.uk
off for my monthly therapy sesh aka getting the car cleaned inside and out by the lovely turkish men
January 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
off for my monthly therapy sesh aka getting the car cleaned inside and out by the lovely turkish men
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The reason A.I. is being shoved down our throats is shareholders want a return on their investment. Every company that integrates this crappy tech into their products knows you don't want it, but they've sunk too much money into it and don't care. Turn it off, don't use it, don't look back.
January 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The reason A.I. is being shoved down our throats is shareholders want a return on their investment. Every company that integrates this crappy tech into their products knows you don't want it, but they've sunk too much money into it and don't care. Turn it off, don't use it, don't look back.
happy birthday to me 🙃
January 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
happy birthday to me 🙃