Hell's Granny
@hellsgrannie.bsky.social
Not quite a granny yet, but always ready to raise hell.
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A history of the sexual liberation movement in Ireland. The road to marriage equality, and the seismic change of recent times, was built on foundations laid by feminist and queer activists in the 1970s, writes Mary McAuliffe of UCD www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
A history of the sexual liberation movement in Ireland
The road to marriage equality, and the seismic change of recent times, was built on foundations laid by feminist and queer activists in the 1970s
www.rte.ie
May 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A history of the sexual liberation movement in Ireland. The road to marriage equality, and the seismic change of recent times, was built on foundations laid by feminist and queer activists in the 1970s, writes Mary McAuliffe of UCD www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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If you’ve survived sexual violence more than once, the justice system might use that against you.
The use of so-called ‘victim bad character’ evidence is harming survivors.
Join our campaign #BadExperiencesNotBadCharacter to help us change the law.
👉: bit.ly/4moP4KD
The use of so-called ‘victim bad character’ evidence is harming survivors.
Join our campaign #BadExperiencesNotBadCharacter to help us change the law.
👉: bit.ly/4moP4KD
May 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
If you’ve survived sexual violence more than once, the justice system might use that against you.
The use of so-called ‘victim bad character’ evidence is harming survivors.
Join our campaign #BadExperiencesNotBadCharacter to help us change the law.
👉: bit.ly/4moP4KD
The use of so-called ‘victim bad character’ evidence is harming survivors.
Join our campaign #BadExperiencesNotBadCharacter to help us change the law.
👉: bit.ly/4moP4KD
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How can we better approach the histories of Indigenous peoples?
Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.
www.historyworkshop....
Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.
www.historyworkshop....
Indigenous Historical Practices
Delve into Indigenous history with our History Workshop series, highlighting complex systems of historical knowledge and their significance.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
May 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
How can we better approach the histories of Indigenous peoples?
Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.
www.historyworkshop....
Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.
www.historyworkshop....
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When do Boris Johnson and friends face consequences for corruption that led to negligent homicide? Imagine turning down the Crick Institute, whose furloughed staff were willing to volunteer their time, to pay consultants at freaking Deloitte to manage not-yet-established private labs in a pandemic.
Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
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The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
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May 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
When do Boris Johnson and friends face consequences for corruption that led to negligent homicide? Imagine turning down the Crick Institute, whose furloughed staff were willing to volunteer their time, to pay consultants at freaking Deloitte to manage not-yet-established private labs in a pandemic.
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University archive and special collections under threat of closure. Please sign and share chng.it/CyX7GDL6yQ
Sign the Petition
SAVE YOUR ARCHIVE / ACHUBWCH EICH ARCHIFDY
chng.it
May 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
University archive and special collections under threat of closure. Please sign and share chng.it/CyX7GDL6yQ
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Thames Water paid lawyers £1,400 an hour despite threat of collapse
Paying £200m a year to advisers and consultants.
Cost passed to customers. Interest on £21bn debt pile passed to customers. One-third of bill covers interest. Execs get bonuses.
End abuses. Nationalise.
archive.ph/k9LC7
Paying £200m a year to advisers and consultants.
Cost passed to customers. Interest on £21bn debt pile passed to customers. One-third of bill covers interest. Execs get bonuses.
End abuses. Nationalise.
archive.ph/k9LC7
Thames Water paid lawyers £1,400 an hour despite threat of collapse
Final bill for utilities giant’s restructuring could exceed £200m
www.telegraph.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Thames Water paid lawyers £1,400 an hour despite threat of collapse
Paying £200m a year to advisers and consultants.
Cost passed to customers. Interest on £21bn debt pile passed to customers. One-third of bill covers interest. Execs get bonuses.
End abuses. Nationalise.
archive.ph/k9LC7
Paying £200m a year to advisers and consultants.
Cost passed to customers. Interest on £21bn debt pile passed to customers. One-third of bill covers interest. Execs get bonuses.
End abuses. Nationalise.
archive.ph/k9LC7
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UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, 34m people.
16m people live in poverty. Average real wage unchanged since 2008.
Rich buy political parties and legislators; weaken democracy; pollute more.
Must reduce inequalities, redistribute. Tax the rich.
16m people live in poverty. Average real wage unchanged since 2008.
Rich buy political parties and legislators; weaken democracy; pollute more.
Must reduce inequalities, redistribute. Tax the rich.
UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds
Equality Trust says billionaires getting ‘ludicrously’ richer, with top two now wealthier than whole of 1990 rich list
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, 34m people.
16m people live in poverty. Average real wage unchanged since 2008.
Rich buy political parties and legislators; weaken democracy; pollute more.
Must reduce inequalities, redistribute. Tax the rich.
16m people live in poverty. Average real wage unchanged since 2008.
Rich buy political parties and legislators; weaken democracy; pollute more.
Must reduce inequalities, redistribute. Tax the rich.
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Please could you follow EveryDoctor? We are starting a movement for the NHS… IT’S TIME 💙💙💙
HELLO BLUESKY! We're fed up of what politicians are doing to the NHS. The media is mostly complicit in what they're doing too.
So...we've decided to start a mass movement of people to fight for the NHS, its patients and staff. Who's in? Please could you follow us? We have no time to lose...💙
So...we've decided to start a mass movement of people to fight for the NHS, its patients and staff. Who's in? Please could you follow us? We have no time to lose...💙
May 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Please could you follow EveryDoctor? We are starting a movement for the NHS… IT’S TIME 💙💙💙
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The Government needs to scrap the two-child limit.
Last summer, Labour committed to an "ambitious" child poverty strategy.
Cutting welfare says otherwise.
Our new report by Baroness Ruth Lister sets out how to begin to deal with the broken system.
www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
Last summer, Labour committed to an "ambitious" child poverty strategy.
Cutting welfare says otherwise.
Our new report by Baroness Ruth Lister sets out how to begin to deal with the broken system.
www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
The Good Society Starts Small - Compass
The government's child poverty taskforce is set to release its findings imminently. But with a country that needs widespread reform at-large, what are the necessary steps in tackling child poverty?
www.compassonline.org.uk
May 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Government needs to scrap the two-child limit.
Last summer, Labour committed to an "ambitious" child poverty strategy.
Cutting welfare says otherwise.
Our new report by Baroness Ruth Lister sets out how to begin to deal with the broken system.
www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
Last summer, Labour committed to an "ambitious" child poverty strategy.
Cutting welfare says otherwise.
Our new report by Baroness Ruth Lister sets out how to begin to deal with the broken system.
www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
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We are liaising with the police and understand that a criminal investigation is ongoing.
We will continue to hold space for women, raise awareness about the inequalities we face as women & take action to improve our lives.
#SistersSalon #Brighton
brightonsisters.wordpress.com/statement-on...
We will continue to hold space for women, raise awareness about the inequalities we face as women & take action to improve our lives.
#SistersSalon #Brighton
brightonsisters.wordpress.com/statement-on...
Statement on the malicious disruption of Women’s Health Event run by Sisters Salon
We are dismayed that our Women’s Health event at Brighton’s Jubilee Library on Saturday 17th May was targeted by a nuisance protestor. We are delighted to report that the event did eventually go ah…
brightonsisters.wordpress.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We are liaising with the police and understand that a criminal investigation is ongoing.
We will continue to hold space for women, raise awareness about the inequalities we face as women & take action to improve our lives.
#SistersSalon #Brighton
brightonsisters.wordpress.com/statement-on...
We will continue to hold space for women, raise awareness about the inequalities we face as women & take action to improve our lives.
#SistersSalon #Brighton
brightonsisters.wordpress.com/statement-on...
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Next up is 'Becoming and Being a Feminist' by Jeanne Rathbone.
"The 1980s were a crucial time for issues around diversity. Initiatives on gender, race, ethnicity, discrimination and inequality were begun in academia, education and local government."
"The 1980s were a crucial time for issues around diversity. Initiatives on gender, race, ethnicity, discrimination and inequality were begun in academia, education and local government."
Becoming and Being a Feminist | HOWL
From 1965, when she arrived in London from Ireland, Jeanne Rathbone outlines her full and fascinating life in becoming and being a Feminist.
howl-uk.org
May 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Next up is 'Becoming and Being a Feminist' by Jeanne Rathbone.
"The 1980s were a crucial time for issues around diversity. Initiatives on gender, race, ethnicity, discrimination and inequality were begun in academia, education and local government."
"The 1980s were a crucial time for issues around diversity. Initiatives on gender, race, ethnicity, discrimination and inequality were begun in academia, education and local government."
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Did you know that we've published twelve new stories in the past 6 months?
We're going to share one every day for the next few weeks, along with some older stories from the HOWL archive ✊🗃
Watch this space!
We're going to share one every day for the next few weeks, along with some older stories from the HOWL archive ✊🗃
Watch this space!
May 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Did you know that we've published twelve new stories in the past 6 months?
We're going to share one every day for the next few weeks, along with some older stories from the HOWL archive ✊🗃
Watch this space!
We're going to share one every day for the next few weeks, along with some older stories from the HOWL archive ✊🗃
Watch this space!
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It genuinely feels like whoever is making decisions for the Labour government wants them to lose the next election.
May 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It genuinely feels like whoever is making decisions for the Labour government wants them to lose the next election.
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Small wins are OK, right? We have decided to build a mass movement for the NHS by finding the millions of people out there who are worried about what politicians are doing.
4 people followed us in the first minute!
Who's next? Who's in? Who's ready to fight for the NHS with us? 💙
4 people followed us in the first minute!
Who's next? Who's in? Who's ready to fight for the NHS with us? 💙
May 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Small wins are OK, right? We have decided to build a mass movement for the NHS by finding the millions of people out there who are worried about what politicians are doing.
4 people followed us in the first minute!
Who's next? Who's in? Who's ready to fight for the NHS with us? 💙
4 people followed us in the first minute!
Who's next? Who's in? Who's ready to fight for the NHS with us? 💙
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Corporate Welfare.
Centrica, owner of British Gas, makes massive profits by ripping off people.
It wants more subsidies and guaranteed profits from gas storage.
Privatisation empowered companies to hold govts/people to ransom.
Centrica, owner of British Gas, makes massive profits by ripping off people.
It wants more subsidies and guaranteed profits from gas storage.
Privatisation empowered companies to hold govts/people to ransom.
Gas storage facility could close without government help, Centrica boss warns
UK's largest gas storage facility will miss £2bn investment without help, boss of Centrica tells BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Corporate Welfare.
Centrica, owner of British Gas, makes massive profits by ripping off people.
It wants more subsidies and guaranteed profits from gas storage.
Privatisation empowered companies to hold govts/people to ransom.
Centrica, owner of British Gas, makes massive profits by ripping off people.
It wants more subsidies and guaranteed profits from gas storage.
Privatisation empowered companies to hold govts/people to ransom.
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UK govt to seek disqualification of benefit claimants from driving for alleged fraud or failure to return overpayments by DWP.
What if people don't have the money?
Loss of licence means can't work, have family life.
Same won't apply to tax dodgers, thieves. scammers, money launders.
Class war.
What if people don't have the money?
Loss of licence means can't work, have family life.
Same won't apply to tax dodgers, thieves. scammers, money launders.
Class war.
A new bill will lead to mass state surveillance for the most vulnerable. We must act.
This bill grants the government powers of surveillance on the bank accounts of the poor, old, sick and disabled people receiving specified benefits
leftfootforward.org
May 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
UK govt to seek disqualification of benefit claimants from driving for alleged fraud or failure to return overpayments by DWP.
What if people don't have the money?
Loss of licence means can't work, have family life.
Same won't apply to tax dodgers, thieves. scammers, money launders.
Class war.
What if people don't have the money?
Loss of licence means can't work, have family life.
Same won't apply to tax dodgers, thieves. scammers, money launders.
Class war.
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If you’re out here blaming generations of people instead of focusing on elites and corporations, you’ve been fully bamboozolled.
Enough with the generational tribalism. It’s ignorant, reductive and ageist. 😃
Enough with the generational tribalism. It’s ignorant, reductive and ageist. 😃
May 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If you’re out here blaming generations of people instead of focusing on elites and corporations, you’ve been fully bamboozolled.
Enough with the generational tribalism. It’s ignorant, reductive and ageist. 😃
Enough with the generational tribalism. It’s ignorant, reductive and ageist. 😃
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For anyone that’s ever used the Hungarian Peasant girl line about Magna [redacted] Carta, and can spare a quid or two, this is for you.
FOLKS!
The news is out! We need a final push to get us over the line but...Galton and Simpson's archive. For everyone to see. And enjoy. Saved for everyone, forever. Hancock. Steptoe. The lot. From draft, to script, to screen.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/campaig...
The news is out! We need a final push to get us over the line but...Galton and Simpson's archive. For everyone to see. And enjoy. Saved for everyone, forever. Hancock. Steptoe. The lot. From draft, to script, to screen.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/campaig...
Campaign to save Yorkshire archives behind comedy legends such as Steptoe and Son and Hancock’s Half Hour
A campaign is launched in Yorkshire to save the influential archives of the very comedy duo who are credited with inventing the British sitcom.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
For anyone that’s ever used the Hungarian Peasant girl line about Magna [redacted] Carta, and can spare a quid or two, this is for you.
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I’m old fashioned enough to think the BBC should be leading on what the deal is and what it means. Rather than the political claims from both sides.
May 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I’m old fashioned enough to think the BBC should be leading on what the deal is and what it means. Rather than the political claims from both sides.
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Did you know that May is National Local and Community History Month?
At HWO, we LOVE local and community history all year round!
In this article, Ian Willis reminds us of the importance of local history as a powerful tool for place making and the construction of identity.
www.historyworkshop....
At HWO, we LOVE local and community history all year round!
In this article, Ian Willis reminds us of the importance of local history as a powerful tool for place making and the construction of identity.
www.historyworkshop....
Local history: a view from the bottom
Local history is a powerful tool that contributes to place making and construction of identity.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
May 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Did you know that May is National Local and Community History Month?
At HWO, we LOVE local and community history all year round!
In this article, Ian Willis reminds us of the importance of local history as a powerful tool for place making and the construction of identity.
www.historyworkshop....
At HWO, we LOVE local and community history all year round!
In this article, Ian Willis reminds us of the importance of local history as a powerful tool for place making and the construction of identity.
www.historyworkshop....
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"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom..."
Today Malcolm X would have turned 100
All of us @rustincenter.bsky.social HQ send much love & respect to his family & to all who follow his fierce example of empowerment through activism
#MalcolmX
Today Malcolm X would have turned 100
All of us @rustincenter.bsky.social HQ send much love & respect to his family & to all who follow his fierce example of empowerment through activism
#MalcolmX
May 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom..."
Today Malcolm X would have turned 100
All of us @rustincenter.bsky.social HQ send much love & respect to his family & to all who follow his fierce example of empowerment through activism
#MalcolmX
Today Malcolm X would have turned 100
All of us @rustincenter.bsky.social HQ send much love & respect to his family & to all who follow his fierce example of empowerment through activism
#MalcolmX
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#globaleconomy #economics #JohnPilger #TheNewRulersOfTheWorld #inequity #journalism #journalist
johnpilger.com/the-new-rule...
johnpilger.com/the-new-rule...
The New Rulers Of The World - John Pilger
An analysis of a new global economy run by government backed multinational companies who are further widening the gulf between the rich and the poor. “A small group of powerful individuals are now ric...
johnpilger.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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If you don't normally post or write about disability rights because you don't feel like you know enough about the subject, or it's not your fight to fight, or it's not a sexy enough topic... now would be a pretty good time to start
March 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
If you don't normally post or write about disability rights because you don't feel like you know enough about the subject, or it's not your fight to fight, or it's not a sexy enough topic... now would be a pretty good time to start
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We need vocal support from everyone, not just people who are personally affected by the cuts or who have disabled family members 🙃
March 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
We need vocal support from everyone, not just people who are personally affected by the cuts or who have disabled family members 🙃