Hilary Cox Condron
@hilary-joy.bsky.social
Art, activism & the awe of nature on our doorsteps. Making space for collective imagination & creativity.
#art #culture #imagination #museums #climateaction #natureconnectivity #socialjustice #cambridge
Ex Labour county councillor
and with 🐶 #ZeldaZen
#art #culture #imagination #museums #climateaction #natureconnectivity #socialjustice #cambridge
Ex Labour county councillor
and with 🐶 #ZeldaZen
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As I mentioned to @hilary-joy.bsky.social some big warehouse firms acquire unsold stock & sell mint condition items at knockdown prices. Eg these four were just over £10 on a ‘four for the price of three’ www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/produc... Once a month, buy 4-4-3, browse, & donate.
March 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
As I mentioned to @hilary-joy.bsky.social some big warehouse firms acquire unsold stock & sell mint condition items at knockdown prices. Eg these four were just over £10 on a ‘four for the price of three’ www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/produc... Once a month, buy 4-4-3, browse, & donate.
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“When we put the Trials of Democracy project together in 2024, we had no idea we’d be delivering it in the world we’re in today” @hilary-joy.bsky.social at the Co-op event in Cambridge Central Library.
February 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“When we put the Trials of Democracy project together in 2024, we had no idea we’d be delivering it in the world we’re in today” @hilary-joy.bsky.social at the Co-op event in Cambridge Central Library.
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On the importance of civic learning and libraries - founded by John Pink (lostcambridge.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/m...) Why in this ‘information age’ was turnout so low? Esp so soon after the centenary of the first votes for women?
February 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
On the importance of civic learning and libraries - founded by John Pink (lostcambridge.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/m...) Why in this ‘information age’ was turnout so low? Esp so soon after the centenary of the first votes for women?
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World first UK laws will ban AI tools used by predators to blackmail and groom children, the Home Office has announced.
Offenders face up to 10 years in prison.
“For too long abusers have hidden behind their screens, manipulating technology to commit vile crimes.”
Peter Kyle writes ⬇️
Offenders face up to 10 years in prison.
“For too long abusers have hidden behind their screens, manipulating technology to commit vile crimes.”
Peter Kyle writes ⬇️
We’re closing the loopholes that allow paedophiles to use AI to sexually abuse children | Peter Kyle
Technology has changed how predators operate. Now a raft of new offences will stop those who create heinous content escaping punishment
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
World first UK laws will ban AI tools used by predators to blackmail and groom children, the Home Office has announced.
Offenders face up to 10 years in prison.
“For too long abusers have hidden behind their screens, manipulating technology to commit vile crimes.”
Peter Kyle writes ⬇️
Offenders face up to 10 years in prison.
“For too long abusers have hidden behind their screens, manipulating technology to commit vile crimes.”
Peter Kyle writes ⬇️
💚 weaving my Irish roots and Cambridge reeds
Imbolc Blessings
May our days be blessed, be brighter be lighter be longer be stronger.. Let Spring come, Let Spring come.
With love 💚
#stbrigid
#brigidcross
#imbolc
#cambridge
Imbolc Blessings
May our days be blessed, be brighter be lighter be longer be stronger.. Let Spring come, Let Spring come.
With love 💚
#stbrigid
#brigidcross
#imbolc
#cambridge
February 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
💚 weaving my Irish roots and Cambridge reeds
Imbolc Blessings
May our days be blessed, be brighter be lighter be longer be stronger.. Let Spring come, Let Spring come.
With love 💚
#stbrigid
#brigidcross
#imbolc
#cambridge
Imbolc Blessings
May our days be blessed, be brighter be lighter be longer be stronger.. Let Spring come, Let Spring come.
With love 💚
#stbrigid
#brigidcross
#imbolc
#cambridge
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The Land Use Framework consultation government is launching is necessary and important. We urgently need to make strategic national decisions about what should go where: to restore ecosystems, stop urban flooding and better plan development.
January 31, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The Land Use Framework consultation government is launching is necessary and important. We urgently need to make strategic national decisions about what should go where: to restore ecosystems, stop urban flooding and better plan development.
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GB News is lashing out because our campaign is working.
Let's stop them bringing Trump's playbook to the UK:
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news
#StartSpreadingLove #StopFundingHate
Let's stop them bringing Trump's playbook to the UK:
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news
#StartSpreadingLove #StopFundingHate
January 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
GB News is lashing out because our campaign is working.
Let's stop them bringing Trump's playbook to the UK:
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news
#StartSpreadingLove #StopFundingHate
Let's stop them bringing Trump's playbook to the UK:
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news
#StartSpreadingLove #StopFundingHate
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A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . .
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
Auschwitz is liberated | January 27, 1945 | HISTORY
The Soviet Red Army enters Auschwitz, Poland, and liberates the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally reveals to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.
www.history.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . .
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
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...the following morning you can let it all out with Aunty & Pink from the Menagerie Theatre Co in millennial daytime TV-talkshow style. www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... with @hilary-joy.bsky.social & Patrick Morris.
January 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
...the following morning you can let it all out with Aunty & Pink from the Menagerie Theatre Co in millennial daytime TV-talkshow style. www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... with @hilary-joy.bsky.social & Patrick Morris.
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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A violent criminal? A threat to society? A danger to democracy? No, no and no. This is someone being punished again and again for giving a damn about humanity and the living world.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Just Stop Oil protester, 78, has jail term extended after no suitable tag found
Exclusive: Gaie Delap told she will have to serve 20 more days that correspond to period of time at home after recall
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A violent criminal? A threat to society? A danger to democracy? No, no and no. This is someone being punished again and again for giving a damn about humanity and the living world.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
January 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
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86 MPs and their team members now registered to join EveryDoctor’s emergency meeting about the NHS in ten mins. This is incredible and it’s all down to you, thank you so much. We’ll do our best to push for change to safeguard lives and support staff 🚨
January 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
86 MPs and their team members now registered to join EveryDoctor’s emergency meeting about the NHS in ten mins. This is incredible and it’s all down to you, thank you so much. We’ll do our best to push for change to safeguard lives and support staff 🚨
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want walkable streets.
50 reasons to want walkable streets.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want walkable streets.
50 reasons to want walkable streets.
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This might be the most relevant line in pop culture history. #StarWars
a man and a woman are standing next to each other with the words so this is how liberty dies
ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other with the words so this is how liberty dies
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
This might be the most relevant line in pop culture history. #StarWars
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Word of day is ‘unasinous’ (17th century): united in stupidity.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
January 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Word of day is ‘unasinous’ (17th century): united in stupidity.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
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I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
January 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
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Lord Anderson, "Would the minister agree that any benefits from a trade deal with the US is a fraction of what we have lost from leaving the European Union under Brexit"
Lord Leong, "The US is our single largest trading partner"
Not true
42% of UK trade with the EU, 15% with the US
Lord Leong, "The US is our single largest trading partner"
Not true
42% of UK trade with the EU, 15% with the US
January 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Lord Anderson, "Would the minister agree that any benefits from a trade deal with the US is a fraction of what we have lost from leaving the European Union under Brexit"
Lord Leong, "The US is our single largest trading partner"
Not true
42% of UK trade with the EU, 15% with the US
Lord Leong, "The US is our single largest trading partner"
Not true
42% of UK trade with the EU, 15% with the US
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Highly recommended for the small number of local eyes that see my page.
To get a better world you have to imagine it.
Cynics may mock but bluesky thinking has been one of Humanities biggest agents of change.
To get a better world you have to imagine it.
Cynics may mock but bluesky thinking has been one of Humanities biggest agents of change.
A Fenland Imaginarium at The Heart of March.
March Library.
Friday 14th and Sat 15th Feb.
10.30 - 4pm
Free drop in. Open to all!
Because how can we create a greener, fairer and more connected future if we can’t begin to imagine it…?
March Library.
Friday 14th and Sat 15th Feb.
10.30 - 4pm
Free drop in. Open to all!
Because how can we create a greener, fairer and more connected future if we can’t begin to imagine it…?
January 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Highly recommended for the small number of local eyes that see my page.
To get a better world you have to imagine it.
Cynics may mock but bluesky thinking has been one of Humanities biggest agents of change.
To get a better world you have to imagine it.
Cynics may mock but bluesky thinking has been one of Humanities biggest agents of change.
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Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
January 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
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#Palestine
#Gaza
#MetPolice
Here we see violent terrorists forcing their way through Met Police ranks led by the evil Zack Polanski...
#Gaza
#MetPolice
Here we see violent terrorists forcing their way through Met Police ranks led by the evil Zack Polanski...
You need to watch this video of Palestine marchers 'forcing' their way through Police lines.
January 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
#Palestine
#Gaza
#MetPolice
Here we see violent terrorists forcing their way through Met Police ranks led by the evil Zack Polanski...
#Gaza
#MetPolice
Here we see violent terrorists forcing their way through Met Police ranks led by the evil Zack Polanski...
A Fenland Imaginarium at The Heart of March.
March Library.
Friday 14th and Sat 15th Feb.
10.30 - 4pm
Free drop in. Open to all!
Because how can we create a greener, fairer and more connected future if we can’t begin to imagine it…?
March Library.
Friday 14th and Sat 15th Feb.
10.30 - 4pm
Free drop in. Open to all!
Because how can we create a greener, fairer and more connected future if we can’t begin to imagine it…?
January 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A Fenland Imaginarium at The Heart of March.
March Library.
Friday 14th and Sat 15th Feb.
10.30 - 4pm
Free drop in. Open to all!
Because how can we create a greener, fairer and more connected future if we can’t begin to imagine it…?
March Library.
Friday 14th and Sat 15th Feb.
10.30 - 4pm
Free drop in. Open to all!
Because how can we create a greener, fairer and more connected future if we can’t begin to imagine it…?
I’m thrilled to be developing this collaborative project and taking The Imaginarium to #Fenland ! First event will be at March Library on 14th and 15th of February.
Imaginarium Artist in Residence for Carbon Footprint ♥️
#imagination
#climateaction
#communityartist
#theheartofmarch
Imaginarium Artist in Residence for Carbon Footprint ♥️
#imagination
#climateaction
#communityartist
#theheartofmarch
January 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I’m thrilled to be developing this collaborative project and taking The Imaginarium to #Fenland ! First event will be at March Library on 14th and 15th of February.
Imaginarium Artist in Residence for Carbon Footprint ♥️
#imagination
#climateaction
#communityartist
#theheartofmarch
Imaginarium Artist in Residence for Carbon Footprint ♥️
#imagination
#climateaction
#communityartist
#theheartofmarch
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Let’s be a bit careful - non-EU people can still be RESIDENT in the EU.
This isn’t a tax on immigrants’ homes, it’s a tax on holiday homes.
Other than that, yes I agree. We should be looking at bold progressive taxation like this.
Why don’t we have one on second homes for a start?
This isn’t a tax on immigrants’ homes, it’s a tax on holiday homes.
Other than that, yes I agree. We should be looking at bold progressive taxation like this.
Why don’t we have one on second homes for a start?
We tinker around in the UK with 1% or 2% increases on stamp duty paid by overseas buyers. Meanwhile, Spain is proposing a 100% tax on non EU people buying property 😲
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Spain plans 100% tax for homes bought by non-EU residents
The measure is meant to help tackle the country's housing crisis, the prime minister said.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Let’s be a bit careful - non-EU people can still be RESIDENT in the EU.
This isn’t a tax on immigrants’ homes, it’s a tax on holiday homes.
Other than that, yes I agree. We should be looking at bold progressive taxation like this.
Why don’t we have one on second homes for a start?
This isn’t a tax on immigrants’ homes, it’s a tax on holiday homes.
Other than that, yes I agree. We should be looking at bold progressive taxation like this.
Why don’t we have one on second homes for a start?