Alison
@lemurlass365.bsky.social
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
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With days to go until the Autumn Budget, 40 MPs have shown their support for a Parliamentary motion opposing new private finance in the NHS.
❗Will your MP add their name to the list?
✍️Use our template letter vist.ly/4ft9y
❗Will your MP add their name to the list?
✍️Use our template letter vist.ly/4ft9y
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
With days to go until the Autumn Budget, 40 MPs have shown their support for a Parliamentary motion opposing new private finance in the NHS.
❗Will your MP add their name to the list?
✍️Use our template letter vist.ly/4ft9y
❗Will your MP add their name to the list?
✍️Use our template letter vist.ly/4ft9y
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Better than my attempt at an explainer of the obscenity of the existence of billionaires: £1 billion = spending capacity of £1 million a month for a lifetime (not taking into account return from any investments).
“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Better than my attempt at an explainer of the obscenity of the existence of billionaires: £1 billion = spending capacity of £1 million a month for a lifetime (not taking into account return from any investments).
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After today's Sunday Mirror exposé about Ryan Bridge, Simon Murphy is unsurprisingly being attacked by Raise the Colours who accuse him of "talking shi*t about our movement". Thank you to Simon for exposing these people for who they really are.
Thrilled to have won the Orwell Prize for reporting homelessness among such an impressive group of finalists. Thank you to the judges, @orwellprize.bsky.social, my brilliant @mirror.co.uk colleagues & editors, charities who helped with our coverage & to those who trusted us to tell their stories.
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
After today's Sunday Mirror exposé about Ryan Bridge, Simon Murphy is unsurprisingly being attacked by Raise the Colours who accuse him of "talking shi*t about our movement". Thank you to Simon for exposing these people for who they really are.
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💙📚#booksky A Pocketful of Prayers for M.E.
NEW BOOK! Please share with those suffering with #ME #SevereME #chronicfatigue #lupus or #LongCOVID This little book is for when you want to pray but brainfog or exhaustion means you can't find the words. 💙 Links in the comments. #prayer
NEW BOOK! Please share with those suffering with #ME #SevereME #chronicfatigue #lupus or #LongCOVID This little book is for when you want to pray but brainfog or exhaustion means you can't find the words. 💙 Links in the comments. #prayer
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
💙📚#booksky A Pocketful of Prayers for M.E.
NEW BOOK! Please share with those suffering with #ME #SevereME #chronicfatigue #lupus or #LongCOVID This little book is for when you want to pray but brainfog or exhaustion means you can't find the words. 💙 Links in the comments. #prayer
NEW BOOK! Please share with those suffering with #ME #SevereME #chronicfatigue #lupus or #LongCOVID This little book is for when you want to pray but brainfog or exhaustion means you can't find the words. 💙 Links in the comments. #prayer
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Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs) have cost the NHS billions.
💥Now the government is deciding if it wants more.
Help us hold them accountable + support our crowdfunder: bit.ly/NHSandBudget 💙
💥Now the government is deciding if it wants more.
Help us hold them accountable + support our crowdfunder: bit.ly/NHSandBudget 💙
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs) have cost the NHS billions.
💥Now the government is deciding if it wants more.
Help us hold them accountable + support our crowdfunder: bit.ly/NHSandBudget 💙
💥Now the government is deciding if it wants more.
Help us hold them accountable + support our crowdfunder: bit.ly/NHSandBudget 💙
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NHS private finance diverts money away from healthcare, towards the pockets of private shareholders.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
NHS private finance diverts money away from healthcare, towards the pockets of private shareholders.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
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Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
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Just to be clear, politicians have engineered a situation whereby the NHS is in crisis and people are so scared and angry that many no longer feel empathy for the doctors tasked with holding the service together.
Doctors are not the problem. Politicians are the problem. 💙🚨
Doctors are not the problem. Politicians are the problem. 💙🚨
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Just to be clear, politicians have engineered a situation whereby the NHS is in crisis and people are so scared and angry that many no longer feel empathy for the doctors tasked with holding the service together.
Doctors are not the problem. Politicians are the problem. 💙🚨
Doctors are not the problem. Politicians are the problem. 💙🚨
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Kyiv, Sophia Square today.
The annual “Empty Chairs” event –
in support of journalists, writers, and cultural figures
missing, imprisoned, or held captive
because of russia’s war against Ukraine.
I was there. I want the world to see.
The annual “Empty Chairs” event –
in support of journalists, writers, and cultural figures
missing, imprisoned, or held captive
because of russia’s war against Ukraine.
I was there. I want the world to see.
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Kyiv, Sophia Square today.
The annual “Empty Chairs” event –
in support of journalists, writers, and cultural figures
missing, imprisoned, or held captive
because of russia’s war against Ukraine.
I was there. I want the world to see.
The annual “Empty Chairs” event –
in support of journalists, writers, and cultural figures
missing, imprisoned, or held captive
because of russia’s war against Ukraine.
I was there. I want the world to see.
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❌ No, a planned update to Meta's privacy policy won't give it permission to read all DMs sent by its users and use the data to train its generative AI. Here's the truth about what the update will really do:
Will Meta's planned policy update let it read users' DMs starting December 2025?
Meta's update to its privacy policy will change what it does with data it already collects from interactions with Meta AI.
www.snopes.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
❌ No, a planned update to Meta's privacy policy won't give it permission to read all DMs sent by its users and use the data to train its generative AI. Here's the truth about what the update will really do:
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We're worried the door to NHS privatisation is opening wider through new PFI‑style deals.
This isn’t “support”, it’s a risk to the very fabric of the NHS.
Help us stop this before the autumn budget sets the path.
👉 Donate + share: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
This isn’t “support”, it’s a risk to the very fabric of the NHS.
Help us stop this before the autumn budget sets the path.
👉 Donate + share: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
We're worried the door to NHS privatisation is opening wider through new PFI‑style deals.
This isn’t “support”, it’s a risk to the very fabric of the NHS.
Help us stop this before the autumn budget sets the path.
👉 Donate + share: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
This isn’t “support”, it’s a risk to the very fabric of the NHS.
Help us stop this before the autumn budget sets the path.
👉 Donate + share: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
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Today is Remembrance Day in many countries – the red poppy is its symbol.
Maybe you didn’t know that in Ukraine,
May 8 is Remembrance Day, honoring the victims of World War II.
Ukraine also uses the red poppy, designed by Serhiy Mishakin in 2014
(the words in the picture say ‘Never again’)
Maybe you didn’t know that in Ukraine,
May 8 is Remembrance Day, honoring the victims of World War II.
Ukraine also uses the red poppy, designed by Serhiy Mishakin in 2014
(the words in the picture say ‘Never again’)
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Today is Remembrance Day in many countries – the red poppy is its symbol.
Maybe you didn’t know that in Ukraine,
May 8 is Remembrance Day, honoring the victims of World War II.
Ukraine also uses the red poppy, designed by Serhiy Mishakin in 2014
(the words in the picture say ‘Never again’)
Maybe you didn’t know that in Ukraine,
May 8 is Remembrance Day, honoring the victims of World War II.
Ukraine also uses the red poppy, designed by Serhiy Mishakin in 2014
(the words in the picture say ‘Never again’)
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Yet another record breaking storm supersized by a warming world 😢
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
Fung-wong: Super typhoon hits Philippines as nearly a million evacuate
Typhoon Fung-wong, with sustained winds of 185 km/h (115mph), made landfall on Sunday evening local time.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Yet another record breaking storm supersized by a warming world 😢
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
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Hard to imagine a dumber and more sexist impulse than to deny the existence of the patriarchy.
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hard to imagine a dumber and more sexist impulse than to deny the existence of the patriarchy.
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A poem for Elon Musk #empathy #humanity @humanists.uk #love @amnestyuk.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk @nionwomen.bsky.social #poetry #poem
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A poem for Elon Musk #empathy #humanity @humanists.uk #love @amnestyuk.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk @nionwomen.bsky.social #poetry #poem
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I had dinner with a colleague from @inaturalist.bsky.social yesterday and Jeanne shared that their users are discovering an average of one brand-new-previously-unknown-to-science species EACH MONTH!
Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🤯
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BREAKING 🚨: Rosebank's owner Equinor is joining forces with Shell on a new North Sea venture ‘Adura’ that could see Shell dodge £1.3 billion in UK tax.
While families struggle to heat their homes, polluters keep cashing in.
While families struggle to heat their homes, polluters keep cashing in.
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
BREAKING 🚨: Rosebank's owner Equinor is joining forces with Shell on a new North Sea venture ‘Adura’ that could see Shell dodge £1.3 billion in UK tax.
While families struggle to heat their homes, polluters keep cashing in.
While families struggle to heat their homes, polluters keep cashing in.
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As COP30 nears, there is still a chance to avoid the worst of the climate crisis & limit global heating to 1.5C if gov't's take urgent action, a new assessment argues. The report calls for the rapid scaling-up of renewable energy & electrification of key sectors. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Still a chance to return to 1.5C climate goal, researchers say
Report calls for scaling-up of renewable energy and electrification of key sectors to limit peak of global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
As COP30 nears, there is still a chance to avoid the worst of the climate crisis & limit global heating to 1.5C if gov't's take urgent action, a new assessment argues. The report calls for the rapid scaling-up of renewable energy & electrification of key sectors. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Join the Cardboard Carnival! 🌱
On Saturday 15 November, Birmingham will be joining cities across the world to demand action on climate.
From Birmingham to Belém, our call will echo in streets across the planet: this world is ours!
@climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/events/cardb...
On Saturday 15 November, Birmingham will be joining cities across the world to demand action on climate.
From Birmingham to Belém, our call will echo in streets across the planet: this world is ours!
@climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/events/cardb...
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Join the Cardboard Carnival! 🌱
On Saturday 15 November, Birmingham will be joining cities across the world to demand action on climate.
From Birmingham to Belém, our call will echo in streets across the planet: this world is ours!
@climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/events/cardb...
On Saturday 15 November, Birmingham will be joining cities across the world to demand action on climate.
From Birmingham to Belém, our call will echo in streets across the planet: this world is ours!
@climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/events/cardb...
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Protest is fundamental to our democracy - we rightly celebrate people like Nelson Mandela who changed the world through protest
But this govt is clamping down on our protest rights with increasingly authoritarian laws
Thanks @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social for making this point so powerfully
But this govt is clamping down on our protest rights with increasingly authoritarian laws
Thanks @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social for making this point so powerfully
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Protest is fundamental to our democracy - we rightly celebrate people like Nelson Mandela who changed the world through protest
But this govt is clamping down on our protest rights with increasingly authoritarian laws
Thanks @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social for making this point so powerfully
But this govt is clamping down on our protest rights with increasingly authoritarian laws
Thanks @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social for making this point so powerfully
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Grok and Google Lens AI overviews have been claiming that fake imagery shows the Huntingdon train attack.
Grok told users one AI-generated image, of an injured man lying in a carriage, “appears to be a genuine photo”.
Our fact check 👇
Grok told users one AI-generated image, of an injured man lying in a carriage, “appears to be a genuine photo”.
Our fact check 👇
Grok and Google Lens AI overviews claim fake imagery shows Huntingdon train attack – Full Fact
Grok told users one AI-generated image “appears to be a genuine photo”, while a Google Lens AI overview linked a video which does not show real footage of the incident to Saturday’s stabbings.
fullfact.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Grok and Google Lens AI overviews have been claiming that fake imagery shows the Huntingdon train attack.
Grok told users one AI-generated image, of an injured man lying in a carriage, “appears to be a genuine photo”.
Our fact check 👇
Grok told users one AI-generated image, of an injured man lying in a carriage, “appears to be a genuine photo”.
Our fact check 👇
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Women deserve the freedom to move - yet many still feel unsafe cycling
No one should have to choose between a busy road or a dark path. When cycling’s safer for women, it’s safer for everyone 🚲
👉 Donate or join: cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-right
'My ride. Our right' – supported by Cycle SOS
No one should have to choose between a busy road or a dark path. When cycling’s safer for women, it’s safer for everyone 🚲
👉 Donate or join: cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-right
'My ride. Our right' – supported by Cycle SOS
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Women deserve the freedom to move - yet many still feel unsafe cycling
No one should have to choose between a busy road or a dark path. When cycling’s safer for women, it’s safer for everyone 🚲
👉 Donate or join: cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-right
'My ride. Our right' – supported by Cycle SOS
No one should have to choose between a busy road or a dark path. When cycling’s safer for women, it’s safer for everyone 🚲
👉 Donate or join: cyclinguk.org/my-ride-our-right
'My ride. Our right' – supported by Cycle SOS
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If we don’t fix the climate, pollution, and nature crises, we can’t fix anything. They are already actively amplifying poverty, hunger, and division. They are what stand between all of us, regardless of geography or ideology, and the better future we all seek. That's why I'm convinced that ...
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If we don’t fix the climate, pollution, and nature crises, we can’t fix anything. They are already actively amplifying poverty, hunger, and division. They are what stand between all of us, regardless of geography or ideology, and the better future we all seek. That's why I'm convinced that ...
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My point is that it doesn't have to be that way. We are nowhere near maxing out investment in & implementation of sol'ns that benefit people, health, climate and nature at the same time. This is what we should be prioritizing, sol'ns with the greatest number of wins for people + the planet together.
Will biodiversity actions yield healthy places? A systematic review of human health outcomes associated with biodiversity‐focused urban greening
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My point is that it doesn't have to be that way. We are nowhere near maxing out investment in & implementation of sol'ns that benefit people, health, climate and nature at the same time. This is what we should be prioritizing, sol'ns with the greatest number of wins for people + the planet together.
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This is so powerful.
Private healthcare has already contaminated our NHS too much. Don't let it go any further.
vist.ly/4cmrj
#NHS #publicownership
Private healthcare has already contaminated our NHS too much. Don't let it go any further.
vist.ly/4cmrj
#NHS #publicownership
November 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This is so powerful.
Private healthcare has already contaminated our NHS too much. Don't let it go any further.
vist.ly/4cmrj
#NHS #publicownership
Private healthcare has already contaminated our NHS too much. Don't let it go any further.
vist.ly/4cmrj
#NHS #publicownership