lom2mom
@lomdulwich.bsky.social
Publisher, artist, grandmother, Trustee of The Childhood Trust, environmental charity supporter
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We’re deeply saddened to share that our beloved founder, Sir Alec Reed, has passed away.
That he left us on Giving Tuesday feels especially meaningful, as his vision and generosity shaped Big Give from the very beginning.
Read our full tribute: biggive.org/blog/2025/12/03/sir-alec-reed-1934-2025/
That he left us on Giving Tuesday feels especially meaningful, as his vision and generosity shaped Big Give from the very beginning.
Read our full tribute: biggive.org/blog/2025/12/03/sir-alec-reed-1934-2025/
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
We’re deeply saddened to share that our beloved founder, Sir Alec Reed, has passed away.
That he left us on Giving Tuesday feels especially meaningful, as his vision and generosity shaped Big Give from the very beginning.
Read our full tribute: biggive.org/blog/2025/12/03/sir-alec-reed-1934-2025/
That he left us on Giving Tuesday feels especially meaningful, as his vision and generosity shaped Big Give from the very beginning.
Read our full tribute: biggive.org/blog/2025/12/03/sir-alec-reed-1934-2025/
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The 2025 #ChristmasChallenge is LIVE! 🎄
Until 9th December, every donation you make can be doubled. With over 1500 charities to choose from, that’s DOUBLE the support for thousands of people across the world. Visit BigGive.org to support a charity today. #GivingTuesday
Until 9th December, every donation you make can be doubled. With over 1500 charities to choose from, that’s DOUBLE the support for thousands of people across the world. Visit BigGive.org to support a charity today. #GivingTuesday
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The 2025 #ChristmasChallenge is LIVE! 🎄
Until 9th December, every donation you make can be doubled. With over 1500 charities to choose from, that’s DOUBLE the support for thousands of people across the world. Visit BigGive.org to support a charity today. #GivingTuesday
Until 9th December, every donation you make can be doubled. With over 1500 charities to choose from, that’s DOUBLE the support for thousands of people across the world. Visit BigGive.org to support a charity today. #GivingTuesday
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Imagine being told you don’t belong in the country you’ve built your life in -- one party's recently-floated policy.
We desperately need stronger international ties.
Exchanges like Erasmus and Turing show how powerful cultural connection can be.
We desperately need stronger international ties.
Exchanges like Erasmus and Turing show how powerful cultural connection can be.
The time is ripe for an extensive youth mobility scheme
'Global Britain' needs citizens who have experienced the benefits, both at home and abroad, of living alongside other peoples and cultures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Imagine being told you don’t belong in the country you’ve built your life in -- one party's recently-floated policy.
We desperately need stronger international ties.
Exchanges like Erasmus and Turing show how powerful cultural connection can be.
We desperately need stronger international ties.
Exchanges like Erasmus and Turing show how powerful cultural connection can be.
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Co-founder of @omarabooks.bsky.social Lesley O'Mara explains the reasons behind the publisher's success as it marks its 40th anniversary: publishing a big variety of bestsellers, always on the look out for new trends and fantastic costings.
"Always hire people cleverer that you' she says.
#ipgac
"Always hire people cleverer that you' she says.
#ipgac
September 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Co-founder of @omarabooks.bsky.social Lesley O'Mara explains the reasons behind the publisher's success as it marks its 40th anniversary: publishing a big variety of bestsellers, always on the look out for new trends and fantastic costings.
"Always hire people cleverer that you' she says.
#ipgac
"Always hire people cleverer that you' she says.
#ipgac
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Michael O’ Mara celebrate 40 years in indie publishing. I’ve never met Leslie O’Mara but she sent me a really nice Biscuit when I helped her find a new sales and marketing assistant when I worked at The Bookseller and i never forgot it! 🍪 📖 #IPGAC
September 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Michael O’ Mara celebrate 40 years in indie publishing. I’ve never met Leslie O’Mara but she sent me a really nice Biscuit when I helped her find a new sales and marketing assistant when I worked at The Bookseller and i never forgot it! 🍪 📖 #IPGAC
the importance of grammar!
August 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
the importance of grammar!
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Collective action on climate is crucial. Scientists play an important role in driving change.
How scientists can contribute to social movements and climate action
Collective action on climate is crucial. Scientists play an important role in driving change.
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August 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Collective action on climate is crucial. Scientists play an important role in driving change.
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TUI refuses to stop profiting from the suffering of captive whales and dolphins.
We’ve had enough. More pressure is needed, so we’ve joined with other leading NGOs to form a powerful coalition to expose TUI’s part in driving the suffering. And you can join us. 1/4
We’ve had enough. More pressure is needed, so we’ve joined with other leading NGOs to form a powerful coalition to expose TUI’s part in driving the suffering. And you can join us. 1/4
July 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
TUI refuses to stop profiting from the suffering of captive whales and dolphins.
We’ve had enough. More pressure is needed, so we’ve joined with other leading NGOs to form a powerful coalition to expose TUI’s part in driving the suffering. And you can join us. 1/4
We’ve had enough. More pressure is needed, so we’ve joined with other leading NGOs to form a powerful coalition to expose TUI’s part in driving the suffering. And you can join us. 1/4
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We are proud to support @biggive.bsky.social as they DOUBLE THE DIFFERENCE.
Visit donate.biggive.org/green-match-... between midday 22nd-29th April. Choose from over 300 brilliant green charities to give to, and your donation will be doubled!
#GreenMatchFund #EarthDay #241nature
Visit donate.biggive.org/green-match-... between midday 22nd-29th April. Choose from over 300 brilliant green charities to give to, and your donation will be doubled!
#GreenMatchFund #EarthDay #241nature
April 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We are proud to support @biggive.bsky.social as they DOUBLE THE DIFFERENCE.
Visit donate.biggive.org/green-match-... between midday 22nd-29th April. Choose from over 300 brilliant green charities to give to, and your donation will be doubled!
#GreenMatchFund #EarthDay #241nature
Visit donate.biggive.org/green-match-... between midday 22nd-29th April. Choose from over 300 brilliant green charities to give to, and your donation will be doubled!
#GreenMatchFund #EarthDay #241nature
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Remember if you're looking for some reading (for yourself of somebody else) this Easter, there's a 10% discount on our new book, Scientists on Survival, via bookshop.org. Just use the code SURVIVAL10 between now and 8 May.
uk.bookshop.org/a/596/978178...
#ScientistsOnSurvival
uk.bookshop.org/a/596/978178...
#ScientistsOnSurvival
April 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Remember if you're looking for some reading (for yourself of somebody else) this Easter, there's a 10% discount on our new book, Scientists on Survival, via bookshop.org. Just use the code SURVIVAL10 between now and 8 May.
uk.bookshop.org/a/596/978178...
#ScientistsOnSurvival
uk.bookshop.org/a/596/978178...
#ScientistsOnSurvival
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It's #GreenMatchFund #Day3 and we’re cleaning up for our communities. With the planet getting greener, the air gets cleaner and who doesn't want that? We've raised an amazing amount so far but still have a way to go. Make your planet-saving donation today: bit.ly/GMF25Social
April 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It's #GreenMatchFund #Day3 and we’re cleaning up for our communities. With the planet getting greener, the air gets cleaner and who doesn't want that? We've raised an amazing amount so far but still have a way to go. Make your planet-saving donation today: bit.ly/GMF25Social
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One week. One planet-saving deal.
Get ready to have your donations to over 300 impactful charities doubled from the 22nd-29th of April in our #GreenMatchFund!
Your donation, our match = DOUBLE the difference!
Browse the charities & get inspired: bit.ly/GMF25Social
Get ready to have your donations to over 300 impactful charities doubled from the 22nd-29th of April in our #GreenMatchFund!
Your donation, our match = DOUBLE the difference!
Browse the charities & get inspired: bit.ly/GMF25Social
April 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
One week. One planet-saving deal.
Get ready to have your donations to over 300 impactful charities doubled from the 22nd-29th of April in our #GreenMatchFund!
Your donation, our match = DOUBLE the difference!
Browse the charities & get inspired: bit.ly/GMF25Social
Get ready to have your donations to over 300 impactful charities doubled from the 22nd-29th of April in our #GreenMatchFund!
Your donation, our match = DOUBLE the difference!
Browse the charities & get inspired: bit.ly/GMF25Social
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Today is your last chance to get the ebook of Scientists on Survival for only 99p!! Happy Earth Day! 🌎
Hot on the heels of the ongoing bookshop.org 10% discount (code SURVIVAL10), you can now buy Scientists on Survival as an ebook for only 99p until 22 April as part of an Earth Day price drop. Don't miss out!
shorturl.at/UAZc9
#EarthDay #ScientistsOnSurvival #BookSky
@omarabooks.bsky.social
shorturl.at/UAZc9
#EarthDay #ScientistsOnSurvival #BookSky
@omarabooks.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Today is your last chance to get the ebook of Scientists on Survival for only 99p!! Happy Earth Day! 🌎
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My chapter ‘Why I no longer fly’ is a way to try to reach academics on their flying habits, in our book Scientists on Survival:
bsky.app/profile/omar...
bsky.app/profile/omar...
Air quality scientist, Pete Knapp discusses experiencing the impact of palm oil and overconsumption that led to his own lifestyle changes.
Discover other compelling stories from #ScientistsForXR, available for pre-order: buff.ly/RjNNoRr ✅
Video credits:
@peteknapp.bsky.social
#BookSky
Discover other compelling stories from #ScientistsForXR, available for pre-order: buff.ly/RjNNoRr ✅
Video credits:
@peteknapp.bsky.social
#BookSky
April 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My chapter ‘Why I no longer fly’ is a way to try to reach academics on their flying habits, in our book Scientists on Survival:
bsky.app/profile/omar...
bsky.app/profile/omar...
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We are thrilled to present the shortlists for the 2025 Independent Publishing Awards! #IPA25
See thread below for the full shortlist and visit our website for more details bit.ly/4j6vWPq
Congratulations to all those shortlisted! Winners will be announced on 30 April 2025.
See thread below for the full shortlist and visit our website for more details bit.ly/4j6vWPq
Congratulations to all those shortlisted! Winners will be announced on 30 April 2025.
April 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We are thrilled to present the shortlists for the 2025 Independent Publishing Awards! #IPA25
See thread below for the full shortlist and visit our website for more details bit.ly/4j6vWPq
Congratulations to all those shortlisted! Winners will be announced on 30 April 2025.
See thread below for the full shortlist and visit our website for more details bit.ly/4j6vWPq
Congratulations to all those shortlisted! Winners will be announced on 30 April 2025.
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A compelling collection of stories from XR scientists detailing their personal responses to the climate and ecological crisis and their motivations that led them to work with XR 🧑🔬
#ScientistsOnSurvival is out now: buff.ly/2vWtghX ✅
@zadiesmith.bsky.social
#BookSky @scientistsx.bsky.social
#ScientistsOnSurvival is out now: buff.ly/2vWtghX ✅
@zadiesmith.bsky.social
#BookSky @scientistsx.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A compelling collection of stories from XR scientists detailing their personal responses to the climate and ecological crisis and their motivations that led them to work with XR 🧑🔬
#ScientistsOnSurvival is out now: buff.ly/2vWtghX ✅
@zadiesmith.bsky.social
#BookSky @scientistsx.bsky.social
#ScientistsOnSurvival is out now: buff.ly/2vWtghX ✅
@zadiesmith.bsky.social
#BookSky @scientistsx.bsky.social
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💰Whatever you can donate will recognise the amazing contributions people make to XRUK! Without you, XRUK would look very different….
£12 could fund a Zoom account for a month, so we can host planning sessions & training for up to 100 rebels.
£40 could organise a community workshop online.
£12 could fund a Zoom account for a month, so we can host planning sessions & training for up to 100 rebels.
£40 could organise a community workshop online.
March 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
💰Whatever you can donate will recognise the amazing contributions people make to XRUK! Without you, XRUK would look very different….
£12 could fund a Zoom account for a month, so we can host planning sessions & training for up to 100 rebels.
£40 could organise a community workshop online.
£12 could fund a Zoom account for a month, so we can host planning sessions & training for up to 100 rebels.
£40 could organise a community workshop online.
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Among Drax's long list of climate crimes - burning old growth forests, lying about it, taking govt money to do it
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
After Drax paid £25m penalty last year for misreporting wood sourcing to Ofgem, "the BBC has discovered a further year of misreporting that has not been looked at by the regulator": www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drax power station didn't properly disclose burning forest wood
The Drax facility, which burns wood pellets, is required to report where it sources its wood from.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Among Drax's long list of climate crimes - burning old growth forests, lying about it, taking govt money to do it
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
#StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
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Can establishing an extreme wealth line be an answer to addressing the risks of extreme wealth? We worked with the fabulous @NEF who developed a new report to explore the concept neweconomics.org/2025/01/expl...
Exploring an extreme wealth line
Insights from political figures, policy experts, and millionaires on a threshold for harmful wealth
neweconomics.org
January 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Can establishing an extreme wealth line be an answer to addressing the risks of extreme wealth? We worked with the fabulous @NEF who developed a new report to explore the concept neweconomics.org/2025/01/expl...
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Billionaire wealth surges to ‘unimaginable' levels in 2024 as
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social predicts emergence of 5 trillionaires within a decade.
60% of billionaire wealth now comes from inheritance, monopoly or the power of crony connections.
#WEF2025
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/busines...
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social predicts emergence of 5 trillionaires within a decade.
60% of billionaire wealth now comes from inheritance, monopoly or the power of crony connections.
#WEF2025
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/busines...
Billionaire wealth surges to ‘unimaginable' levels in 2024 as Oxfam predicts emergence of five trillionaires within a decade
Last year marked the second-largest annual increase in billionaire wealth since records started, according to Oxfam.
www.nbcnewyork.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Billionaire wealth surges to ‘unimaginable' levels in 2024 as
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social predicts emergence of 5 trillionaires within a decade.
60% of billionaire wealth now comes from inheritance, monopoly or the power of crony connections.
#WEF2025
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/busines...
@oxfaminternational.bsky.social predicts emergence of 5 trillionaires within a decade.
60% of billionaire wealth now comes from inheritance, monopoly or the power of crony connections.
#WEF2025
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/busines...
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
Record number of protesters in UK prisons this Christmas
40 people, aged 22 to 58, incarcerated for direct actions on climate & Gaza actions amid crackdown on dissent
#FreePoliticalPrisoners
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Record number of protesters in UK prisons this Christmas
40 people, aged 22 to 58, incarcerated for direct actions on climate & Gaza actions amid crackdown on dissent
#FreePoliticalPrisoners
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Record number of protesters will be in UK prisons this Christmas
Forty people, aged 22 to 58, incarcerated for direct actions on climate and Gaza actions amid crackdown on dissent
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:47 PM
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
Record number of protesters in UK prisons this Christmas
40 people, aged 22 to 58, incarcerated for direct actions on climate & Gaza actions amid crackdown on dissent
#FreePoliticalPrisoners
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Record number of protesters in UK prisons this Christmas
40 people, aged 22 to 58, incarcerated for direct actions on climate & Gaza actions amid crackdown on dissent
#FreePoliticalPrisoners
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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We’ve made it to Bluesky! Please give us a follow and share - we post positive solutions offering hope for tackling the nature and climate emergencies🌱
November 15, 2024 at 8:46 AM
We’ve made it to Bluesky! Please give us a follow and share - we post positive solutions offering hope for tackling the nature and climate emergencies🌱
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“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation…”
We need a free press, free from the billionaires.
@leftwithnoparty.bsky.social
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We need a free press, free from the billionaires.
@leftwithnoparty.bsky.social
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We need a free press
It’s vital for democracy that we receive verifiable information that is not manipulated or controlled
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 8, 2024 at 8:27 PM
“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation…”
We need a free press, free from the billionaires.
@leftwithnoparty.bsky.social
2./🧵
We need a free press, free from the billionaires.
@leftwithnoparty.bsky.social
2./🧵
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Over 140,000 children live in sub-standard accommodation…
…enduring mould, bug infestations, and inadequate washing and cooking facilities.
…enduring mould, bug infestations, and inadequate washing and cooking facilities.
The scandal of hidden homelessness
Over 140,000 children live in sub-standard accommodation, enduring mould, bug infestations, and inadequate washing and cooking facilities
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 8, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Over 140,000 children live in sub-standard accommodation…
…enduring mould, bug infestations, and inadequate washing and cooking facilities.
…enduring mould, bug infestations, and inadequate washing and cooking facilities.