Lucymails
@lucymails.bsky.social
🟢 Humanist, Socialist, Optimist.
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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Great to speak alongside @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @sianberry.bsky.social in Brighton on Friday! So glad to have @russell-moyle.co.uk on our Green team. Let's turn the rest of Sussex Green 💚
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Great to speak alongside @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @sianberry.bsky.social in Brighton on Friday! So glad to have @russell-moyle.co.uk on our Green team. Let's turn the rest of Sussex Green 💚
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“Health officials in Gaza reported at least 24 people killed and another 54 wounded, including children.”
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Health officials in Gaza reported at least 24 people killed and another 54 wounded, including children.”
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Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
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Lower bills. Tax billionaires.
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
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We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
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What's next for the Green Party? Zack Polanski interview
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Lower bills. Tax billionaires.
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
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If you ever wondered why the colony wanted to genocide the Palestinians so badly
The largest natural gas reserve on the planet exists under Gaza and extends 5 miles under the ocean
The largest natural gas reserve on the planet exists under Gaza and extends 5 miles under the ocean
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
If you ever wondered why the colony wanted to genocide the Palestinians so badly
The largest natural gas reserve on the planet exists under Gaza and extends 5 miles under the ocean
The largest natural gas reserve on the planet exists under Gaza and extends 5 miles under the ocean
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Well this story just keeps getting worse. Well done Labour, well done police.
"one of the women—Ayeshah Behit—was denied anti-seizure medication during her arrest and told that she wouldn’t be released if she kept asking for it. Anyone who knows anything about epilepsy knows how dangerous this is."
"one of the women—Ayeshah Behit—was denied anti-seizure medication during her arrest and told that she wouldn’t be released if she kept asking for it. Anyone who knows anything about epilepsy knows how dangerous this is."
Palestine supporters have convictions for "harassing MP" overturned
In one of the UK’s more disturbing shifts towards authoritarianism, two supporters of Palestine were convicted in June of harassing an MP because they dared challenge her on Gaza.
www.councilestatemedia.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Well this story just keeps getting worse. Well done Labour, well done police.
"one of the women—Ayeshah Behit—was denied anti-seizure medication during her arrest and told that she wouldn’t be released if she kept asking for it. Anyone who knows anything about epilepsy knows how dangerous this is."
"one of the women—Ayeshah Behit—was denied anti-seizure medication during her arrest and told that she wouldn’t be released if she kept asking for it. Anyone who knows anything about epilepsy knows how dangerous this is."
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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Billionaires have literally bought entire media empire to convince you that it's dangerously radical to tax billionaires.
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Billionaires have literally bought entire media empire to convince you that it's dangerously radical to tax billionaires.
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Attention, MAGA women! Be a true tradwife and stay home from the polls! Women voting is scary, woke, & invented by progressives, and it pulls you out of your household cycle of dishes, babies, and cooking! 😱
Be a classical, conservative housewife!
Boycott the midterms!
#USDemocracy #MomSky
Be a classical, conservative housewife!
Boycott the midterms!
#USDemocracy #MomSky
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Attention, MAGA women! Be a true tradwife and stay home from the polls! Women voting is scary, woke, & invented by progressives, and it pulls you out of your household cycle of dishes, babies, and cooking! 😱
Be a classical, conservative housewife!
Boycott the midterms!
#USDemocracy #MomSky
Be a classical, conservative housewife!
Boycott the midterms!
#USDemocracy #MomSky
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“Well, I failed the academy, the cops weren't havin' me
The Army didn't sound that fun
So I found me a paramilitary operation
That was keen to hand me a gun
I got picked on at school, I never felt that cool
There's a hole in my soul that just a-rages”—Jesse Welles
#ICE
youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
The Army didn't sound that fun
So I found me a paramilitary operation
That was keen to hand me a gun
I got picked on at school, I never felt that cool
There's a hole in my soul that just a-rages”—Jesse Welles
#ICE
youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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November 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“Well, I failed the academy, the cops weren't havin' me
The Army didn't sound that fun
So I found me a paramilitary operation
That was keen to hand me a gun
I got picked on at school, I never felt that cool
There's a hole in my soul that just a-rages”—Jesse Welles
#ICE
youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
The Army didn't sound that fun
So I found me a paramilitary operation
That was keen to hand me a gun
I got picked on at school, I never felt that cool
There's a hole in my soul that just a-rages”—Jesse Welles
#ICE
youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
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Gaza: Israeli blasts deafen thousands as treatment is blocked - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-israeli-blasts-deafen-thousands-treatment-blocked
'Sound ripped through my ears': Thousands deafened by Israeli bombing in Gaza
Explosive blasts leave a growing wave of deafness across Gaza, with medical care out of reach
www.middleeasteye.net
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Gaza: Israeli blasts deafen thousands as treatment is blocked - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-israeli-blasts-deafen-thousands-treatment-blocked
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A new study shows the Trump economy is crushing families: in major cities, child care now costs more than rent — nearly 31% more for families with two kids.
When parents have to choose between housing and child care, that’s economic sabotage.
#TrumpCrushesYourDreams #USDemocracy #MomSky
When parents have to choose between housing and child care, that’s economic sabotage.
#TrumpCrushesYourDreams #USDemocracy #MomSky
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A new study shows the Trump economy is crushing families: in major cities, child care now costs more than rent — nearly 31% more for families with two kids.
When parents have to choose between housing and child care, that’s economic sabotage.
#TrumpCrushesYourDreams #USDemocracy #MomSky
When parents have to choose between housing and child care, that’s economic sabotage.
#TrumpCrushesYourDreams #USDemocracy #MomSky
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Greens announce more than 100,000 new members have signed up just since Zack Polanski was elected in September.
That takes the total membership to 170,000
That takes the total membership to 170,000
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Greens announce more than 100,000 new members have signed up just since Zack Polanski was elected in September.
That takes the total membership to 170,000
That takes the total membership to 170,000
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Well worth watching, actually. Zack Polanski has the labour government sussed!
Just watched an excellent Zack Polanski interview ( leader of the UK Green Party) by Owen Jones. Highly recommended. Polanski gives me hope that we can turn this country around and have a better future than what we're facing right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_qa...
“We Will REPLACE LABOUR”: Zack Polanski Says Labour’s Time Over
YouTube video by Owen Jones
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Well worth watching, actually. Zack Polanski has the labour government sussed!
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Households face higher energy bills.
No end to profiteering - £30bn last yr.
£4.4bn bills arrears.
128000 a year, including 110,000.pensioners die in fuel poverty.
Must remove all subsidies from bills, pay via general taxation.
Exclude gas produced electricity from general Ofgem pricing formula.
No end to profiteering - £30bn last yr.
£4.4bn bills arrears.
128000 a year, including 110,000.pensioners die in fuel poverty.
Must remove all subsidies from bills, pay via general taxation.
Exclude gas produced electricity from general Ofgem pricing formula.
Energy minister says 'there's no shortcut' to bringing down bills - as price cap rise announced
The average annual energy bill will rise by 0.2% in January, despite wholesale costs falling.
news.sky.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Households face higher energy bills.
No end to profiteering - £30bn last yr.
£4.4bn bills arrears.
128000 a year, including 110,000.pensioners die in fuel poverty.
Must remove all subsidies from bills, pay via general taxation.
Exclude gas produced electricity from general Ofgem pricing formula.
No end to profiteering - £30bn last yr.
£4.4bn bills arrears.
128000 a year, including 110,000.pensioners die in fuel poverty.
Must remove all subsidies from bills, pay via general taxation.
Exclude gas produced electricity from general Ofgem pricing formula.
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Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
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I apologise for this, but I need everyone to join me in a rousing internal chorus of Where's the money from? to the tune of chirpy chirpy cheep cheep.
Because I shouldn't suffer alone and the Mail's last bid for the telegraph was funded by Qatar and Abu Dhabi I think
Because I shouldn't suffer alone and the Mail's last bid for the telegraph was funded by Qatar and Abu Dhabi I think
Daily Mail's parent company agrees a deal to buy Telegraph for £500m! Media consolidation, let's go, ya gonna blink and stop this competition regulators? Over to you, Nandy? Strong potential everyone just waves the sale through to STOP HAVING TO READ OR THINK ABOUT IT. www.ft.com/content/cd8e...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph
Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I apologise for this, but I need everyone to join me in a rousing internal chorus of Where's the money from? to the tune of chirpy chirpy cheep cheep.
Because I shouldn't suffer alone and the Mail's last bid for the telegraph was funded by Qatar and Abu Dhabi I think
Because I shouldn't suffer alone and the Mail's last bid for the telegraph was funded by Qatar and Abu Dhabi I think
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"So. This happened yesterday.
Interesting that the Greens gain is bigger than Reforms entire vote share, despite what we're hearing about their popularity."
via Ian Almond
Interesting that the Greens gain is bigger than Reforms entire vote share, despite what we're hearing about their popularity."
via Ian Almond
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"So. This happened yesterday.
Interesting that the Greens gain is bigger than Reforms entire vote share, despite what we're hearing about their popularity."
via Ian Almond
Interesting that the Greens gain is bigger than Reforms entire vote share, despite what we're hearing about their popularity."
via Ian Almond
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I really loved this conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - I've thought about it lots ever since.
Hope you enjoy it too!
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Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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November 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I really loved this conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - I've thought about it lots ever since.
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
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Took the new 3A route to the rail station today with all the family. Fast and direct, and made possible by the Congestion Charge. Buses seemed fuller, driver said CC had reduced congestion. Surprising I know.
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Took the new 3A route to the rail station today with all the family. Fast and direct, and made possible by the Congestion Charge. Buses seemed fuller, driver said CC had reduced congestion. Surprising I know.
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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People are ready to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
People are ready to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)