Annette Fisher
@miniannette.bsky.social
🏴 🇳🇱 Accountability & Governance practitioner & researcher | International aid & development | Children’s Panel Member in Scotland | Founder & Director of Weans' Scran & Kitchin | cargo-bike/bakfiets owner | Glasgow-based | parent to a 4yr old
This is why in Scotland the government supports care experienced young people until 26 - the evidence backs it up
Want to help some of the most vulnerable young people in society get on in life?
Then extend the age at which young adults leave foster care, says this fascinating new US study by @khmusen.bsky.social
The effects - particularly on employment rates - are significant.
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Then extend the age at which young adults leave foster care, says this fascinating new US study by @khmusen.bsky.social
The effects - particularly on employment rates - are significant.
katemusen.com/uploads/jmp....
katemusen.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This is why in Scotland the government supports care experienced young people until 26 - the evidence backs it up
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Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding they’re against communities living “parallel lives” might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?
October 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding they’re against communities living “parallel lives” might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?
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Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether
October 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether
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There is a key moral distinction between immigration policy on new arrivals, no matter how draconian, and on people who have already been granted status, on set conditions. It is about being a country that keeps its word. If we're not that, we might as well fucking give up now.
September 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
There is a key moral distinction between immigration policy on new arrivals, no matter how draconian, and on people who have already been granted status, on set conditions. It is about being a country that keeps its word. If we're not that, we might as well fucking give up now.
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A reminder to sign this and help stop the stupid and expensive ID card mistake.
One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A reminder to sign this and help stop the stupid and expensive ID card mistake.
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We don't have the money to end child poverty, but a digital ID card to try and appease the far right, up pops the magic money tree.
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We don't have the money to end child poverty, but a digital ID card to try and appease the far right, up pops the magic money tree.
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I think there are reasonable arguments for the cards for most people to make it easier to get services etc. (And there are counter-arguments, of course.) But the idea that it controls/regularises immigration and the black economy is bollocks.
September 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I think there are reasonable arguments for the cards for most people to make it easier to get services etc. (And there are counter-arguments, of course.) But the idea that it controls/regularises immigration and the black economy is bollocks.
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3. this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
September 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
3. this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
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"They work for Putin, we work for you"
The line is LITERALLY right there
The line is LITERALLY right there
September 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"They work for Putin, we work for you"
The line is LITERALLY right there
The line is LITERALLY right there
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Who will they blame whey they deport the foreigners but the country is still broken?
Might it be you?
Might it be you?
September 9, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Who will they blame whey they deport the foreigners but the country is still broken?
Might it be you?
Might it be you?
Will this mean they can’t track Santa anymore?!
Moving Space Command away from NORAD is stupid.
Colorado already has the existing ecosystem to support both the command and the operations.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Colorado already has the existing ecosystem to support both the command and the operations.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
September 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Will this mean they can’t track Santa anymore?!
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This back to school season, more districts than ever have cell phone bans in place. Teachers and legislators alike say the restrictions help kids focus in class.
More students head back to class without one crucial thing: their phones
This back to school season, more districts than ever have cell phone bans in place. Teachers and legislators alike say the restrictions help kids focus in class.
n.pr
September 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This back to school season, more districts than ever have cell phone bans in place. Teachers and legislators alike say the restrictions help kids focus in class.
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Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
Great Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hate
Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...
hopenothate.org.uk
September 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
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People’s homes are being stormed by far-right groups. The govt. Is saying nothing about how violence like this will not be tolerated. Where is Starmer’s “law and order” now? They’ve no control and we are moments away from someone being killed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Five arrested after masked men try to enter west London asylum hotel
Two anti-asylum groups marched to Crowne Plaza before attempting to enter building at rear, Met police say
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:11 AM
People’s homes are being stormed by far-right groups. The govt. Is saying nothing about how violence like this will not be tolerated. Where is Starmer’s “law and order” now? They’ve no control and we are moments away from someone being killed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The deadline to make your submission to Ofgem is this Friday.
Don't let the man who switched off Starlink in Ukraine, helping Putin, have the keys to switch off your electricity here in the UK.
Don't let the man who switched off Starlink in Ukraine, helping Putin, have the keys to switch off your electricity here in the UK.
Great to be on @lbc.co.uk with @lewisgoodall.com discussing whether Musk is fit and proper to supply energy in the UK.
Nearly 14000 have written to Ofgem now. You can too: www.bestforbritain.org/ElonMusk
Nearly 14000 have written to Ofgem now. You can too: www.bestforbritain.org/ElonMusk
August 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The deadline to make your submission to Ofgem is this Friday.
Don't let the man who switched off Starlink in Ukraine, helping Putin, have the keys to switch off your electricity here in the UK.
Don't let the man who switched off Starlink in Ukraine, helping Putin, have the keys to switch off your electricity here in the UK.
Glasgow airport is underrated, cheap parking is available very close, it’s small so you get through quickly and the dining options are improving all the time. Rotterdam in the old days was glorious, my dad used to drive up to the plane and drop me off at the stairs
Actually, you know what? Let’s stop complaining for a second. QT this with a GOOD airport. Defend that title as much or as little as you like. But let’s hear about airports that don’t suck.
August 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Glasgow airport is underrated, cheap parking is available very close, it’s small so you get through quickly and the dining options are improving all the time. Rotterdam in the old days was glorious, my dad used to drive up to the plane and drop me off at the stairs
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I disagree. Scotland is a very congenial place to live. There are a few intolerable culture war arseholes who grate on the nerves, but then this country has always been plagued by midges
August 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I disagree. Scotland is a very congenial place to live. There are a few intolerable culture war arseholes who grate on the nerves, but then this country has always been plagued by midges
Good luck to all the P1s and their care givers starting school today in Scotland
August 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Good luck to all the P1s and their care givers starting school today in Scotland
Something is going on with wasps in the Central Belt in Scotland - went to minor injuries today with an infected wasp sting, 2 other people in with same issue. Everyone I have told says they know someone who has been stung by a wasp in last week or so
August 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Something is going on with wasps in the Central Belt in Scotland - went to minor injuries today with an infected wasp sting, 2 other people in with same issue. Everyone I have told says they know someone who has been stung by a wasp in last week or so
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The threat to our society is not from asylum seekers in small boats. It’s from politicians and media cynically whipping up fear and prejudice, labelling them all as criminals, inciting hatred against people for where and what they’ve fled from.
It must stop. For all our sakes. It’s deeply sinister.
It must stop. For all our sakes. It’s deeply sinister.
August 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The threat to our society is not from asylum seekers in small boats. It’s from politicians and media cynically whipping up fear and prejudice, labelling them all as criminals, inciting hatred against people for where and what they’ve fled from.
It must stop. For all our sakes. It’s deeply sinister.
It must stop. For all our sakes. It’s deeply sinister.
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Anyone who belongs to any minority group needs to be aware that what is being done to trans people can and will be done to them. In a decade we have been stripped of our rights to exist in public spaces by a press campaign and a well funded lobby.
August 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Anyone who belongs to any minority group needs to be aware that what is being done to trans people can and will be done to them. In a decade we have been stripped of our rights to exist in public spaces by a press campaign and a well funded lobby.
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Someone should ask her whether she thinks a child cheating in a school exam is committing a worse crime than an adult hacking the computer of a political rival
August 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Someone should ask her whether she thinks a child cheating in a school exam is committing a worse crime than an adult hacking the computer of a political rival
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Hun some of us are older than the PC, the mobile phone and the internet. I did marketing for early PC products & now my phone has more memory & processing power. Its been an amazing time in human evolution.
Told some kids today I am older than google and they thought it was a joke.
If you're born before Sept 4,1998. Congrats you're older than google
If you're born before Sept 4,1998. Congrats you're older than google
August 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Hun some of us are older than the PC, the mobile phone and the internet. I did marketing for early PC products & now my phone has more memory & processing power. Its been an amazing time in human evolution.
Weans' Scran & Kitchin are excited to announce: We’ve been awarded funding from
@firstportscotland.bsky.social to grow our impact!
This means more opportunities to provide cooking skills and community building sessions to care experienced kids
#FirstportScotland
@firstportscotland.bsky.social to grow our impact!
This means more opportunities to provide cooking skills and community building sessions to care experienced kids
#FirstportScotland
August 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Weans' Scran & Kitchin are excited to announce: We’ve been awarded funding from
@firstportscotland.bsky.social to grow our impact!
This means more opportunities to provide cooking skills and community building sessions to care experienced kids
#FirstportScotland
@firstportscotland.bsky.social to grow our impact!
This means more opportunities to provide cooking skills and community building sessions to care experienced kids
#FirstportScotland