Mumonthebrink aka Monika
@mumonthebrink.bsky.social
Family🔹blogging🔹 loves dark chocolate🔹passionate about regen agriculture🔹 real food 🔹sustainable sanitation🔹 responsible travel🔹human rights🔹captain of her own little sailboat
#nature #travel #sailing #sustainability #Renaissancewoman #oxford #uppsala
#nature #travel #sailing #sustainability #Renaissancewoman #oxford #uppsala
I've just signed "Stop the Oxford Congestion Charge" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/st...
The blinkered, silo view of councils is well-known, yet never seizes to amaze me!
The blinkered, silo view of councils is well-known, yet never seizes to amaze me!
actionstorm.org
June 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I've just signed "Stop the Oxford Congestion Charge" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/st...
The blinkered, silo view of councils is well-known, yet never seizes to amaze me!
The blinkered, silo view of councils is well-known, yet never seizes to amaze me!
Is it just a coincidence that my dog developed a cough just a couple of days after me? Do we just not know enough about cross-species respiratory bugs? Reverse zoonosis is rare… but maybe it's just underreported?
#OneHealth #Zoonosis #Dogs #RespiratoryInfection
#OneHealth #Zoonosis #Dogs #RespiratoryInfection
May 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Is it just a coincidence that my dog developed a cough just a couple of days after me? Do we just not know enough about cross-species respiratory bugs? Reverse zoonosis is rare… but maybe it's just underreported?
#OneHealth #Zoonosis #Dogs #RespiratoryInfection
#OneHealth #Zoonosis #Dogs #RespiratoryInfection
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JUST POSTED:
Elon Musk and SpaceX are big winners in Donald J. Trump’s 2026 spending plan. “SpaceX’s handprints are all over this,” one industry player told me.
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Elon Musk and SpaceX are big winners in Donald J. Trump’s 2026 spending plan. “SpaceX’s handprints are all over this,” one industry player told me.
nyti.ms/44Ewh7Z
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Could Make Billions If Trump’s Budget Proposal Is Approved (Gift Article)
SpaceX, already one of the biggest NASA and Pentagon contractors, could win billions of dollars in new contracts if President Trump’s budget proposal is approved by Congress.
nyti.ms
May 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
JUST POSTED:
Elon Musk and SpaceX are big winners in Donald J. Trump’s 2026 spending plan. “SpaceX’s handprints are all over this,” one industry player told me.
nyti.ms/44Ewh7Z
Elon Musk and SpaceX are big winners in Donald J. Trump’s 2026 spending plan. “SpaceX’s handprints are all over this,” one industry player told me.
nyti.ms/44Ewh7Z
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My book, 'Anywhere But Here', is finished! It will take you inside the Home Office and behind the scenes of the small boats crisis for the first time.
You can pre-order from
Waterstones: bit.ly/4gBxHTV
Foyles: tinyurl.com/3n7p3w3h
Amazon: amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
You can pre-order from
Waterstones: bit.ly/4gBxHTV
Foyles: tinyurl.com/3n7p3w3h
Amazon: amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
October 7, 2024 at 11:16 AM
My book, 'Anywhere But Here', is finished! It will take you inside the Home Office and behind the scenes of the small boats crisis for the first time.
You can pre-order from
Waterstones: bit.ly/4gBxHTV
Foyles: tinyurl.com/3n7p3w3h
Amazon: amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
You can pre-order from
Waterstones: bit.ly/4gBxHTV
Foyles: tinyurl.com/3n7p3w3h
Amazon: amzn.to/3XuF7Q8
Is anyone else seeing a cult of personality revival? As #Trump hits 100 days, even highly intelligent people are publicly praising him and it echoes of Stalin’s era, “Emperor’s New Clothes” style. How can we maintain healthy debate while calling out the surreal behaviour?
May 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Is anyone else seeing a cult of personality revival? As #Trump hits 100 days, even highly intelligent people are publicly praising him and it echoes of Stalin’s era, “Emperor’s New Clothes” style. How can we maintain healthy debate while calling out the surreal behaviour?
How do we craft actionable stories to counter fatigue? Curent CTAs aren't poor, they’re everywhere.
Climate... Inequality... AI...Food... Housing... Mental health...
All urgent, all siloed.
We need to show the ripple of each action.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mrooze...
#wickesprobems #sdg
Climate... Inequality... AI...Food... Housing... Mental health...
All urgent, all siloed.
We need to show the ripple of each action.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mrooze...
#wickesprobems #sdg
#systemsthinking #storytelling #wickedproblems #behaviourchange… | Monika Roozen
Reposting because this provoked some real reflection...and a small challenge.
Morgan argues it’s not storytelling we need to improve, it’s the story itself. A compelling vision that people can actual...
www.linkedin.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
How do we craft actionable stories to counter fatigue? Curent CTAs aren't poor, they’re everywhere.
Climate... Inequality... AI...Food... Housing... Mental health...
All urgent, all siloed.
We need to show the ripple of each action.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mrooze...
#wickesprobems #sdg
Climate... Inequality... AI...Food... Housing... Mental health...
All urgent, all siloed.
We need to show the ripple of each action.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mrooze...
#wickesprobems #sdg
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𝙸̲𝚝̲'̲𝚜̲ ̲𝚝̲𝚒̲𝚖̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚝̲𝚘̲ ̲𝚙̲𝚛̲𝚘̲𝚝̲𝚎̲𝚌̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚠̲𝚑̲𝚊̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚠̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚕̲𝚘̲𝚟̲𝚎̲ ̲❤️🩹
From our cities to forests, glaciers and marine life, our precious cultural and natural heritage is under threat. The offender? Climate breakdown.
#UNESCO #WorldHeritageDay #WorldHeritageDay2025 #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateaction
From our cities to forests, glaciers and marine life, our precious cultural and natural heritage is under threat. The offender? Climate breakdown.
#UNESCO #WorldHeritageDay #WorldHeritageDay2025 #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateaction
April 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
𝙸̲𝚝̲'̲𝚜̲ ̲𝚝̲𝚒̲𝚖̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚝̲𝚘̲ ̲𝚙̲𝚛̲𝚘̲𝚝̲𝚎̲𝚌̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚠̲𝚑̲𝚊̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚠̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚕̲𝚘̲𝚟̲𝚎̲ ̲❤️🩹
From our cities to forests, glaciers and marine life, our precious cultural and natural heritage is under threat. The offender? Climate breakdown.
#UNESCO #WorldHeritageDay #WorldHeritageDay2025 #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateaction
From our cities to forests, glaciers and marine life, our precious cultural and natural heritage is under threat. The offender? Climate breakdown.
#UNESCO #WorldHeritageDay #WorldHeritageDay2025 #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateaction
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Christian Sarkar and Philip Kotler #ecosystem of #wickedproblems
March 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Christian Sarkar and Philip Kotler #ecosystem of #wickedproblems
Wow! Openly talking about insider trading.
How insane is this?!
How insane is this?!
“He made 2.5 million today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.”
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
April 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Wow! Openly talking about insider trading.
How insane is this?!
How insane is this?!
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Israel is murdering more Palestinian journalists. Burning them to death.
Yet still Australia does nothing.
Yet still our media organisations stay silent.
Our leaders have effectively abandoned the Geneva conventions, and there's barely a peep from those tasked with holding power to account.
Yet still Australia does nothing.
Yet still our media organisations stay silent.
Our leaders have effectively abandoned the Geneva conventions, and there's barely a peep from those tasked with holding power to account.
Israeli forces bomb tent housing journalists in Gaza; kills 2 and wounds 7
Israel’s military issues new displacement orders after Hamas fires a barrage of rockets at Ashdod and Ashkelon.
www.aljazeera.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Israel is murdering more Palestinian journalists. Burning them to death.
Yet still Australia does nothing.
Yet still our media organisations stay silent.
Our leaders have effectively abandoned the Geneva conventions, and there's barely a peep from those tasked with holding power to account.
Yet still Australia does nothing.
Yet still our media organisations stay silent.
Our leaders have effectively abandoned the Geneva conventions, and there's barely a peep from those tasked with holding power to account.
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Netanyahu in Washington - I wonder if Trump and Vance will sit him down in front of the cameras in the Oval Office, and ask why he’s not interested in peace talks
April 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Netanyahu in Washington - I wonder if Trump and Vance will sit him down in front of the cameras in the Oval Office, and ask why he’s not interested in peace talks
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As people look to past protest for inspiration:
Nearly 50 years ago, 90% of Icelandic women stopped all paid and unpaid work for a day, to demand equal rights.
A year later, parliament passed a law guaranteeing equal rights.
Collective action works.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Ic...
Nearly 50 years ago, 90% of Icelandic women stopped all paid and unpaid work for a day, to demand equal rights.
A year later, parliament passed a law guaranteeing equal rights.
Collective action works.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Ic...
1975 Icelandic women's strike - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
March 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
As people look to past protest for inspiration:
Nearly 50 years ago, 90% of Icelandic women stopped all paid and unpaid work for a day, to demand equal rights.
A year later, parliament passed a law guaranteeing equal rights.
Collective action works.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Ic...
Nearly 50 years ago, 90% of Icelandic women stopped all paid and unpaid work for a day, to demand equal rights.
A year later, parliament passed a law guaranteeing equal rights.
Collective action works.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Ic...
Adolescence: would you watch with your teenagers? Especially boys?
I found it incredibly moving, quite triggering. However, when you examine the issues the film raises, they are so much deeper rooted: The film touches the tip of the iceberg of online influence on behavior & even brain development.
I found it incredibly moving, quite triggering. However, when you examine the issues the film raises, they are so much deeper rooted: The film touches the tip of the iceberg of online influence on behavior & even brain development.
March 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Adolescence: would you watch with your teenagers? Especially boys?
I found it incredibly moving, quite triggering. However, when you examine the issues the film raises, they are so much deeper rooted: The film touches the tip of the iceberg of online influence on behavior & even brain development.
I found it incredibly moving, quite triggering. However, when you examine the issues the film raises, they are so much deeper rooted: The film touches the tip of the iceberg of online influence on behavior & even brain development.
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As someone who works in cybersecurity, it it my professional opinion that this is a terrible idea and the people who made this decision are idiots.
NEW: CISA, the federal agency responsible for the nation’s cybersecurity, officially cut funding to support state and local election offices. A CISA spokesperson told Democracy Docket the slashed program "no longer effectuates department priorities.”
Cybersecurity Agency Ends Support to Election Security Program
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
As someone who works in cybersecurity, it it my professional opinion that this is a terrible idea and the people who made this decision are idiots.
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We now live in a world where Chinese state media is less dangerous than American corporate media.
March 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We now live in a world where Chinese state media is less dangerous than American corporate media.
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Paul Marshall bankrolls GB News, Spectator, Unherd, right wing conferences and think tanks. He's given hundreds of thousands of pounds to political parties.
Why? What does Marshall want?
Latest on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
Why? What does Marshall want?
Latest on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
We need to talk about Paul (Marshall)
Fears about foreign billionaires buying British politics are justified, but maybe it’s the homegrown super rich we should be worried about?
democracyforsale.substack.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Paul Marshall bankrolls GB News, Spectator, Unherd, right wing conferences and think tanks. He's given hundreds of thousands of pounds to political parties.
Why? What does Marshall want?
Latest on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
Why? What does Marshall want?
Latest on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
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“Trump’s message is: there’s no point in being his ally since he won’t defend you; he will impose more customs duties on you than on his enemies; he will threaten to seize your territories, while supporting the dictators that attack you.”
Claude Malhuret, French Senate.
bsky.app/profile/eddi...
Claude Malhuret, French Senate.
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Claude Malhuret (member of French Senate) on Trump. 🔥
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civics service.”
“We were at war with a dictator, we are now fighting a dictator backed by a traitor.”
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civics service.”
“We were at war with a dictator, we are now fighting a dictator backed by a traitor.”
March 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“Trump’s message is: there’s no point in being his ally since he won’t defend you; he will impose more customs duties on you than on his enemies; he will threaten to seize your territories, while supporting the dictators that attack you.”
Claude Malhuret, French Senate.
bsky.app/profile/eddi...
Claude Malhuret, French Senate.
bsky.app/profile/eddi...
" the presence of US workers in Ukraine would be enough to deter Putin from future acts of aggression, with no further security promises needed."
... But let's be real: how many US workers would actually be in the Ukraine? A few dozen managers?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
... But let's be real: how many US workers would actually be in the Ukraine? A few dozen managers?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Zelenskyy says he will work under Trump’s leadership as he proposes Ukraine peace plan
Ukrainian president signals willingness to sign US minerals deal as he attempts to rebuild ties after Oval Office clash
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
" the presence of US workers in Ukraine would be enough to deter Putin from future acts of aggression, with no further security promises needed."
... But let's be real: how many US workers would actually be in the Ukraine? A few dozen managers?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
... But let's be real: how many US workers would actually be in the Ukraine? A few dozen managers?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Ukraine funding suspended, Israeli funding continues. How abhorrent?!
March 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Ukraine funding suspended, Israeli funding continues. How abhorrent?!
@jay.bsky.team please consider moving Bluesky HQ to Europe to preserve the integrity of this awesome community! We would welcome you with open arms.
March 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
@jay.bsky.team please consider moving Bluesky HQ to Europe to preserve the integrity of this awesome community! We would welcome you with open arms.
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I'm at a loss for words. 🤨
Please, feel free to express your views. 📣
#Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist
Please, feel free to express your views. 📣
#Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist
March 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I'm at a loss for words. 🤨
Please, feel free to express your views. 📣
#Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist
Please, feel free to express your views. 📣
#Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist
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Trump is following Orban's playbook with the techbros.
Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
March 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Trump is following Orban's playbook with the techbros.
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🔴Holocaust Survivor Summoned for Police Interview Over Gaza Solidarity March
Stephen Kapos, 87, is among dozens of activists interviewed or charged by police for their part in the January 18th pro-Palestine protest in London
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/04/h...
Stephen Kapos, 87, is among dozens of activists interviewed or charged by police for their part in the January 18th pro-Palestine protest in London
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/04/h...
Holocaust Survivor Summoned for Police Interview Over Gaza Solidarity March
Stephen Kapos, 87, is among dozens of activists interviewed or charged by police for their part in the January 18th pro-Palestine protest in London
bylinetimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🔴Holocaust Survivor Summoned for Police Interview Over Gaza Solidarity March
Stephen Kapos, 87, is among dozens of activists interviewed or charged by police for their part in the January 18th pro-Palestine protest in London
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/04/h...
Stephen Kapos, 87, is among dozens of activists interviewed or charged by police for their part in the January 18th pro-Palestine protest in London
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/04/h...