Niamh Goggin
@niamh-smallchange.bsky.social
Politics, local economies, social investment, credit unions, financial Inclusion, money for good.
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 2
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Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not.
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
Watch till the end
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@houserepublicans.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not.
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
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The truth will have its day.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
November 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The truth will have its day.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
That day is now.
Release all the Epstein files.
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Then get rid of them, Simon. The PLP are not powerless here. This is an awful government. I know it; you know it and the British people know it.
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Then get rid of them, Simon. The PLP are not powerless here. This is an awful government. I know it; you know it and the British people know it.
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Recently there's been a coordinated effort by some to talk down London, because it suits their political agenda. The truth must hurt for them - because London has once again been crowned the greatest city in the world.
If, like me, you love London, then my message is this:
If, like me, you love London, then my message is this:
London proves progressive cities work. No wonder some politicians hate that, writes Sadiq Khan | LBC
We must stand up and defend our liberal, progressive, caring capital
www.lbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Recently there's been a coordinated effort by some to talk down London, because it suits their political agenda. The truth must hurt for them - because London has once again been crowned the greatest city in the world.
If, like me, you love London, then my message is this:
If, like me, you love London, then my message is this:
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In his victory speech, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social quoted Eugene V. Debs. More than 100 years ago, in 1908, Narayan Krishna - India's first socialist - campaigned for Debs on the "Red Special"-train in Chicago. indiasworld.in/indias-first...
India’s First Socialist: The Untold Story of Dr Narayan Krishna | India's World
In the summer of 1910, an Indian social democrat named Dr Narayan Kesheo Krishna startled Europe’s socialist elite in Copenhagen. A globe-trotting thinker w ...
indiasworld.in
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
In his victory speech, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social quoted Eugene V. Debs. More than 100 years ago, in 1908, Narayan Krishna - India's first socialist - campaigned for Debs on the "Red Special"-train in Chicago. indiasworld.in/indias-first...
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Here’s what you won’t hear from some commentators on social media: in the year to October, London recorded 10,000 fewer violent crimes leading to injury than it did in the twelve months before I was elected.
More on the progress we’re making ⬇️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
More on the progress we’re making ⬇️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'London is world's best city - people claiming it's lawless hate its success'
'The fact that London has again been crowned greatest city in the world disproves everything our critics claim, and they can’t stand it', the London Mayor Sadiq Khan writes
www.mirror.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Here’s what you won’t hear from some commentators on social media: in the year to October, London recorded 10,000 fewer violent crimes leading to injury than it did in the twelve months before I was elected.
More on the progress we’re making ⬇️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
More on the progress we’re making ⬇️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com
Artist Gary Tyler turns 40 years of wrongful imprisonment into powerful textiles
An exhibition of Tyler’s quilts captures scenes of humanity from within the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary.
laist.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com
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DYK, that sepia ink was originally made from squid ink?
DYK, that it is possible to recover the remains of ink from fossil Belemnites?
DYK, that Mary Anning discovered this?
DYK, that you can reconstitute that fossil squid ink and use it to draw?
DYK, this was en vogue in the 19th century?
DYK, that it is possible to recover the remains of ink from fossil Belemnites?
DYK, that Mary Anning discovered this?
DYK, that you can reconstitute that fossil squid ink and use it to draw?
DYK, this was en vogue in the 19th century?
The Geological Society
- Fossil sepia, described 1829
Discover and access geoscience information resources via one of the world’s premier Earth science libraries. Search our collection of printed books, maps and journals, e-journals, internet resources, ...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
DYK, that sepia ink was originally made from squid ink?
DYK, that it is possible to recover the remains of ink from fossil Belemnites?
DYK, that Mary Anning discovered this?
DYK, that you can reconstitute that fossil squid ink and use it to draw?
DYK, this was en vogue in the 19th century?
DYK, that it is possible to recover the remains of ink from fossil Belemnites?
DYK, that Mary Anning discovered this?
DYK, that you can reconstitute that fossil squid ink and use it to draw?
DYK, this was en vogue in the 19th century?
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It hath ben a longe tyme synce Ich have rockid and rollid
It hath ben a longe tyme synce Ich did the strolle
O Let me retourne, let me retourne
Retourne to the place whence Ich went from
It hath ben a longe tyme, ben a longe tyme
Ben a longe lonelye lonelye lonelye O lonelye tyme
It hath ben a longe tyme synce Ich did the strolle
O Let me retourne, let me retourne
Retourne to the place whence Ich went from
It hath ben a longe tyme, ben a longe tyme
Ben a longe lonelye lonelye lonelye O lonelye tyme
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
It hath ben a longe tyme synce Ich have rockid and rollid
It hath ben a longe tyme synce Ich did the strolle
O Let me retourne, let me retourne
Retourne to the place whence Ich went from
It hath ben a longe tyme, ben a longe tyme
Ben a longe lonelye lonelye lonelye O lonelye tyme
It hath ben a longe tyme synce Ich did the strolle
O Let me retourne, let me retourne
Retourne to the place whence Ich went from
It hath ben a longe tyme, ben a longe tyme
Ben a longe lonelye lonelye lonelye O lonelye tyme
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Thinking about my own father, who arrived in 1946 with the Free Polish Army - when would Labour have sent him back to communist Poland? How could he have done anything to build a life and have children in the UK if he had had to beg to stay every two years? Disgusting. www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Thinking about my own father, who arrived in 1946 with the Free Polish Army - when would Labour have sent him back to communist Poland? How could he have done anything to build a life and have children in the UK if he had had to beg to stay every two years? Disgusting. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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#ME #LongCovid #Lyme #POTS #PEM #MCAS
#LivesWeCannotLive
@meassociation.org.uk
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
#Justice4ME
#LivesWeCannotLive
@meassociation.org.uk
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
#Justice4ME
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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November 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
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Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
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November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Part 59 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Tomb guardian beast (zhenmushou) China, Tang dynasty, early 700s
Tomb guardian beast (zhenmushou) China, Tang dynasty, early 700s
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Part 59 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Tomb guardian beast (zhenmushou) China, Tang dynasty, early 700s
Tomb guardian beast (zhenmushou) China, Tang dynasty, early 700s
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Part 60 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
A Hellenistic mosaic glass bowl. Late 3rd-2nd century BC
A Hellenistic mosaic glass bowl. Late 3rd-2nd century BC
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Part 60 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
A Hellenistic mosaic glass bowl. Late 3rd-2nd century BC
A Hellenistic mosaic glass bowl. Late 3rd-2nd century BC
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13 November 1926 | A Czech Jewish boy Erich Gottlieb was born in Chomutov.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 26 October 1942. He did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 26 October 1942. He did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
13 November 1926 | A Czech Jewish boy Erich Gottlieb was born in Chomutov.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 26 October 1942. He did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 26 October 1942. He did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
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Imagine the days where they'd pay you for content! My dad and his friend used to get like a fiver for sending captioned cartoons to the phoenix! His favourite one was when they drew Haughey with a manatee "Charlie Haughey, a man with a porpoise"
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Imagine the days where they'd pay you for content! My dad and his friend used to get like a fiver for sending captioned cartoons to the phoenix! His favourite one was when they drew Haughey with a manatee "Charlie Haughey, a man with a porpoise"
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.