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Hannah
@policyhannah.bsky.social
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Policy, research, and public affairs in population health.

Passionate about social, economic, health, and disability justice.

💚 Socialist 🌹 trade unionist ✊ metalhead 🤘 (she/her)
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#NowSpinning My Chemical Romance - May Death Never Stop You 🖤

#NowPlaying #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #EmoSky
A silver LP spins on the record player. In front is the album sleeve for May Death Never Stop You. The artwork shows a broken and vandalised sculpture of a man in marching band uniform.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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So good! Whoever designed the costumes for the Muses deserves many awards 💛 #Hercules
Photo of a stage with the backdrop for Hercules
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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#NowSpinning Lamb of God - Lamb of God 🐑

Ft. my morning alarm, Memento Mori 💀

#MetalSky #VinylSky #VinylCommunity
The Lamb of God album cover shows several dangling pocket watches.
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Great to hear from Professor Sir Michael Marmot at #KFChildrensHealth.

He did not mince his words on how essential it is to address poverty and inequality, and that the UK has the financial means to do this - if the political will is there.
Professor Sir Michael Marmot is stood at a lectern. The sign behind him shows The King’s Fund logo and Barnados logo.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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She hasn’t wasted any time!
YouTube screenshot of a new music video from Alissa White-Gluz called The Room Where She Died.
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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💔 #MetalSky
Arch Enemy instagram post says “Arch Enemy have parted ways with singer Alissa White-Gluz. We’re thankful for the time and music we’ve shared and wish her all the best. Wherever there is an ending, there is also a beginning. See you in 2026.”
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Yes, please, and thank you 🔥 #MetalSky
Line up for In Flames Göteborg Brinner day festival in Gothenburg. In Flames, Avatar, Dark Tranquility, Raised Fist, Thrown, Napalm Death, Gaerea, Mur.
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Also, why can’t all festival wristbands be this nice?!

Can’t believe the amount of crappy paper and scratchy af fabric ones I’ve worn, when these beautiful silky ones were an option!
A silky festival wristband with a black background and Damnation written in red with red illustrations.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Managed to leave Damnation Festival with just one piece of merch and no photos!

A flying visit, but managed to catch Orbit Culture, Afsky, Panzerfaust, Deafheaven, EF, Corrosion of Conformity, and Gaerea 🩵

Not a bad way to spend a Saturday afternoon 🤘 #MetalSky
Gaerea t-shirt with SUBMERGED printed across it. A figure with arms raised stands in front of a pattern of snakes.
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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#NowSpinning Orbit Culture - Death Above Life.

#VinylSky #VinylCommunity #MetalSky
A bottle green record spins on the record player. In front is the album sleeve for Death Above Life, it shows a wispy skeletal figure seeming to disintegrate, maybe?
October 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Today is #MetalMerchDay, run by @metalforgood.bsky.social 🤘

I’m wearing my Only Equals Negotiate t-shirt from Eye Of The Enemy ✊

And I’ve donated at www.justgiving.com/campaign/metalmerchday25 #MetalSky
Eye of the Enemy Only Equals Negotiate T-shirt. It shows a wheel, with workers toiling before aging and becoming skeletons. One man holds wheat and a woman holds a rose.
October 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Beaut new tote bag from Black Lodge Press and @nosweatuk.bsky.social 🖤✊
On a black tote bag is written, “Solidarity. More than just a word. No sweat. Union made.” There is a raised fist grasping a pair of scissors.
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Have to say, this is probably the most united I’ve ever seen a YouGov poll.
Would you support or oppose Prince Andrew (Duke of York) being stripped of his dukedom? 74% said strongly support, 14% said somewhat support, 4% said somewhat oppose, 2% said strongly oppose, and 6% said don’t know.
October 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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#NowSpinning Decapitated - Blood Mantra 🩸

#VinylSky #VinylCommunity #MetalSky
The album cover for Blood Mantra shows a bearded, bloodstained man emerging from a swamp with outstretched pleading hands.
October 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Also wild that both the adverts on this page are from tobacco companies.

"Vaping Standards, Vapers deserve better", from British American Tobacco.

"It costs more than you think" from Japan Tobacco International. (Allegedly part of efforts to oppose the Tobacco & Vapes Bill...)
Screenshot of the article entitled "Vape to save your pet". Adverts include 'Vaping standards' from the British American Tobacco company and "It costs more than you think" adverts on illegal tobacco, funded by Japan Tobacco International.
October 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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#NowSpinning Eluveitie - Ategnatos 🦅

#MetalSky #VinylSky #VinylCommunity
In front of a record player is the album sleeve for Ategnatos. It shows an illustration of a black bird’s silhouette flying towards rocky cliffs, with a narrow waterfall crashing over the edge.
October 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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#NowSpinning Gaerea - Coma 💜

#VinylSky #MetalSky #VinylCommunity
A clear record with turquoise and white splatters sits on the record player. Behind is the sleeve for Coma, which shows a purple eye, with steeples for eyelashes, and a waterfall pouring from it.
October 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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You can track the Global Sumud Flotilla here as it sails to break the illegal siege on Gaza and deliver desperately needed aid 👇

globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/
Screenshot of the flotilla tracker webpage. It shows 44 boats en route to Palestine. They are currently just north of Egypt.
September 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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New patch ✌️
A black Chumbawamba fabric patch shows a boy with two fingers in the air and the words “We’ll never rest again until every Nazi dies”.
September 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Interesting, albeit unsurprising, to see which voters are receiving the most misinformation about violent crime in London.

via @yougov.co.uk
Screenshot of a YouGov poll, filtered by politics. It asks, As far as you are aware is violent crime in London increasing, decreasing, or staying about the same?” 65% of Reform supporters said ‘Increasing a lot’ compared to 44% of Conservative supporters, 19% of Lib Dem supporters, and 16% of Labour supporters.
September 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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It’s feeling autumnal, so I’m making a batch of what I like to call ‘healthy juice’.

Oranges, lemon, ginger, cinnamon, turmeric, and honey 🍊🍋🫚🍯
A saucepan full of water, with orange slices, lemon, and a cinnamon stick floating on the surface.
September 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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#NowSpinning My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge ♥️🖤

#VinylSky #VinylCommunity #EmoSky
In front of a record player is the album sleeve for My Chemical Romance’s Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. The cover art, inspired by René Magritte's painting The Lovers, is an illustration of a bloodstained couple about to kiss.
September 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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I did the best I could! 🌹

#RWC2025 #CANvENG #RedRoses
A black My Chemical Romance T-shirt with gothic roses on it, with writing that reads Everything’s Coming Up Roses.
September 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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New music from Gaerea? Soon? Please? 👀

#MetalSky www.instagram.com/reel/DPEDo06...
Screenshot of Gaerea’s Instagram post, which has the caption IOIT. The post is a video which shows a red rectangle slowly filling up a black screen.
September 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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#NowSpinning Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime ❌

#MetalSky #VinylSky #VinylCommunity
The black and white face of a shouting nun fills the background, above a crowd of impassioned looking men with their fists in the air.
September 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM