Deborah
@rowan36.bsky.social
Love books, gardens, art, knitting. Northern accent living in South London. Ex civil servant and carer. Home-bird. She/her 💚🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺
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If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
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This week‘s cultural Hotlist🔥
Ft @cmatbaby.bsky.social, Gillian Anderson, and more.
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Ft @cmatbaby.bsky.social, Gillian Anderson, and more.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This week‘s cultural Hotlist🔥
Ft @cmatbaby.bsky.social, Gillian Anderson, and more.
www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
Ft @cmatbaby.bsky.social, Gillian Anderson, and more.
www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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Oh how terrible, I can see why renewables are so unpopular...
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Oh how terrible, I can see why renewables are so unpopular...
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We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
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We cannot expect to recruit and retain female soldiers if they do not feel safe. It is critical that the govt accelerate reforms to keep women safe in our armed forces. Jaysley Beck's tragic story should never be repeated.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jaysley Beck: Ex-sergeant jailed for sexual assault on soldier
Michael Webber admitted sexually assaulting Jaysley Beck, 19, who later took her own life.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We cannot expect to recruit and retain female soldiers if they do not feel safe. It is critical that the govt accelerate reforms to keep women safe in our armed forces. Jaysley Beck's tragic story should never be repeated.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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📢The European Court of Human Rights has said Norway must assess the global climate impacts of oil & gas before opening new oil fields.
This week, the ECtHR gave a ruling that will change how governments approach fossil fuel development 🧵
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
This week, the ECtHR gave a ruling that will change how governments approach fossil fuel development 🧵
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
📢The European Court of Human Rights has said Norway must assess the global climate impacts of oil & gas before opening new oil fields.
This week, the ECtHR gave a ruling that will change how governments approach fossil fuel development 🧵
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
This week, the ECtHR gave a ruling that will change how governments approach fossil fuel development 🧵
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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A photo tour of our garden across the seasons this year www.wildway.info/p/plant-comm... I don't water or fertilise our garden, and I hardly weed it either thanks to my wild way principles
Plant community gardening with nature at its heart
How I've grown a low effort, high impact wildlife garden without any chemicals, watering and barely any weeding
www.wildway.info
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A photo tour of our garden across the seasons this year www.wildway.info/p/plant-comm... I don't water or fertilise our garden, and I hardly weed it either thanks to my wild way principles
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October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Johnson’s senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Thiel and Ellison
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...
Johnson’s senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Thiel and Ellison
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
bylinetimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Johnson’s senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Thiel and Ellison
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...
Johnson’s senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Thiel and Ellison
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...
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This is absolutely fascinating: you can put your postcode in and see relative levels of deprivation (and the opposite) where you live in detail. I live where I grew up, so I could spend days doing this as I know the town so well. www.ft.com/content/9a1c... Huge congrats to @amyborrett.ft.com et al.
Interactive: explore England’s new deprivation map
Data analysis reveals ‘cheek by jowl’ inequalities in first study of country’s disadvantaged areas since pandemic
www.ft.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This is absolutely fascinating: you can put your postcode in and see relative levels of deprivation (and the opposite) where you live in detail. I live where I grew up, so I could spend days doing this as I know the town so well. www.ft.com/content/9a1c... Huge congrats to @amyborrett.ft.com et al.
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An estimated 130,000 children in Al Fasher, Sudan, are at a high risk of grave rights violations, with reports of abduction, killing and maiming, and sexual violence.
UNICEF calls for an immediate ceasefire, safe, unimpeded humanitarian access, and the protection of civilians, especially children.
UNICEF calls for an immediate ceasefire, safe, unimpeded humanitarian access, and the protection of civilians, especially children.
October 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
An estimated 130,000 children in Al Fasher, Sudan, are at a high risk of grave rights violations, with reports of abduction, killing and maiming, and sexual violence.
UNICEF calls for an immediate ceasefire, safe, unimpeded humanitarian access, and the protection of civilians, especially children.
UNICEF calls for an immediate ceasefire, safe, unimpeded humanitarian access, and the protection of civilians, especially children.
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Trigger warning Suicide
Please read. It might save a life.
I’ve had a 48 hour mental health crisis. I told someone I didn’t want to be here. That I was thinking of taking all my tablets. I said I was unsafe. Then they made to leave me on my own. That was the trigger. I didn’t matter. 🧵
Please read. It might save a life.
I’ve had a 48 hour mental health crisis. I told someone I didn’t want to be here. That I was thinking of taking all my tablets. I said I was unsafe. Then they made to leave me on my own. That was the trigger. I didn’t matter. 🧵
October 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Trigger warning Suicide
Please read. It might save a life.
I’ve had a 48 hour mental health crisis. I told someone I didn’t want to be here. That I was thinking of taking all my tablets. I said I was unsafe. Then they made to leave me on my own. That was the trigger. I didn’t matter. 🧵
Please read. It might save a life.
I’ve had a 48 hour mental health crisis. I told someone I didn’t want to be here. That I was thinking of taking all my tablets. I said I was unsafe. Then they made to leave me on my own. That was the trigger. I didn’t matter. 🧵
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We have an exciting opportunity to support Paula Warne for East Sussex County Council and to spread the work about our mayoral campaign! 💚
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We have an exciting opportunity to support Paula Warne for East Sussex County Council and to spread the work about our mayoral campaign! 💚
Sign up with the link in the thread.
October 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Sign up to join me in Hastings for doorknocking and leafleting!
We have an exciting opportunity to support Paula Warne for East Sussex County Council and to spread the work about our mayoral campaign! 💚
Sign up with the link in the thread.
We have an exciting opportunity to support Paula Warne for East Sussex County Council and to spread the work about our mayoral campaign! 💚
Sign up with the link in the thread.
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Some positive news for a change. Politico: "The morning-after pill will be available free of charge on the NHS [England] from today, which the NHS national clinical director for women’s health hailed as the 'biggest change to sexual health services since the 1960s.'"
October 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Some positive news for a change. Politico: "The morning-after pill will be available free of charge on the NHS [England] from today, which the NHS national clinical director for women’s health hailed as the 'biggest change to sexual health services since the 1960s.'"
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In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
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‘Abject terror’: survey shows 84% of trans people feel Britain is unsafe
YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK
goodlaw.social
October 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
goodlaw.social/ncfw
goodlaw.social/ncfw
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The legend that is the Japanese Ambassador to the UK enjoying a bowl of Scouse in Liverpool
October 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The legend that is the Japanese Ambassador to the UK enjoying a bowl of Scouse in Liverpool
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This is so lovely.
Good morning.
Good morning.
October 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is so lovely.
Good morning.
Good morning.
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Remember to vote in National Trust elections!
One vital reason to vote in the National Trust elections and for the NT endorsed candidates. We can't risk the Restore Trust candidates getting any influence on it.
October 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Remember to vote in National Trust elections!
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Yes, they are actually saying that a "foreigner" who has worked here for decades, paid National Insurance, & is entitled BECAUSE OF THAT to a state pension, would be deported for the crime of claiming it.
Via @sundersays.bsky.social the Conservatives' draft legislation - absolutely clear that it applies to (and is intended to apply to) legal permanent residents claiming state pension (on the basis of their contributions) or child benefit for British kids.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Yes, they are actually saying that a "foreigner" who has worked here for decades, paid National Insurance, & is entitled BECAUSE OF THAT to a state pension, would be deported for the crime of claiming it.
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Great fan of @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social - doing for Brum what, say, @londoncentric.media is doing for the capital.
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You may recall they did the flags story a few weeks ago.
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You may recall they did the flags story a few weeks ago.
Recently released council accounts show Birmingham had hundreds of millions it could have used instead of going bankrupt & issuing extreme cuts, say 35 accountant researchers.
They're demanding an inquiry. Read the full story, in The Dispatch.
They're demanding an inquiry. Read the full story, in The Dispatch.
October 22, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Great fan of @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social - doing for Brum what, say, @londoncentric.media is doing for the capital.
If you (say you) support quality local journalism then follow/subscribe.
You may recall they did the flags story a few weeks ago.
If you (say you) support quality local journalism then follow/subscribe.
You may recall they did the flags story a few weeks ago.