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dylan | shetlandic coastal witch. pockets full of seaglass, moss covered buoy. "he was sea-marked, and he knew it.” | disabled and tired | cambuslang, scotland | he/they | 33 | autistic
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Donate to Help me become a British Citizen, organized by Dylan C
My name is Dylan, and I am sharing this on behalf of a friend - their story is below. Thank y… Dylan C needs your support for Help me become a British Citizen
www.gofundme.com
[tw: DV, financial abuse]
due to a series of incredibly shitty situations as detailed in the GFM, my friend needs some help raising funds
the most pressing issue is becoming a british citizen bc of the rising wave of fascism, costing £1785
please donate if you can afford, & share!
#MutualAid
due to a series of incredibly shitty situations as detailed in the GFM, my friend needs some help raising funds
the most pressing issue is becoming a british citizen bc of the rising wave of fascism, costing £1785
please donate if you can afford, & share!
#MutualAid
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Amazing how out of step Labour are with the public on this.
75% of people support a weath tax on assets (2% over £10M and 1% over £1B).
70% support a tax on hones worth £2M+
Voters want to TAX THE ULTRA RICH FUND PUBIC SERVICES!!!!!
YouGov poll link below.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
75% of people support a weath tax on assets (2% over £10M and 1% over £1B).
70% support a tax on hones worth £2M+
Voters want to TAX THE ULTRA RICH FUND PUBIC SERVICES!!!!!
YouGov poll link below.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Amazing how out of step Labour are with the public on this.
75% of people support a weath tax on assets (2% over £10M and 1% over £1B).
70% support a tax on hones worth £2M+
Voters want to TAX THE ULTRA RICH FUND PUBIC SERVICES!!!!!
YouGov poll link below.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
75% of people support a weath tax on assets (2% over £10M and 1% over £1B).
70% support a tax on hones worth £2M+
Voters want to TAX THE ULTRA RICH FUND PUBIC SERVICES!!!!!
YouGov poll link below.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
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rainbows on mars
📷 #Lomography Lomomatic 110
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#BelieveInFilm #Lomochrome #FilmsNotDead #110Film #FilmIsNotDead #LomochromeTurquoise #Photography
📷 #Lomography Lomomatic 110
🎞️ Lomography Lomochrome Turquoise
#BelieveInFilm #Lomochrome #FilmsNotDead #110Film #FilmIsNotDead #LomochromeTurquoise #Photography
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
rainbows on mars
📷 #Lomography Lomomatic 110
🎞️ Lomography Lomochrome Turquoise
#BelieveInFilm #Lomochrome #FilmsNotDead #110Film #FilmIsNotDead #LomochromeTurquoise #Photography
📷 #Lomography Lomomatic 110
🎞️ Lomography Lomochrome Turquoise
#BelieveInFilm #Lomochrome #FilmsNotDead #110Film #FilmIsNotDead #LomochromeTurquoise #Photography
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As was incredibly obvious at the time. Every time they delayed lockdown they killed people, and ensured lockdowns were longer than they could have been.
Johnson & Cummings killed 23,000 people.
If a lockdown had been imposed on 16 March, a week earlier than it was, it could have cut the number of deaths in England in the first wave of the virus by almost half, saving 23,000 lives, the Covid inquiry says.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If a lockdown had been imposed on 16 March, a week earlier than it was, it could have cut the number of deaths in England in the first wave of the virus by almost half, saving 23,000 lives, the Covid inquiry says.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
As was incredibly obvious at the time. Every time they delayed lockdown they killed people, and ensured lockdowns were longer than they could have been.
there he is! no binder! ever again!
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
there he is! no binder! ever again!
this time a week ago i was waking up from surgery!!
currently being given a lift by lovely lovely friend to my first check-up appointment!!
currently being given a lift by lovely lovely friend to my first check-up appointment!!
November 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
this time a week ago i was waking up from surgery!!
currently being given a lift by lovely lovely friend to my first check-up appointment!!
currently being given a lift by lovely lovely friend to my first check-up appointment!!
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huge fundraising update! After just about a year of raising funds, this has hit 5K!
That means there's only $400 left to go to pay off the loan! It would be amazing to close this out; but I really just want to thank yall for supporting me this last year 💕💸 gofund.me/719762951
That means there's only $400 left to go to pay off the loan! It would be amazing to close this out; but I really just want to thank yall for supporting me this last year 💕💸 gofund.me/719762951
Donate to Help Alexandra Get Emergency Housing Repairs Covered, organized by Alexandra Tomlinson
Hello! My name is Alexandra Tomlinson and this year I r… Alexandra Tomlinson needs your support for Help Alexandra Get Emergency Housing Repairs Covered
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November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
huge fundraising update! After just about a year of raising funds, this has hit 5K!
That means there's only $400 left to go to pay off the loan! It would be amazing to close this out; but I really just want to thank yall for supporting me this last year 💕💸 gofund.me/719762951
That means there's only $400 left to go to pay off the loan! It would be amazing to close this out; but I really just want to thank yall for supporting me this last year 💕💸 gofund.me/719762951
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Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
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You know no other UK party will say this so explicitly and with their whole chest.
#VoteGreen
#VoteGreen
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
You know no other UK party will say this so explicitly and with their whole chest.
#VoteGreen
#VoteGreen
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The Guardian are reporting a significant increase in Jewish people voting for the Green Party.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Guardian are reporting a significant increase in Jewish people voting for the Green Party.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
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It's pretty clear that the Green Party does listen to opposing views. It was by listening that they determined that these "women's rights" campaigners as the BBC describes them were actually just a bunch of bigots.
Good riddance, one less transphobe in the party is only a good thing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Green politician quits party to 'protect free speech' - BBC News
Paula O'Rourke said the party needs to do more to listen to opposing views.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It's pretty clear that the Green Party does listen to opposing views. It was by listening that they determined that these "women's rights" campaigners as the BBC describes them were actually just a bunch of bigots.
uughhh sleeping on my back has started to hurt said back 😭 i tried putting a pillow under my knees bc the internet said that might help, not so much. i do think i slipped down a little on my wedges last night so i will try to be more upright tonight
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
uughhh sleeping on my back has started to hurt said back 😭 i tried putting a pillow under my knees bc the internet said that might help, not so much. i do think i slipped down a little on my wedges last night so i will try to be more upright tonight
speaking of shein, i bought something new on ebay from a UK seller, it said it was coming from the UK, which i always do to avoid air miles of products. didn’t get shipping into for weeks, and when i did? it was coming from shein 😭😭😭 and then when it arrived it broke in about two weeks
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
speaking of shein, i bought something new on ebay from a UK seller, it said it was coming from the UK, which i always do to avoid air miles of products. didn’t get shipping into for weeks, and when i did? it was coming from shein 😭😭😭 and then when it arrived it broke in about two weeks
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That's the same rate for piecework my great-grandmother got at the Maidenform factory in Bayonne, NJ almost a century ago - that's not a current, livable wage in any place
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
That's the same rate for piecework my great-grandmother got at the Maidenform factory in Bayonne, NJ almost a century ago - that's not a current, livable wage in any place
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One of the most painful things to watch is people on the left coming up with social justicey reasons why fast fashion is fine, actually. Like that poor/disabled people need to have access to 45 new outfits a month and nothing consumers do matters because "no ethical consumption under capitalism".
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
One of the most painful things to watch is people on the left coming up with social justicey reasons why fast fashion is fine, actually. Like that poor/disabled people need to have access to 45 new outfits a month and nothing consumers do matters because "no ethical consumption under capitalism".
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
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Greg Jackson (CEO Octopus) believes that with the right regulatory changes, Scotland could harness its renewable energy potential to provide free electricity to its residents.
Unionism: fuck that we'll give cheap electricity to a sector exacerbating climate change.
Fuck Labour.
Unionism: fuck that we'll give cheap electricity to a sector exacerbating climate change.
Fuck Labour.
EXCLUSIVE: Labour are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Greg Jackson (CEO Octopus) believes that with the right regulatory changes, Scotland could harness its renewable energy potential to provide free electricity to its residents.
Unionism: fuck that we'll give cheap electricity to a sector exacerbating climate change.
Fuck Labour.
Unionism: fuck that we'll give cheap electricity to a sector exacerbating climate change.
Fuck Labour.
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Our amazing Reading Leadership Group have picked some brilliant books either by Scottish authors/illustrators, published or set in Scotland to share with their classes next Friday for #KidLit Scotland St Andrew's Day Reading Record. #KILTSRR #ReadingSchools #ScoEdu 🏴 @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Our amazing Reading Leadership Group have picked some brilliant books either by Scottish authors/illustrators, published or set in Scotland to share with their classes next Friday for #KidLit Scotland St Andrew's Day Reading Record. #KILTSRR #ReadingSchools #ScoEdu 🏴 @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
can’t believe it’s day 6 already, my 7 day checkup is tomorrow afternoon!!!
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
can’t believe it’s day 6 already, my 7 day checkup is tomorrow afternoon!!!
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Almost certainly the best photo I will ever take from the southern edge of a moor at sunset as a vehicle progresses downhill towards me and the cold winter sky gathers its Byzantine thoughts.
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Almost certainly the best photo I will ever take from the southern edge of a moor at sunset as a vehicle progresses downhill towards me and the cold winter sky gathers its Byzantine thoughts.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Thank you Claire Sharpe for your allyship. It’s all too easy to forget there are people who stand up for us.
A cycling influencer nominated for a list of top 100 women cyclists said she has declined the honour due to the decision not to include trans women.
Claire Sharpe, a cycling coach from Bristol, said: "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of" 👏🏻
Claire Sharpe, a cycling coach from Bristol, said: "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of" 👏🏻
Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out - BBC News
Claire Sharpe says she disagrees with Cycling UK only naming biological women in their top 100 list.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Thank you Claire Sharpe for your allyship. It’s all too easy to forget there are people who stand up for us.
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Just 10 days until we find out what Your Party's official position is on trans people! Or maybe 11 days. If the conference happens. Which it might not.
"Have you considered waiting for the conference in November before accusing Your Party of being transphobic? Because we're having a vote on whether to support trans then. Me, I don't have a problem with them. I was actually in the same room as Jeremy when he said he wasn't bothered about it either."
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Just 10 days until we find out what Your Party's official position is on trans people! Or maybe 11 days. If the conference happens. Which it might not.
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If you're about to buy books for Christmas presents, why not order from @argonautbooks.bsky.social or drop in if you're in Edinburgh? @waterstones.bsky.social have just announced they're opening less than 100m away, so they could do with all the love and support they can get #BookSky #NatureWriting
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
If you're about to buy books for Christmas presents, why not order from @argonautbooks.bsky.social or drop in if you're in Edinburgh? @waterstones.bsky.social have just announced they're opening less than 100m away, so they could do with all the love and support they can get #BookSky #NatureWriting