Stephanie
@stephanieoffer.bsky.social
Researching links between the Church of England in Croydon &the slave trade
Have ME, FM &mental health problems. Christian
Also into knitting, gardening #TheArchers
She/her
Formerly known as foggyknitter
Have ME, FM &mental health problems. Christian
Also into knitting, gardening #TheArchers
She/her
Formerly known as foggyknitter
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Why! Sorry, but why? Labour's anti-asylum, anti-immigration, policies are the antithesis of anything anyone who genuinely supports human rights should be defending. They're absolutely inhumane and condemnable. Anyone supporting them can't claim to be "progressive"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Why! Sorry, but why? Labour's anti-asylum, anti-immigration, policies are the antithesis of anything anyone who genuinely supports human rights should be defending. They're absolutely inhumane and condemnable. Anyone supporting them can't claim to be "progressive"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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GB News' latest host is the campaigns director for far-right MP Rupert Lowe's 'Restore Britain'. He calls for an "ethnically homogenous Christian Britain".
This is a channel which has several people in the Lobby, and which has privileged access to No 10 as part of the broadcast 'pool'. Nuts.
This is a channel which has several people in the Lobby, and which has privileged access to No 10 as part of the broadcast 'pool'. Nuts.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
GB News' latest host is the campaigns director for far-right MP Rupert Lowe's 'Restore Britain'. He calls for an "ethnically homogenous Christian Britain".
This is a channel which has several people in the Lobby, and which has privileged access to No 10 as part of the broadcast 'pool'. Nuts.
This is a channel which has several people in the Lobby, and which has privileged access to No 10 as part of the broadcast 'pool'. Nuts.
Watching @davidolusoga.bsky.social's #Empire programme, currently researching Henry Laurens' friends James Bourdieu &Samuel Chollet of #Croydon in London &South Carolina. They co-owned ships with Laurens. Chollet's nephew was based in South Carolina to manage their business there.
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Watching @davidolusoga.bsky.social's #Empire programme, currently researching Henry Laurens' friends James Bourdieu &Samuel Chollet of #Croydon in London &South Carolina. They co-owned ships with Laurens. Chollet's nephew was based in South Carolina to manage their business there.
I do have a climber - mutabilis - which is growing up high &has less growth &fewer flowers lower down &I love it. The flowers look magnificent and there is space for lots of other plants below it #GardenersWorld
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I do have a climber - mutabilis - which is growing up high &has less growth &fewer flowers lower down &I love it. The flowers look magnificent and there is space for lots of other plants below it #GardenersWorld
Anne Redpath, Lenten Roses, 1960
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1123542
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1123542
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I definitely need some helianthus for more brightness in my garden in autumn #GardenersWorld
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I definitely need some helianthus for more brightness in my garden in autumn #GardenersWorld
Maybe Amber's parents will be happier when she gets together with Brad, at least he's going to have a degree, no criminal record either! #TheArchers
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Maybe Amber's parents will be happier when she gets together with Brad, at least he's going to have a degree, no criminal record either! #TheArchers
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It's frustrating to see people say Jesus was a Jew without specifying what sort of Jew, so I can know whether to serve rice or not if he shows up for Pesach
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's frustrating to see people say Jesus was a Jew without specifying what sort of Jew, so I can know whether to serve rice or not if he shows up for Pesach
Phoebe wants to have a life as well as be a mother like Kate? So she'lll be dumping the baby on someone else to bring her up while she swans off? #TheArchers
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Phoebe wants to have a life as well as be a mother like Kate? So she'lll be dumping the baby on someone else to bring her up while she swans off? #TheArchers
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14 NOVEMBER 1775, LONDON: Thomas Gage and Thomas Flucker (Henry Knox’s father-in-law) arrive from Boston. Gage brings with him “a packet of letters that were picked out from a number of papers scattered about [Thomas] Cushings house.”
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
14 NOVEMBER 1775, LONDON: Thomas Gage and Thomas Flucker (Henry Knox’s father-in-law) arrive from Boston. Gage brings with him “a packet of letters that were picked out from a number of papers scattered about [Thomas] Cushings house.”
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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My mum has been making needle felted mice for a few years and enjoys challenging herself with new themes and ideas. She's just set up her first exhibition at the stately home she volunteers at, with a family of period mice. Incredible.
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My mum has been making needle felted mice for a few years and enjoys challenging herself with new themes and ideas. She's just set up her first exhibition at the stately home she volunteers at, with a family of period mice. Incredible.
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Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
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#MorningPrayer
Help us, Lord,
to open ourselves to you;
to open our souls
and be filled with your love,
such that it overflows
to the people and
the world around us;
to open our hearts
to hear your call
to the life and work
of your kingdom,
to your justice, mercy,
peace and hope.
Help us, Lord,
to open ourselves to you;
to open our souls
and be filled with your love,
such that it overflows
to the people and
the world around us;
to open our hearts
to hear your call
to the life and work
of your kingdom,
to your justice, mercy,
peace and hope.
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#MorningPrayer
Help us, Lord,
to open ourselves to you;
to open our souls
and be filled with your love,
such that it overflows
to the people and
the world around us;
to open our hearts
to hear your call
to the life and work
of your kingdom,
to your justice, mercy,
peace and hope.
Help us, Lord,
to open ourselves to you;
to open our souls
and be filled with your love,
such that it overflows
to the people and
the world around us;
to open our hearts
to hear your call
to the life and work
of your kingdom,
to your justice, mercy,
peace and hope.
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
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This week is #TransAwarenessWeek.
Trans people have the same right to freedom, joy, safety, and healthcare as everyone else. But in the UK and across the world, their rights are under attack.
We need to stand up to transphobia and guarantee everyone’s dignity.
Trans people have the same right to freedom, joy, safety, and healthcare as everyone else. But in the UK and across the world, their rights are under attack.
We need to stand up to transphobia and guarantee everyone’s dignity.
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This week is #TransAwarenessWeek.
Trans people have the same right to freedom, joy, safety, and healthcare as everyone else. But in the UK and across the world, their rights are under attack.
We need to stand up to transphobia and guarantee everyone’s dignity.
Trans people have the same right to freedom, joy, safety, and healthcare as everyone else. But in the UK and across the world, their rights are under attack.
We need to stand up to transphobia and guarantee everyone’s dignity.
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Gay Sheep Knitwear Show
"raising awareness of the prejudice of gay sheep through a 37-piece knitwear collection. The first ever gay wool show, with the tagline 'I Wool Survive,' will take place this week"
www.esquire.com/uk/style/a69...
#knitting #crochet #yarnsky
"raising awareness of the prejudice of gay sheep through a 37-piece knitwear collection. The first ever gay wool show, with the tagline 'I Wool Survive,' will take place this week"
www.esquire.com/uk/style/a69...
#knitting #crochet #yarnsky
Rainbow Wool | Farm EN
YouTube video by Rainbow Wool
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November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Gay Sheep Knitwear Show
"raising awareness of the prejudice of gay sheep through a 37-piece knitwear collection. The first ever gay wool show, with the tagline 'I Wool Survive,' will take place this week"
www.esquire.com/uk/style/a69...
#knitting #crochet #yarnsky
"raising awareness of the prejudice of gay sheep through a 37-piece knitwear collection. The first ever gay wool show, with the tagline 'I Wool Survive,' will take place this week"
www.esquire.com/uk/style/a69...
#knitting #crochet #yarnsky
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X is a radicalisation machine that pushes people into angry extremism, peddles disinformation and conspiracy theories and is run by an egomaniacal lunatic who threatens civil war on our streets and wants to trash our democracy.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
X is a radicalisation machine that pushes people into angry extremism, peddles disinformation and conspiracy theories and is run by an egomaniacal lunatic who threatens civil war on our streets and wants to trash our democracy.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
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A photo for the class!
Groundwater level monitoring at Salisbury Cathedral.
Salisbury Cathedral, built in the 13th century, is the highest is the UK reaching up to 123m and is built on wet sand and gravel close to the river Avon.
Salisbury Cathedral, built in the 13th century, is the highest is the UK reaching up to 123m and is built on wet sand and gravel close to the river Avon.
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A photo for the class!
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Check my new essay "The deepest South: Slavery in Latin America, on a huge scale, was different from that in the United States. Why don’t we know this history?" just published in @aeon.co Many thanks to historian Sam Haselby, who beautifully edited it #slaveryarchive aeon.co/essays/way-d...
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Check my new essay "The deepest South: Slavery in Latin America, on a huge scale, was different from that in the United States. Why don’t we know this history?" just published in @aeon.co Many thanks to historian Sam Haselby, who beautifully edited it #slaveryarchive aeon.co/essays/way-d...
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I didn’t know Neil had released his autobiography!
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
I try my hardest to stop buying books but sometimes it is just too difficult.
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I didn’t know Neil had released his autobiography!
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
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oh no it’s that day of the year again: the #hiddenbooksgame when i question whether i’ve ever read a book in my life 😬
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
oh no it’s that day of the year again: the #hiddenbooksgame when i question whether i’ve ever read a book in my life 😬
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My sole Police & Crime Commissioner story: on the day of the first PCC elections in 2012, I met the only Scottish person disappointed they weren’t having them introduced there: the pilot of the Fair Isle plane, who gets paid overtime to fly the ballot box to Lerwick every time there’s an election.
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
My sole Police & Crime Commissioner story: on the day of the first PCC elections in 2012, I met the only Scottish person disappointed they weren’t having them introduced there: the pilot of the Fair Isle plane, who gets paid overtime to fly the ballot box to Lerwick every time there’s an election.
Morrisons are to be congratulated on their world first - crossing a cow with a salmon
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Morrisons are to be congratulated on their world first - crossing a cow with a salmon
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Anyone available to preside for some Baptisms?
Please.
I'm basically begging you. 🥺
Please.
I'm basically begging you. 🥺
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM