Pressure grows on Yvette Cooper to abandon plans to ban Palestine Action

Arguably the world’s most famous activist and a European MEP kidnapped international waters on a vessel sailing under a British flag but no mention of it on BBC news or ITV news at ten o clock. The lengths the UK media goes to protect Israel is abominable.

Cover feature for mixmag on la grande #nathypeluso

Well done, everyone, keep up the pressure! Cracks are showing with the EHRC and Kishwer Falkner. www.theguardian.com/society/2025... If you haven't already, here's a template letter you can use to write to your MP about procedural issues and bias in the EHRC. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Some of the solutions proposed: speed limits, rerouted lanes, and better port planning 🐋⚠️ #OceanConservation www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Chile has the world’s highest rate of whale deaths from ship strikes, reports @charismcgowan.bsky.social for @theguardian.com Oceanographer Susannah Buchan from @copascoastal.bsky.social and @udeconcepcion.bsky.social warns of growing collision hotspots and calls for urgent measures

'It's like putting a whale in a blender': the rise of deadly ship collisions in Chile - @charismcgowan.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Silence surrounds the disappearance in Chile of Indigenous grandmother Julia Chuñil. Nearly 5 months ago, the Mapuche land rights defender went out to herd animals in the forest and vanished. What really happened? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

www.theguardian.com/global-devel... I went to Máfil in southern Chile to understand what happened to 72-year-old Mapuche woman Julia Chuñil, who was threatened and harassed before she vanished 5 months ago. #JuliaChuñil

I write mostly about subculture, music and Latin America but my Bluesky feed is US politics and I’m not on here enough to browse for people to follow - appreciate any handles to help diversify

cover story for mixmag 🇨🇱🇨🇱

Tonight is the #Grammys — I interviewed Mon Laferte about her electro-frenzied masterpiece of an album, Autopoetica, which is nominated for best Latin Alternative tonight. www.grammy.com/news/mon-laf...

🏳️‍⚧️ Paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives! Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? Trans+!? This is for you. With @transhistoryweek.bsky.social we're investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to create official content for Trans+ History Week Deadline 16th Feb 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🧵 The details 👇

In the Guardian today writing about Pokemón and Chile. Lovely story from Fernando, the world champion of Pokemón Card Game.

Sorry what’s the point of putting a journalist here in the middle of a wildfire for a live broadcast? We can’t hear or see her well either. Seems unnecessary and risky.

Also last year I wrote about the traitors’ Dutch origins (reward this traitors content with #traitors memes pls ) www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

In The Guardian, on Bentham's panopticon penitentiary scheme as the Koepelgevangenis former prisons in Arnhem, Breda, and Haarlem are converted into cultural hubs, arts centres, and hotels www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

I wrote about panopticons !

"Palestine is the site of Jesus' birth. The entire story happens in occupied Palestinian neighbourhoods like Nazareth. There is total ignorance about the relationship between these sites and the ongoing oppression." trippin.world/feature/trav...

I’ve just started an office job and I keep writing Charlie XCX instead of Charli HR :/

Remember all those lifeguard Olympic memes ? Well I spoke to Tammy, who was a lifeguard at the Olympics, who told me just how vital and important the job is. Read this weekend’s experience column www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Out now! For $7 you'll get 30 brilliant songs, some of them exclusive and/or unreleased rarities, and all the proceeds will be donated to support the cause 🍉 gothsforpalestine.bandcamp.com #goth #gothsky #gothic #darkwave #synth #electro #electronic #synthpunk #wave #postpunk #deathrock #ebm

Hello Bluesky ! I am compiling a list of organisations that provide support for #palestine - can be grassroots, local, global, humanitarian, cultural, educative - please comment and reshare below !!! #journorequest

Hi! Are there working illustrators here who have your work directly and negatively affected by the rise of AI? I got contacted by a journalist who is writing on this topic, but at this moment I’m not the right person to be interviewed. Leave comment if this applies to you. Thank you.

Still looking for this across industries and across the world - please share ! Really aiming to speak to a diverse pool of people

I started writing this list then had the much better idea of asking some of the smartest people I know. Thank you to @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for this essential piece of advice: remember. “If they try to normalize, let us try to denormalize." 9/

I witnessed (and experienced) racism on the tube and told the station staff - they told me to tweet TfL - I mentioned I don’t have Twitter and asked if TfL is active on Bluesky and they didn’t know what it was - come on @london.gov.uk ! We need to do better. Update your institutions now.

Was in Glasgow last week. Devastated by the fate of the ABC - spent so many great nights here

Bluesky oracle journalist request for a @theguardian.com piece - looking to speak with people whose have lost jobs/work because of AI / automation. Really keen to speak to game designers / artists / customer support / back office workers - a range of professions across the world #journorequest

First impressions - Bluesky seems ideal for niche discussions and finding your community - threads more random - I’m feeling a bit more comfy on here - plus no Zuck which is always good

Algorithm give me gay stuff ! I also write about queer culture - here’s one I did on the lesbian pop renaissance earlier this year for the guardian www.theguardian.com/music/articl...

Recently been writing features for NME. Had a lovely sit down with the masterful St Vincent, who releases her first Spanish language album - Todos Nacen Gritando - today. www.nme.com/news/music/s...

Hello my name is Charis McGowan, UK journalist. First started writing mostly on Chile and social justice for Guardian and Al Jazeera - now mostly write about music and culture.