Garment workers deserve more! Workers in Cambodia have to spend almost twice what they earn just to survive. This is not a request but an urgent necessity. Raise the wages. Full statement: cambodianess.com/article/civi... cambodianess.com/article/civi...

Solidarity with the Debenhams (Boohoo) workers who may be about to lose their jobs. We've sadly seen this before. Across supply chains workers are underpaid, undervalued and treated as disposable by fashion brands. Debenhams must urgently engage with @usdawunion.bsky.social and save these jobs.

We are calling this "Raise the Colours (or, The Ballad of Little Bobby Jenrick)" www.youtube.com/watch?v=87bY... It's a musical commentary on #raisethecolours, celebrating Robert Jenrick's latest social media antics, with a ukelele gradually going out of tune.

Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.

Well @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social it’s been a blast. Highlights include being half-arsed, unexpected, if fleeting community making elf gauntlets, rest as resistance and fantastic studies and hymn singing, plus a bit of folk music. Fabulous.

1/ Dear UK Labour leadership- Have you lost your collective minds? Please re-read your election manifesto and consider giving some time to the bits that don’t curtail people’s rights, don’t make things harder for those already struggling, don’t pander to the reform right

You can only pick one. Which one?

Yesterday I heard the story of a paediatrician who told someone that their child couldn’t have ADHD because they “hadn’t been excused from school”. I have lots of thoughts about this but am lost for words…

I don’t post here often because I’m finding Bluesky tricky. So much is political or “buy my book” type posts. I just want to know what’s happening in normal lives really or engage with folk who are fun! So here is my dog. She is always in the fun zone….

Email your MP now and urge them to vote against cruel cuts to disability support action.trussell.org.uk/your-mp-must...

Did you know it’s just under 12 weeks until Greenbelt? Did you also know that if you buy *before midnight tonight* you can split the total cost into three equal, interest-free monthly payments up to July? You can do the same Consider this a public service announcement and grab a payment plan today.

I’m not sure about #beachbodyready or #hotgirlsummer. Time to aim for #beachedwhalesummer where everyone just turns up in whatever shape the like and slob about on the beach/mountain/lakeside etc. Keep us hydrated and roll us back home at the end. Perfect.

Rana Plaza Never Again. Today we urge the interim government in Bangladesh to prioritise workers rights in its bold reform plans, and deliver on the demands of workers for rights, wages and power. www.tbsnews.net/economy/rmg/...

It wouldn’t be Holy Saturday if I wasn’t faffing about making something. Last year it was a crocheted rooster, today it is tomb improvements…

There seems to be a lot of chat about “banning phones in schools”. I visit a lot of schools for my job. None of them allow phones to be used in school. This is deflection from the real problems.

These are the Heard & McDonald Islands. They are 4000km south of Perth, Australia and 2000km kilometres north of Antarctica. Pictured here is the islands’ International Trade Committee, which is meeting in an emergency session tonight.

Your daily reminder that NEXT made 1 BILLION in profit last year but won't even pay its UK staff the real living wage, and don't get us started on their garment workers 😡https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/27/major-uk-investors-join-push-for-retail-giants-to-pay-workers-real-living-wage

Interesting. So, SHEIN invests hundreds of thousands into the infrastructure, provides the tech, controls the prices and quantities, styles and product variety, determines the long-term business plan for a supplier but somehow they're still third party?! retailasia.com/fashion/news...

@mayaellismp.bsky.social hello Maya, I voted for you in the summer and have written to you since. Sadly, I got no reply. I was hoping you could give me a reason to stay in the Labour Party. Can’t say it’s looking good right now….

I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

#Tariff I don’t think it means what you think it means…

UK - Liz Truss: economy crashing lettuce loser. America- Trump: hold my beer….

Sparky Rube.

youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?" It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini #Dontabandonthem

The Marsh family singing it loud and clear…. youtube.com/watch?v=pvT3...

This is how to do alt text #Duckey-Luckey

How lucky it was for the world that America then had a president who understood the powerful symbolism of a democratic statesman living in a war zone dressing in a way appropriate to an existential struggle for freedom on the frontier of western civilisation. Now, not so much.

@jimpgrave.bsky.social found the old Mandolin in the shed. I’ve just learned 4 chords and feel like a musical maestro … what could go wrong??

St David's Day Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Artist: H Woolley (1954)

Courage calls to courage everywhere.

I’m not ignoring the situation here on Earth but sometimes it’s good to look up. Terrible picture but sometimes we need reminding that there are bigger things…

Living the dream at half term. New curtains…

There is a hilarious cameo by David ‘Mr Collins’ Bamber playing Boofy in A Very English Scandal.

I don’t post enough of this beautiful girl, so here she is, being gorgeous….

On Thursday I watched a couple of episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale. Far too much like reality to stomach. There’s only so much I can take…

It is the last day of January and I have completed Dryarn January. Tomorrow there is likely to be an orgy of spending in the wool shop!!🧶

Well, nothing like setting the tone on your first day in a job…

It’s so cold today I’m going with a 2 cardigan system. One UNDER my dress and one over l. Still chilly…

For anyone interested in cycling / sustainable transport. Panorama on the BBC last night potentially did huge damage to the UK cycling industry. The programme has been deconstructed here by @marksuttonbike.bsky.social / @cyclingelectric.bsky.social. www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/dec...

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It is Braille day - Louis Braille’s birthday was the 4th January. I spend quite a lot of my working life helping students master reading by touch which is pretty difficult but opens up a world of independence and opportunities. Tech helps but isn’t a replacement for reading.

New toaster and kettle today#LivingTheDream

Not quite sure what I’m worried about or have eaten, but last night I dreamed I was failing a maths exam and couldn’t answer a question about the prehensile tension of fake facial hair….

Today, one if my (adult) children described Liz Truss as “the lettuce woman” and it has made my Christmas 🤶

Huge scandal for Starmer: if it turns out Feathers McGraw was part of the early prison release scheme then he's finished. #WallaceAndGromit

I thought today was going reasonably well, but I’ve just tried to eat my salad with a tea spoon so….

Will OFDEO force the #CofE to become an academy now….?

Advent 3. Ran a Messy Church style service this morning so fit for very little this afternoon….

Any London based folk with winter coats going spare???? We have an urgent need for mens winter coats. They would need to be dropped at our place off Brick Lane. But if you had a fair few pick up could be arranged. anvil-projects.org

I’m thinking I should take life lessons from my dog….