The 4th annual Henderson Heritage Group 'Experiences in Communities' public event: Friday 10 October 6-8pm THE event of the autumn in the world of #democratictherapeuticcommunities and #activistresearch - tickets available now! ❤️‍🔥 #survivor #practicesofequality www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1440614559... ❤️

NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services. The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)

@jessicaturtle.bsky.social @ourmoh.bsky.social you are a superstar 🌟 Hugely deserved round of applause for your personal and powerful keynote contribution at the @homelesslink.bsky.social conference. 💓 Powerful takeaway that ending homelessness needs to be more about love than rules.

I’ll repeat

The only way to counter the far right is to improve living standards and public services

I hucked in all these logs across the moorings yesterday bc @mattturtle.bsky.social has a bad back, usually we do it together. Its half a tonne total so I feel suitably proud. I caught up with the last couple weeks of @404media.co whilst I did it. Highly recommend subscribing to those guys.

My new post on how people struggle to accept the reality of new threats: kucharski.substack.com/p/the-bigges...

I see that Trump is a feminist hero now, in a move from gender criticals that is entirely expected.

There was a seal playing in the Thames this morning. Combined with this sunrise, as me and @mattturtle.bsky.social step off the moorings and back to the museum, it feels like the week should have blessings in it. Wishing everyone a good one 😊

I took my nieces to see this yesterday and it was crap to the point of being funny www.lostinlight.uk

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Its a coup, no? These people are unelected How is it happening?

24 hours in MoH director world: 3 year funding bid submitted 🤞 Trustee Annual Report & accounts submitted Article for museums association submitted Meet with National Museums Northern Ireland 2 funder reports submitted Manage contractors putting base for greenhouse Guest on podcast

The Stonewall uprising, now seen as a pivotal moment in the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights, was not universally welcomed by gay activists at the time. The Mattachine Society, then the leading gay rights organisation, begged the rioters to stop.

"I know you are mad busy with bum bum train this spring but glad you can squeeze in some work on Riot FM after the show opens" is a sentence I typed today and this kind of sentence is why I like working in the arts.

5 years sober this weekend, both of us @mattturtle.bsky.social ❤️ #recoveryposse #traumarecovery

Multi national corporation poisons island. Government defends corporation. This the world we live in. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Spent the day not managing to write funding bids but managing very well to eat a lot of crisps

Well the emergency shelter is done and its first night back on the boat since last Tuesday. The cats are not happy with us at all lol.

What a week. Been running the shelter since Tuesday with a fantastic bunch of people. What a privilege it is to do this in our own way in our own building after so many years campaigning for better and more provision.

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We are running our first ever emergency shelter here at the museum. The joy of simply being able to say "yes of course you can come in for the night" is such a contrast to having to try for hours (and often fail) to get someone indoors via official channels. Our way should be normal

I REALLY wish all the papers and the BBC and other outlets would stop reporting on fucking El*n Musk, everything he says or does and legitimising him. The only thing that should be amplified is the twitch stream where he was repeatedly owned by that excellent young person.

Quelle surprise

We are back at work tomorrow and looking at the forecast we'll be opening our emergency cold weather shelter in the museum for the first time ever the very next day And that's how 25 is going to be huh

I feel seen

This is good to see and gives some hope

One of the enduring myths of covid is that we solved homelessness in covid. What this shows is how little our society understands the structural and individual factors that cause homelessness. A lot of homelessness charities contributed to creating this myth at the time.

My friend Maari died in December. She was an amazing person and her death has hit hard. We are raising money for her funeral and memorial as her family don't have the funds. Please help if you can and please boost if possible. Thank you. ❤️ www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

I’m not back from leave yet but I’m already digging into SWEP cos of the cold & and trying to figure out what being a tier 1 or 2 person means. Apparently u need to be one to get offers of help. Why do our systems of care in the UK have all these complicated & mind boggling classification systems

Well the olive oil is solidifying so guess we are at that point in the winter where the entire galley is a fridge and the fridge stops working.

I've bought my own area of the internet as a new year gift to myself. I'll be launching a website and blog like it's 2002 shortly.

I'm feeling somewhat despairing about how chaotic 2025 has started when an investigative journalist friend messages with some new information on a slow burning thing we are working on. It's a nice reminder that for all the carnage and Billionaire level madness there are good people diligently

Love

It's 1030 and I've watched the sunrise, been to the arcades in Soho to play my fave games, made the acquaintance of a Shaolin Monk who works there, had a really good coffee and now I'm on a mystery trip out of London somewhere from Marylebone. Sober birthdays can be truly excellent. ❤️

I am 45 today and it's a beautiful sunrise here on the Thames. I get spend the day with the love of my life @mattturtle.bsky.social how lucky am I

Good morning ☺️

It's offishially the dead internet era isn't it

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I just set up a small monthly donation to @wikipedia.bsky.social www.snopes.com/fact-check/e...

What an absolutely stunning day Hope everyone has a good one ❤️

I’ve been in recovery from addiction for 6,409 days and I still sometimes feel a lot of pain, I still sometimes find life very difficult and I still sometimes find it very difficult to accept the world the way it is. And that’s ok ❤️

London museum security guards urge public to stay away in strikes over pay

I'm in M&M world. It's dystopian af but also relatable

DAY OFF and amazing not to have this in my head have we got enough tables, plates, what about the vegan option, will so & so get into their taxi if we dont send someone, someone donated coca cola but it's on the BDS list, has so & so got their script, will the weather stay dry, have we got enough

I am 45 next week and I have done a few things but I think the achievement of my life is cooking Christmas dinner for more than 60 people out of a very small domestic kitchen. And everyone had seconds and thirds if they wanted. 😅

Well that Christmas eve party day at the museum was absolutely mobbed, hectic, gorgeous and heartwarming in equal measure. We're now eating pizza on the boat with the fire on and feeling a lot of gratitude for the amazing community we are a part of ❤️ Tomorrow will be even more mad lol

Dreamy commute today ☺️

Planting spring bulbs on deck at high tide in the freezing dark just before Christmas is totally fine and normal, especially if you have one of these hats.