Six things you should know have happened in America since Monday - in 2 minutes. youtu.be/s7jnLHoBMF8

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The article below says this company is “set to open a children’s residential home on the Derry/Donegal border by the end of 2025”. I wonder which side of the border? www.irishnews.com/news/busines... 🧵1/2

I listen to A bin that needs securing An old sash window rattle A radiator splutter Dot dot dash The merciless morse code Of things getting ready to play possom Like a tulip bulb Like a park cafe Like an old tortoise Defiance disguised as submission Winter will come And go again Doesn't it always

“We are removing children from their families. The least we owe them, after doing that, is to care for them well and to set them up for adulthood”. Make care experience a protected characteristic. www.irishnews.com/news/norther... #careexperience #socialwork #northernireland #homelessness

New podcast: how the American Christian Right has invoked morality to drive neoliberal policies that built today’s unequal and unstable society—and how they continue to do this with the culture wars open.spotify.com/episode/2ApA...

All about stem cell & bone marrow donation. You can join the register here: www.anthonynolan.org

“The north’s children in care spent at least 63,000 nights in hotels, B&Bs or other rental properties over the past five years - with some placed in the Republic and others even staying as far as England, Scotland and Wales.” www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

Why is is so hard for people to say these words?: Lough Neagh, the UK's biggest lake, is being killed by *livestock farms*.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #profiteeering #socialcare #careexperience

www.irishnews.com/news/norther... #drugpolicy #inequality #poverty #northernireland

“The disadvantage faced by the care experienced community should be the civil rights issue of our time.” That’s from the 2022 Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in England. 🧵 #equality #socialpolicy #socialwork #socialcare #changeiscoming #careexperience #fostering

Frankenstein’s Apple Tree On chosen family and hope. open.substack.com/pub/rosiemee...

7. Hope lies in the recognition that the left can also change the system. That the left too can mount a radical challenge to business as usual. It lies in twigging that elections here haven’t been won from the centre in years, and that this, if we can grasp the potential, can be used to good effect.

Well done Hnh and thank you to our listeners who took action 🎉

Took a day off my actual job to attend the Rising Together Against Poverty conference organised by the Anti-Poverty Strategy Group. Poverty is a political choice - a particular cruelty to force people to lead small lives when none of us get long on this planet. #poverty #socialpolicy #inequality

On losing my faith and coming home to myself. #deconstruction #faith #identity open.substack.com/pub/rosiemee...

Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...

Drug testing at festivals and large scale events is a no brainer: www.greenpartyni.org/_drug_testin...

Israeli strikes kill at least 25 Palestinians in Gaza

Saint George was actually probably a Turkish-Palestinian migrant who never went to England. He lived in the Middle East and died at the hands of those persecuting him for his faith. Just saying.

Please sign this petition to get Ulster University to divest from Israel. studentsagainstgenocide.ie

Are you 16-25 and have you lived in a children’s home? NCB @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social & @ofstednews.bsky.social funded by NIH Research are doing research to help improve placements and we want to hear from you. Sign up buff.ly/x5rljxA #YouthVoice #ChildrensHomes #SocialCare #ExpertsByExperience

Nearly 3,000 have taken action. Keep it going!

Last push for the Social Policy Master's at Ulster before I give you all a break until next year! This time it’s my own video with the awkwardness of seeing myself on screen. Hope you enjoy it more than I did. Info session: Fri 15 Aug, 3pm Ireland/UK Register: lnkd.in/dSVQx4Qf tinyurl.com/4b4awrvk

It's been reported today that nearly half of those arrested in Northern Ireland last August during the racist violence, have previously been reported for domestic abuse. Don't tell me the biggest threat to women and children comes from immigrants, it's mostly comes from local straight white men.

Reposting as I regularly do. One of the greatest poems of this genocide. 

For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them. Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Live in North Down & want to stand up for the people of Gaza? Why not join the Bangor Peace Vigil, 1pm on Sundays outside the Old Market House on Main Street.

The upward trajectory of children in care in Northern Ireland continues unabated. www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications...

The Joint Committee on Human Rights is investigating if the human rights of children in England are protected in the social care system, and it wants to hear from you. This includes whether you are still in care, or are no longer in care but have had recent experience.

I'm calling on all our leaders in the North of Ireland to demand a permanent ceasefire, recognise the statehood of Palestine, and ensure humanitarian aid flows freely under UN control - will you sign the open letter too? ‪@actnowcampaigns.bsky.social‬ my.actnowni.org/petitions/op...

Ofsted judged TWO children's homes run by the same company inadequate yesterday, with serious and widespread failures that mean children and young people are not protected. Take a bow, Dimensions Care Limited. 🧵

" With the estate agents who are going 'Well just ask your parents', I can't ask my parents." - Georgia, a young person we work with, spoke to Radio 4 this morning about rent guarantors. If you need support, call us for free: https://loom.ly/2kfJ8yU

A classroom full of children are killed in Gaza every day, the UN Security Council were told yesterday alongside warnings of soaring child deaths, starvation and a shattered health system amid continuing bombardment and displacement . Read more from the UN at

What’s behind Gaza’s genocide? Abubaker Abed Wed 6th August, 7pm Lanyon 0G/074 (off main quad) Queen’s University Belfast Free & open to all, but registration required– www.ticketsource.co.uk/qubseca/t-ln... Please donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians if you can- www.map.org.uk

The police (wrongly) inform a peaceful protestor that holding a Palestinian flag and signs deploring genocide is an offence under the Terrorism Act. This is the deranged policing environment the government has created.

Joint Committee on Human Rights has launched an inquiry into the human rights of children in the social care system committees.parliament.uk/committee/93...

The Commons Education Committee published its report on Children’s Social Care today. Recommendations include evaluating impact of local authories where care experience is treated as a protected characteristic. #carexperience #equality #socialwork #socialcare #socialpolicy #changeiscoming

As a historian who uses Hansard, this censorship of proceedings is absolutely terrifying.

85% of respondents considered care experience should be a protected characteristic. #careexperience #socialcare #socialpolicy

Nearly a quarter of foster places in England provided by private equity-backed firms www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Never been so frightened & sad at the state of things. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

The UK government is declaring the non-violent, anti-genocide Palestine Action a TERRORIST ORGANISATION akin to ISIS. Please speak out against the proscription while you still can - add your name here: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/NoProscription

The documentary that the BBC refused to air showing the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza by Israeli authorities was broadcast by Channel 4 last night. Amnesty International researcher, Budour Hassan, explains the use of secret sites by the Israeli authorities.

I support Palestine Action. I hate all forms of violence. I wish no harm on anyone. I just want a kinder, fairer, greener world. Apparently this makes me a terrorist. But I am the opposite of a terrorist.

Parliament will vote TODAY on proscribing Palestine Action as a TERRORIST ORGANISATION like ISIS. Can we get to 100,000 signatures against before the day is over? palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/NoProscription

120 local councils in GB have passed motions to treat care experience as a protected characteristic 👏 #socialwork #socialcare #socialpolicy #careexperienc

This, to be considered by the House of Commons this afternoon, needs to cause as much political trouble for the government as the welfare bill. Ask your MP to stand up for the right to protest.