Govt: we can't afford to support all young people to have the education & care they need... Also govt: bc we're spenning DOUBLE the SEND costs in the country's largest polluter, a commercial private business, built on money extracted from plantation slavery, that repeatedly lied about its sourcing

Heading to Manchester as I’ve not yet experienced enough rain this week.

Everyone who worked at this camp should go to prison.

historian here! Yes

With #AltText

Multiple Men are leaving Big Tesco clutching bouquets of roses 🌹 & looking pleased with themselves

Send New Supplier Form Send Scan of Bank Statement Include DNA of Bank Manager Send Copy of Self Assessment Wait for Supplier ID Wait for Full Moon Send Log of Hours Wait for Godot Wait for Purchase Order Send Invoice Make Sacrifice Wait 20 Days

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!

Can't stop laughing at Keir Starmer's defence being "I asked the Prince of Darkness 'are you telling me the truth?' and he said 'yes' and now I have discovered that I was LIED to by the Prince of Darkness! The Prince of Darkness LIED to me!"

At some point I added ‘London tbc 18 March 2026’ and now I have no idea why

I think that when the days are shorter we should have shorter workdays, for our mental health but, get this - when the days are longer I think we should have shorter workdays also, for our general wellbeing

Jill McDonald in Puffin Post absolutely rinsing the poets & I include myself in those being absolutely beautifully bodied here

exactly. this is not difficult. as.ft.com/r/58ed1b23-d...

Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad. Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️

Maher Tarabishi has been in ICE detention since October. He was not allowed to attend the funeral of his 30-year-old son Wael Tarabishi, who had been battling health complications from a serious and rare inherited disorder. CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment.

February. A lot going on for a short month. Imbolc, Candlemas, Ramadan. Carnevale across the world. St Valentine’s & pancake day. Lighter days. Citrus rules - enjoy blood oranges, Sevilles, bergamot lemons. Dark greens abound, minerally & fresh. Snowdrops, crocus & aconite spread a tapestry.

Off to a community meeting in a local church and hope they realise they’ll need to invite me in

SOME NEWS, BYE!

My very Literal Bin Fire only went down moderately well on IG stories so i’m offering it up to BlueSky

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

I am creating an postmodern epic for children at the intersection of Kurt Vonnegut and unicorns

I was in a meeting at Crosby Library during Rhyme Time & got to see round headed babies held up in time to the chorus in my peripheral vision.

Let loose in Digbeth.

You want BUFFY x LOST BOYS x MAD MAX x Alexis Wright with a shit-kicking soundtrack & a performance from Rob Collins that literally eats up the screen? FIREBITE

From the worst to the best: 1. Universities (I can't be bothered with the follow up any more) 2. "Trendy" magazines (thankfully these days are behind me) 3. Germans and Swiss 4. Newspapers (5 stars, fully automated) 5. Small mag run by one person that you did because its fun (pay within an hour)

January is the worst! So much hiding behind "oh we closed December payroll on 4th Dec & didn't reopen in Jan til 10th, so technically your payment isn't due til April 2027."

If you’re hearing from me today I want money. Friday is invoice chasing day.

“There are no sidelines any more, friends.” - @philtajitsunash.bsky.social 1942. Mochida Family awaiting deportation in Centerville, CA. Photo by Dorothea Lange. 2026. Five year old Liam Ramos taken away by ICE returning home from pre-school, Photo via Columbus Heights Elementary, Minneapolis.

When January has felt like at least six of your nine lives 💀

I’m going to attempt to get to Bodmin from Liverpool next month by 🚊 train. Also have a back up plan which is ‘Start a New Life in Plymouth’.

In Small Tesco earlier they were playing Get Down on It by Kool & the Gang and you could tell everyone felt better for a little bop 🎶 in the aisles 🛒

The NYT reports that Air Force One has turned around due to a situation officials are describing as “creature on the wing”

Video shows the emotional moment a Palestinian girl reunited with her father after more than a year. Anas Jallamneh was arrested in December 2024 in the village of Deir Ghazaleh in the occupied West Bank after Israeli forces raided his home.

Reminder that oftentimes, civility is often used as a tool to tamp down the voices of dissent. We saw a similar thing during the buildup to and during the Confederacy. www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019...

Posting a catalogue & needed to give my own name so started spelling it out “Marie-Anne..that’s M-A-R-I-E-hyphen-“ interrupted by cashier saying, “Let’s just put ‘M’”.

When thoughts of your partner cross your mind so you send them a loving text message “Bins” 📱

Up for a writing challenge? Join me in the 20th annual Short Story Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social on 23rd January 2026! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ssc

Outside early in the dark and ice defrosting the bird bath like any normal person

If you see someone at a station acting suspiciously it’s me trying to take a picture of a bird

Just seen Holly Johnson on Bold Street so my Liverpool Bingo Card is complete today

Off to the shops. I’d like all the local cats 🐈 🐈‍⬛ to come out and say hi please

Happy to get my friend Rebecca Orwin’s debut in the post today, illustrated by @oriolvidal.bsky.social 📖 for M(12)

Oh, & from scratch we built a sales platform where artists sell work, keeping 70% & 30% supporting the charity. www.hyphacurates.com On the Frieze Week edition of The Art Newspaper podcast you can hear me talk about it for 20 minutes or so. www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/17/f...

The charity I'm Director of, Hypha Studios, is 4 years old. In a nutshell we open empty commercial space so artists can use it for free. Over 2025 we presented 39 exhibitions, supported 1052 artists in 27 sites across the UK, 25,000 people came to free events & 241 creatives used free studio space.

An Erasmus Exchange in 1997 to Seville helped me learn a language, understand another culture and realise tomatoes 🍅 were actually meant to taste of something

Can't think of a stronger endorsement for Erasmus.

I went to see ‘We are making a film about Mark Fisher’ last night. A mixture of sadness and helpful perspective on 2000s. Made by Close and Remote with 70 contributors shorturl.at/PWPck

🦇 Woodland Symposium 2026 is back! The Woodland Symposium will return on the 25 March and will be held in person at the WWF Living Planet Centre in Woking as well as online via Zoom. Early bat bookings in person tickets on sale now: lnkd.in/e_ireTvU