@degruyterbrill.bsky.social Hi there re my recent msgs with Matthew Smith. Is it possible to send me a free copy of 'Age Against the Machine' please? Please DM me for further information about this request. Many thanks.

“So who are your authors?” I hear (both of) you cry? First up, @drewgum.bsky.social Then @luluallison.bsky.social Others include @stuhennigan.bsky.social, Alice Jolly, @heidijames.bsky.social, @smartrachael.bsky.social, @billythescribe.bsky.social … what a list!

Like everything in this heat, our subscriptions have dried up. If you like what we do and are tempted to give it a go (4 new chapbooks a year, each with an original short story by a stellar writer), now is a good time. We’re a small start-up and pre-sales make a big difference! First book drops Sept

@serailway.bsky.social please can you advise if there are trains or a replacement bus service from Orpington - Folkestone on Sun 26th July from 9am - 6pm? Thank you.

Head to sunburntsaints.co.uk and click on the subscriber button to register your interest. Four brand new stories a year. What’s not to love? #BookSky 📚

@octopus.energy Hi 🐙 team, Customer Ref: Account ID: A-6B3F2F0F I am awaiting an engineer to attend my property today to change my smart meters. I have not had any contact from a member of your team to let me know when to expect the engineer's visit. Please advise urgently. Thanks

@matthewkilburn.bsky.social hi Matt I am Xanthe's cousin & also interested in this family line. 😁

They can’t censor us all! 🇵🇸✊🏾 The #BBC banned #Kneecap from its live coverage of #Glastonbury for their views on #Palestine, so Bobby vylan stepped up and served a lesson on solidarity. #FreePalestine #RedPilled #BobbyVylan #Music #Song #Solidarity #Freedom

The deaths come as UNICEF warns of an ‘alarming’ increase in the number of malnourished children in the Gaza Strip.

If you missed @restispoliticsus.bsky.social LIVE on Israel/US v Iran this morning and want to catch up here you go alastaircampbell.org/2025/06/418-...

Everyone should be making statements like this today. Everyone. If you're outside the US then tell your government not to support this illegal action. #NoWaronIran

Repeat: everyone needs to condemn this illegal and dangerous escalation by the US in bombing nuclear installations in Iran. #NoWaronIran Here is ICAN Australia's press release.

@xanthh.bsky.social I am trying the fathom (amongst many other related Qs...) why it is that Israel does not say it adheres to the NPA or not & whether or not it has nuclear weapon capability but does not allow Iran to do the same? Or am I missing something?....#nowar

An excellent interview. Thank you so much @krishgm.bsky.social & @channel4news.bsky.social for talking truth to (assumed) power. I recommend that everyone who cares about this conflict watches this & takes whatever action they can too to #stopthegenocide

BREAKING: Israel’s mass displacement campaign is erasing Gaza. Since breaking the ceasefire, over 30 evacuation orders hit 68 of 79 neighbourhoods. 2.2 million people have been forced into areas with no food, water, shelter or anything to keep them safe. #EndTheSiege #Gaza

“Each day, more children are exposed to this double threat of cholera and malnutrition, but both are preventable and treatable, if we can reach children in time.” Over 1 million children at risk as cholera spreads in #Sudan’s Khartoum State www.unicef.org/press-releas...

I've called the UK Government to step up to its legal and moral obligation to stop arms sales to Israel. This is crucial to help ensure a permanent ceasefire. Please do sign @oxfamgb.bsky.social's petition #StopArmingIsrael www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...

⌛Two weeks to go! Join the Palestine Coalition on Saturday, 17 May to mark 77 years of the the Nakba and to demand an end to Britain's complicity in Israel's ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinains from their land. 📍Assemble 12 noon, Embankment Tube, London 🪧Rally at Whitehall

“They said they would kill us if we stayed.” Israeli settlers' attacks forcibly displaced the Kaabneh family from Wadi as-Seeq in the occupied #WestBank in October 2023. Since then, the family has faced repeated displacement, insecurity and threats. #Palestine

Israeli bombs have massacred more than 18,000 Palestinian children in Gaza since October 2023, killing them as they play and sleep amid a fleeting illusion of shelter in the devastated enclave. #freepalestine #palestine #gaza #Israel #boycottisrael #bds #Children #SaveTheChildren #SaveOurChildren

Do something amazing today and follow us. Help spread the news. Each like, each repost helps to raise awareness. #FollowBack #Follow #Genocide #freepalestine #palestine #gaza #Israel #boycottisrael #bds #GenocidalState #Children #SaveTheChildren #SaveOurChildren

The humanitarian situation throughout the #Gaza Strip is beyond imagination. As the complete blocking of supplies essential for survival enters its ninth week, there must be a concerted international effort to stop this humanitarian catastrophe from reaching a new unseen level. #CeasefireNow

Reports say Israel now eyeing occupation of entire enclave, control of aid and possible expulsion of Palestinians.

Last night, I did my show, 'Getting Through It' as part of @ArtsStGeorges in Beckenham. Over 200 came, and I talked with people afterwards about their losses, grief and experience of serious illness. I hope that this show sews together these feelings and points at ways forward.

“With each passing day of the aid blockade, they face the growing risk of starvation, illness and death – nothing can justify this.” Full statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation for children in the Gaza Strip after two months of aid blockade: unicef.link/3EBWsS5

Trucks carrying food, water and medicine are piling up at the borders of Gaza as Israel’s total blockade on the enclave enters a third month. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/1x2jss

Interesting piece from @kathryn42.bsky.social on Long Covid, collective amnesia and more. Find a variety of perspectives on Long Covid via www.bps.org.uk/search?term=...

Please share. 🙏🏻

More than anything, children in Ukraine need sustained peace, and the chance to realize their full potential.” - UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell Details: unicef.link/4gTiMUn

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

Trump & Vance’s behaviour with Zelenskyy just now was disgraceful. My blood is boiling.

🚨 BREAKING: European leaders rallied to defend Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance subjected him to a tirade of withering and infantilizing abuse in the Oval Office. Full story:

For new folk, bit of info and some links to my stuff in this thread........ My first book, Ghost Signs, was shortlisted for a couple of big awards and is an account of 21st century poverty in the UK based on accounts collected when I was delivering food parcels during COVID.

"This is long overdue for the children and families of Gaza who have endured more than a year of bombardment and deprivation, and for the hostages in Gaza and their families in Israel who have suffered so much."- UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell Statement: www.unicef.org/press-releas...

To protect those sleeping rough I’ve activated the pan-London Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) as temperatures drop. Let StreetLink know about anyone who might need help getting out of the freezing cold. thestreetlink.org.uk