I was supposed to join an art fair tomorrow but they hadn't told me there wasn't space, so I now have lots of cards to sell! They're handmade festive cards that double as Christmas decorations. Fully recyclable, made of card and paper ⭐ 🎄 More information: emmacgeen.wordpress.com/festive-card...

Climate change, activism and disability are all areas that are rarely thought of as joyful. Last night Emma Geen and Polly Meyrick discussed their experiences within their talk 'The Joy of Activism: Finding Flowers in the Sh*t' 📽️ youtu.be/OwXh7Pbqw-I #COP30 @cabot-institute.bsky.social

For #ClimateComms folk, the Crip Up Climate Conversations guidance by @emmageen.bsky.social and @sarahbell85.bsky.social is an excellent resource for understanding disabled people in the context of the climate crisis and supporting respectful conversations. sensing-climate.com/news/crip-up...

Pleased to be joining the Take-over team for some American longform improv at the Bristol Improv Theatre on November 14th. Tickets here: share.google/cu2mIYenE80v...

There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles. Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8

Farage: epic grifter

1. It's fascinating to see, as you can from the responses to the post below, how many daft things people believe, to justify their continued meat eating. So let's examine a few of the common myths in the following thread. 🧵

During October, the olive harvest season in the occupied West Bank is underway, but escalating and increasingly violent Israeli settler attacks are forcing Palestinians away from their land. Here are a few figures⤵️ 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/8rhrun

No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

"She could have had the lucrative career of performative activism she was being lined up for. But by shunning this path, she shows up so many liberals for the frauds they are. She also puts a spotlight on all the big climate scientists who’ve never once said genocide is bad for the environment."

Stupid and evil on its own terms, but also giving the next Farage government more tools to suppress protests of its far-right agenda. Another Labour masterclass.

The Israeli navy has intercepted all but one ship that formed the 44-strong Global Sumud Flotilla – the Marinette.

"i just use it to generate ideas"

“We studied more than 70 different elections that took place in 12 western European countries over several decades, and found that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less.”

Revealed: the arms industry bosses, executives at major polluters and senior bankers overseeing government departments: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw... <- by me

This is utterly horrific. Literally blocking the ability of people to object to nature being trashed and destroyed. What a lovely govt we have!! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A 7% decline in English birds in just 5 years is astonishing The web of life is unravelling fast

if you read one thing today, make it this absolutely devastating piece from a fact-checker who quit the New Yorker bidoun.org/articles/hou...

MY GOD, I HAVE A NEW HERO. SHE HAD THEM SO HOOKED AND THEN BAM, SHE ATE THEM, BONES AND ALL.

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How do we fix this mess?

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

🎉 We now have 70,000 members! 💚 We're breaking records everywhere right now, with more MPs, more councillors, and more members than ever before. 🤝 Our movement is growing. Are you with us? Join the Green Party today ⤵️

Here’s what just happened: Trump sent a peace deal to Hamas, Hamas met to discuss it in Doha, where the U.S. is mediating talks and has a base,and Israel bombed them, presumably with US support.

It is important that MPs hear directly from the people whose lives will be affected. We encourage you to use this template letter to write to your own MP, highlighting your concerns and asking them to push for proper scrutiny of the Code. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I've been disenchanted by party politics over the last few years but listening to the Zack Polanski interviews this morning I decided 'why the hell not'. Labour have so willingly dragged the overton window to the right that is vital to get behind genuinely left platforms

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Inequality is at the heart of all the problems in this country.. this is about the 99% of us, w/c communities, people who run small businesses, self employed people, people who are out of work, people who are disabled. We have so much more in common than the 1%"

'This country needs migrants' Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration

Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".

Free broadband: absurd communism, what would they even use it for Psychosis Wormhole Premium in every home: Mr Altman, you’ve charmed me

Elbit, the Israeli company that was Palestine Action's primary target, is close to winning a £2bn MoD contract to train British soldiers. The idea that as genocide continues it's "business as usual" is why thousands plan to shut down the DSEi arms fair on 9 Sept www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-clos...

On 2 Sept at 7pm, I'll be holding an online @walklistencreate.org writer's salon with Emma Geen (author of one of my all-time favourite sci-fis) on the deeply fascinating question of how to write the worlds of other animals. Book a ticket and join us! walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...

Please sign and share if you can. Robbie Gibb, a BBC board member and one of just five on the Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee, is censoring Palestine blocking vital coverage of Gaza’s genocide. The BBC must remove him & end the censorship. action.eko.org/a/bbc-remove...

Fascist party for fascist people.

"A member of the House of Lords urged ministers to crack down on Palestine Action at the request of a US defence company that employs him as an adviser." Dannatt also used to be defence adviser to PM David Cameron www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.

As a general rule, regardless of the topic, the media is at least 50% of any problem. taxjustice.net/press/millio...

I'm looking forward to discussing with Chantal Lyons the theme of “Writing the worlds of other animals”. I haven't been able to write much lately with my long COVID so it's lovely to spend some time in the literary scene again. walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...

2. To an extent I think unprecedented, Labour under Keir Starmer let lobbyists shape its policies. Before the election, Rachel Reeves told corporate CEOs: “I hope when you read our manifesto, or see our priorities, that you see your fingerprints all over them.” www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

Scotland and London have laws on pavement-parked cars are in place, meaning councils have the necessary powers to take action. It’s time to extend these rules to councils across the UK. Can you email your MP. It’s quick & easy to do using this template act.guidedogs.org.uk/page/172575/...

A must-read story by @juliametraux.bsky.social on disabled people, pregnancy and childbirth As a disabled person with a 9 times higher maternal mortality via #EDS #EhlersDanlos (nevermind comorbidities that also elevate risk), reproductive disability justice is key to survival

Some places will have to start rationing water - to enable AI slop. "A data center like Meta’s, which was completed last year, typically guzzles around 500,000 gallons of water a day. New data centers [will] require millions of gallons of water a day" Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...

1. Yesterday, 86 people were arrested in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action." They are the opposite of terrorists. They were protesting *against* terrorism. 🧵

The image that should form in your mind as you read this thread is of loving families desperately fighting to keep their kids healthy and alive whilst being harried at every turn by the NHS, social services, the police, the British media, and the Labour Government. If this isn't fascism what is?

The more we discover, the worse it gets. Now we learn the water companies wrote the guidance ensuring sewage sludge is not tested for the vast majority of contaminants before being spread on farmland. They gave themselves a free licence to dump hazardous waste. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

obviously this is mental in and of itself but man alive it really does suck extra hard when you think about all the ACTUAL CRIMES the police just isn't investigating, because of "lack of resources"

Today, Los Angeles received its first honor of three Michelin Stars. The head chef of Somni, which received three, removed his jacket to reveal a t-shirt which read “immigrants feed America.”

Every MP who voted to plunge disabled people into poverty should be ashamed. This should be a millstone that follows them for the rest of their careers. Green MP @carladenyer.bsky.social was the ONLY Bristol MP to vote against the cuts. Vote Labour get Tory. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...