Oh look! We’re talking about immigration again! Instead of corruption money & pedos permeating our politics! 🤩 Brilliant! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhZk...

🚨This is an emergency🚨 This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life. Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban @transsolidarity.bsky.social #ScrapTheBathroomBan

It’s a new term and my online fiddle classes are back! Know someone who might like to have some lessons with a super friendly group? Fancy learning some new tunes or working on technique? Sign up now and start on Monday! rachaelmcshane.co.uk/workshops

Last month, Anas al-Sharif sounded the alarm on starvation in Gaza. Israel accused him of terrorism. "We warned this felt like a precursor to justify assassination," said Jodie Ginsberg of the Committee to Protect Journalists. Today he was killed in a targeted strike on a tent housing reporters.

Me for Metro: The crucial point is deterrence & border violence has never & will never work We need safe routes & the right to work legally for asylum seekers - IT IS SCREAMINGLY OBVIOUS But pressure might be working, we must press harder than ever for a humane policy💪 metro.co.uk/2025/07/02/a...

“…as author Michael Rosen has pointed out: - Most of the world wants it to stop. - The US doesn’t want it to stop. - So it doesn’t stop.”

Not a war, a genocide! Supported by this awful Starmer government.

We need codified legal abortion yesterday.

This is starting on Monday! There’s still time to sign up and join one of these lovely groups. rachaelmcshane.co.uk/workshops

It’s been a little while but Online Fiddle Classes are back on Monday. Summer term is always a fun one as I take requests! All sessions are recorded and available to watch back. Sign up to join the friendliest, supportive, fun fiddle group. rachaelmcshane.co.uk/workshops

If you're in England, don't forget that there are local elections in some parts of the country today! Low voter turnout means it's more likely that extremist parties like Reform win - so please take a moment out of your day to vote!

May Day coming up! There will be a mummers’ play, May Queen, and dancing round a maypole. So much fun! Also lovely food & cake in our tearoom. And house, gardens, crafts. Mayday festivities 3-5th May, www.kentwell.co.uk #mayday #maypole #mayqueen #spring #folklore #daysout #bankholiday

hey. 100K signatures and they'll have to debate this in parliament. let's fucking go petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Planned action! Protest planned at parliament square on Saturday at 1pm to protest supreme court ruling.

In the shadow of the recent court decision, hopefully it comes out in my writing but: trans rights are human rights and 'biological sex' is a complex non-binary phenomenon.

Trans rights are human rights

This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.

They’re bombing Gaza again. Horrors upon horror www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Yeah it shouldn't be on Bleeding Cool to keep this in the public eye, there should be constant media pressure about it. It's not a hard story for them to get behind. bleedingcool.com/comics/briti...

Trump cannot be given a state visit to the UK. It should never have been offered. The invitation must now be withdrawn. You might as well hand it to Putin.

zelensky is a giant l a real world leader compared to immature greed-driven ignorant mafia mob bullies: Trump & Vance US what have you done?

The scenes in the Oval Office today will shame the US for decades. They’ll never be forgotten. A world leader, fighting for his country against the 21st century’s Nazis, came to the US and was attacked & abused by a gangster regime siding with the fascist invaders. A historic disgrace.

Has Labour finally lost the plot & lost the progressives once & for all? VIDEO DEPORTATIONS: Reform & Labour voters REACTION youtu.be/NAjl2Pe8z44?...

“This is bad, full stop. It creates a class of person who are forever excluded from civic life no matter how long they live here. It’s also a clear breach of the refugee convention.” Damn straigt, @colinyeo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Our school events provide unrivalled enrichment for the study of all aspects of past life, from food preparation to crafts, from longbow archery to music & dance. Suitable for KS2, KS3 and GCSE students. www.kentwell.co.uk/schools #schools #teachers #edusky #ukschools #edchat #historyteachers

Rachael McShane's online fiddle classes starting back up on 20th Jan. If you can't make the class at the times given, you can watch the recording which is sent out after each class. Highly recommend for anyone who is learning fiddle and prefers group classes.

Finished re-reading 'Hogfather' again last night and today started on the other tradition of re-reading 'The Dark is Rising' and re-watching 'The Box of Delights' on BBC iplayer this year rather than on DVD since they're replaying it for the 40th anniversary The wolves are running!

Off to see the Bede Wind Band's Christmas concert tonight. My dad used to play base clarinet with them about 20 year ago when they were the Bede Philharmonic and me and my mam would get dragged to every concert he could manage. Atually really enjoyed them but that never seemed to sink in for him.

Went to see Lady Maisery, Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith's Awake Arise gig last night. I've loved this album since it came out and this is my second time seeing them do it live and it's still such a lovely experience. If a chance is had, I highly recommend seeing them.

How much must you hate women to let even your sons be born without trained midwives and nurses from among your mothers. These men are determined to return to the dark ages.

If anyone is near Suffolk and would like a Christmassy historical event, can I recommend the Kentwell Dickensian Christmas this & next weekend? #Victorian house and cottage plus tavern, music hall and Father Christmas! Lovely for all ages. www.kentwell.co.uk/whats-on #reenactment #daysout #suffolk

Out at site with my manager today, there's a beeping noise and then she starts talking to her wrist. And that's how I found out that people can answer phone calls on their watches now. When did that happen?

Yaay! Tune club with @rachaelmcshane.bsky.social begins again tomorrow night. I've loved @bellowhead.bsky.social being on tour but I have missed Monday night fiddle classes. They make Mondays not as bad.

Nice to know Orcas are more trendy than me. I mean it's not exactly a reach for them but, still. This is not to say I'm not aware of various trends, it's just that that awareness tends to be retroactive. Good for orcas! (Commiserations to the salmon)

Duolingo is becoming increasingly judgy. In response to my latest effort I got 'You made 0 mistakes. Unlike in real life'! I mean, fair, but a) I'd just done really well and b) how did it know?

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Rapper Side Squire: 5 minute call!

Well @bellowhead.bsky.social were awesome in Gateshead last night as were the @thelongestjohns.bsky.social even if I was in the nosebleed seats. At least I got to dance about. Do miss the standing gigs though. Still, will watch em anyway I can get em.

Can you all share this? It's a series by the BBC of great actors reading abridged versions of books such as Ken and The Lonely Londoners. It's so well done and a gift for anyone who struggles or doesn't like book in hand reading. Check it out and reskeet or whatever it's called. Cheers.