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Hyper Sentinel Fusion🕹️A new arcade shooter on floppy disk! Relive the joy of opening a beautifully boxed arcade shooter with full-color manual & special bonus features. For PC, Mac & consoles!

I just backed Hyper Sentinel Fusion🕹️A new arcade shooter on floppy disk! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...

Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

FEBRUARY EVENT: We are very excited to welcome our first guest of 2026, award-winning SFF author @jainefenn.bsky.social on 13th Feb. Come and join us at The Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or online via Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite (link to be provided soon).

No chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves! I just signed the campaign to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!

I just signed the campaign calling to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves! act.38degrees.org.uk/act/commit-t...

Let’s flood the consultation to ban these poisons! Linked to cancer, fertility issues, and birth defects -- forever chemicals (PFAS) are now found in our food, drinking water, and even our blood. When we reach 100k signatures, 38 Degrees will submit o...

In our blood. In our water. In our babies. 🩸☠️💧Ask @EmmaReynolds to stop the poisoning of Britain, and ban #ForeverChemicals immediately! 🚫 Join the @38_degrees consultation submission to #BanPFAs👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

If you don’t want politicians re-writing history for political gain please share this video widely - because the only way to stop that happening is to constantly call out this absolute rubbish with the actual facts. If UK news shows are not up to the job let’s do it ourselves

We stand for freethinking in an age of extremes.

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Stop foreign interference in British politics British politics has a foreign interference problem. An undercover investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys has revealed how shockingly easy it is for secretive Chinese interests to pene...

🚨 An undercover sting just exposed alarming loopholes in Westminster’s weak lobbying system: a fake Chinese company bought meetings with ministers and MPs, and it may not have even broken any rules! ✍️ Sign & share: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand... Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand...

Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand with the BBC: tell leaders don’t pay Trump a penny! 38d.gs/2auv

First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system It only takes 30 seconds

Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...

COVER REVEAL - Congratulations to #BSFG Committee member @theresaderwin.bsky.social on her forthcoming novel, GOD’S VENGEANCE

NOVEMBER EVENT: We are very excited to welcome SFF author and @bsfa.bsky.social Chair @stewarthotston.com as our guest on 14th Nov. Come and join us @ The Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or online via Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite:
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Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...

I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Hold Fujitsu to account for Post Office scandal £41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. And that's on top of another whopping £65m the Government paid the scandal ...

The Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu another £41 million to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system: a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff. Join me in demanding that Fujitsu is finally held to account. Sign the petition! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...

OCTOBER EVENT: This Fri 10th Oct, we are very excited to welcome award-winning fantasy & romance author @zenaldehyde.bsky.social. Come and join us at The Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us on Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite:
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SEPTEMBER EVENT: We are very excited to welcome back our honorary president Alastair Reynolds on 12th September. Come and join us at the Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us online on Zoom. Tickets available on the door or via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1570741061799

That's humanism Humanists make sense of the world through logic, reason, and evidence, and always seek to treat those around us with warmth, understanding, and respect.

Love this from Humanists UK! #Thatshumanism is the perfect introduction to the humanist approach to life, featuring four animations narrated by Stephen Fry, and brand new posters all about humanism for schools. Have a look for yourself! humanists.uk/thatshumanism/

VPNs are a valuable security tool, particularly when using public Wi-Fi. Banning VPNs leaves everyone more vulnerable to bad actors. It is as insane as demanding back doors into encrypted channels or, even worse, the ability to turn off encryption silently. What could possibly go wrong? 🤔

At least they didn't ask you to prove your age. That seems to be all the rage around here at the moment.

Protect our democracy against Elon Musk’s X Musk’s X is amplifying extremist voices – let’s urge the EU to act now and protect our democracy!🛡️

Musk’s X is amplifying extremist voices – let’s urge the EU to act now and protect our democracy! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-01...

Take Big Money Out of Our Politics British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

📢 No More First Past the Post Elections! The 2025 Local Election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken. With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning elec...

🚨 No More First Past the Post Elections.

5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented.

We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:

actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...

ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3 The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next: the evolution of the Speccy computer, now expanded into the world of the Sinclair QL, C64 and... More!

Funded in about 7 mins and 10 seconds! Next fans are just awesome! Thank you!!!!
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Teach children in the UK how to help the planet! We would like the UK government to implement climate change and protecting the earth into all school curriculums to ensure that our generation are informed about the choices they make and the impact w...

Kids are growing up with climate change, but aren't learning about it in school! 🤯 Let's demand climate education for every UK child. Sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...

Support a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create Safer Streets for All Far too often, people walking, wheeling or cycling experience avoidable danger. Write to your MP today, urging them to call on the Government to adopt Living Streets and The Bikeability Trust's five k...

Far too often, people walking, wheeling or cycling experience avoidable danger. Ask your MP to call on the Government to adopt Living Streets and The Bikeability Trust's five key calls to help us create safer streets for all. @livingstreets.bsky.social‬ act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/174678/...

I think the underlying message here is that these ancient woodlands were a national treasure and they could be again.

Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...

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JULY EVENT: We are very excited to welcome horror and dark fiction author @jamesbrogden.bsky.social as our guest for 11th July. Come and join us at the Warehouse, Birmingham Friends of the Earth, or join us online. Tickets available via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1443683850259

Keep Saturday opening at Harborne Library Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Please sign this petition to keep Saturday opening at Harborne Library. Access to books is hugely important, especially for children. This is the library that I visited every week as a child and the current generation deserve the same access to books my generation enjoyed.
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Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID) Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives. Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...

Say no to mandatory digital ID - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...