One of the most important posts I've read: sarahwilson.substack.com/p/can-we-tal...
One of the most important posts I've read: sarahwilson.substack.com/p/can-we-tal...
really eye-opening article
"Sufficiency" as a way of living a life - both 'a mindset and a policy approach' open.substack.com/pub/sarahwil...
Letter says we have recently been informed that you have been diagnosed with cancer.
Huge #fail by local surgery who sent my sister this scary letter...before she's seen anyone or has a diagnosis.
We need many more articles like this to get care and carers on MPsβ agenda
Passed over, targeted, fined β but is the magnificence of family carers finally being recognised? | John Harris www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Oops, thanks. I assumed the guardian would do that automatically!
"this isnβt just Netanyahu's genocide
This is the Biden-Harris genocide
The Trump-Vance genocide
The Keir Starmer & David Lammy genocide
It is Microsoft CEO Satya Nadellas genocide
This is the mainstream medias genocide"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"We are not a strain on this country. We are not a threat. We are not strangers. We are your nurses, carers, neighbours, teachers, business owners, researchers and friends."
Precious resources we need to support...
I have so many personal reasons to be grateful to the wonderful Romanian women who cared for my mother when I could no longer cope. This is reactionary madness.
Aaargh!
Yet another betrayal of votersβ¦.and our children. Shameful.
A race to the bottom: " if we allow American food into Britain that has been produced with banned pesticides, or in unhygienic factory farms, or from pigs in farrowing crates, then we have to let British farmers use those same methods to compete on price.."
Great new initiative from a couple of do-ers youtu.be/R2khDVcup2c
Englandβs βcomplexβ health and care system harming patients, report says
Carers have been saying this for years, but their experience is undervalued by policy makers
Also worth following @alcs.co.uk suggestions and templates for taking back power
Take 2 mins to demand that Meta stop targeting you with personalised ads and content! goodlaw.social/gk0i
More people need to understand the massive negative externalities - and huge bloody bills - imposed on the entire world wide web by LLMs.
The sense of entitlement to other people's labour and other organisations's hugely increased monthly overheads of the tech bros is nothing short of depraved.
Iβve never understood why UK is so obsessed with low tax. If they visited high tax Scandinavia & saw the incredible standard of living for everybody theyβd understand that low tax only benefits the rich. When will @teamlabouruk.bsky.social find the bollocks & integrity to be honest about tax?
Guess what, I've been plagiarised too.
Sign me up for the class action
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Just searched and yep, one of my books has been stolen by Zuckerberg. We need to organise...
I've seen literally 100s of newly released birds splattered onto the roads of the North Yorks Moors. Something very wrong here...
Thanks goodness for web.archive.org. Sadly I am developing a habit of archiving everything.
Great and timely thread
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
Ditto . Have to assume M&S have no intention of replying
@jackiethomson.bsky.social welcome to Bluesky!
I've heard Rupert speak and this is well worth your time
Renewal notice has a big button saying Renow now
Absolutely nothing to suggest this domain renewal might be spam π€£