Jenny Blacker

Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: “For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life. Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent. That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026

Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists.

STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

4 part photo, 1 has my playing cards in, the other 3 are extracts from archive books

Our last week at #InkWell

Lots of symbols and icons this week, occult, witchcraft, tarot, heraldry

Very sad for it to be all ending, but fired up to mess around and create with the new skills and ideas gained during it

Also I made some playing cards, with my @jennywrencreates.com logo

A small book with limbs made of rolled-up paper held between the covers and a crudely drawn face sticking out from the top

I don't have kids so I dressed up my book as a child for world book day

This is a good analogy. Very useful in carefully controlled settings for specific usages, but unfortunately being widely inserted into everything and used without training or PPE and poisoning a lot of things and people and we’re going to pay a tonne of money to remove it safely in the future

(it's almost always benign, and goes away on its own, but can get infected so needs a lovely GP to gently prod. so that's been my morning...)

I'm having a v exciting AFAB medical issue this week

Firstly, did you know that there are glands at 'your entrance', makes sense cause something needs to make liquid there

Secondly, did you know that they can get blocked?? And that having e.coli makes this more likely?

My collage, and 3 ye olde newspaper articles

Utterly forgot to post last week's #InkWell adventures

We looked at more ephemeral items, newspapers, magazines and zones

Then we did some collaging, mine was based around moving to Wales and singing at the Eisteddfod

Several pride themed plushies

You've missed my hastily taken photos done minutes before dropping off stock, right??

Anyway, these are now in @thequeeremporium !

#QueerSharks #HandmadeUK #WelshHandmade #WelshBusiness #QueerBats #CardiffPride #Cardiff

Program for Matthew Bourne's red shoes ballet

We're out out, again!

#MatthewBourne

“We thought we were living in a politically neutral slave state.”

Dubai was sold as a safe, tax-free oasis. Iran’s attack is the ‘ultimate nightmare’ Iran hit the UAE and several of its neighbours as it struck back after a major attack by U.S. and Israeli forces

Since when has Dubai been safe?

It's not safe for queer people.
Sharia-based laws allow for the death penalty. Enforcement involves arrests and deportation for public displays of affection or reported same-sex acts.

Cis-het white male privilege at work!

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

A 3x3 grid titled "Is it a library? Alignment chart". Horizontal axis categories: Contents purist: Must contain books Contents neutral: Must contain information Contents rebel: Can contain anything Vertical axis categories: Curation purist: Must be managed by a professional librarian Curation neutral: Must be curated by someone Curation rebel: Can be managed by nobody Examples represented on the grid: Curation purist, contents purist: New York Public Library is a library Curation purist, contents neutral: A newspaper archive is a library Curation purist, contents rebel: A school information commons is a library Curation neutral, contents purist: A home bookshelf is a library Curation neutral, contents neutral: A Spotify playlist is a library Curation neutral, contents rebel: A zoo is a library Curation rebel, contents purist: A street library is a library Curation rebel, contents neutral: A PC downloads folder is a library Curation rebel, contents rebel: A junk drawer is a library

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you should read them too! (he reads the audiobooks himself and they are a *delight*)

This was a delight!

(and I think the tech issues added to the joy 😂)

We also loved the 14 yr old boy in front of us occasionally having to turn to his mum for explainers (he also loved it, and I've told him he has to read the Montgomery Bonbon books, which to be fair you all should)

St David's Day parade ending at Cardiff Castle.

sex matters trustee charlotte cadden

gorton and denton by-election result: she gets 706 votes, 1.9% of the total

underappreciated but very funny gorton and denton sideplot: the conservatives nominating literal sex matters (uk terf group) trustee charlotte cadden, only for her to get the worst result for the conservatives in by-election history and lose her deposit

Another reminder that not all the activism you see is visible

My cat George’s front paws as he stands on my outstretched hand

share if you agree

Inside you there are two Finnish icons

We're similar ages, born/lived in the UK all my life, and I only know of horrid henry cause I used to work in kid's books..!

New product alert!

Bag buddy/keyrings are now in stock at @thequeeremporium

#HandmadeUK #WelshHandmade #WelshBusiness #QueerBats #CardiffPride #Cardiff

Official Team GB Paralympic photo, with the the crests and everything, and a professional headshot, but it's for "Pickle, A Very Good Girl", who is a black labrador, with a hi-viz harness and a red collar.

Some of you like dogs, in which case you may appreciate that guide dogs of Team GB for the Paralympics get official photos

A person dressed in a horse skull and sheet as the mari lwyd. Unknown photographer.

'2026 is the year of the horse.'
The horse:

mae fy ffenestr ar agor!

I'd also add to this that often accomms for 1 can actively hurt another

I struggle to walk on 'textured' surfaces, they're placed to help people with impaired vision/the blind

When I'm tired/burntout, I struggle to articulate myself, so writing alt-text is impossible

The world isn't binary y'all

Repeat after me: I am valid. I am loved. My terrible secret is safe. They'll never find out. My sinister ulterior motives remain unseen.

It was so stunning, incredibly tactile

This was the box it's kept in, that impression <3

DR WEBBERLEY RESPONDS Have You Had Your Say About The Cass Review Yet? 120 People Already Have. Iam collecting testimony on the real impact of the Cass Review. 120 responses are in. We need yours.

I am doing this for two reasons. First, because these voices were not included in the Cass Review itself, and they should have been. • Second, because I have referred Dr Hilary Cass to the General Medical Council, and I want the GMC to understand the real-world impact of her work. Your testimony will form part of that referral.

Helen Webberley, who has reported Cass to the GMC, wants to hear how you have been affected by the #CassReview.

Please take a moment to do this, it's so important that someone hears actual testimony / this is available for the for the GMC to take into account.

open.substack.com/pub/helenweb...

(You know about SCONUL, yes? I just sorted out access to my local brick uni using it)

Utterly forgot to describe/alt tag the image, if anyone has the spoons it'd be appreciated