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elizamarz.bsky.social
Lifelong adventurer in the human condition. Lover of people, music, books, late night conversations, learning and tolerance. Currently living with Long Covid and COPD and newly navigating life from a disabled perspective. Heart wide open, still breathing 🤗
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On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...

If you agree with me that *all* politicians need to be held to account, regardless of their party, please could you repost this and follow me? I’ll follow you back! I campaign for the NHS and I’m looking for my people! 🤞💙🌟

Starmer to meet Saudi crown prince in push for infrastructure cash. Why get cash from dictators at enormous cost when govt can create money, do QE for infrastructure, borrow at lower cost, tax the rich. Seems everything is for sale in the UK. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Momentous events in Syria this morning. The 54 year rule of the Assad family appears to be over, with rebel forces taking to state TV claiming President Assad has fled Damascus. The prime minister has said he will hand over power to the opposition and has called for elections.

Pro-democracy protestors held massive protests in South Korea demanding the impeachment of President Yoon. "I wanted to bring the brightest thing into the darkest of times." "President Yoon Seok-yeol has turned back history, but the protests are evolving." www.pressian.com/pages/articl...

V <Winter Ahead (with PARK HYO SHIN)> Official MV (youtu.be/HAWYOuMGkK0) #V #뷔 #PARKHYOSHIN #박효신 #WinterAhead

Now this is what is happening on ‘the other side’ shockingly sickening

I’VE COMPOSED ALL OF THE LESBIAN AND GAY HOLIDAY THEMED MOVIES! Please Share So It Can Reach Other LGBTQ+ Community Members! You’re welcome 🩷

“Handing vital infrastructure to private investment companies will generate windfalls for investors and leave the rest of us worse off. We need a better plan.” A stark warning about BlackRock… they’re not here to help. They are here to seize control. That’s what they do.

You can live with political discourse alone. Yay for light relief from the fray. Congratulations Jiminssi 🎉

Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill to become Act. But there is no public ownership. Govt company will operate passenger services by renting rolling stock. Can easily revert to privatisation again. Rolling stock companies making £2bn profit a year remain privatised. Freight too.

Light relief

MP Watch is preparing a briefing document on water to show the deep harm being done. We're non-partisan & focusing down on scientific data but already it's dismaying. @labourlewis.bsky.social 's bill looks like a step in the right direction. @theriverstrust.bsky.social @mvtfwd.bsky.social

💰 Who is missing? Still waiting for several of the usual suspects to arrive here. But please let me know. go.bsky.app/PeWSAz4

People with #MEcfs have a very low quality of life. It leaves your health and life in pieces on every level. It breaks you. So this piece I call ‘Fragmented’. Quality of Life Study- tinyurl.com/ybnfwvg3 #pwME #pwLC #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #longcovid #MEawareness #art #BMS #BrentMichaelStudios

🔴Exposing the Real UK Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players and Transatlantic Network Around Tommy Robinson Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europe, Russia and the January 6 insurrection bylinetimes.com/2024/08/08/e...

Who is going to start a starter pack for #communityinterest companies, we deserve a break and understanding.

Today's letter in the FT - repost if you agree (please!) shorturl.at/dxFtY

📺Phenomenal video by @abrokenbattery.bsky.social Facts - Evidence - Damning If you don't follow Adam please do, his is vital work 🔥

👋🏻 Random loudmouth on the internet, checking in They interviewed some good people for this articule, but here are some corrections to the venerable BBC: * PEM isn’t “Long Fatigue” (um, rubbish…) * Pacing isn’t progressively pushing one’s self to do more (like, what?) www.bbc.com/future/artic...

🚨 LAUNCHING TODAY 🚨 Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament. Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords

Your regular reminder 👇 🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS 🏫 78% want publicly owned schools 💧 73% want publicly owned water 🚂 70% want publicly owned rail ✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail 🚍 67% want publicly owned buses 💡 65% want publicly owned energy

Jobs for the boys still going strong. New name government same old mechanisms

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[Repost @/FallonTonight] @/bts_bighit’s Jin dedicated his song “I will come to you” to #ARMY 💜 #JinOnFallon #FallonTonight

🔴PPE COVID Cash Carousel: Documents Expose Government’s Struggle to Recover £520 Million Lost to Dissolved and Bankrupt Firms Hundreds of millions were wasted on contracts with zombie companies which vanished before any taxpayers’ cash could be recovered, @mc00.bsky.social reports

“A choice between heating and eating isn't really a choice at all” Absolutely @jrf-uk.bsky.social

Fantastic piece from our @hannahfearn.bsky.social on the state of social housing in the UK for our Brick by Brick campaign at @theleaduk.bsky.social

'Unlike in many other democracies, such as Canada, Germany and Scotland, voters have no right to know who is lobbying opposition politicians in Westminster' How and why Labour is indulging the worst corporations on the planet for their growth obsession BS. www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...