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Poet: From Pittville to Paradise (2022), Interruptus: A Poetry Year (2025)
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#Starmer gives another dog whistle to Farage supporters! Foreign Aid cares for so many people abroad including sustaining Refugees abroad. Tax the Billionaires FFS! #GladToBeASocialLiberal

Don’t think I should have to say this but please don’t position any of your work, be it environmental or anything else, as being ‘not woke’ but ‘essential.’ Equality work is essential too. It’s bad practice to throw your colleagues under the bus when it is very clear we desperately need solidarity.

Day 36: 91 lawsuits vs **Mump Maladministration: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

Someone I just met at the bus stop 😊

“Sometimes writing a single line is enough to save your own heart.” — Clarice Lispector writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity

The US just voted alongside Russia, Belarus and North Korea against a UN resolution to support Ukraine. This is a wake-up call for all those cheerleading Trump in our country.

🤠🤙📿 When does the duck wake up every morning? • At the quack of dawn. 😆 A double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum), way out on the north creek wetlands. Colonel Samuel Smith Park, Etobicoke, Ontario. 🍁 #Birds 🪶 #Wildlife 🦉 #Nature 🌿 #Photography 📷 #CanadianContent 🍁 #NeuroSpicy 📿 #Art 🤠🤙

A Generation of Disabled People Failed by Disabled Access https://buff.ly/3QvfETF @salbrinton.bsky.social @liberaldisability.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social 70% of those responding to the survey said the lack of disabled access has directly affected their goals, plans or aspirations

Let’s be clear: a free and sovereign Ukraine is not only in the European interest. It’s also in the interest of the entire world. An investment in Ukraine’s sovereignty is an investment in the prevention of future wars. My statement in Kyiv ↓ europa.eu/!JQGJm8

Many clinically vulnerable now have no vaccines or antivirals moving forward this year. The future is looking concerning and antivaxxers seem emboldened to keep campaigning to deprive the most vulnerable in our society because they don’t want it themselves. There is no mandate in the UK, instead 🧵

For three years, Ukraine's brave people have stood strong against Putin’s war machine. We're at a turning point, what happens next will shape Europe for generations. Now, more than ever, we must stand by our Ukrainian friends.

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Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Hive Mother's Prayer' by Rachel Bower @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...

For your reading pleasure, issue 46 of the Solitary Daisy! Also our contest announcement ☺️ Enjoy! #haiku #haikujournal #haikucontest #haikuprompt

This is such an important article for everyone to read about where we currently are under Labour. We are so far from being in a democracy, very depressing indeed. Maybe it’s already too late for the UK.

🤠🤙📿 What is a bird’s dream job? • A flight attendant. 😆 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), up on a high tree branch. Colonel Samuel Smith Park. Etobicoke - Ontario. 🍁 #Birds 🪶 #Wildlife 🦉 #Nature 🌿 #Photography 📷 #CanadianContent 🍁 #NeuroSpicy 📿 #Art 🤠🤙

Love birds #Budgerigars

I think I might have a repetitive strain injury in my right wrist. The pain had settled between work projects, but I've been copyediting at speed today and it has returned 😖 Anyway, here's another photo from last Friday afternoon, of a barrel that's usually found in Lower Lake café 🤔

Who’s active on Bluesky rn? Following back everyone who likes this post! 💙 #pets #petsofBluesky #guineapigs

Of all the things Elon Musk has said, this is the worst. We cannot rely on Trump and his shadow president Musk. The UK must boost defence spending and take the lead in Europe.

Day: 32: 80 lawsuits filed against **Mump Administration www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

#PurpleFriday

Only a handful of places now left in here 👇 Grab 'em while you can...

"If the President of the United States is doing things that are against the British national interest and against our values, someone has to point them out." @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

Mt #Poets list just keeps growing. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Early morning hunting resulted in one MAGA to block: Gregory Peckory @gregory-peckory.bsky.social

#duckpower

Yesterday was rather complicated on the hospital front, such that it was too late to take a trip after my appointments (I ended up with two). But here's another photo from last Friday, showing some of the damage caused by the storms earlier this year, Pittville Park, Cheltenham 🤔

This is Leadership! This is what Leader of The Opposition looks like. Bravo #EdDavey and #libdems

Day 30: 77 lawsuits filed against the Feral **Felon: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

An important #StarterPack of #LGBTQ+ Allies from @scottmillard56.bsky.social Please follow the people in here and repost the pack to share it widely

For #MagentaMonday

Sorry, another shaky photo 🤭 This is from a trip to the park after hospital last Friday. George Swan is chasing one of his cygnets off the territory, preparing the way for this year's young, usually born April/May. My mum also tried to take a photo of the chase, but she was shaking from the cold! 🦢

I wrote this for @libdemvoice.org just over a year ago. Since then our worst fears have been realised and now Britain and Europe need to step up. www.libdemvoice.org/the-liberal-...

“As a party willing to break a Westminster taboo and take on Trump, the Liberal Democrats are honing a distinct political identity. The MAGA worldview of course, is an anathema to the liberal democratic values Davey’s party champions.
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