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The level of heartbreak and anger here about the Tempi train crash—which killed 57 people, almost all of them university students— is palpable. Whole of Athens is shutdown. Friends gathering around the central Syntagma square have been tear-gassed. Many feel they've been lied to about what happened

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What do you say to the person who gave you your life back, when they are retiring? @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social on the retirement of her therapist. www.prospectmagazine...

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In my latest mad column, I discuss the terror-inducing moment when your therapist tells you that they're retiring... www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...

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Important that the collapse of the welfare state gets a mention in this - as the article says, back in the day there was more state support that gave artists breathing room to create. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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Just logged onto Facebook for the first time in months to find this genuinely dystopian targeted advert in my feed from the Labour party. Speechless

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What you are seeing this morning over the refugee decision is Labour alienating and offending its remaining liberal supporters without bringing any new voters onside.

submitted 16 days ago • 251 comments

Men will literally crash the entire United States constitution, governance, justice system, economy and hegemony into a wall rather than go to therapy

submitted 17 days ago • 7 comments

For my other lady writers out there who are looking for places to submit.

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“This is our land and we can't live anywhere else other than in Gaza. Gaza is our land, we have grown here, how can we leave it? We are against Trump's decision. He ended the war but displacing us would end our lives.” Mahmoud Bahjat www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...

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“If there is only one drop of blood left in our children, we won't go out of Gaza, and we won't give up on it,” she says. “We will live on our rubble as if nothing happened, and Gaza will be rebuilt.” Jamalat Wadi www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...

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Civil society and journalists in Greece are operating utterly courageously in what is becoming a stifling and difficult democratic landscape. The EU should be doing everything they can to support and amplify them—and demanding that this worrying backslide in freedoms is halted

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“There is a common thread connecting the Tempi train crash, the Pylos shipwreck, the wiretapping of politicians and journalists, the violent disappearances of refugees in Evros and the Aegean, and police brutality: the inability of the Greek justice system to fulfil its duty to attribute (1/9)

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Never been so delighted to see the back of a January, we got through it pals, well done us

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Do you have lived experience of community care for severe mental health needs, such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or severe depression? The The Health and Social Care Committee in Parliament is conducting an inquiry into community care, share your view here: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90794092/...

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Heartbreaking. Inexcusable. Infuriating.

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Yesterday I took an impromptu swim because sea was so clear (mediterranean). Friend was amazed at my British hardiness, so captured video. Said video has tormented me since, because I can see my normal human body through water rather than that of supermodel. This is what the patriarchy robs: joy

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This is a gorgeous piece. I recently had the privilege of meeting an environmental supercitizen in the wild on the island of Naxos in Greece and couldn't help but wonder, where does she find the motivation? Delighted to hear she will likely live longer because of it!

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A cataclysmic change occurred when I turned 90. Overnight the world branded me an “old lady”, writes Sheila Hancock. www.prospectmagazine...

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I’ve found it really hard to get coverage of my book Outrage: Why the Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won and What We Can Do About It. It’s apparently too niche. If you’re a journo or podcast host who cares about LGBTQ+ equality, get in touch at [email protected] & let’s do this.

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Have contracted a severe case of the New Year Scaries that feels like the usual Sunday Scaries on steroids. All the talk of resolutions and planning and becoming a better version of oneself spooks me greatly

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When feminists say "the personal is political" this is EXACTLY what they mean. We have a 'gender exercise gap'. Women are spending far less time exercising than men. But why? I had an interesting dig around into what's going on for @inews.co.uk inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

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“While Athens is, in my humble and unbiased opinion, the greatest city in the world, I can now confirm that the naysayers are correct—moving to another country cannot rid you of your mental health problems,” writes @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

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My latest column is a bit of an emotional rollercoaster, including OCD, food poisoning, lemon trees, motorbikes, the strange wonderfulness of the Greek language, and the power of the honeymoon phase... app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/68835/...

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"While Athens is, in my humble and unbiased opinion, the greatest city in the world, I can now confirm that the naysayers are correct—moving to another country cannot rid you of your mental health problems" -beautiful piece by @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...

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For anyone who struggles with anxiety, or just the general stresses of life, my number one tip still remains dancing around your room alone for at least ten minutes. Was absolutely on the floor with anxiety earlier and half the Brat album later and I'm back! It's science!

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"Instead, he walked into the Damascus sunshine..."

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Why is the limited liability company for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) which will transport oil from Lake Albert to Tanga in Tanzania based in the UK when the main partners are the French company Total Energies and the Chinese CNOOC? Anyone across this?

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Update: 15 of our members will be brought back to Buganda Road Court Tomorrow from Luzira Maximum Security Prison where they have been on remand since 11th November due to calling for an end to EACOP @shellslies.bsky.social

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please see me specifically as a threat though, that's how I see myself, wrt Britain

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I am once again stating the obvious that the 728,000 people who are have immigrated to the UK this year are just normal people with normal lives who are neither a scary threat nor innocent victims but just people like us doing what they've always done—moving!

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1/ Wealth has raced ahead of earnings, creating a new caste society Tax is only part of the answer: we also need a new political economy that differentiates good & bad wealth My major new @ippr.bsky.social report: Earning Vs Owning ippr-org.files.svdcdn.com/production/D...

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