Benjamin Zephaniah: 'OBE, me? Up yours, I thought. I get angry when I hear that word "empire"; it reminds me of slavery, it reminds of thousands of years of brutality. I am profoundly anti-empire.' https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/nov/27/poetry.monarchy

this is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes

The Gap Between Us 🚇

I love the symmetry of the guys in the doorway. Taken at Monument London Underground station.

#streetphotography #streetphoto #symmetry #railway #photography #photographer #london #mastoart #art #underground #londonunderground #potd

My ideal job description:
i. Listening to albums all day.
ii. Someone says to me 'Could you review albums for us? We'll pay, of course.'
iii. I reply 'No, absolutely not. Go away, I'm listening to albums. What part of 'all day' did you not understand?'
iv. They pay me anyway.

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN 🎅

This kind gentleman let me take photography of him on his way to his office Christmas party. The photo was captured a couple years ago at Gloucester Road London Undeground station.

#london #mastoart #santa #officeparty #xmasparty #SantaClaus #FatherChristmas #underground #london #londonunderground #longexposure #photography #potd #photo #streetphotography #streetphoto

The great thing about living in a joint European & British household is that you get presents on Christmas Eve *and* Christmas Day.
Merry Christmas!
#Jazz #vinyl #oscarpeterson #Christmas

Reflections, Stamford Brook 🚇

I always get excited when it rains because I can't resist taking puddle shots. This night reflection was captured at Stamford Brook London Underground station.

#london #mastoart #reflections #railway #nightphoto #nightphotography #photography #underground #londonunderground #travel #transport #night #uk #streetphotography #streetphoto #potd #photo

Gillian Keegan on #Channel4news saying free-school meals came about during the pandemic, conveniently ignores her government was shamed into action by the football player Marcus Rashford.

We see you!

Gillian Keegan on #Channel4news claims local government pension schemes for teachers is 23.6%.

It isn't, LGPS currently provides between 5.5% and 12.5% of your pensionable pay.

She seems to be making figures up out of thin air.

Either she, with her £10,000 Rolex watch, has no real-life experience, or she is just another lifeless ghoul of Conservative exploitation.

Maybe both? 🤷‍♀️

#ukpolitics

G7 GDP compared to 2019 Q4

USA 4.3%
Canada 2.7%
Italy 1.8%
France 1.1%
Japan 0.9%
Germany 0.3%

BUT

UK -0.8%

So they can STFU that it is a global phenomena caused by the Russians or the Pandemic.

Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits

Diamond Geezer

Photography of a man standing in front of the permanent art display by Daniel Buren at Tottenham Court Road. I think it looks like a music album cover.

#albumcover #streetphotography #mastoart #underground #london #photography #photo #streetphoto #publicart #art #potd #londonunderground #uk #photographer

This holiday season, break the ice by telling your family and friends how baby octopuses sometimes ride on jellyfish like little hats.
📸 by Songda Cai http://bit.ly/2ZmNZZH

Solidarity with nurses. Always!
#RCNStrike #NursesStrike

Hey new followers, especially followers in the legal profession, got something serious to talk about for a sec.

The US is getting extremely scary for trans people. New laws are being proposed and passed to criminalize our existence at a terrifying pace. This stress takes a toll on us, and it's a lot more taxing on me personally than I let show here.

Please speak up for trans people whenever and wherever you can. Don't leave us by ourselves while we're under attack.

This is outrageous. Fuck theocracies everywhere. Fuck the patriarchy everywhere. h/g @SChenHayes@twitter.com #Afghanistan

RT @hrw@twitter.com

BREAKING: The Taliban have banned women from universities.

This is a shameful decision that violates the right to education for women and girls in Afghanistan. The Taliban are making it clear every day that they don't respect the fundamental rights of Afghans, especially women.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/hrw/status/1605255842420367370

Multimillionaire says he would rather accept widespread disruption than increase workers' pay. How does anyone ever vote Tory? #EnoughisEnough #SupportTheStrikes #SupportNursesandMidwives #ToriesOut

If you're wondering what the #JohnMastodon thing is about...

...here you go. Captured by the Wayback Machine for you, as the author has since realised he'd misread the Join Mastodon account name. 😂

And thusly, the legend of John Mastodon is born.

Anyone who thinks the current strikes are just about low wages, needs to turn off GMB, stop reading the Murdoch rags, take a deep breath, smell the coffee & wake up to the constant erosion of workers rights by big business & this Tory gov. to suit themselves. #SupportTheStrikes