So sad to hear that #Traidcraft plc has gone into administration after 44 years of fighting poverty through trade. I was part of that journey for 16 years, they were the true pioneers of #FairTrade

"It will create jobs and bring investment to the town" has to be the most short-sighted reason for opening a new #CoalMine in Cumbria. Do they not care that their own children and grandchildren will suffer the consequences of #ClimateCrisis? We have to do absolutely everything we urgently can to reach #NetZero. And saying its different because it's coke for steelworks, well that's just corporate #GasLighting. Shame on any news channel that presents a #BalancedView on something so indefensible.

Spoke with a local teacher who described the financial difficulties some local state schools are facing. Not all have switched on their heating, another talks about deciding between heating and cooked lunches.

Some of these conversations break my heart. We are talking about children. Some as young as 4. And the weather is about to get colder. How can this be right in the UK?
#CostOfLivingCrisis #GTTO #Compassion #SchoolDinnersForAll #HotFood

Even my football-loving husband agrees 20 minutes of headline coverage on 10pm BBCNews about football is over the top!

Can not say this enough ⬇️⬇️⬇️

I just want to say that I’ve been asked ‘where you’re from?’ many many times in my life. And you know if the asker’s intention is to alienate or befriend. You feel it straightaway.
#NgoziFulani
#racism

I was talking with a man this week who currently lives in a hotel with his young family.
He told me that in his home country he was a teacher but also helped at a charity which supported refugees, giving out food, clothes, essentials.
Never in a million years did he think he himself would need to seek asylum.
"There but for the grace of God" goes any one of us.
No one is illegal. To seek asylum is a human right.
#refugeeswelcome
#asylumseekerswelcome

So very sad to hear we've lost #ChristineMcVie Such a talented woman from #NorthernEngland who influenced the world with her amazing songwriting and voice.

Let’s get this straight, once and for all: Hate speech is not free speech, it’s the perversion of free speech.

In praise of the man who provoked the puzzled comment at the checkout this morning ... "That man comes in here every week, for the last few years, and spends £50 on the #foodbank box!!!"

This. A million times over.
How many of us have wondered what we would have done? Assumed we’d have stood up to it? Challenging times…

This is the #UK today, folks.
It makes you puke.

All women want to have their mothers with them when they are pregnant.

But they can't if the #HomeOffice is in the middle. Read the letter, that's how the UK treats foreigners now.

#SackBraverman
Reform the #HomeOffice.
End #Xenophobia.

https://twitter.com/lea_ypi/status/1590278135312187396?t=X6SDPQs4lKhELIkT5zW7IQ&s=09

So sick of the ‘anti foreign’ rhetoric. #Refugees. #International #Students. #NHS staff. Every vote they think they’re winning by this is a vote based on lies and won’t last. They can’t turn back time. The #UK is stronger for its #diversity and weaker for its prejudice. Division is cheap and dirty politics. Always has been, always will be.

For anyone who's been involved in the development #brandguidelines, here's an hilarious #festive take on the refreshment of an "out of date" brand. Enjoy!

Santa brand book https://www.quietroom.co.uk/santa_brandbook/

#santa
#Xmas
#marketing
#PR/Comms
#brand
#jargon
#triggering

I know some folk don’t like this kind of proportionate graph but, for me, it provides the clearest illustration of how mainland Britain’s electricity system has transformed in the last ten years. Here you see coal initially being pushed out by gas (half as much CO2 per kWh) and then the rapid advance of wind and solar as nuclear shrinks — all the while, demand has tumbled through efficiency. Wind has doubled in five years from 12% in 2017 to 23% in 2022. http://www.mygridgb.co.uk/historicaldata/

Seems like there’s some confusion about #FollowFriday. So for anyone following me I’ll tell you how I do it.

I’ll be sharing recommendations of accounts to follow. I do like to give a description/reason rather than a long list of just names, that way you can decide if you want to find out more.

For example:
[cute cat mastodon account name] human servant posts the daily exploits of the worlds cutest cat.

In the example you’ll likely know if that’s the sort of thing you’d want in your feed.

Looking for new people on here. I'm a Remainer, centrist, try to be a good ally, old enough to be a grandma #FollowFriday

@actully Great to see you on here Christine!

#Birdsite