Rosanne Rabinowitz

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

You know what this shit gets you? Stress-related illness and a heart attack at 50.

Take it from a Gen Xer: this is not the way to live. The years go by WAY too fast, and before you know it you'll realize that you worked your life away and didn't live it. And then you die. There is no do-over.

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

BBC Radio 4 - This Cultural Life, Jackie Kay Poet, writer and former Makar Jackie Kay reveals her formative creative influences.

On BBC Sounds: Jackie Kay talks to John Wilson about her childhood in Glasgow as the mixed-race, adopted daughter of a loving couple, & her formative creative influences.
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Kremlin silences wives of soldiers deployed to the front, but some still raise their voices in protest Moscow is cracking down on complaints calling for the return of troops three years after the draft that shocked Russia

Report by @elpais.com on the Women in #Russia who continue to protest the war in #Ukraine, and their husbands, sons, who were conscripted.

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Young woman who rallied for liberties in Iran is now 'looking for freedom' from ICE detention Melika Mohammadi Gazvar Olya fled Tehran after participating in the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests following the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in custody. After a dangerous journey across Centr...

Heartbreaking report on Melika Mohammadi Gazvar Olya, who is #ICE detention after she fled Tehran after taking part in the #WomanLifeFreedom protests in #Iran #TrumpsAmerica

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“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

The assassination of Charlie Kirk makes we worry we can no longer have peaceful discussions of whether gays should be stoned to death or civil and collegial debates about whether black people are inherently inferior. Our culture will suffer.

New York Times tomorrow

The Show Me State is showing up for our democracy.

Thinking, for no particular reason at this moment, about how much I loathe the "Death Equals Redemption" trope.

Berta Lask - Thomas Müntzer — Rab-Rab Press

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The immigration problem that really concerns me? US celebrities | Frances Ryan There are worrying signs that this uber-wealthy wave of migrants don’t truly understand British values. Have they even been to the big Asda?, writes Frances Ryan

They live in luxury accommodation and hang out idly in our streets. It’s the foreign invasion to Britain that has plagued our shores this summer: US celebrities.

In today’s G2, I make jokes for political reasons. Also cos it’s fun. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Asylum seekers are being targeted – and so are those who help them. It’s a disturbing new reality | Enver Solomon Far-right influencers are menacing charities and individuals to further isolate the people we work with. Ensuring safety is now part of the job, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

Important from @enversol.bsky.social on those increasingly emboldened to threaten violence vs refugee groups, schools, lawyers. We do should hear leaders speak about the illegitimacy of intimidation & threat, none of which are legitimate concerns/ legitimate means
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#OtD 22 Aug 1944 Polish revolutionary Maria Oneker died during the Warsaw uprising against Nazi occupation. She was the leader of the women's unit of the 104th Company of Syndicalists which fought under the red and black flag of anarcho-syndicalism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9451...

BBC continues to have a persistent editorial problem in hyping & exaggerating scale of asylum protests (even at odds with its own reporting)

How can a report quoting the police saying "about 150 people attended" a protest and counter-protest have the headline "hundreds join asylum hotel demo"

The Trump administration’s halt on medical evacuations from Gaza is a death sentence for Palestinian children The Trump administration’s decision to halt all visitor visas for Palestinians from Gaza, which came after pressure from right-wing activists, will be a death sentence for children who require…

The Trump administration’s decision to halt all visitor visas for Palestinians from Gaza, which came after pressure from right-wing activists, will be a death sentence for children who require life-saving medical treatment. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/the-...

Claudia Jones, founder of the #NottingHillCarnival celebrating Black British community, music and culture. Claudia was a human rights activist from Trinidad who came to the UK as part of the Windrush generation in the 1950s #WomensArt

Rosanne Rabinowitz and the Brainwright for my old age My GRTRs of this author:  FOR FURTHER BACKGROUND ON BRAINWRIGHTERY AND ITS SOURCE IN 1990:  ALL THE BRAINWRIGHTERY UPON MY GRTRS OF SPECIFIC AUTHORS, LIVING AND DEAD, FAMOUS AND…

Thanks to @dflewis.bsky.social and the Brainwright for an excellent retrospective on my fiction, which found connections and themes I still needed to discover. A suitable introduction for anyone unfamiliar with my stuff - and for myself as well! dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/r...

I do enjoy using horror tropes in political posts. I admit it's a bit niche but niche can be fun!

Male Costa’s Hummingbird

Parting shot of this rock star from last week… Costa’s Hummingbird on cholla skeleton 🪶☀️🌵 (sunrise reflection in bird’s eye)

My offering for #PoemsAbout #BlackSky

With thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

She was only being that polite because it was a public speech.

Mass Deportations from Iran: Afghan Women Caught in the Grip of Violence and Inhumanity - New Politics Afghan refugees,a population of 4-5 million who have lived,worked &raised families in Iran for decades,are being deported en masse. In recent weeks, in the aftermath of military confrontations with Is...

'Feminists warn: deportation is not just a geographic relocation. It is a return to a system of institutionalized misogyny, where Women are stripped of their most basic rights. It is a violent act that targets the body, life & freedom of #AfghanWomen.' #Afghanistan #Iran

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🧵The far right can foam about feminists all they want, but it’s not us who would ever dehumanise young boys by calling them ‘fighting age’. I hate that phrase, it’s reductive and violent. The far right types are the first to hurt boys by forcing them into moulds that are all about dominance

The picture shows fabulous blue/grey clouds with the setting sun behind. Everything is illuminated in a gorgeous orange and yellow colours. In the foreground there is a big tree on the left of the picture with a smaller tree line going to the right and to the end of the picture. That larger tree and the tree line is silhouetted against the colour and light of the sky above.

Evening #BlueSky 🫖 Some gorgeous clouds/sunset over my part of Ireland tonight. Have a peaceful evening friends ☺️ #Photography #PhotographyOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Sky #Clouds #Ireland #Evening #EastCoastKin #Nature #SkyScapes #PhotographersUnited #Thursday #CloudFormations #Ireland #Photo

Great comprehensive thread on last night’s 📚📖launch event for Planet Patriarchy 🌎

2025 World Fantasy Awards Finalists The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2024 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2025 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 30 – November 2, 2…

Today’s excellent news: ‘The Woods All Black’ is a World Fantasy Award nominee!! I’m delighted to be in such good company on the shortlist also 🖤

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Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

hey yall! @bookshop.org has a new ebook program and they're selling my book for $3! support indies, get a banger book for less than a latte, spit spot! bookshop.org/p/books/wild...

why did this make me laugh