Alison Kidd

Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.

This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC

Three images, a fox, a bird and a T-Rex all created with itens of clothes on a clothesline

Artist Helga Stentzel's fun clothesline creatures #WomensArt #Monday

Guy Pearce and Annie Lennox join call to end ‘normalised horror’ for children in Gaza Stars read Michael Rosen’s 2014 poem Don’t Mention the Children in film released by Save the Children Guy Pearce, Annie Lennox and Vanessa Redgrave are among the celebrities calling for an end to the “normalised horror” of children being killed in Gaza, as part of new short film. Released by Save the Children and Choose Love, it features the stars reciting the words to a poem by Michael Rosen. Titled Don’t Mention the Children, the poem was written in 2014 in response to a Guardian article about the Israeli government banning a radio advert naming children killed in Gaza. It begins: Continue reading...

Guy Pearce and Annie Lennox join call to end ‘normalised horror’ for children in Gaza

Letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer condemning Elon Musk for inciting violence and urging unity to defend democracy.

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.

As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Pelican crossing lights daubed with the St George cross have been turned, by today's biggest hero, into what looks like slices of Battenberg cake.

Someone's found the perfect response:

10 top William Blake images: #4. Blake worked in the golden age of caricature and clearly enjoyed satirical prints. Here’s one of his on the emerging consumerism of the times, carrying a resonance into our own space age. Childish yearning? Admirable aspiration? Note to Musk?

I just managed to mangle the quote "the arc of history bends towards justice" live, on MSNBC @nicollewallace.bsky.social, quoting Governor Pritzker. But I liked what he said next: "it doesn't bend on its own."

The Larks and Ravens

larksandravens.com/bird-thoughts/

The Prospectory Behavioural & Technology Insights - Fresh from the Pan

theprospectory.com/blog/ Always enlightening visiting one of our Idea Fund projects...

The absolute funniest part of capitalist ideology is that they somehow managed to convince everyone that "freedom" meant like...the freedom to choose between 63 kinds of shampoo, and not like...the freedom to quit a job you hate without losing your health insurance.

Idea Fund Award – Tree Hugger Robot for detecting early signs of tree disease & environmental stress Suhandan is a 14 year old student living in Scotland who’s passionate about robotics and environmental conservation. Suhandan has built a first prototype of his Tree Hugger robot idea which …

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False dichotomies: a blessing or a curse?

"Basic Income for the Arts had a consistent, positive impact on almost all indicators including on practice development, sectoral retention, wellbeing, for recipients, and has reduced deprivation rates among the recipients" @talamhbeo.bsky.social
www.socialjustice.ie/article/basi...

The Aberystwyth and Tregaron Bank, also known as Banc y Ddafad Ddu, was established in Aberystwyth, during the early 19th century.

The number of sheep featured on the bank note corresponded to its value in pounds.

BMSS/61

Art making is a whole new way of thinking for me larksandravens.com/wp-content/u...

The movement among Uk party voters

Good visual showing the churn of UK voters since last year’s General Election.

I really like this. How useful! substack.com/@jameslucasi...

The decline of UK political discourse in a nutshell.

“Nations are Destroy'd, or Flourish, in proportion as Their Poetry, Painting and Music are Destroy'd or Flourish!” William Blake wasn’t speaking as if merely romantic here, but because he had a keen sense of the sources of knowledge and wisdom - the “eternal seed of science”.