Amber Massie-Blomfield

The words MANY HATS in black caps with a series of rainbow-coloured hats arranged in a circle around the M

My new business many-hats.org is LIVE.

Professional development for freelancers, with workshops led by some amazing people including @ambermb.bsky.social @verybrinteresting.bsky.social @cloreleadership.bsky.social @katbrownwrites.com @mazhedgehog.bsky.social @nadpatel.bsky.social

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@timjackson.org.uk hi Tim I enjoyed your Clore fellowship speech very much. So much so that I’m now writing my final provocation piece for my fellowship on post growth & the arts. Would you have time for a quick conversation? Thanks

Ie who are proponents of green growth who make the case for decoupling?

@jasonhickel.bsky.social Jason I am just reading your BRILLIANT book - and underlining everything. Do you know of any writers/thinkers who have attempted a defence of growth in the context of climate emergency, explicitly - ie have attempted to reconcile the two? Curious about the counter argument.

China is on track to become the world’s first “electrostate”—with clean electricity driving growth and coal’s decline looking inevitable.

As China builds energy self-sufficiency and dominates key tech supply chains, its influence on the future of global energy is only set to grow.

A Career-Ending Decision? Fifteen years ago, I co-founded Touretteshero as a creative response to the increasing impact that my tics were having on my life. I also started writing this blog. Over the years I’ve tackled some tr...

Please read the important blog by Jess Thom of Touretteshero. Ableism and moral bankruptcy from a supposed ‘Labour’ government who keep telling us they want people to get to work while making it impossible for disabled people to do so.

Solidarity with Jess

www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a...

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So, Why Are Britain’s Energy Bills So High? What are the real reasons we're paying more than other countries for our energy?

Following my recent appearance on #GBNews, in which I called out the corruption of the fossil-fuel-owned ‘news’ outlet, I thought it best to do a deep-dive on just why UK energy bills are so high. Read now!

rupertsreads.substack.com/p/so-why-are...

‘We’re up to our neck in shit, it’s true, and that’s why we walk with our heads held high’ - Dario Fo

Hurrah!

‘Changemaker: A Data-Driven Guide to Being an Effective Activist’ book and ‘Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create a Better World’ book placed on a bench in a park with a Blackwell’s Oxford bag.

Was feeling a bit low today, so went browsing through @blackwelloxford.bsky.social and found a couple of books to energise me for continued activism and resistance ✊ @ambermb.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙

An open letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission from the Culture Sector, in solidarity with Trans, Nonbinary and Intersex communities. Sign your name here: tinyurl.com/ehrcletter Please share widely, and if you are not able to sign for your organisation, please share with someone who can

This was such a weird article and made me miss the Observer a lot!

At energy security talks, US pushes gas and derides renewables The US envoy to the IEA's energy security summit pushed gas and criticised renewables, arguing that they cause power cuts

The US rep to the IEA said that "pursuing offshore wind power would make countries reliant on China." It's instructive to explore this sort of claim, in particular for what it reveals about those claiming it. Two points:🧵

It’s another week of brilliant opportunities for artists & theatre talent this week, from Sheffield to Doncaster and Newcastle to Basingstoke!

Lots here for writers this week, but also stuff going on for actors and other theatre creatives. Good luck if applying!

#theatre #theatresky #careers #cpd

Oh shit.

Lifesize herd of puppet animals begins climate action journey from Africa to Arctic Circle The Herds project from the team behind Little Amal will travel 20,000km taking its message on environmental crisis across the world

Lifesize herd of puppet animals begins climate action journey from Africa to Arctic Circle #Climate

Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Edouard Manet

Moss Roses in a Vase, 1882
Oil on canvas

A helpful stat from the UN is that action post Paris Agreement has brought projected warming down from 3.7-4.8c by 2100 to current levels (2.2-3.4c). We’ve come a long way; nowhere near far enough; we are in the middle of the story and the outcome is yet to be written.

Words to live by.

Can’t express how satisfied I am with myself for this joke. Enjoy! Laugh a bit in the apocalypse

Just ripped off an orphan instead 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

That’s so nice to hear, thanks Laura 😁

The book Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create a Better World by Amber Massie-Blomfield, leaning against a colorful abstract throw pillow. The book cover is yellow, red, and black, and features a collage of squares with photos of eyes and geometric shapes

"...the art of resistance asks - what does it mean to be alive right now? Where are the contradictions in how we are living? What does a truly just world look like? What's stopping it from becoming a reality?"

- @ambermb.bsky.social

It buries the stuff about subsidies a bit which I think for the growing numbers of anti net zero folks is the contentious bit. It would be really interesting to hear your perspective on this.

‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family

“If I die, I want a loud death. I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear.”
She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished.
10 of her family were killed with her.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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I’m gonna say something that is going to sound crazy, but when has that ever stopped me from saying something publicly: there is a way in which the U.S. chucking its position in the world could actually fast-track energy transition. A few things that have me thinking this way 🧵

‘We should astound catastrophe with the little fear it causes us’ - Victor Hugo