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Anne-Marie

@amariese23.bsky.social

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Mostly brief responses to stuff I read/watch. Some silly stuff, some random observations or photos from my day. No family stuff until there's a way to limit the audience for their privacy! NB: I will only follow back people I know IRL - no offence!

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Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · Jan 22

Beautiful photos of the Lake District, and Scotland, that I know any of my friends who find me again on here will appreciate 🙂

Mike Prince @mplandscapes.bsky.social · Jan 22

Borrowdale mood this morning. #landscapephotography #lakedistrict #nikon

Pine trees edge the flat waters of a lake. In the distance, mists swirl and reveal layers of mountains broding over the scene.

Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · 1d

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Crucial to the reform of a currently punitive and anxiety-inducing (for the poor kids and their parents alike) English schools system.
Please sign.
Please repost.
It's almost there to get a Parliamentary debate

Petition: Make Play and Continuous Provision statutory in England's Key Stage 1 Curriculum

Revise statutory guidance for KS1 to make play based pedagogy a core part of the Key Stage One National Curriculum, extending the best practice that we see in Early Years to ensure all Key Stage One c...

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Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · 12d

medium.com/@theclearlen... Don't know how many clicks this link will work for, but this is good, and *also applies to autism*

What I’d Tell My 16-Year-Old Self About ADHD (And Why Every Neurotypical Parent Needs to Hear This)

When your child gets diagnosed, your reaction becomes their future.

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Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · 14d

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

So... check para 5 for a top pub quiz tie-break winner 😆 #selondon

Timely arrival: Great British Railways clock launches at London Bridge

Digital timepiece is UK rail’s first national clock in more than 50 years and will be seen at stations across the country

www.theguardian.com

Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · 17d

theconversation.com/the-alleged-...

Meanwhile...

The alleged British links to mass deforestation and displacement in a conflict few have even heard of

New report alleges British links to human rights and environmental crises in West Papua, Indonesia.

theconversation.com

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Business & Human Rights Resource Centre @business-humanrights.org · 22d

Discussions at #ClimateWeekNYC demonstrated new global governance of transition minerals must be front & centre of negotiations at #COP30. Michael Clements &
@pbloomer.bsky.social's first piece for our new blog series: www.business-humanrights.org/en/blog/from...

Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · 23d

"For too many of the latter, it seems a zero-sum game in which one side should win and the other must lose. For us, the wish is for a better future for Israelis and Palestinians."

Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · 23d

"I cherish new and old friendships across the divide with Palestinians who, like me, want a long-term agreement. They are able to show empathy towards me in a way many British self-proclaimed friends of the Palestinians cannot." 2/3

Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · 23d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sharon Lifschitz, daughter of murdered peace activist Oded and former hostage Yocheved:

"We know that hate and revenge cannot bring even a momentary relief from the pain..." 1/3

Two years after 7 October and the kidnap of my parents, hate is in fashion. For all our sakes, we need compassion | Sharone Lifschitz

So many were killed – yet on her release, my mother said ‘shalom’ to her captors. Let’s learn from that moment of grace, says Sharone Lifschitz, London-based film-maker and academic

www.theguardian.com

Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · 25d

theconversation.com/why-its-time...

The image used for the article here, colours in a 3-d flow through water, is a much more accurate representation: Think, each colour a different trait within the same individual, not each person placed at a point on a line of increasing 'severity'

Why it’s time to rethink the notion of an autism ‘spectrum’

The idea of autism as a single spectrum has shaped thinking for decades. But many autistic people and researchers now argue the metaphor is misleading.

theconversation.com

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · Sep 17

In London, hate will never win.

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Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in Exile @baobabsurvivors.bsky.social · Sep 17

Alongside 121 organisations, we're backing two vital amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, debated tomorrow in the Lords.

Calling for:

- A duty on Ministers to consider children’s rights

- Mandatory CRIAs

Led by @crae_official, @UNICEF_UK and @NSPCC
bit.ly/3VIROGF

Joint Briefing: House of Lords Committee Stage of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – Thursday 18th September 2025 | CRAE

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Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · Sep 17

ukfost.co.uk/solidarity-w...

@elliechowns.bsky.social

Re: motion at Green Party Conference - please read and share, so delegates can debate fairly. Thank you

Solidarity with Standing Together: a response to calls for a boycott | UK Friends of Standing Together

ukfost.co.uk

Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · Sep 15

A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...

UK Government: Keep your promise to protect workers

Zero hours contracts, unfair ‘fire and rehire’, waiting months or even years to be able to access benefits – the world of work in our country is weighted against actual workers. It’s billionaire bosse...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · Sep 14

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Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social · Jul 6

Sunday photo

Rainbow over Aberdovey

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Business & Human Rights Resource Centre @business-humanrights.org · Sep 9

🚨Coming up this Thursday! There's still time to register for our flagship panel discussion: the Mary Robinson Speaker Series 2025. It’s online + free to attend. We'll be tackling one of the most pressing issues of our time: Big Tech accountability. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · Sep 9

A strikingly blue clock on a large building on Strand has long puzzled me – what is the Civil Service Supply Association, does it still exist, why is there a clock with their name on it there?

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...

The mystery of the Strand clock and the Civil Service Supply Association

A strikingly blue clock on a large building on Strand has long puzzled me – what is the Civil Service Supply Association, does it still exist, why is there a clock with their name on it there?

www.ianvisits.co.uk

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My Kind of London @mykindoflondon.bsky.social · Sep 8

New Banksy in town. Too late to see it in place though.
New artwork shows judge beating protester amid Palestine Action protest arrests storm
#Banksy #London

Banksy artwork shows judge beating protester amid Palestine Action demo arrests storm

Banksy’s latest artwork depicts a judge using his gavel to strike a protester who is lying on the ground holding a placard

www.standard.co.uk

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · Sep 7

Here's a short happy-go-lucky 🎶 parody about the way that
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".

youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U

It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."

"Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard" - Marsh Family parody of Paul Simon "Me and Julio" on RFK

YouTube video by Marsh Family

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Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · Sep 8

So... wondering where #4 on Gen Z American women's list came on Gen Z American men's?

(Really hope, for the US's sake, if not everyone's, that it was somewhere between 5 and 10, and not just completely absent...)

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Sep 8

An NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey shows how the political gender gap persists alongside different social beliefs between Gen Z men and women.

Respondents were asked to select their top three choices that define success for them from a list of 13 phrases:
nbcnews.to/3KalutG

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Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · Sep 8

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

On the point of demos...

No, Mr Mandelson, we will not roll out the red carpet for Trump | Zoe Williams

The UK’s ambassador to Washington may believe the US president is merely a ‘risk taker’, but that doesn’t represent my point of view – and it probably doesn’t represent yours. That’s why we must make ...

www.theguardian.com

Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · Sep 8

medium.com/@theclearlen...

Overload and increased sensory sensitivity under stress present across many neurodiversity conditions.
1) be curious, not judgemental, to learn to distinguish lack of enthusiasm from genuine distress
3) don't take re-set time or overload signals as personal rejection!

3 Invisible Battles That Make ADHD Partners Look Lazy (But Aren’t)

How understanding ADHD’s invisible cognitive load transformed criticism into curiosity

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Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · Sep 5

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

So, this (in the context of the change of focus and dropped projects) isn’t chilling at all...🤨

Head of UK’s beleaguered Alan Turing Institute resigns

Jean Innes says it is time for ‘new chapter’ at AI research body, after staff revolt and government calls for change

www.theguardian.com

Anne-Marie @amariese23.bsky.social · Sep 2

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

This! This! This!

Our outdated education system feels viscerally wrong | Letters

Letters: The sausage machine of schooling forbids second chances and assumes homogeneity, says one parent. Plus a letter from Denis McVey

www.theguardian.com

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · Sep 1

Finding the truth about conflicts in difficult to access regions is a challenge. Read as we take you through the processes required to identify and verify what is really happening in a conflict, using the recent violent uprisings in Manipur, India as an example.
www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of...

A Guide To Monitoring Conflict Amidst a Sea of Misinformation - bellingcat

How does one monitor a conflict zone on the brink of civil war, especially in a region which is difficult to access, experiences frequent internet shutdowns and where misinformation is common? In this...

www.bellingcat.com

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