Joanna Hastings
@joannahastings.bsky.social
Writer, editor, lover of dreams and folktales. BLM. Trans Rights. Women's Rights. Refugee Rights. Human Rights. Green Party member. We're all just walking each other home.
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Màiri MacRae with cod and cats, South Uist, 1930, photo by Margaret Fay Shaw.
December 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Màiri MacRae with cod and cats, South Uist, 1930, photo by Margaret Fay Shaw.
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Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
Please watch this.
Keir Starmer’s government is advancing NHS privatisation 🚨
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Please watch this.
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AI can do one.
Three weeks, several highs and abject lows and every second of that was mine and i keep every moment of it.
A thousand lessons here that will inform every future work.
Three weeks, several highs and abject lows and every second of that was mine and i keep every moment of it.
A thousand lessons here that will inform every future work.
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
AI can do one.
Three weeks, several highs and abject lows and every second of that was mine and i keep every moment of it.
A thousand lessons here that will inform every future work.
Three weeks, several highs and abject lows and every second of that was mine and i keep every moment of it.
A thousand lessons here that will inform every future work.
All of this has played out in public, in full view, for years now. It's always boggled my mind that people didn't seem to notice. Will they notice now?
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
All of this has played out in public, in full view, for years now. It's always boggled my mind that people didn't seem to notice. Will they notice now?
Writing has been hard recently, my courage is low. So today I'm basking in other gratitudes - a new editing project coming my way, a book deal for one of my clients, a series of writing workshops I've been asked to do. It all feeds my own writing, opens my mind. There's always something to learn. 🙏
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Writing has been hard recently, my courage is low. So today I'm basking in other gratitudes - a new editing project coming my way, a book deal for one of my clients, a series of writing workshops I've been asked to do. It all feeds my own writing, opens my mind. There's always something to learn. 🙏
Wes Streeting wants the NHS to use Palantir. Some NHS trusts already are, others are in the planning stages. It's dangerous, self-destructive and honestly terrifying. Please take a look and consider contacting your local NHS trusts and Streeting himself. 🙏 notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
Home - No to Palantir
Is your local NHS Trust using Palantir’s software?
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Wes Streeting wants the NHS to use Palantir. Some NHS trusts already are, others are in the planning stages. It's dangerous, self-destructive and honestly terrifying. Please take a look and consider contacting your local NHS trusts and Streeting himself. 🙏 notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
Glorious walk today around the beautiful Derwent and Howden reservoirs. I was feeling snarly and cooped up, and this made me so happy. I am grateful every day to live so close to the #PeakDistrict. 💙 It feeds my soul.
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Glorious walk today around the beautiful Derwent and Howden reservoirs. I was feeling snarly and cooped up, and this made me so happy. I am grateful every day to live so close to the #PeakDistrict. 💙 It feeds my soul.
One of my favourite books ever - and possibly the best first line ever written. ❤️
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
One of my favourite books ever - and possibly the best first line ever written. ❤️
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We were pleased to be able to support this event at Barnsley Library today, Claire Throssell talking with @michellerawlins.bsky.social about her book For My Boys. An emotional story with a determination for justice, with the law scheduled to be changed to offer protection for children.
#booksky
#booksky
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We were pleased to be able to support this event at Barnsley Library today, Claire Throssell talking with @michellerawlins.bsky.social about her book For My Boys. An emotional story with a determination for justice, with the law scheduled to be changed to offer protection for children.
#booksky
#booksky
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This year, I'm especially thankful for other writers and creatives in my life. They give me such motivation, and I'm thrilled when they say I do the same for them. Here's more about my Writing Showcase which fellow writer Lou featured. #BookSky #WritingCommunity nastasyaparker.com/the-writing-...
Writing Showcase
This week Lou Wilford, a fellow writer I know through reviewing and critiquing groups, has featured me on her blog as November’s Showcased Writer. Lou writes with wit and humour, so her own m…
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November 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This year, I'm especially thankful for other writers and creatives in my life. They give me such motivation, and I'm thrilled when they say I do the same for them. Here's more about my Writing Showcase which fellow writer Lou featured. #BookSky #WritingCommunity nastasyaparker.com/the-writing-...
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Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
I am ridiculously irritated by headlines saying - 'This-or-that celebrity is [living a life/adopting a cat/wearing clothes] –– here are the 6 things you need to know.'
Actually I don't. I don't need to know anything about them at all, thanks.
Can we make clickbait redundant again?
Actually I don't. I don't need to know anything about them at all, thanks.
Can we make clickbait redundant again?
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I am ridiculously irritated by headlines saying - 'This-or-that celebrity is [living a life/adopting a cat/wearing clothes] –– here are the 6 things you need to know.'
Actually I don't. I don't need to know anything about them at all, thanks.
Can we make clickbait redundant again?
Actually I don't. I don't need to know anything about them at all, thanks.
Can we make clickbait redundant again?
Ready with the gong, @t-rexit.bsky.social?
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Ready with the gong, @t-rexit.bsky.social?
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As the elected Leader of my chosen party says, and as our member-voted policies say:
Trans rights are human rights.
#HopeIsHere #TeamGreen #BackZack
Trans rights are human rights.
#HopeIsHere #TeamGreen #BackZack
Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
As the elected Leader of my chosen party says, and as our member-voted policies say:
Trans rights are human rights.
#HopeIsHere #TeamGreen #BackZack
Trans rights are human rights.
#HopeIsHere #TeamGreen #BackZack
Help! Long shot here, UK bsky peeps. I had a friend & colleague years ago–1990ish–teaching English at Knutsford County High. Then I went to the US. When I got back (3 decades later) I couldn't find her. Her name was (still may be) Hilary Dyson. Anyone know her? I'd love so much to see her again. 🧵
November 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Help! Long shot here, UK bsky peeps. I had a friend & colleague years ago–1990ish–teaching English at Knutsford County High. Then I went to the US. When I got back (3 decades later) I couldn't find her. Her name was (still may be) Hilary Dyson. Anyone know her? I'd love so much to see her again. 🧵
Other political parties take bribes from lobbyists and billionaires. Zack Polanksi and the @greenparty.org.uk are running on grassroots energy and people power. Over £123,000 donated since this morning! 💚🌱🌿 @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social
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Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it.
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder hit our £100,000 target. We're doubling our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Other political parties take bribes from lobbyists and billionaires. Zack Polanksi and the @greenparty.org.uk are running on grassroots energy and people power. Over £123,000 donated since this morning! 💚🌱🌿 @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social
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This has sailed past £100,000 in a single morning! People power!
Support is pouring in – over £30,000 in under two hours. Pitch in to help the Green Party flatten Reform in May.
We launched our Crowdfunder an hour ago - and we've already sailed past £10,000.
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
November 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This has sailed past £100,000 in a single morning! People power!
Support is pouring in – over £30,000 in under two hours. Pitch in to help the Green Party flatten Reform in May.
We launched our Crowdfunder an hour ago - and we've already sailed past £10,000.
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Raise £100,000 to turn our incredible momentum into election wins. Will you help us beat reform in May?
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Support is pouring in – over £30,000 in under two hours. Pitch in to help the Green Party flatten Reform in May.
Wes Streeting is a monster.
Hey, remember when Dr. Cass, Wes Streeting and Louis Appleby all lied and said that Labour's gender affirming care ban didn't cause suicide?
Evidence has now emerged of the adverse consequences of the laws banning GAHT for trans youth in both the US and UK. This includes sharp declines in mental health and increased suicide attempts among transgender young people.
t.co/YZaiSgdDAl
t.co/YZaiSgdDAl
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Wes Streeting is a monster.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I've seen more 20 mph zones going up in #Sheffield. Are we moving towards a city-wide limit? I hope so. (Not rural - though some parts of Sheffield still feel like villages.) @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social
A reminder that Oxfordshire has also very successfully rolled out 20mph in a rural county with exceptionally limited political pushback. I really don't think this is talked about enough. Are your Cllrs refusing 20mph cos "Our LA isn't London"? Tell them about Oxfordshire! Happy to share policy docs.
Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I've seen more 20 mph zones going up in #Sheffield. Are we moving towards a city-wide limit? I hope so. (Not rural - though some parts of Sheffield still feel like villages.) @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social
Hello @lynchactordirector.bsky.social! Welcome to Bluesky!! ❤️
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Hello @lynchactordirector.bsky.social! Welcome to Bluesky!! ❤️
#Wales is angry and I'm right there with them. Diolch, fy ffrindiau. Don't let the bastards grind you down. #Cymru 🏴
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#Wales is angry and I'm right there with them. Diolch, fy ffrindiau. Don't let the bastards grind you down. #Cymru 🏴
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...