Leah Partridge
@leahpartridge.bsky.social
Intersectional Feminist & Survivor
hEDS • POTS • AuDHD
Pragmatic lefty
Institute of Global Prosperity @ UCL 🎓
hEDS • POTS • AuDHD
Pragmatic lefty
Institute of Global Prosperity @ UCL 🎓
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Leah Partridge
@leahpartridge.bsky.social
· Aug 18
It's important to me to learn from others and even if I disagree with someone, I try to at least understand where they are coming from. It's why I follow a broad range of accounts and views.
If you're poor and rely on government benefits, for example, then you're still feeling the effects of 2008
"Is this what 2008 felt like?"
No. 2008 was a crescendo of years of sub-prime mortgages laundered through faked bond ratings and derivatives trading by an army of savy, greedy people hiding what they'd done.
This is one rapist felon who's killing the world in full view of everyone for fun.
No. 2008 was a crescendo of years of sub-prime mortgages laundered through faked bond ratings and derivatives trading by an army of savy, greedy people hiding what they'd done.
This is one rapist felon who's killing the world in full view of everyone for fun.
April 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
If you're poor and rely on government benefits, for example, then you're still feeling the effects of 2008
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In support of all who speak truth to power & with integrity in times of increasing state oppression.
Green colleagues and I joined @quaker.org.uk Worship outside of New Scotland Yard in response to aggressive raid of @youthdemand.bsky.social meeting in a place of worship.
Green colleagues and I joined @quaker.org.uk Worship outside of New Scotland Yard in response to aggressive raid of @youthdemand.bsky.social meeting in a place of worship.
April 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In support of all who speak truth to power & with integrity in times of increasing state oppression.
Green colleagues and I joined @quaker.org.uk Worship outside of New Scotland Yard in response to aggressive raid of @youthdemand.bsky.social meeting in a place of worship.
Green colleagues and I joined @quaker.org.uk Worship outside of New Scotland Yard in response to aggressive raid of @youthdemand.bsky.social meeting in a place of worship.
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BREAKING: The people with extraordinary sums of potentially taxable wealth have explained there is simply no alternative to brutal benefits cuts x
March 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
BREAKING: The people with extraordinary sums of potentially taxable wealth have explained there is simply no alternative to brutal benefits cuts x
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Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
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Thanks to @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social for mentioning my work in his piece about Labour’s disability benefits cuts. The narrative that disabled people are “a cost” on the rest of society is pernicious and becoming more and more engrained. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
March 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Thanks to @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social for mentioning my work in his piece about Labour’s disability benefits cuts. The narrative that disabled people are “a cost” on the rest of society is pernicious and becoming more and more engrained. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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My wife was diagnosed with #Parkinson’s 13 years ago. I have written an iPhone app to help track various aspects of the progression. I’m looking for a few testers before it’s released. DM me to be considered. #parkinsonsdidease #parkinsonsawareness .
March 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My wife was diagnosed with #Parkinson’s 13 years ago. I have written an iPhone app to help track various aspects of the progression. I’m looking for a few testers before it’s released. DM me to be considered. #parkinsonsdidease #parkinsonsawareness .
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UK politics - and that in many other countries - is stuck in this cycle of hyperbole / denial about what is possible, and lacks serious debate about what can actually be achieved by governments. And talk of "chainsaws" is just pathetic.
March 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
UK politics - and that in many other countries - is stuck in this cycle of hyperbole / denial about what is possible, and lacks serious debate about what can actually be achieved by governments. And talk of "chainsaws" is just pathetic.
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Elon Musk called a U.S. senator from Arizona—a Navy veteran—a "traitor" for supporting Ukraine.
The senator fired back: "Traitor? Elon, if you don’t understand that defending freedom is a core principle of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those who do."
The senator fired back: "Traitor? Elon, if you don’t understand that defending freedom is a core principle of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those who do."
March 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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HOW TO HELP BUMBLEBEES
💛 Queens are waking up from their long winter sleep about now.
Once she emerges from her hibernation burrow she spends a lot of time resting, allowing her metabolism & temperature to rise.
Here see she is warming up her body ready for flight.
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💛 Queens are waking up from their long winter sleep about now.
Once she emerges from her hibernation burrow she spends a lot of time resting, allowing her metabolism & temperature to rise.
Here see she is warming up her body ready for flight.
🧵
March 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
HOW TO HELP BUMBLEBEES
💛 Queens are waking up from their long winter sleep about now.
Once she emerges from her hibernation burrow she spends a lot of time resting, allowing her metabolism & temperature to rise.
Here see she is warming up her body ready for flight.
🧵
💛 Queens are waking up from their long winter sleep about now.
Once she emerges from her hibernation burrow she spends a lot of time resting, allowing her metabolism & temperature to rise.
Here see she is warming up her body ready for flight.
🧵
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NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
March 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
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New study confirms previous findings: most people underestimate the environmental/climate impacts of behaviours like flying and eating meat/dairy. More accurate perceptions lead to change in individual behaviour and in support for relevant policies.
See 🧵👇
See 🧵👇
⭐ Key findings ⭐
1️⃣ Participants consistently underestimated the carbon impact of high-impact behaviors (like flying and eating meat) and overestimated the impact of lower-impact behaviors (like recycling). These results are well-aligned with previous research.
1️⃣ Participants consistently underestimated the carbon impact of high-impact behaviors (like flying and eating meat) and overestimated the impact of lower-impact behaviors (like recycling). These results are well-aligned with previous research.
March 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
New study confirms previous findings: most people underestimate the environmental/climate impacts of behaviours like flying and eating meat/dairy. More accurate perceptions lead to change in individual behaviour and in support for relevant policies.
See 🧵👇
See 🧵👇
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🔴Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is Now Britain’s Biggest Far-Right Threat, Finds Report
The ‘State of Hate’ report comes in the wake of last summer’s racist riots and growing waves of extremist sentiment stirred up by public figures like Elon Musk
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/07/n...
The ‘State of Hate’ report comes in the wake of last summer’s racist riots and growing waves of extremist sentiment stirred up by public figures like Elon Musk
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/07/n...
Nigel Farage's Reform UK is Now Britain’s Biggest Far-Right Threat, Finds Report
The 'State of Hate' report comes in the wake of last summer's racist riots and growing waves of extremist sentiment stirred up by public figures like Elon Musk
bylinetimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🔴Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is Now Britain’s Biggest Far-Right Threat, Finds Report
The ‘State of Hate’ report comes in the wake of last summer’s racist riots and growing waves of extremist sentiment stirred up by public figures like Elon Musk
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/07/n...
The ‘State of Hate’ report comes in the wake of last summer’s racist riots and growing waves of extremist sentiment stirred up by public figures like Elon Musk
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/07/n...
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Is the media and political sphere being run by a few Oxford grads rotting public discourse? Who can say. But perhaps a think tank recommending cutting disabled people’s benefits without bothering to understand the benefit might point to some of the country’s current problems.
March 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Is the media and political sphere being run by a few Oxford grads rotting public discourse? Who can say. But perhaps a think tank recommending cutting disabled people’s benefits without bothering to understand the benefit might point to some of the country’s current problems.
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Lots of talk about ‘left behind’ places & far-right’s rise.
How do industrial decline, economic hardship, & resentment actually fuel far-right support?
In new @apsrjournal.bsky.social
paper exploring
Xylella epidemic that devastated centuries-old 🫒 groves in 🇮🇹, we find out
shorturl.at/xgeho
How do industrial decline, economic hardship, & resentment actually fuel far-right support?
In new @apsrjournal.bsky.social
paper exploring
Xylella epidemic that devastated centuries-old 🫒 groves in 🇮🇹, we find out
shorturl.at/xgeho
March 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Lots of talk about ‘left behind’ places & far-right’s rise.
How do industrial decline, economic hardship, & resentment actually fuel far-right support?
In new @apsrjournal.bsky.social
paper exploring
Xylella epidemic that devastated centuries-old 🫒 groves in 🇮🇹, we find out
shorturl.at/xgeho
How do industrial decline, economic hardship, & resentment actually fuel far-right support?
In new @apsrjournal.bsky.social
paper exploring
Xylella epidemic that devastated centuries-old 🫒 groves in 🇮🇹, we find out
shorturl.at/xgeho
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Absolute top notch combination of headline and photo here.
March 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Absolute top notch combination of headline and photo here.
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🧵One of the biggest learnings I've had about being #disabled is that adaptation and accommodation = freedom. Here's me, absolutely buzzing with joy on my first cruise round the park with my new rollator. Feeling more free 😀 1/2
March 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🧵One of the biggest learnings I've had about being #disabled is that adaptation and accommodation = freedom. Here's me, absolutely buzzing with joy on my first cruise round the park with my new rollator. Feeling more free 😀 1/2
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So much profound beauty in our world. But it seems the forces unable to see beyond their own wealth, power, and egos are in the ascendant right now.
It's our duty to mind ourselves and each other in these tough times, which may well get much worse. The living world depends on us never giving up. 🌍
It's our duty to mind ourselves and each other in these tough times, which may well get much worse. The living world depends on us never giving up. 🌍
March 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
So much profound beauty in our world. But it seems the forces unable to see beyond their own wealth, power, and egos are in the ascendant right now.
It's our duty to mind ourselves and each other in these tough times, which may well get much worse. The living world depends on us never giving up. 🌍
It's our duty to mind ourselves and each other in these tough times, which may well get much worse. The living world depends on us never giving up. 🌍
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Norwegian government announces that it's more than doubling its support for Ukraine this year, up from €3bn to €7.2bn.
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre: "We are increasing support because there is a need for it, and it is a solid contribution to peace and stability in Europe."
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre: "We are increasing support because there is a need for it, and it is a solid contribution to peace and stability in Europe."
March 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Norwegian government announces that it's more than doubling its support for Ukraine this year, up from €3bn to €7.2bn.
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre: "We are increasing support because there is a need for it, and it is a solid contribution to peace and stability in Europe."
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre: "We are increasing support because there is a need for it, and it is a solid contribution to peace and stability in Europe."
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Eutelsat, the owner of OneWeb, a satellite rival to Starlink, said today that it was “actively collaborating with European institutions and business partners,” adding that it had equipment that could be “deployed swiftly in Ukraine to connect the most critical missions and infrastructures.”
Starlink rival in talks to boost satellite services to Ukraine
Eutelsat shares surge as investors bet that European competitor could replace Elon Musk’s company
www.ft.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Eutelsat, the owner of OneWeb, a satellite rival to Starlink, said today that it was “actively collaborating with European institutions and business partners,” adding that it had equipment that could be “deployed swiftly in Ukraine to connect the most critical missions and infrastructures.”
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If you're wondering what happens when a democracy slides into authoritarianism, here it is!
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
March 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If you're wondering what happens when a democracy slides into authoritarianism, here it is!
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
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Trump never had a peace plan for Ukraine. He had a plan for Ukraine's surrender, with a colonial resource grab. As Zelenskyy rightly refused it, or to cooperate in Trump's TV spectacular, the US has now cut Ukraine off.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
March 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Trump never had a peace plan for Ukraine. He had a plan for Ukraine's surrender, with a colonial resource grab. As Zelenskyy rightly refused it, or to cooperate in Trump's TV spectacular, the US has now cut Ukraine off.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
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🚨BREAKING - Steve Reed has just launched the biggest review into the water sector since privatisation.
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Steve Reed: include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. | We Own It
Steve Reed must put public ownership back on the table.
weownit.org.uk
February 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🚨BREAKING - Steve Reed has just launched the biggest review into the water sector since privatisation.
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
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FT says "The US Congress is missing in action".
Also civil society, trade unions, press, Church, judiciary, academics missing as the US shifts to fascism.
All protecting their position, currying favours. What of the long-term?
Europe slow to respond. Need new alliances.
archive.ph/hVMn8
Also civil society, trade unions, press, Church, judiciary, academics missing as the US shifts to fascism.
All protecting their position, currying favours. What of the long-term?
Europe slow to respond. Need new alliances.
archive.ph/hVMn8
The US Congress is missing in action
Capitol Hill is so far providing no check on Donald Trump’s power grab
www.ft.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
FT says "The US Congress is missing in action".
Also civil society, trade unions, press, Church, judiciary, academics missing as the US shifts to fascism.
All protecting their position, currying favours. What of the long-term?
Europe slow to respond. Need new alliances.
archive.ph/hVMn8
Also civil society, trade unions, press, Church, judiciary, academics missing as the US shifts to fascism.
All protecting their position, currying favours. What of the long-term?
Europe slow to respond. Need new alliances.
archive.ph/hVMn8
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🇪🇺🇬🇧 Through my first set of meetings in Brussels. The praise for Starmer is overwhelming: “What he has managed to do is not just good for him. It's good for all of us. Absolutely top notch. This is the UK at its best. The UK we have always admired.
March 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🇪🇺🇬🇧 Through my first set of meetings in Brussels. The praise for Starmer is overwhelming: “What he has managed to do is not just good for him. It's good for all of us. Absolutely top notch. This is the UK at its best. The UK we have always admired.