There’s something awfully off when images and videos of a woman who is clearly upset are being used to undermine her.
And we’re being asked to look, watch, repost, discuss…..
AKA: harm, hurt, make worse.
It’s misogynistic bullying and harassment.
Choose 💕 and empathy.
And we’re being asked to look, watch, repost, discuss…..
AKA: harm, hurt, make worse.
It’s misogynistic bullying and harassment.
Choose 💕 and empathy.
July 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
There’s something awfully off when images and videos of a woman who is clearly upset are being used to undermine her.
And we’re being asked to look, watch, repost, discuss…..
AKA: harm, hurt, make worse.
It’s misogynistic bullying and harassment.
Choose 💕 and empathy.
And we’re being asked to look, watch, repost, discuss…..
AKA: harm, hurt, make worse.
It’s misogynistic bullying and harassment.
Choose 💕 and empathy.
Reposted by Mark L Flear
Emily Jackson @lselaw.bsky.social shares her reflections on writing: why, how and when.
This is the 12th contribution to the series.
Many thanks to Emily for her thoughts.
Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
This is the 12th contribution to the series.
Many thanks to Emily for her thoughts.
Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
July 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Emily Jackson @lselaw.bsky.social shares her reflections on writing: why, how and when.
This is the 12th contribution to the series.
Many thanks to Emily for her thoughts.
Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
This is the 12th contribution to the series.
Many thanks to Emily for her thoughts.
Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
‘A picture of violence: The 27 women killed in four years’
A picture of violence: The 27 women killed in four years
In at least 20 of the 27 deaths, the killers - or the suspects in their killings - were well-known to the women.
www.bbc.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
‘A picture of violence: The 27 women killed in four years’
Reposted by Mark L Flear
LGBTI rights are workers’ rights. The ban on Budapest Pride is an attack on democracy and the right to organise. The European Trade Union Confederation and ILGA-Europe stand united in protest and solidarity. Read our joint statement: www.ilga-europe.org/news/togethe...
Together in Pride, Together in Protest | ILGA-Europe
Joint Statement by the European Trade Union Confederation and ILGA-Europe
www.ilga-europe.org
June 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
LGBTI rights are workers’ rights. The ban on Budapest Pride is an attack on democracy and the right to organise. The European Trade Union Confederation and ILGA-Europe stand united in protest and solidarity. Read our joint statement: www.ilga-europe.org/news/togethe...
Reposted by Mark L Flear
Shout out to all the fab folk in Ballymena involved in cleaning the streets ahead of this afternoon's Pride event and making sure this latest bout of pure hate doesn't win out or define where they live:
www.thejournal.ie/ballymena-sl...
www.thejournal.ie/ballymena-sl...
Man arrested after Ballymena 'spread with slurry overnight' ahead of town's first Pride parade
Slurry has been spread near streets where a pride parade was due to finish up this afternoon.
www.thejournal.ie
June 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Shout out to all the fab folk in Ballymena involved in cleaning the streets ahead of this afternoon's Pride event and making sure this latest bout of pure hate doesn't win out or define where they live:
www.thejournal.ie/ballymena-sl...
www.thejournal.ie/ballymena-sl...
Reposted by Mark L Flear
We are delighted to participate in @slsauk.bsky.social’s journals initiative!
See slsa.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?....
See slsa.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?....
June 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We are delighted to participate in @slsauk.bsky.social’s journals initiative!
See slsa.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?....
See slsa.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?....
Reposted by Mark L Flear
The 11th piece in our Reflections on Writing series is extra special.
Nicola Lacey @lselaw.bsky.social meditates on 45 years of writing by highlighting key projects, and describing the hurdles of peer review, loneliness, co-writing and self-doubt.
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Nicola Lacey @lselaw.bsky.social meditates on 45 years of writing by highlighting key projects, and describing the hurdles of peer review, loneliness, co-writing and self-doubt.
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
June 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The 11th piece in our Reflections on Writing series is extra special.
Nicola Lacey @lselaw.bsky.social meditates on 45 years of writing by highlighting key projects, and describing the hurdles of peer review, loneliness, co-writing and self-doubt.
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Nicola Lacey @lselaw.bsky.social meditates on 45 years of writing by highlighting key projects, and describing the hurdles of peer review, loneliness, co-writing and self-doubt.
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Reposted by Mark L Flear
@lwdsc.bsky.social and Simon Halliday @lawstrath.bsky.social share their experiences of working and writing together!
This is the 10th piece in our Reflections on Writing Series.
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
This is the 10th piece in our Reflections on Writing Series.
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
June 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
@lwdsc.bsky.social and Simon Halliday @lawstrath.bsky.social share their experiences of working and writing together!
This is the 10th piece in our Reflections on Writing Series.
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
This is the 10th piece in our Reflections on Writing Series.
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Reposted by Mark L Flear
We are delighted to publish the 9th article in our Reflections on Writing series.
Thanks so much to @sylviademars.me for her efforts at such a very busy time of year!
Full open access article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Thanks so much to @sylviademars.me for her efforts at such a very busy time of year!
Full open access article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
June 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We are delighted to publish the 9th article in our Reflections on Writing series.
Thanks so much to @sylviademars.me for her efforts at such a very busy time of year!
Full open access article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Thanks so much to @sylviademars.me for her efforts at such a very busy time of year!
Full open access article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Vitally important intervention by Brown. 👀 ⬇️
MPs have personal beliefs, but also solemn duties: that’s why they must reject the assisted dying bill this week | Gordon Brown
Our obligations to each other are ill served if laws focus unduly on those who want assisted dying. The priority should be the best palliative care, says former prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Vitally important intervention by Brown. 👀 ⬇️
Ah, the trains….. 🫣 a cab to the airport it has to be! (nice air conditioning is helping me to destress 😂😉😊☘️☘️☘️)
June 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Ah, the trains….. 🫣 a cab to the airport it has to be! (nice air conditioning is helping me to destress 😂😉😊☘️☘️☘️)
‘While the Post Office and infected blood compensation schemes both offer applicants legal advice, the Windrush scheme is an exception among state compensation programmes in not providing this support’.
Why the difference in treatment? 🤔
Why the difference in treatment? 🤔
Windrush scandal victims got less compensation due to lack of legal advice funding, review finds
Study finds claimants who challenged payouts after taking advice received huge increases, in one case from £300 to £170,000
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM
‘While the Post Office and infected blood compensation schemes both offer applicants legal advice, the Windrush scheme is an exception among state compensation programmes in not providing this support’.
Why the difference in treatment? 🤔
Why the difference in treatment? 🤔
Reposted by Mark L Flear
June 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
What sounds like a terrific and important book, sold by a terrific local bookshop in Ely, England. 🏴 🇬🇧
My copy is ordered!
My copy is ordered!
Mythica: A New History of Homer’s World, Through the Women Written Out of It by Emily Hauser
THE INSTANT TIMES BESTSELLERAward-winning classicist and historian Emily Hauser takes readers on an epic journey to uncover the astonishing true story of the real women behind ancient Greece’s greates...
www.toppingbooks.co.uk
June 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
What sounds like a terrific and important book, sold by a terrific local bookshop in Ely, England. 🏴 🇬🇧
My copy is ordered!
My copy is ordered!
🤩
June 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🤩
Rise up!
No 🤴! (AKA dictator)
No 🤴! (AKA dictator)
June 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Rise up!
No 🤴! (AKA dictator)
No 🤴! (AKA dictator)
Actually, I’ll go further.
For me, being British 🇬🇧 is to realise that it’s a mix of all of these things 👇. Just like the amazing 🤩 flag 🇬🇧 (except it doesn’t include Wales 🏴….. 🙄).
It’s the mix that makes Britishness for me.
The mix should be celebrated and cherished.
For me, being British 🇬🇧 is to realise that it’s a mix of all of these things 👇. Just like the amazing 🤩 flag 🇬🇧 (except it doesn’t include Wales 🏴….. 🙄).
It’s the mix that makes Britishness for me.
The mix should be celebrated and cherished.
One can be British 🇬🇧 and speak and adore Irish ☘️, Welsh 🏴, Scots Gaelic 🏴, Cornish etc.
#Irish4All #NorthernIreland
‘Unionist Irish language fears can be addressed - former Welsh first minister’
#Irish4All #NorthernIreland
‘Unionist Irish language fears can be addressed - former Welsh first minister’
Unionist Irish language fears 'can be addressed' - Mark Drakeford
It comes as disputes continue at Stormont over the Irish language, including rows about bilingual signage.
www.bbc.com
June 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Actually, I’ll go further.
For me, being British 🇬🇧 is to realise that it’s a mix of all of these things 👇. Just like the amazing 🤩 flag 🇬🇧 (except it doesn’t include Wales 🏴….. 🙄).
It’s the mix that makes Britishness for me.
The mix should be celebrated and cherished.
For me, being British 🇬🇧 is to realise that it’s a mix of all of these things 👇. Just like the amazing 🤩 flag 🇬🇧 (except it doesn’t include Wales 🏴….. 🙄).
It’s the mix that makes Britishness for me.
The mix should be celebrated and cherished.
One can be British 🇬🇧 and speak and adore Irish ☘️, Welsh 🏴, Scots Gaelic 🏴, Cornish etc.
#Irish4All #NorthernIreland
‘Unionist Irish language fears can be addressed - former Welsh first minister’
#Irish4All #NorthernIreland
‘Unionist Irish language fears can be addressed - former Welsh first minister’
Unionist Irish language fears 'can be addressed' - Mark Drakeford
It comes as disputes continue at Stormont over the Irish language, including rows about bilingual signage.
www.bbc.com
June 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
One can be British 🇬🇧 and speak and adore Irish ☘️, Welsh 🏴, Scots Gaelic 🏴, Cornish etc.
#Irish4All #NorthernIreland
‘Unionist Irish language fears can be addressed - former Welsh first minister’
#Irish4All #NorthernIreland
‘Unionist Irish language fears can be addressed - former Welsh first minister’
Solidarity! ✊🏻❤️🩹🫶🌈
‘Anti-racism rally in Belfast after days of violence’ www.bbc.com/news/article...
‘Anti-racism rally in Belfast after days of violence’ www.bbc.com/news/article...
Belfast: Anti-racism rally held after days of violence
The protest follows days of violence which police say is being led by "bigots and racists".
www.bbc.com
June 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Solidarity! ✊🏻❤️🩹🫶🌈
‘Anti-racism rally in Belfast after days of violence’ www.bbc.com/news/article...
‘Anti-racism rally in Belfast after days of violence’ www.bbc.com/news/article...
🤘
June 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🤘
Reposted by Mark L Flear
You can’t see me bc I’m holding a flag but guys I live in a 2k person extremely rural town in one of the reddest counties of WI. So many people showed up there was a line all the way to the highway.
I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many
I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many
June 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
You can’t see me bc I’m holding a flag but guys I live in a 2k person extremely rural town in one of the reddest counties of WI. So many people showed up there was a line all the way to the highway.
I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many
I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many
Reposted by Mark L Flear
Northern Ireland has always seen high levels of violence against women and girls. Blaming migrants is a useful way to distract from that. ‘If women in Northern Ireland rioted every time one of us was attacked, the country would lie in ashes.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Ballymena violence has nothing to do with ‘protecting women’. It is racism, pure and simple | Sarah Creighton
Northern Ireland has always seen high levels of violence against women and girls. Blaming migrants is a useful way to distract from that, says political commentator from Northern Ireland Sarah Creight...
www.theguardian.com
June 15, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Northern Ireland has always seen high levels of violence against women and girls. Blaming migrants is a useful way to distract from that. ‘If women in Northern Ireland rioted every time one of us was attacked, the country would lie in ashes.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
❤️🩹 to all those suffering through racism in Northern Ireland.
Time to make more of an effort to reach out to others, smile, show some kindness, spread a little empathy and compassion.
Time to make more of an effort to reach out to others, smile, show some kindness, spread a little empathy and compassion.
The Ballymena violence has nothing to do with ‘protecting women’. It is racism, pure and simple | Sarah Creighton
Northern Ireland has always seen high levels of violence against women and girls. Blaming migrants is a useful way to distract from that, says political commentator from Northern Ireland Sarah Creight...
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
❤️🩹 to all those suffering through racism in Northern Ireland.
Time to make more of an effort to reach out to others, smile, show some kindness, spread a little empathy and compassion.
Time to make more of an effort to reach out to others, smile, show some kindness, spread a little empathy and compassion.