Mark Shilcock
@markshilcock.bsky.social
Here in a personal capacity. Community Worker in Gateshead (managing www.OurGateshead.org ) Grandad, Musician, Dog walker, Songwriter. I probably have enough guitars? Consett. #MadeByDyslexia. These are my own views.
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Our March #HealthBulletin is out this morning! 📣
This latest edition is another jam-packed one, full of all the latest health and wellbeing news, so be sure to grab a cup of something nice before you dive in. ☕️
Read it now! 👇
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This latest edition is another jam-packed one, full of all the latest health and wellbeing news, so be sure to grab a cup of something nice before you dive in. ☕️
Read it now! 👇
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March 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Our March #HealthBulletin is out this morning! 📣
This latest edition is another jam-packed one, full of all the latest health and wellbeing news, so be sure to grab a cup of something nice before you dive in. ☕️
Read it now! 👇
mailchi.mp/connectedvoi...
This latest edition is another jam-packed one, full of all the latest health and wellbeing news, so be sure to grab a cup of something nice before you dive in. ☕️
Read it now! 👇
mailchi.mp/connectedvoi...
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This. Is. Brilliant.
Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro
March 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This. Is. Brilliant.
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Funny how they’re always happy to throw bones in the direction of Brexit/Reform voters but nothing in the direction of their traditional base. I was so desperate for a Labour government. I was tired of the lies and the corruption. What a terrible disappointment they’ve been.
February 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Funny how they’re always happy to throw bones in the direction of Brexit/Reform voters but nothing in the direction of their traditional base. I was so desperate for a Labour government. I was tired of the lies and the corruption. What a terrible disappointment they’ve been.
Yep!
1. Here are just a few of the ways in which Starmer’s Labour Party seems determined to alienate its voters and lose the next election. As they pile up, you have to keep pinching yourself and asking, “what the hell is it playing at?” 🧵
February 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Yep!
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February 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Stop what you’re doing and read this.
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
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February 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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After that you’ll have to buy it in the shops.
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February 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼join the resistance! Your country needs you! Oprah your calling is not over! Kamala, where are you? Beyoncé, Taylor, Pink, join the resistance! It’s the small things that can impact so many lives! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏼
January 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼join the resistance! Your country needs you! Oprah your calling is not over! Kamala, where are you? Beyoncé, Taylor, Pink, join the resistance! It’s the small things that can impact so many lives! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏼
Signed up. Why not join up yourself?
It’s all beginning to feel a bit 1984. We’re in a battle against autocrats and oligarchs who are using money and misinformation to dismantle democracies. That’s why we’re looking for 1,984 new monthly supporters to make our biggest and boldest plans a reality (see link in bio)
January 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Signed up. Why not join up yourself?
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The expansion of #Heathrow isn't only about climate breakdown, it's about fairness too
A small minority of people take the majority of flights yet the pollution & climate breakdown affect everyone, especially the poorest
A small minority of people take the majority of flights yet the pollution & climate breakdown affect everyone, especially the poorest
January 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The expansion of #Heathrow isn't only about climate breakdown, it's about fairness too
A small minority of people take the majority of flights yet the pollution & climate breakdown affect everyone, especially the poorest
A small minority of people take the majority of flights yet the pollution & climate breakdown affect everyone, especially the poorest
How to lose votes.... I certainly did not vote for this!
Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on.
Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.
Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.
January 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
How to lose votes.... I certainly did not vote for this!
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🚨Let’s protect democracy by tightening the rules on political donations. Please sign this petition
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Tighten the rules on political donations
We want the government to:
Remove loopholes that allow wealthy foreign individuals to make donations into UK political parties (e.g. by funnelling through UK registered companies).
Cap all donations ...
petition.parliament.uk
January 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🚨Let’s protect democracy by tightening the rules on political donations. Please sign this petition
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
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January 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
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I’ve just signed this petition. I believe understanding coercive control is essential for even half decent practice for everyone working in health, education, social care, social services, policing and criminal justice. Without it, we are failing women and children (and the perpetrators too)
Petition: Require coercive control awareness training for all professionals working in these sectors - healthcare, education, social services and police forces.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#CoerciveControl #DomesticAbuse #DomesticAbuseAwarenessTraining #EmotionalAbuse
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#CoerciveControl #DomesticAbuse #DomesticAbuseAwarenessTraining #EmotionalAbuse
Petition: Require coercive control awareness training for some sectors
We call upon the UK Government and Parliament to implement requirements for coercive control awareness training for all professionals working in these sectors - healthcare, education, social services ...
petition.parliament.uk
January 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I’ve just signed this petition. I believe understanding coercive control is essential for even half decent practice for everyone working in health, education, social care, social services, policing and criminal justice. Without it, we are failing women and children (and the perpetrators too)
Well worth a read.
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Well worth a read.
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Imprisoned in so-called ‘enriched’ cages, these hens have little more space than a sheet of A4 paper each. The suffering they experience is unimaginable.
Help free hens from cages, sign the petition to #EndTheCageAge >> https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/706302
Help free hens from cages, sign the petition to #EndTheCageAge >> https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/706302
January 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Imprisoned in so-called ‘enriched’ cages, these hens have little more space than a sheet of A4 paper each. The suffering they experience is unimaginable.
Help free hens from cages, sign the petition to #EndTheCageAge >> https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/706302
Help free hens from cages, sign the petition to #EndTheCageAge >> https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/706302
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A violent criminal? A threat to society? A danger to democracy? No, no and no. This is someone being punished again and again for giving a damn about humanity and the living world.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Just Stop Oil protester, 78, has jail term extended after no suitable tag found
Exclusive: Gaie Delap told she will have to serve 20 more days that correspond to period of time at home after recall
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A violent criminal? A threat to society? A danger to democracy? No, no and no. This is someone being punished again and again for giving a damn about humanity and the living world.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Closed the shop two days in a row for snow since no southerner can drive on ice and they aren’t salting streets. It’s a bit stressful 🥲 Anyone interested in witchy teas, herbs, candles, statuary, incense, crystals, tarot, or spiritual books? ShopCosmicCorner.com
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January 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Closed the shop two days in a row for snow since no southerner can drive on ice and they aren’t salting streets. It’s a bit stressful 🥲 Anyone interested in witchy teas, herbs, candles, statuary, incense, crystals, tarot, or spiritual books? ShopCosmicCorner.com
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Join us! —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership
January 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Hard to overstate how catastrophic this is for global public health. The WHO has helped saved literally millions of lives, particularly those of children, from malnutrition, malaria, TB, HIV etc. Pure callous disregard for vulnerable humanity from Trump - as expected.
President Trump moved quickly on Monday to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization, a move that public health experts say will undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic. nyti.ms/4hilymo
Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization
Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.
nyti.ms
January 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Hard to overstate how catastrophic this is for global public health. The WHO has helped saved literally millions of lives, particularly those of children, from malnutrition, malaria, TB, HIV etc. Pure callous disregard for vulnerable humanity from Trump - as expected.
@ywop.bsky.social have joined Bulesky😊
The Young Women's Outreach Project do amazing work and I thoroughly recommend following them!
The Young Women's Outreach Project do amazing work and I thoroughly recommend following them!
January 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
@ywop.bsky.social have joined Bulesky😊
The Young Women's Outreach Project do amazing work and I thoroughly recommend following them!
The Young Women's Outreach Project do amazing work and I thoroughly recommend following them!
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Our funding for specialist #SmallButVital charities closes in....
9 days!
Send through your applications by 5pm 23 January to be considered for an unrestricted grant of £75,00 over three years alongside developmental support
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9 days!
Send through your applications by 5pm 23 January to be considered for an unrestricted grant of £75,00 over three years alongside developmental support
ow.ly/21W150UgBGN
January 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Our funding for specialist #SmallButVital charities closes in....
9 days!
Send through your applications by 5pm 23 January to be considered for an unrestricted grant of £75,00 over three years alongside developmental support
ow.ly/21W150UgBGN
9 days!
Send through your applications by 5pm 23 January to be considered for an unrestricted grant of £75,00 over three years alongside developmental support
ow.ly/21W150UgBGN
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Help get fossil fuel ads banned in the UK – sign the petition . petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship
Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...
petition.parliament.uk
January 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Help get fossil fuel ads banned in the UK – sign the petition . petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Thank you to #ConnectedVoice and Voluntary Organisations Network North East #VONNE who provide support to the #northeast #vcse sector, for helping me to understand the impact of the increase in NIC on charities in Newcastle. We discussed the ways in which the impact could be mitigated.
January 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thank you to #ConnectedVoice and Voluntary Organisations Network North East #VONNE who provide support to the #northeast #vcse sector, for helping me to understand the impact of the increase in NIC on charities in Newcastle. We discussed the ways in which the impact could be mitigated.