Emma Lewis
@petchary.bsky.social
I write. I read. Environmental defender. Bird fanatic. Born in London. Oxford alumna. Live in Kingston. petchary.wordpress.com. Also a member of the Global Voices community and on Substack. #StopDeepSeaMining #Arsenal
Pinned
Nameless dead people
Murder victims at sea and the missing on our island
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Who are the people who have been murdered in the Caribbean, by the Trump administration?
And also locally and sadly, who are the Jamaicans killed and missing during #HurricaneMelissa?
They are all nameless, but many people are mourning their loss.
Who are the people who have been murdered in the Caribbean, by the Trump administration?
And also locally and sadly, who are the Jamaicans killed and missing during #HurricaneMelissa?
They are all nameless, but many people are mourning their loss.
This is such a funny story
@destroytime.bsky.social
@destroytime.bsky.social
A contentious 20ft nude sculpture prohibited by the local authority has been restored following a grassroots campaign by residents.
'Golden Balls' statue returns after being removed following moans
www.mirror.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This is such a funny story
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How very sad. 🙏🏽
Migrant domestic workers seek support, solace after Hong Kong fire.
Migrant workers - mostly women from the Philippines and Indonesia caring for infants and the elderly - held prayers for the victims on their Sunday day off at sites across the city
u.afp.com/Sh6W
Migrant workers - mostly women from the Philippines and Indonesia caring for infants and the elderly - held prayers for the victims on their Sunday day off at sites across the city
u.afp.com/Sh6W
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
How very sad. 🙏🏽
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The South Downs Advent Calendar is now live! ☃️
Test your South Downs knowledge each day for the chance to win a luxury hamper 💝
Remember you can only answer the question on the actual day, so don't forget to open the door before midnight! 😉
👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
Test your South Downs knowledge each day for the chance to win a luxury hamper 💝
Remember you can only answer the question on the actual day, so don't forget to open the door before midnight! 😉
👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The South Downs Advent Calendar is now live! ☃️
Test your South Downs knowledge each day for the chance to win a luxury hamper 💝
Remember you can only answer the question on the actual day, so don't forget to open the door before midnight! 😉
👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
Test your South Downs knowledge each day for the chance to win a luxury hamper 💝
Remember you can only answer the question on the actual day, so don't forget to open the door before midnight! 😉
👉 southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com
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Port Royal Marine Lab and Boat Tour
On the last Sunday of October I went on another monthly trip with my friends in the One Love photography group on Flickr. The last trip was at the end of July when we went to...
On the last Sunday of October I went on another monthly trip with my friends in the One Love photography group on Flickr. The last trip was at the end of July when we went to...
Port Royal Marine Lab and Boat Tour
On the last Sunday of October I went on another monthly trip with my friends in the One Love photography group on Flickr. The last trip was at the end of July when we went to...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Port Royal Marine Lab and Boat Tour
On the last Sunday of October I went on another monthly trip with my friends in the One Love photography group on Flickr. The last trip was at the end of July when we went to...
On the last Sunday of October I went on another monthly trip with my friends in the One Love photography group on Flickr. The last trip was at the end of July when we went to...
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Death toll from Sri Lanka floods, landslides rises to 334, reports disaster agency.
It is the worst natural disaster to hit the island in two decades, and officials say the extent of damage in the worst-affected central region is only just being revealed
u.afp.com/Sh6d
It is the worst natural disaster to hit the island in two decades, and officials say the extent of damage in the worst-affected central region is only just being revealed
u.afp.com/Sh6d
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Death toll from Sri Lanka floods, landslides rises to 334, reports disaster agency.
It is the worst natural disaster to hit the island in two decades, and officials say the extent of damage in the worst-affected central region is only just being revealed
u.afp.com/Sh6d
It is the worst natural disaster to hit the island in two decades, and officials say the extent of damage in the worst-affected central region is only just being revealed
u.afp.com/Sh6d
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Goodnight my #bluesky friends! I leave you with another #ImageAndVerse! 🧡💛🥰💛🧡
"You are the universe, split in view,
becoming whole by seeing through.
Self and other, tide and moon,
pull and release in quiet tune"
- Erin Marie Miller
#sunset #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #beauty #ALTpoetry
"You are the universe, split in view,
becoming whole by seeing through.
Self and other, tide and moon,
pull and release in quiet tune"
- Erin Marie Miller
#sunset #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #beauty #ALTpoetry
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Goodnight my #bluesky friends! I leave you with another #ImageAndVerse! 🧡💛🥰💛🧡
"You are the universe, split in view,
becoming whole by seeing through.
Self and other, tide and moon,
pull and release in quiet tune"
- Erin Marie Miller
#sunset #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #beauty #ALTpoetry
"You are the universe, split in view,
becoming whole by seeing through.
Self and other, tide and moon,
pull and release in quiet tune"
- Erin Marie Miller
#sunset #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #beauty #ALTpoetry
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
“He repeated untrue statements about genocide against Afrikaners and the confiscation of land from white people in our country. We must make it clear that S Africa is a founding member of G20 and is therefore a member of the G20 in its own name and right.”
“He repeated untrue statements about genocide against Afrikaners and the confiscation of land from white people in our country. We must make it clear that S Africa is a founding member of G20 and is therefore a member of the G20 in its own name and right.”
Trump’s fresh white genocide claims are ‘blatant misinformation’ — Ramaphosa | Daily Maverick
<p>Despite the ‘challenges and misunderstandings’ that have arisen between SA and the US, the President says SA remains a ‘firm and unwavering friend to the American people’.</p>
www.dailymaverick.co.za
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 AM
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
“He repeated untrue statements about genocide against Afrikaners and the confiscation of land from white people in our country. We must make it clear that S Africa is a founding member of G20 and is therefore a member of the G20 in its own name and right.”
“He repeated untrue statements about genocide against Afrikaners and the confiscation of land from white people in our country. We must make it clear that S Africa is a founding member of G20 and is therefore a member of the G20 in its own name and right.”
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Pope urges Lebanese to embrace reconciliation, stay in crisis-hit country.
Lebanon rolled out the red carpet and a 21-gun salute for Leo, who was greeted at the airport by children and a brass band as ships at the port sounded their horns
u.afp.com/Sh6Y
Lebanon rolled out the red carpet and a 21-gun salute for Leo, who was greeted at the airport by children and a brass band as ships at the port sounded their horns
u.afp.com/Sh6Y
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Pope urges Lebanese to embrace reconciliation, stay in crisis-hit country.
Lebanon rolled out the red carpet and a 21-gun salute for Leo, who was greeted at the airport by children and a brass band as ships at the port sounded their horns
u.afp.com/Sh6Y
Lebanon rolled out the red carpet and a 21-gun salute for Leo, who was greeted at the airport by children and a brass band as ships at the port sounded their horns
u.afp.com/Sh6Y
Pope urges Lebanese to embrace reconciliation, stay in crisis-hit country.
Lebanon rolled out the red carpet and a 21-gun salute for Leo, who was greeted at the airport by children and a brass band as ships at the port sounded their horns
u.afp.com/Sh6Y
Lebanon rolled out the red carpet and a 21-gun salute for Leo, who was greeted at the airport by children and a brass band as ships at the port sounded their horns
u.afp.com/Sh6Y
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Jane Lydbury
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Jane Lydbury
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'Alice in Wonderland' illustrated by Tomas Hrivnac.
November 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
'Alice in Wonderland' illustrated by Tomas Hrivnac.
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"She [Shiminenge] helped form a disability association in Gbajimba, bringing together 18 other people living with disabilities to push for mobility aids, fair access to resources, and more inclusive facilities."
news.un.org/en/story/202...
The sense of invisibility that Shiminenge describes is shared by many people with disabilities in displacement settings. Often among the most marginalized in internally displaced populations, facing unique barriers to shelter, healthcare, sanitation, essential services.
The sense of invisibility that Shiminenge describes is shared by many people with disabilities in displacement settings. Often among the most marginalized in internally displaced populations, facing unique barriers to shelter, healthcare, sanitation, essential services.
‘Every step a struggle:’ Nigerian woman with disabilities leads push for dignity and inclusion
A woman living with disabilities in a camp for displaced people in Nigeria is demonstrating why it is essential that people like her are included in society and how dignity can be protected even in th...
news.un.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"She [Shiminenge] helped form a disability association in Gbajimba, bringing together 18 other people living with disabilities to push for mobility aids, fair access to resources, and more inclusive facilities."
www.bbc.com/weather/arti...
A World Weather Attribution study has found that the atmospheric and ocean conditions that led to the rapid intensification of #HurricaneMelissa were made six times more likely by climate change.
A World Weather Attribution study has found that the atmospheric and ocean conditions that led to the rapid intensification of #HurricaneMelissa were made six times more likely by climate change.
2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends: The five things that set this season apart
2025 was an unusual Atlantic hurricane season. Darren Bett explains what set this season apart from others.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
www.bbc.com/weather/arti...
A World Weather Attribution study has found that the atmospheric and ocean conditions that led to the rapid intensification of #HurricaneMelissa were made six times more likely by climate change.
A World Weather Attribution study has found that the atmospheric and ocean conditions that led to the rapid intensification of #HurricaneMelissa were made six times more likely by climate change.
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#JosephConrad
"He had no restraint, no restraint— just like Kurtz—a tree swayed by the wind. […] Oh! he was heavy, heavy; heavier than any man on earth, I should imagine. Then without more ado I tipped him overboard."
Ch. 2
"He had no restraint, no restraint— just like Kurtz—a tree swayed by the wind. […] Oh! he was heavy, heavy; heavier than any man on earth, I should imagine. Then without more ado I tipped him overboard."
Ch. 2
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
#JosephConrad
"He had no restraint, no restraint— just like Kurtz—a tree swayed by the wind. […] Oh! he was heavy, heavy; heavier than any man on earth, I should imagine. Then without more ado I tipped him overboard."
Ch. 2
"He had no restraint, no restraint— just like Kurtz—a tree swayed by the wind. […] Oh! he was heavy, heavy; heavier than any man on earth, I should imagine. Then without more ado I tipped him overboard."
Ch. 2
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On that specific Pillow
Our projects flit away -
The Night's tremendous Morrow
And whether sleep will stay
Or usher us - a stranger -
To situations new
The effort to comprise it
Is all the soul can do.
- Emily Dickinson, c. 1881
ED's draft written on the back of an envelope and a paper scrap:
Our projects flit away -
The Night's tremendous Morrow
And whether sleep will stay
Or usher us - a stranger -
To situations new
The effort to comprise it
Is all the soul can do.
- Emily Dickinson, c. 1881
ED's draft written on the back of an envelope and a paper scrap:
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
On that specific Pillow
Our projects flit away -
The Night's tremendous Morrow
And whether sleep will stay
Or usher us - a stranger -
To situations new
The effort to comprise it
Is all the soul can do.
- Emily Dickinson, c. 1881
ED's draft written on the back of an envelope and a paper scrap:
Our projects flit away -
The Night's tremendous Morrow
And whether sleep will stay
Or usher us - a stranger -
To situations new
The effort to comprise it
Is all the soul can do.
- Emily Dickinson, c. 1881
ED's draft written on the back of an envelope and a paper scrap:
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Perhaps on a day when Arsenal were generally below their best, a point may come to be regarded as a reasonable return.
It means that Arsenal still hold a five-point advantage at the top of the table; a substantial lead at this early point of the season.
✍️ @gunnerblog.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/4oqOUlR
It means that Arsenal still hold a five-point advantage at the top of the table; a substantial lead at this early point of the season.
✍️ @gunnerblog.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/4oqOUlR
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Perhaps on a day when Arsenal were generally below their best, a point may come to be regarded as a reasonable return.
It means that Arsenal still hold a five-point advantage at the top of the table; a substantial lead at this early point of the season.
✍️ @gunnerblog.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/4oqOUlR
It means that Arsenal still hold a five-point advantage at the top of the table; a substantial lead at this early point of the season.
✍️ @gunnerblog.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/4oqOUlR
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Sunday’s Eredivisie match between Ajax and Groningen was abandoned in the sixth minute after supporters set off fireworks.
✍️ @alirampling.bsky.social
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
✍️ @alirampling.bsky.social
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
November 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Sunday’s Eredivisie match between Ajax and Groningen was abandoned in the sixth minute after supporters set off fireworks.
✍️ @alirampling.bsky.social
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
✍️ @alirampling.bsky.social
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
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Maybe the book that Democrats should adopt is the late Dr. Paul Farmer’s Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor, 2005. Preface is by Amartya Sen, whose Development as Freedom is quoted along with Wendell Berry at the start.
November 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Maybe the book that Democrats should adopt is the late Dr. Paul Farmer’s Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor, 2005. Preface is by Amartya Sen, whose Development as Freedom is quoted along with Wendell Berry at the start.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
The sense of invisibility that Shiminenge describes is shared by many people with disabilities in displacement settings. Often among the most marginalized in internally displaced populations, facing unique barriers to shelter, healthcare, sanitation, essential services.
The sense of invisibility that Shiminenge describes is shared by many people with disabilities in displacement settings. Often among the most marginalized in internally displaced populations, facing unique barriers to shelter, healthcare, sanitation, essential services.
‘Every step a struggle:’ Nigerian woman with disabilities leads push for dignity and inclusion
A woman living with disabilities in a camp for displaced people in Nigeria is demonstrating why it is essential that people like her are included in society and how dignity can be protected even in th...
news.un.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
news.un.org/en/story/202...
The sense of invisibility that Shiminenge describes is shared by many people with disabilities in displacement settings. Often among the most marginalized in internally displaced populations, facing unique barriers to shelter, healthcare, sanitation, essential services.
The sense of invisibility that Shiminenge describes is shared by many people with disabilities in displacement settings. Often among the most marginalized in internally displaced populations, facing unique barriers to shelter, healthcare, sanitation, essential services.
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“Selbstbildnis (Self-portrait), 1897” by Paula Modersohn-Becker (German) - Gouache on paper / 1897 - Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum (Bremen, Germany) #WomenInArt #PaulaModersohnBecker #ModersohnBecker #artText #art #BlueskyArt #SelfPortrait #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #PaulaModersohn-Becker
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
“Selbstbildnis (Self-portrait), 1897” by Paula Modersohn-Becker (German) - Gouache on paper / 1897 - Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum (Bremen, Germany) #WomenInArt #PaulaModersohnBecker #ModersohnBecker #artText #art #BlueskyArt #SelfPortrait #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #PaulaModersohn-Becker
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“Self Portrait (Silver and Burned)” by Stacy Lynn Waddell (American) - Burned paper with composition aluminum leaf / 2017 - Nasher Museum of Art (Durham, North Carolina) #WomenInArt #StacyLynnWaddell #Waddell #selfportrait #art #artText #arte #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #NasherMuseum #Duke
November 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“Self Portrait (Silver and Burned)” by Stacy Lynn Waddell (American) - Burned paper with composition aluminum leaf / 2017 - Nasher Museum of Art (Durham, North Carolina) #WomenInArt #StacyLynnWaddell #Waddell #selfportrait #art #artText #arte #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #NasherMuseum #Duke
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"I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be."
~ Leo Tolstoy, 'Anna Karenina'
▪︎ Illustration by Angela Barrett ▪︎
~ Leo Tolstoy, 'Anna Karenina'
▪︎ Illustration by Angela Barrett ▪︎
November 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be."
~ Leo Tolstoy, 'Anna Karenina'
▪︎ Illustration by Angela Barrett ▪︎
~ Leo Tolstoy, 'Anna Karenina'
▪︎ Illustration by Angela Barrett ▪︎
open.substack.com/pub/petchary...
Who are the people who have been murdered in the Caribbean, by the Trump administration?
And also locally and sadly, who are the Jamaicans killed and missing during #HurricaneMelissa?
They are all nameless, but many people are mourning their loss.
Who are the people who have been murdered in the Caribbean, by the Trump administration?
And also locally and sadly, who are the Jamaicans killed and missing during #HurricaneMelissa?
They are all nameless, but many people are mourning their loss.
Nameless dead people
Murder victims at sea and the missing on our island
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
open.substack.com/pub/petchary...
Who are the people who have been murdered in the Caribbean, by the Trump administration?
And also locally and sadly, who are the Jamaicans killed and missing during #HurricaneMelissa?
They are all nameless, but many people are mourning their loss.
Who are the people who have been murdered in the Caribbean, by the Trump administration?
And also locally and sadly, who are the Jamaicans killed and missing during #HurricaneMelissa?
They are all nameless, but many people are mourning their loss.