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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 4h

My @dadshiftuk.bsky.social / @pregthenscrewed.bsky.social stickers have arrived... not sure my local MP is going to like the naughty language...

4 big yellow stickers that read:

UK Paternity Leave is a MOTHERF**KER.

With the logos for Pregnant Then Screwed, and The Dad Shift.

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CharityComms @charitycomms.bsky.social · 7h

In this Third Sector article, our CEO Adeela Warley, explores how co-production and community storytelling can help our sector challenge division – by uniting behind a clear, inclusive message that reflects a vibrant and diverse Britain. Read more here: https://bit.ly/42BR3Dj

Adeela Warley: We need more voices with a common motivation

By stepping into the conversation with a clear message, and helping communities to do the same, we can show a more vibrant, cohesive and diverse view of Britain

bit.ly

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 8h

I bought the book - signing or not - and looking forward to getting stuck in.

Nick Lowles' How to Defeat the Far Right, sits on a shelf alongside; the Age of Bowie by Paul Morley, 1990s in pictures, MAUS by Art Spiegelman, Minority Rule by Ash Sarkar, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff, A Dead Cat on your Table by Peter York, and Fight The Power by Chuck D and Yusef Jah.

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Remi Rough @remirough.bsky.social · 8h

Back in stock!!!

shop.remirough.com/collections/...

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 11h

Jenrick claims he is an "Anglofuturist", @hopenothate.org.uk explains what that means, and who they are. Weirdos and white supremacists mainly:
pca.st/episode/57e3...

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 21h

Nick's 35+ years of fighting fascism, nationalism, racists, and now tackling the outcomes and impacts of Neoliberalism and late stage capitalism cannot be overstated. Thanks for your service, & those who you inspire 🙏🏼

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 22h

The talking points connected the dots between a mainstream media & political environment which amplifies manufactured culture wars; the funding behind some of the right wing stuff (like growing, imported US Christian Nationalism); & disenfranchisement because of underfunding, austerity & poverty.

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 22h

A shame no book signing this evening, as @nicklowles.bsky.social whisked off & away from @theobserveruk.bsky.social event because of National Front protesters / lurkers outside the building. A great talk though, from the down to earth, & modest man who founded the @hopenothate.org.uk movement.

John Simpson, Home Affairs correspondent at The Observer talks to Nick Lowles; they are sat in front of a huge bookcase, with indoor plants, signs that read 'On Air' and Nick's new book dotted around the scene.

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Software Engineer @cio-95.webredirect.org · 2d

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

Good point.

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

This message cascaded down, as I attended a Mass with my Catholic wife on Sunday in London, and the priest was VERY strong on anti-migrant xenophobia and racism in the UK, and said it had NO place in Christianity and people who exercise the faith. Which was good to hear spoken so loudly.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

Great to see @charitycomms.bsky.social have signed this. 👇

www.equallyours.org.uk/weve-called-...

@equallyours.bsky.social

We’ve called on the PM to protect everyone’s human rights in the face of far right threats

Thank you to all the amazing charities who came together to stand up for inclusion, equality and racial justice in our joint letter of 29 September to the Prime Minister. You can read the letter here,...

www.equallyours.org.uk

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

Vaporwave only #CassetteCulture

Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · Aug 10

In tribute to the recent #FlamingoFest2025 (which I had to watch bit of from afar in the UK), here's a #vaporwave #Cassunday special.

#CassetteLife #Cassette #CassetteCulture #CassetteCollection

20 colourful cassette tapes arranged on a marble surface, and all are in the vaporwave genre. Some are signed by the artists.

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

Hail to the King, Rakim. 👑

Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

This is a superb doc short, that should be on Netflix or Prime, let alone YouTube. Fantastic production from @diggingthegreats.bsky.social and - for me - the perfect subject matter to explore: #CassetteCulture and the origins of the lowly tape in shaping modern subcultures. #Recommended

FutureSounds 🎧 @futuresounds.bsky.social · 1d

Highly recommend this video on why "cassettes aren't making a comeback, they're the foundation of the modern world" from @diggingthegreats.bsky.social, and this is just ep1.

Hat tip to @mflah.bsky.social for the recommend ➿

#CassetteCulture #Cassettes

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9pc...

Why Cassette Tapes Are Coming Back (Seriously) | Mixtape Ep 1

YouTube video by Digging The Greats

www.youtube.com

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

You too. Going to a good talk tonight - free too - to rile me up:

observer.co.uk/our-events/t...

The Observer Book Club with Nick Lowles | The Observer

Independent journalism | News, culture & style | Investigations, analysis, features, ideas, recipes, newsletters & podcasts that make sense of the world

observer.co.uk

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

Life's a bit heavy isn't it?

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

Today I am feeling this sentiment.

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

#Charities under attack in UK because of the rise in division and hate - not being addressed with any competence from main parties or Gov.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK charities say toxic immigration rhetoric leading to threats against staff

Voluntary organisations forced to introduce extensive security measures to protect staff and property

www.theguardian.com

Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

The UK is in many ways still a "hostile environment" for migrants, and in this instance and others, hostile to the point of being discriminatory, opaque (and racist?) towards UK born children of British overseas territory (BOT) migrants.

Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 1d

This is not an anomaly - it’s an echo of the injustices we saw in Windrush.

A UK‑born child denied a British passport and asked to prove her right to NHS care is a stark reminder that UK policy still fails Caribbean communities and basic principles of equality.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Clear parallels’ with Windrush as UK-born toddler denied passport

Campaigners say lessons not being learned as three-year-old’s mother is asked to prove right to free NHS treatment

www.theguardian.com

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

#31DaysOfHalloween for the 13th viewing, as a family, we've just just binge watched the first season of Wednesday [2022 -], and are into the S2 now. So some horror adjacent fun.

Wednesday Addams played by Jenna Ortega, lies cross armed inside a coffin. She looks determined - staring at the camera. Thing, the disembodied hand, rests at her top left; clutching the coffine side.

Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

Well you and I must be shopping at the same tin foil hat shop, then... ;)

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

I agree - from the Gaza: Doctors Under Attack documentary that @zeteo.com had to pick up when Beeb shelved it, to the cancelling of comedy like The Mash Report; across swathes of BBC content, it fears progressive output. Maybe drama is the only thing it has going for it now?

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

Allegations breaking a sweat in that sentence.

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Rob Dyson ✍️ 💚 @robdysonpr.uk · 1d

I envy people who don't see right leaning bias on BBC Today prog, Newsnight, Politics Live, and News, etc. But I'm not going to argue with randoms on here about it.
Incidentally, @adambienkov.bsky.social has written a great piece on the BBC's anti-left bias, here:

open.substack.com/pub/adambien...

The BBC's Institutional Anti-Left Bias

The BBC's decision to scrap a planned Zack Polanski interview on the channel's flagship Laura Kuenssberg show has caused fury within the Green Party

open.substack.com

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