Imogen Forster
@imogenforster.bsky.social
Poet and former translator, living in Edinburgh, publishing here and there.
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With a year’s supply left in resevoirs, the government is focusing on diverting rivers, pumping groundwater and desalination, but pays little attention to the economies that can be cheaply achieved by managing household demand and the ravages of tourism. open.substack.com/pub/johntpsa...
Athens is running out of water
The government’s plan is to supply more through river diversions, desalination and groundwater, with little focus on managing demand
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
With a year’s supply left in resevoirs, the government is focusing on diverting rivers, pumping groundwater and desalination, but pays little attention to the economies that can be cheaply achieved by managing household demand and the ravages of tourism. open.substack.com/pub/johntpsa...
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Most people cut off by the tide weren’t swimming — they were walking dogs, exploring rock pools, or taking photos. Here's how to stay aware of what the water’s doing, even on dry land ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Misunderstanding the tide puts millions at risk
Tidal literacy is a matter of life and death. But many people do not understand tides, and many only survive because of the rescue services
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Most people cut off by the tide weren’t swimming — they were walking dogs, exploring rock pools, or taking photos. Here's how to stay aware of what the water’s doing, even on dry land ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Attention all Evanstonians!
Your librarians and library staff need your support. Join the Evanston Local 1891 AFSCME Library Union as they make their demands to their Executive Board. @afscme.bsky.social
Your librarians and library staff need your support. Join the Evanston Local 1891 AFSCME Library Union as they make their demands to their Executive Board. @afscme.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Attention all Evanstonians!
Your librarians and library staff need your support. Join the Evanston Local 1891 AFSCME Library Union as they make their demands to their Executive Board. @afscme.bsky.social
Your librarians and library staff need your support. Join the Evanston Local 1891 AFSCME Library Union as they make their demands to their Executive Board. @afscme.bsky.social
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Europe's electricity system is changing rapidly and often in places that don't make the headlines.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Europe's electricity system is changing rapidly and often in places that don't make the headlines.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
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So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?
MBS claims the murder of Khashoggi was "a huge mistake and we're our doing our best that this doesn't happen again."
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?
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A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not just the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.
November 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not just the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.
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We need your help! But let me explain why:
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We need your help! But let me explain why:
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“A federal agent is facing felony assault and child endangerment charges in Riverside County after being caught on camera detaining a 17-year-old boy at gunpoint.” lataco.com/gerardo-rodr...
Video: Federal Agent Arrested For Assault In Riverside County After Detaining Unarmed 17-Year-Old At Gunpoint ~ L.A. TACO
“Finally, we got an ICE agent who crossed the line so bad, he got arrested,” Attorney Greg Kirakosian said in a statement to L.A. TACO. “This is something I think our local law enforcement has to star...
lataco.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“A federal agent is facing felony assault and child endangerment charges in Riverside County after being caught on camera detaining a 17-year-old boy at gunpoint.” lataco.com/gerardo-rodr...
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Teaching about the jury today and reading “Why Jury Duty Matters” again.
It is a book that should be at the center of civic and democracy debates. Perhaps today more than when it was written, it offers a path forward. #Books
It is a book that should be at the center of civic and democracy debates. Perhaps today more than when it was written, it offers a path forward. #Books
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Teaching about the jury today and reading “Why Jury Duty Matters” again.
It is a book that should be at the center of civic and democracy debates. Perhaps today more than when it was written, it offers a path forward. #Books
It is a book that should be at the center of civic and democracy debates. Perhaps today more than when it was written, it offers a path forward. #Books
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“ At just 16 years old, she took a job at Mar a Lago, believing she had secured a dream summer position. But that dream quickly morphed into a nightmare when Ghislaine Maxwell preyed upon her…. They trafficked her”
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“ At just 16 years old, she took a job at Mar a Lago, believing she had secured a dream summer position. But that dream quickly morphed into a nightmare when Ghislaine Maxwell preyed upon her…. They trafficked her”
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Worrying trends amongst the young in Spain reported by
@grahamkeeley.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
@grahamkeeley.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
‘Life was better under Franco’: The young Spaniards rewriting dictator’s legacy
Concerns over housing, jobs and immigration are sparking interest in the right wing among young Spaniards - and a belief, 50 years on, that life under the repressive dictator was not all bad, writes G...
www.independent.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Worrying trends amongst the young in Spain reported by
@grahamkeeley.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
@grahamkeeley.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
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Join us on 26 November for A.E. Stallings' next Professor of Poetry lecture on 'Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy'.
26 Nov at 5.30pm
Examination Schools
ALL WELCOME! No booking required.
#poetry #TeamEnglish @oxpoetrylibrary.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social
26 Nov at 5.30pm
Examination Schools
ALL WELCOME! No booking required.
#poetry #TeamEnglish @oxpoetrylibrary.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Join us on 26 November for A.E. Stallings' next Professor of Poetry lecture on 'Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy'.
26 Nov at 5.30pm
Examination Schools
ALL WELCOME! No booking required.
#poetry #TeamEnglish @oxpoetrylibrary.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social
26 Nov at 5.30pm
Examination Schools
ALL WELCOME! No booking required.
#poetry #TeamEnglish @oxpoetrylibrary.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social
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Epstein survivor: "Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government still belongs to the American people or to those who prey on them."
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Epstein survivor: "Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government still belongs to the American people or to those who prey on them."
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Posted this last night. In case you missed it, Hope Projects does amazing work with people utterly abandoned by the state. Giving them some money will annoy Nigel Farage, Shabana Mahmood, Lee Anderson, Tommy Robinson and the Daily Mail.
Shabana Mahmood and the Labour government have appalled me so much that it’s time to give The Hope Project, which supports destitute refugees, the equivalent of my old Labour Party membership fee again.
You can too: click I Want To Help and scroll down to Donate
hope-projects.org.uk/about-hope/
You can too: click I Want To Help and scroll down to Donate
hope-projects.org.uk/about-hope/
About Hope - The Hope Projects
Why does Hope exist?
Imagine fleeing persecution and having to seek protection in another land. You’d hope for welcome, sympathy and for your rights to be respected. Sadly the British asylum system i...
hope-projects.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Posted this last night. In case you missed it, Hope Projects does amazing work with people utterly abandoned by the state. Giving them some money will annoy Nigel Farage, Shabana Mahmood, Lee Anderson, Tommy Robinson and the Daily Mail.
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Yet again the honest folk of the Cotswolds and other lightly-populated places the rich live are denied the opportunity to work with dangerous materials. Such things are for Northerners and the Celtic fringe.
MoD identifies possible UK sites for making explosives and ammunition
MoD identifies possible UK sites for making explosives and ammunition
Disused refineries and chemical plants considered as part of a multibillion-pound investment in defence
Defence officials have identified at least a dozen disused oil refineries and chemical plants as possible sites to make explosives and ammunition, including Grangemouth, Southampton and Teesside.
The Ministry of Defence has been scouring Britain for places to build at least six new munitions factories as part of a £6bn programme to increase its supplies as part of a Nato-wide rearmament push. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Yet again the honest folk of the Cotswolds and other lightly-populated places the rich live are denied the opportunity to work with dangerous materials. Such things are for Northerners and the Celtic fringe.
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Rice, pumpkin, chestnuts, butter and sage. Feels very wintry and just a little bit decadent. Thanks to @rachelaliceroddy.bsky.social .
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Rice, pumpkin, chestnuts, butter and sage. Feels very wintry and just a little bit decadent. Thanks to @rachelaliceroddy.bsky.social .
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"The government and regulators keep no record of which water companies use these beads, where the treatment works using them are located, or how many are in use, said a government spokesperson, was a “matter for water companies”. A capitalist result a la Thatcher.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
At least 15 English sewage plants use plastic beads spilled at Camber Sands
Exclusive: Experts urge water companies to update plants to avoid another catastrophe, as analysis reveals scale of use
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"The government and regulators keep no record of which water companies use these beads, where the treatment works using them are located, or how many are in use, said a government spokesperson, was a “matter for water companies”. A capitalist result a la Thatcher.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The least bad approach to Israel/Palestine horror. It won't work, Israel will see to that. At best the bombings might lessen a bit + some more food, medical items, even water, might be seen. Trump/Kushner $$$ development will look yucky, but offer jobs for Gazans.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
UN security council votes to endorse Donald Trump’s Gaza plan
The resolution, which includes references to an independent Palestine, was passed by a vote of 13-0 with China and Russia abstaining
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The least bad approach to Israel/Palestine horror. It won't work, Israel will see to that. At best the bombings might lessen a bit + some more food, medical items, even water, might be seen. Trump/Kushner $$$ development will look yucky, but offer jobs for Gazans.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Innocent until proved guilty in court Palestine Action detainees are now on hunger strike and suffering bad conditions. This is the latest example of the deterioration of British justice which has a Trumpian/Israeli flavour these days.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Sally Rooney says UK prisoners linked to Palestine Action face ‘shocking mistreatment’
Exclusive: author urges ministers to engage with those on hunger strike, who want better conditions, bail and lifting of ban
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Innocent until proved guilty in court Palestine Action detainees are now on hunger strike and suffering bad conditions. This is the latest example of the deterioration of British justice which has a Trumpian/Israeli flavour these days.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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At the moment, the official voice of the US government is a rancid mixture of trolling, cruelty, propaganda, and crass jokes about the human suffering they’re creating.
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
At the moment, the official voice of the US government is a rancid mixture of trolling, cruelty, propaganda, and crass jokes about the human suffering they’re creating.
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Another WOTY...https://www.theguardian.com/global/2025/nov/18/feel-a-connection-to-a-celebrity-you-dont-know-theres-a-word-for-that
Feel a connection to a celebrity you don’t know? There’s a word for that
‘Parasocial’ crowned Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year as ‘unhealthy’ relationships with celebrities rise
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Another WOTY...https://www.theguardian.com/global/2025/nov/18/feel-a-connection-to-a-celebrity-you-dont-know-theres-a-word-for-that
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@imogenforster.bsky.social Hello, I’m Azooz, 16. I lost my father, my home, and my school in the war 💔
Now, I carry my family alone, I need to help Mama 😔
Even a small gift helps me to hope
Please donate or share if you can
Now, I carry my family alone, I need to help Mama 😔
Even a small gift helps me to hope
Please donate or share if you can
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
@imogenforster.bsky.social Hello, I’m Azooz, 16. I lost my father, my home, and my school in the war 💔
Now, I carry my family alone, I need to help Mama 😔
Even a small gift helps me to hope
Please donate or share if you can
Now, I carry my family alone, I need to help Mama 😔
Even a small gift helps me to hope
Please donate or share if you can
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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18 November 1938 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Flore Merjam Cohn, was born in Amsterdam.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 September 1943 in a transport of 1,004 Jews deported from Westerbork. She was among 498 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 September 1943 in a transport of 1,004 Jews deported from Westerbork. She was among 498 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
18 November 1938 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Flore Merjam Cohn, was born in Amsterdam.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 September 1943 in a transport of 1,004 Jews deported from Westerbork. She was among 498 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 September 1943 in a transport of 1,004 Jews deported from Westerbork. She was among 498 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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