Lou Hart
@loupgarou.bsky.social
Player of lots of instruments (some very badly), Londoner and queer artist, living in Somerset at the moment, portraits of the Dead & the Fae in felt, Marine Mammal Medic.
I love cats, whales & other beings...
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I love cats, whales & other beings...
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Labour wants to give magistrates’ courts more sentencing power with no automatic chance to challenge their rulings
Cutting right to appeal is profoundly dangerous, KCs tell David Lammy
Labour wants to give magistrates’ courts more sentencing power with no automatic chance to challenge their rulings
www.thetimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Labour wants to give magistrates’ courts more sentencing power with no automatic chance to challenge their rulings
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Mr Dodgy and his girlfriend’s house in Clacton
Nigel Farage faces questions over the funding of his Clacton house 👇
September 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Mr Dodgy and his girlfriend’s house in Clacton
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'Utterly irresponsible': BMA accuses Streeting of scaremongering over doctor strike
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
December 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
'Utterly irresponsible': BMA accuses Streeting of scaremongering over doctor strike
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
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THIS 👇👇👇👇
GB News grilled me apparently?
Only problem with this is I've never been on their nonsense channel.
They lie - obsessively.
Help us grow an alternative to all the bollocks:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Only problem with this is I've never been on their nonsense channel.
They lie - obsessively.
Help us grow an alternative to all the bollocks:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
THIS 👇👇👇👇
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clicked this for the BSG news, teared up when I realized I'm in it, too. 💓
I can not say how much my mental health has been held together this year by knowing so many people doing so much good work, people who are just trying to help each other.
We are Mr. Rogers' neighborhood. 😭
I can not say how much my mental health has been held together this year by knowing so many people doing so much good work, people who are just trying to help each other.
We are Mr. Rogers' neighborhood. 😭
New blog! An update on the Battlestar Galactica book I'm writing, other links & updates on what I'm up to, plus a few thoughts on the occupation on New Caprica--er, I mean, Chicago. On finding the darkness & the light at Broadview & elsewhere during the ICE invasion www.moryan.com/a-battlestar...
A Battlestar Galactica book update, a Spartacus revival & a Chicago sitrep
Before I head into the New England woods to do a LOT of writing, here are some updates, links and thoughts on the occupation of New Caprica (a.k.a. Chicago)
www.moryan.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
clicked this for the BSG news, teared up when I realized I'm in it, too. 💓
I can not say how much my mental health has been held together this year by knowing so many people doing so much good work, people who are just trying to help each other.
We are Mr. Rogers' neighborhood. 😭
I can not say how much my mental health has been held together this year by knowing so many people doing so much good work, people who are just trying to help each other.
We are Mr. Rogers' neighborhood. 😭
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A few doctors striking for a few days will not be what causes the collapse of the NHS.
Years of chronic underfunding and mismanagement will do that for you.
Years of chronic underfunding and mismanagement will do that for you.
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A few doctors striking for a few days will not be what causes the collapse of the NHS.
Years of chronic underfunding and mismanagement will do that for you.
Years of chronic underfunding and mismanagement will do that for you.
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
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NEW: Mapping England's Landscape Recovery projects
The Government refused to release maps of these groundbreaking projects to restore nature
So I had a go at mapping them myself
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whoownsengland.org/2025/12/10/m...
The Government refused to release maps of these groundbreaking projects to restore nature
So I had a go at mapping them myself
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whoownsengland.org/2025/12/10/m...
Mapping England’s Landscape Recovery Projects
This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Image: West Penwith, Cornwall – one of over 50 Landscape Recovery pilots. Since Brexit, the UK Government has been engaged in lengthy reforms of farm payments &…
whoownsengland.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
NEW: Mapping England's Landscape Recovery projects
The Government refused to release maps of these groundbreaking projects to restore nature
So I had a go at mapping them myself
1/
whoownsengland.org/2025/12/10/m...
The Government refused to release maps of these groundbreaking projects to restore nature
So I had a go at mapping them myself
1/
whoownsengland.org/2025/12/10/m...
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Cowardice is my bet.
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Cowardice is my bet.
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
Absolutely right
“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Absolutely right
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So this is a bit weird. The Guardian has done a big ‘Who owns the UK media?’ graphic that includes all national titles + Unherd, Statesman etc.
But *not* the Observer. 🧐
Cock-up? Or implicit acknowledgment that we still don’t actually know who *does* own the Observer.
But *not* the Observer. 🧐
Cock-up? Or implicit acknowledgment that we still don’t actually know who *does* own the Observer.
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
So this is a bit weird. The Guardian has done a big ‘Who owns the UK media?’ graphic that includes all national titles + Unherd, Statesman etc.
But *not* the Observer. 🧐
Cock-up? Or implicit acknowledgment that we still don’t actually know who *does* own the Observer.
But *not* the Observer. 🧐
Cock-up? Or implicit acknowledgment that we still don’t actually know who *does* own the Observer.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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After the sudden death of Jonathan Main at @booksellercrow.bsky.social, some local authors decided to organise a Christmas signing to help the bookshop make some much-needed ££. If you'd like to help, come on down! And preorder books! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... I'm on at 2pm!
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
After the sudden death of Jonathan Main at @booksellercrow.bsky.social, some local authors decided to organise a Christmas signing to help the bookshop make some much-needed ££. If you'd like to help, come on down! And preorder books! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... I'm on at 2pm!
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Are you a transgender uni student currently studying in the UK? Take part in this survey forming part of the research looking at how the Supreme Court ruling might influence the experiences of transgender people studying in Higher Education. Email Samantha directly: [email protected]
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Are you a transgender uni student currently studying in the UK? Take part in this survey forming part of the research looking at how the Supreme Court ruling might influence the experiences of transgender people studying in Higher Education. Email Samantha directly: [email protected]
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Every time someone jumps on socials and says there is no point to mass protest days and visible reaction in the streets, share this chart with them. The approval ratings are tanking not just because they're doing bad things but also because protestors won't let people forget it either.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Every time someone jumps on socials and says there is no point to mass protest days and visible reaction in the streets, share this chart with them. The approval ratings are tanking not just because they're doing bad things but also because protestors won't let people forget it either.
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I am SO EXCITED to share this Fifth Saturday extra: @annleckie.com and @byzantienne.bsky.social in conversation about questions of empire and imperialism in their respective novels.
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Ann Leckie and Arkady Martine: in conversation — Speculative Insight
Ann Leckie and Arkady Martine have both written novels that focus on empires, imperialism, and colonialism, and how people react to and work within those structures. I asked them to chat with me, a...
www.speculativeinsight.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I am SO EXCITED to share this Fifth Saturday extra: @annleckie.com and @byzantienne.bsky.social in conversation about questions of empire and imperialism in their respective novels.
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
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Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
They're all in it
Former Ukip MEP denies taking money to promote Russian interests
Former Ukip MEP denies taking money to promote Russian interests
David Coburn, who was leader of Ukip in Scotland, denies involvement after Nathan Gill jailed for taking bribes
A former leading member of the group of MEPs headed by Nigel Farage has denied taking money as part of a campaign to promote Russian interests.
David Coburn, who was leader of Ukip in Scotland for four years, was responding after the jailing of his former colleague, Nathan Gill, on charges of being bribed by an alleged pro-Russian asset. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
They're all in it
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Just a few miles from my home, in Redmond, WA, ICE detained folks yesterday. One of the women questioned was Indigenous actor Elaine Miles, known for her role in "Northern Exposure." ICE called her tribal ID ‘fake’. WTF! She's NATIVE AMERICAN you fuck'n idiots!
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Just a few miles from my home, in Redmond, WA, ICE detained folks yesterday. One of the women questioned was Indigenous actor Elaine Miles, known for her role in "Northern Exposure." ICE called her tribal ID ‘fake’. WTF! She's NATIVE AMERICAN you fuck'n idiots!
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited. Overfishing is emptying our seas, & it’s a political choice ⚠️
📩Today on #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the Prime Minister to act: https://bit.ly/3LUP1Zk
📩Today on #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the Prime Minister to act: https://bit.ly/3LUP1Zk
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited. Overfishing is emptying our seas, & it’s a political choice ⚠️
📩Today on #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the Prime Minister to act: https://bit.ly/3LUP1Zk
📩Today on #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the Prime Minister to act: https://bit.ly/3LUP1Zk
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"[These Palestinian refugees] are the refugees that were forcibly displaced and expelled in 1948, and their descendants [...] And now they've been forced to move once again and been denied return."
HRW's Nadia Hardman on our report on Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank:
HRW's Nadia Hardman on our report on Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank:
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"[These Palestinian refugees] are the refugees that were forcibly displaced and expelled in 1948, and their descendants [...] And now they've been forced to move once again and been denied return."
HRW's Nadia Hardman on our report on Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank:
HRW's Nadia Hardman on our report on Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank: