Treacle
@nessggd.bsky.social
Brightonian wife married to a New Yorker wife. 🌈 Alphabet family member. Fuck terfs. Anti-fascist.
Ghanaian-British.
Cancer epidemiologist.
Music & gigs & friends & pub & eating & travel.
Ghanaian-British.
Cancer epidemiologist.
Music & gigs & friends & pub & eating & travel.
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It’s time to believe in the power of people.
Join @amnestyuk.bsky.social and our coalition representing 7 million people to march against the far right on 28 March.
All are welcome.
#together #28march
Join @amnestyuk.bsky.social and our coalition representing 7 million people to march against the far right on 28 March.
All are welcome.
#together #28march
February 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
It’s time to believe in the power of people.
Join @amnestyuk.bsky.social and our coalition representing 7 million people to march against the far right on 28 March.
All are welcome.
#together #28march
Join @amnestyuk.bsky.social and our coalition representing 7 million people to march against the far right on 28 March.
All are welcome.
#together #28march
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I know y'all wish Black folks would stop talking about racism. Here's what you can do. Stop shoving your racism in our faces constantly so we don't have to deal with it!
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
I know y'all wish Black folks would stop talking about racism. Here's what you can do. Stop shoving your racism in our faces constantly so we don't have to deal with it!
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The next person who dies better be terrible.
February 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
The next person who dies better be terrible.
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The United States is the Florida of earth.
February 16, 2026 at 7:06 PM
The United States is the Florida of earth.
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Excited to watch this!
As @jason-watkins.bsky.social rightly says "I absolutely agree fundamentally that privatisation of the water industry has been a disaster"
Dirty Business begins on (publicly owned!) Channel 4 on 23 Feb, 9pm 📺
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
As @jason-watkins.bsky.social rightly says "I absolutely agree fundamentally that privatisation of the water industry has been a disaster"
Dirty Business begins on (publicly owned!) Channel 4 on 23 Feb, 9pm 📺
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Dirty Business — could this TV drama be the next Mr Bates vs the Post Office?
David Thewlis and Jason Watkins star in a powerful new Channel 4 series about the scandal of river pollution and its tragic consequences
www.thetimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Excited to watch this!
As @jason-watkins.bsky.social rightly says "I absolutely agree fundamentally that privatisation of the water industry has been a disaster"
Dirty Business begins on (publicly owned!) Channel 4 on 23 Feb, 9pm 📺
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
As @jason-watkins.bsky.social rightly says "I absolutely agree fundamentally that privatisation of the water industry has been a disaster"
Dirty Business begins on (publicly owned!) Channel 4 on 23 Feb, 9pm 📺
www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
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Do the right thing folks,
#Vote for Hannah Spencer - The Gorton & Denton by-election is between #Green vs Reform.
#ChangeEverything
#VoteHopeNotHate
#VoteGreen
bsky.app/profile/gree...
#Vote for Hannah Spencer - The Gorton & Denton by-election is between #Green vs Reform.
#ChangeEverything
#VoteHopeNotHate
#VoteGreen
bsky.app/profile/gree...
Meet Hannah Spencer - Green MP candidate for Gorton and Denton, and the only vote to stop Reform.
February 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Do the right thing folks,
#Vote for Hannah Spencer - The Gorton & Denton by-election is between #Green vs Reform.
#ChangeEverything
#VoteHopeNotHate
#VoteGreen
bsky.app/profile/gree...
#Vote for Hannah Spencer - The Gorton & Denton by-election is between #Green vs Reform.
#ChangeEverything
#VoteHopeNotHate
#VoteGreen
bsky.app/profile/gree...
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At this very moment both the BBC News and Sky News channels are yet again showing a live speech by Nigel Farage. When will they start showing every speech by @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk live as well?
February 17, 2026 at 11:34 AM
At this very moment both the BBC News and Sky News channels are yet again showing a live speech by Nigel Farage. When will they start showing every speech by @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk live as well?
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The Guardian helped make bigotry acceptable again by legitimising hatred against immigrants and, more obviously, trans people. Emboldened bigots don't stop at one group. They made this happen.
Also, The Guardian is institutionally transphobic.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Also, The Guardian is institutionally transphobic.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A man pushed me in the street, he wanted to teach me a lesson. Is that OK now? | Lucy Pasha-Robinson
Many women reading this will have experienced something similar: a warning that sharing public space isn’t a man’s job, it’s a woman’s, says Lucy Pasha-Robinson, a Guardian assistant Opinion editor
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The Guardian helped make bigotry acceptable again by legitimising hatred against immigrants and, more obviously, trans people. Emboldened bigots don't stop at one group. They made this happen.
Also, The Guardian is institutionally transphobic.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Also, The Guardian is institutionally transphobic.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Reform UK's Richard Tice has said his party would look at cutting the minimum wage if it got into government
Reform UK would look at cutting minimum wage, says Richard Tice
www.thenational.scot
February 17, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Reform UK's Richard Tice has said his party would look at cutting the minimum wage if it got into government
Reformed into a party of the worst and stupidest tories.
Let me introduce Reform’s shadow shelf:
Tice — Business, Trade, Energy, and Deputy Prime Minister
Jenrick — Chancellor
Yusuf — Home Secretary
Braverman — Education, Skills, and Equalities (DEI)
#UKPolitics
Tice — Business, Trade, Energy, and Deputy Prime Minister
Jenrick — Chancellor
Yusuf — Home Secretary
Braverman — Education, Skills, and Equalities (DEI)
#UKPolitics
February 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Reformed into a party of the worst and stupidest tories.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
February 17, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
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One of the greatest civil rights leaders of all time has gone on to glory. 😔
Rest in power Reverend Jesse L. Jackson. 🙏🏽✝️🕊
Sunrise: October 8, 1941
Sunset: February 17, 2026
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
#BlackHistoryMonth
#IAmSomebody
Rest in power Reverend Jesse L. Jackson. 🙏🏽✝️🕊
Sunrise: October 8, 1941
Sunset: February 17, 2026
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
#BlackHistoryMonth
#IAmSomebody
February 17, 2026 at 11:24 AM
One of the greatest civil rights leaders of all time has gone on to glory. 😔
Rest in power Reverend Jesse L. Jackson. 🙏🏽✝️🕊
Sunrise: October 8, 1941
Sunset: February 17, 2026
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
#BlackHistoryMonth
#IAmSomebody
Rest in power Reverend Jesse L. Jackson. 🙏🏽✝️🕊
Sunrise: October 8, 1941
Sunset: February 17, 2026
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
#BlackHistoryMonth
#IAmSomebody
Blue labour are corrupt to the core.
How many more MPs are there on the payroll of water companies , they are utilities which you cannot change provider , they all need to be 're nationalised
February 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Blue labour are corrupt to the core.
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A thing we've forgotten over the past 18 months but is becoming increasingly clear again: Nigel Farage is quite bad at politics
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A thing we've forgotten over the past 18 months but is becoming increasingly clear again: Nigel Farage is quite bad at politics
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Fuck. 😢😢😢
BREAKING: Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84
“Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement Tuesday.
nbcnews.to
February 17, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Fuck. 😢😢😢
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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It’s the Government’s duty to protect all communities - including trans people.
They’re failing to do that.
Trans people deserve safety and dignity.
www.attitude.co.uk/news/zack-po...
They’re failing to do that.
Trans people deserve safety and dignity.
www.attitude.co.uk/news/zack-po...
Zack Polanski on how Keir Starmer could have changed the April 2025 UK Supreme Court ruling to protect trans rights (EXCLUSIVE)
Zack Polanski revealed how Keir Starmer could have acted to protect trans rights after April 2025 UK Supreme Court ruling.
www.attitude.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 2:06 PM
It’s the Government’s duty to protect all communities - including trans people.
They’re failing to do that.
Trans people deserve safety and dignity.
www.attitude.co.uk/news/zack-po...
They’re failing to do that.
Trans people deserve safety and dignity.
www.attitude.co.uk/news/zack-po...
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a prolific writer who fought for women’s rights and the abolition of slavery.
She was one of the first Black people to publish a short story, authored many celebrated poetry collections, and helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
She was one of the first Black people to publish a short story, authored many celebrated poetry collections, and helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
February 15, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a prolific writer who fought for women’s rights and the abolition of slavery.
She was one of the first Black people to publish a short story, authored many celebrated poetry collections, and helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
She was one of the first Black people to publish a short story, authored many celebrated poetry collections, and helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
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STOP DIGGING, Shabana.
”The public is against them on this. So are Labour members and MPs. So is the TUC. So is the White House, The Times and MI5.
The government’s got itself into a hole and if they had any sense they’d stop digging.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/coop...
Drop it.
”The public is against them on this. So are Labour members and MPs. So is the TUC. So is the White House, The Times and MI5.
The government’s got itself into a hole and if they had any sense they’d stop digging.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/coop...
Drop it.
Cooper urged to resign for defending her Palestine Action ban after it was ruled unlawful
YVETTE COOPER was criticised for defending the Palestine Action ban today after the High Court ruled it was unlawful and “disproportionate.”The Foreign Secretary declined to reveal the advice she was ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 10:21 PM
STOP DIGGING, Shabana.
”The public is against them on this. So are Labour members and MPs. So is the TUC. So is the White House, The Times and MI5.
The government’s got itself into a hole and if they had any sense they’d stop digging.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/coop...
Drop it.
”The public is against them on this. So are Labour members and MPs. So is the TUC. So is the White House, The Times and MI5.
The government’s got itself into a hole and if they had any sense they’d stop digging.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/coop...
Drop it.
So many reasons to despise this labour government.
I'm not sure I could ever forgive this government if it allows the BBC World Service to die
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 15, 2026 at 11:54 PM
So many reasons to despise this labour government.
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The IOC has banned the courageous & principled Ukrainian Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych for his “helmet of memory” commemorating Ukraine’s war dead.
Meanwhile the IOC is selling a $42 "Heritage T-shirt" commemorating the 1936 Olympics, known as the Nazi Games. shop3.olympics.com/en/olympic-g...
Meanwhile the IOC is selling a $42 "Heritage T-shirt" commemorating the 1936 Olympics, known as the Nazi Games. shop3.olympics.com/en/olympic-g...
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The IOC has banned the courageous & principled Ukrainian Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych for his “helmet of memory” commemorating Ukraine’s war dead.
Meanwhile the IOC is selling a $42 "Heritage T-shirt" commemorating the 1936 Olympics, known as the Nazi Games. shop3.olympics.com/en/olympic-g...
Meanwhile the IOC is selling a $42 "Heritage T-shirt" commemorating the 1936 Olympics, known as the Nazi Games. shop3.olympics.com/en/olympic-g...
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Not on anything that matters. Disabled people & those with long-term ill-health will continue to be targets of rhetorical and budgetary attack from his ministers. Immigrants will still be criminalised & he will still support ethnic cleansing. More services will be made inaccessible to trans people.
February 15, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Not on anything that matters. Disabled people & those with long-term ill-health will continue to be targets of rhetorical and budgetary attack from his ministers. Immigrants will still be criminalised & he will still support ethnic cleansing. More services will be made inaccessible to trans people.
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Why does this government look like it’s given up, on everything? Tired old rhetoric, tired old politicians, tired old corruption, tired old policies. They are not bringing anything to the table, other than threats, misery, incompetence and surrender. A complete bunch of losers.
February 15, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Why does this government look like it’s given up, on everything? Tired old rhetoric, tired old politicians, tired old corruption, tired old policies. They are not bringing anything to the table, other than threats, misery, incompetence and surrender. A complete bunch of losers.
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Starmer's Britain is one in which an NHS Doctor is dragged through the courts and shamed in the press for no crime she has committed and is ultimately forced into self-exile due to harassment Labour on all levels of politics enthusiastically supported
February 15, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Starmer's Britain is one in which an NHS Doctor is dragged through the courts and shamed in the press for no crime she has committed and is ultimately forced into self-exile due to harassment Labour on all levels of politics enthusiastically supported