Lily Greenan
@randmhousekpr.bsky.social
Reads fast, writes slow, grows things. Consultant/researcher on VAW. Unpaid carer. She/her.
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Israel continues to destroy Palestinian football infrastructure unopposed by FIFA & UEFA.
Please read and sign this important petition to help save the football pitch at the Aida refugee camp.
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Israel continues to destroy Palestinian football infrastructure unopposed by FIFA & UEFA.
Please read and sign this important petition to help save the football pitch at the Aida refugee camp.
More in 🧵 1/5. Read | Share 🙏
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Don’t bulldoze our pitch
URGENT: Children in Bethlehem are about to lose the only place where they can play and feel safe. Help them reach FIFA before Israel destroys their pitch. Sign and share.
secure.avaaz.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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Israel continues to destroy Palestinian football infrastructure unopposed by FIFA & UEFA.
Please read and sign this important petition to help save the football pitch at the Aida refugee camp.
More in 🧵 1/5. Read | Share 🙏
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Israel continues to destroy Palestinian football infrastructure unopposed by FIFA & UEFA.
Please read and sign this important petition to help save the football pitch at the Aida refugee camp.
More in 🧵 1/5. Read | Share 🙏
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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🔎 From February 2025
Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum
Trump's plans for Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/trump-isnt...
Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum
Trump's plans for Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/trump-isnt...
Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum
Trump's plans for Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect
www.bylinesupplement.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:44 AM
🔎 From February 2025
Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum
Trump's plans for Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/trump-isnt...
Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum
Trump's plans for Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/trump-isnt...
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Trump's actions in Venezuela shows why it was wrong to dismiss his threats to Greenland. If he's willing to do this, he will be willing to do anything
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Trump's actions in Venezuela shows why it was wrong to dismiss his threats to Greenland. If he's willing to do this, he will be willing to do anything
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Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
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A Scottish charity head has rejected an MBE, saying the UK Government is 'demonising disabled people'
Scottish charity head rejects MBE over UK Government 'demonising disabled people'
www.thenational.scot
December 31, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A Scottish charity head has rejected an MBE, saying the UK Government is 'demonising disabled people'
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This - from @clamc.bsky.social lists concrete steps to take to advocate for the lives of those on hunger strike and perilously near death. Remember none have been found guilty and they are innocent until a verdict is passed. 👇🏼
I’m adding weblinks for contact below
The actions are uncontroversial
I’m adding weblinks for contact below
The actions are uncontroversial
Things we can do (Lammy said on Tuesday he wouldn’t intervene, up to judges and prisons ombudsman)
1) write to prisons ombudsman
2) write to Lord Justice (England) & Lord Advocate (Scotland)
3) ask Amnesty to declare them prisoners of conscience
4) MPs to sign EDM/pressure govt
5) Protest
1) write to prisons ombudsman
2) write to Lord Justice (England) & Lord Advocate (Scotland)
3) ask Amnesty to declare them prisoners of conscience
4) MPs to sign EDM/pressure govt
5) Protest
December 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This - from @clamc.bsky.social lists concrete steps to take to advocate for the lives of those on hunger strike and perilously near death. Remember none have been found guilty and they are innocent until a verdict is passed. 👇🏼
I’m adding weblinks for contact below
The actions are uncontroversial
I’m adding weblinks for contact below
The actions are uncontroversial
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Another point I made on Scotland Tonight on Wednesday, though given tight timeslot I didn't add that parties of centre shifting right on immigration is what raises the salience of such issues and then encourages their voters to vote for "stronger" voice on that. Result today further proof in pudding
December 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Another point I made on Scotland Tonight on Wednesday, though given tight timeslot I didn't add that parties of centre shifting right on immigration is what raises the salience of such issues and then encourages their voters to vote for "stronger" voice on that. Result today further proof in pudding
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Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
A different view of Maria Corina Machado #nobelpeaceprize
"Anyone who knows what she stands for knows there’s nothing remotely peaceful about her politics."
CODEPINK's Latin America campaigner Michelle Ellner explains the problem with this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
Read her full article at buff.ly/rN8GzUt
CODEPINK's Latin America campaigner Michelle Ellner explains the problem with this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
Read her full article at buff.ly/rN8GzUt
October 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
A different view of Maria Corina Machado #nobelpeaceprize
In England and Wales. @policescotland.bsky.social
LATEST: Police are to be given greater powers to restrict protests by allowing them to consider the 'cumulative impact' of repeated demonstrations
Police to be given greater powers to restrict repeated protests
www.thenational.scot
October 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
In England and Wales. @policescotland.bsky.social
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This is grim & dangerous over reach.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.
October 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This is grim & dangerous over reach.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
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It is 20 years since Conor Gearty gave the Hamlyn Lectures on Can Human Rights Survive?
As a mark of respect following the dreadful news of his, Cambridge University Press & Assessment has made these lectures Open Access for the remainder of the year. You can find them here:
lnkd.in/e5Xrt2G5
As a mark of respect following the dreadful news of his, Cambridge University Press & Assessment has made these lectures Open Access for the remainder of the year. You can find them here:
lnkd.in/e5Xrt2G5
September 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It is 20 years since Conor Gearty gave the Hamlyn Lectures on Can Human Rights Survive?
As a mark of respect following the dreadful news of his, Cambridge University Press & Assessment has made these lectures Open Access for the remainder of the year. You can find them here:
lnkd.in/e5Xrt2G5
As a mark of respect following the dreadful news of his, Cambridge University Press & Assessment has made these lectures Open Access for the remainder of the year. You can find them here:
lnkd.in/e5Xrt2G5
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This moment is disturbing even in the mundane: I’ve started taking screenshots of historical sources I’m using in research from the national park service, the smithsonian, and the national archives, just in case they get taken down. It’s now a part of my process and takes time I have to plan for.
September 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This moment is disturbing even in the mundane: I’ve started taking screenshots of historical sources I’m using in research from the national park service, the smithsonian, and the national archives, just in case they get taken down. It’s now a part of my process and takes time I have to plan for.
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This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
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Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”,
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
August 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”,
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
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💥LAUNCHED TODAY💥
'Investing in Women, Transforming Communities': Engender's Manifesto for Holyrood 2026.
Read it here: www.engender.org.uk/holyrood-2026/
'Investing in Women, Transforming Communities': Engender's Manifesto for Holyrood 2026.
Read it here: www.engender.org.uk/holyrood-2026/
August 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
💥LAUNCHED TODAY💥
'Investing in Women, Transforming Communities': Engender's Manifesto for Holyrood 2026.
Read it here: www.engender.org.uk/holyrood-2026/
'Investing in Women, Transforming Communities': Engender's Manifesto for Holyrood 2026.
Read it here: www.engender.org.uk/holyrood-2026/
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The council got rid of the benches at the foot of Leith walk and the locals have responded appropriately...
August 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The council got rid of the benches at the foot of Leith walk and the locals have responded appropriately...
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Just a reminder that I wrote you a whole book about how to take action, build community, and stay hopeful in times like these. (And it’s really pretty)
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/shann...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/shann...
August 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Just a reminder that I wrote you a whole book about how to take action, build community, and stay hopeful in times like these. (And it’s really pretty)
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/shann...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/shann...
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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Letter of the day (in the Times)
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Powerful exploration of the dangerous and deluded idea of "parental alienation", discredited but still being widely deployed, mostly against women, denying the agency of children
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-harmful-...
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-harmful-...
The ‘harmful pseudo-science’ infecting Sheffield’s family courts
Dr Maria Downs and the extraordinary growth of ‘parental alienation’
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
August 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Powerful exploration of the dangerous and deluded idea of "parental alienation", discredited but still being widely deployed, mostly against women, denying the agency of children
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-harmful-...
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-harmful-...
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The Fringe, the Orange Order, and Oasis all competing for Edinburgh city centre at the same time is like a public planning joke with no punchline
NEW: A number of roads in Edinburgh’s city centre are set to close and bus diversions will be in place this weekend ahead of a planned Orange Walk
Orange Order walk to close 20 major Edinburgh roads amid Fringe and Oasis shows
www.thenational.scot
August 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Fringe, the Orange Order, and Oasis all competing for Edinburgh city centre at the same time is like a public planning joke with no punchline
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We’ve got some great jobs going @opfs.org.uk. Please do take a look. We’re a lovely group of people to work with. Looking for a Head of Corporate Services and a Head of Policy, Strategy and Comms to join our Senior Leadership Team.
opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
See current recruitment opportunities with OPFS
We recruit from a wide range of backgrounds and ages. Offer flexible working so staff can balance work with family and personal development.
opfs.org.uk
August 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We’ve got some great jobs going @opfs.org.uk. Please do take a look. We’re a lovely group of people to work with. Looking for a Head of Corporate Services and a Head of Policy, Strategy and Comms to join our Senior Leadership Team.
opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
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Please read and share this passionate, angry piece by my dear sister comrade @talatyaqoob.bsky.social She articulates what so many of us feel about the cowardice and complicity of ‘world leaders’
archive.ph/2025.07.30-1...
archive.ph/2025.07.30-1...
World leaders have had the answers from the start
World-leaders continue to hide behind the semantics, more concerned with “difference of opinion” than the now estimated over 61,000 Gazans…
www.heraldscotland.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Please read and share this passionate, angry piece by my dear sister comrade @talatyaqoob.bsky.social She articulates what so many of us feel about the cowardice and complicity of ‘world leaders’
archive.ph/2025.07.30-1...
archive.ph/2025.07.30-1...
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A friend in Gaza sent this. It is from the staff at Nasser Hospital. Please share
July 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A friend in Gaza sent this. It is from the staff at Nasser Hospital. Please share
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Caster Semenya calls for athletes’ rights to be put first as court rules in her favour
Caster Semenya calls for athletes’ rights to be put first as court rules in her favour
ECHR rules South African runner did not have fair trial on need to lower testosterone levels to compete in women’s sport
The South African runner Caster Semenya has called for athletes’ rights to be better protected after Europe’s top human rights court ruled that she had not been given a fair trial when she contested a policy that required her to lower her testosterone levels in order to compete in women’s sport.
The decision, handed down on Thursday by the European court of human rights, was the latest twist in the two-time Olympic gold medallist’s extraordinary legal battle. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Caster Semenya calls for athletes’ rights to be put first as court rules in her favour