Tara Hawes
@tarahawes.bsky.social
Kiwi DJ & edtech leader living in MK/UK with my cat Rosa. Head of Digital Platform Delivery @CUOL. SFHEA. DJing for fun as FlibbertiGibbet & half of Amaluna. Free-Spirit Records resident DJ. Strategy Advisor @Psy-Sisters: psysisters.com
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What a betrayal!
Winston Peters has handed victory to ACT by supporting the Corporate Bill of Rights that is the Regulatory Standards Bill
Like ACT and National, NZ First is putting corporate interests ahead of everyone else.
#nzpol
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Winston Peters has handed victory to ACT by supporting the Corporate Bill of Rights that is the Regulatory Standards Bill
Like ACT and National, NZ First is putting corporate interests ahead of everyone else.
#nzpol
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Winston Peters and NZ First Hand Victory to ACT over Corporate Bill of Rights - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Despite ACT failing to pass three earlier versions of the Regulatory Standards bill, they have succeeded passing it into law today, due to the backing of NZ First and the…
www.greenpeace.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
What a betrayal!
Winston Peters has handed victory to ACT by supporting the Corporate Bill of Rights that is the Regulatory Standards Bill
Like ACT and National, NZ First is putting corporate interests ahead of everyone else.
#nzpol
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Winston Peters has handed victory to ACT by supporting the Corporate Bill of Rights that is the Regulatory Standards Bill
Like ACT and National, NZ First is putting corporate interests ahead of everyone else.
#nzpol
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
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It remains quite funny that, as the Tories regale us with their fourth female leader, and their second of colour, the Labour Party is still punching itself in the face over which hideously bland white man might save them.
New face, same problems: replacing Keir Starmer with Wes Streeting will do nothing to help Labour | Zoe Williams
New face, same problems: replacing Keir Starmer with Wes Streeting will do nothing to help Labour | Zoe Williams
Both share a fixation with process over project and have an absence of values, which can only result in a trail of broken promises, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It remains quite funny that, as the Tories regale us with their fourth female leader, and their second of colour, the Labour Party is still punching itself in the face over which hideously bland white man might save them.
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Today's 🇪🇺Parliament vote has transformed the government of the EU.
🇪🇺President Von der Leyen's party has abandoned the centrist governing majority. We now have a new coalition driving EU policy.
A huge victory for Meloni, Le Pen, Wilders & Orban
As @alemanno.bsky.social put it today:
🇪🇺President Von der Leyen's party has abandoned the centrist governing majority. We now have a new coalition driving EU policy.
A huge victory for Meloni, Le Pen, Wilders & Orban
As @alemanno.bsky.social put it today:
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Today's 🇪🇺Parliament vote has transformed the government of the EU.
🇪🇺President Von der Leyen's party has abandoned the centrist governing majority. We now have a new coalition driving EU policy.
A huge victory for Meloni, Le Pen, Wilders & Orban
As @alemanno.bsky.social put it today:
🇪🇺President Von der Leyen's party has abandoned the centrist governing majority. We now have a new coalition driving EU policy.
A huge victory for Meloni, Le Pen, Wilders & Orban
As @alemanno.bsky.social put it today:
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Peter Thiel is in the Epstein emails, enjoying himself.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Peter Thiel is in the Epstein emails, enjoying himself.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
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URGENT: 6 WEEKS LEFT - We're 743 signatures away from forcing a Government response
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with an alarming lack of transparency. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with an alarming lack of transparency. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
URGENT: 6 WEEKS LEFT - We're 743 signatures away from forcing a Government response
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with an alarming lack of transparency. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with an alarming lack of transparency. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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This is very good
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is very good
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Clearing the Air answers all your burning questions about the net-zero transition, with optimistic, data-led insights designed to address misinformation about climate change, says Madeleine Cuff
Hannah Ritchie's new book on net zero is a breath of fresh air
Clearing the Air answers all your burning questions about the net-zero transition, with optimistic, data-led insights designed to address misinformation about climate change, says Madeleine Cuff
www.newscientist.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Clearing the Air answers all your burning questions about the net-zero transition, with optimistic, data-led insights designed to address misinformation about climate change, says Madeleine Cuff
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If you need something to read while AWS failures make the internet all wonky, this is incredible.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/a-h...
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/a-h...
A history of Pacific nuclear testing and the successful campaign to stop it - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Despite a name suggesting peace and tranquillity, about 325 nuclear weapons were detonated in the Pacific region by the governments of the USA, Britain and France between 1946 and 1996. The total cumu...
www.greenpeace.org
October 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If you need something to read while AWS failures make the internet all wonky, this is incredible.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/a-h...
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/a-h...
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The people who build their heaven on your land are telling you that yours is in the sky. - Nina Simone
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The people who build their heaven on your land are telling you that yours is in the sky. - Nina Simone
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
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Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
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Nathan Gill will be sentenced on 21st November for 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.
It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.
Investigation now!
#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes
It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.
Investigation now!
#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes
October 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Nathan Gill will be sentenced on 21st November for 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.
It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.
Investigation now!
#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes
It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.
Investigation now!
#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes
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The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.
This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show
bylinetimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.
This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
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If you could take the men & women who won the Second World War, and show them what people who claim to venerate their memory are doing to the country and its ideals, you would make some very unhappy spirits indeed.
🚨🚨 "The ECHR is not some foreign imposition that curtails our sovereignty. It was born of British leadership after the horrors of the Second World War, drafted with heavy British influence, and championed by Winston Churchill himself". Great stuff by Sir Robert Buckland KC:
October 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
If you could take the men & women who won the Second World War, and show them what people who claim to venerate their memory are doing to the country and its ideals, you would make some very unhappy spirits indeed.
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The U.S. government's attempts to stop this report from being published make it especially worth reading.
The U.S. government doesn't want you to read this report on Israel's business deals
The report submitted to the U.N. details how Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories has evolved into an “economy of genocide.”
reason.pub
October 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The U.S. government's attempts to stop this report from being published make it especially worth reading.
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This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kick out of the House of Lords. Mone has to go. Agree? Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/lrpq
Sign the petition: Michelle Mone should be removed from the House of Lords
This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kick out of the House of Lords. Mone...
38d.gs
October 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kick out of the House of Lords. Mone has to go. Agree? Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/lrpq
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October 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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BREAKING
More than 70 activists from 17 countries have joined Greenpeace Belgium in blockading Putin's and Trump’s fossil gas at Belgian LNG terminal using kayaks and giant inflatable heads
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
#StopFossilGas #ClimateCrisis
More than 70 activists from 17 countries have joined Greenpeace Belgium in blockading Putin's and Trump’s fossil gas at Belgian LNG terminal using kayaks and giant inflatable heads
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
#StopFossilGas #ClimateCrisis
Ongoing blockade against Putin’s and Trump’s gas at the Zeebrugge terminal in Belgium - Greenpeace International
Activists from 17 countries have joined a blockade of the Zeebrugge liquified gas terminal, in protest of Europe’s dependence on gas imports from the US and Russia.
www.greenpeace.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
BREAKING
More than 70 activists from 17 countries have joined Greenpeace Belgium in blockading Putin's and Trump’s fossil gas at Belgian LNG terminal using kayaks and giant inflatable heads
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
#StopFossilGas #ClimateCrisis
More than 70 activists from 17 countries have joined Greenpeace Belgium in blockading Putin's and Trump’s fossil gas at Belgian LNG terminal using kayaks and giant inflatable heads
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
#StopFossilGas #ClimateCrisis
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This is fascinating, 94% of college students had heard of Charlie Kirk - and 70% of those who heard of him disagreed with him puck.news/what-college...
What College Students Really Think of Charlie Kirk
New data from Generation Lab undercuts Trump’s mythmaking about his murdered ally, who was unquestionably a savvy organizer, even if he wasn’t at all popular on the campuses he loved to visit.
puck.news
September 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is fascinating, 94% of college students had heard of Charlie Kirk - and 70% of those who heard of him disagreed with him puck.news/what-college...
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I don’t have a lot of time for petitions any more but this one has got to have legs. Because Musk is an ignorant, entitled, too-rich-to-care-about-the-harm-he-does arsehole.
There are lines you don’t cross and he’s crossed them multiple times with NO GOV pushback
So I’ve signed
I hope you do too
There are lines you don’t cross and he’s crossed them multiple times with NO GOV pushback
So I’ve signed
I hope you do too
Progressive outlet The Lead have launched a petition to ban Elon Musk from the UK following his incitement at the Tommy Robinson demo.
Perhaps someone will launch one for Govt departments and politicians to ditch X...
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
Perhaps someone will launch one for Govt departments and politicians to ditch X...
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
Petition: Ban Elon Musk from the UK
We call on the Home Secretary to act following Musk's vile words and hatred stirring at the 'Unite The Kingdom' rally. Sign our petition now and get Elon Musk banned.
open.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I don’t have a lot of time for petitions any more but this one has got to have legs. Because Musk is an ignorant, entitled, too-rich-to-care-about-the-harm-he-does arsehole.
There are lines you don’t cross and he’s crossed them multiple times with NO GOV pushback
So I’ve signed
I hope you do too
There are lines you don’t cross and he’s crossed them multiple times with NO GOV pushback
So I’ve signed
I hope you do too
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A growing number of Labour voices now demanding Keir Starmer start taking on Elon Musk and the far-right.
Here Labour MP Noah Law writes for Byline Times on why it's time for the Government to quit Twitter and start treating Musk as the 'foreign extremist' he now is
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/15/m...
Here Labour MP Noah Law writes for Byline Times on why it's time for the Government to quit Twitter and start treating Musk as the 'foreign extremist' he now is
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/15/m...
'My Government Must Quit Twitter and Call Out Elon Musk's Far-Right Hate'
Labour MP Noah Law explains why it's time for Keir Starmer to start treating the billionaire X owner as the 'foreign extremist' he now is
bylinetimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A growing number of Labour voices now demanding Keir Starmer start taking on Elon Musk and the far-right.
Here Labour MP Noah Law writes for Byline Times on why it's time for the Government to quit Twitter and start treating Musk as the 'foreign extremist' he now is
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/15/m...
Here Labour MP Noah Law writes for Byline Times on why it's time for the Government to quit Twitter and start treating Musk as the 'foreign extremist' he now is
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/15/m...
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Nigel Farage & Reform Party
want a US-style health system
where millionaires
get the very best care
and everyone else
is either bankrupted
or left to die
meme via TGL - The Good Life
want a US-style health system
where millionaires
get the very best care
and everyone else
is either bankrupted
or left to die
meme via TGL - The Good Life
September 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Nigel Farage & Reform Party
want a US-style health system
where millionaires
get the very best care
and everyone else
is either bankrupted
or left to die
meme via TGL - The Good Life
want a US-style health system
where millionaires
get the very best care
and everyone else
is either bankrupted
or left to die
meme via TGL - The Good Life
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Farage’s “probity and judgment were sold as the product called Brexit. It turned out to be a piece of shit.”
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Farage’s “probity and judgment were sold as the product called Brexit. It turned out to be a piece of shit.”
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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As Farage parades around the studios and airwaves today can reporters please ask him why there were no Channel crossings prior to the Brexit which he claimed would "take back control of our borders".
Thanks
Thanks
August 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
As Farage parades around the studios and airwaves today can reporters please ask him why there were no Channel crossings prior to the Brexit which he claimed would "take back control of our borders".
Thanks
Thanks