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Alice Brockway

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Creative type and mental health researcher. Founder of Playing Sane. Lived Experience work with NSPA, Rethink Mental Illness, & GMMH. Part way through a never ending PhD. Generally interested.

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Also, what the hell were the Karen Millen team thinking?!? How many members of the public are walking around in this without knowing the connotations? Seriously poor all round.

05.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Image of Home Secretary in a long coat (sourced from The Independent overlayed with the promotional image of the coat and an image of Nazi uniforms with a similar design.

Image of Home Secretary in a long coat (sourced from The Independent overlayed with the promotional image of the coat and an image of Nazi uniforms with a similar design.

I generally try 'never [to] put down to malice what can be explained by stupidity'* but it's hard to believe no-one in the team of the Home Secretary spotted this. Politicians & those around them should definitely have been aware. Worse if they were. DO BETTER!

*Can't remember the original wording.

05.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sorting some old dancewear to sell/donate. I’d forgotten how tiny I was back then! I was constantly convinced I needed to lose weight.

It’s criminal how bad we make young people feel about their bodies.

04.03.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The hypocrisy of F*rage is quite something to behold isn't it?

03.03.2026 08:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Angela Rayner response to Gorton and Denton by-election result

27.02.2026 09:41 πŸ‘ 853 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 114 πŸ“Œ 24

What have the exit polls suggested?

26.02.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

More problematically for current situation, F*rage was there as well.

22.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's always been there but politics seems to be firmly framed as reality TV at the moment. Not sure how you cut through without participating. 2/2

22.02.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm torn on this. Agree it's kind of petty, but how do you engage with nuance when this is how most people are consuming political discourse?

One of the interesting things to come out of Gorton & Denton is the extent to which it's become about catchphrases & personality. 1/2

22.02.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I really do love this artist’s work. Always gives me a warm feeling.

22.02.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Isn’t it curious how so much to do with Reform seems to lead to the other side of the old Iron Curtain. Handy they’re a company, not a political party, so you can’t see all the funding, isn’t it?

20.02.2026 10:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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TYVM @journeyled1.bsky.socialπŸ¦‹
@upchuck66.bsky.social
@aryacrinklebottom.bsky.social
@nightsilas.bsky.social
@weedshouldbelegal.bsky.social
@rockwils1.bsky.social
@maraki.bsky.social
@chudonew.bsky.social
@hopeful66.bsky.social
@filosia.bsky.social

#StrongerTogether #StopICE #MeidasBoosts #resist πŸ‘ŠπŸΌ

19.02.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œJustice may yet be hard-won, but the modus operandi of contempt and powerlessness which the powerful rely on to sustain their corruptions has been exposed.”

Excellent and inspirational column from @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social

19.02.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Reform UK suspends by-election campaign activist over β€˜antisemitic and misogynistic’ posts EXCLUSIVE: Adam Mitula, Reform UK’s interim campaign manager in Tameside, has been assisting Matt Goodwin's Gorton and Denton by-election campaign

So it turns out Matt Goodwin's Reform campaign manager was a holocaust-denying Nazi who said he would "never touch a Jewish woman.”

When do we start seeing all the coverage of the antisemitism crisis in Reform UK?

www.jewishnews.co.uk/reform-uk-su...

19.02.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 1744 πŸ” 788 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 41

It sure seems like when we have our basic needs met, and don't have to hustle to survive, humans will almost always choose to create art.

And there is a lot of evidence that when a society decides to honor and promote art and artists, everyone who lives there is measurably happier.

18.02.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 959 πŸ” 170 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 7
Improvisation (Dreamy)

Improvisation (Dreamy)

Improvisation (Dreamy)
https://botfrens.com/collections/74/contents/22400

17.02.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I first met Jesse Jackson over 20 years ago. He helped me campaign in Brent.

A phenomenal orator who has helped propel every Black politician just by his presence.

He will be missed, however, we will 'Keep Hope Alive'.

17.02.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
The dye in Doritos can make mice transparent (Popular Science)

The dye in Doritos can make mice transparent (Popular Science)

Roses are red
Vice is inherent

15.02.2026 03:11 πŸ‘ 1768 πŸ” 494 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 42
A bunch of colorful snails, turned into other things. Like a snail wizard, or "snizard", if you will.

A bunch of colorful snails, turned into other things. Like a snail wizard, or "snizard", if you will.

I've been studying snails, these are the species I've discovered so far.

#snails #snailart

15.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 955 πŸ” 354 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 4

George Osbourne cut public spending by roughly 3% in real terms.

The Govt has increased it by 4.3% at the last budget alone.

This sort of critiques are entirely vibes based and detached from reality

13.02.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy Valentines Day!

14.02.2026 08:24 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A completely normal neighbourly letter Dear neightbour... a letter NOT coming from any political party trying to win your vote, but just a friendly chatty letter from a concerned individual

A completely normal neighbourly letter northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/a-c...

Sometimes these things just have to be done πŸ˜‹

12.02.2026 12:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No Reform UK MPs turned up for today’s debate.

Tomorrow I’ll post my full speech which focused on:

❌ Russian involvement in Brexit referendum
❌ Boris Johnson’s appointment of Lebedev
❌ Cryptocurrency in British politics
❌ Helping Brits identify misinformation on social media

09.02.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 7
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BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance

"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”

Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!

09.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 1536 πŸ” 490 πŸ’¬ 611 πŸ“Œ 446
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not β€œmove on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

08.02.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 44541 πŸ” 16948 πŸ’¬ 966 πŸ“Œ 961
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Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full

Late on Friday evening, a notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news wire, to all media across the UK

We've published it in full πŸ‘‡

07.02.2026 09:02 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 11
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We owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change | Gordon Brown The abuse of women by figures such as Epstein, and of political power by the likes of Mandelson, must be confronted. As far as I am able, I will play my part, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brow...

β€œWe owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change”
Gordon Brown

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

07.02.2026 09:19 πŸ‘ 456 πŸ” 159 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 8

Irony is dead.

04.02.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 531 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

It needs to be tactical voting. The whole party first stuff shouldn’t stand when you’re facing down people who everyone agrees is worse. It’s simply ego at that point.

04.02.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh come off it. PR photos show politicians smiling and joking with whoever they're meant to be seen with that day. You can't just a person's heart by a couple of publicity shots.

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