Action Guide: Moving Away from Big Tech Preamble This document aims to serve as a conversation starter for members of the Climate Justice Universities Union to consider a progressive move to more ecologically and ethically conscious digita...

Climate Justice Universities Union has just published a guide to moving away from big tech. Useful for both individuals and organisations. climatejusticeuniversitiesunion.org/action-guide...

US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets

£1.5 billion a day is being spent by the US on its illegal war on Iran - billions that could instead be spent providing genuine security to millions of people.

A lesson for Keir Starmer to prioritise #NursesNotNukes and #WelfareNotWarfare!

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Call them concentration camps!

Still the Menopause and Mind team is stronger than ever, with people moving from members to facilitators and bringing skills into the room that have helped us build, share and grow. We would like to share some our journey with you this year in this annual report.

Run as a by us, for us group it is always a challenge while we navigate perimenopause, neurodivergence, trans rights and our own responsibilities.

It has been a wonderful year albeit on a shoestring budget for the Menopause and Mind group. There has been a lot of laughter, joy and shared stories. Menopause and mental health may have more public visibility but there is growing need for collective, care, support, and access to information.

Menopause and Mind Events Summary and Impact Report (2025–2026) Overview It has been a wonderful year albeit on a shoestring budget for the Menopause and Mind group. There has been a lot of laughter, joy and shared stories in our sessions.  Menopause and mental…

The Menopause and Mind end of year report is now up. Sad to be leaving but very proud to be involved in this initiative and excited to see where the fantastic board members take this next! menoandmind.org/2026/04/22/m...

Any tips from @utopiascifi.bsky.social @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social? I don't think the show is addressed directly in Wastelands and Wonderlands, please correct me @matthewleggatt.bsky.social if not! The article by Patricia McManus 'The End of Dystopia', deals with labour movements in dystopias...

I'm not familiar with any articles but have any #utopianstudies or #dystopianstudies scholars out there been writing/reading on For All Mankind? It looks like our kind of mediascape! #alternativefutures #reimaginedhistories #scifianalysis

Clever Spring Signs (10 Photos) Spring has a way of announcing itself with clever little signals. Sometimes it arrives as a wall full of flowers, sometimes as a handmade note beside free blooms, sometimes as a bird returning to a branch, and sometimes as a patch of “weeds” that turns out to be a feast for bees. These 10 photos capture the smartest, sweetest, and most imaginative clues that winter is over and the world is waking up again.

Clever Spring Signs (10 Photos)

Spring has a way of announcing itself with clever little signals. Sometimes it arrives as a wall full of flowers, sometimes as a handmade note beside free blooms, sometimes as a bird returning to a branch, and sometimes as a patch of “weeds” that turns out to be a…

This utopian care cafe space has been lingering on the edges of my mind and work timespace, it seems to have now grown moss... I think I prefer this metasteps.com/viewer/adc09... #microutopia #utopianstudies #playandconnection #collectivecare

When Trees Become Art (14 Photos) Forget the gallery walls. Mother Nature just opened her own exhibition, and she’s not taking any prisoners. When street artists trade concrete and spray paint for living bark, twisting roots, and massive canopies, something magical happens. This isn’t just art in the park; it’s a full-on collaboration with the wild. From towering wooden giants hiding in the Mexican jungle to ancient trunks carved with impossible detail in Ghana, we’re taking you on a global tour.

When Trees Become Art (14 Photos)

Forget the gallery walls. Mother Nature just opened her own exhibition, and she’s not taking any prisoners. When street artists trade concrete and spray paint for living bark, twisting roots, and massive canopies, something magical happens. This isn’t just art in…

When Liv Nervo’s story about being abused by her billionaire ex-boyfriend went viral, Meta took down the videos. Coincidence? 👀

Stop women being silenced👇
goodlaw.social/ouzo

Petrified Legality, Percolating Sovereignty This piece begins with the author’s epiphanic experience with a glacier, Perito Moreno, Southern Patagonia, and follows a journey of fascination for the edifying power and majesty of ice, as not ju...

🎓 New article by Lucy Finchett-Maddock which uses ice as an in-between state of land/solid and water/fluid to look at "percolating sovereignty".
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Very honoured to be included in this exhibition, please stop by and see our nanoutopian moment during a break in lockdown if you happen to be in London! #selfcare101 #utopianstudies #fuandurasides

Stop men abusing the law to gaslight goodlawproject.org/s/88eac0

Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

Our general submissions for Issue 2 are NOW OPEN until April 21st!

If you are a 2SLGBTQIA+ writer, send us your work! You can submit one story and up to three poems. Wondering what we like? Issue 1 is free to read on our site! But please don't self-reject—we can't wait to read your work 🗡️🪐🌈

“Hollow space with sparks, this will probably remain our condition for a long time, but a hollow space which allows us to walk undisguised, and with sparks which increasingly model a figure of direction. The paths in the midst of collapse are layable, right through the middle” – Ernst Bloch

Revolution begins with care: Confronting the polycrisis We’re living through a series of interlinked disasters, confounded by the rise of surveillance. How do we fight back?

A bit of hope in the darkness... www.opendemocracy.net/en/surveilla... #microutopia #nanoutopia

Menopause and Mind Menopause and mental health, creative routes to menohealth, recognising diverse menopause experiences, confidence in the climacteric! #inclusivemenopause

We have a strong neurodivergent contingent, are trauma-informed and trans-inclusive. Just give it a wee click to see what we're about... www.menoandmind.org

It's open to anyone experiencing struggles around mental health and the menopause transition. Our annual meetings are a chance to get involved, help steer the direction of the group, and TBH have some mocktails, laughter and with people who are finding this difficult.

Menopause and Mind AGM, Brighton 29 April, 18:30 We would like to extend a warm welcome to attend the Menopause and Mind AGM on 29 April, places are limited so please register your interest via the Google Form and we will send over full details shor...

An invite to the third Menopause and Mind AGM in Brighton! It's a lovely group, have made so many memories over the last few years, so going to miss it. 💜www.linkedin.com/pulse/menopause-mind-agm...

X is not above the law

When Elon Musk bought Twitter, he said he wouldn’t make it a “free-for-all hellscape” – but that’s exactly what has happened 👀

Take action and hold Musk and X to account
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/x-is-not-abo...

I've got as far as the introduction as have been busy packing to move, but I'm working on another piece that looks at Queering Nightmares through some TV Utopias/Dystopias so sure this will be an absolute treasure trove!

Utopia and Failure – The Metaverse Care Cafe Project This project was funded by AHRC Networking Grant (2023-2026) Grant Ref: AH/X009122/1 Created by Dr Heather McKnight, Kirsty Lumm and Dr Jimmy Turner The aim of the Fail Again, Fail Better? network …

Want to explore Utopia and Failure Creative Network content in 3D? We now have our Metasteps world up and running, you can view videos and photos from the Academic Care Cafe and the projects that inspired it. Learn more about the project here! www.magneticideals.org/home/utopia-... #utopianstudies

NEW CAMPAIGN 🚨

Right now, people are pushed into poverty when councils send in bailiffs for council tax debt.

But there’s another way.

Together, we can stop this. Together, we can have dignity not debt. Together, we can make Britain Bailiff Free👇

🔗 acorntheunion.org.uk/bailiffs/

I also love how the cover really invokes the move from the Wizard of Oz to Return to Oz (a personal favourite)

A woman with glasses reading a copy of the book Wastelands and Wonderlands

Arrived yesterday, thank you! Looks great! After years of talking about the link between sci-fi/activism I finally got to write on it! Excited to be with such other inspirational authors. Thanks for your support, a great collection and I look forward to being inspired by the book moving forward!

Sign the Petition Replace Winston Churchill on a five pound note, with a Bog-moss.

c.org/KgxVFvYVfS

We will miss people a lot, much love to everyone who has shared this rollercoaster with us so far and beyond... goodbye or hello to new friends for now but not forever! Will catch up before we go if we have not already!!!
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