I always felt it was a mash up of Enid blyton’s stories and The Worst Witch

FYI most folks I’ve seen are saying SFA as the abbreviation for this show to distinguish from the acronym for sexual assault.

For the Use of Schollars Oldest library turns textiles into communism

Did you know that Karl Marx devised his theory of historical materialism in a library that was funded by the surplus value that Humphrey Chetham had alienated from the handloom weavers of Lancashire? Me neither!
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You can support Trans+ rights and win a British election: A consequential Green victory Spencer has been a supporter of Trans+ rights and was accompanied on her campaign by Zack Polanski, the party's first openly gay leader

ICYMI: You can support Trans+ rights and win a British election

Devastating report into trans lives shows we are ‘stronger together’, says Green leader Zack Polanski Green party leader speaks out as devastating report makes clear why many Trans+ people might be feeling powerless right now

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Keep trying to sign but it says session expired over and over?

US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war

This is disgusting. Fundamentalism of any religion is abhorrent:

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Fixing Broken Things Standing Up For What Matters In Gorton & Denton

I mean, I went from Green-curious on Bluesky to Ranger of the North in Denton to volunteering for the Ministry of Plumbing and Plastering in like a week. open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal...

Join the Green Party Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.

I am an immigrant to England’s green and pleasant land! Labour wants to make me wait twice as long to get Indefinite Leave to Remain. Reform wants to abolish ILR altogether. So I joined the party that welcomes immigrants: the Greens! join.greenparty.org.uk

Suggestions of “family voting are a disgusting ploy to disenfranchise women. It was one of the arguments against suffragettes too. I discuss politics with my spouse but that doesn’t mean he tells me how to vote.

I was talking about this article with my Indian nurse just this morning!

It’s a very hopeful moment!

It’s infuriating that they think they can vote their way out of fascism.

Oh no I’m so sorry!

You should check out NYTimes Pitchbot ;)

Habeatis Omnia Corpora Release ALL people illegally imprisoned, kids first!

The Trump regime violated Liam Ramos's 4th, 5th, 6th, & 8th Amendment rights when it sent him to a Texas concentration camp. A writ of habeas corpus got him out. The regime is deporting him anyway. They violated 96 other writs of habeas corpus in January alone. open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal...

Pretti Good Time For A Revolution Righting the Bill of Wrongs in Minneapolis

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Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the six million Jewish lives — and the millions of others — senselessly murdered by the Nazi regime. We remember not only the unimaginable loss, but the warning history leaves us.

“A year later, the American fascist regime is far more horrific than I feared it would be. And I knew it would be bad. In the 1930s, the German Nazi Party was in power for six years before they started invading other countries and murdering non-Jewish German citizens in broad daylight.”

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

We were so delighted to see your name pop up on the most recent episode we watched :) can’t wait to find out more about new project!

When I see these writing sprints I keep hoping you’re writing more Foundation :)

Keir Starmer is a craven weasel who cannot even bring himself to condemn the Trump regime's flagrantly illegal assault on the sovereign nation of Venezuela. He must go. Andy Burnham is the de facto leader of the Labour Party; he should be the de jure leader as well.

The War Between Morality and Cowardice We could be heroes. But we really aren't.

The Western Sky reviews the BBC's new Doctor Who spin-off, The War Between the Land and the Sea. Spoiler alert: it is not merely awful, but actually offensive! open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal...

Just about to start it - I had to wait, third in line for it in my fam ;)

Forgetting Fawkes Peace, love, and bonfire on Cronkeyshaw Common

A history of Bonfire Night and my strange year-long journey from the worst Fifth of November (2024, US election day) to the best one (2025, partying with Islamic Rochdale) open.substack.com/pub/lewiscal...

This is why we left the USA. And it is why we will fight for the American people forever.

Direct help is by far the best way right now. Do you know one of the one in eight Americans who receives SNAP benefits? Can you cover them this month? Then do it.

Yes it is not our responsibility, but it is our opportunity.

Exceptional piece, even by her usual high standards.