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Natalia’s Message

When Russia invaded Ukraine, I felt it keenly for reasons I go into below. I wanted to help, I’ve made some donations, but mostly I feel overwhelmingly impotent against gargantuan geopolitical forces. I am certain this feeling is sweeping Europe. I contacted my Ukrainian friend Natalia, because the one thing I can do is amplifyContinue reading “Natalia’s Message”

Black Lives Still Matter

I normally post links in blogs as much as possible. In looking for web presences, I noticed that some organisations were surprisingly hard to find. It has struck me that that might be by design, so I’ve stripped the links. My fairly shonky video is here. I think the speakers are worth hearing in person,Continue reading “Black Lives Still Matter”

Black Lives Matter protest/Eddie goes swimming

My partner and I spent about 24 hours on-and-off debating whether or not to attend the BLM protest on College Green in the midst of a badly-handled pandemic. Given that we are sharing a house, one of us going still exposes the other to risk, so we had to compromise. We eventually decided to attendContinue reading “Black Lives Matter protest/Eddie goes swimming”

State of play as lockdown is eased

Figures taken from worldometer. The UK entered lockdown on March 23rd of 2020. On this day, 967 new cases of Coronavirus and 74 deaths were reported. Yesterday, May 31st, the UK saw 1,936 new cases of Coronavirus and recorded 115 deaths . Today, June 1st 2020, lockdown has been considerably eased. Groups of 6 fromContinue reading “State of play as lockdown is eased”

Greta Thunberg attends the Bristol Climate Strike

First up, I filmed all the speakers and posted it here. Greta is the little yellow dot in the last five minutes. I’m not going to go in-depth on the content of the speakers here, I’m just going to give a summary of my impressions. The video does a reasonable job of this anyway. IContinue reading “Greta Thunberg attends the Bristol Climate Strike”

Keir Starmer visits Bristol East

I have joined the Labour party. This is more or less my natural political home, but I had been reticent to nail my colours to the mast prior to the Boris-pocalypse. I have joined specifically to have a say in the leadership election. My local MP, Kerry McCarthy, has come out in support of KeirContinue reading “Keir Starmer visits Bristol East”