Susannah Walker
@susannahwalker.bsky.social
Author + campaigner for gender equality and safety in public space + post-war graphics + other stuff.
Rants about stately homes here:
https://susannahwalker.substack.com
Co-founder of @makespaceforgirls and formerly @QuadRoyal
Rants about stately homes here:
https://susannahwalker.substack.com
Co-founder of @makespaceforgirls and formerly @QuadRoyal
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As ever, whenever I have done a complaining thread, I try to post something positive. This time, it's all about Umeå, a city in the N of Sweden which has made incredible strides in terms of safety for women and girls.
In the last thread, I posted their co-designed space for teenage girls.
In the last thread, I posted their co-designed space for teenage girls.
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Future me watching temporary -productivity-burst me commit to meetings and calls.
September 11, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Future me watching temporary -productivity-burst me commit to meetings and calls.
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“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster
September 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster
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So it’s a common mistake to think you should attack the ones in black first, the one in white hits harder and can take out 1/3 of your HP bar if you’re not careful. Get white guy first, then take out the goons in black, and hope beige shorts guy doesn’t spawn.
I worry for this country when our fash militias can't even enforce a dress code
September 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
So it’s a common mistake to think you should attack the ones in black first, the one in white hits harder and can take out 1/3 of your HP bar if you’re not careful. Get white guy first, then take out the goons in black, and hope beige shorts guy doesn’t spawn.
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Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞.
If you would like to donate👇🏻.
rnli.org/support-us/g...
#RNLI #RNLISavesLives
If you would like to donate👇🏻.
rnli.org/support-us/g...
#RNLI #RNLISavesLives
September 9, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞.
If you would like to donate👇🏻.
rnli.org/support-us/g...
#RNLI #RNLISavesLives
If you would like to donate👇🏻.
rnli.org/support-us/g...
#RNLI #RNLISavesLives
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Never seen the numbers on one of these go up so fast.
Could be faster though.
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
Could be faster though.
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
act.38degrees.org.uk
September 8, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Never seen the numbers on one of these go up so fast.
Could be faster though.
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
Could be faster though.
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
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And everyone said, oh this is just a whimsical Victorian recreation of folklore. Until they tested the horns, which date back to Viking times...
I wrote about it in The Hard Way; tradition often lingers longer than we think.
I wrote about it in The Hard Way; tradition often lingers longer than we think.
Liberal England... Meanwhile in Staffordshire: The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
Oh God! Oh Jesus Christ!
Oh God! Oh Jesus Christ!
Meanwhile in Staffordshire: The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance took place today. I can't find a video of the proceedings, so here's a short one from 2016. Wikipedia explain...
liberalengland.blogspot.com
September 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
And everyone said, oh this is just a whimsical Victorian recreation of folklore. Until they tested the horns, which date back to Viking times...
I wrote about it in The Hard Way; tradition often lingers longer than we think.
I wrote about it in The Hard Way; tradition often lingers longer than we think.
Also note that the process he described is currently being used against the RNLI volunteers who helped rescue the migrant boat.
Here's Lowe arguing that only face coverings allow working class people to exercise their democratic rights. This is the same Lowe who introduced an early day motion calling for the banning of face coverings in public spaces.
September 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Also note that the process he described is currently being used against the RNLI volunteers who helped rescue the migrant boat.
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Bill Bryson on the RNLI in "The Road to Little Dribbling : more notes from a small island" (2015)
September 8, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Bill Bryson on the RNLI in "The Road to Little Dribbling : more notes from a small island" (2015)
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This Neo-Nazi is attempting to target RNLI volunteers. The police have to act, and the Prime Minister should be making a public statement.
September 8, 2026 at 8:47 AM
This Neo-Nazi is attempting to target RNLI volunteers. The police have to act, and the Prime Minister should be making a public statement.
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Liberal England: New public square in Telford honours women who worked in Shropshire's coalfields
With something on Charles Masterman and the Coal Mines Act of 1911.
With something on Charles Masterman and the Coal Mines Act of 1911.
New public square in Telford honours women who worked in Shropshire's coalfields
Betty Harris Square Telford. Photo: Telford Council A new square has been named in honour of women who worked in Shropshire coalfields, rep...
liberalengland.blogspot.com
September 7, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Liberal England: New public square in Telford honours women who worked in Shropshire's coalfields
With something on Charles Masterman and the Coal Mines Act of 1911.
With something on Charles Masterman and the Coal Mines Act of 1911.
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We report at nightfall, ahead of the cold front we are expecting in the morning: the wind is rising. The atmospheric pressure is still dropping. The stars are twinkling through the clouds; the humidity is creating halos around them. The few raindrops are flying in the breeze.
September 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
We report at nightfall, ahead of the cold front we are expecting in the morning: the wind is rising. The atmospheric pressure is still dropping. The stars are twinkling through the clouds; the humidity is creating halos around them. The few raindrops are flying in the breeze.
Hello, yes, this is Somerset. All completely normal, nothing odd going on here at all.
September 7, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Hello, yes, this is Somerset. All completely normal, nothing odd going on here at all.
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I am going to say this over and over again.
Women don’t want protection, never asked for it. I want freedom and equality.
Protection positions women as inferior and at the mercy of others- and what are we being protected from?
Women don’t want protection, never asked for it. I want freedom and equality.
Protection positions women as inferior and at the mercy of others- and what are we being protected from?
Patriot Platform, the far-right group whose black-clad masked members caused hours of disruption in Dover yesterday, calls itself a Christian “army of patriots” dedicated to protecting women and children.
There’s a problem with that story.
There’s a problem with that story.
September 7, 2026 at 9:58 AM
I am going to say this over and over again.
Women don’t want protection, never asked for it. I want freedom and equality.
Protection positions women as inferior and at the mercy of others- and what are we being protected from?
Women don’t want protection, never asked for it. I want freedom and equality.
Protection positions women as inferior and at the mercy of others- and what are we being protected from?
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'Question' at Lobby today:
"You seem to be just looking at the negatives of [the slave trade] which is of course appalling, but we do have to say about a positive side...we ended it. Don't you accept that?"
No 10: "It's difficult to acknowledge the positive side of the transatlantic slave trade."
"You seem to be just looking at the negatives of [the slave trade] which is of course appalling, but we do have to say about a positive side...we ended it. Don't you accept that?"
No 10: "It's difficult to acknowledge the positive side of the transatlantic slave trade."
September 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
'Question' at Lobby today:
"You seem to be just looking at the negatives of [the slave trade] which is of course appalling, but we do have to say about a positive side...we ended it. Don't you accept that?"
No 10: "It's difficult to acknowledge the positive side of the transatlantic slave trade."
"You seem to be just looking at the negatives of [the slave trade] which is of course appalling, but we do have to say about a positive side...we ended it. Don't you accept that?"
No 10: "It's difficult to acknowledge the positive side of the transatlantic slave trade."
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Tea towel anyone?
September 6, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Tea towel anyone?
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Donate to the RNLI if you can rnli.org/support-us/g...
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
rnli.org
September 7, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Donate to the RNLI if you can rnli.org/support-us/g...
I am going to say this over and over again.
Women don’t want protection, never asked for it. I want freedom and equality.
Protection positions women as inferior and at the mercy of others- and what are we being protected from?
Women don’t want protection, never asked for it. I want freedom and equality.
Protection positions women as inferior and at the mercy of others- and what are we being protected from?
Patriot Platform, the far-right group whose black-clad masked members caused hours of disruption in Dover yesterday, calls itself a Christian “army of patriots” dedicated to protecting women and children.
There’s a problem with that story.
There’s a problem with that story.
September 7, 2026 at 9:58 AM
I am going to say this over and over again.
Women don’t want protection, never asked for it. I want freedom and equality.
Protection positions women as inferior and at the mercy of others- and what are we being protected from?
Women don’t want protection, never asked for it. I want freedom and equality.
Protection positions women as inferior and at the mercy of others- and what are we being protected from?
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And I don’t want protection, never asked for it. I want freedom and equality.
Protection makes me inferior - and what am I being protected from?
Protection makes me inferior - and what am I being protected from?
‘Protect our women and girls’.
Only not if you’re a disabled British woman….
Or a trans British woman.
Or an ethnic minority British woman.
Or a British woman who needs an abortion.
Or a British woman who is attacked by a man we like.
Or a British woman who says something we don’t like.
Only not if you’re a disabled British woman….
Or a trans British woman.
Or an ethnic minority British woman.
Or a British woman who needs an abortion.
Or a British woman who is attacked by a man we like.
Or a British woman who says something we don’t like.
September 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
And I don’t want protection, never asked for it. I want freedom and equality.
Protection makes me inferior - and what am I being protected from?
Protection makes me inferior - and what am I being protected from?
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Rod Hull, time traveller.
Villa Romana Del Casale.
Villa Romana Del Casale.
September 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Rod Hull, time traveller.
Villa Romana Del Casale.
Villa Romana Del Casale.
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Just so we are clear:
The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns
The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns
September 5, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Just so we are clear:
The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns
The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns
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This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress.
They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post.
I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail!
www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...
They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post.
I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail!
www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...
September 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress.
They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post.
I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail!
www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...
They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post.
I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail!
www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...
Also, there’s a common thread between this and the Reform dipshittery of the last few days. Every single person involved is a man
Spontaneous departure of spontaneous protestors from Dover Priory Train Station, marching to catch a spontaneous train arrival.
Kent Online
www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/l...
Kent Online
www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/l...
September 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Also, there’s a common thread between this and the Reform dipshittery of the last few days. Every single person involved is a man
I bet every single one of them is against burkas
Spontaneous departure of spontaneous protestors from Dover Priory Train Station, marching to catch a spontaneous train arrival.
Kent Online
www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/l...
Kent Online
www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/l...
September 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I bet every single one of them is against burkas