Virginia Moffatt
@aroomofmyown1.bsky.social
Author, feminist, nature lover. She/her https://virginiamoffattwriter.wordpress.com/
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It really is horrible :(
Surely this is discriminatory? Also the "recommendation" not to make more than 6 journeys a day is absurd. Does the head of Motability think that disabled people don't do the school run, go shopping and meet friends?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Motability drivers 'horrified' by compulsory black boxes
The boxes will monitor driving habits, such as speed and braking, and will provide a weekly rating.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 2, 2026 at 1:23 PM
It really is horrible :(
One can only hope
Today's Post : "Keir's Story. May this be its conclusion."
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#StarmerLies #MandelsonEpstein #McSweeney #Labour
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#StarmerLies #MandelsonEpstein #McSweeney #Labour
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Keir's Story
May this be its conclusion.
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February 6, 2026 at 10:53 AM
One can only hope
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Given the news about a certain nature writer’s new book, my brief discussion of truth in non-fiction here seems rather timely.
Ten years ago, inspired by the return of my childhood interest in birds, I set myself a target: see 200 British species in a year.
The result was my book Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear?
Through 2026 I’ll be revisiting it, month by month. Here’s January.
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The result was my book Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear?
Through 2026 I’ll be revisiting it, month by month. Here’s January.
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Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? – January
Plans | Truth | Wolves
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February 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Given the news about a certain nature writer’s new book, my brief discussion of truth in non-fiction here seems rather timely.
Sue Marsh @suey2y.bsky.social reminding us of a really great project we did, writing and failing in our attempt to get Starmer to listen to us...But, oh, how right Madame Sussex and Madame Oxford were...
He's surely going. If only they'd listened.....
@jdportes.bsky.social @duncanweldon.bsky.social @steveakehurst.bsky.social @luketryl.bsky.social
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@jdportes.bsky.social @duncanweldon.bsky.social @steveakehurst.bsky.social @luketryl.bsky.social
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Today's Post : "The Starmer Prophecy" Epilogue
"..these Ladies of a certain Age and Experience know that leaders come and go. This one now seems unlikely to succeed" May 2023
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"..these Ladies of a certain Age and Experience know that leaders come and go. This one now seems unlikely to succeed" May 2023
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January 21, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Sue Marsh @suey2y.bsky.social reminding us of a really great project we did, writing and failing in our attempt to get Starmer to listen to us...But, oh, how right Madame Sussex and Madame Oxford were...
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Student campaigners made this happen! 🎉
This year, the rising tide of Fossil Free Careers campaigns secured commitments from 8 universities to stop platforming some of the most deadly and destructive industries on the planet.
This is what student power looks like! 💪
This year, the rising tide of Fossil Free Careers campaigns secured commitments from 8 universities to stop platforming some of the most deadly and destructive industries on the planet.
This is what student power looks like! 💪
December 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Student campaigners made this happen! 🎉
This year, the rising tide of Fossil Free Careers campaigns secured commitments from 8 universities to stop platforming some of the most deadly and destructive industries on the planet.
This is what student power looks like! 💪
This year, the rising tide of Fossil Free Careers campaigns secured commitments from 8 universities to stop platforming some of the most deadly and destructive industries on the planet.
This is what student power looks like! 💪
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It really is, do listen!!.
Decriminalising drugs isn't "nuts" #Labour. It's a public health issue. "The "War on Drugs" is the biggest policy failure of the last 50 years"
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Decriminalising drugs isn't "nuts" #Labour. It's a public health issue. "The "War on Drugs" is the biggest policy failure of the last 50 years"
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December 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
It really is, do listen!!.
Decriminalising drugs isn't "nuts" #Labour. It's a public health issue. "The "War on Drugs" is the biggest policy failure of the last 50 years"
PJs Story open.substack.com/pub/undercla...
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Decriminalising drugs isn't "nuts" #Labour. It's a public health issue. "The "War on Drugs" is the biggest policy failure of the last 50 years"
PJs Story open.substack.com/pub/undercla...
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Well done @manmetuni.bsky.social for taking 1st place due to sustainable practice, divestment from fossil fuel and border industries, and banning of fossil free recruiters.Glad to see one of my unis @lsepress.bsky.social make the top 20, sadly the other @york.ac.uk has a long way to go from 79th.
🚨 BREAKING!
Our latest University League research - published today - finds 8 more UK universities have banned fossil fuel and mining companies from advertising jobs and careers on campus! ❌💼🛢️⛏️
THIS shows the power of student campaigns! ✊✊
Our latest University League research - published today - finds 8 more UK universities have banned fossil fuel and mining companies from advertising jobs and careers on campus! ❌💼🛢️⛏️
THIS shows the power of student campaigns! ✊✊
Eight more UK universities cut recruitment ties with fossil fuel industry
Manchester Metropolitan University again wins top spot for climate and social justice in league table
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Well done @manmetuni.bsky.social for taking 1st place due to sustainable practice, divestment from fossil fuel and border industries, and banning of fossil free recruiters.Glad to see one of my unis @lsepress.bsky.social make the top 20, sadly the other @york.ac.uk has a long way to go from 79th.
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Will you boost my little experiment with a share pls @chronicaction.bsky.social @chairmanmoet.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social @duncanweldon.bsky.social @philgroom.bsky.social @aroomofmyown1.bsky.social @steveakehurst.bsky.social substack.com/@suey2y/note...
The Ambulance That Never Comes
"Waiting in Vain"
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December 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Will you boost my little experiment with a share pls @chronicaction.bsky.social @chairmanmoet.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social @duncanweldon.bsky.social @philgroom.bsky.social @aroomofmyown1.bsky.social @steveakehurst.bsky.social substack.com/@suey2y/note...
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I am it's true. Looks like I'm going to need a LOT of followers pretty quick though, lol
Excellent news, Sue Marsh is writing again. Underclass looks to be a substack worth following underclass.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to UNDERCLASS
An introduction
underclass.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I am it's true. Looks like I'm going to need a LOT of followers pretty quick though, lol
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Excellent news, Sue Marsh is writing again. Underclass looks to be a substack worth following underclass.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to UNDERCLASS
An introduction
underclass.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Excellent news, Sue Marsh is writing again. Underclass looks to be a substack worth following underclass.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Excellent news, Sue Marsh is writing again. Underclass looks to be a substack worth following underclass.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to UNDERCLASS
An introduction
underclass.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Excellent news, Sue Marsh is writing again. Underclass looks to be a substack worth following underclass.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
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repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
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An idea that I am posting here in case peer pressure forces me to do something about it.
A t-shirt design, using the Palestine Action font and colours, that reads:
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IS NOT TERRORISM
Proceeds going to Palestinian charities.
Might be someone better placed to do it than me.
A t-shirt design, using the Palestine Action font and colours, that reads:
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IS NOT TERRORISM
Proceeds going to Palestinian charities.
Might be someone better placed to do it than me.
July 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
An idea that I am posting here in case peer pressure forces me to do something about it.
A t-shirt design, using the Palestine Action font and colours, that reads:
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IS NOT TERRORISM
Proceeds going to Palestinian charities.
Might be someone better placed to do it than me.
A t-shirt design, using the Palestine Action font and colours, that reads:
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IS NOT TERRORISM
Proceeds going to Palestinian charities.
Might be someone better placed to do it than me.
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'This isn’t an operation – it’s a cremation: one with the ultimate goal of eradicating not just Palestinian life in Gaza, but Palestinian identity altogether.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Have you looked at images of Gaza on Google Maps? You should | Arwa Mahdawi
If you don’t trust Palestinians, maybe you’ll trust Google Maps. Satellite imagery shows the extent of the devastation
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
'This isn’t an operation – it’s a cremation: one with the ultimate goal of eradicating not just Palestinian life in Gaza, but Palestinian identity altogether.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Feeling a bit groggy today as I stayed up far too late reading the brilliant Echo Hall by @aroomofmyown1.bsky.social … what an absorbing tale of how war impacts upon families - I really enjoyed the parallel histories! #BookSky 💙📚
December 31, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Feeling a bit groggy today as I stayed up far too late reading the brilliant Echo Hall by @aroomofmyown1.bsky.social … what an absorbing tale of how war impacts upon families - I really enjoyed the parallel histories! #BookSky 💙📚
I'm still in the other place but popping up here again to say hi...Anyone out there?
December 6, 2024 at 7:15 AM
I'm still in the other place but popping up here again to say hi...Anyone out there?
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Ilkley and environs! I am in you! And even better/worse, on Saturday I’ll be nattering on about flying things.
65. Lev Parikian: Taking Flight - Ilkley Literature Festival
www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
October 19, 2023 at 6:44 PM
Ilkley and environs! I am in you! And even better/worse, on Saturday I’ll be nattering on about flying things.
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Our pleasure!
Surprise book deliveries are always exciting, but even more so when your name is on the cover!
My enormous thanks to the Breakthrough Books collective for sending me short story anthology Order and Chaos.
I so enjoyed the first book Taking Liberties lindasbookbag.com/2023/06/23/t...
My enormous thanks to the Breakthrough Books collective for sending me short story anthology Order and Chaos.
I so enjoyed the first book Taking Liberties lindasbookbag.com/2023/06/23/t...
October 19, 2023 at 5:04 PM
Our pleasure!
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Really proud we're doing this: the @financialtimes.com is launching a WhatsApp channel which provides free-to-read, English language coverage of what's going on in Israel and Palestine during this conflict: stay informed, free of disinfo, and avoid doomscrolling! www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
Financial Times Israel-Hamas news
WhatsApp Channel Invite
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October 17, 2023 at 3:49 PM
Really proud we're doing this: the @financialtimes.com is launching a WhatsApp channel which provides free-to-read, English language coverage of what's going on in Israel and Palestine during this conflict: stay informed, free of disinfo, and avoid doomscrolling! www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
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Do come to the launch next week; @renardpress.bsky.social on Instagram Live 1800 BST
My first teaching text - writing a book when you think you can’t.
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My first teaching text - writing a book when you think you can’t.
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October 17, 2023 at 7:31 AM
Do come to the launch next week; @renardpress.bsky.social on Instagram Live 1800 BST
My first teaching text - writing a book when you think you can’t.
X
My first teaching text - writing a book when you think you can’t.
X
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Oh my. Farewell to glorious Piper Laurie.
October 14, 2023 at 7:59 PM
Oh my. Farewell to glorious Piper Laurie.
On a rewatch of #Detectorists - love that Lance's dream holiday would be Dorset.
October 14, 2023 at 10:35 PM
On a rewatch of #Detectorists - love that Lance's dream holiday would be Dorset.
One of the joys of looking out of my office window is this one moment in the year when the bush is full of berries and the birds come flocking. So far this week blackbird, sparrows, blue tits, coal tits, black caps, chiff chaff, wren and robin. Wonderful.
October 14, 2023 at 12:11 PM
One of the joys of looking out of my office window is this one moment in the year when the bush is full of berries and the birds come flocking. So far this week blackbird, sparrows, blue tits, coal tits, black caps, chiff chaff, wren and robin. Wonderful.
Wow after days of grey cloud, there's a blue sky out there.
October 14, 2023 at 6:47 AM
Wow after days of grey cloud, there's a blue sky out there.
@bookwormvaught.bsky.social Hello! Nice to see you here!
October 13, 2023 at 6:47 PM
@bookwormvaught.bsky.social Hello! Nice to see you here!