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The speakers on panel 3 'Charity Archives: Future Archives of Climate Change? The Perspective of UK-based Charity Archivists' made the important point that today's records are tomorrow's archives. How do we accommodate for that in the face of climate change? #HAP24

📽️ THIS is the story of how George Osborne *slashed* the cash for museums by 30% - while handing out billions to big polluters like BP! 🤑

And why BP now giving a teeny slice back to the British Museum (where George is Chair!) isn’t the 'donation' it has been made out to be! 🤔

The Benefits of Brexit in one short clip…

There is no safe place for the million plus people displaced in Gaza right now. #CeasefireNow #Rafah #StopTheGenocide

🚨ASSEMBLY POINT ANNOUNCED - National March for Palestine - 17 February - 📍Marble Arch, Speakers' Corner, London, 12 noon

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and is preparing to launch an assault on Rafah.

We must demand our govt call for a #CeasefireNOW to #StopGazaGenocide

Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.

In my mind this evening #NewYear2024 . #Gaza

You already heard Christmas was canceled in Bethlehem, which is in the occupied West Bank.

Here’s a special message from Palestinian Christian pastor Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac in Bethlehem about what the holiday really means to him and his community.

#OTD in 1996, Carl Sagan died: 27 years without Carl

«When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me ― it still sometimes happens ― and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an…

BREAKING! 🔥🌏🏛️

This is astonishingly out of touch and completely indefensible. We believe this decision is illegitimate and in breach of the museum’s own #climate commitments and sector-wide codes and will be seeking legal advice in order to mount a formal challenge to it. 1/3

A ‘good dog’ to brighten your day! 🐾🐕😍

An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian mechanical dog. This leaping hunting dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.

In ancient Egyptian art, leaping dogs were often depicted alongside the…

Some of us Amnesty folk had a fabulous tour of the Bishopsgate Institute LGBTQ+ collections led by the superlative Stef Dickers. If you get a chance to join one in the New Year, grab it. 'Tis Archive joy!

Amazing podcast on the path to the UN declaration on Human Rights Defenders, and some of the unbelievably brave people it has impacted. Listening highly recommended!

Today is International #HumanRightsDefenders day. Listen to this podcast to learn more, be moved and inspired:
amnesty.org/en/latest/camp…
#insolidarityandhope
#right2defendrights
ISHR
Guadalupe Marengo she/her

Gaza's archives are gone. These archives documented a history deeply rooted long before immigrants from Eastern Europe arrived in our country.

The death rate in Gaza is at a historic high, with thousands of children killed in just a few weeks.
Demanding an end to this inexcusable violence is a question of basic humanity. Silence is complicity. You cannot be silent in an unfolding genocide.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I just emailed the Science Museum trustees to tell them to cut ties with fossil fuel companies
Join me and take action here:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-t…
See what it's all about Culture Unstained

Attended the excellent Amnesty UK artvocate exhibition Canvas of Courage - Bridging our divided world through activist art.

On until Sun 10 Dec at @unionchapeluk
unionchapel.org.uk/whats-on/a-can…

Only just heard about the death of John Byrne, can't believe this wasn't bigger news. Icon of Scottish art and culture, RIP