Me too, vending machine. Me too.

This is obscene. After killing the man through chemical castration simply because of who he loved... We're now resurrecting his digital corpse as a yassified AI tool.

I really hate living in a Black Mirror episode.

A great evening with Tracy For Mayor 🌹 & Frank in Brighouse. Enthusiasm on the doorstep.
Tracy & I talked about the difference we hope to make as a team. Labour councillors with a Labour Mayor and Labour MPs. Fighting for West Yorkshire. It can all start with your vote on Thursday🌹🗳️

Imagine if all ICS & Trusts switched their financial models towards prevention & community investment. Acute hospitals overwhelmed by “demand” is a sign of our systemic failure to do this at scale & pace. Instead of pulling people out of the river let’s try to prevent falling in.

Fantastic results from investment in community led-solutions for preventative health, from Norfolk

Brilliant #labourdoorstep this morning with Tracy For Mayor 🌹 and our amazing candidate for Ryburn Leah - 2 votes for Labour this Thursday 2nd May 🗳️ #VoteLabour - thanks everyone for your support this morning, so positive and cheery for the future 🙌🏼 Scott Patient Jane Scullion

STRANGE NEWS HAS COME TO TOWN/STRANGE NEWS HAS CARRIED:

To my honour & amazement, on Sat 4 May I have my first ever 'gig' as a folk-singer, dauntingly supporting Lancashire legends Jennifer Reid & Magpahi + fab new talent Gabe Bath at the #NanMoors Todmorden Folk Fest fringe (1/3)

I asked Joseph E. Stiglitz, longtime Columbia University scholar and Nobel-winning economist, what the establishment doesn’t understand about what campus protesters are trying to say.

the.ink/p/joseph-stigl…

Domino effect of leadership

All of these Uncanny Landscapes podcasts by Justin Hopper are great but I especially enjoyed this new one with Laura Cannell (whose new ‘Lore’ series is also excellent) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/unc…

Want to know why there is very little coverage of working class issues?

Or why the media is generally pro-war?

Want to know why we never hear about the ruling class?

Maybe it's the fact that just a handful of multinational corporations control 90% of the media in America.

More about our report 👇

independent.co.uk/news/uk/govern…

📽️ ENERGY🎞️

See Energy - A Documentary About Damo Suzuki - this Sunday at Full of Noises.

Meet film director Michelle Heighway Michelle Heighway and get an insight into her work with the music legend as he confronted cancer while on a never-ending global tour.

🗓️ Sun 28 April 1pm

'HOW CAN WE STOP SHOPLIFTING', asks #r4today . How about:

> Sufficient jobs paying a *real* Living Wage Foundation;
> Secure tenancies & rent controls;
> Affordable utilities & travel;
> Proper, accessible mental health, addiction & family support
> Benefits + training for dignity & hope

Imagine a general election campaign where a political party can interview itself on TV every day. It’s coming soon courtesy of Ofcom. My blog at profpurvis.com #Ofcom #GBNews

Been a bit nervous to post about my writing on here, but an early piece from a play I'm writing is being read on Saturday as part of my involvement with Kala Sangam Freedom Studios Writers Studio Group. I'd love to see some friendly faces, so grab a ticket and come along! 1/2

'Freedom is based on access to information and the ability to imagine what might be', says one of the donors to our Ukraine mobile #Library crowdfunder. Please help us keep imaginations alive during wartime by sending a library to Ukraine. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/mobile-libra…