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Lockdown Update Day 108
Value of fishing industry to UK: £1.4bn a year
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) July 2, 2020
Value of creative industries to UK: £111bn a year
But guess which one the government’s prepared to further devastate our economy, reputation and influence for, and which one it’s happy to let die.
Petition: Offer more support to the arts (particularly Theatres and Music) amidst COVID-19“Let them be well used, for they are the abstract and brief chronicles of the time.” @OliverDowden you are allowing our theatres to die. There has to be proper support before it is too late. The repercussions will be catastrophic. #SaveOurTheatre https://t.co/nYbveOwv88
— michael sheen (@michaelsheen) July 2, 2020
A thread with more Petitions:
And hey, since I'm bitching about the government:BLM UK petitions for Parliament that *still* need signing thread, keep sharing, keep signing👇🏾
— Hasan Patel 🌹 (@CorbynistaTeen) June 27, 2020
Right. Fucksake. Let's Livetweet PMQs then.
— John Bull (@garius) July 1, 2020
Johnson opens by bumblewanking about how amazing the NHS is.
Weirdly, doesn't mention that staff still aren't being tested and that they're stiffing student nurse volunteers out of pay. pic.twitter.com/5RrRB1huz4
This was Sadiq Khan's response when a caller accused him of failing to support the government on Brexit and Covid-19. @mrjamesob | @SadiqKhan pic.twitter.com/Xj0H1hh8w0
— LBC (@LBC) July 3, 2020
~Five years ago...
— Dr Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) July 1, 2020
🇬🇧 The UK was central to European power - acting as its greatest cultural & diplomatic link to the US and Asia.
👩🏻🏫 Our citizens had rights to work & settle right across our continent.
This government took all that away from us. I will never forgive them.
Hopeful things from America:
I don’t think people understand.
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) June 30, 2020
This is NYC right now. Day 30. In a row.
The #BlackLivesMatter movement is just getting started.pic.twitter.com/O45EhLdRU5
It’s sort of overlooked in the national discourse but the current protests are larger and more widespread than even the Civil Rights Movement was at its peak. That’s wild to think about.
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) July 3, 2020
~This is pretty remarkable. The highest-ranking West Point cadets for the Classes of 2018 and 2019 have jointly written a 40 pg. policy proposal with recommendations for making the Academy anti-racist. (1/4) pic.twitter.com/v2YT4LuoYK
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) July 3, 2020
And finally. Aïda Muluneh, Ethiopian photographer and contemporary artist based in Addis Ababa (x):
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It reminds me of all the pushback Harvey Milk got about his certainty that it was only by coming out that the LGBT community would be able to make any progress in their civil rights. Yet only a few years later AIDS did it for them -- there was no way to hide its effects and it turned a generation into activists.
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Isn't it just? Here's to hoping they'll listen.
And while I think the scope of protests has not been discussed enough, I think that it's also not been remarked on that the very shut down of the economy because of Covid has enabled or even encouraged people to protest, which is probably why this is happening now and not 5 years ago, or even 20 years ago since it's not like any of these problems are new.
It's a tipping point for sure. I think it's partly that it's all been brought out in the light of day? The Trump effect means that people can't pretend things are OK. And video phones/social media/'wokeness' are also important - people have the resources and the vocabulary to address all the issues.
It reminds me of all the pushback Harvey Milk got about his certainty that it was only by coming out that the LGBT community would be able to make any progress in their civil rights. Yet only a few years later AIDS did it for them -- there was no way to hide its effects and it turned a generation into activists.
A very sad reason, but yes. I think we are seeing a similar thing with Trans people now - thankfully no AIDS equivalent, but it's no longer hidden. There's a lot of fighting to do though, before they get accepted I fear, but here's to the good fight!
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Feels like my sound engineering & cinema studies degree i worked my ass off for is worth nothing now.
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ANYWAY. My household:
Husband: Film maker & writer (plays several instruments)
Eldest daughter: Going off to do a Fine Art degree in autumn
Middle daughter: Just finished 1st year of Community Theatre degree (plays several instruments)
Youngest daughter: Plays the violin, did her Grade 5 earlier in the year. Loves music, but also science. No idea which way she will go.
(Basically we hope the little one gets a job in science & will be able to support all the rest of us...)
Anyway, I guess we do it for LOVE. Although it'd be nice if it paid bills also.
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Anyway, I shall thrive on American hopefulness!
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(This post brought to you by me scrolling through my Twitter...)