elisi | Lockdown Update Day 101

(As if I was going to pass up THAT number! Changed the subject line though, since we haven't been a House of Plague for months.)

Not a fan of Mr Starmer, but still can't fathom that this incompetent, lying, bigoted ball of dough is actually the Prime Minister.

Actual lols pic.twitter.com/Q3xy3lfak1
— Andy Parmo (@andyparmo) June 24, 2020

Boris Johnson at #pmqs almost comprehending that he might in fact be the person responsible for all this mess pic.twitter.com/nkDhto1w7X
— end of daves ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@davemacladd) June 24, 2020

So, have some petitions!

Publish the Russia report

Offer more support to the arts (particularly Theatres and Music) amidst COVID-19

(Context - and this is just one example: The entire artistic team at the Theatre Royal Plymouth are being made redundant in 3 days.)

Suspend future sales of tear gas and other crowd control equipment to the USA

Food standards petition

And if you were wondering if petitions are worth it:

How Digital Petitions Make Real World Change
Think clicktivism never changed anything? Think again. We dive into the ways one of the biggest petition sites on the internet, Change.org, is giving democracy a shot in the arm

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In case people were curious about the easing of lockdown in England:

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To stop this being an entirely depressing post (the art aside) I give you three Doctors:

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And finally. Tokyo-based French architect and artist Emmanuelle Moureaux, ‘I am here’ comprises the silhouettes of 18,000 women in different colours (x):

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