@technedtp phd student at RHUL, researching @galopukโ€™s history lgbt community responses to violence. also into digital ghosts queer women on tv ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ“บ she/her

Joined September 2018
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olivia ๐Ÿ’ค retweeted
volunteering at the library digitizing archives of the local paper when i see an ad from 26 years ago that the library needs volunteers to catalogue the local paper

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olivia ๐Ÿ’ค retweeted
EXCL: Zack Polanski overheard speaking loudly on his phone on a train saying there's shit loads of new green party members. And the Greens are going to win elections right across England and Wales in May. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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olivia ๐Ÿ’ค retweeted
Robert Peston, "Wouldn't you regret Reform UK coming through in Gorton and Denton if The Greens split the left vote?" Zack Polanski, "We cannot say that Keir Starmer's Labour would be a left wing vote" "This is the party that wanted to slash disability benefits, then had to be shamed not to do it" "It's the same party that eventually lifted the two child benefit cap, but it took over 18 months of children living in poverty" "And it's the same party that is arming an ongoing genocide in Gaza" "So I don't think on any metric you can say Keir Starmer's Labour party represents the left in the country" "That's why I'm confident and not complacent that we can win in Gorton and Denton"
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this is what the cinema is for โค๏ธ
i have nothing but respect for atheist and agnostic folks because genuinely, where do you go when it fucking hurts? when the world feels small and your pain too big for it, where do you go when you choke on your helplessness if not to some divine being....i genuinely dont think
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olivia ๐Ÿ’ค retweeted
Funny way of saying: "We raised the bus fare cap by 50%" ๐Ÿค”
We are capping bus fares at ยฃ3.
Community note
Misleading language; the cap was previously ยฃ2 under the last government. Labour have introduced a new cap of ยฃ3. gov.uk/government/speโ€ฆ
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olivia ๐Ÿ’ค retweeted
No face to face murder will ever top โ€œLinda, I knew it was you!!!!โ€ #CelebrityTraitors #TheTraitors
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it continues to be an extremely Bad Sign that the Met is actively asserting itself as a public political actor these days
The horrific terrorist attack that took place in Manchester yesterday will have caused significant fear and concern in communities across the UK, including here in London. Yet at a time when we want to be deploying every available officer to ensure the safety of those communities, we are instead having to plan for a gathering of more than 1,000 people in Trafalgar Square on Saturday in support of a terrorist organisation. By choosing to encourage mass law breaking on this scale, Defend Our Juries are drawing resources away from the communities of London at a time when they are needed most. We urge them to do the responsible thing and delay or cancel their plans.
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olivia ๐Ÿ’ค retweeted
Not a single person prosecuted. The evidence now being tidied away.
The deconstruction of Grenfell Tower has begun. Thinking of all the people who will be affected & how difficult this will be for them. They still await justice for the 72 people who died as a result of of greed and dishonesty.
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olivia ๐Ÿ’ค retweeted
When I defended my Masterโ€™s thesis under the bombing and rubble of Gaza, the very first question I was asked was: โ€œWhy defend it under these circumstances? What benefit will it bring you now?โ€ I smiled and answered: โ€œMaybe I will die holding this degree, maybe it will be a symbol of resilience and strength, and maybe I will inspire others not to abandon their dreams โ€” even in danger, even when death is near.โ€ This is who I am. I am proud of what I did. Proud that I defended my Masterโ€™s during the war. Proud to have become a Palestinian researcher โœŒ๏ธ
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olivia ๐Ÿ’ค retweeted
16 Sep 2025
Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today.
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olivia ๐Ÿ’ค retweeted
While you're all talking about Charlie Kirk, Israel just took more hostages in one single day than Hamas has taken in their entire existence.
Breaking | Israeli occupation forces abduct over 1,000 Palestinians, including children, from Tulkarm and its surroundings in the occupied West Bank.
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olivia ๐Ÿ’ค retweeted
Today, London is experiencing its worst ever rat infestation since the Great Plague of 1665.
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thereโ€™s no level of delusion like me remaining in the bfi lff queue for 2 hours in the hope that iโ€™ll get a ticket for any of the films i wanted to see ๐Ÿ™‚โ€โ†”๏ธ
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me in 2021 obsessively listening to cmat in lockdown and quoting her in my MA dissโ€ฆ.. me in 2025 getting emosh over her THIRD album!!!
i love to write serious academic things :-)
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the corrie references were for Me ๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿป
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olivia ๐Ÿ’ค retweeted
Lilith is in a perpetual state of anxiety because when it is demanded of her that she "authenticate" herself she has no cell phone upon which to receive a special code; thus, like the man without a country, she has no identity, she is shunned by all authenticated persons.
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olivia ๐Ÿ’ค retweeted
This footage is extremely clear. It is the Met Police assaulting people, not the other way round.
London's Metropolitan Police arrested an elderly woman during a silent protest, violently carrying her away as she joined hundreds holding signs declaring, "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action." Disturbing footage then revealed officers escalating to brutal force against other demonstrators in a shocking display of repression against peaceful dissent.
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olivia ๐Ÿ’ค retweeted
9 Aug 2025
I'm in Parliament Square, London, UK, where police have begun to arrest hundreds of people holding signs saying "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action" . Thread with updates >
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olivia ๐Ÿ’ค retweeted
Date idea we watch every one direction music video and I tell you how it personally affected my life
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