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4 Oct 2021
Ran the @LondonMarathon yesterday (my first), having raised money for the @mssocietyuk. Such an incredible experience - I can’t wait to do it all again
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4 Oct 2021
Also thank you to the Instagram outage for reminding me that there are other social media platforms I can use to bore people with my running talk 🙃
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3 Oct 2021
What a morning watching #LondonMarathon and seeing my bestie @rwldng absolutely smashing it for @mssocietyuk 🙌🏼💗
If you can, please donate here & read Rachel’s story: justgiving.com/fundraising/r…
Thank you so much everyone!
#mssociety #SundayMotivation
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Rachel Downes retweeted
13 Mar 2021
This brutality in response to a peaceful vigil is so completely shocking. It didn’t have to be this way. @pritipatel needs to answer for it in Parliament on Monday #ReclaimTheseStreets #ReclaimTheNight #EnoughIsEnough
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13 Mar 2021
Men celebrating a football win vs women peacefully holding a vigil for a woman who has been murdered, where a police officer is the prime suspect.
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14 Feb 2021
How was my Valentine’s Day? Well, despite lockdown, I actually managed to line up two dates
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11 Dec 2020
Ran my second half marathon of the year yesterday. of ever in fact. Thought I hated running before lockdown, now couldn't be without it. Feeling grateful for that one aspect of the pandemic
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2 Oct 2020
📈 Lookups for 'schadenfreude' have spiked 30,500% merriam-webster.com/news-tre…
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11 Aug 2020
Hey @PritiPatel we think the real crisis is our lack of humanity for people fleeing war, climate change and torture. We pulled together a thread for you..
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14 Jun 2020
Rest in power to all the people that lost their lives and #Grenfell three years ago and love to all the bereaved and survivors. 👊🏾
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Rachel Downes retweeted
7 Jun 2020
White people please watch. This is trauma that Indigenous, Black & other People of Colour face from our experiences w police. I still fear police from when they burst into my home, pushed me to ground, threatened me. My "crime": entering my own home at night w my child in my arms
7 Jun 2020
Terrell Paci, a 23 year old black firefighter was RACIALLY PROFILED and held at GUNPOINT by PROVIDENCE POLICE.
He was on duty, in full uniform, infront of his work place.
FUCK THE POLICE!
BLACK LIVES MATTER!
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Rachel Downes retweeted
2 Jun 2020
Stop saying British racism is invisible. Did you not see Grenfell burn? Don't you know victims still haven't been rehoused? Did you not see families crying on TV about Windrush deportations? Have you not seen the reports about institutional racism in policing, in stop and search?
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Rachel Downes retweeted
4 Jun 2020
we still need justice for sandra bland.
we still need justice for breonna taylor.
we still need justice for deborah danner.
we still need justice for pamela turner.
we still need justice for korryn gaines.
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Rachel Downes retweeted
2 Jun 2020
What’s the need for a UK #BlackLivesMatter movement? There isn’t any racism, institutional bias or oppression in the UK? Just bandwagonning? An excuse to make noise and go outdoors?
A thread.
#BlackLivesMatterUK
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Rachel Downes retweeted
1 Jun 2020
7% of the UK population attend private school, yet they account for:
74% of judges
32% of MPs
43% of top journalists
44% of newspaper columnists
38% of the wealthiest in TV, film and music industries
30% of “popstars”
44% of the top earning actors.
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Rachel Downes retweeted
4 Jun 2020
Does anyone know of any engineering and/or product managers who are willing to mentor black and brown folks?
Feel free to comment! There is plenty of black and brown talent looking for mentors in technical roles too.
It's the perfect time to help out! 👇
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