Olive Branch

Shopping with a social conscience. No fixed shop premises any more, but still running stalls. Social enterprise.
#Fairtrade #vegan #vegetarian #organic #health

[Olive Branch @OliveBranchBD]

Nick Dearden of @GlobalJusticeUK will be launching his book about the pharmaceutical industry at this event on 1st November.

@GlobalJusticeBd

[Waterstones Bradford Wool Exchange @WaterstonesBD1]

We are having an event! Join us for the book launch of Pharmanomics with @nickdearden75 Wednesday 1st of November. Price of event is redeemable against the book on the 1st #Bradford #WestYorkshire #BigPharma https://t.co/srDNfAArZW

[HortonCommunityFarm @HortonComFarm]

Crowdfunder! Click the link to donate and share https://t.co/iqckkKcVXV Help preserve a vital urban green space brimming with nature and family activities in the heart of Great Horton.

[Olive Branch @OliveBranchBD]

When I logged on today, a box told me I should follow other accounts. Am already following over 3000.

Both times I've replied to someone today, Twitter's said that I ought to engage with other users so that it knows I'm a real person. How is replying not engaging w other users?

[Olive Branch @OliveBranchBD]

@Sectioned_ So have two male wards to each female ward, or wards of different sizes if that doesn't mess up staffing ratios too much.

Being a psychiatric in-patient would be terrifying enough without having to share a ward with numerous male strangers.

[Olive Branch @OliveBranchBD]

@BoswellAffleck @JohnLovesJulie Yes: in English English. You don't hear it very often.

[Olive Branch @OliveBranchBD]

Hey, @BBCRadio4! This is Holy Week. Easter Week is next week.

#HolyWeek #Easter

[Dr Linda Dykes has moved to Bluesky @DrLindaDykes]

I literally have no idea what is going to happen to urgent & emergency care in the UK over next few weeks. We’re surely tipping from “huge delays” to “you will not get treated”. There will obviously be deaths. We can’t even keep up with triaging those in most need. What next?

[Food and Agriculture Organization @FAO]

For #WorldSoilDay, @FAO Goodwill Ambassador for Ecuador, Chef @RodrigoPachecoE, reminds us why healthy soil is important for healthy food.

#Soils4Nutrition

[Olive Branch @OliveBranchBD]

Panel discussion about the environmental effects of fast fashion (online tomorrow evening). You can submit questions.
https://t.co/Ve2A1EO5I3

[Olive Branch @OliveBranchBD]

Futures for Farming and our Rivers - a talk by Natalie Bennett this evening. Also available on Zoom.

[Howemill @howemill]

Today is International Day of Peasants’ Struggle - remembering 30 years of of collective struggle, hope and solidarity for folks blocked from land, working hard to feed their communities and supporting the food sovereignty movement ✊

[Icona @iconawrites]

Vampires have it exactly right: find the sleeping schedule that works for you, avoid excessive sun exposure, and only show up at someone’s house if explicitly invited.

[Olive Branch @OliveBranchBD]

@Wela_SA @horacezhl @naledimashishi It does seem odd, given that it's such a short piece of tape and they could easily walk round it.

[Olive Branch @OliveBranchBD]

@AngelaCorcora11 @TootHillMedley @linda_whyman Some people are getting even richer off this.

[Olive Branch @OliveBranchBD]

@linda_whyman @willshome @KarmaPoliceA1 @femiokes Could a huge rise in standing charge be a significant factor? Idk whether that's a red herring: things vary so much from region to region, often without understandable reasons, whoever the supplier is.

[Olive Branch @OliveBranchBD]

@ElliotElinor Idk your circumstances but have noticed lots of people commenting about facing physical/verbal aggression. That can be very frightening, of course, but in some ways it's harder to know how to respond "acceptably" to quieter undermining, eg not being consulted when you should be.

[Jon Trickett MP @jon_trickett]

Tory Health Secretary just said big cuts are coming for the NHS including scaling back hospital building & treatment operations.

Everything they ever promised has been a complete lie.

[Olive Branch @OliveBranchBD]

This thread starts with conjecture, but it's a subject we need to keep an eye on. Will it turn out to be the latest example of the government assisting in profiteering from Covid-19?

[Christian Aid @christian_aid]

The UK Govt co-hosting a UN virtual pledging summit to help address the growing humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan is welcome. It must be coupled with massively stepping up our own contribution and action to get the Afghan economy back on its feet. https://t.co/sLiG9FlCm5