Simon Barrow

Writer | Poet | Politics, ethics, beliefs | Art | former director @Ekklesia_co_uk | NUJ | @TUG_SNP | Music: @MusicTippett @YesSolidMental

[Simon Barrow @simonbarrow]

'Transforming Christian-Muslim relations', with Rowan Williams, @monasiddiqui7 & @simonbarrow Videocast now online https://t.co/lEO7tqT2cO

[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @CNDuk]

CND is happy to have signed this letter to the outgoing PM over the government's military spending hikes. £5 billion of spending outlined in Tuesday's Defence Investment Plan remains unfunded, threatening even more cuts to public services. We need investment in #PeopleNotNukes!

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely..."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sunset at Orholm (1896)
🎨 Peder Mørk Mønsted

[Voice of Rabbis @voiceofrabbis]

After losing her law firm job for publicly criticizing Israel, Melat Kiros refused to back down.

Now she's a 29 year old immigrant, former barista, and democratic socialist who just unseated a 15 term incumbent to win a seat in Congress.

More and more people are rejecting Zionist politics. The idea that Zionism speaks for everyone is losing ground.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Frances Seward, abstract landscape photographer based in New Mexico #WomensArt

[Simon Barrow @simonbarrow]

Meta/Facebook’s egregious censorship continues. You can read Sarah’s book here: https://t.co/rTkIVHFFF9

[The News Agents @TheNewsAgents]

"What the f*ck is going on, because this doesn't feel normal," says @maitlis.

META whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams is under such a strict legal gag that she was asked to leave The News Agents studio

https://t.co/Ihs1876WFj

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

The Israeli Foreign Ministry & IDF have been weaponising false claims against @pressfreedom to deflect attention from the 200+ journalists they’ve killed, many deliberately. Journalism is not a crime & the attacks on CPJ will only embolden Israel further

[Thea @TheaEuryphaessa]

The culture will steal you away from yourself every day, and you have to steal yourself back every night, you have to—and that goes for the body as well.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés, The Joyous Body

[Ekklesia Network @Ekklesia_co_uk]

We mourn the loss of the wonderful @BernaMeaden, a long-time and hugely valued Ekklesia associate. But we also remember her with immense gratitude. Love and prayers to Jim, Bernadette’s family, and all to whom she was special.

[Jill Segger @quakerpen]

For her many friends on this platform, the funeral of @BernaMeaden will begin at 11am tomorrow morning. The quiet and grateful moments in our hearts, wherever we may be, will reach the grieving.

[Edmund @Kulambq]

'The poet is the grounder of being.'

Martin Heidegger

[Béa Gonzalez (sophiacycles) @SophiaCycles]

What we neglect in ourselves blends itself secretly into our actions towards others.~CG Jung, The Red Book

[Matt McManus @MattPolProf]

"A socialist is just someone who is unable to get over his or her astonishment that most people who have lived and died have spent lives of wretched, fruitless, and unnecessary suffering."

Terry Eagleton

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

Tell me your hijacked words. I’ll start.
National living wage - which you cannot live on
Affordable housing - that many can’t afford
Carbon neutral - when the atmosphere is still polluted

[jackie kemp @jackiekemp]

Bad choice for a renewables based grid. We need flexible top up like batteries and hydro. The cost of nuclear means you can’t turn it on and off. It’s expensive, and Scotland has better options. And when they turn off Torness there will be more space to export renewable power

[Simon Barrow @simonbarrow]

Expect much more of this, as reality trumps tech bro hype.

[Simon Barrow @simonbarrow]

@SPFLWatch You’re right… too many armchair abusers haven’t even done the maths.

[Hesse Philosophy @HermannHessed]

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”

— Simone Weil

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

NEW: The story behind a silencing.

Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn Williams is trapped in a parallel private justice system. I've written about what it tells us about the "post-state" future, a cryptolibertarian dream that's close than we realise.

🔗 below

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

Legendary cellist Pablo Casals (Yo-Yo Ma's hero), at age 93, on creative vitality and how working with love prolongs your life https://t.co/PqirxD0hB4

[medici.tv @medicitv]

[BIRTHDAY] Happy Birthday to German violin phenomenon Anne-Sophie Mutter! Watch the virtuoso perform Bach’s Partita for Solo Violin No. 2, a work that showcases her astounding artistry. https://t.co/PRP49MkcDm