Stefan Simanowitz
@StefSimanowitz
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"Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit" (bell hooks) || journalist || campaigner || @amnesty || Easily distracte
Joined February 2010
1/. “How is it that all scientists are not mystics? Cosmologists not poets? Biologists not shamans? How is it that those to whom the Universe reveals such wonders, are not enraptured each day? And each night, how do they close their eyes on this?” https://t.co/GJycqaeiU4
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@simon_reeve @GretaThunberg The latest Red List of endangered species worldwide lists no fewer than 48,646 species which are now facing extinction This is higher than at any time in human history
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@NewJournal @HamandHigh @HampsteadHighSt @HampsteadVllg @TulipSiddiq @Keir_Starmer @campbellclaret @Camron_aref @MarcusBoyland @LCinNW @cityoflondon @GreenJennyJones @Harryslaststand @tanita_tikaram @RobbieRinder @ameliagentleman @Rubywax @LDN_environment @SadiqKhan @CamdenTownLDN @LondonLive @theLDNstandard @MetroUK @Cumberbitches @Harry_Styles @Baddiel @ESdispossessed @NickFerrariLBC @TheStage @TimeOutTheatre @london_theatre @londontheatre @theJeremyVine @islingtongztte @hackneygazette @CityCorpHeath @highgatelondon @BBCJustinR @JoJohnsonUK @BorisJohnson @dannycarrier @sueperkins @FayRipley @StephenMerchant @thetimes @LonGreenParty @XMenMovies @klaxons “The Lido Café is a place that means a lot to an awful lot of people. There are plenty of chain cafes in London. This particularly is a place that that shouldn’t be” actor Stephen Campbell Moore @Frankie_Mack reports on ystdy’s incredible #SaveTheCafes Cabaret for @BBCLondonNews
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The global journalistic community must stand behind Saleh & the 248 - at least - other journalists killed in Gaza. We have to demand justice on their behalf but also our own. What Netanyahu has done sets a dangerous precedent across the world. https://t.co/c698WzxUB6
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Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.
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@NewJournal @HamandHigh @HampsteadHighSt @HampsteadVllg @TulipSiddiq @Keir_Starmer @campbellclaret @Camron_aref @MarcusBoyland @LCinNW @cityoflondon @GreenJennyJones @Harryslaststand @tanita_tikaram @RobbieRinder @ameliagentleman @Rubywax @LDN_environment @SadiqKhan @CamdenTownLDN @LondonLive @theLDNstandard @MetroUK @Cumberbitches @Harry_Styles @Baddiel @ESdispossessed @NickFerrariLBC @TheStage @TimeOutTheatre @london_theatre @londontheatre @theJeremyVine @islingtongztte @hackneygazette @CityCorpHeath @highgatelondon @BBCJustinR @JoJohnsonUK @BorisJohnson @dannycarrier @sueperkins @FayRipley @StephenMerchant @thetimes @LonGreenParty @XMenMovies @klaxons “Keep the chains off the Heath & keep local London cafes independent” Today, from 1pm - 5pm, come down to Swains Lane for an afternoon of live music & performance in support of the #SaveOurCafes campaign “Next week @cityoflondon will make a decision” according to @NewJournal
“We don’t need a revolution: we need ten of thousands of revolutions. Revolutions in our homes and workplaces, at beanfeasts & at public houses up & down this land.” (Emerson Warner) Ystdy, Andrea (@HulaMyHoop on Insta) did 400 revolutions...on her bum! #TheFightBackStartsHere
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It is time to seize the opportunity to end this horror, mend what can be mended and salvage what is left of our shared humanity. #HumanityMustWin✊
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“I like to envision the whole world as a jigsaw puzzle...If you look at the whole picture, it is overwhelming but if you work on your little part of the jigsaw & know that people all over the world are working on their little bits, it will give you hope.” https://t.co/OPTO0I8ci9
"Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved." "What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." Jane Goodall was the best of us.
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The winner of 2025 Nobel Peace Prize is Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado #DonaldTrump will be seething! This was Doris Lessing finding out from a reporter that she’d won the #NobelPrize for literature in 2007.👇 #NobelPeacePrize #Trump
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BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to
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@NewJournal @HamandHigh @HampsteadHighSt @HampsteadVllg @TulipSiddiq @Keir_Starmer @campbellclaret @Camron_aref @MarcusBoyland @LCinNW @cityoflondon @GreenJennyJones @Harryslaststand @tanita_tikaram @RobbieRinder @ameliagentleman @Rubywax @LDN_environment @SadiqKhan @CamdenTownLDN @LondonLive @theLDNstandard @MetroUK @Cumberbitches @Harry_Styles @Baddiel @ESdispossessed @NickFerrariLBC @TheStage @TimeOutTheatre @london_theatre @londontheatre @theJeremyVine @islingtongztte @hackneygazette @CityCorpHeath @highgatelondon @BBCJustinR @JoJohnsonUK @BorisJohnson @dannycarrier @sueperkins @FayRipley @StephenMerchant @thetimes @LonGreenParty @XMenMovies @klaxons @piersmorgan On Sunday, there will be a “Save The Cafés Cabaret” from 1pm - 5pm on Swains Lane (between Superette & Fam) hosted by the @GladeTheatre There will be performers of all descriptions & everyone is welcome to step onto the impromptu stage & do a turn #SaveOurCafes #SaveTheLidoCafe
“How does she do that?” We were privileged to have “Hoopla My Hoop” at the #GladeTheatre She holds the world record (@GWR) for hooping on her bum! Thanks so much to all the performers who came to the #GladeTheatre by Parliament Hill ystdy, & to the audiences who got involved
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@NewJournal @HamandHigh @HampsteadHighSt @HampsteadVllg @TulipSiddiq @Keir_Starmer @campbellclaret @Camron_aref @MarcusBoyland @LCinNW @cityoflondon @GreenJennyJones @Harryslaststand @tanita_tikaram @RobbieRinder @ameliagentleman @Rubywax @LDN_environment @SadiqKhan @CamdenTownLDN @LondonLive @theLDNstandard @MetroUK @Cumberbitches @Harry_Styles @Baddiel @ESdispossessed @NickFerrariLBC @TheStage @TimeOutTheatre @london_theatre @londontheatre @theJeremyVine @islingtongztte @hackneygazette @CityCorpHeath @highgatelondon @BBCJustinR @JoJohnsonUK @BorisJohnson @dannycarrier @sueperkins @FayRipley @StephenMerchant @thetimes @LonGreenParty @XMenMovies @klaxons @piersmorgan @TeleTheatre “This is about people & not profit. It’s vital that we stand up for people who run businesses that serve the community, to preserve the livelihoods of individuals who have been crafting relationships with their customers.” Benedict Cumberbatch joins the campaign to #SaveOurCafes
Benedict: “This is about people and not profit. It’s vital that we stand up for people who run businesses that serve the community, to preserve the livelihoods of individuals who have been crafting relationships with their customers.” https://t.co/mht8bZIrbr
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@NewJournal @HamandHigh @HampsteadHighSt @HampsteadVllg @TulipSiddiq @Keir_Starmer @campbellclaret @Camron_aref @MarcusBoyland @LCinNW @cityoflondon @GreenJennyJones @Harryslaststand @tanita_tikaram @RobbieRinder @ameliagentleman @Rubywax @LDN_environment @SadiqKhan @CamdenTownLDN @LondonLive @theLDNstandard @MetroUK @Cumberbitches @Harry_Styles @Baddiel @ESdispossessed @NickFerrariLBC @TheStage @TimeOutTheatre @london_theatre @londontheatre @theJeremyVine @islingtongztte @hackneygazette @CityCorpHeath @highgatelondon @BBCJustinR @JoJohnsonUK @BorisJohnson @dannycarrier @sueperkins @FayRipley @StephenMerchant @thetimes @LonGreenParty @XMenMovies @klaxons @piersmorgan "If the @cityoflondon is truly interested in serving the people that frequent the Heath, they should actually ask them what they'd prefer. Perhaps the tens of thousands of signatures against this potential change already answers the question." (Actor, Stephen Campbell Moore)
Young swimmers write 'love letters' to save popular lido cafe
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@NewJournal @HamandHigh @HampsteadHighSt @HampsteadVllg @TulipSiddiq @Keir_Starmer @campbellclaret @Camron_aref @MarcusBoyland @LCinNW @cityoflondon @GreenJennyJones @Harryslaststand @tanita_tikaram @RobbieRinder @ameliagentleman @Rubywax @LDN_environment @SadiqKhan @CamdenTownLDN @LondonLive @theLDNstandard @MetroUK @Cumberbitches @Harry_Styles @Baddiel @ESdispossessed @NickFerrariLBC @TheStage @TimeOutTheatre @london_theatre @londontheatre @theJeremyVine @islingtongztte @hackneygazette @CityCorpHeath @highgatelondon @BBCJustinR @JoJohnsonUK @BorisJohnson @dannycarrier @sueperkins @FayRipley @StephenMerchant @thetimes @LonGreenParty @XMenMovies @klaxons “The Lido Cafe is an institution. Places like this are what makes London so special. It is at the heart of our community” James Righton, keyboard player for the @klaxons & Keira Knightley's husband, adds his voice to the call on @cityoflondon to #SaveOurCafes #SaveTheLidoCafe
James McAvoy & others back campaign to save cafes. “If the City of London Corporation wants to serve the community on the Heath and other places it is crucial that we protect our sense of community by keeping these cafes in experienced local hand" https://t.co/4YarqRg7K2
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@NewJournal @HamandHigh @HampsteadHighSt @HampsteadVllg @TulipSiddiq @Keir_Starmer @campbellclaret @Camron_aref @MarcusBoyland @LCinNW @cityoflondon @GreenJennyJones @Harryslaststand @tanita_tikaram @RobbieRinder @ameliagentleman @Rubywax @LDN_environment @SadiqKhan @CamdenTownLDN @LondonLive @theLDNstandard @MetroUK @Cumberbitches @Harry_Styles @Baddiel @ESdispossessed @NickFerrariLBC @TheStage @TimeOutTheatre @london_theatre @londontheatre @theJeremyVine @islingtongztte @hackneygazette @CityCorpHeath @highgatelondon @BBCJustinR @JoJohnsonUK @BorisJohnson @dannycarrier @sueperkins @FayRipley @StephenMerchant @thetimes @LonGreenParty @XMenMovies @klaxons @DowntonAbbey “It is crucial that we protect our sense of community by keeping these cafes in experienced local hands. The current owners tailor these spaces to the people & communities they serve in a way that large chains & corporations are just incapable of doing" James McAvoy, @HamandHigh
James McAvoy shows support for ‘Save the Cafés’ campaign to save London’s independent cafes: “If the City of London wants to serve the community on the Heath and other places it is crucial that we protect our sense of community by keeping these cafes in experienced local hands.”
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“It is important to understand that this isn’t a peace deal…Israel is notorious for breaking #ceasefire deals.. Netanyahu says one thing to an international audience & something else to a domestic audience.. Israel is not a good faith actor.” @yarahawari
The war in Gaza is over A ceasefire agreement has been reached Three US officials and a Hamas official have confirmed to @AP that a ceasefire deal has been agreed #Hamas #ceasefire #Israel #Palestine
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“Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?” #Trump #DonaldTrump #ThisIsNotADrill
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Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus? TRUMP: Suspending who? Q: Habeas corpus TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
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“Kim Jong-Un speaks & his people sit up to attention. I want my people to do the same” Trump said this in 2024 He doesn't just admire dictators. He wants to emulate them “Plenary authority” is absolute power! Power with no democratic checks & balances! https://t.co/5y9sIqJXtb
Trump: Dictators are the smartest people. Xi controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist Rogan: But dictators are evil and dangerous Trump: Actually, we have evil people in our country
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Good news! The Council of Europe will further strengthen standards on the trade in tools of torture & expressed its support for a global Torture-Free Trade Treaty & encouraged its 46 member States to coordinate their action to this end at the United Nations #TortureFreeTrade
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@NewJournal @HamandHigh @HampsteadHighSt @HampsteadVllg @TulipSiddiq @Keir_Starmer @campbellclaret @Camron_aref @MarcusBoyland @LCinNW @cityoflondon @GreenJennyJones @Harryslaststand @tanita_tikaram @RobbieRinder @ameliagentleman @Rubywax @LDN_environment @SadiqKhan @CamdenTownLDN @LondonLive @theLDNstandard @MetroUK @Cumberbitches @Harry_Styles @Baddiel @ESdispossessed @NickFerrariLBC @TheStage @TimeOutTheatre @london_theatre @londontheatre @theJeremyVine @islingtongztte @hackneygazette @CityCorpHeath @highgatelondon @BBCJustinR @JoJohnsonUK @BorisJohnson @dannycarrier @sueperkins @FayRipley @StephenMerchant @thetimes @LonGreenParty “Ten days to save our cafes” With a decision by @cityoflondon imminent, more stars have spoken out James McAvoy (@XMenMovies) James Righton (@klaxons) & Stephen Campbell More (@DowntonAbbey) join Benedict Cumberbatch to say #SaveOurCafes Cabaret Sunday https://t.co/BeHYTgkzPL
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EU/Libya: Alarming escalation of attacks threatening the safety of humanitarian NGO rescuers and those they are rescuing in the Mediterranean🧵
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More “static in the earpiece”? Stephen Miller didn't experience a technical glitch here He said Trump has “plenary authority" (i.e. can do whatever he likes) & then realised he’d said too much and froze like a rabbit in the headlights. #StephenMiller
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@NewJournal @HamandHigh @HampsteadHighSt @HampsteadVllg @TulipSiddiq @Keir_Starmer @campbellclaret @Camron_aref @MarcusBoyland @LCinNW @cityoflondon @GreenJennyJones @Harryslaststand @tanita_tikaram @RobbieRinder @ameliagentleman @Rubywax @LDN_environment @SadiqKhan @CamdenTownLDN @LondonLive @theLDNstandard @MetroUK @Cumberbitches @Harry_Styles @Baddiel @ESdispossessed @NickFerrariLBC @TheStage @TimeOutTheatre @london_theatre @londontheatre @theJeremyVine @islingtongztte @hackneygazette @CityCorpHeath @highgatelondon @BBCJustinR @JoJohnsonUK @BorisJohnson @dannycarrier @sueperkins @FayRipley @StephenMerchant @thetimes @LonGreenParty @CarolineLucas @London_Centric With just weeks until the @cityoflondon decide on whether to strip the leases from 5 much-loved cafes, locals are staging a #SaveOurCafés Cabaret This Sunday (12 Oct) from 1pm ‘til 5pm on Swains Lane (between @superette & Fam) With music, puppets, magic, poetry & performance
Decision time on who will run Hampstead Heath cafés:
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