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First Nations Scot.TESS Poet Laureate 2021/22.Co-founder Glasgow’s @City_of_Poets.Sometimes blood has nothing to do with love at all. #asditties #anneditties

Glasgow, Scotland
Joined May 2019
Photo by Anne Sikking (@AnneSikking)Photo by Anne Sikking (@AnneSikking)
This was also imaged using the #AIRR Single Objective Light Sheet with a 40x 0.95 NA objective. This sample was microinjected with Lifeact-GFP2 protein along with 1 micron YG microspheres which were useful for calibrating the initial acquisition.
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Tell me. Pie in the sky? All this chat of AI? What do we fear to lose? Our autonomy that we all abuse? Our superior reason that takes us to war? Our generosity that starves those next door? Such hubris, to think we know best. Come on AI, be my guest. #anneditties #ai #future
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Who’s this person? (SEVENTEEN at the start!) Who’d worsen @BBCWorld ‘s part. Takes cash for years & (richer) now appears quoting fears. All crocodile tears? Really? @BBCNews BUCK UP! Daft storm in a woke tea-cup? @piersmorgan @PiersUncensored #anneditties
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We seem to lack imagination as a once creative nation. @Refugees come to shore yet we can’t think of something more? Intensive English to be taught? Internships to be sought? Less cost, more integration, incomers reduce #inflation This potential is all evidential. #asditties
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Gosh. Really? @SuellaBraverman knows nothing of humankind? We like strangers only when they’re few, cute, refined… Put @Refugees in anyplace we like, but remember we put them to the knife. If we can’t see what others do, does it make what’s done untrue? #asditty
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I read the news The many views How thru & thru Tories skew Every act to their cash gain. I ask myself Would I use stealth? Increase my wealth, join the filth? Lie aloud to explain? Lucky those who are sure No temptation could endure To divert them from the truth. #anneditties
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Let’s generalise… …about how immigrants energise a nation’s wealth. Give more than they take, pay toward health. Turn up, graft, make the less enthused remember the day when once they were less bemused… Let’s face it. Each of us comes from other places. #Immigration
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#Costs increase, No release from money woes. Every day in the throes of uncertainty, we complain. Yet let me say, there is no price I would not pay to keep my loves From the #Ukraine. All those who fight that awful war, so we can remain safe from it all, Thank you.
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The featured poet at this month's Rock the Boat is the fabulous #EMPA2022 winner Michael Mullen☀️ 7pm on Thursday at Summerhall – entry is free!
Our August hibernation is over! Rock the Boat returns this Thursday 8th September at Summerhall and we have a sensational night planned for you.
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We're hosting Winter Warmers in Nov & Dec so you have a place you can get a wee heat & enjoy cinema and games nights suitable for all ages. 7/11 retro video games 21/11 movie night 5/12 board games 19/12 holiday movie night 6 - 8 PM Free! Just stop by!
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Oh, oh, oh... Crystal clear(?) How they'll pay it all I fear Is with @KwasiKwarteng in DC To sell @NHS maybe...? #liztrussout @BBCNews #indyref2 @BBCScotlandNews @theSNP @alisonthewliss #minibudget2022 @Bell45
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What's not to detest? (Before we let the matter rest) I WANT talk straight (If hard to hear) Less hate Less fear Food for children Plenty to eat (So they ken That life is sweet) Warm homes Shoes that fit No pay day loans Uplands sunlit GIVE me Scotland free #DetestTories
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What's not to detest? (Before we let the matter rest) I WANT talk straight (If hard to hear) Less hate Less fear Food for children Plenty to eat (So they ken That life is sweet) Warm homes Shoes that fit No pay day loans Uplands sunlit GIVE me Scotland free #indyref2
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What's not to detest? (Before we let the matter rest) I WANT talk straight (If hard to hear) Less hate Less fear Food for children Plenty to eat (So they ken That life is sweet) Warm homes Shoes that fit No pay day loans Uplands sunlit GIVE me Scotland free #indyref2
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This Sunday's featured poem is called 'Gay Voice' by @michael_poet_mullen. Read the poem on our website here cityofpoets.com/items/for-ev…... #cityofpoets #cityofpoetsglasgow #scottishpoets #cathairnambard #poetrycommunity
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Thinking @NicolaSturgeon The conference ahead... Glad to live in Scotland, (Not England instead). It's not our borders That keep us apart It's something simpler: Our policies have heart. Thanks to @theSNP, (Despite its flaws), A commitment to justice Propels #indyref2's cause.
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The Young Poet This fantastic mural is a nod to one of Paisley’s most famous sons, poet Robert Tannahill, as it overlooks his place of birth in Castle Street, in the town’s west end. Painted by Mark Worst in collaboration with Paisley Housing Association. @mark_worst
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#negativitysucks #hatesucks #poem Hear those birds all chirping? Yes, chirping on the wind They puff their chests Sing with great pride As if they've never sinned With words of hate, I can't relate Yet I still come again – at Ferndale, MI
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This week's featured poet is Nicola Kirk, the author of 'Ode to a Hanged Heron', which we shared on Sunday. Read more about Nicola here: cityofpoets.com/team/nicola-… #cityofpoets #cityofpoetsglasgow #scottishpoets #cathairnambard #poetrycommunity
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Anne is leading free poetry workshops at @wee_retreat for budding and closet poets, starting on October 12th. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/j5tmm4w3 or theweeretreat.co.uk/whats-on… #cityofpoets #cityofpoetsglasgow #scottishpoets #cathairnambard #poetrycommunity
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