Eco worrier | novelist | Co-Editor-in-Chief @westenglandbylines.co.uk | Debut novel Tipping Point Genre Winner 2022 Page Turner Awards. Views my own. https://www.michellecookauthor.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3mzbhv6ebbk2gWhat in God’s name is wrong with Hayley Stevens?!01 Nov 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbhv6ebbk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3mxlo3a7i522uThere is no pleasure quite like trying on new walking boots and they fit like gloves…11 Oct 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxlo3a7i522uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3mxeskgjqls2mYes! More of this stuff please [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Oct 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxeskgjqls2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3mwg3mn6s422hThere are a few hilarious aspects to this article, the first of which is that it’s filed under ‘health’. People are going to nail salons, spending time and money ‘with the goal of looking as if they'd never been there at all’. Peak 2026 human… https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpd7zw43wexo26 Sep 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwg3mn6s422hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3mvua7bihpc2oK. Off you pop, then Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm0463619r1no19 Sep 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvua7bihpc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3mvp3yyjzgc2kBig Oil, with help from ‘conservatives’ is covering its arse on climate change https://youtu.be/J-CjaGC2hmE?si=O-YZ__mGNz0kOcpE17 Sep 2026 07:11 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvp3yyjzgc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3mv5jnn6kfs24How it’s going… https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/portsmouth-racism-reform-hotel-migrants-protest-5HjdhCd_2/ https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/portsmouth-racism-reform-hotel-migrants-protest-5HjdhCd_2/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAUPLthwZG9mBWZkaWQWUOI7tmWzpG06VyFGeT8B0-geYgwBWGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR7SZjJYht8QLOm-hZvIgXNVqJGR8-oYVS4-_gGxyGYbzT7FQQ3-ZBhND_44LA_aem_9okb-gmnqaY076ZbSDaHrg10 Sep 2026 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5jnn6kfs24https://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3muxe546x522lThey could try not assaulting them, I suppose https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clykg71xvg5o?app-referrer=search07 Sep 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxe546x522lhttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3mtk7besu6s2zWe need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1 https://goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a120 Aug 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk7besu6s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3mtchicjmr22aMy article about what Burnham can learn from the US fight back [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtchicjmr22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3msymh7mxvs2kA few years ago, I wrote some books about what it might be like if the world was on fire. Now the world (at least, my world) is on fire, I have complicated feelings about them. Here’s the first book. amzn.eu/d/08oKrUmb https://amzn.eu/d/08oKrUmb13 Aug 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3msymh7mxvs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3msur5p6qcc2sReform council tells volunteers to leave Durham park “None of us ever imagined that caring for a public park would lead to the threat of legal action” https://northeastbylines.co.uk/region/county-durham/community-group-and-council-legal-action-threat-in-durham/12 Aug 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3msur5p6qcc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3msgg76222c2fWell, if Burnham hasn’t yet, he just needs one conversation with this guy about storytelling https://youtu.be/GK24thp_2Qo?si=nuvblTCSwEB7I8w806 Aug 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgg76222c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3msavt5kj6k2lAbsolute gold https://youtu.be/6sj2m3SCXC8?si=esmNAkbtjUI3LLBv04 Aug 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3msavt5kj6k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3mrvewbq4dk2uI’d like to ask Burnham what the fuck is ‘pragmatic’ about throwing out more fossil fuels when the world is already on fire???30 Jul 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvewbq4dk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cookiem72.bsky.social/post/3momofmiucs2aCongratulations @andyburnham.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉 Now for electoral reform. If you don’t change the way the sausage is made you just keep on getting the same sausages19 Jun 2026 06:06 +0000at://did:plc:4igotogidd5yvzockirthcui/app.bsky.feed.post/3momofmiucs2a