Reposted by Alex ThorntonJordan @jordevio.soy · 04/10/2026This one is so fucking specific man 301257259
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If I thought Blueskiers were insufferable at the best of times. Right now, it's like a Vote Blue No Matter Who plague has been bought down upon my discover feed 000
Reposted by Alex ThorntonMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The Southern Three-Banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus) is one of the only armadillo species capable of rolling into a completely sealed sphere: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu... 25768721011
Reposted by Alex ThorntonAlex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Genuinely don't know what all the hate is about Emily Wilson's review is. I loved the Odyssey, but there wasn't one thing in the review that I would argue with. The characters were shallow, and I thought it was a really interesting idea about the human being lost in the grandiosity of the spectical 6131
Reposted by Alex ThorntonAnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Data Centers are being built in secret. 🤐 18571362638
Reposted by Alex ThorntonDr. Jenny Morber @jrmorber.bsky.social · 13/07/2026techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/h...techcrunch.comInstagram users: Here’s how to stop Meta’s AI from using your photos | TechCrunchMuse Image allows users to generate AI images using photos from public Instagram accounts. As long as a person's profile is public, another user can tag that account and use their images as part of an... 053
Reposted by Alex ThorntonSocialism for All (S4A) ☭ Intensify Class Struggle @socialismforall.bsky.social · 09/07/2026There is hope for a Marxist socialist movement in the USA, but it's going to take many rounds of having capital try to mislead people with populist & revisionist fakers before enough people see through it to have a meaningful, principled movement ✊ 15618
Reposted by Alex ThorntonDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 10/07/2026RELEASED! Those arrested in raids this morning have now being released with only one bail condition: not to upload any more videos in support of Palestine Action Isn’t that already illegal? Everyone in the UK has that condition! They have not been charged. We love you all! Here’s Rajan: 511051
Reposted by Alex ThorntonOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 01/07/2026This is such an important point. 17745255
Reposted by Alex ThorntonDr Fern Riddell @drfernriddell.bsky.social · 15/06/2026But that is exactly how the suffragettes operated. With a nationwide organisation of sleeper cells of arsonists and bombers. I’m gratefully people have reached out and referenced my work today. I remain (I believe) the only academic expert on the terrorism of the suffragettes. Links below: 21888384
Reposted by Alex ThorntonRobert Wright @reporterrwright.ft.com · 12/06/2026Breaking news: Derbyshire Police has launched a criminal investigation and removed an officer from frontline duties over allegations of use of AI to "create evidential material in a number of cases": as.ft.com/r/46862d95-f...as.ft.comCriminal investigation launched into alleged use of AI by police officerDerbyshire Police says officer probed over allegations of perverting the course of justice 14329206
Reposted by Alex ThorntonDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Legal professionals, journalists, and defendants family members denied entry to court say @skynewsrss.bsky.social as protests continue outside the sentencing of Filton 4 today. Thousands are gathered to defend the right to oppose genocide, save lives & protest. news.sky.com/story/palest...news.sky.comPalestine Action latest: Hundreds gather to protest outside court as activists face sentencingFour Palestine Action activists will be sentenced today for destroying equipment at an Israel-based defence firm's UK factory. As they await their fate, hundreds of protesters have gathered outside Wo... 03517
Reposted by Alex ThorntonGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Utterly heartrending and enraging to read this piece. This is where 'pure, cold rage' gets you: pogroms on the streets and care workers cowering in their homes. Arrest the rioting racists, ban X, cap political donations, turn the screws on the fascists. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘It was so terrifying’: care workers tell of being trapped at home by Belfast mobSumayah Nakazibwe and Stella Ariokot feared they would be next as fires took hold of neighbouring houses 418451
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Check out my first ever Substack post on why I really dislike "Tax the Rich" as a slogan substack.com/@alexthornto... 000
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Do we think that Hasan Piker would defend Jonathan Ross to the hilt in the same way he does Platner if he suddenly ran as a "progressive" tomorrow? 000
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This is why anyone saying that Trump is "stupid" or the war on Iran is "idiotic" is getting played. He's not being stupid, he's making shit loads of blood money off the suffering of the working class 000
Reposted by Alex ThorntonThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 08/05/2026🚨 GREEN MILESTONE 🚨 For the first time, the Green Party has 1,000 councillors 💚 Congratulations to Cllr Maxine Webb - the 1,000th Green Party councillor - on being elected to Norfolk County Council 🎉 151330339
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 03/09/2025I have been watching Philosophy Tube for years and was so incredibly disappointed with her liberal Zionist take in this video. She makes a whole video about the genocide of the American Indians and then tries to both sides the current genocide of the Palestinians. NO BOTH SIDES IN A GENOCIDE! 000
Reposted by Alex ThorntonBadEmpanada @badempanada.com · 20/01/2025I am a radical extremist unhinged communist. I am against the West, liberal values, and democracy. The goal of my content is to spread propaganda that will contribute to the collapse of Israel, Europe, the USA, the UK, Canada, and Australia. Follow if you agree! 481253100
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Fucks sake @wimbledonltc.bsky.social stop using AI. It's just gonna speed up the death of the sport with climate breakdown 010
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 14/04/2025This is an absolutely brilliant article that gives voice to so much that I've been feeling of late. This is where we are now and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't terrified. However, none of us have to face this alone. Solidarity forever! Get organised with your friends and your communities 020
Reposted by Alex ThorntonLewis Winks @lewis-winks.bsky.social · 12/03/2025If you're near Falmouth, there's a screening of Dartmoor Calling on the 2nd April -charting the radical history of the national park, from Syliva Sayer to modern campaigns for access and nature. Q&A with @hollyastle.bsky.social and I included! @righttoroam.bsky.social thepoly.org/whats-on/eve... 0189
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Probably one of the worst articles I've read this year. Tl;dr "Activists won't compromise with fascists and this is a terrible thing" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comLeftwing activists less likely to work with political rivals than other UK groups, study findsExclusive: Lack of understanding by ‘progressive activists’ of other voting blocs has led to rise of far right, authors argue 120
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 29/01/2025I would be surprised about Rachel Reeves supporting a third runway at Heathrow, but what did we expect from a colonial neoliberal party who stands for nothing but lining their own pockets? Pairs nicely with more blood money those arms licences are bringing in, eh @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ? 010
Reposted by Alex ThorntonCovering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 11/12/2024“Whatever the next round of youth climate activism looks like, youth activists overwhelmingly agree that it will be about more than just climate,” writes Austyn Gaffney in @nytimes.com.buff.lyAs Teenagers, They Protested Trump’s Climate Policy. Now What?Some young climate activists who were galvanized under Donald Trump’s first presidency are taking a different approach to his second. 0163
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Brilliant video. I get the fear of doing political content when you haven't "earned" it, but I think everything is political. Just because "you're just a music theorist" doesn't mean you can't talk about complex topics. You're using the same muscles to analyse politics as you use to analyse music. 110
Reposted by Alex ThorntonCONFLICT NEWS FELLA @warosintfella.bsky.social · 05/12/2024A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo 17067154416304
Reposted by Alex ThorntonHolly Astle @hollyastle.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Cover reveal for a project I worked on earlier this year! Published by Moon and Bird imprint, and written by the talented Yussef Rafik, this has been such a fun book to illustrate! It’s available to pre-order now from various booksellers and is out next year 💚 032
Reposted by Alex ThorntonSordya 〓〓 @sordyakernow.bsky.social · 29/11/2024New Post! sordya.net/2024/11/29/o... We bring you audio, with transcription and Kernewek translation, from Rodney Nute of his recollection of participating in the famous Operation Chough by the revived Stannary Parliament to cut down English Heritage signs in Kernow. #Cornwall #Cornish 052
Reposted by Alex Thorntoneve6 @eve6.bsky.social · 24/11/2024People are like "there are no right wingers on blue sky" and i don't get it there are plenty of liberals on here 340143821984
Reposted by Alex ThorntonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/11/2024How much more evidence do we need, after 29 failures, that the climate COPs are not fit for purpose? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. There have been many proposals for a process that would actually work, but all are ignored. The talks are MEANT to fail. 1212623672
Reposted by Alex ThorntonHolly Astle @hollyastle.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Today Right to Roam Kernow trespassed on Enys estate, which spans over 1000 acres and has been owned by the same family all the way back to the 13th century. Photos by @alex-thornton.bsky.social 0256
Reposted by Alex ThorntonMeggggggg @mivtachyahu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024"We're bad at using power structures and systems designed to empower people who value homogeneity and conformity over complexity and individuality" GOOD. We should be bad at those. This is the explicit meaning of "The Master's Tools". 022
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 22/11/2024It's been an incredible week. What a way to kick off the Right to Roam Kernow campaign. Incredible artwork, brilliantly curated by @hollyastle.bsky.social and fantastic gigs, talks, and workshops. Lots more to come! 031
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 21/11/2024I've written a piece for Sordya about the recent Right to Roam Kernow protest at Roche Rock against a recent microenclosure. Go check it out! sordya.net/2024/11/21/r...sordya.net 020
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Took a few photos on an incredibly misty Halloween morning. This was one of my faves. 010
Reposted by Alex ThorntonJames Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 16/11/2024For those that weren't able to be there for @wimcarton.bsky.social & Andreas Malm's excellent @gsiexeter.bsky.social Overshoot seminar, then fear not as the recording is now online. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-PN...youtube.comGSI Seminar: 'Overshoot' with Andreas Malm & Wim CartonYouTube video by University of Exeter 55723
Reposted by Alex ThorntonJen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Hello friendos Your librarian here with today's library tip Check out both the Libby and Hoopla app. Both offer ebooks and e-audiobooks. You don't need a Kindle to use them, you can read or listen on your phone, computer, and are compatible with Apple Carplay and Android Auto. 2756129796
Reposted by Alex ThorntonHolly Astle @hollyastle.bsky.social · 14/11/2024A small introduction for the new platform: I’m Holly, an illustrator, mural artist, climate activist and land rights campaigner! 🌿 162
Reposted by Alex ThorntonHolly Astle @hollyastle.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Been putting my all into organising a festival for @righttoroam.bsky.social down in Cornwall, and it’s all coming to life next week! Join us for music, art, films, feasts, workshops and talks! www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/right-to-... 1206
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Unsurprising as they've known about climate breakdown since the '60s, but yes. Don't let the likes of Big Oil or the Labour party gaslight you into believing that carbon capture is a solution. @wimcarton.bsky.social and Andreas Malm have written a great book on this 020
Reposted by Alex ThorntonHolly Astle @hollyastle.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Help me get rid of my boxes of calendars in my living room. Illustrated Cornwall calendars for sale on my website now: www.hollyastle.co.uk/shop/p/2025-... 043
Alex Thornton @alex-thornton.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Guess I'm jumping on the leaving Twitter train. Getting off Twitter is a good start, but remember to get off socials all together and out into your local community and build upon it! I guarantee lots of things are already going on: community gardens, direct action groups, book groups, etc... 070
