Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026i can stockpile food for three days IF the black out / polar vortex / russian attack happens IMMEDIATELY after the food delivery arrives. any later and we’re done for. 120
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... top marks to both the courtroom artist and the picture editor.theguardian.comDaniel Thomas pleads not guilty after alleged dinghy slashing in ChannelFar-right activist who was filmed appearing to slash boat with blade is refused bail as he denies charges 010
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.nts.live/shows/otaku/... in retrospect it seems the whole balearic/trip hop/chill-out/back-to-mine genre of the early 00s was xennials chasing the donkey kong country dragonnts.liveOtaku: Donkey Kong Country OST 17th August 2026Playing Soundtrack, Video Game Music. Soundtrack selections from the classic Donkey Kong Country series of video games. 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 28/08/2026the ronnie o’sullivan mural in sheffield is excellent and captures perfectly what i see as the essence of the man #snooker www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comArtist defends Ronnie O’Sullivan mural in Sheffield saying it isn’t finishedCritics say painting looks more like a zombie but artist Chris Ashmore says ‘touch-ups’ are still to happen 040
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 12/08/2026we’re going to get eclipse sun stroke aren’t we? 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 12/08/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/... @poplarharca.bsky.social @towerhamletsnow.bsky.social doing the bare minimum possible while families have no running water. such abysmal mealy mouthed quotes in this article too. the press officers can’t even be bothered.theguardian.comThey cannot even flush their toilets: life in east London blocks where taps often run dryDevons Road estate residents describe months-long ordeal of not being able to wash, clean or cook for much of the day 010
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 07/08/2026academic writing needs more ”no thanks to…” anti-acknowledgement sections. 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026*Cold open* *They check their phone* *Carries on blanching asparagus* 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026finished alan moore’s jerusalem (an incredible work, but i want a medal for getting to the end) to start his newest ‘i hear a new world’. the dedication is emphatic 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 29/07/20261985 episode 1 of neighbours is wild! starts off with a nightmarish dream sequence (surreality long before bouncer’s famous dream) and daphne arrives as a stripper. proto twin peaks vibes u.co.uk/shows/neighb...u.co.ukNeighbours, Series 1985, Episode 1 - Classic Neighbours | Watch on UFirst episode of the classic Australian soap. Des Clarke's bucks party gets out of hand. 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 28/07/2026🫠 watching storm chaser documentaries just to feel a vicarious breeze 001
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... if only someone had written a rigorous-yet-engaging academic treatise on this subject about a decade ago.theguardian.comAm I a chicken-shop lefty? Here's what a French fast food row taught me about politics | Coco KhanFeathers are flying over the halal chicken chain Master Poulet opening a branch in gentrified Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine – it’s an issue of wealth and class we know only too well, says writer and podcaster ... 020
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026if kermit the frog really is part of the #worldcup final half-time show, then all the star spangled hydration breaking cheerleaders will be forgiven. 100
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026cabot square is the most poorly designed open space in london. this is the final word. 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026two new cajun/creole seafood joints opened up around here in the last 6 months, and (via influencers) a big hit with gen z londoners. another twist in black atlantic culture. 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 15/07/2026www.tes.com/magazine/new... i think it’s fair to say that the academisation of schools has been a total shit show and benefitted very few (including the £200k pa execs). and yet there’s no mechanism for returning them to local authority control. just transferring them to other corporate entities.tes.comMAT to be broken up after behaviour policy backlashAthena Learning Trust’s nine schools will transfer to other organisations after trustees acknowledge a ‘clear need for change’ 021
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 04/07/2026www.theguardian.com/football/202... fmmfl 🤦♂️theguardian.com‘Emotional connection’: Wonderwall becomes England’s World Cup anthemOasis tune has been sung from Texas to Massachusetts and soon in Mexico City – and the players have joined in too 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 03/07/2026everybody interviewing publicans and police for their response to proposed 5.00am pub opening for ‘the match’. the real winners here are obviously coke dealers. 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026honestly, for all the games of laxative twister and naked high jumps, it IS beautiful, innocent and unexpectedly moving. ‘Jackass: Best and Last’: A Moving Look at Male Friendship and Aging (Really) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/m...nytimes.com‘Jackass: Best and Last’: A Moving Look at Male Friendship and Aging (Really) 010
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026www.theguardian.com/education/20... don’t stop until the end of their holidays sees them boarding the plane as part of group C before getting the National Express back from Luton airport.theguardian.comAcademy school leaders in England face pay cap to curb ‘banker-style’ salariesNearly 100 academy chief executives earn more than £200,000 a year, and at least one more than £500,000 010
Reposted by Alex Rhys-Taylorescalatenow.bsky.social @escalatenow.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Current status #GreenwichFootTunnel. There just has to be a solution to ensure this crucial piece of cross-river infrastructure is fully reliable and accessible for the thousands of people choosing active travel. @willnorman.co.uk @sebdance.bsky.social @transportforall.org.uk #WoolwichFootTunnel 131
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026there are an awful lot of former NASA/aeronautic engineers inventing domestic heating/cooling devices smaller than your toaster. 100
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 15/06/2026i hope it goes without saying, but i think the under 16 social media ban is so stupid. smacks of old new labour, a political miscalculation that’ll bite labour in a couple of years. but also illiberal and ethically flawed. it’s not like there are youth clubs and print media to fill the vacuum. 100
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 13/06/2026www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... the 9/10 parents figure at the top here is sus. surely it is 9/10 parents that voluntarily responded to the consultation. not a random sample in the least.theguardian.comUK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?These young people recognise dangers of ‘addictive’ social media but have differing views on a total crackdown 050
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 12/06/2026#2 has been told she get more points in PE if she shows a “growth mindset”.media.tenor.comhomer simpson from the simpsons holding a sign that says the end is nearALT: homer simpson from the simpsons holding a sign that says the end is near 010
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026mid 40s and the advertising algorithms really started throwing shit about various ailments and their cures hoping something will stick. anyone else getting mad adverts for feet warmers/circulation devices? 010
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 11/06/20261860s @nytimes.com had a billiards column. what happened guys? 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 08/06/2026the city i live in is the city of angles 010
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026donald duck in the cool blue mathematical land of billiards youtu.be/cdVRvYnqj6w?...youtu.beDonald Duck in Mathmagic Land - BilliardsYouTube video by Subterranea 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... is there anything more english than an exploitative over-entitled landlord?theguardian.comAndrew sublet three cottages while paying ‘peppercorn rent’ to crown estateReport into royal property affairs reveals disgraced ex-prince generated private income from Windsor Royal Lodge 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026FT says US in talks to expand nuclear weapons deployments in Europe. I say the team behind Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ cannot start shooting the remake of ‘Threads’ fast enough. 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 01/06/2026the planets seem to have aligned and i’ve been asked to review a book that i really wanted to read. it happens like, every few years or so. 010
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 01/06/2026youtu.be/9-pkeLfy-ho?... this is excellent. "snooker seems to thirve in times of recession". i wish somebody had told me it was added to the amazing bbc archive 4 months ago. c'mon guysyoutu.be1982: Why are People Queuing Up For Snooker? | Nationwide | Classic BBC Sport | BBC ArchiveYouTube video by BBC Archive 054
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 01/06/2026centre alignment for text over 3 lines long. e.g. a page long abstract. seeing it more and more. and in professional settings. is it a gen z thing? whatever the cause, it needs to stop. 010
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 31/05/2026today i defeated a domestic fat-berg. it was a not-too-distant relative of the whitechapel fat-berg (sorry thames water). it was a truly filthy and odious experience. but spiritual in its own way. atoning for infrastructural sins. 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 27/05/2026its eid-al-adha, there’s a breeze and a hundred family meals are being prepared round here. i wish i could tell you how good the neighbourhood smells. star anise, warming onions, loads of citrus and fish. a lot of fish. and plumes of rice steam. but it transcends the sum of its parts. 010
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202... hard to imagine what Robert brown-envelope-from-porn-baron/property-developer Jenrick would have against planning officers.theguardian.comReform UK civil service plan ‘would sack more planning officers than exist’Analysis of party’s proposed cuts also suggests it would get rid of two-thirds of psychologists who support prison staff 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 20/05/2026i given it less than a week before the daily mail rehashes an old article on uk bushmeat trade and the threat if ebola. 110
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 18/05/2026i’ve found around 20 feature films (not yet all verified) that depict people having sex on a pool table. are there any that feature sex on a snooker table? or is this too disrespectful for the green baize? or just too english? 100
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 16/05/2026“we have to make sure both protests are scheduled for the same day ok? and to make sure the media predict a riot.”media.tenor.coma man and woman are looking at each other with a showtime logo in the cornerALT: a man and woman are looking at each other with a showtime logo in the corner 010
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 14/05/2026angela rayner’s is the only name that you can chant to the tune of seven nation army. that’s all i’m saying. 030
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 12/05/2026www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m... ❤️theguardian.comSnookering you again: Big Break to return with Stephen Hendry on trick-shot dutiesThe BBC is to bring back the classic gameshow after 24 years away, with Paddy McGuinness to present 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 12/05/2026now is the time for the PM to be photographed in that Stone Island jacket again. 010
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 12/05/2026love a good typo. especially one that makes me thirsty. “entrepreneurial sprite”. 000
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 12/05/2026local elections got us all enervated. rightly so. watch out for the algorithms exploiting this affective shift. 000
Reposted by Alex Rhys-TaylorAlex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 11/05/2026YOU should probably come to this 👉@goldsmithsuol The CUCR Summer Lecture Series presents Dan Hancox: Music Sound and Cities. It’s right up your street. Book here www.eventbrite.com/e/dan-hancox... 031
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 11/05/2026interesting chance convo with a ‘safety by design’ 👮officer today… she told a story of a really brutal attack in woolwich next to new build offices… wherein the residents heard non of the screaming outside because the advances in sound proofing and glazing technology. 100
Alex Rhys-Taylor @alexrhystaylor.bsky.social · 11/05/2026YOU should probably come to this 👉@goldsmithsuol The CUCR Summer Lecture Series presents Dan Hancox: Music Sound and Cities. It’s right up your street. Book here www.eventbrite.com/e/dan-hancox... 031