Reposted by Ali RileyRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 17hGeorge Saunders on using AI: "Writing is the most precious way one person can communicate their essence to another person. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get better at making myself present in my writing. Why would I want to sacrifice even one iota of that?" 5477127
Reposted by Ali RileyAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9352353210
Reposted by Ali RileyEmily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend 5795073372
Reposted by Ali RileyNicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...nicolakelly.substack.comThe RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroesI have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like. 341504485
Reposted by Ali RileySinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Genuinely: where is the Prime Minister? Critical infrastructure has been occupied by a fascist paramilitary, volunteers who save people's lives have been threatened and it seems to have gone unremarked upon. 29964377
Reposted by Ali RileyKai Bosworth @kaibosworth.bsky.social · 02/09/2026🚨New article 🚨 Jesse Goldstein, Ben Haskett, Caroline May, and I mobilize "critical university studies" to investigate how "sustainability" is used as a pseudo-activity. we argue higher ed depoliticizes and partitions environmental and climate action. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comCritical University Sustainability Studies: Evaluating <fc>STARS</fc> Reporting as Depoliticized Environmental Pseudo‐ActivityThis article places university sustainability within broader literatures of critical and abolitionist university studies to understand how it depoliticizes environmental action and dispels more radic... 34211
Reposted by Ali RileyCaroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The order to stop teaching about human-caused climate change came at a Sept 2025 meeting of the geography program. Faculty were told to “remove all mention of human causes of climate change from their courses.” & warned if they went to press or politicians, the entire dept would likely be dissolved.joemygod.comLawsuit: West Point Professor Was Forced Out For Objecting To Order To Stop Teaching Climate Change - Joe.My.God.Gothamist reports: A former tenured professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point says the school ordered faculty to stop teaching about anthropogenic, or human-caused, climate change, then pus... 512068
Reposted by Ali RileyStars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.stripes.comWest Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit saysAdam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says. 48877323699
Reposted by Ali RileyFranglaise @franglaise.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Richard Tice is going to pop up any minute to tell the people of Nepal they should just enjoy the swim 432251
Reposted by Ali RileyDaniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton 7165572898
Reposted by Ali RileyRoss Johnson @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered. 326301906759
Reposted by Ali RileyGarry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚 107143315747
Reposted by Ali RileyEddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Harrison Ford and Cookie Monster nom nomming their way through the Indiana Jones theme fills me with an unreasonable level of joy. 225765
Reposted by Ali Riley~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The Great Impotence Myth? Scientists seek to determine whether erectile dysfunction is real or a social construct, and speculate that the older generation may be turning to pills simply because they're too lazy to google big jiggly butts any more. Channel 4 asks: how hard can it be? 7459132
Reposted by Ali RileyRachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 18/08/2026We need two Arday inquiries: 1) Into racist (and misogynistic) bullying by UK press and social media accounts (see also Diane Abbott); and 2) into the duty of care that HE has for its minority staff - a duty of care that in my repeated experience is reserved primarily for white male sex offenders. 519366
Ali Riley @aliriley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1goodlawproject.orgJason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law ProjectCommission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death. 000
Reposted by Ali RileyAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The first new tuberculosis vaccine in a century is heading for mass production. TB still kills 1.23 million people a year. WHO estimates a vaccine with this efficacy profile could prevent 76 million cases and save 8.5 million lives over 25 years. Reuters buff.ly/fI5mDxR #ShareGoodNewsTooreuters.comhttps://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/indias-serum-institute-partners-with-gates-mri-make-expiremental-tb-vaccine-2026-07-16/ 8704274
Reposted by Ali RileyKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet. 17455962065
Ali Riley @aliriley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Heard the awful news and immediately thought back to this post I saw today. Our media and ourselves need to think long and hard about this. 100
Reposted by Ali RileyThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 14/08/2026Yesterday, on the hottest day of the year so far, we saw homes set ablaze and people hospitalised. Wildfires are raging across the UK, almost 3/4's of England is now in drought, and nurses are collapsing on duty as a result the extreme heat. Burnham must start tackling the climate crisis now. 23549204
Ali Riley @aliriley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Might be too early to call but Colwill Brown's 'We Pretty Pieces of Flesh' will be a strong contender for my book of the year I reckon. Hugely nostalgic for me, growing up in the era, the area (Fri nights at Donny Dome) with almost the same accent. 110
Reposted by Ali RileyGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis? Good piece by Sandra Laville I hope the PM breaks his climate silence soon and levels with the country about how bad things are, & what his plan is to tackle climate impacts and fossil fuels www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comHot topic: why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis?Extreme heat is harming wellbeing of ordinary people the PM champions, yet little has been said on the topic 3224299
Reposted by Ali RileyDr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Sorry but the OP is so funny. "Oh you hate AI? Well what if all these things that suck and burn natural resources, and that also stole from you, which you have never used even once went away?" What point is this meant to prove? 3770182
Reposted by Ali RileyJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 02/08/2026Median UK voter in 2026, as predicted by Hugh Laurie some decades ago: 72543692
Reposted by Ali RileyGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Shooting interests & the rightwing press want to exploit the wildfires to reinstate moorland burning. But you don't fight fire with fire. You fight it with water. This wildfire in Wales' Elan Valley in May stopped abruptly when it reached re-wetted peat bogs: www.walesfarmer.co.uk/news/2614875... 224588
Reposted by Ali RileySimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 03/08/2026🧵Right-leaning newspapers are trying to blame Europe's raging wildfires on everything EXCEPT fossil fuels 1. The Wall Street Journal Frontpage story: "Greece fights wildfires as Europe crisis spreads" WSJ editorial: "How green policies fuel fires in Europe" 20352188
Reposted by Ali RileyKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/07/2026It is putting it mildly to describe these people as a death cult. 1623911751
Ali Riley @aliriley.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The Odyssey - well it was fun! Agree with all comments about clunky dialogue and exposition (the early bits with Telemachus and Eumaeus were cringe) but some really fun scenes. Wasn't expecting depth, didn't get it. I put it in the same category as Troy really. I'll look for depth elsewhere 000
Reposted by Ali RileyDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Mohamed Adow, Director of Power Shift Africa: "The UK helped cause the climate crisis by getting rich off fossil fuel-powered development. Climate finance is a debt owed by rich countries - not a debt to be collected from poor countries." 27435
Reposted by Ali RileyAll-Party Parliamentary Group on the Environment @environmentappg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Climate resilience must be at the heart of the new government. Deadly heatwaves have followed record rain and flooding this year. Our inquiry found that the NHS, food system and homes are unprepared.🔥🌩️ Our report sets out priorities for Burnham to make the UK more secure: 11616
Reposted by Ali RileyThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 22/07/2026A few weeks ago, Wes Streeting said there were "serious and substantial allegations of war crimes" in Gaza. Now he is Defence Secretary. He must impose a full arms embargo on Israel and end Britain's complicity in the genocide. 11529185
Reposted by Ali RileyJohn Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Politicians in the Labour Party - including many now in prominent posts under Andy Burnham - could have said something like this all along. But they didn't. They supported the terrible crimes of Netanyahu's government instead. And this is the biggest reason they don't deserve our support. 02810
Reposted by Ali RileyMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. 20378813124814
Reposted by Ali RileyMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 26/06/2026This is remarkable. 912766773
Reposted by Ali RileyJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Britain is more than halfway towards reaching Net Zero. Most people don't realise this, not least as the fossil-fuel fanatics want us to think achieving it is impossible. Via YouGov 181474576
Reposted by Ali RileyEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/202635°C is normal, we used to just call that summer! Here's how many summers topped 32°C 70s 4 80s 2 90s 8 2000s 6 2010s all of them 2020s all of them And here's how many summers topped 35°C 70s 1 80s 0 90s 2 2000s 2 2010s 3 2020s 4 (out of 6 so far) 71233430
Reposted by Ali RileyLucy Burke @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social · 23/06/2026It’s wild that politicians don’t seem to grasp the degree to which universities contribute to the economy- local, regional, national. The failure to intervene is a stain on this govt - a shocking dereliction of duty to every worker, every local business, every student, every area that is suffering 9335141
Reposted by Ali RileyAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 24/06/2026It tells you everything you need to know about Kemi Badneoch and Nigel Farage that as London schools, hospitals and transport networks all buckle under extreme record-breaking temperatures, they gather with fossil fuel lobbyists, climate deniers and the far-right to demand an end to Net Zerobylinetimes.comAs Extreme Heat Hits London, Fossil Fuel Interests and Global Far-Right Politicians Gather for a 'Glastonbury of Climate Science Deniers'Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch are both scheduled to address the event, reports Max Colbert 9324231117
Reposted by Ali RileyLeo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 24/06/2026Letter in today's Times by climate scientist Sir Brian Hoskins: "The discourse around net-zero is increasingly decoupled from…science and our changing weather. "Net-zero is not an arbitrary slogan, rather it is dictated by the laws of physics." 24850399
Reposted by Ali RileyLeo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 24/06/2026++BREAKING++ Leading climate scientists in the UK have written to senior editors in broadcast media - and OFCOM and IPSO: "To express our concern about recent media coverage of extreme weather, climate change and net-zero and to urge you…to inform public audiences of the scientific links" 451589792
Reposted by Ali RileyBianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 23/06/2026FFS I thought we'd moved past the ignorance of illustrating stories about deadly heatwaves with photos of people frolicking at the beach/in lakes/in fountains. Heatwaves are the deadliest agents of climate change. They kill nearly half a million people each year, and that's only going to increase. 131184230
Reposted by Ali RileyCharlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Irony is dead. 71116326
Reposted by Ali RileyGregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 22/06/2026On Wednesday, Parliament will vote on the UK's 7th Carbon Budget, aligned with the scientific advice from the Climate Change Committee. Kemi Badenoch will lead her party in voting against it. The temperature in London on Wednesday: 8207118
Reposted by Ali RileyEmily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 19/06/2026“Whey” www.instagram.com/louiscollene... 5509144
Reposted by Ali RileyDavid Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccineA new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008. 10959451800
Reposted by Ali RileyZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/06/2026There is now clear evidence that the Great Israeli Real Estate event had unlawful activity at it. I've written to the Mayor of London to ask what he intends to do about it. This needs to be escalated immediately. 261069357
Reposted by Ali RileyTanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 10/06/2026There are, in my view, 25 things everyone needs to understand in light of recent events: 1) Those out in our communities last night were not protestors, but organised far right extremists. 2) Their actions align with fascist ideologies. 3) So yes: these are fascist practices on our streets. 🧵 311164642
Reposted by Ali RileySteven Sheil @scsheil.bsky.social · 10/06/2026It's now been a year since I started @adrianchills.bsky.social. Thanks to everyone who has read, reposted and liked the stories. And if you haven't already followed and you like the idea of flash fiction horror stories based on the headlines to Guardian columns by Adrian Chiles, feel free to dive in 13011