Reposted by AnanizaptaCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 25/03/2026NEW: Will Google's AI hype man kill the BBC? I've written about Matt Brittin because the coverage of his time at Google is shockingly naive. The BBC's next DG is a corporate yes man at a rapacious AI monopoly that preys on journalism in order to destroy it. 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/matt-britt...thenerve.newsWill Google’s AI hype man kill the BBC?Matt Brittin spent two decades at Google, a tech company helping to destroy journalism. His appointment as leader of Britain’s biggest news organisation represents an existential threat, writes Carole... 30611377
Reposted by AnanizaptaGetty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Which medieval creature are you? Pause to find out. 2740898
Reposted by AnanizaptaMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Don't download the Trump app. Everything he does is underhanded and dishonest. 1391612708
Reposted by Ananizaptahookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 24/09/2026From tonight's Hookland talk on Re-enchantment as Resistance at @treadwells-books.bsky.social. 'Folklore is often the wild frontier of belief, the place where wonder may still live. Here be Woodwoses, here be Harrowhounds, the ghosts which whisper wisdom.' #FolkloreThursday 1417260
Reposted by Ananizaptahookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Fun fact, MAH is part of Hookland as part of remembering differently and has been for 14 years. 1241
Ananizapta @ananizapta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Horrifying, fascinating and incidentally increases my suspicion that population culling lurked behind the thinking of Johnson, Gove and others during the pandemic. 010
Reposted by Ananizaptaffrf.org @ffrf.org · 21/09/2026Yeah, that’s why they’re called “creation geologists.” If they understood geology, they’d just be geologists. 1919626
Reposted by AnanizaptaReuters @reuters.com · 16/09/2026Canada applies to join UK-led military coalition, says Carney's office reut.rs/3VzN6Owreut.rsCanada applies to join UK-led military coalition, says Carney's officeCanada has formally applied to join the British-led Joint Expeditionary Force military coalition, Prime Minister Mark Carney's office said in a statement on Wednesday. 19125
Reposted by AnanizaptaJamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026My first morning in the Omaze house. I didn’t sleep. I could hear crying from behind the door I’m not allowed to open.The only thing to eat is frozen prawns. I went for a wander round the 4 acre garden and found a box of VHS tapes marked ‘For the next one’. I’m sure it’s fine. I’m sure it’s all fine 18841218
Reposted by AnanizaptaForthWrite2 @forthwrite2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026'Some of Patriot Platform's disruptive, eye-catching tactics seem to have been borrowed from environmental groups like Just Stop Oil.' Oh? Not my first thought regarding the male-only black-clad balaclaved anti-migrant thugs. Interesting interpretation. 1171
Reposted by AnanizaptaThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... 321420631
Reposted by AnanizaptaSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Lifeboat museum forced to close after abuse from thugs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukPoole Old Lifeboat Museum shuts after protesters target volunteersThe museum in Poole says it will remain closed until until the anti-migrant protests stop. 71459303
Reposted by AnanizaptaPaul Singh 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @paulsingh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Kier Giles on the links between Russian ultra nationalists & Trumps foreign policies ⬇️⬇️ 088
Reposted by Ananizapta🗽 @snabbkassa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9yG...youtube.comJeeves & Wooster | Roderick Spode 6 | British bicycleYouTube video by LIST Analysis 0294
Reposted by AnanizaptaAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The Lady of Elche. This remarkable 2,400 year-old limestone bust of a woman with elaborate headdress and jewellery is an icon of Iberian culture from pre-Roman Spain. From La Alcudia, Elche, Spain. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. 📷 by me #Archaeology 16867213
Reposted by AnanizaptabfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 07/09/2026@annelouiseavery.bsky.social's Patreon - "Old Fox's Grand List of Thirty Things to Do in September. Number Seven: Scrumping Apples from Thomas Hardy's Cottage" #OldFoxCommunity (Old Fox, a visit & picking old-variety apples) Today is a good day to subscribe www.patreon.com/annelouiseav...patreon.comOld Fox's Grand List of Thirty Things to Do in September. Number Seven: Scrumping Apples from Thomas Hardy's Cottage | Anne Louise AveryOne fine, cold morning in September, Old Fox had set off from Dorchester across the water meadows to Stinsford and the Bockhamptons. On the 0105
Ananizapta @ananizapta.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I was astounded that this morning BBC radio news gave air time to one of last night's protesters pronouncing that he knew these people had their human rights but we could get around them. This was broadcast without further comment. WTF, @bbcnews.bsky.social ? 010
Reposted by AnanizaptaSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This "boxing clever" comment could be read as 1. Its a non-violent direct action movement [??? Eg: violence] 2. Its not the right TIME to *create* a violent movement NOW [? Maybe] 3. Not the right TIME to *acknowledge* NOW that this direct action "army" will prepare for violence too. [Probable] 2143
Reposted by Ananizaptapaulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A selection of Donald Trump's Truth Social output over the past hour... 52210
Reposted by AnanizaptaCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Christopher Harborne - the Reform mega donor who gave Farage £5m - is suing ex-Reform deputy leader, Ben Habib. The particulars of claim have now been published. And we need to talk about them. 1/ 13596342
Reposted by AnanizaptaSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Several hundred masked men blockade traffic at the Dover port for a few hours. The Kent police say that no arrests were made. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...bbc.co.ukPort of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roadsHundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port. 3015651
Ananizapta @ananizapta.bsky.social · 05/09/2026What an embarrassment Chris Mason is, @bbcnews.bsky.social ! To hear him musing whether the fallout from the sting operation screened by @channel4news.bsky.social was *'just growing pains'* or whether it might be an ethics issue, although Farage was denying it...Weak? Or worse? 000
Reposted by AnanizaptaRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Scenes like this did a lot of damage to Mosley and the BUF in the 1930s. Though that relied on Conservative papers reporting them. 14308137
Reposted by AnanizaptaPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI 20836001429
Reposted by AnanizaptaBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Ten years ago, ‘You Took the Last Bus Home’ was published. It was my first collection of poetry and incredibly, it’s still going strong. To celebrate the anniversary, I thought I’d share a poem from it every day this month, starting with the title poem. 2034679
Reposted by AnanizaptaBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Seamus Heaney died on this day 2013. 38920
Reposted by AnanizaptaImpeach Trump ❤️🤍💙🌊 @potusvpotus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026𝟔𝟎+𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐂 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟐. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #Trump #EpsteinFiles #POTUS 77339
Reposted by AnanizaptaCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Oh my, 🔥🔥🍁💪🏻 The Podolski Honey Farm opened their online ordering today and well, everyone crashed the website due to a boatload of orders 🤭😏 18343133
Reposted by AnanizaptaErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The way that AI does absolutely nothing but simply repeat back to you whatever you’ve said using a different order of words and expects us to believe that means the computer understood us makes me want to TEAR MY FUCKING HAIR OUT 261500303
Ananizapta @ananizapta.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comSharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research findsExclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubles in July 000
Reposted by AnanizaptaProfessor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 07/09/2025This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife? 753400991
Reposted by AnanizaptaTrades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 26/08/2026This is the story behind Dolly Parton's hit song "9 to 5". In the 1970s women in office jobs faced discrimination. They were paid less, passed over for promotions and experienced sexual harassment. The 9 to 5 movement was established to fight for better treatment of working women. 37523
Reposted by AnanizaptaCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Here's Jason Arday's death - and the media's role in it - trending on social media, again. And yet it's *nowhere* in the mainstream media today. It's "fallen" out of the news cycle in the same way that Russian scientists "fall" out of windows. 🔗 281001352
Reposted by AnanizaptaEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26 10628181393
Reposted by AnanizaptaRichard III Society @richardiiisociety.bsky.social · 22/08/2026PLANTAGENET, RICHARD Remember before God Richard III, King of England and those who fell at Bosworth Field, having kept faith. August 22nd 1485 Loyaulte me lie 12713
Reposted by AnanizaptaThe former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 21/08/2026A perceptive analysis with a devastating final paragraph that is bang on the money. 1/3 73816
Reposted by AnanizaptaIona Fyfe @ionafyfe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I need to shift 60 last tickets for my Fringe show to break even. I’m a Scottish folksinger, performing self-penned, trad ballads and translations in Scots My shows are 21 and 23. Any support/reposts would go a long way. ❤️ 🎟️ Tickets → bit.ly/fringeif 2200344
Reposted by AnanizaptaEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10 461020610
Reposted by AnanizaptaTom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 17/08/2026On the last day for Rosebank ‘consultations’, a hillside in Eryri scorched by wildfire has been used as a canvas. 05329
Reposted by AnanizaptaHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The president is making US policy friendlier to North Korea and Russia than Canada and Oman. Are you kidding me? 1586274047387
Reposted by AnanizaptaAdam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Don't exclude middle aged and old people too. 828529
Reposted by AnanizaptaSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16/08/2026There needs to be more urgency from the police to investigate + prosecute this clear incitement to xenophobic violence against asylum seekers, the platform + the online regulator Ofcom & ministers to cut off & prevent this malicious & unlawful content inews.co.uk/news/vigilan... 16646260
Reposted by AnanizaptaByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026🟣 SUBSTACK Yes, Androids Do Dream of Electric Sheep By @peterjukes.bsky.social Read below. ↓bylinesupplement.comYes, Androids Do Dream of Electric SheepPeter Jukes explores how the hallucinations of AI reveal that machines can never match the power of the human unconscious 13310
Reposted by AnanizaptaTHE NERVE @thenerve.news · 15/08/2026NEW STEWART LEE column The climate crisis requires concerted global opposition to Trump and the fossil fuel industry, not just restrictions on corner shops selling grills www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le... 9269116
Reposted by AnanizaptaSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is an inappropriate, credulous & politically biased BBC headline. The claims about savings will be sharply contested. News reports should not imclude what reads as an ediorial endorsememt in the headline www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 1181749522
Reposted by AnanizaptaProf Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Ban disposable barbecues is probably the most inadequate crisis response I have ever encountered. 1414
Ananizapta @ananizapta.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Oi, Burnham! Severe Alert? I'll give you a Severe Alert! What are your plans to tackle the climate emergency? What are you going to do about North Sea oil? Where's your Environment Secretary? The planet's on fire, man! Telling us not to cook a sausage isn't going to cut it! Get out here and lead! 031
Reposted by AnanizaptaJames Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Ironically that alert just made me drop my portable bbq onto my firework collection 12584125
Reposted by AnanizaptaPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Another study, touted by vaccine deniers is retracted. According to the BMJ article from 2024, COVID vaccines, given to protect lives, appeared to responsible for a large number of “suspected adverse events.” Previous studies have shown that the vaccine saves lives. 🧪 archive.today/ie8kPscientificamerican.comMajor COVID study that fueled vaccine skepticism retracted over ‘misinformation’This study was originally published in 2024 and was criticized as being misleading by other scientists at the time 11283172
