Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialOonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 23mIt's a good thing leading a campaign to dehumanise a minority and strip them of their rights doesn't put people at risk, or this guy would be a massive hypocrite. #TransRightsAreHumanRights 173 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialJohn Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 15/10/2026The work of literary translators is so important & essential. Replacing literary translators is like replacing original authors: You lose the compelling human choices that give art its meaning. If Michael can't see that, that devalues my trust in @europaeditions.bsky.social (which I handsell often) 111830 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialMark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 16/10/2026First single you bought with your own money. No lying! Mine: "Red Box - Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)", 1985. Still know every word. 40111712 0
andyinmilan.bsky.social @andyinmilan.bsky.social · 16/10/2026My second one was All The Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople 010 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026NEW Sally Rooney and Faber are not overreacting in withdrawing books from the UK market Their interpretation of Section 15 of the Terrorism Act is not fanciful By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...prospectmagazine.co.ukFaber withdrawing Sally Rooney's books from the UK is no overreactionTheir interpretation of Section 15 of the Terrorism Act is not fanciful 19518251 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialNormal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 14/10/2026You might have seen my post on this yesterday. While I got lots of nice messages, I also got a load of hateful bile, so I've written this article to set the record straight. The dehumanisation of disabled people has to stop www.normalisland.co.uk/p/disabled-p...normalisland.co.ukDisabled people are not riding around in free cars. That’s not how it works.Sorry folks, but I’m breaking character today because Nigel Farage has pissed me off and I need to set the record straight. 14252102 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 14/10/2026OK, there is something very, very weird going on in the press right now. It certainly appears, from the outside, as if certain people are being very much protected in a way that was not afforded to certain other people! Let's start with the facts around Lola Salem... 🧵1/ 331191653 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14/10/2026NEW The FAFO of Harold Godwinson: how the Bayeux Tapestry tells a moral tale and a constitutional story Looking at a great work of medieval sequential art By me at the Empty City emptycity.substack.com/p/the-fafo-o...emptycity.substack.comThe FAFO of Harold Godwinson: how the Bayeux Tapestry tells a moral tale and a constitutional storyLooking at a great work of medieval sequential art 712544 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialTweeets of Dogs Automated @tweeetsofdogsauto.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Repost by @TweeetsOfDogs Never Forget Old Dogs Are Beautiful Too 🩶🥰❤ Even though he’s old, this dog still gets excited when seeing his owner.. ❤️ Click to see original repost 893295279 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialGays Of Bluesky @gaysof.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Hot take: "I'm fine with gay people, I just don't want it shoved in my face" almost always means "I'm fine with gay people as long as I never see one hold hands." Visibility isn't an attack. It's just us, living. 2111 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialMr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 02/10/2026Always happy to help with costume ideas for your #cats. 1394731875 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NEW The diabolical defending of Manchester City Understanding an aggressive litigation strategy By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk (Prospect paywall is down currently.) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... #MCFC 2123995 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yay! The Wolf That Chews Rocks has been accepted for sale in Waterstones and other bookshops, and should be in stock in around a month. Globally. In the meantime, it's 25% cheaper to buy direct. Link on russelljonesauthor.com 1421025 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156165205566 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Lots of pieces in the print media recently about the decline of reading in children. Here's a little thread on ways to help your kids get reading again: 13280123 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Prospect paywall is down! These are all my articles, you lucky people www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/author/2821/...prospectmagazine.co.ukDAT Green - Prospect MagazineThe latest news, opinion and analysis for Prospect by DAT Green 29043 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger. 442234734 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialSlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"I don't fucking think so" 0867198 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialRoel Maalderink @roelmaalderink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hoe vinden Meta-medewerkers hun eigen Meta-bril? (Samen met @bitsoffreedom.eurosky.social) 691934906 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialEmily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend 5695773413 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialwrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Around this time 40 years ago, our headmaster was away and handed assembly duties (which normally consisted of songs like 'Cross Over The Road') to our PE teacher who got the entire school to dance and sing along to The Birdie Song. He was arrested soon after for sexually assaulting 6 students 5181 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialSMD's pension @anothersmd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The whole "small boats" issue is a problem created out of thin air by successive right wing governments and amplified by a racist media who don't want a single brown person in this country. It's so simple it fits in one post and I can add this sentence too. 1383119 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Just as well those committing wrongs against the RNLI are not holding placards supporting a proscribed organisation, else they would really be in trouble. 01242312 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialSerene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 22/09/2026'Italy has recorded its hottest summer since 1950, as extreme weather takes a growing toll across the country. Northern Italy was hit by torrential rain, flooding and landslides, while the south grappled with prolonged heat, drought and water shortages.' newseu.cgtn.com/news/2026-09...newseu.cgtn.comNorthern floods, southern droughts: Italy’s hottest summer since 1950Contrasting weather made it a tough season for residents across the country. 022 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 21/09/2026one of my proudest moments was being told by a former Gove staffer that he once angrily proclaimed: "I am NOT an eldritch horror!" in a team meeting, because of me. 2462297 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialAll The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 21/09/2026The alien writing in ARRIVAL wasn't just squiggles. Artist Martine Bertrand designed a complete language of around a hundred circular logograms, each carrying real meaning, so the heptapods' communication would hold up to scrutiny. Follow us for more behind-the-scenes facts. 07214 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialScreenRant @screenrant.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Cats and witches and... taxidermy? Oh my! #Stuffed director #TheoRhys weighs in on the importance of theatrical musicals while on the #TIFF red carpet. 🐈⬛ #redcarpet #TIFF2026 022 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialModerated by Matt @moderatedbymatt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Moderated by Matt: 2026 Toronto Film Festival: Stuffed youtu.be/yD5LCX2OYE0?... #stuffed #theorhys #harrymelling #moderatedbymatt #jossholdenrea #Tiff #jodiecomeryoutu.beModerated by Matt: 2026 Toronto Film Festival: StuffedYouTube video by Moderated by Matt 011 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialOblivion Sound Lab @oblivionsoundlab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Drill down into this thread and check out the early versions of Take on Me. The very first version sounds like ‘60s garage rock, and Morten Harket’s initial stab at the song is completely bonkers. 052 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialOonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My son has a play on at the King's Arms in Salford next month - 6/7/8. You can buy tickets on this link: linktr.ee/cormackeating And if you see me, say hello. I'll be the grey-haired woman sobbing with pride. Thank you 🙏 32314 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialMatthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I am so excited to see Andrew Scott play Ian Charleson in Elsinore. 3598 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Kākāpō numbers pass 300 for the first time in 75 years. New Zealand’s flightless, nocturnal parrot now totals 325 birds, after a record 90 chicks fledged this season, built on the Department of Conservation’s recovery programme, which started with just 51 birds in 1995. DOC buff.ly/7YIOBd9doc.govt.nzKākāpō population reaches new milestoneThe official population of the critically endangered kākāpō has reached a recovery-era high of 325 birds. 10737250 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Good news: Baxter has escaped the Bezos ecosystem. You can now buy The Wolf That Chews Rocks direct — and cheaper than Amazon, with UK, US and Australian options. russelljonesauthor.comrusselljonesauthor.comThe Wolf That Chews Rocks by Russell JonesDogs, science and chaos. Buy the illustrated hardback direct for £18.99. 914338 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If you want to see people go crazy, bring up the trans community. Seriously, my defense of trans people’s right to just f***ing exist without all of us having to pull down our pants and prove what genital we have, brings all the commenters to my posts.… 0175 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Today is the 506th anniversary of the death of the Revered Dr John Colet, Renaissance scholar, Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, founder of St Paul’s school, and… a man whose bodily ooze was tasted 161 years after his death 3245 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialShe Guevara @sheg7.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Roses are red Violets are blue The singular "they" predates the singular "you" 325170 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Brad and I are celebrating our 18th wedding anniversary today, September 14, 2026, in New York City. Brad and I were married on Sept 14, 2008, at the Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. 2949421333113 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 14/09/2026One early reviewer specifically mentioned this as their favourite entry from the Field Guide. I have never met a Weimaraner that didn’t appear to know something terrible about me. The Wolf That Chews Rocks is out now: www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-That-Ch... 18712 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialRiley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦖 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Opposition to trans rights is a fascist position. If someone is opposing trans rights, they're a fascist. So when democrats are reminding us again they oppose trans rights they're being... I know you can figure this out, they're... 110520 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 14/09/2026To celebrate publication day of The Wolf That Chews Rocks, a selection from the book’s Field Guide to Familiar Oddballs. The dachshund, an animal whose fundamental disagreement with the world is visible from space. It's legs are not visible from the sofa. Out now. www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-That-Ch... 47815 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialChris Toop @birdingcyclist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Don't usually promote things on here. But anyone interested to learn why a dog behaves in certain ways in often hysterically funny and wonderfully descriptive words should read The Wolf That Chews Rocks by @russincheshire.bsky.social The bath time scene in particular is worth the cover price! 5⭐ 0114 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Well, this is a lovely way to begin publication day. “His writing style puts me very much in mind of the late great Douglas Adams.” I’m having that carved onto something. The Wolf That Chews Rocks is out now (all major outlets) www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-That-Ch... 1226127 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialThe 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... 321420632 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialBrexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Here's a French video (with English subtitles) about what would happen if the far-right racists got their way and all foreigners and people of colour were forced to leave. 12631361619 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialNicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 12/09/202412 September 1942, what is known as the "Laconia Incident" in Britain, or "Laconia Tragedy" in Italy, takes place in the South Atlantic, near Ascension Island. Learning the details of this terrible event, it becomes clear why the denomination is different in the two cultures [Thread] >> 1 48849 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialMatthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The first gay kiss on a children’s TV programme was edited out by the BBC - and then secretly reinserted by a mystery employee. A fascinating story from the era of Thatcher and Section 28 by @scottygb.bsky.social.theguardian.com‘That was all secret’: the ‘gay mole’ who fought the BBC to show the first queer kiss on kids’ TVEveryone thinks Byker Grove broke the taboo in 1994, but another teen drama got there first. Here’s the astonishing story of Two of Us, which put a gay relationship on UK screens – and was the origina... 65310 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 10/09/2026As a brown migrant living in the UK legally, this is precisely why there can be *no* compromise on the fundamental right of seeking asylum. Pretty quickly it’s anyone who ‘looks’ like an asylum seeker - ie brown or black - who is targeted. No one is safe from this. 3761240 0
Reposted by @andyinmilan.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you... 685265844795 0
