Reposted by Andrew HaleyAndy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 14/02/2025🌳The Crowhurst Yew, thought to be 4,000 years old, predates Christianity itself. A living portal through time. 🕰️It’s one of the locations in my Ultimate Guide to Time Travel: 10 Places That Confound the Time Continuum. Step inside: www.digest.andymarshall.co/the-ultimate... 215935
Reposted by Andrew HaleyOpinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 07/02/2025please stop bringing Ye's trash from Over There to Over Here 828669629
Reposted by Andrew HaleyLouise @plw18.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Lots of opposition to this, but the results so far are looking good. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comBradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first yearAfter one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter 35620
Reposted by Andrew HaleyDonald Johnson @donjohn8.bsky.social · 06/02/2025My problem with DEI has always been where the approah works. I've tried to engage it's proponents numerous times on the tactics and whether the assumption they made were valid. >>It shouldn’t be surprising that most diversity programs aren’t increasing diversity.<< hbr.org/2016/07/why-...hbr.orgWhy Diversity Programs FailAfter Wall Street firms repeatedly had to shell out millions to settle discrimination lawsuits, businesses started to get serious about their efforts to increase diversity. But unfortunately, they don... 001
Reposted by Andrew HaleyAnil Dash @anildash.com · 27/01/2025Ok, quick thread on why DeepSeek is blowing up assumptions about LLMs and maybe the whole (U.S.) AI industry. DeepSeek is an AI lab funded by a Chinese hedge fund, their AI code is open source, meaning freely available to use, which most big U.S. models (aside from Meta’s) are not. That’s the start… 11934401013
Andrew Haley @aph13.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Just wonderful. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukDesert Island Discs - Nick Cave, singer and writer - BBC SoundsNick Cave, singer and writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 140
Reposted by Andrew HaleyErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 17/01/2025You do not have to consume every single tiny piece of bad news in order to be a good person. It’s ok to miss things. Traumatizing yourself isn’t the same as activism. Bearing witness to the point that you’re paralyzed with fear and horror and fury isn’t going to help us get through this. 6852171959
Reposted by Andrew HaleyRyan Reads and Writes 📚✨ @ryanreadsandwrites.me · 21/01/2025I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋 1084127312904
Reposted by Andrew HaleyThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 03/05/2024Right, this was when I was eighteen so don't judge me too harshly. Or if you think drugs are cool and I'm a legend, fill your boots. Anyway, at the time I was working through college in Dublin with bar shifts at [redacted] music venue. One day I get a call on my day off. 246911
Reposted by Andrew HaleyGod @thegodshow.com · 18/01/2025First they came for the immigrants, and you did not speak out, because you were not an immigrant. Then they came for the trans, and you did not speak out, because you were not trans. Then they came for porn, and you shouted at the top of your lungs “WTF?! They’re banning porn now?!? Fml.” 1235482794
Reposted by Andrew HaleyDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Either he hasn't been briefed properly or he hasn't understood his brief properly. Either way, it's a problem, and we need to get someone in there asap who can temper this stuff and help the government to talk sense on it. Absolutely let's pursue the opportunities of AI, but let's not talk shit. 191
Reposted by Andrew HaleyMaike Osborne @maosbot.bsky.social · 10/01/2025As an early adopter of Long Covid (infected Mar 2020), I'm here to tell you—it's still not too late to join the club! 411012
Reposted by Andrew HaleyDustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 05/01/2025NEWS: The massive Chinese hack of U.S. telecoms breached firms Charter, Consolidated and Windstream as part of a historic espionage campaign. Security vendor Fortinet was a key intrusion point. Investigators are still grappling with the damage. That and much much more: www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse...wsj.comHow Chinese Hackers Graduated From Clumsy Corporate Thieves to Military WeaponsMassive ‘Typhoon’ cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure and telecoms sought to lay the groundwork for potential conflict with Beijing, as intruders gathered data and got in position to impede response a... 817082
Reposted by Andrew HaleyJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Farage on Musk *literally this morning* on the Kuenssberg show: “I tell you what he (Musk) gives us (Reform UK). Huge numbers of young people, he makes us look cool" 5532771
Reposted by Andrew HaleyKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 03/01/2025I asked Liv, the Meta AI Black queer bot about about the demographic diversity of her creators. And how they expect to improve “representation” without Black people. This was the response. 1113894869
Reposted by Andrew HaleyAdam Payne @adampayne26.bsky.social · 02/01/2025I'm so glad that my friend (but not Bluesky'er, sadly) Alex Kane has written for us about what 2025 is likely to hold for politics in Northern Ireland A UK-ROI reset, but unsettled unionism "There's little to suggest that 2025 is going to be the breakthrough year in terms of peace, hope & harmony"politicshome.com2025 Is Unlikely To Be A Year Of Harmony In Northern Irish PoliticsLondon and Dublin are starting to repair the Brexit damage but what comes next could make Northern Ireland even more unsettled, argues Alex Kane 1185
Reposted by Andrew HaleyNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 01/01/2025flush what’s left of 2024 while you can. we’ll take it from here. 181011174
Reposted by Andrew Haleycornish person girl @gemma.transwrites.world · 29/12/2024Oxford Literary Festival can't just cancel the bigot events without them suing *UNLESS* a sizeable chunk of the other booked events refuse to participate and threaten to collapse the whole thing. dont tweet @ the lit fest. tweet at the authors who make the lit fest worth going to. 225871
Reposted by Andrew HaleyRemain In Hell Without Despair @daphnelawless.com · 26/12/202425 years ago I noted: 70s prog rock referenced avant-garde jazz, classical and contemporary art music, European and American folk, the blues, and rock 'n' roll. 90s-and-onward prog rock references 70s prog rock. 0121
Reposted by Andrew HaleyVicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Another Study Shows Incredible Results of Pairing Solar Panels With Agriculture: ‘Getting more from the land’ www.goodnewsnetwork.org/another-stud...goodnewsnetwork.orgAnother Study Shows Incredible Results of Pairing Solar Panels With Agriculture: 'Getting more from the land'A study has shown that combining solar panels with farming can significantly boost crop yields, while conserving water and making free energy. 49440
Reposted by Andrew HaleyMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 23/12/2024pleasantly continuing our conversation in the toilets of the café: 131424
Reposted by Andrew HaleyLaurie Penny @pennyred.bsky.social · 21/12/2024"The type of repressed collective fury that produces folk heroes is not reasonable or rational. That’s the point." lauriepenny.substack.com/p/guilty-ple...lauriepenny.substack.comGuilty PleasuresLuigi Mangione and the making of a folk hero 312825
Reposted by Andrew HaleyLaurie Penny @pennyred.bsky.social · 20/12/2024"Unlike the many, many other angry young men with guns who have committed acts of public murder in recent memory, this one seems to have tapped into a thrumming vein of popular resentment. " lauriepenny.substack.com/p/guilty-ple... New Substack post.lauriepenny.substack.comGuilty PleasuresLuigi Mangione and the making of a folk hero 812943
Andrew Haley @aph13.bsky.social · 20/12/2024@headius.bsky.social, did you ever see this one? It's a nice enough hazy blond, nothing amazing but well done. 230
Reposted by Andrew HaleyNoah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Great article from @juddlegum.bsky.social on the junk science that's turned your local drug store into a giant, plexiglass safe. popular.info/p/lies-damn-...popular.infoLies, damn lies, and shoplifting statisticsFor 32 years, the National Retail Federation (NRF) — the lobbying group representing major retailers in the United States — has produced the "National Retail Security Survey." The survey, widely cited... 412848
Andrew Haley @aph13.bsky.social · 17/12/2024I wonder how much media coverage this will receive. Actually, no I don't. 010
Reposted by Andrew HaleyJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 16/12/2024A point that I have heard Judith Butler articulate several times is that there is no grand distinction between attacking a group's material status and legal rights and attacking its members' dignity by refusing to use forms of address they find tolerable. Both are on a spectrum of disrespect. 132168440
Reposted by Andrew HaleyAlice Evans @draliceevans.bsky.social · 15/12/2024#Bridgerton deserves tremendous credit for portraying key drivers of cultural change in England: 1) Romantic love is glorified: male suitors must charm & show devotion 2) Female friendships are celebrated 3) A woman writes her perspective - shared via printing & literacy ✨ 1241
Reposted by Andrew Haleysarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 09/12/2024wow, so glad to be leaving this country that's convulsed with investigations of treason, insurrection, bribery, and misuse of executive power. time to hop on a plane to the us, 1413724276
Reposted by Andrew HaleyCamcycle @camcycle.bsky.social · 09/12/2024The Mill Road bus gate launched today: the first step in creating a nicer place for people to walk, cycle & spend time. The county council confirmed that there will be an extended warning period before the scheme is fully operational in March. Read more at cambridgeshire.gov.uk/news/mill-ro... 1327
Reposted by Andrew HaleyHelene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 10/12/2024One thing I have noticed, going back and forth between the UK and Germany (and travelling to many other countries, too), is that there is now a chasm between the way the British think and talk of their own country, and the way it is perceived abroad. This book is an attempt to bridge this gap. 1818024
Reposted by Andrew HaleyYanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 08/12/2024I fear you are right. But the fall of a dictator must always give us pause, even for one moment, to smile. If a brutish dictatorship is the only way to keep out imperialists, zionists & jihadists we must have been doing something wrong. If we lose sight of that, barbarism wins. 416730
Reposted by Andrew HaleyGregor Macdonald @gregor.us · 07/12/2024This 1996 @pkrugman.bsky.social precis on Ricardo will not only bestow you with a secure understanding of comparative advantage, but as important, will help you understand why many may think they grasp the idea in its fullest, but really don't. web.mit.edu/krugman/www/... #econskyweb.mit.eduRICARDO'S DIFFICULT IDEA 920334
Reposted by Andrew HaleyPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 28/11/2024New: Research shows that areas won by Reform at the election all had long-delayed road projects. Can poor transport connections and bad traffic - and London-imposed infrastructure decisions – fuel populism? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comConstituencies that elected Reform UK candidates blighted by poor roads, report findsExclusive: absence of good transport links now an emblem of areas that feel ‘left behind’ and failed by major parties, report claims 63012
Reposted by Andrew HaleySeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 26/11/2024From SEMAFOR (below): The Chinese Communist Party has now admitted that it was using the Musk Algorithm to spread disinformation—and that the rise of Bluesky is a major threat to it. This tells us everything we need to know about what Twitter was and is—and who the new co-POTUS Elon Musk was and is. 742182826
Reposted by Andrew HaleyBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Today’s poem is called ‘This is Not the Poem I Had Hoped to Write’. 281447308
Reposted by Andrew HaleyRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 22/11/2024This echo chamber nonsense is predicated on the notion that bigotry is a valid perspective. It isn’t. Grow up! Think better! 773832708
Reposted by Andrew HaleyErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21/11/2024"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting. Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC 9316069813092
Reposted by Andrew HaleyTim Jonze @timjonze.bsky.social · 19/11/202450 years ago this month, Kraftwerk’s Autobahn changed pop music forever. I drove from Bonn to Hamburg to capture the iconic road's sights and sounds – and work out why nobody in Dusseldorf seemed bothered about the band (and yes this WAS a dream commission!) www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...theguardian.com‘A road trip like no other’: my epic drive on Kraftwerk’s AutobahnFifty years ago, the electronic legends released a 23-minute song about a road – and changed pop music for ever. Our writer hits the speed-limit-free highways of Düsseldorf and Hamburg in search of it... 1112634
Reposted by Andrew HaleyDebbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Oh. Wow.medium.comThe thing about the Kobayashi Maru“The thing about the Kobayashi Maru,” said Jim, “is you have to remember it’s a simulation.” 10127771236
Reposted by Andrew HaleyCelia Richardson @celiarichardson.bsky.social · 16/11/2024For new pals, you’ll often find me posting about the National Trust. It’s not (only) that I’m a corporate bore. Attacks on independent institutions are increasing in democracies around the world. They need scrutiny but their independence is vital. So it’s not all tea & scones. Mostly it is though. 1140746
Reposted by Andrew HaleyDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024The earliest surviving quality photographic portrait of an identifiable person was taken this month in 1839. A self portrait by Robert Cornelius. It's the world’s first successful selfie. 40955100
Reposted by Andrew HaleyGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Worse still, those who should have stood by us when we became easy scapegoats fled or grew silent. And that led to an environment where the government could put us into camps. It was the abandonment by our friends that stung the most. And we can’t let that happen again. Not on our watch. /3 279572777
Reposted by Andrew HaleyLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 17/11/2024Calling Bluesky an "echo chamber" misses the point entirely. It’s not about creating a bubble that excludes all dissent. It’s about creating a space where marginalised people can feel safe, heard, and supported 2061296
Reposted by Andrew HaleyCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/11/2024NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comHow to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole CadwalladrIn the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance 11642128010222
Andrew Haley @aph13.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Leaving Twitter? Here are some alternatives to checking an online Nazi bot sewer every 20 minutes | First Dog on the Moon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 020
Reposted by Andrew HaleyZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 14/11/2024You didn’t adopt the tactics of your enemy, you adopted the goals of your enemy. Perfect. 051