Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026One fun bit you can do: when passing a child/baby crying, turn to your friend/partner, cock your thumb in the child’s direction and say ‘someone’s being a real baby over there’ 000
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026America often seems like a desolate, unredeemable place, but then you remember they did that whole Midwest emo thing. Maybe they’re not all that bad. 000
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Please remember that if you’re in the queue then legally they have to recognise your blood offering and let you have your turn upon the altar of sacrifice 000
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Final boss beaten of Nine Sols, the closest I’ll get to a religious experience this decade 000
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Making my way through a Leftovers rewatch and can confirm it is still very good 000
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Referred to my partner as a kite today and that felt like a good descriptor that more people should use 110
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Forgetting everything else for a sec, but Lake America is such a pathetic and embarrassingly bad name for a lake. 121
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The year is 2026, and Apple Music doesn’t know how to handle Weezer 010
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026No child of mine is going to be allowed to read the Hobbit before they’ve read the Silmarillion 000
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I’d think a popular counter to this narrative would be how you reframe his point of view as very anti-Britain. He wants to lose ‘traditional’ countryside scenes, lose the animals we kindly host here, lose our stoic British attitudes to rain - all a bit waffly nonsense, but something there! 011
Reposted by BarnieIWGB @iwgbunion.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Don’t boycott GTA VI. Fight for justice for the people who made it: youtube.com/shorts/hhIES... T-shirt preorders open now! All proceeds from the t-shirts, which are ethically made and designed by us, will go towards the fired Rockstar workers’ legal funds. bit.ly/4xLc4IPyoutube.comDon't Boycott GTA VI. Fight for justice for the people who made it.YouTube video by IWGB Union 26634397
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Music discovery as a thing seems really broken - input what you listen to, the algorithm spits out things it thinks you’d like. When I listened to some of my favourite bands for the first time I had absolutely no idea what I was even listening to, took days for my brain to even parse songs out. 010
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Jason Arday’s suicide is the appalling result of multiple failures, a substantial portion of which can be levied at the UK press. Speaking out on the situation as it was unravelling though, for what it was, a systemic racism problem that held people of colour to far higher standards than any other 110
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It is a travesty that it is lunchtime at the Little Bagel Co in Bristol and I am the only one in - their Super VBB is so amazing. 000
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Is 🎵 Old Mac Donald had a data farm / A-I-A-I Oh 🎵 something 000
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Plagued by AI poster monstrosities everywhere in daily life, I would like to produce stickers that read ‘Your AI poster looks shit, mate’ to stick over them. Would love to commission a design for a these. 120
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Going to start replying to more people with ‘Okay? Good for you? Firstly, I can't eat beans’ 000
Reposted by BarnieFriends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 30/07/2026"These profits have been built on an energy crisis that's left households across the country struggling with high energy bills at home and expensive fuel at the pumps. This underlines the urgent need to end our dependence on costly oil and gas." - Danny Gross, FoE. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukShell profits double as oil prices rise due to Iran warDisruption to global supplies of oil and liquid natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz has pushed up prices. 399
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026“He’s made The Odyssey too dark and gritty” Oh buddy, you’re going to be devastated when you hear that the new Wes Anderson is full of colour and whimsy 010
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Remembering a childhood game where you’d pinch the skin on the back of your hand to determine your calcium levels (I know), I googled to see if it was a shared experience and instead stumbled upon the most cursed images imaginable 010
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The UK will never truly enter a gilded age whilst we still have this godawful national anthem 030
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 13/07/2026This story about Reform donations is also a story about climate change. 022
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 13/07/2026"Reform’s registered average donation last year was £137,496" and "Reform UK would have raised just £4.1m (in FY), instead of the £26.7m it actually received, if a £100k annual donation limit applied". Analysis by a brill team here shows some terrifying stats: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comReform UK would lose 85% of funding under proposed donation cap, analysis showsExclusive: Party would have raised £4.1m instead of £26.7m last year if £100k funding limit had been in place, Electoral Commission data suggests 000
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 12/07/2026The whole English psyche can be explained simply by watching any England football match 000
Reposted by BarnieJez Kemp @jezkemp.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Wheeling out this classic. RIP Anne "Bone Farmer" Widdecombe 5942256
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Can’t believe when I basically non-stop listened to Aim and Ignite by fun. all through 2009-10 after a glowing review on SputnikMusic, that I’d be living in a world where their sound would go on to dominate all pop for ever more 000
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Back in my day, being a FIFA Peace Prize winner used to mean something 000
Reposted by BarnieMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 05/07/2026this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb 876144243859
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Gordon isn’t really the kind of footballer name I can get behind. He should probably rename himself ‘Ronaldo’ - or, at the very least, ‘Ronaldinho’ 000
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I don’t think I’ve ever done a two-move checkmate before in all the years I’ve played chess! (Please ignore my rating - this is blitz and I’m a recovering childhood chess prodigy) 010
Reposted by BarnieWill 🌱 @willmesilane.com · 30/06/2026The Rockstar Games Workers Union - which I firmly believe my involvement with was the reason Rockstar fired me and 34 people last October - is formally seeking voluntary recognition from the company. I hope the right thing is done here ✊ 🌱 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comGrand Theft Auto workers seek union recognition after mass firingsExclusive: Staff at Rockstar Games hope move can be completed before release of GTA VI scheduled for November 12880249
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Cleaners at the Royal College of Art in Battersea were fighting management harassment, including sexual harassment. Two were sacked just for protesting it. Their union fund supports them through the fight. It’s open for donations till Saturday, every bit helps! www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-ba...eventbrite.comRadical Battersea walking tour (supporting the RCA cleaners)A walking tour of Battersea's radical history, raising money to support workers victimised for speaking out against sexual harassment. 000
Reposted by BarnieDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Over 40 economists write to leader of Unite the Union, rejecting her claim that Ed Miliband would destroy jobs if he becomes next UK chancellor "The net zero economy generates output worth over £100bn and employs over a million workers....these numbers will grow” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comProgressive economists reject Unite leader’s criticism of Ed MilibandSharon Graham is urged to withdraw her claim that the energy secretary would cost jobs if he became chancellor 25502207
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 23/06/2026If I was prime minister my first act would be changing the English language words for places to their local names. We do it with Welsh place names already (Snowden to Yr Wyddfa), let’s do it globally (Florence to Firenze, Germany to Deutschland, etc). 000
Reposted by BarnieDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat 451231642
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 21/06/2026One positive takeaway for Kier Starmer after this whole thing is over is his potential on the circuit as an Andy Burnham impersonator. 000
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The only bet I’d be willing to place is on how many social media posts reading ‘Vaxxed?’ will appear when JFK Jr dies. I’d say at least five hundred thousand. 010
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Just to speed up a few things - please understand that to 90% of comments on any internet post I am mentally replying with: ‘what a weird thing to say’ 000
Barnie @barnie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026folks, we’re going to be okay - I found nutritional yeast in Italy 010
Reposted by Barniegg @ggdg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026"let people enjoy things" is over. we must want things to be good 069952039