Reposted by BazmeisterGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it. 5440651220
Reposted by BazmeisterMark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ok don’t let’s get carried away but I found something genuinely good on Threads. 540916163
Reposted by BazmeisterChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2026I absolutely LOVE this. Christian Bale spent roughly 17 years fighting to make this happen. This week, his foster-care village opened in Palmdale, California: 12 homes built specifically to help keep siblings together when they enter foster care. 722267216335
Reposted by BazmeisterMatthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I'm currently scheduling readings for 2027 and would be delighted to hear from any lit/book fests in the U.K. that might be able to offer me a slot. I've a decent track record and I don't require travel expenses from Spain. And I promise not to scare off audiences who think poetry's not for them! 21712
Reposted by BazmeisterDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...ifloz.substack.comKING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKSCarney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler 992005769
Reposted by BazmeisterThe Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I wish the government and the NHS would proactively publicise this site, printing the costed bill and handing it to patients at the end of treatment with a 'Paid by the NHS' heading - it would soon make anyone who wants a private US style medical insurance think again. mynhsbill.commynhsbill.comMy NHS Bill - Find out how much you would pay!Find out what your NHS care would cost under US insurance-based healthcare - and see why keeping the NHS free at the point of use matters. 43818
Reposted by BazmeisterMichaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I am working on a project and would love to know about the wide range of experiences of women, girls, and femmes online over the past twenty years. If you are interested, fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comExperiences of Girls and Women onlineHii ☺️ I am doing this survey for the girls who spent a lot of time online and I want to know your experiences because I am doing a big project around how the internet has shaped, changed girls and wo... 21328
Reposted by BazmeisterMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16/07/2026"Ben owns a farm. He employs 100 workers. His payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it a modest 10% productivity gain. Benjamin fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1000% productivity gain." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-...mcsweeneys.netAI Economics for Dummies“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi... 2456164
Reposted by BazmeisterJoe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Keen to hear from any British-based historians looking for freelance research work. Happy to hear from all backgrounds and experiences. 52027
Bazmeister @bazmeister.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Wishful thinking.......to get England to the final. 001
Reposted by BazmeisterMartyn Brunt @skybluebrunty.bsky.social · 14/11/2024I did a thread on 15 minute cities on X which went so viral I ended up in the Times and on BBC Radio. I thought I'd repeat it here... This was my parents house in Coventry. They bought it in 1965 and it was my home throughout the 1970s & 80s. My mum lived there until 2021. It was a happy home. 1/22 21337135
Bazmeister @bazmeister.bsky.social · 06/04/2026BREAKING: TRUMP JUST LOST SAUDI ARABIA open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...open.substack.comBREAKING: TRUMP JUST LOST SAUDI ARABIATrump told the man who controls 12% of the world’s oil to kiss his ass. That man just restructured Middle Eastern security with Ukraine, telling Trump, "It's over". 000
Reposted by BazmeisterPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Latest piece in @theatlantic.com . What we are seeing from the US strategically, diplomatically and militarily in the war against Iran is probably making it clear to China that the US lack the ability to effectively fight a war in the Western Pacific. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comTrump Is Putting America’s Weaknesses on DisplayWhat China can learn about the limits of American military capacity 15391135
Reposted by BazmeisterTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Heard Edward Norton reciting Walt Whitman on the Colbert podcast last week. It’s stayed with me. Here he is on the show. Recital begins at 18.10. Worth watching if you’re feeling despondent about the world: youtu.be/kSEMaPOOrU8?...youtu.beAction Is The Antidote To Doomscrolling Anxiety - Edward Norton EXTENDED INTERVIEWYouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 14312
Reposted by BazmeisterProf. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Astonishing. But I want to know more about his studying to be a nurse. What was happening on that ward, and how can we, as educators, support our students better. A story of heroism, but also of a society letting down a young man. 2148
Reposted by BazmeisterStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 26/03/2026This is incredibly cool. 2326082
Reposted by BazmeisterAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/03/2026This is one of the best descriptions of the Ukrainian drone war, and its significance for all of us, that I have read www.newstatesman.com/internationa...newstatesman.comThe new world warWhy the battle for Iran and Ukraine is coming for us all 291045387
Reposted by BazmeisterFoxes Trust @foxestrust.bsky.social · 07/03/2026🦊 🗳️ Do you or someone you know have experience in survey design / survey research? We’d love to hear from anyone with expertise in this area who can volunteer a bit of time to help us with future surveys. Please DM us or contact enquiries@foxestrust.co.uk 101
Reposted by BazmeisterChloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 04/03/2026With this in mind, I have just added these two paintings to my website for sale, Green Jesus and the Long Cone and Masks in the Grass. www.chloecumming.com/paintings 24520
Reposted by BazmeisterArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 04/03/2026open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...open.substack.comMoron Risk PremiumsIs an evil moron less dangerous than an evil genius? 87727
Reposted by BazmeisterPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Just sent out this free post. After more than 2 days of bombing it is clear that this campaign has no national interest goals for the USA but is entirely about getting a personal/political victory for Donald Trump. And because of that, he is flailing around wildly. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comThe US/Israeli Bombing Of Iran: Means and Ways Without EndsAn Update 14332132
Reposted by BazmeisterJannie Curtin @janniec.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Wow, as a non-professional politics observer, this post and her Substack article includes a good overall explanation, a detailed timeline, and embedded is a link to her TrumpActionTracker! 0237
Reposted by BazmeisterSteve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 24/02/2026“the largest act of mass murder of this decade, and of this century so far, was not perpetrated by militaries or militias, but by the world's richest man in Washington D.C.'s Eisenhower Executive Office Building.” @mckay4senate.bsky.social www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-ha...liberalcurrents.comWhat Elon Has DoneElon Musk's destruction of USAID has faded from public consciousness in America, despite leaving death and destruction in its wake. 9749341
Reposted by BazmeisterChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/02/2026More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes. Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted. Beautiful and devastating all at once. 510176946725
Reposted by BazmeisterCurtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Our @jenniegauthor.bsky.social Novel-Writing Scholarship for Writers with Low Income will award one talented writer with limited financial means a place on our three-month online Writing Your Novel course. Apply by 16 Mar:curtisbrowncreative.co.ukJennie Godfrey Novel-Writing Scholarship for Writers with Low IncomeThis scholarship, sponsored by Jennie Godfrey, will award one talented writer with limited financial means a place on our three-month online Writing Your Novel course. 143
Reposted by BazmeisterPaul Clarke @paulclarke.com · 13/02/2026Do you know about Migrateful? Simplest and best idea in the world. People coming here with few material goods, but amazing cooking skills and stories from fascinating places. Meeting people who pay a bit for a lesson and a communal feast. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll pig out. www.migrateful.org 1167
Reposted by BazmeisterNationCymru @nation.cymru · 12/02/2026Applications for a two-week artist residency program on a Welsh island have opened for summer 2026nation.cymruApplications for artist residency program on remote Welsh Island openApplications for a two-week artist residency program on a Welsh island have opened for summer 2026. The Bardsey Island Trust has announced the 2026 Artist Residency Program on Ynys Enlli, with support... 076
Reposted by BazmeisterWaffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 11/02/2026“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video 20152221069
Reposted by BazmeisterArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 10/02/2026A fair amount of nonsense has been written and said about the "security vetting" process for Mandelson's appointment. I wrote about what "Developed Vetting" really involves and why it's perfectly possible that it found nothing useful about Mandelson. arthursnell.substack.com/p/the-vettin...arthursnell.substack.comThe Vetting MythUnderstanding the realities of Mandelson's pre-appointment checks 1612448
Reposted by BazmeisterOmg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue 5783269414044
Reposted by BazmeisterArizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’” 16687663796
Reposted by BazmeisterJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 27/01/2026The history books covering this period of American history are going to be FASCINATING. 923659
Reposted by BazmeisterJulia Tanner @juliatanner20.bsky.social · 24/01/2026The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US. After Trump's latest insults to British troops, sending Charles, Head of the British Armed Forces, to honour Trump, would be a slap in the face to veterans. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...you.38degrees.org.ukCall off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independenceWith the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag... 54816
Reposted by BazmeisterMinnMax @minnmax.com · 23/01/2026In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour. 2151649320293
Reposted by BazmeisterCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026"This is the diplomatic equivalent of a wronged spouse telling their partner: No, I am not asking for a break or a trial separation. It’s time to move on."charlotteclymer.substack.comCanada Announces Divorce from AmericaAnd rightly so. 662480575
Reposted by BazmeisterClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Sunday night timeline cleanse please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there 100186493
Reposted by BazmeisterSteve Jinman @educatedleftft.bsky.social · 17/01/2026www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-mystery-...the-londoner.co.ukThe mystery of South Bank's unknown husband'I feel a bit sad for you that you have met the Easter Bunny, because now the mystery is solved, and you're just gonna close that chapter' 0155
Reposted by BazmeisterTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 04/01/2026What just happened ... Comedy: Jamie Kaler 451723782
Reposted by BazmeisterBlake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Worth revisiting this @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social piece in light of the Waymo meltdown over the weekend. Automated vehicles ignore social contracts and are only beholden to their corporate bosses. Humans are much better equipped to deal with unforeseen situations, and to prioritize human values. 212741
Reposted by BazmeisterOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Have you ever wondered what a review of the year would be like if it was written by a halfwit who spends too much time on here? WELL... Historian John Julius Norwich used to publish a ‘Christmas Cracker’ of stuff he collected each year from history and literature. I do the same, but stupidermulberryhall.medium.comChristopher’s Christmas Cracker 2025An explanation of what follows 136023
Reposted by BazmeisterElise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 06/12/2025There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.coppercourier.comThree-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration courtMore than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings. 10738381883
Reposted by BazmeisterNaomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 23/11/2025I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here: open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...open.substack.comgoing through hell, keeping goingon art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work 1723762
Reposted by BazmeisterJo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Heads up that there’s a generous Interrail sale for the next 21 days - 25% off all passes, making it an even bigger bargain than usual. Passes can be activated at any point up to 11 months after purchase. From all your usual retailers. www.interrail.eu/eninterrail.euInterrail.eu | 1 rail pass, 33 countriesTravel across Europe and discover 33 countries by train with Interrail. Enjoy the best rail travel experience in Europe with our Interrail Pass! 37955
