Reposted by Bethan AnghorridMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 16hthe tech industry is about to invent books 532194163829
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridOld British Telly @oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 9h[1985] Micro Live - Fred Harris visits Boston software company Infocom. The developer has enjoyed great success with its line of text adventure games - the likes of Zork, Planetfall, Enchanter, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - which eschew graphics in favour of a simple text display. 410627
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridFor the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Cats will hear a noise you cannot hear, stare at something you cannot see, and then leave you alone in a room with it. 1303002364
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridKate Watson @loreandordure.com · 06/10/2026THAT IS NOT THE ONLY THING EDUCATION IS FOR! IT ISN’T EVEN THE MAIN THING! 27453150
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridJohnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk · 06/10/2026News! I'll be hosting "An Evening of Uncanny Stories" at the Tales of the Weird Festival. So excited! Tickets available by following this link: events.bl.uk/events/tales...events.bl.ukTales of the Weird – An Autumnal Festival | British LibrarySome of our finest writers and connoisseurs of the weird gather in the Autumnal gloom for a day of conversations, readings and more.Hosted by writer and co 0185
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 21h"The federal government is lying to you." "The government has said that ICE does not zip tie or handcuff children." "They’ve denied engaging in racial profiling" "They’ve said the government is not wrongly arresting U.S. citizens." *We found the truth* projects.propublica.org/american-cit.... 161125544
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridMary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 21h“Silence in the face of suffering and injustice is not neutrality, it is complicit…. Shutting down discussion on the starvation of the Palestinian people weakens the reputation of the organisation and the legitimacy of our mandate.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comFormer UN food agency official claims he was fired for highlighting hunger in GazaBenjamin Davis appealing against dismissal from FAO, after being accused by director general of playing ‘political games’ 076
Bethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 19hJust saw this set on eBay which brought back lots of memories. I loved this set 010
Bethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 20hIn summer they also do big custard cream biscuit pieces that you can use to make your own custard cream ice cream sandwich. It’s a thing I didn’t know I needed until I saw it. 010
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome 14780681981
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridPhil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 22hDisabled people should go to work, they said. "'My mum specifically asked if a ramp and assistance would be waiting at Bath Spa. We were assured it would be.' While on the train, staff checked which station she would be getting off at numerous times". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCaerphilly wheelchair user 'had to crawl' off GWR train from LondonPhoebe's mum says watching the incident was "traumatic" and left her feeling "helpless". 044
Bethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 20hMy mother said what a shame it was that Jeffrey Archer died just after completing his last novel. I agreed with her. 181
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridBethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We’re expecting a decision on this in the next few weeks. If you can take a minute to sign the petition it would be much appreciated & it really might make a difference. 012
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridPatrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Tuesday breakfast with eventually all seven of The Eastside Orangeys. Best breakfast in some time, with minor hissing from I Love The Way You Look Up At Me but no drama. Nice cool weather! Chubba Wubbs Mommy got her tire scratch in. I loved on them all as they are. We Are The Eastside Orangeys 1238218
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridSimon Hewitt @leedshewitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Hilariously, although tellingly, *Life* Site News are angry at the Pope for opposing the death penalty. 142
Bethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026@dannyrobins.bsky.social - one for Team Sceptic? 030
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Opening all the old social media apps and looking to see what all my friends are doing, in the same way I might go to the playground down the end of my childhood estate to see if anyone I know is on the swings. Accept it. We don’t go there any more. They chained it all up. 6474
Bethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026See, even all these years later & I still can’t get it right! 010
Bethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I grew up in North Yorkshire. My primary school houses were Byland, Fountains, Whitby & Reivaulx. I was in Reivaulx - by far the hardest to spell. 210
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026'A research network that used artificial intelligence to screen out about half of all applicants to a UKRI-funded scheme has apologised and said all rejected applications will now be re-reviewed by humans. ...all offers previously issued to successful applicants are now “suspended”.' 45325
Bethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Our higher education institutes are collapsing before our eyes & no one is doing anything to stop it. 041
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026'Pamela Tulizo’s latest series of photographs started with a question. “I asked myself, why are woman in my community in particular, and African woman in general, so strong?” says Tulizo, an artist and photographer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “Where does this strength come from?”'theguardian.com‘There’s always been a belittling of African women’: honouring history’s invisible heroinesCongolese photographer Pamela Tulizo uses costume and vivid scenery to celebrate women’s strength and give a new perspective on slavery 11611
Bethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We tried them. Both of our cats were scared of the bubbles. 000
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridStop School Cuts @schoolcuts.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“Try a week of teaching with the resources we have and tell me we don’t need it.” Educators and parents can’t keep covering the cost of 16 years of cuts to education 💔 In the leadup to the Autumn Budget, @andyburnham.bsky.social needs to hear what’s happened to our classrooms 👇 022
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Jeffrey Archer has died - here is the obituary of Monica Coghlan www.heraldscotland.com/news/1216989...heraldscotland.comMisogyny killed Monica many years before she diedWhen poor Monica Coghlan died in a car crash last week, it was a result both pitiful and inevitable. The rightful order had been restored. Justice had been done. Her sad, brief life was over: she had ... 27730347
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump suggested tonight that Iran could "take out" American cities: "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take— let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay." 3631503592
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridPatrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Are you a young reader? It's Banned Books Week. Seek out a banned book. Find out what they're afraid of you knowing. Reading is revolutionary. Don't let anyone take it from you. 211654
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 05/10/202690 years ago, the Jarrow Crusaders marched nearly 300 miles to London in protest at unemployment and poverty. Thomas Cantrell Dugdale’s 1936 painting captures their arrival from a Piccadilly interior (possibly the Ritz). 716029
Bethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... A terrible story but surely they can create a better memorial?bbc.co.ukRemembering the British Home Children sent to Canada all aloneMany of those sent away under the British Home Children migration scheme sailed via Liverpool. 000
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridDSC Immigration Team @doughtystimm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026𝗨𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮 - Michelle Knorr and Agata Patyna were instructed by Decla Palmer from @gmiau.bsky.social ▶️ www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/upper-t... #Immigration #ImmigrationLaw 046
Bethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Can you imagine their reaction if you told them that you were going to take away their car, restrict them to watching only BBC 1 & 2 and stop them from taking foreign holidays? “But it will be just like the good old days” we’d say, while throwing in a case of polio for good measure. 030
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridBradley Hillier-Smith @bradleyhsmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It was great to be featured on the @polphilpod.bsky.social with Toby Buckle to discuss what an ethical response to refugees would be, and how it may be possible www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/refugeespoliticalphilosophypodcast.comWhat we owe refugees with Bradley Hiller-SmithWith the world becoming more repressive, what would an ethical policy even look like? 02210
Bethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We’re expecting a decision on this in the next few weeks. If you can take a minute to sign the petition it would be much appreciated & it really might make a difference. 012
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridReelStreets @reelstreets.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Do you recognise these buildings seen in the title sequence of 1963's 'Billy Liar'. If so, please let us know and the first to tell us will be credited with the identification. The film was mainly shot in Bradford, Leeds, London and Manchester. Thanks in advance for looking. 31417
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Yeah, in Germany today, you can't even support far-right efforts to ban Holocaust memorials without someone calling you a Nazi! What is this country coming to?" (www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... 1118459
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridGavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I visited the Amazon rainforest a year ago ahead of the cop conference in Belem. Historically the only thing that has stopped deforestation has been electing Lula da Silva has Brazilian president. www.economist.com/the-americas... 1451157
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridManBikesDog @manbikesdog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I’m sure they used a stock image, BUT it illustrates something else obstructing the footway. Have they included footway parking in their PSPO? They don’t mention it, yet I guarantee it will cause more of a problem most of the time in the city - as it does elsewhere. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDerby residents to face fines for leaving bins outA citywide order is being proposed alongside new powers to tackle dog fouling and begging. 4469
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Proof the wealthy continue to live in a world completely disconnected from reality. We need to dust off “volcano sacrifices” again and take the risk of angering a god or two instead. 203657263
Bethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The problem with all of these algorithms. Bought a vacuum cleaner, kept getting adverts for vacuum cleaners. I’m not running a cleaning business, I only need one. 010
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes. 331189413978
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridTerry(spooky owl sound) @terryleopard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Someone in Wales needs to go through all their pockets. 2125
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridLisa Carey @msleedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Genuinely concerned about what's happening to the space-time continuum in this toilet. 1143549787
Bethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I absolutely know what movie I’m doing in movie week when I get to be on Strictly. #Strictly 0111
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 04/10/2026That is the lesson of Cable Street. Beating the far right means exposing them and organising against them. You have to do both. hopenothate.org.uk/the-battle-o...hopenothate.org.ukThe Battle of Cable Street 1936 - Learn the history and its legacyLearn about the history and the legacy of the anti-fascist struggle at the Battle of Cable Street which took place on 4 October 1936. 19624
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridAlice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In which @meganeve.eurosky.social and I look at ghosts in York, for the annual reappearance of the chicken wire ghost trail is here! 👻 A selection of ghosts: a thread 🧵 2358
Reposted by Bethan AnghorridJohn @griffjc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is also his pattern for impeachable offenses. It is hard to choose the crime that is worthy of months of investigation and documentation when you know tomorrow will bring a worse crime against America that will definitely be worth the effort to impeach. Too many choices. 0143
Bethan Anghorrid @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It’s a beautiful day for bringing down the government. 000
!["But Silke Schutz, 63, a baker who called herself a “staunch AfD voter”, described the Stolpersteine as “a waste of money, regardless of who pays for them”.
“There are so many victims no one cares about,” she said, citing people killed in traffic accidents. “We had nothing to do with the war and at some point it [remembrance] has got to come to an end. But when I express my opinion, I’m insulted as a Nazi.”"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cmvc2f5b5fou3ijbgagiovlj/bafkreibtm3a24qqvqhfelas5qwkt2s3ar4h6w43q6tigqpqyq5ekrgksp4)
