Reposted by Lowbie-Wan Kenobiflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10hIt’s grimly hilarious that our government’s McCarthyist crackdowns on opposition have got so bad, so idiotic and so malicious that they may have now bullshat themselves into prosecuting the national security advisor’s wife for a terrorist offence, over a tweet. 15414143 414
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 13h@junlper.beer @birdrespecter.bsky.social It's the Year of the Potato 010 1
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026Featuring cameos from all the sax players he rejected for Careless Whisper 010 1
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026It was going great till my flying car broke down, killing me and destroying the house I landed on 000 0
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026I can't believe the guys who tried to sell whiskey where the gimmick was it had been exposed to their music might have shitty politics 010 1
Reposted by Lowbie-Wan KenobiPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Slavery was and is a real thing that has brutalized hundreds of millions of people over the course of human history, if someone tells me a fucking chatbot is enslaved I'm immediately throwing hands. It's not cute, it's not intriguing, it's an insult to real people who suffered and suffer now. 293926866 3.9K
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026What are your thoughts on this topic about which you almost certainly have zero knowledge? Could they perhaps be used to justify the NHS budget cuts the government is going to make anyway? Would a TV documentary by a right-wing crank psychiatrist help you get there? 031 3
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026'Virtue signalling' just means 'having principles I haven't tried to understand' 020 2
Reposted by Lowbie-Wan KenobiDara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The UK government, governed by the party of which Phillipson is chair, extended immunity for British soldiers engaged in extrajudicial killings in Northern Ireland yesterday. Yesterday. 116278 162
Reposted by Lowbie-Wan KenobiOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026every senate democrat voted to confirm marco rubio. 361401349 1.4K
Reposted by Lowbie-Wan KenobiViktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 09/10/2026[guy compulsively hoarding his obscene wealth] Once the machine steals everyone’s jobs and money, things will be great 434974 349
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026Trainee therapists reading this and doing a little dance 010 1
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026I wonder if there's anything that could happen that would make them think it could be beneficial for Britain to have a foreign policy of its own that isn't transmitted from DC and New York 110 1
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026Yes, I don't doubt many cities have areas a certain kind of white person believes they can't go 180 8
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026The Leftovers episode where Theroux becomes an 'International Assassin', made me abandon the show completely and I never went back to it 010 1
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026I'm so tired of being told I should hang out with someone who considers me a race traitor. Even if it turns out they're not a fanatical skull-measurer, we'll still fundamentally disagree on the moral status of capitalism, an unbridgeable gap. 010 1
Reposted by Lowbie-Wan Kenobiflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A system that turns to *Boris fucking Johnson* to rescue it from the public is not much of a democracy, I think. It’s an insulting kakistocracy where our openly corrupt leaders and their media allies load boulders onto one side of the scales of justice, then give you the finger with both hands. 1588 58
Reposted by Lowbie-Wan KenobiAndrew Neal | Added Value Books @wanderlane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Why are AI fliers so prevalent? In my opinion, it's not just that they're easy and cheaper than a designer, it's because most people have terrible taste and think they are cool. I will not see this in my online art bubble, but the fact is, most people think bad shit is better than good shit. 911720 117
Reposted by Lowbie-Wan KenobiAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Atac: 100 Dam: 0 1565032 650
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026There were suspicions voiced at the time that many people running the Scottish football authorities in 2012 had an emotional attachment to Rangers that went beyond mere appreciation for the coefficient points 130 3
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026The worm represents a huge monster trying to eat you 010 1
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026I hit a wall writing a tune and felt pretty bad about it, but then started a different one and activated 'flow state' where my fingers felt guided to shape something that already existed fully formed in my headdrive.google.comGiant Bat (rough draft).wav 010 1
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026Do you think British politicians ever wonder how other countries have state pensions you can live on? 150 5
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026He seems so mild mannered but then that would be good cover for a cold blooded assassin 001 1
Reposted by Lowbie-Wan KenobiJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 1002216785 2.2K
Reposted by Lowbie-Wan KenobiBen Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason." 11759491283 5.9K
Reposted by Lowbie-Wan KenobiCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843491194 4.3K
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026I think the guy in the suit with the blue tie is meant to be Lyndon Johnson? 000 0
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026I can't really talk about politics at work because being honest would mean saying the entire sector we work in shouldn't exist 021 2
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026It's vital we stand shoulder to shoulder with absolute monarchies that practice capital punishment for dissidents 010 1
Reposted by Lowbie-Wan KenobiMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Conservatives desperately want cultural supremacy and yet they are incapable of producing art. I don't even mean great or good art, I mean "works that are arguably artistic." Every cultural artifact they produce in any medium is instantly recognizable as vapid, disposable, and unworthy of attention. 49873220 873
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026He and Kelly Macdonald have locked down the market in Scottish actors who were in Trainspotting being cast as Americans but can't get within lightyears of a convincing accent 021 2
Reposted by Lowbie-Wan KenobiTerry "Loki Nash" Fuck @terryfuck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Oh that is liquid new labour right there 210723 107
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026Really fucked up that he didn't realise every other musician involved in the tour would quit 020 2
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026Forbes casually laying down masterpiece after masterpiece basslines 120 2
Reposted by Lowbie-Wan KenobiJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is obviously such cowardly loser behavior but I do wish that if anyone ever tried to make me do a work task I wasn't into, I could just leave for several months while continuing to collect a salary. 181908325 1.9K
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026Blizzard have put me on one by having their servers eat shit 010 1
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026I hate that shit. 'Useful member of society.' Useful to whom? 010 1
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026Did you capitalise 'People' because you translated it from the German? 010 1
Reposted by Lowbie-Wan Kenobijourneyman folklorist @aniceburrito.bsky.social · 12/09/20261 month progress selfie 101209155 1.2K
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026I like how it's included both Che Guevara and his stunt double 010 1
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026Here's one I've been working ondrive.google.comArcane Knowledge (rough draft).wav 010 1
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026It's a hard song, don't beat yourself up 011 1
Lowbie-Wan Kenobi @brickbats.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026Instead of checkerboard trim they have chessboard 030 3