Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 27/09/2026The terrorists had infiltrated the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool. Thankfully, steadfast police officers discovered old ladies with deadly weapons such as signs with unapproved words. They have been dragged off to cells and now face up to 14 years in prison. Isn't this brilliant? 10288154
Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“Any jobs evaporated by AI probably don’t qualify as ‘real work’ anyway” ~ Sam Altman 010
Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“If Vance manages to succeed Trump, Thiel - his benefactor, mentor, and maker - will become the most powerful man in the world.” ~ @gilduran.com 711846
Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“Love doesn’t scale.” That says all you need to know about these fuckers. a16z.com/the-techno-o...a16z.comThe Techno-Optimist Manifesto | Andreessen HorowitzWe are told that technology is on the brink of ruining everything. But we are being lied to, and the truth is so much better. Marc Andreessen presents his techno-optimist vision for the future. 000
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels 24563812839
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Alex Sowden @ajs1977.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Another stunning success for Baron President Trump-Harkonnen to add to his list of achievements that are making America great again. #ReflectingPool #ETTD 033
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 01/08/2026PERSON OF THE DAY. 1 August 1944. Anne Frank wrote the final entry in her famous diary, writing, “I get cross, then sad, and ... keep trying to find a way to become what I’d like to be and what I could be … if only there were no other people in the world.” 26925
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Elon Musk is planning to spend at least $100 million to help Republicans in this year’s midterms. That’s just 0.014 percent of his current $702 billion net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics. 37674242568
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Just a reminder for those not familiar with UK media, please don't circulate posts or articles by the Daily Mail, the paper has been aligned with the far-right since the 1930s and continues to promote the forces of modern fascism. 29885271
Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Nigel Farage is a grifter and a traitor. Pass it on. 040
Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 28/06/2026A west Belfast grandmother has launched a legal challenge against the decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terror organisation. Good for her 🍉 150
Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 28/06/2026BlueSky really needs to do something about fake accounts. It’s ruining the platform. 000
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Suella De-Vil Shadowy spokesdemon for learning stuff @suellade.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Gotta love Kathy 18320
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026There's a Genocide happening in Gaza. Our Government is arresting pensioners for holding cardboard signs that say "I support Palestine Action." And Andy Burnham - labours apparent last hope - won't even acknowledge what's really happening. 571448466
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Tiollamp @tiollamp.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Nearly 400,000 young Americans gave their lives fighting fascism and NOW THIS??? ‼️‼️ 67522
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Thinking about the Russian troll factory who totally failed to have any impact on the election despite producing hundreds of fake news clips about Nikol over the last few years. 22893225
Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 07/06/2026I arrived in the UK from Zimbabwe 40 years ago today. 010
Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 05/06/2026This has arrived! Can’t wait to read it, @jeremylent.bsky.social 💚 000
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Jeremy Lent @jeremylent.bsky.social · 30/05/2026We are all integral parts of complex systems, and the ecosystem for transformative change is no exception. Read about what we can learn from the success of the most successful movement in recent history. open.substack.com/pub/jeremyle...open.substack.comHow the Neoliberals Won — and What We Can Learn From ThemHow movements working for a life-affirming future can learn from history — and from each other 1219
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 03/06/2026🔴 What if Reform wins I interviewed Peter Chappell, who’s written a new book about exactly thatopen.substack.comWhat if Reform wins🎥 An interview with Peter Chappell... 83319
Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 01/06/2026As a gardener, I sometimes have to do short back and sides. 010
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 01/06/2026This is counter-productive, authoritarian and chilling. The British state should not be in the business of banning commentators and journalists from entering the country, without compelling reason. Finding their views objectionable is nowhere near enough. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...theguardian.comTwo US political commentators banned from entering UKHome Office says presence of Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker in UK ‘may not be conducive to the public good’ 66748237
Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 28/05/2026“Do we stop life to allow capitalism to continue, or do we stop capitalism to allow life to continue?” (George Monbiot). 050
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Tony Blair, a lobbyist with close ties to the Trump administration and fossil fuel industries, says the UK should drill more oil and get closer to the Trump administration 60930284
Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Let this image be seared onto your memory and go down in history. 030
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Our unique, precious home. Time to start treating it as such. 418134
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22/05/2026Itamar Ben-Gvir, Netanyahu’s minister of national security, has fulfilled the nightmares of Israel’s liberals—and the fantasies of its enemies, Avi Issacharoff argues:bit.lyIsrael’s Human Wrecking BallAnd the prime minister who empowers him 03611
Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 21/05/2026When I started this book I thought Paul Kingsnorth was making some really good points. But by half way through I gave up as I realised he’s just another privileged reactionary. The worst kind: a former ‘eco warrior’ turned conservative. Yawn. 120
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026A Reform voter tells me: "[Farage] cares about working people. He will make this country great again.” Such devotion, such faith in one so unworthy. It does my head in.” You and so many of us @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social Disgusted by the man and the abject failure to hold him to account iPaper 1111198481
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂 342135144166
Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 16/05/2026These words by Paul Kingsnorth seem rather fitting today. 020
Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 16/05/2026As a gardener, I occasionally come across little wonders like this. The rotting log is a perfect home for mosses and lichens (and lots of tiny critters). 010
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Why does Farage keep getting away with it??? 👇👇👇 youtu.be/BuVgqWG8Ucs?...youtu.beWhy Does Nigel Farage Keep Getting A Free Pass?YouTube video by HarryEccles 33121
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 14/05/2026This is real patriotism. 1316276
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Oh and this front page from @bylinetimes.bsky.social June 2025 edition should rightly haunt Streeting 817954
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026More than 40 Holocaust survivors and their descendants have sent an open letter to Keir Starmer, condemning him for linking attacks on Jews with pro-Palestine marches by @skwawkbox.orgthecanary.coHolocaust survivors condemn Starmer for linking Palestine marches to attacksMore than 40 Holocaust survivors and their descendants have sent an open letter to Keir Starmer, condemning him for linking attacks on Jews with pro-Palestine marches. 48136
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Christian Zionism: What it is and how it affects the US and Israel - www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/ch…middleeasteye.netChristian Zionism: What it is and how it affects the US and IsraelSupported by Pete Hegseth and Mike Huckabee among others, the Evangelical Christian belief is regarded as offensive by many Jews 095
Reposted by Damian Corbet 🍉Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 11/05/2026My reporting finds that sexual violence against Palestinians by Israeli authorities is widespread. I'm grateful to these assault victims for sharing with me the brutality they endured. Whether we're pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian, we should unite in being anti-rape. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians 972093778