Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 5hI’m a bit disappointed we didn’t get a chance to find out how smart he was, because he played the ultimate wally card just after leaving the blocks. (Love a mixed metaphor, me.) 000
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 5hCould so easily be a double bluff. But very surprised it’s not been mentioned! - I was waiting for that too. God, I love this show. 100
Reposted by Katy CooperRachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶 841116931
Reposted by Katy CooperStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?” 6857631245
Reposted by Katy CooperRaf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Shame on you Ollie Pope, Luke Wood, Moeen Ali, Reece Topley, James Vince, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Laurie Evans for caring more about the money in your own pockets than the human rights of women and girls. This was a personal choice by you, and you chose wrong.bbc.co.ukEngland players told to think of 'daughters, sisters or mothers' before committing to Afghanistan Premier League T20 tournamentEnglish cricketers aiming to play in a men's T20 franchise tournament organised by the Afghanistan Cricket Board have been urged to think about their "daughters, sisters or mothers". 67833
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I hadn’t been to Latitude before this year, and the science was both a surprise and an absolute joy! 010
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026How absolutely lovely! This clip always gets me - and maybe now more than ever. 010
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Our school hall had no windows or natural light. I’m sure I’m not the only one. 280
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I was in France recently and saw an ad in a pharmacy for something pertaining to “les ongles” and *immediately* translated it in my head as “de niiiiiiiiles!”, without initially realising why. It’s hardwired in. 060
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You have *got* to be kidding me? The cost of living is an acute problem for SO many and absolutely needs attention, but is this really the best we can do in the midst of a climate crisis? Tax the rich just a tiny bit more! - it’s not hard. Try it! Reconsidering my #LibDem membership on many levels. 010
Reposted by Katy CooperMatt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The White House Correspondents Association is about to send Trump a strongly worded dinner menu 759489
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Ahhhh #TOTP 1981. Wasn’t sure I’d know any of them but there is the Chicken Song…. 010
Reposted by Katy CooperSkellyton 🦇 @infinitefinite.blog · 04/03/2026my retirement plan is the collapse of civilization 1228590
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I felt exactly that the morning after Brexit. His was the *only* calm, thought-through, reassuring response on offer. 120
Reposted by Katy CooperThe Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How Ed Miliband's late mum was at the forefront of his mind during his statement on Israel-Palestine. 623659
Reposted by Katy CooperEllie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The anthropic whistleblower is like "no other activity has the potential to create human extinction." Well, speaking as someone who works for a climate think tank, I can think of one 431800309
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Don’t they also hang out there in The Handmaid’s Tale? 210
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It terrifies me how like “It Can’t Happen Here” the last few years have been. And of course it is the Vance equivalent who ends up in power in the book, so don’t think this all starts and ends with Trump. 1110
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I remember exactly where I was, and I’m neither a New Yorker nor an American. I remember literally falling to my knees in horror and despair in my living room in front of the TV as I watched a tower fall, knowing in that moment that everything had changed. 000
Reposted by Katy CooperSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...act.38degrees.org.ukAn open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLIThis is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th... 17657417
Reposted by Katy CooperAndrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 08/09/2026She was only six years old. In 1960, Ruby Bridges helped desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, escorted by federal marshals. That little girl turns 72 today. Happy Birthday, Ruby Bridges. ♥️ #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance 752253632
Reposted by Katy Cooper𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com 524191145440
Reposted by Katy CooperLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comFive Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance 3923951157
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026If you are self-aware of this as a potential issue, I suspect you aren’t *that* much of a tosspot… It’s the oblivious ones who are the real problem 🤣 1190
Reposted by Katy CooperErik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I hear you—and I apologize. That mushroom was one of the poisonous ones, you’re right. That’s not just useful feedback—it’s you setting a boundary. 459501104
Reposted by Katy CooperJo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Most British thing ever is for the day it becomes legal to fit solar extremely easily to your home is the day the sun finally disappears after three months. 101144180
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It’s been raining steadily here for a few hours! A miracle. 100
Reposted by Katy CooperYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 25/08/20261. AFM, the labor union representing professional musicians in North America, is paying tribute to Dolly Parton, who was a member of its Nashville Local 257 for 58 years. AFM says that for decades, Dolly consistently filed union contracts for her recording sessions, live gigs and tours. 51746499
Reposted by Katy CooperNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Powerful and important letter about artificial so-called intelligence from Sheila Hayman from Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge, in the FT today 14487264
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Gosh he’s good, isn’t he? I remember that terrible morning after the Brexit vote when he stepped up and spoke calmly and thoughtfully, from a place of care and preparation, when absolutely no one else had the first clue what had just happened. 0150
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026There is an increasing amount of shared space for bikes and pedestrians - which works great if everyone is respectful and aware! I am v v aware of my responsibility (as is now in the Highway Code too) towards the more vulnerable party. Not everyone is, alas - whether driver or cyclist. 031
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026”😅” indeed! I meant that most drivers are now more aware of cyclists and will be more prepared to give space. A small percentage are idiots (and a smaller % are borderline homicidal!) but generally drivers are not actually out to get us… or so I try to remind myself. 111
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026It will be much more that drivers are more prepared to expect cyclists and act accordingly 😊 Even in London, things have improved hugely on that front over the last 20 years or so (the time I’ve been cycling here). But London and the rest of the UK are very different! 351
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Of all the things AI does badly, maps are the very worst. Spectacular! 000
Reposted by Katy CooperDavid Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 21/08/2026QED. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images showNational Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding 0133
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026My lovely academic mum recently downsized her home dramatically and, with *much* regret, had to get rid of many of her 1000s of books, which she donated. But she went through them and if any were inscribed she carefully tore out the page - because she is a thoughtful, kind person. 051
Reposted by Katy CooperTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 19/08/2026🎉🍾👏bbc.co.ukChildren's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zoneChildren's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows. 112125
