Reposted by Dom ForbesRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 531733701
Reposted by Dom ForbesExtreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 02/10/2026ABSOLUTE INSANITY GOING ON IN MIDDLE EAST Night Minimums up to 33C, world heat records for October smashed and re/smashed. And guess what ..it will get MUCH worse WEEKS of July-weather with Mins 30/35C and maxes >45C. BY FAR; THE MOST HEAT EXTREME EVENT THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN 4801418
Reposted by Dom ForbesDavenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fascinating project by Ian Howorth photographing the last working men’s clubs in Britain. The loss of shared social spaces like these has had profound consequences when it comes to belonging and social cohesion. amateurphotographer.com/latest/photo...amateurphotographer.comLast Orders: these photos from Britain's last remaining working men's clubs are somehow wonderfully serene | Amateur PhotographerIan Howorth is fascinated by the peculiar visual grammar of Britain: social clubs, old-school hotels and the small rituals of communal life. 23710
Reposted by Dom ForbesEben Muse @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Unfortunately, the "I wouldn't be able to publish without AI" gets the same response as business saying that paying a living wage would put them out of business: you do not have a viable business or idea. 071
Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This hippy desire to eschew modern conveniences like pasteurisation & vaccination is going to get their kids killed. 211
Reposted by Dom Forbesfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I grew up in a part of Cornwall where large areas were fenced off with warning signs about collapsing tin mines. I used to have nightmares of the whole county breaking off from Devon and floating towards Brittany. My main concern was that I was already 10 and knew no French. 1835211
Reposted by Dom Forbesfeeb | yuritober!! @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI 113136076608
Reposted by Dom ForbesSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 29/09/2026The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once. 581626527
Reposted by Dom ForbesJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones. 641237369
Reposted by Dom ForbesDavid Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hey Trump this is down to you and your pointless war! Petrol in the UK today 176.9p per litre £7.96 per gallon - that’s US$10.58. Diesel 202.9p per litre £9.13 per gallon - that’s US$12.14! EVERYTHING in the UK will cost more! There was no need for your war! 1114
Reposted by Dom ForbesJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/20265. The best way of pushing a book to a kid is to say it isn't suitable. "You won't understand it." "It's rude." "It's far too challenging for someone your age." Then, just leave the book around somewhere they can reach it. 1220629
Reposted by Dom ForbesJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/20262. Don't criticize their choices. Whatever they're reading - comics, fan fiction, non-fiction, even books by celebrity writers whom you may have good reason to dislike - let them read. Books with problematic content? Use them as an opportunity for discussion. But don't shut down their reading. 619712
Reposted by Dom ForbesJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/20261. Make sure you're doing it yourself. Kids read most readily when parents read. Seeing the adults around them reading, hearing them talk about what they're reading, is often the best way to engage their interest. 520619
Reposted by Dom ForbesJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Lots of pieces in the print media recently about the decline of reading in children. Here's a little thread on ways to help your kids get reading again: 13278123
Reposted by Dom ForbesCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10/10/2023About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons 252248515803
Reposted by Dom ForbesRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here. 12229211193
Reposted by Dom ForbesGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAbandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George MonbiotChanges in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 17925291730
Reposted by Dom ForbesKJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 24/09/2026me: oh god finding an illustrator is such a daunting task me thirty seconds later: OK now I need to do 17 books at once because I want to use all of them. 31731
Reposted by Dom ForbesNick Stone @typejunky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Just emailed Burnham to ask him why the fuck he’s not doing anything about the coked-up blackshirts infestation. Will almost certainly achieve nothing but: subject ‘Blackshirts’ to andy.burnham.mp@parliament.uk from enough people might. 1221665
Reposted by Dom ForbesTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The complete and total collapse of state function in the face of far right extremists. It is frankly ludicrous that Daniel Thomas continues to be at large given the series of crimes committed which he has literally filmed. 281173380
Reposted by Dom ForbesDuchess Gemma 🐠🕷️🇪🇺 @gemmagould.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Daniel Thomas, known as Danny Tommo, shared a YouTube livestream of the boat from the Channel." fucks sake BBC not once do you mention 1. he had a knife 2. he slashed the boat with said knife 3. he committed criminal acts live on camera do fucking betterbbc.co.ukDozens of migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at seaProtesters had earlier gathered in Gosport after an initial report that the small boat would be brought further west. 28424152
Reposted by Dom ForbesMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Interesting speech by Burnham at the UN where he announced a new National Centre for Information Defence to counter, mainly, Russian disinformation. Oddly, Reform and GB News are already angry about it.bbc.co.ukUK to fight Russian disinformation and push new global AI standards, Burnham saysThe UK could act as "an honest broker" on AI and other global challenges, the prime minister tells world leaders at the UN. 36426137
Reposted by Dom ForbesDavenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’ve spent a lot of time speaking with people in left-behind towns across the country over the last few years. It’s clear that the policy bods and politicians in London have absolutely no idea what life is like in these places. For many the ‘broken Britain’ narrative simply reflects the reality of 23718
Reposted by Dom ForbesSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026While rightwing media nods approvingly at the prejudiced outcry in Piddington, a RNLI station has to close because of white British thuggery and threats. This is where the constantly toxic obsession with immigration leads. To racist, flag-wielding vigilantism that ruins this country for everyone. 44779299
Reposted by Dom ForbesDom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Deep/wonky house? September's #deepexcursions show is up on the Venn Radio Soundcloud. Featuring tracks from Ilija Rudman, Âme, Trinidadiandeep, Michael J Blood, Johannes Heil and more. #deephouse #housemusic soundcloud.com/venn-radio/d...soundcloud.comDeep Excursions with Dom Forbes 12 Sep 2026Deep Excursions focuses on sharing music new and old from my extensive collection, everything from deep house to techno, funk, soul, disco, chillout and beyond. 151
Reposted by Dom ForbesKaren Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It seems like the AI discourse has started to actually scare people this past week (at least five people have told me 'AI will kill us', so well done PR folks.) I think this is a very good piece to share w/ your family & friends. Thanks @shannonvallor.bsky.social www.noemamag.com/the-danger-o...noemamag.comThe Danger Of Superhuman AI Is Not What You Think | NOEMAThe rhetoric over “superhuman” AI implicitly erases what’s most important about being human. 46626
Reposted by Dom ForbesJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Good straightforward reporting from the Wall Street Journal on Musk's promotion of Restore/Rupert Low/civil war in the UK. Lots of detail, no polemics. The BBC could and should do this. Why doesn't it? archive.ph/eTOS5 14288116
Reposted by Dom ForbesHeather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Regular reminder that JG Ballard’s final novel, “Kingdom Come” (2006), is about a far-right English town which creates their own militarised breakaway state in a shopping mall, where they worship the gods of St George and consumerism. Old JG wrote it as tongue-in-cheek satire. At the time. 14774240
Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Deep/wonky house? September's #deepexcursions show is up on the Venn Radio Soundcloud. Featuring tracks from Ilija Rudman, Âme, Trinidadiandeep, Michael J Blood, Johannes Heil and more. #deephouse #housemusic soundcloud.com/venn-radio/d...soundcloud.comDeep Excursions with Dom Forbes 12 Sep 2026Deep Excursions focuses on sharing music new and old from my extensive collection, everything from deep house to techno, funk, soul, disco, chillout and beyond. 151
Reposted by Dom ForbesPete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comPiddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plansPiddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby 1663525840
Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Fancy some early 90s house? April's archived Venn Radio show. Featuring Mood II Swing, Chez Damier, Masters at Work, Loni Clark and more. #deephouse #housemusic #vennradio soundcloud.com/venn-radio/d...soundcloud.comDeep Excursions with Dom Forbes 11 Apr 2026This month's show is exploring the deep house sounds of early 90s New York and Chicago 000
Reposted by Dom ForbesAnne Sigrid Refsum @annesigrid.bsky.social · 03/08/2026New article! @hannaroine.bsky.social, @jilltxt.bsky.social and I analyse the narratives and interactional strategies of chatbots that can explain why some users develop 'AI psychosis' 1199
Reposted by Dom ForbesAnne Sigrid Refsum @annesigrid.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Nobody in their right mind would say Midjourney or other image generators had developed sentience. But it's the same technology, the output is just visual not language 1207
Reposted by Dom ForbesAnne Sigrid Refsum @annesigrid.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Why does this keep happening: 1: Corporations and people with authority keep preaching how powerful AI is/will be 2: Chatbots mimic human conversations and humans are fundamentally wired for communication/forming relationships!!! 3: Chatbot training material is packed with stories about sentient AI 2257
Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Anyone for techno? Here's a mix from my Venn Radio show archives. Featuring tracks from DJ Nobu, Ana Alves, Miles Atmospheric, Helen Copnall and more. #techno soundcloud.com/venn-radio/d...soundcloud.comDeep Excursions with Dom Forbes 9 May 2026Deep Excursions focuses on sharing new and old music, mainly exploring deep electronic vibes of various flavours but expect the odd curveball from my collection. 020
Reposted by Dom ForbesAdam Morgan @adamm0rgan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If you work for a book publisher that has introduced AI at any point in the publishing process, I'm working on a story and would like you speak with you, on-record or off-. Same goes if you're an author and you've witnessed your publisher using AI at any point in the publishing process. 4108101
Reposted by Dom ForbesPete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It’s fascinating to me that a decade ago we had web searching that worked really pretty well, and since then, through a process of corporate greed and ‘progress’, it’s become a real mess. 0298
Reposted by Dom ForbesHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 14/09/2026🧵 Peter Keeley, a former MI5 agent who spent 15 years undercover in the IRA, now works for Stephen Lennon AKA Tommy Robinson. He’s supplying covertly-procured information while being supported by the British taxpayer. hopenothate.org.uk/lennons-secr...hopenothate.org.ukLennon's Secret AgentA former MI5 agent who operated as an IRA bomb maker is now working for Stephen Lennon. Despite still being supported by the British taxpayer, Peter Keeley appears to have broken the law by supplying ... 13421332
Reposted by Dom ForbesSimon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A philanthropic gift is a new hospital ward, it’s a CAT scanner, it’s a new library, it’s a school swimming pool it’s not funding fascism. 48653204
Reposted by Dom ForbesAndy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 11/09/2026My favourite fact of the week. Musk's Las Vegas tunnel carries fewer people per week than the Metropolitan Railway (London / the World's first Underground railway) when it was STEAM powered. How is anyone taken in by this pathetic chancer? 0146
Reposted by Dom ForbesJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Medieval English History degree here. Was the co-owner of a start-up business most recently sold for over £500 million (post my exit 😇), which has a huge tax bill and employs 100s of taxpaying UK citizens in London and Manchester all above minimum wage. All five co-owners did humanities at uni. 0121
Reposted by Dom ForbesRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It's good that this story is getting attention, but it would be equally outrageous if the people whose doors were being hammered on actually were asylum seekers. It's not just a problem because they're international cricketers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGroup entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrantsProtesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived. 17434117
Reposted by Dom ForbesSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This should not be described by the police as "lawful protest" when it is not lawful & not protest 6367104
Reposted by Dom ForbesOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Finally they came for the Daily Mail and my irony meter just packed up and left and I never heard from it again. 2602973766
Reposted by Dom ForbesTerri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If you care about access to arts education and careers for everyone, not just those born to privilege, please join me in supporting the good work of @artsemergency.bsky.social. Even a small monthly contribution can change a young artist's life. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comI co-founded an orchestra 18 years ago. Since then, I’ve seen doors close for working-class musicians | Robert AmesI have lost patience with the sector’s talk of diversity when it refuses to acknowledge those people who can’t afford to keep playing, says conductor and composer Robert Ames 0166
Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Time for Grandpa to go in a home where they can care for him properly surely? 010
Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Donated. You should too. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 052