Reposted by Elinor Elliotsocalbookish.bsky.social @socalbookish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This👇👇👇👇👇👇 162282527
Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I would have assumed Ruth's ethnic self-loathing peaked years ago. She's a bit like a child who constantly threatens they're going to run away and then when they do, no one notices they've gone. 150
Reposted by Elinor ElliotNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Rich privately educated prick who wasn’t even born until 1984 recasts era of rioting, poverty and mass unemployment as Britain’s golden age. Thatcher was the worst thing that ever happened to Britain 1031228267
Reposted by Elinor ElliotNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Amidst a failing war the US started, the SecDef chose to focus on measuring military members’ hormones, and injecting testosterone into personnel whose hormone levels he dislikes. He also fixates on PT while losing an air war. If you said this to someone a few years ago, they wouldn’t believe you. 85859201
Reposted by Elinor ElliotPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Apparently people are trying to doxx Cornell’s Jane Doe. I have never felt so concerned about a Jane Doe in my entire life. I am shaken. It is so incredibly difficult for women to pursue justice. Sexual assault causes higher PTSD rates than war. This excerpt is by Rebecca Solnit. 17252122
Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I love how the BBC start blithely quoting Itamar Ben Gvir while never once mentioning that he's under UK Government sanctions for openly calling for the murder of Palestinian people. 0165
Reposted by Elinor ElliotWATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"My concern all along is what have we done to the kids. We moved here, chose this property, + I feel guilty because I’ve exposed them to that, even though I know it’s not my fault.” So often, with PFAS pollution, the innocent feel guilt. Do the culpable? share.google/uPs7Qpqek3qn...share.google‘Are these chemicals in my blood?’ How one community learned the truth about Pfas pollutionPeople living next to a chemicals plant near Blackpool were tested for ‘forever chemicals’. Last week they received the alarming results 27633
Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Thank goodness Burnham's government seems to be getting real about environmental protection and national resilience, and grasping the fundamental link between those things. It's such a relief to hear this after the deep disappointment of the Starmer years. 191
Reposted by Elinor ElliotCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NEW: Meet the real AI ‘rogue agent’: Lord Watson of Palantir. I am sick to the teeth of this current AI hype cycle & its perversion of language. The only thing going ‘rogue’ right now are AI boosters, a gullible & compliant press & a Labour Lord 1/ broligarchy.substack.com/p/meet-the-r...broligarchy.substack.comMeet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom WatsonA Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now 301012398
Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The "not all men" point fails when you consider rape as a weapon of war from an historical perspective. In certain circumstances, it very much IS all men. 061
Reposted by Elinor ElliotPost Mo Thóoooooooin (DAVE!) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There's a very famous sketch about an Alexa controlled elevator in Scotland and the vocal contortions folks need to use to get it to work. AI is forcing conformity on more than just the accents though. Structure and syntax must fit its parameters. It forces homogenization. 614940
Reposted by Elinor ElliotOrdinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How to say white without saying white. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comFive UK nationals arrested near RAF Fairford released on bailPolice say alleged offences could have been committed ‘knowingly or unknowingly’ on behalf of a foreign state 13812
Reposted by Elinor ElliotAcid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Remembering Sister Rosetta Tharpe, born in 1915 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. Here she's performing "Didn't It Rain" at a train depot in Manchester, England in 1964. She's often called the "Godmother of Rock & Roll" and influenced future music icons like Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Elvis Presley. 14982152046
Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"We were aware of it all along, but allowed three vans full of explosives to reach an RAF base, and had to evacuate 84 homes in the Cotswolds in the middle of the night" Right. OK. We believe you. Thousands wouldn't. 0130
Reposted by Elinor ElliotDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. 18872113004
Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is a really good point, and is true for the new media in general. I mean, it's true of ALL media. We are creatues designed to be socially influenced, and that vulnerability is *exactly* what the billionaire owners exploit. Think you're immune? You're not. 0113
Reposted by Elinor ElliotTom O’Kane @tomokane053.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"I bet the majority of people who voted for Brexit didn't expect the unleashing of the politics we have now." I think you're right. I think folk like Farage and Co. suspected the most selfish and least educated on these islands would vote for unregulated self harm, and that's what they got. 283
Reposted by Elinor Elliotwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026At the age of 90 year old, Czech former agricultural worker Agnes Kasparkova continued her 13 year project to decorate her small village with hand-painting traditional Moravian motifs on the local houses #womensart 204583779
Reposted by Elinor ElliotDermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 27/09/2026As I’ve said before, I prefer the term “language researcher” 614928
Reposted by Elinor Elliot🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Part owner of Canada) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 27/09/2026 1318973
Reposted by Elinor ElliotBut Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 24/09/2026DVDs aren't low-tech. They're just things you can actually own, that won't disappear overnight, that don't require a monthly subscription, that won't suddenly get reedited, that won't start putting adverts in the middle and that won't sell your data to the worst people in the world. 92157780
Reposted by Elinor ElliotNigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 27/09/2026An autummal delight, Apple and Walnut Crumble i #RecipeOfTheDay! Whether you serve it with custard, cream or even a scoop of ice cream is, of course, up to you. www.nigella.com/recipes/appl...nigella.comApple and Walnut CrumbleIn How to Eat, I suggested this as a recipe for two. Yes, my portions are always generous, but the thing is, on certain days, we just ate this, the two of us, for supper in its entirety. Or almost: I ... 1840546
Reposted by Elinor ElliotKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026But I need to smile more. 716143636318
Reposted by Elinor Elliot🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Golden Parrotbill tiny 10cm lives in parts of China, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Taiwan, and a small area of Japan. highly cooperative, monogamous pairs Both the male and female birds share nearly all parental duties equally, from building the nest to incubating the eggs and feeding the young. 261303180
Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When people tell you who they are, believe them. 52512
Reposted by Elinor ElliotRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026In the early part of the 20thC, the Swiss artist Hans Emmenegger began making recurrent themes of enigmatic, dark forest interiors, exploring the optical effects of light and colour. This work was painted in 1933. 651880
Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I didn't expect to weep through 70 Up but it was a very moving watch, despite (or maybe because of) some of the subjects rebelling against Michael Apted's heavy-handed editorialising, and the inherently superficial/reductive nature of the medium. It's still a remarkable piece of TV. 180
Reposted by Elinor ElliotGeorge The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’ve emptied the Essential Equipment Box for inspection. I can confirm I still need absolutely everything. 362451186
Reposted by Elinor ElliotStephen Farrow @stephenfarrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Here's the link: 2/2bbc.co.ukUK summer 2026: BBC postcode lookup shows how hot and dry it wasMost of us experienced drought and heatwaves - but temperatures and rainfall were not the same everywhere. 132
Reposted by Elinor ElliotStephen Farrow @stephenfarrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There's a tool on the BBC News website that lets you enter your postcode and see how much hotter the weather where you live was this summer compared to the long-term average. It's worse than I expected. 1/2 173
Reposted by Elinor ElliotGregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“The most virulent form of philosophical technolibertarianism is a kind of scary, psychologically brittle, prepolitical autism... an inability to reconcile the demands of being individual with the demands of participating in society. Technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect.”wired.comWho Killed Paulina Borsook’s Career?A quarter-century ago, Borsook published a wildly prophetic, penetrating book about Silicon Valley called Cyberselfish. Then she disappeared. 12215
Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Andrew Lowney: the ultimate dinner party guest. This man must never have to cook for himself. 040
Reposted by Elinor ElliotBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Woman, child and pram, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, Ireland, c.1967, photo by Evelyn Hofer, German-American photographer (1922-2009). 626531
Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I hate coke heads. Absolutely don't give a shit who gets killed/maimed in the dirty business of producing and distributing their drug of choice, as long as they can have their kicks. Absolute arseholes. 260
Reposted by Elinor ElliotBarbJoan @bjgt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Here is a list of the countries that walked out on Netanyahu’s speech www.thenorthstar.com/p/here-is-th...thenorthstar.com🎥 Here is the list of every nation that just walked out on Netanyahu, AGAIN, at the United Nations. It’s very telling who left and who stayed.Video of the Day :: Thursday, September 24th, 2026 :: Edition 016 141
Reposted by Elinor ElliotLe désobéissant 🏴Ministre fantôme @sybilchaos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Netanyahu accused those who left the auditorium of moral cowardice, when the reality is the exact opposite, the moral cowards are those who remained to listen. 0101
Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I've just realised that I watch quite a few contemporary dramas for the interiors. The acting is so unremarkable that I literally watch the furniture. 380
Reposted by Elinor ElliotIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Why does the UK press continue to treat Trump like a normal politician when he is demonstrably wicked and insane inews.co.uk/opinion/trum... 52880216
Reposted by Elinor ElliotBen Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“I may have spent a load of my life in international conferences, I might have been better persuading people to join local organisations in my own area.” 1134
Reposted by Elinor ElliotAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide 17979373272
Reposted by Elinor ElliotAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl... 6744241397
Reposted by Elinor ElliotKevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Part of a 9th century cross-shaft from Shaftesbury Abbey which was founded by Alfred the Great in AD 888. The abbey was founded solely for women, and Alfred’s daughter, Aethelgifu, was installed as its first Abbess. 📸 My own #SaxonSunday #SundayStonework #ShaftesburyAbbey 236663
Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026There you have it folks. Farage would ban the RNLI. As we have seen in the USA, fascists are, at bottom, destroyers of the kind of institutions that keep us behaving like civilised human beings in civilised societies, all the while claiming to uphold "civilised values." They are savage filth. 12812
