As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 24m www.theguardian.com/technology/2...static.klipy.comJames Spader: This Is Gonna Be A GasALT: James Spader: This Is Gonna Be A Gas 000
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 2hI volunteered for Childline for a decade at uni and I know firsthand a snapshot of how many lives Esther Rantzen changed. Her later years were known for assisted dying but her legacy will be giving vulnerable children someone to listen to and care. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.comEsther Rantzen, TV presenter and Childline founder, dies aged 86Rantzen announced lung cancer diagnosis in 2023 and became a vocal assisted dying campaigner 622459
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsDee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When you die, please don't take your organs with you. They will be of NO use to you. Please sign the back of your driver's license and be an organ donor. This is the highest form of "charity" because the recipient can do nothing for you except be grateful for your selfless gift. 77848152
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister: "In 2015, we had a deal, we remained committed to that deal, it was the US that withdrew with zero justification" 29778182351
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Denmark is trolling Trump. 29169162723
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsAlan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Big Gav Statement 09023
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Fuck the IFA, and fuck their trolling 'explanation' of Saied Abu Farchi's rotten fuckery. www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comRepublic of Ireland players to wear black armbands after agreeing to play IsraelThe Republic of Ireland’s Nations League fixtures with Israel will go ahead after a ‘significant majority’ of players voted for the matches to go ahead 010
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsRoman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Trump recently said that he didn’t promise not to start new wars. Obviously, that’s a lie. Good thing we have video recordings of this. 911350
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026He's like Rodney Dangerfield on Fentanyl.static.klipy.comRodney Dangerfield: I Don't Get No Respect!ALT: Rodney Dangerfield: I Don't Get No Respect! 000
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I think the phrase "under Reform UK" is spurious, because there's absolutely nothing beneath Reform UK. 010
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Oh God no. Nora Charles is sharp as Occam's Razor. Hastings is decent, true, and dim as a parish-house bulb. 010
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Of course, #Traitors is a lot more fucking loaded in Ireland. 000
Reposted by As Sparks Fly Upwardsdarren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 18/09/2026 45846662566
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsMJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Grateful that only 11.5% of bills became laws. 34614134
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I would say "May her memory be a blessing", but I can guarantee that it will be. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.comBonnie Greer obituaryWriter and critic who became known for her sharp, composed appearances on TV shows such as Late Review and Question Time 020
Reposted by As Sparks Fly Upwardsconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Try this at your job tomorrow. Show up to your shift at the restaurant on a packed Friday night, tell the manager your section “has done its work,” and 22638199
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026So painful to lose a parent at any age. And Alzheimer's is such an unforgiving disease. Thoughts with the PM and his family as they make sense of it all and reflect on his Dad. 2068359
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Jared Kushner is not "on the other side of the aisle." He's not an elected official. He's not an administration official. He's the president's son-in-law and a private citizen. You do not, in fact, have to take meetings with relatives of the president. Some might even say you should *not* do that 58791832102
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I post this every year on 9/11. Never forget. bsky.app/profile/ronf... 1232446889
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Trump's been told to lean forward in his chair so that he doesn't fall asleep. 000
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026To every reporter who stands there as Trump shouts down one of your (almost always female) colleagues with insults and bullying behavior without standing up for them -- you know the rest of us can see and hear you, right? 15846281084
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/09/2026🎯 by @ellabaron.bsky.social The abuse directed towards RNLI volunteers is horrendous. Solidarity with RNLI volunteers. They are doing incredible work. 701988509
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Today's plan for a quiet afternoon by the pool is being derailed by the English couple behind us, who are bickering about the rules of cribbage. 000
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 08/09/2026RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period. 4200122
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsDonna Rees @donnarees.bsky.social · 07/09/2026What’s an example of perfect casting?static.klipy.comLili Von Shtüpp: Let's Face It, I'm Tired!ALT: Lili Von Shtüpp: Let's Face It, I'm Tired! 3132
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsPatton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this. 15223964816055
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026And now I have to go back and find out, for future reference, which plant I am allergic to. 000
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Hey, fuckwits, if you're not prepared to put your name and your face to a protest, it's not a protest, it's a threat. You're just Farage's Brownshirts. And you probably don't know what happened to the originals. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comBlack-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in KentPort authorities say access roads ‘free flowing’ again after large group forces road closures in both directions 120
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Tonight's guys doing a perfect impersonation of Lynyrd Skynyrd are reminding me of the NME description of their product as "sounding like a dustbin full of broken glass and washing-machine parts falling down a steel staircase". 000
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026They do know, don't they, that they can't fucking vote for him again? No, they don't.static.klipy.comBlazing Saddles: Simple Farmers, MoronsALT: Blazing Saddles: Simple Farmers, Morons 110
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social 440122905642
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsJonathan @jonathansocials.com · 03/09/2026The Liar in Chief thinks a president should be impeached for lying. 25138252028
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Before losing her life in 1986 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Christa McAuliffe was set to be the first teacher in space with plans to teach a lesson to kids around the world from orbit. Today is her birthday, and even now, her courage and dedication to education continues to inspire. 486236974254
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsConor @ernekid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is some absolute nonsense impacting one of my favourite sandwich places in Belfast 352284605
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026August 31 is still, apparently, Silly Season. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe hill I will die on: No self-respecting adult should use the term ‘picky bits’ | Laura SnapesIt’s the Boaty McBoatface of dinner time. Britons, resist the supermarkets’ cutesy branding and have some dignity, says the Guardian’s deputy music editor, Laura Snapes 000
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsAndy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I’m just trying to keep my political messaging clear: 541095408
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Hopefully cholesterol will even things out today. 010
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026#CNN using Trisha fucking Goddard as a #RoyalConsultant is one more fucking nail in CNN's coffin. 100
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026"If you sit by the river long enough, you will see the bodies of - oh, never mind." 010
Reposted by As Sparks Fly UpwardsTofuNYG 🏈🏳️🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Nah, keep mocking the shit out of her 6693895359
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026In the latest of their long-running, and possibly eternal, series 'Will This Do?', The Guardian uncovers another hill on which to die. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comJudi Dench has inspired a new decorating trend – and I oppose it with every fibre of my beingReverse decluttering is here, prompting a shudder from me and my fellow neat freaks. Why would you want to be surrounded by mementos when you could be perfectly tidy? 010
As Sparks Fly Upwards @fitzjohn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Yeh, now do chorizo. I dares ya. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comAçaí, chipotle and gnocchi – and other words you are probably mispronouncingThe English language can seem designed to trip us up, whether we’re greeting a colonel or travelling to Worcestershire. Here are some of the biggest stumbling blocks 000