Reposted by Ian CummingsJaundiced Brains @johnnymains.co.uk · 09/10/202630th October, Plymouth Library, 2-5pm. Starring me. Be there and there will be my British Library books on sale! 052
Reposted by Ian CummingsJaundiced Brains @johnnymains.co.uk · 12/09/2026Work is looking very non-existent for the end of the year - if you're able to throw the price of a coffee my way, I'd be more than thankful. buymeacoffee.com/johnnymainsbuymeacoffee.comJohnny MainsI look for lost ghosts in old fiction. I try and bring back authors lost to time. I also write my own fiction/non-fiction.I edit books for the British Library like CELTIC WEIRD, SCOTLAND THE STRANGE, 02118
Reposted by Ian CummingsMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Daily Mail poll on Instagram. A strong pro-EU preference in their (presumably younger) audience. 1726758
Reposted by Ian CummingsTalking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Captain Blue disappears and arrives back three months later... CAPTAIN SCARLET & THE MYSTERONS (1968) 10:30pm 'The Inquisition' #TPTVsubtitles 0103
Reposted by Ian CummingsOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice." 2872550924
Reposted by Ian CummingsIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Reading the details of the US execution story from last night and it is absolute barbarism. Like reading a history of the medieval period. 70960162
Reposted by Ian CummingsThe New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Reform leader told his social media followers the five men arrested were "Iranian nationals". They weren't ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀buff.lyNigel Farage's specious speculation on Fairford fiveThe Reform leader told his social media followers the five men arrested were "Iranian nationals". They weren't 4228
Reposted by Ian CummingsThe New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ofcom has 10 open investigations into News UK’s broadcasting arm and its diet of anti-immigrant bile and climate denial ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀buff.lyHow toxic Talk become Britain's most investigated channelOfcom has 10 open investigations into News UK’s broadcasting arm and its diet of anti-immigrant bile and climate denial 0165
Reposted by Ian Cummings🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 124123765269
Reposted by Ian Cummings💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You cannot make this shiz up! #FDT #Pinks 92815511
Reposted by Ian CummingsProtect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Link in comments to take action against the cruel slaughter of Gannet chicks. 21210
Reposted by Ian CummingsDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy. 781822511
Reposted by Ian CummingsBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 24/09/2026Our megapoll with YouGov shows that more than 99% of GB constituencies want to rejoin the EU. We spoke with people in Holborn and St Pancras, where a by-election is taking place next week. They confirmed that a party that putting EU membership in its manifesto would win their votes. 18595189
Reposted by Ian CummingsOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If these people were not so very dangerously stupid this would be very funny indeed. Jaymey McIvor of Reform insisting people from Chingford and Woodford are claiming asylum in Ongar. 208914247
Reposted by Ian CummingsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026BALDWIN: Do you believe mifepristone is safe and effective? OVERTON: It has been approved by the FDA BALDWIN: So you can't answer the question 1341729435
Reposted by Ian CummingsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026OMG -- under questioning from Hassan, Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton refuses to acknowledge that Trump can ever be wrong about anything even after she's confronted with a specific example of something Trump is clearly wrong about 59250231758
Reposted by Ian CummingsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026MURRAY: The Trump admin falsely labeled birth control as abortion. Do you agree that an IUD is an abortifacient? OVERTON: If confirmed, I'll be fully briefed M: That's not an answer. The prospect of an FDA commissioner who doesn't know that birth control isn't an abortion is deeply alarming O: 😊 42158991866
Reposted by Ian CummingsThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Meanwhile, we’re still murdering people in the Caribbean. www.reuters.com/world/us-say... 33653032586
Reposted by Ian CummingsMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'd say Trump reminds me of a mob boss, but I don't recall a mob boss ever being that stupid. 40692168
Reposted by Ian CummingsRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Very excited by new #podcast - hope you listen and hope some of you might be able to support it at patreon.com/robinince aiming to get voices and stories heard that are often ignored or sneered at in the media 0256
Reposted by Ian CummingsRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I am in Hastings this Sunday www.hastingsbookfest.org/events/robin... Join me #poetry #neurodiversity #science #nature #lovehastingsbookfest.orgRobin Ince | Hastings Book FestPOETS IN PERFORMANCE Part 2 supported by Kyla Jardine 25915
Reposted by Ian CummingsOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Sadiq Khan's hated ULEZ has made London's air cleaner and its children healthier. What this disaster means for populist, patriotic 'dirty air' campaigners on both sides of the Atlantic. Me for @noosphere.app Warning. May contain heavy sarcasm. www.noosphere.app/ulez-mayor-s...noosphere.appULEZ: Mayor Sadiq Khan's Dastardly Scheme to Make London's Air Clean Again WorkedAnd what it means for patriotic pro-pollution politicians on both sides of the Atlantic 361226338
Reposted by Ian Cummingsfife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Re-joining the EU would inject at least £216mn a year into the North East economy—recovering up to 90% of local Brexit losses. Staying shackled to trade barriers while our regional GVA stalls is an ideological luxury we can no longer afford. Should full membership be back on the table? 1/2 #FBPEnortheastbylines.co.ukEU membership offers at least £216mn boost to North East per year, new report findsA boost of at least £216mn could be injected into England’s North East economy per year, the equivalent to a Gross Value Added (GVA) increase of at least 0.50% via UK’s re-entry to the European Union 12513
Reposted by Ian CummingsPaul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 04/08/2026This is the tragic yet logical result of a decades-long project—undertaken by rightwing politicians and “business-minded” administrators alike—to distort the meaning of higher education, to deny the intrinsic value of the pursuit of knowledge, to deprive us all of richer, more purposeful lives. 13608257
Reposted by Ian CummingsJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17/07/2026This is the party currently demanding that I apologise for comparing Nigel Farage to a poo… 871489377
Reposted by Ian CummingsJaundiced Brains @johnnymains.co.uk · 11/07/2026My daughter Marnie (14) is making custom badges over on Vinted - all money she makes will be going to women in Afghanistan. She's a fucking treasure 0115
Reposted by Ian CummingsRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 06/07/2026A tearful #poem for all the cancelled #comedians #comedy 59721
Reposted by Ian CummingsReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This really does change everything. Nigel Farage’s crypto-gambler ally used Reform UK business cardsthetimes.comNigel Farage’s crypto-gambler ally used Reform UK business cardsGeorge Cottrell handed out cards with Farage’s email despite having no official role. Now the leader faces an inquiry over undeclared financial links to him 17218105
Reposted by Ian CummingsSarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 01/07/2026Ben Cullen, a leading figure of the "Raise the Colours" campaign, will stand trial for three separate charges regarding a total of 78 indecent images of children. I have only seen this covered in local newspapers, so far. Grim as it is, it needs wider coverage www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2624087... 861309894
Reposted by Ian CummingsBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/07/2026Temperatures are reaching new extremes, and we are already feeling the consequences of climate change. We need to come together to combat global warming. www.theguardian.com/environment/202…theguardian.comOcean surface temperatures hit a record high for JuneEuropean scientists warn of consequences for weather patterns, the global climate and marine life 06526
Reposted by Ian CummingsIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The treatment of this woman is absolutely outrageous and one of the most egregious corporate violations of free speech I've seen. I have just bought the book as a fuck you to Facebook. It's available here uk.bookshop.org/p/books/care...uk.bookshop.orgCareless People: A story of where I used to workThe number one global bestseller and Book of the Year 2025 for Audible, The Times, Cosmopolitan, The Economist and more.‘Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to b... 931009498
Reposted by Ian CummingsReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Labour urges Farage to stop evading scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionairetheguardian.comLabour urges Farage to stop evading scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionaireCall for ‘clear and truthful account’ comes amid questions about the Reform leader’s property spending 611436
Reposted by Ian CummingsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/06/2026WELKER: How long are you willing to give Iran to make a deal? You've been talking for quite some time TRUMP: We really haven't. You were in Vietnam for 19 years. I won't even talk about World War 2, because that was the big one. 2191020240
Reposted by Ian CummingsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/06/2026WELKER: Will any deal you make include the release of Americans who are being held by Iran? TRUMP: We'll see. Nobody has an accurate list of who they are or if they're being held WELKER: Are you demanding a list? TRUMP: No 2031641525
Reposted by Ian CummingsBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 03/06/2026Happy Maurice Evans's birthday! 3458
Reposted by Ian CummingsThe i Paper @theipaper.com · 03/06/2026Opinion | Nigel Farage is a threat to national security 'This is what he does. It's who he is' 🖋️ @IanDunt trib.al/DMojaEkinews.co.ukNigel Farage is a threat to national securityThis is what he does. It's who he is 4267
Reposted by Ian CummingsPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 31/05/2026NET MIGRATION HAS FALLEN BY 82% SINCE ITS PEAK YET NEARLY HALF OF BRITONS INCORRECTLY BELIEVE ITS ACTUALLY INCREASED It’s a shocking indictment of the abject failure of UK news shows youtu.be/WuSKdLtKHCs?...youtu.beNET MIGRATION HAS FALLEN BY 82% SINCE ITS PEAK YET NEARLY HALF OF BRITONS BELIEVE ITS INCREASED!YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 40640333
Reposted by Ian CummingsNorth East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 31/05/2026We had a great day at Durham Pride 🏳️🌈 110711
Reposted by Ian CummingsZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/05/2026In an era of multiparty politics - first past the post is utterly broken. It is time for Proportional Representation. The climate crisis & our inequality crisis cannot wait for another general election. Failing to fix our democracy immediately will betray future generations. 802534675
Reposted by Ian CummingsZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/05/2026In Birmingham, a councillor won this month with just 20%. They happen to be Green & I'm delighted they won! It's also become clear under first past the post - the vast majority of votes don't count leaving people feeling unheard. That's the mandate to change the system. Now. 644476
Reposted by Ian CummingsOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Bad news for Mr Löwe. He'll be off to Germany presumably. Land of his forefathers. 5229389
Reposted by Ian CummingsMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/05/2026JUST IN: Martina McBride announces she will NOT perform at the Trump Freedom 250 event, saying she was misled — echoing claims made by several other artists who were listed as participants. 32457501394
Reposted by Ian CummingsDr Adam Levy @climateadam.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Wild how Israeli ministers will decry accusations of ethnic cleansing... ... and then just explicitly state they want to do ethnic cleansing. We should all be horrified by this. And at the very *very* least stop supporting it. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.comIsrael’s defence minister says large-scale Palestinian migration from Gaza will go aheadHuman rights groups and lawyers say policy amounts to ethnic cleansing 212562
Reposted by Ian CummingsPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/05/2026The ECHR has protected British people from abuses of power by its own government. Nigel Farage wants us to leave it. Please think long and hard about that before voting Reform youtu.be/Fhrb5Z7ScME?...youtu.beTHE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTS US ALL - WE MUST DEFEND IT!YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 11390149
Reposted by Ian CummingsMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 24/05/2026🔥 over 87,000 now! Check out the link. 414997
Reposted by Ian CummingsBrexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Do we really want this snowflake leading the UK? #RefUKkers 22612
Reposted by Ian CummingsMad Bastard @madbastard-v2.bsky.social · 20/05/2026"But we're not a cult. Why do people keep saying we're a cult?" 251034104
Reposted by Ian CummingsPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026So I went on a deep dive last night into the archives of the suspended X account of Reform UK’s Makersfield election candidate, Robert Kenyon. This is what I found… bylinetimes.com/2026/05/20/r...bylinetimes.comReading the Riot Act: Reform UK’s Makerfield By-Election Candidate During the Summer of TroubleThe archive of Robert Kenyon’s suspended X account reveals intense activity after three children were murdered in Southport in 2024 16257163
