Reposted by Gerard WardThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/10/2026In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them. In UK cinemas from 16 October. Visit www.naza.film 018472 184
Gerard Ward @gerward.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Absolutely bob on Wordle 1,944 6/6* today ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 000 0
Reposted by Gerard WardThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026A must-share every single time it comes up. 6584129 584
Gerard Ward @gerward.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Found myself up in central London (long story) so watching the 2nd half of the game on TCR. And let me tell you folks the patter is absolutely rank. 000 0
Reposted by Gerard WardPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.bbc.co.ukRoyal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobsThe postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027. 87866413 866
Reposted by Gerard WardAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own 451381566 1.4K
Gerard Ward @gerward.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The cow whisperer. And yes the background noise is a grave being opened. What’s it to ya?! 000 0
Reposted by Gerard WardJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Quite an odd choice to brief this out 2817117 171
Reposted by Gerard WardMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026God, yeah, whatever could lead you to speculate that they might be fuel thieves? 1929961 299
Reposted by Gerard WardThe New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Weeks of what looks like blatant lawbreaking have finally resulted in an arrest. But the home secretary seems happy to look elsewhere ✏️ @jamesrball.combuff.lyIf Shabana Mahmood is tough, why is she so slow to crack down on Danny Tommo and the far right?Weeks of what looks like blatant lawbreaking have finally resulted in an arrest. But the home secretary seems happy to look elsewhere 26519 65
Reposted by Gerard WardMark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 201152666 1.2K
Reposted by Gerard WardJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 24/09/2026"The early days of Andy Burnham’s government have made Starmer’s look positively energetic: a PM who usually loves nothing more than being on camera has studiously avoided saying a word as he loses control of law and order in Britain, and his home secretary seems determined to appease the thugs."thenewworld.co.ukIf Shabana Mahmood is tough, why is she so slow to crack down on Danny Tommo and the far right?Weeks of what looks like blatant lawbreaking have finally resulted in an arrest. But the home secretary seems happy to look elsewhere 1928289 282
Reposted by Gerard WardCreature from the Jack Lagoon @jacklikesfilm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The woman who chucked a milkshake in Farage's face got a 13-week jail sentence (suspended for 12 months), had to give the fascist £150 compensation, did 20 hours of unpaid community service and paid £450 in court costs. 48948 89
Reposted by Gerard WardWillard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Not helped by our completely useless culture secretary, only in post for Labour factional reasons, who never bloody asserts herself, currently snoozing through BBC charter renewal. How she kept her job in the post-Starmer reshuffle is completely beyond me. 635532 355
Reposted by Gerard WardWillard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess. 641822419 1.8K
Reposted by Gerard WardLaura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I am the local LD councillor and I have not supported this campaign. No one asked me to, presumably because they knew what I'd say. This just absolutely, categorically untrue. 12585206 585
Reposted by Gerard WardJohn Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 15/09/2026Ed Sheeran's tour bus. 76148812903 14.9K
Gerard Ward @gerward.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Dalot 🙄static.klipy.comPeter Kay Have It - Football FieldALT: Peter Kay Have It - Football Field 000 0
Reposted by Gerard WardMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’. 23543311490 4.3K
Reposted by Gerard WardNick Cohen @nickcohen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Channel 4’s investigation into Farage’s Reform is the most devastating expose of corruption ever broadcast in the UK Piece from me on why there is much more to comenickcohen.substack.comCorruption in plain sightThe Farage money-making machine never sleeps 522651 226
Reposted by Gerard WardRobert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 04/09/2026One thing that I love about the film is how it captures a very distinct social setting and milieu. Lunch at Rules. G&Ts at Mark’s. A champagne reception at Oswald’s. Pints in a Shepherd Neame’s pub in Westminster. Discussion of Black Velvets over oysters by the sea. 49539139 539
Reposted by Gerard WardThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"If there there was a window it was not broken, but it if was broken it was not by Nigel Farage's ball, but if it was his ball he certainly did not kick it, and if he did kick it, it was an accident and he knew nothing about it" said a Reform spokesperson. 181078307 1.1K
Reposted by Gerard WardDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 166115933185 11.6K
Reposted by Gerard WardTanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A reminder, last year The Spectator did an interview so fawning & uncritical of the Tate Brothers , that victims of the Tates had to complain to Ipso about it. Editor Michael Gove also champions the IDF & hates people of colour . The Spectator Summer Party is eagerly anticipated & attended 🥂.theguardian.comWomen allegedly abused by Andrew Tate decry ‘misleading’ Spectator articleComplaint sent to Ipso over interview with ‘misogynist influencer’ and brother in Michael Gove-edited magazine 17634206 634
Gerard Ward @gerward.bsky.social · 30/08/2026🎵 So no one told you life was going to be this way🎵 source: www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/fri... 000 0
Reposted by Gerard WardSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Racist Zero under investigation by his current employer www.thenational.scot/news/2648073...thenational.scotAcademic who sparked Jason Arday pile on under investigation by universityThe academic who sparked the pile on which preceded a black British professor’s suicide has said he is under investigation by his university 43718226 718
Reposted by Gerard WardArbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 11/08/2026How to admit election cheating, and not one word about it is in the media. 23150132476 5K
Gerard Ward @gerward.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Worst. Sleep. Ever.static.klipy.comCartoon Character Typing NothingALT: Cartoon Character Typing Nothing 000 0
Reposted by Gerard WardAlan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 13/08/2026@mrjamesob.bsky.social #barneyfarmer #Leehealey the strip you were after 38530 85
Reposted by Gerard WardThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 11/08/2026If early release can be altered so as to exempt homicide offences, it should be. Prisoners who have caused the gravest harm should be among the last to benefit from the overcrowding crisis. But carving out exceptions for individual prisoners in response to media campaigns is weak and unprincipled. 1032066394 2.1K
Reposted by Gerard WardSir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I don't think there should be a defibrilator on Snowdon. And that's a hill I'm prepared to die on 693338695 3.3K
Gerard Ward @gerward.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I did not get purple. But I did like purple. Connections Puzzle #1156 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 000 0
Reposted by Gerard WardEddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This reaction is hilarious. Is it really going to take that much of your resources to build a "cancel my subscription" form on the website instead of forcing people to phone someone whose job is not to process your cancellation but talk you into staying. 301305237 1.3K
Gerard Ward @gerward.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Fell at the last 🧠 Quiz of the Day - Aug 10 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜ Score: 9/10 Think you can do better? quizoftheday.co.ukquizoftheday.co.ukQuiz of the Day | Daily General Knowledge QuizThe UK's premier online general knowledge quiz. Challenge friends and colleagues with our 10-question daily quiz. Original & hand-curated trivia since 2015. 000 0
Reposted by Gerard WardSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The impact varies by type of institution, and by specific institution and course. The levy may have a general impact (but may make less expensive masters courses unviable, which may be part of its intent) 3183 18
Reposted by Gerard WardSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Party standings & leadership similar to last week, illustrating initial Burnham bounce for Labour. Badenoch down a few points 🌹Burnham +16 🔶Davey -4 🌳Badenoch -5 🌍Polanski -23 ➡️Farage -25 6259 25
Reposted by Gerard WardThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/08/2026This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khantheguardian.comThis burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq KhanLook at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan 15349120 349
Reposted by Gerard WardThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 05/08/2026Refuse collectors help woman recover discarded €1m lottery ticket after emptying bin truckirishtimes.comRefuse collectors help woman recover discarded €1m lottery ticket after emptying bin truckWorkers spent more than day sifting through rubbish 1317 31
Reposted by Gerard WardMarcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 03/08/2026“The game I play is a very interesting one. It's imagination, in a tight straightjacket.” ― Richard P. Feynman That is, find a piece of mathematical machinery that describes new phenomena but that does not contradict the accumulated mathematical machnery we know to be correct. Very hard. 1113 11
Reposted by Gerard WardMia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Is your favorite subreddit filled with brands blending in with real users while they promote themselves? Reddit is more important than ever. I wrote about the skincare brands, record labels, and weight loss apps descending on Reddit to get seen by people — and AI. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...theverge.comCan Reddit fend off a new wave of AI SEO spam?The era of AI-powered search has made Reddit mentions highly valuable. Subreddit moderators are catching brands trying to take advantage. 37318 73
Reposted by Gerard WardJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 03/08/2026Stories about life, death and taxes (plus some original photos) www.londoncentric.media/p/londons-fi...londoncentric.mediaLondon's first month without rainPlus: There's nowhere to bury the dead • London wants to keep its money • When will it stop being so damn hot • Who is to blame for turning off the air conditioning in the tower block? 36315 63
Reposted by Gerard WardFourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Cameron was told to build more reservoirs and he said fuck that. As with much of our current problems, the blame lies with that jizz faced public school bastard. 56012 60
Reposted by Gerard WardAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Important, because Farage's defence for not declaring Harborne's £5m 'gift' has always been very specific: he did not decide to stand until 3rd of June. Turns out this deal was struck mid-May (confirmed by RefUK) and facilitated by Farage's other big donor, convicted felon 'Posh' George Cotrell. 🧐 52678280 678
Gerard Ward @gerward.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Connections Puzzle #1148 struggle today 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟦🟨🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟦🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 000 0