Reposted by AbiEWangle-BOO-ry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My dad was a bus driver; he once got in trouble for bunking off 'sick' and showing up on the telly on the same day, in the depot canteen, in the crowd at the Headingley test match 26813
Reposted by AbiEProf Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Excellent images to have a coffee whilst admiringtheguardian.comComedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in picturesA selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari... 429997
Reposted by AbiEEddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A little Friday night timeline cleanser. 🙂 18026
Reposted by AbiEmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 167182024551
Reposted by AbiEBrooke from Let’s Not Date @letsnotdate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Right-wing Canadian men have the same access to the history of what was done to Indigenous children as we do, but many refuse to care. I decided to tell them that history as if the children had been white instead. 524739
Reposted by AbiE🎃EM-SCREAM-KAYVEE 🔪 @youremceekayvee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One of my favorite things back when I had a fiancé and a job (lol my life is a country song) was coming home and putting down my work bag and loudly declaring to him, "I REST MY CASE." 1412213
Reposted by AbiEBraden Serkas @portmanteauface.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Someone at work once asked me what my guilty pleasure was and I immediately shot back “pleasure never makes me feel guilty.” I’ve seldom felt cooler than I did in that moment. Literally one minute later I tripped on an extension cord and hit my head on a whiteboard in front of the entire office 241477207
Reposted by AbiENicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026While I have you here, let me also link to an article I wrote years ago about how to talk to your daughters about sexual violence—without blaming them, shaming them, or restricting their freedoms.slate.comWhat You Should Really Say to Your Daughter About Campus Sexual AssaultIt’s not what you might imagine. 434885
Reposted by AbiENicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear: 81165549
Reposted by AbiEGillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/202694 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. 11237891405
Reposted by AbiESaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Govt minister Josh MacAlister claims unemployed young people are paid with PIP to be out of work. Except PIP isn't an out of work benefit, plenty of people who receive PIP are in work & PIP enables them to do that. Josh knows this. What hes doing is whipping up anger towards disabled people. 1819584
Reposted by AbiEVelour Shirt @object.works · 29/09/2026This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose 692145712
Reposted by AbiENoreen Dalton 🌱🍉 @nordaltsee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026To all you Americans who understandably can't or dont want to sit through a 4 hour movie, please buy a ticket if you can afford it. You don't have to watch it in theatre but it'll piss Elon off so much of it does well 😉 071
Reposted by AbiEtrouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Tarzan's house, Beverly Hills, 1986. 310524
Reposted by AbiEStevie Kilner @1steviekilner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If anyone would like to see a short video of a cat illustrating the internationally recognised and indeed, perfect way to ascend a ladder, this is your lucky day. #Caturday 17120
Reposted by AbiEKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776462129
Reposted by AbiEuppergwladysblu.bsky.social @uppergwladysblu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Hey Manchester City Football Club: 👇🏻 712931
Reposted by AbiEParis Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026I read this story and can’t help think of the breathless coverage media has given these delusional fantasies about superintelligent AI killing humanity in ten years, when companies are releasing tools coaching mass shooters and helping people kill themselves. People need to wake the fuck up. 4927169
Reposted by AbiECaptain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Jim Henson was born on this day in 1936. 513204552
Reposted by AbiETW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026this is fantastic and I learned something new 563082432
Reposted by AbiEDevon Dympsy @devondympsy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Love this... (artist: Janis Goodman) 3349134
Reposted by AbiECourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026The AI industry wants you to say "the AI just did that thing on its own!" Like, United Health's AI that's denying a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate? They wanted you to think it's just the AI. 2241421196
Reposted by AbiERobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I was going to write a long poem about the revolting racism and aggression in England - but it turned out to be very short “Let the children drown Can’t you see they’re brown” Remember how many times Farage was on QT - remember ITV putting him I’m a Celebrity - every little helps the brutality 838687
Reposted by AbiEIsle McElroy @islemcelroy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I start teaching at the Columbia mfa today. Here’s the AI statement from my syllabus. Feel free to borrow. 1026142
Reposted by AbiERoss Young @writingrocks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“The result? When we ask young children to write in parallel, the result is usually pretty predictable: ideas become impoverished, sentences simplified, word choices narrowed and texts become less ambitious than the child’s actual thinking and creativity.” writing4pleasure.com/2026/06/30/t...writing4pleasure.comThe Science Of Writing And The Book-Making Approachdownload this article In many primary classrooms, children are routinely asked to sit down and write: to think of an idea, turn it into a series of sentences and transcribe those sentences accurate… 011
Reposted by AbiEChristina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I'm a 99p Kindle weekly deal. Tell all your non dead friends! www.amazon.co.uk/Get-Ahead-Be... 117540
Reposted by AbiESue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I've just read another blog about storage and retrieval, learning as memory and how performance isn't long term learning. Imo this narrative exposes a subconscious frustration with where learning is situated. 'You can't see learning' is the refrain. And if you can't see it, you can't control it. 🧵⬇️ 371
Reposted by AbiERyan Vance @ryanvance.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I don’t think I’m hearing this in my head the way they expected me to. 511220249
Reposted by AbiEGary Bainbridge @garybainbridge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When "white sauce" in fish pie Contains cheese, it’s a lie. That’s a mornay. 22655177
Reposted by AbiEKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ed Sheeran cancelled Macklemore by kicking him off the tour over his support of Palestine. Within 48 hours, all of Sheeran’s support acts had cancelled him. This is how it’s done. 8558104
Reposted by AbiEGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/09/2026Glad folks are appalled by photos of the "phone booth" cage under an awning, but pls understand: This IG report is likely part of a cover-up. Amnesty Int'l interviewed detainees EIGHT MONTHS AGO who said the cage was half this size (couldn't stand up), had no awning, w feet chained to the bottom. 2546802222
Reposted by AbiEHam Roids 🎃 @anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Ed Sheeran could have refused to boot Macklemore and forced venues to decide if they wanted to lose all that revenue or not. What is the point of being rich and having a platform if you're so easily bullied into being a useless coward? 22358404
Reposted by AbiEBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It’s kind of crazy that this is going to be revelatory for a lot of people while idiots who post online have known this incredibly important information for years and years at this point 834699806
Reposted by AbiEMetal Gear Summer '27 ☀️🥀☠️ @mgearsolidarity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Ed Sheeran now greatest living example of why saying you are "not political" is actually very political indeed for many reasons. 06610
Reposted by AbiEThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda) 15246302043
Reposted by AbiEJason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A great artist, just don’t try buying a phone bundle off her. 4237
Reposted by AbiETechnicallyRon @technicallyron.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Every headline about AI this weekend is just this post from 5 years ago 212731
Reposted by AbiESpooky Robb from 8/16/32bit @81632bitretro.com · 12/09/2026If your employer tries to do this at your place of work, & the toilets are for staff only, then they are breaking the law. the EHRC guidance only applies to publicly accessible bathrooms. Private spaces (i.e. staff only) are not covered. Staff can use whichever bathroom fits their chosen gender. 084
Reposted by AbiEDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I know this is clickbait hence screenshot not link; but there is something perfectly encapsulating about toxic masculinity that thinks it’s OK to raise and slaughter definitely sentient beings for food but worries the ladycoded robot who tells them they’re big strong and clever might get turned off. 011425
Reposted by AbiELuke Turner @luketurner.com · 12/09/2026As Ben Delo's record £36m Reform donation is headline news, I can't emphasise enough that the media ought to be reporting on Delo's heinous funding of antisemitic conspiracy theorists in the High Court – anonymous contributors to the horrifying neo-Nazi account shown below. bsky.app/profile/luke... 12620396
Reposted by AbiESue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026If universities start using ai to grade essays then they're hastening their own demise because why would you need to go to university if you're not getting feedback from humans in an interaction with them. Same for all levels of education. Remove the relational aspects and you remove the point. 23719
Reposted by AbiEBenjy Hecht @benjyhecht.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In 1907, a large bridge in Quebec collapsed due to poor engineering, costing 76 people their lives. From this wreckage, iron rings were made, given to graduating engineers as a reminder to always put safety over money. Today, the iron rings are no longer from the bridge, but the reminder remains. 1263