Reposted by Jackie KirkhamChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“GOTTA LEARN AI OR BE LEFT BEHIND.” Good. Fuck off! Leave me behind! Enjoy your artbarf rapture, your janky Temu future. I’ll be back here looking at real birds and writing weird, also real, books. 382871560
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamKJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 25/09/2026Brilliant human artistry makes us see humanity in nonhuman things. So does sticking googly eyes on a pencil. We are an easily confused species in this respect. 112013
Jackie Kirkham @jackiekirkham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Heartbroken to hear of Joe's death. The world needs more like him. RIP. 130
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamJames Harvey @keepof4worlds.bsky.social · 17/09/2026They are not only terrorising volunteers, but actively potentially endangering those in need of assistance at sea. This terrorist activity and needs to be proscribed. 0112
Jackie Kirkham @jackiekirkham.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I am full of a cold (Snot! Splutter! Woe!) and feeling supremely sorry for myself, so Nature's Acre by @gardeningwell.ie has been a lovely comfort read to take me out of my snottiness for a while. I'd have liked to have lingered longer in that lovely space. I also now have garden envy :) 230
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamHolly 🇺🇦🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇵🇸 @mxhollyclara.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I am still (11 years later) unable to grasp how the images of little Alan Kurdi’s body washed up on a beach wasn’t the final word on treating refugees with compassion and dignity. How we are we having attacks on the RNLI for saving HUMAN lives being encouraged by our media. I weep for our world. 913745727
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now 5145141509
Jackie Kirkham @jackiekirkham.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I have an mp3 player to listen to podcasts (I don't want to use my phone for that, because I listen in bed and don't want my phone on overnight). Windows legacy media player enables me to sync to the mp3 player, but it is increasingly buggy/clunky/crap. Can anyone recommend alternative to WMP pls? 000
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/08/2026I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required. 205101672136
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamSam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 15/08/2026I’m less curious about how Jason Arday got his appointment at Cambridge than I am about how Noah Carl, who published in Nazi pseudoscience journal Mankind Quartetly, got his, and how Nate Cofnas, also fired for being a race science crank, got his. 61415377
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamPetra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This is appalling and tragic. Cambridge University, the media, and those far right 'scholars' and hangers on who sought to capitalise on this case for social media clout surely bear responsibility for what feels like an entirely predictable outcome. www.lbc.co.uk/article/jaso...lbc.co.ukFormer Cambridge professor Jason Arday found dead aged 41 | LBCMr Arday is understood to have been found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea on Friday afternoon 414143
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamEthan Kocak @ethankocak.com · 13/08/2026Life is a constant balance between the primal need to create things and the primal need to nap for 4 hours. 1403125
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Today is the day! If I lose, my grift is over and look a right dick. Whereas if I win, my grift continues and I look a right dick. 21890154
Jackie Kirkham @jackiekirkham.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I am writing bits and bobs of poetry at the moment, and thoroughly enjoying it. Today I redrafted one, which mostly consisted of crossing out the pretentious bits. I suspect there's a life lesson in there somewhere. 050
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 09/08/2026The short answer is: "no, honest" The slightly longer, and more worrying, answer is: "...because they don't even *need* to" And this post is one of the best longform explanations as to why that I've seen. 814241
Jackie Kirkham @jackiekirkham.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This week I travelled on the Lumo Stirling direct London service for the first time. Outbound: lovely staff, but short staffed and only 1 functioning toilet. Return: short staffed and not stopping anywhere north of Crewe. Honestly, impressed with the staff, but service is rubbish, won't use again. 010
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamTim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Meta have used this without permission to train their AI, and as it's self-published they've essentially stolen from me directly. So if you could see your way to spending a couple of quid on a legitimate copy, I'd be extremely grateful. 15% off code BEACHREAD15. timworthington.org/books/the-ca...timworthington.orgThe Camberwick Green Procrastination SocietyThe Camberwick Green Procrastination Society – a collection of columns and features by Tim Worthington. 096
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamAmy Elizabeth @amyelizabeth.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Another reason to wear a mask in public. 153
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 14/06/2026This BBC story on the Buchanan Street demo is like a tutorial on ill-faith framing, btw. Thousands on one side and dozens on the other, but it's the dozens to whom the headline and photo give agency, and who they suggest won a tactical victory here. 20473172
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamIlana Masad @ilanaslightly.bsky.social · 02/06/2026A week or so ago, I was looking for a couple books by an author from 10 and 15 years ago and my library didn't have them. I requested them via a library form. Today I got a notification in Libby that they purchased both titles. Asking your library for writers' books is an amazing way to support us. 555271997
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Classicist here to inform you all that this is ancient Greek for summoning a cat 2235211094
Reposted by Jackie Kirkhamwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026), the French-Iranian author and illustrator behind the popular graphic novel series and film “Persopolis,” RIP 🙏 71208350
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 04/05/2026"For this focus group, conducted shortly before a sustained green glow began emanating from the station’s superlaser array, we spoke with residents who said they had backed Emperor Palpatine but now felt conflicted."buff.ly“They Would Never Use the Death Star on Us”: Alderaan Residents Reflect on Their Support for the Empire as a Large Imperial Installation Enters the System“For this focus group, conducted shortly before a sustained green glow began emanating from the station’s superlaser array, we spoke with residents who said ... 6738313
Jackie Kirkham @jackiekirkham.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Did the ironing today while listening to an audiobook of Seamus Heaney reading his own poetry. Sublime (well, maybe the ironing wasn't quite sublime, although I do enjoy it!). 050
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamTim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 04/04/2026We're in a bizarre place at the moment where we can't access necessary timely support via the public sector yet papers run articles weekly insinuating there's a rush for autism & ADHD diagnoses to claim all sorts of benefits & special privileges that simply don't exist. 43816
Jackie Kirkham @jackiekirkham.bsky.social · 04/04/2026If you're near Stirling, get yourself over to Made In Stirling for @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social beautiful exhibition of paintings. What a talent! I think the hare painting was my favourite, and the wildflower miniatures. Stunning. 110
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Dr Abu Safiya was kidnapped by Israel from the hospital he worked at in December 2024, he had been beaten, electrocuted, starved and denied medical treatment for over 15 months, he is on the verge of death. But he is still being held without charge in an Israeli torture camp. 6128120
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/03/2026It's just unreal how little thought or planning went into starting a new massive war in the Middle East. 539123054068
Jackie Kirkham @jackiekirkham.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Thank you @alcs.co.uk for the payment of secondary royalties. I love ALCS Day! What a great service. 021
Jackie Kirkham @jackiekirkham.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I don't love train travel (anxiety re changes of train, mostly - still two changes to go 😬), but views like this definitely help. 160
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamThe Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 14/03/2026The Bell's weekend read is about the fringe communities that populate Union Street, from the unhoused, to the alternative traders. How are they regrouping after fire has forced them out? Read now.glasgowbell.co.ukOutsider lives on Union StreetForced out by fire, the city’s fringe people are trying to regroup 084
Jackie Kirkham @jackiekirkham.bsky.social · 13/03/2026What a joy to hear the lovely Al Ryan on Radio 3 breakfast this morning on my drive to work. Obviously he can't possibly ever leave the Shipping Forecast, but please BBC powers-that-be, give him his own show! #radio3 010
Jackie Kirkham @jackiekirkham.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Taking a brief Bluesky break after bereavement. 040
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamMark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 21/12/2025So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal. 341939795
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamGarry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people 12559762294
Jackie Kirkham @jackiekirkham.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Heartbreaking news, Robin Ince is the best of us, and while the transphobes and neurodiversity-is-a-fad brigade rejoice and will consider this another victory, Robin is on the right side not only of history but also of the here and now. 060
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive. www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...huffpost.comIf You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAPPlus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out. 571015539
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 14/11/2025From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment." 7194613323
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamJulian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Deeply grateful to @orionmagazine.bsky.social for giving @alexismarieadams.bsky.social and myself the opportunity to have a conversation about borders, belonging, writing, rivers, grief and resistance, as well as our shared love for the more-than-human world. orionmagazine.org/article/hear...orionmagazine.orgHeart’s Home - Orion MagazineA conversation about borders, belonging, and keeping the Kushners out 2227
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamTits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 07/11/2025This might be of interest to a few people The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc Apply by 30 November www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fundchristinapoultoncreative.co.ukBoring Fund | Christina PoultonApplications now open! £200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs. 39179
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/10/2025This was so witty and human. What an absolute hero. open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...open.substack.comA week before my wedding, I woke up with facial paralysis‘Apart from having to drink my pints through a straw, occasionally needing to wear an eyepatch and the classical guitarist nobody could hear, I wouldn’t have changed a thing about the big day.’ - Nial... 818750
Jackie Kirkham @jackiekirkham.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Going through dog's breakfast of homework instructions with 11yo. We're both close to meltdown. There will be Feedback. (I don't want to be that parent, but I am that parent) 151
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamDr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 19/10/2025In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport. 107103283030
Jackie Kirkham @jackiekirkham.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Glasgow nursery: pls can you pick up 1yo, she's not well. Me: no, I'm at work in Edinburgh. Them: oh. Me: try phoning her dad, who brings her in and picks her up every day because he works in the office next door to you. True story (2014). 32411
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamRichard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Today I am mostly thinking about the popular inter-war literary genre 'animal stories written by fascists'. Join me. 1515147
Reposted by Jackie KirkhamBiblioasis @biblioasis.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Today is the official pub day for VOICES OF RESISTANCE, a collection of diaries from four Gazans, offering a rare, deeply personal window into daily life under genocide. It's an essential record of lives lived amidst terror—and their resilience in the face of it. www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel... 1104