Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 4hWhen you open the Pre-Sentence Report and read that the victim is a liar and the judge is corrupt and the jurors are all masons 1114314
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 10hItalian photographer Valerio Minato spent 6 years trying to capture one perfect shot near Turin, Italy, where the Basilica of Superga, the Monviso mountain, and the Moon lined up in a single frame. Good Morning Blue Sky 16557841024
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 12hAn amazing glimpse into Mesolithic everyday life: this more than 7,500-year-old ring was made from heather roots, carefully rolled up and prepared for later use. It was discovered at the settlement of Motala/Sweden, where the same material was used for fish traps. Dating 5750–5550 BC. 🧵1/2 📷me 434381
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialScotchMist @scotchymisty.bsky.social · 3hMy mother has been living in a care home for 12 years due to Alzheimer's, costing over £200,000 so far. Paying a social care tax sounds like a very good idea to me! 210212
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 4hFabulous fragment of an ancient Egyptian wall relief with three bears and an oil jar. The paint has survived some 4,500 years! Limestone relief from the Pyramid Temple of Sahure, Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, c. 2496-2483 BC. Neues Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology 7502100
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 6hKemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conferencebylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press 50742385
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 7hTop scientists are working around the clock to identify the good in the "more harm than good" of Brexit. No success so far. 34512
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialHugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 4hClassic shooting (and silencing) the messenger by the Tony Blair 'Institute'. 032
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 7h🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-year-old Arya Satheesh from Ireland has developed a plant-based plastic that can biodegrade and release an enzyme that helps break down other plastic waste. A plastic that could actually help clean up plastic waste. 8330101018
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 6hAvailable for pre-order (Hive is the cheapest offer just now £12.49) #medievalsky #booksky #skystorians #history www.penguin.co.uk/books/452352...penguin.co.ukThe Vikings in Britain and IrelandThe impact of Scandinavian invaders on the peoples of the Britain and Ireland was incalculable. Raiders on a sometimes large scale, they initially attacked coastal and river settlements, but ended up ... 13212
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 8hToday's @liverpoolecho.co.uk after that remarkable speech by our Scouser Prime Minister 37115
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 11hBurnham on Social Care in July: "I ask the media, can we not let the country look at this in a clear-eyed way without all of the overwriting? On this issue, please, can we not have a factual debate? Allow people to weigh up the options and come to a considered view based on the facts?" The media: 42327103
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialBen Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“We’re losing billions and we’re making a product that’s an existential threat to humanity” is a hell of sales pitch www.ft.com/content/c768...ft.comAnthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO prospectusLong-awaited S1 filing reports Claude maker lost $8bn last year on $4.6bn in revenue 19320104
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialIceland Cricket @icelandcricket.bsky.social · 9hUnlike the English, who end their domestic season in September, up here beyond the 64° north line, we are continuing into October. The Valhalla Cup (40 overs) final takes place on Saturday between Reykjavík Vikings and Vesturbær Volcano at Hamranesvöllur. Sunday is the reserve day. 0194
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 11hThis is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity. 51769189
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialTorsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 22hThe Conservative Party debated for a couple of hours and decided that no, they are not a serious party. Inevitably. 1318741
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12hThere was a chance here to look more grown up and it is entirely unsurprising that Badenoch did not take it. 42616100
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 14hToday's random #German word of the day is... der Nützling. 📢 [click on picture] There's an opposite, too: der Schädling (from schädlich - damaging). A pest, parasite, destructive weed. #LearnALanguage! 1265
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 14hThe assumption: This requirement was caused by a) Brexit, or b) the obstinate EU which still seeks revenge for the UK's departure & insists on making things as difficult as possible for the UK. [This is why you will never convince Brexit supporters of their folly. They will still blame the EU.] 1111
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 14hThe facts: From September 28, 2026, all passengers traveling between Britain and the Republic of #Ireland on ferries must present a valid #passport before boarding. This change is to comply with #UK Border Force requirements for accurate passenger data. 1116
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialSam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 22hThe last year has been a nightmare with both parents health issues, leading to mum passing away and Dad in a home with Alzheimers. We were lucky and found an amazing Adult Social Services lady who helped us navigate the maze. I don't know how we'd have coped without her. I hope Burnham succeeds. 617113
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 14hNow we’re talking… 817132
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13hSome v negative responses to posts about Burnham. I understand the cynicism. What I don’t understand is the refusal to wait and see and to look for the positives. Politics cannot be about perfection. It’s compromise. It’s effective communication… and persuasion. Why not be prepared to be persuaded? 10633533
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14hThis mindset is the least we deserve from a leader. Of course it has to be turned into action. But this kind of ambition and love for the country, this kind of personal but positive vision is what takes people with you. How feeble-minded Farage and Badenoch seem. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 47988223
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13hThis is so very funny youtu.be/SHUvSffmLIQ?...youtu.beMost TV is Just This NowYouTube video by Michael Spicer 52908283
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 03/01/2025The Giant’s Grave Penrith - a collection of 4 Viking age hogbacks and 2 cross shafts heavily worn, allegedly the grave of a Cumbrian king. The collection highlights the strategic significance of the area for routeways across Britain in the 10th century #cumbria #vikingsky #medievalsky 17711
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Spiral scroll sculptures of 10th? century date at the gorgeous Romanesque church at Isel near Cockermouth #cumbria #medievalsky #vikingsky 35310
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...iandunt.substack.comBurnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitmentIt’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here. 53888244
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it. 1222592495
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham made Farage seem “angry, thin-skinned… absurd. What we witnessed today was a masterclass in political communication which makes Farage look like an amateur” Finally. The confidence that comes with emotional intelligence. It could make all the difference. iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...iandunt.substack.comBurnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitmentIt’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here. 461129240
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Dementia and Alzheimer's are absolutely devastating not only to the sufferer but for their friends and loves ones as well. Currently if it happens to your parent or partner you're effectively on your own navigating this terrible and often very expensive landscape of care. 711099185
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham really is going all in on social care here. Powerful uncompromising rhetoric and, it seems, radical reforms. An area where the status quo is terrible yet efforts to change it have fallen apart before. 3599
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialDale Vince @dalevince.com · 29/09/2026Just come out of the conference hall after Andy's speech...... 79421
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "Homes, water, energy, transport, care, broken up and sold off." "The British right talk about taking back control. Never let them forget they are the ones. That gave it away in the first place." 11671194
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I will not allow it to continue like this. Today I can confirm Angela Eagle will present a strengthened water bill to Parliament. The center piece of that bill will be this. The repeal of Margaret Thatcher's ideological ban on public ownership of water companies." 821614420
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Oh and give me optimism any day of the week over hate and the misery agenda that defines Reform/Restore/Badenochism 934527
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Electoral reform: “I hear you, I agree with you, and today I am announcing a new national commission on electoral reform.” Biggest opportunity to reform FPP in perhaps a century has now arrived. But long way to go… 612721
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah. So that was the best conference I have ever seen. I never dreamed I would see a prime minister with the bravery to do what he just did. 4168959
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I still find it hard to process that Andy Burnham is our PM. He sort of just appeared and walked into 10 Downing St. But that conference speech was outstanding. Authentic, principled, focused, passionate and deeply moving. These are the qualities required to fight Farage's populist insurgency. 713626
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026PhD funding at Liverpool, happy to mentor medievalist with Irish Sea/ North Sea/ Atlantic interest in this theme #phds #academia #medievalsky 01010
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialChristopher McCabe @cjmccabe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Can someone at @bbcnews.bsky.social get Chris Mason to ask Nigel about this? 05414
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialSteve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today one Russian newspaper writes: “The parliamentary elections are over. The time has come for unpopular measures.” Another reports on contacts between the Kremlin and Germany's far-right AfD. #ReadingRussiayoutu.beRussian paper: “The election’s over. It’s time for unpopular measures.”YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg 416641
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Learning from history - we're seeing it daily - seems wishful thinking. Its hard to understand, & particularly so when a country has suffered a similar or same fate within living memory. The Nazi siege of Leningrad is still well remembered in Russia. Yet here we are. #Ukraine 043
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026God knows if it'll work. God knows how they'll find the money for it. But it's very satisfying to see a PM taking big swings after 14 years of self-harm followed by two years of petrified stasis. 1451437
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Burnham today v impressive. The idea itself, the scale of what is being proposed, the determination to push ahead despite how vulnerable it makes him, and the big fundamental point behind it all: that mainstream politics will only survive if it proves it can solve big problems. 37846113
Reposted by @johncmoore.bsky.socialPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Hell hath no fury like a person on £400,000 a year facing the prospect of paying a bit more tax that they can easily afford. 916236
