Reposted by John KovacsAlex Morris @asjmorris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Now seems as good a time as any to post the plasticine Frank Muir that I built for the ‘Amateur Frank Muir Modeller’ Viz ad back in 2006. 1439852
Reposted by John KovacsEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33 321005543
Reposted by John KovacsJohn Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Send love to one of our modern greats www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...theguardian.com‘Everyone can relate to pain and struggle. So I’m sharing mine’: Michael Kiwanuka on life after his devastating strokeThe Mercury prize winner hasn’t been able to go home since falling ill last summer. In his only interview, he opens up about the ‘poignancy’ of finally releasing the new album his stroke shelved 06914
Reposted by John KovacsVintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 23/09/2026Michael Jackson 'Beat It' Mandarin cover 张帝《现场回答观众问题》19?? redd.it/y6i0eo youtu.be/8Ef8kouqsMcyoutu.beMichael Jackson 'Beat It' Mandarin cover 张帝《现场回答观众问题》19?? 0103
Reposted by John KovacsIain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The first benefit cap stats have been published since the 2-child limit was scrapped. 165,000 families - containing over 370,000 children - are now hit by the benefit cap. That’s 50,000 more families than before. 1/4 22526
Reposted by John KovacsMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I like to smuggle a tiny piece of luggage onto the carousel at Yo! Sushi. 1221923
Reposted by John KovacsThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... 321420631
Reposted by John KovacsJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 11/09/2026🚨 NEW BLOGPOST 🚨 The last week has seen multiple incidents of masked mobs trying to subvert the power of the state. Their actions have been illegal and unpleasant. But the treatment has been weak. The police haven't dealt with it, and neither has govt. open.substack.com/pub/joxleywr...open.substack.comStop the LoutsThe tools exist. The will, so far, doesn't. 19440161
Reposted by John KovacsOur World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 10/09/2026China only just missed the income cutoff to become a high-income country this year. In July every year, the World Bank sorts countries into income groups based on their per capita gross national income (GNI) in the previous year. 4379
Reposted by John KovacsAlex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I mean you’ve got to give the 2020s credit they’re not a boring decade 5577
Reposted by John KovacsScornflake Ghhhoul @scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026They’re just pouring more fuel onto the fire. Why are the racists consistently called legitimate, whilst in a world that’s burning people who protest over climate change and genocide are not being afforded even a smidgeon of the same grace? 1024781
Reposted by John KovacsTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 05/09/2026'What has the BBC ever done for me' campaign I found v irksome. In my case I've had the occasional dose of good drama and sports, and the price I've paid is watching my country misinformed and the BBC assist a racist and fascist movement into the mainstream, one that will eat the BBC if it can. 610022
Reposted by John KovacsElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 253116733316
Reposted by John KovacsAndi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I wrote about how the WHI panic led to two generations of perimenopausal women being told that they should just expect to live with debilitating physical and mental symptoms because of a misrepresented study. www.salon.com/2026/02/11/how-the-fda-fueled-a-menopause-panic/salon.comHow the FDA fueled a menopause panicDecades ago, women were told hormone replacement therapy would kill them. Now, there's a movement to demand justice. 13326103
Reposted by John KovacsDavid Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026My wife left me for a tractor driver. I only found out today when she wrote me a John Deere letter. 1318426
Reposted by John KovacsFiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social · 31/08/2026In Joyce’s Ulysses, Leopold Bloom buys a bar of lemon soap from Sweny’s Chemist. A small episode in an enormous novel, not enough perhaps to stake a substantial claim for this chemist as a Dublin landmark. Modern-day Sweny’s could so easily be an attempt to cash in on this tenuous association - 412632
Reposted by John KovacsFeelingantsy 🇬🇧🇩🇪. Maker of Puns @feelingantsy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026🧵”Dealmaker” Trump. An excellent thread from threads by @chrisfb87 who is not currently on bluesky www.threads.com/share/BASUkZ... 27431
Reposted by John KovacsPostcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I have not been killed on the escalators or TUBE TRAINS. I have not been drowned in the Thames. I have not been run over by a bus. 2151374
Reposted by John KovacsJasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I was asked by @newlinesmag.bsky.social to write about the death of Bosnian Serb genocidaire Ratko Mladić. He was a war criminal but above all he was a coward. And it is on his cowardice, and the courage of those he sought to exterminate, that we should reflect. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...newlinesmag.comThe House Ratko Mladić Could Not DestroyRatko Mladić, the commander in charge of the Srebrenica genocide and architect of the Sarajevo siege, died serving a life sentence. He died a coward, much as his political progeny today still live as ... 28130
Reposted by John KovacsRoger Giner-Sorolla @rogerthegs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Knock knock Who's there? Once again you put the burden of explaining who's at the door upon the people exterior to it 031
Reposted by John Kovacsfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Once made an appointment to give blood. They had to reschedule so the person in charge texted. Whilst responding, I accidentally sent them a picture of former SDP leader David Owen. I had to pretend it was a photo of my granddad. 111436
Reposted by John KovacsResolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 24/08/2026Faster productivity growth over the last couple of years has been mainly driven by flatlining hours – not faster GDP growth 👇 061
Reposted by John KovacsHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The Little Red Hen, walking back to the farm via Hambledon High Street, Hampshire 😊 Artist: Robert Lumley (1966) 2060775
Reposted by John KovacsSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Professor Jason Arday's former students want to "gather everything good about Jason Arday, in the words of the people who were there" to make their contribution to the public record about him (rather than to debate events + controversies of recent months) leilacancode.github.io/everythinggo...leilacancode.github.ioEverything Good About Jason ArdayFirst-hand accounts from people who knew him. Collected by his students. 413039
Reposted by John KovacsCaitlin Talmadge @proftalmadge.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I'm old enough to remember when South Korea was the linchpin of US plans to increase ship building capacity. (That was 3 days ago btw.) 515335
Reposted by John KovacsEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Vaccine benefit in children "Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years of whom 101 million were infants younger than 1 year." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... The most striking benefit was for vaccination vs measles (Figure) 151051530
Reposted by John KovacsHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Partial eclipse incoming this Wednesday! Here in the UK we won't quite see the Moon completely cover the Sun, but it'll be over 90%. Eclipse glasses are essential to look directly at it, but pinhole cameras are a very easy way to watch safely. Even a colander will work... as long as it's cloud-free. 89223
Reposted by John KovacsTal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 07/08/2026in which we discuss -a thousand years of japanese pescatarianism -emperor meiji eats beef -ramen and black markets -the rise of japanese worcestershire sauce buttondown.com/theswordandt...buttondown.comNotable Sandwiches #145: Yakisoba-PanWelcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where my editor David Swanson and I slip messily through Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches. This week, a... 11464104
Reposted by John KovacsZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 05/08/2026The rise in Niño 3.4 region sea surface temperatures over the past few weeks has been nothing short of astonishing. We are now hotter than any days during the 1997/1998 super El Niño event, and we are still many months from the peak. 23473302
Reposted by John KovacsBearded Badger Books @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Did a substack thingy about our new bookshop… 😊📚 open.substack.com/pub/beardedb... #bookshop #booksky #indiebookshopopen.substack.comOpening a bookshop… again!We’re open! 2161
Reposted by John KovacsJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026www.npr.org/2026/08/04/n...npr.orgA veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suingMilitary veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home. 1027583
Reposted by John KovacsMutable Joe @mutablejoe.bsky.social · 03/08/2026astronaut: houston we have a problem nasa: that's not the sort of language we use at this company astronaut: sorry, houston we have an opportunity to excel 09421
Reposted by John KovacsNettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week. 17270842922
Reposted by John KovacsAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 02/08/2026RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned. It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials. 551068656
Reposted by John KovacsNahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking. 8236472101
Reposted by John KovacsTim Leunig @timleunig.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Same in the US and Denmark, and the poor have also done worst in Norway, Spain and Switzerland. But Britain looks VERY different. 143
Reposted by John KovacsDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 30/07/2026As I keep pointing out, the underlying premise of the index is wrong. The Big Mac is *not* a globally homogeneous product; it differs in salt content, calories and even weight across different markets according to local tastes. www.economist.com/interactive/...economist.comDespite 40 years of our Big Mac index, currencies are still mispricedExchange-rate theory can be a lot to digest. Instead, take three trips to McDonald’s 1619438
Reposted by John KovacsSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Public "wants a drastic reduction in legal migration" says Spectator, without noting fall from 800k in mid-2024 to 171k by end 2025, and on course to halve again in 2026, with net emigration more likely than not in 2027 2196
Reposted by John KovacsProPublica @propublica.org · 29/07/2026After Emily Waldorf was denied care for a life-threatening miscarriage, her mother and stepfather, who considered themselves “pro-life,” were outraged: “If I took my dog to a vet and it had this problem, that dog would get better treatment.” (Published May)propublica.orgShe Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help.Her case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that. 741226565
Reposted by John KovacsAndrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Andy Burnham has said he wants to “end 40 years of neoliberalism”, which saw a “draining away of economic, social and political power”. One of the chief architects of that process was Nigel Lawson. My contribution to @theipaper.com's 'Who broke Britain?' series ... inews.co.uk/opinion/tory...inews.co.ukThe Tory who sold off Britain’s greatest assets – then told us to take back controlAndrew Fisher: Nigel Lawson was a Thatcher acolyte and we are still paying for the ruinous cost of his terrible decisions 24315
Reposted by John KovacsJason @jaydoubleyou1969.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Solitary brother Is there still a part of you that wants to live? Solitary sister Is there still a part of you that wants to give? 721053
Reposted by John KovacsAdrian Edmondson @adrianedmondson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Bill Oddie, what a lovely bloke. He wrote us a letter when we started making The Young Ones, wishing us the very best, and warning us against interference from higher up. He didn’t know anyone in the cast personally. It just came out of the blue. Lovely thing to do. 192842460
Reposted by John KovacsAnthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026How's reindustrialisation going in the US? The country pursuing a mercantilist policy of tariff and trade coercion in order to reindustrialise. Well, badly. Jobs declining in almost every manufacturing sub-sector. 24732
Reposted by John KovacsAnthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026We're just at the end of your last ten year plan. Not gonna lie, the results ain't that great. 1422530536
Reposted by John Kovacselonimnot.bsky.social @elonimnot.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Do read: open.substack.com/pub/shaunpin...open.substack.comHAS THE RUSSIAN GRAVY TRAIN FINALLY RUN DRY | Voices UnfilteredFrom RT Talking Points to Kyiv Photo Ops – When Did Accountability Become Optional? 192
Reposted by John KovacsSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Healey wins and Benn out. It's 1980 all over again. 2258683
Reposted by John KovacsJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Whenever Trump puts a medal round someone’s neck my brain goes “goodness gracious now then now then was that you out there playing in the World Cup wow how’s about that then?” and I’m not going to disagree with it. 615518
