Reposted by John MortellMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 26/09/2026not often I'd recommend a 25-post thread, but: 1414
Reposted by John MortellRobin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 18/09/2026‘Greek finance minister encourages Germany to implement reforms’ www.ft.com/content/7a28...static.klipy.comAntonio Banderas' Satisfied ReactionALT: Antonio Banderas' Satisfied Reaction 1355298
Reposted by John MortellTony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 12/09/2026If an Irish newspaper doesn’t run a “Senior Orangeman Calls For A United Ireland” headline, then the newspapers are dead. 7566163
Reposted by John MortellRossyDoesDrawings (commissions open) @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I drew a comic strip. 5291682060
Reposted by John MortellMondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Zombear is a zombie bear mascot from Otaru, in Hokkaido, who swings his intestines around. 171408431
Reposted by John MortellCethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 26/08/2026Worryingly high chance that the BBC are right now checking in with JK Rowling on her thoughts on the Rocky Horror Picture Show 25710
Reposted by John MortellBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A very positive sign that, nearly a year after Kirk's death, many if not most of the people punished for speaking truthfully about him have won legal cases against their former employees and compensation. Again, panicked compliance with Trumpism has only *cost* institutions. 6591401785
Reposted by John MortellJ. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Secret Panel HERE 🌼 patreon.com/mrlovenstein/posts/stuck-in-rut-94656748 193630493
Reposted by John MortellNed Hartley @nedhartley.com · 02/04/2025In the Beano this week meet… Absolute Bananaman! 1530669
Reposted by John MortellMicah @rincewind.run · 08/08/2026the not so hidden secret of the anti-anti-Trump punditry complex is that your random facebook uncle posting slight variations on “orange man bad” has been more insightful and correct for the entirety of the Trump era than every last one of them 447563
Reposted by John MortellBoo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 06/08/2026I somehow expect that prediction markets might not permit wagering on the life expectancy of CEOs. Call it a hunch. 251233297
Reposted by John MortellPatrick W. Reed @patrickwreed.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Wrestling is fantastic, because you can find a photo like this and in all honesty you can say, "yes, this depicts two men who both had trade meetings with Fidel Castro against the wishes of their governments". 121281
Reposted by John MortellDr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 29/07/2026No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.news.com.auAI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare booksIf you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines. 14336921925
Reposted by John MortellBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 24/07/2026You ever think about how all this is happening after Orban lost in Hungary 264965904
Reposted by John MortellSean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma. 846222243632
Reposted by John MortellSteve Baxi @stevebaxi.bsky.social · 13/07/2026If you line up your DC Finests in order, Batman gets real depressed 311195267
Reposted by John Mortellsumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Day2 M1 Fujinokawa 0-1 (L) Yz Ōnosato 0-1 (R) Pressure builds quickly on a yokozuna, so Ō needs to win this. Fujinowaka has won their only matchup so far, in March #nagoyabasho2026 4346
Reposted by John MortellSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 13/07/2026From a historical perspective, it's very, very unusual for the EU Commission to argue for a narrow interpretation of the EU's external trade powers (the "common commercial policy"). Frankly, this looks like a political intervention by fans of the Israeli government, not a legal analysis. 312341
Reposted by John Mortellmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 13/07/2026functionally every single person on earth was seeing a night sky with brighter and clearer stars than basically anyone on earth can see today, until about 150 years ago, due to light pollution. 372900484
Reposted by John MortellJo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Part of me would like to sit these people down in front of the episode of Blackadder the Third that satirises the concept of the satirical candidate and ask how this can be a malaise of modern Britain when it was commonplace enough to be the butt of mainstream popular comedy nearly four decades ago. 97818
Reposted by John MortellMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/07/2026NY Tmes exec editor Joe Kahn said in 2024 that the issue of democracy's survival was not a top priority in his newsroom's coverage. Now Trump is sending federal agents to NYT reporters' homes to deliver subpoenas over coverage he doesn't like. I wonder if democracy is a priority for Joe now. 13334851013
Reposted by John MortellJames Felton @jimmfelton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I find the story of Hegelochus unreasonably funny. Imagine dying and the only trace of you millennia later is the time you accidentally said you saw a weasel in a tragic play in front of a packed audience, because people mocked you about it for centuries. (Thread for ease)iflscience.comHegelochus: The Ancient Greek Actor We Only Know About Because He Really, Really Fluffed Up His LineAround 400 BCE, Hegelochus really messed up his line. We only know about the actor because he was mocked about it for centuries. 361097388
Reposted by John MortellSonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The complete elimination of Meta would yield unambiguous, far reaching benefits for global society. 779221014694
Reposted by John Mortell24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 09/07/2026🇺🇸President Trump, looks like this one’s for you.😅😁 🇧🇪 Belgian PM Bart De Wever: “We’re providing €70 billion in military support to Ukraine. That’s a strong red card for Putin—and you can’t take a red card back.” 012835
Reposted by John MortellJana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 07/07/2026#OTD #RedDevils #Belgium🇧🇪 01567439
Reposted by John MortellWill Cooling @willcooling.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Not often you can say that there's too much good news 0133
Reposted by John MortellZac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Pictures from a friend of mine who works on a crab-fishing boat off the coast of Newfoundland. I love the nightmare crab door. 1604420943
Reposted by John MortellJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 06/07/2026to summarise my thread: 1) Balogun can't serve a suspension if FIFA say he isn't suspended 2) Belgium (or ANY future oppo) can, and likely will, appeal to CAS if he plays any games 3) That would likely cause the US to forfeit ANY game he plays in from now. Even retroactively. 4) LOL. Possibly LMAO. 821760
Reposted by John MortellJohn Cotter @drjohncotter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026“President Infantino, we’ve got the King of Belgium on line 1, the Prime Minister of Belgium on line 2, the Minister-Presidents of Flanders, Wallonia, and the Brussels Capital Region on lines 3, 4, and 5 respectively, and the Minister-President of the German-Speaking Community of Belgium on line 6.” 27924226
Reposted by John MortellCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Aesop: I TOLD YOU 10278892412
Reposted by John MortellKieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026"They did it for free. It was a passion project." 723240
Reposted by John MortellJacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Come with me and you'll be / in a world of abject exploitation 10515167
Reposted by John MortellKaren Dalton Beninato @kbeninato.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The pool was the color of television, tuned to a dead democracy. h/t @greatdismal.bsky.social 1541797
Reposted by John MortellChris Burnham @theburnham.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I love that episstolary story about a haunted port-o-potty, The Diarrhea House. 031
Reposted by John MortellIgor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 18/06/2026💥 Glorious oil storage tank explosion at the Moscow Refinery. 1526144
Reposted by John MortellWill Cooling @willcooling.bsky.social · 16/06/2026All but point 5 are reasonable. Its obviously better to use your real name online, but there's many good reasons why people would rather not & we should respect that I'd add phone/computer OS developer adds global usage management tools & requirement to occassionally watch public service broadcasts 421
Reposted by John MortellCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Alternatively, the Beeb has a plausible Doctor Who monster from the 90s who never featured on the show (because he debuted between cancellation and New Who): MISTER BLOBBY. "Invasion of the Blobbies" is an obvious Doctor Who shout-out, along with a supporting horde of heavily-armed Teletubbies. 191036
Reposted by John MortellAngus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Can this be the mandatory indicator for anyone wearing smart glasses? 041
Reposted by John Mortell🌱Elaine Lithgow🌱 @elainelithgow.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Looks like a normal history museum at first, but has some dumb divergence point in the first room like “Photograph of first contact with the plushie aliens of Glorbax 5” then extrapolates an alternative history from there. All fake photos and props. The weird divergence point changes every season. 2365
Reposted by John MortellOut of Context Simpsons Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @ooccouchgags.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Blue Sky moderation is weird as hell at times with what they label 76017
Reposted by John MortellAlex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK 6085402316198
Reposted by John MortellEoghan Walsh @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social · 20/05/2026It's time to nationalise the search engines. 2152
Reposted by John MortellBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026the script, in which Steve Guttenberg returns but only to play his own corpse, motionless in the background as life continues around him, is still online 1552
