Reposted by Johnglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 3hMystical archway. Photo from St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor. Good luck to everyone trying for Glastonbury tickets today. 🤞#Glastonbury #glastonburytor 1055855
Reposted by JohnAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 1hSo many people already dealing with parents/grandparents with the toxic combination of diminishing mental faculties, online radicalisation via social media and AI slop, and chatbot seduction. Unfortunately we are now all getting to see what happens when one of those cases is the president of the USA 015963
Reposted by Johnhookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 17hWar is target fixation. War is concrete cicatrix. War is an unbanishable ghost. Hookland knows this. It pillboxes remain manifestations of invasion fears. The abandoned sound mirrors of its salt marshes still listen out for phantom planes. There is no psychic peace. – #DAKilory 634948
Reposted by JohnThe Onion @theonion.com · 17hNew Law Requires Sex Offenders To Wear Tinted Sunglasses, Cut-Off Shorts 1675371
Reposted by JohnRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 17hSome reference images for the novel I'm editing this weekend, The Curious Second Life of Jewel Graham. 4444
Reposted by JohnWIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.wired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 9420231263
Reposted by Johnderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵 10358471655
Reposted by JohnRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I randomly put on The Lounge Lizards this morning and damn, this album is still great. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxov...youtube.comBig HeartYouTube video by The Lounge Lizards - Topic 4214
Reposted by JohnChloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If anyone did want this, or any of the stuff I post, you can let me know directly. I’m finding the whole process of advertising my work on here temporarily dispiriting . I guess this is that too but 68% more low key 4199
Reposted by JohnBlake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The New Jon Hassell album "Music Is Invisible" is out today. I spent a lot of time listening to it over recent weeks and wrote ~2,000 words about it which will be published on Monday in @thetonearm.com. I especially love the last track "Electric Forest," which you can hear below.jonhassell.bandcamp.comElectric Forest, by Jon Hassellfrom the album Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three) 33116
Reposted by JohnJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's hard to tell which is weirder: the fact that these guys seriously suggest that models like Claude have consciousness/sentience or that they actually invest time and money (weird!) trying to convince the Pope as well as theologians and legal scholars of this belief. 821013240
Reposted by JohnMonica Morrill @mmorrillart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is a large commission from a few years ago. Please get in touch if you are looking for a custom made painting, I'd be happy to discuss it! Tranquil Coast 64x144 inch acrylic on canvas 09514
Reposted by JohnPurge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Swedish trade unions are signing a major appeal calling on Europe to cut ties with the controversial tech company Palantir. One of the signatories, the ST Trade Union, organizes employees of the police – an agency that itself works with Palantir." 11710
Reposted by JohnWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I find that reading this calms me down as few things do, these days. 1852443
Reposted by JohnJon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social · 02/10/2026 Very pleased to be a guest on Word In Your Ear talking about my new 2xLp comp 1976: Something Was Going To Happen, the Ramones, Jeans On, buying records in 1970-71 and the upcoming republication of England’s Dreaming. Thanks to Dave Mark and Alex youtu.be/THm6xpeU3Aoyoutu.beJon Savage loathed the 1976 singles chart so he’s made an album of should-have-been hitsYouTube video by Word In Your Ear 35710
Reposted by JohnArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 30/09/2026arstechnica.comRFK Jr. says AI backs his anti-vaccine views. We checked—it doesn't.AI is far from a perfect resource. But it seems to hallucinate less than Kennedy. 921003400
Reposted by JohnDina Sayegh Doll @askdinadoll.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEWS: Greg Abbott may be forced to turn over “embarrassing” and “intimate” communications with Elon Musk that were earlier redacted because of a public records request filed by Rep. Gina Hinojosa. @meidastouch.com 181079246
Reposted by JohnAtomique @atomiquefetish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How William Gibson’s Neuromancer helped shape the visual language of cyberpunk, imagining a future of networks, artificial intelligence, corporate power and digital identities long before they became part of everyday life. www.otaviosantiago.com/post/william... #WilliamGibson #OtavioSantiagootaviosantiago.comWilliam Gibson, Neuromancer and the Visual Language of CyberpunkLong before the internet became a place we carried in our pockets, before social media transformed identity into an interface and before artificial intelligence entered everyday conversation, William ... 521950
Reposted by Johnmaura 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. 165180304495
Reposted by Johnglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The stars at night on Glastonbury Tor. St Michael's tower looking like it might take off. 271428173
Reposted by JohnLilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s spooky season y’all! No better time to catch up in Cassie Workman is Witchy AF! Episode 3 out now!!! Trans magic!!! @anarchistsunited.bsky.social @etchfilm.bsky.socialyoutu.beThe Strange History of Demons in Hollywood | #WITCHYAFYouTube video by Etch 1027664
Reposted by JohnChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way… 545124943634
Reposted by JohnAidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Why do fascists hate art? Art asks you to step into another's shoes, to consider what the artist was trying to express and to understand who they are. Art is, above all, an act of humanity, a shared moment of vulnerability, a request for empathy, sympathy and compassion. That's why they love AI 28134
Reposted by JohnAcid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Reading literature enables you to enter the depths of another human being." Han Kang recd. the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024 for her "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." 1st Asian woman to win this prestigious literary award. #books 6707175
Reposted by JohnRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In the beginning was the word and the word was bullshit. —William S. Burroughs 333073
Reposted by JohnDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency 22426031068
Reposted by JohnLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“Eye of Anaklia," a 40-meter-tall, futuristic abandoned observation tower located on the Black Sea coast of Georgia. IG: @abandoned.berlin www.instagram.com/abandoned.be... 44782149
Reposted by JohnMarc Riley. @marcrileydj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Funnily enough I mention on here just a couple days ago that I was strapped coz I hadn’t gone to mass the day before. I got off lightly really… I think the Ducking School would have been more fitting… 2293
Reposted by JohnAlan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comConcern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for CaliforniaThe ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast 033
Reposted by JohnRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Create a disaster plan for your cats via Alley Cat Allies 14632
Reposted by JohnMonica Morrill @mmorrillart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Golden Sky II 30x48 acrylic on canvas monica-morrill.jimdosite.com 111021
Reposted by JohnNigel Wallis @mole9.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh dear, Mr Farage: how disappointed you must be. RAF Fairford live updates: Five men arrested over suspended bomb plot are UK nationals from London, say counter terror police share.google/Z15tgx6Rq2ZN...share.googleRAF Fairford live updates: Five men arrested over suspended bomb plot are UK nationals from London, say counter terror policeThe counter terror police say the investigation has led to multiple lines of new enquiry 153
Reposted by JohnBlake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Peter Gordon and I playing at Café Oto in London last November. 2026 has been such a year of upheaval that we haven't played together at all. But in 2027 we will be putting the band back together and doing some live performances in NYC and beyond. Also releasing a live album of the 2025 tour. 0196
John @johnrt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Lunch with Hattie, a whip-smart young person who trusts me with dad duties, given she doesn’t have one. Played The Grateful Dead ‘Man Smart Woman Smarter’ in the car and she shrugged and said ‘Well, yeah’ 270
Reposted by JohnRyan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives. 263944741
Reposted by JohnMike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 15657111592
Reposted by JohnJan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Unions and civil society organisations call on European governments and EU institutions not to grant contracts funded by public money to #Palantir Concerns are about tax avoidance, its values and it undermining democracy @etuc-ces.bsky.social @ituc.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social And many othersepsu.org120+ European campaign organisations and unions call on governments and European Commission to scrap Palantir contractsOver 120 campaigning organisations and unions across Europe have issued a joint call to governments and the European Commission to scrap all existing public sector contracts with the US tech company P... 02315
Reposted by JohnCrawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026yle.fi/a/74-20248687yle.fiThreat of Russian sabotage in Europe has grown, says Finnish intelligence officialThe most vulnerable targets for Russian sabotage in Finland are the defence industry and activities supporting Ukraine. 0305
Reposted by JohnJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the humans who moderate chatbots say they're inundated with people trying to generate nonconsensual nudes: www.404media.co/humans-readi...404media.coHumans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're HorrifiedHuman contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI... 37872311
Reposted by JohnChloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 28/09/2026These still exist, if that’s a thing that floats your boat 🤼 33214
Reposted by JohnZack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nobody seems to bat an eye that Rufo's podcast partner is a longtime anonymous troll who called gays "f*ggots," referred to Asians as "mongoloids," and explicitly sees his partnership with Rufo as a strategy of normalizing what most of us would see as bigotry www.vox.com/politics/368...vox.comAn inside look at how the far right is mainstreaming itselfAn radical troll got unmasked — and then spilled the beans. 14591187
