Reposted by John WestonMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 9hWant to learn about the history of our city? Well you’re in luck. This month, we’re hosting a massive scavenger hunt across the city — all about the history of organizing in NYC. Sign up at organize.nyc.gov and come see the city through the eyes of the people who built it. 934076948
Reposted by John WestonMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 16568401876
Reposted by John WestonJames Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh THERE we go. Via @edjefferson.com - it was a spec Who script someone had used AI to animate/illustrate, so not 'AI generated' at all. 2294
Reposted by John WestonJames Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I do not believe that A) a 50 mins AI ep of Doctor Who could be generated containing anything approaching a story and B) anyone would sit through it, let along describe it as 'pretty good', so I'd love to know what the real story is here. 712126
Reposted by John WestonThe Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things 471428195
Reposted by John WestonAdam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Do the stats for women! It’s 5. 615755
Reposted by John Westonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot” 640106041975
Reposted by John WestonSeth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats 33672931089
Reposted by John Westonflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Put together with Mandelson’s conduct and the revolving door with big money business interests, you’d have to say New Labour was basically an influence peddling operation for a tiny number of people that took over an entire political party. 512139
Reposted by John WestonWear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not. 872286108258
Reposted by John Westonweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't. 63106702529
Reposted by John WestonOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Two times Conservative British Home Secretary Suella Braverman here... X-ing away without an apparent care for the paradox 6648689
Reposted by John WestonPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If only there was some way of knowing why Nigel Farage is so against a new national centre to tackle disinformation and deepfakes from hostile states such as Russia 791341380
Reposted by John WestonJames Goss @gossjam.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Guardian Vs BBC News headlines on the same story 22413
Reposted by John WestonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant. 258164325554
Reposted by John WestonThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026From the people who told you that straight white male privilege doesn’t exist… 811137183285
Reposted by John WestonJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Enjoying this discussion about the cost of living crisis on Kuenssberg about how the unimaginably rich might be inconvenienced. Glad she steered it that way. 4495
Reposted by John WestonJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It’s Batman day, so here’s a chunk of Lorenzo Semple Jr’s peerless screenplay for the 1966 Batman movie. I love that *this* is how the world’s greatest detective does his detective work. Unbeatable. 3458
Reposted by John WestonEmma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right. 40901503
Reposted by John Weston✧ SkyMagpie ✧ (left my ❤︎ in Undermine) @skymagpie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I was worried if my comic is perhaps too self indulgent, but then I remembered the words of Björk and now I need to make it even more self indulgent 🥰 58114213882
Reposted by John WestonGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Talked loudly about how good the Worst Witch books are while walking past The Elephant Cafe in Edinburgh. #doingmypart 1295
Reposted by John WestonAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Time to deport all these fighting age men terrorising our patriotic lifeboat volunteers www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comLifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right actionRNLI facility had been targeted by activists trying to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel 1101930552
Reposted by John WestonKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 16/09/2026I'm fascinated by U.S. tech and business journalism because it doesn't adhere to literally any rules of actual journalism. There's no effort to actually explain objective truth; they can't even so much as hint at the fact there's funny math here and the company isn't worth anything close to thisnytimes.comOpenAI Considers New Financing at a $1.5 Trillion Valuation (Gift Article)The funding round would double the value of the start-up behind ChatGPT and establish it as the world’s most valuable private company. 731053321
Reposted by John WestonXero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick. 2116763288
Reposted by John WestonOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It was one of the great joys of my recent life to know Bonnie Greer. A truly remarkable person who radiated such wisdom and intellect. And when she spoke the audience was rapt. A kind, generous, passionate and very funny human. Thank you for giving us you Bonnie. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comBonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband 621289234
Reposted by John WestonMr too tired for a halloween name @laotianrockrat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ed Sheeran's agent: Ok fuck me that was a wild few days. Still we should be over the worst of it now... 20857361105
Reposted by John WestonTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026There is literally no pressure group small or mad enough that the government won't indulge them if they oppose immigration. 25880197
Reposted by John WestonAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Do BBC news work for Reform?" via Harry Eccles 742028806
Reposted by John WestonRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A minor detail is missing from the headline. 1213162807259
Reposted by John WestonPaul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?bbc.co.ukThe Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract showsThe Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows. 21993072833
Reposted by John WestonLaura Knetzger @lauraknetzger.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off 5268528010
Reposted by John WestonTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Publishers: “Short stories don’t sell and are impossible to market so we are not going to take the risk of publishing them.” Also publishers: “What can we publish to fit this era of reduced attention spans when people are reading fewer novels?” 311149190
Reposted by John WestonThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/09/2026I co-founded an orchestra 18 years ago. Since then, I’ve seen doors close for working-class musicians | Robert Amestheguardian.comI co-founded an orchestra 18 years ago. Since then, I’ve seen doors close for working-class musicians | Robert AmesI have lost patience with the sector’s talk of diversity when it refuses to acknowledge those people who can’t afford to keep playing, says conductor and composer Robert Ames 24919
Reposted by John WestonOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026New panic just dropped... It's "better food" for our kids apparently 11444380
Reposted by John WestonAnnalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with. 361219456
Reposted by John WestonThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 11/09/2026Zack Polanski is standing to be the next MP for Holborn and St Pancras. 💚 He is here to fight for lower bills, affordable housing and a fairer society. 12409113
Reposted by John Westonflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It turns out you can’t appease people who openly hate you and want to destroy everything you’ve ever worked for. More on this shocking news as we get it 724963
Reposted by John Westonwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Roxana Halls, Laughing While Leaving, 2017 #womensart 12878161
Reposted by John WestonThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 09/09/2026Washington journalism is in a moment of generational change. We're rising to meet it. Welcome to The Washington Sun. washingtonsun.com 47816300
Reposted by John WestonAdam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 10/09/2026I've also just read, for example, that wearing an Apple Watch in a courtroom could be contempt of court. 071
Reposted by John WestonOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Finally they came for the Daily Mail and my irony meter just packed up and left and I never heard from it again. 2602973766
Reposted by John WestonCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige. 13353351299
Reposted by John WestonAlison Eales, Nerves of Steel @alisoneales.com · 09/09/2026me when I'm trying to choose a healthy breakfast 5949203
Reposted by John WestonThe Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Quite. bsky.app/profile/pkan... 153
Reposted by John WestonBerin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel 398208404808
Reposted by John Westonflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Interesting on BBC News at ten here, where they’ve just laid out exactly what the settlements are, why they’re illegal, graphically shown how the settlers behave, that they are terrorists, why the government is imposing sanctions and that a long list of European nations will follow suit. 631055
Reposted by John WestonDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Even leaving any politics at all aside: as general rule, no state can allow a group of masked men to be able to close down critical infrastructure. This is basic stuff. 112607504
Reposted by John Westonflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026An RNLI lifeboat guy here, and as I’ve been saying for many years now: why is it that the public have been subjected to hate campaigns against hated enemies including rescue services, Stonewall, Amnesty International, the left of the Labour Party, the National Trust, the Proms and Match of the Day? 14753235