Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 15hyoutube.comT. Rex - Bang a Gong (Get It On) LIVE, 1973YouTube video by The Church Studio 09019
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 16h““Mailboxes across America have been turned into the instruments of abortion,” Perkins said, referring to abortion pills like mifepristone that can be delivered by mail. “As a result, we have more abortions today than before the overturn of Roe v. Wade…” 010
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 25/09/202644 years ago today Joe Strummer at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. September 25, 1982 What did Joe think at that moment? 🫣 Photo by Ebet Roberts #punk #punks #punkrock #joestrummer #theclash #history #punkrockhistory #otd 913022
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We paid for this not very subtle command from our god-emperor. 010
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 24/09/202643 years ago On September 23, 1983, Siouxsie and the Banshees released a cover version of "Dear Prudence", 15 years after the Beatles' original release. #punk #gothpunkrock #postpunk #dearprudence #siouxsieandthebanshees #TheBeatles #otd 415025
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.Headline of the Day @headlineoftheday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Rare snails lay eggs during car journey to zoo. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRare snails lay eggs on drive from Wales to Wingham Wildlife ParkThe zoo near Canterbury says glutinous snails started laying eggs on their way to Kent. 031
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Oh, come the f*ck ON. “Trump's team has considered renaming Ford's Theater after the president, according to MS NOW.”www2.thedailybeast.comTrump Aides’ Plot to Put His Name on Hallowed Site ExposedAnother day, another presidential vanity project. 120
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 20/09/202647 years ago today Pennie Smith photographed Paul Simonon of The Clash at the New York Palladium, September 20, 1979. She made one of the most famous images in music history. #punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #PaulSimonon #penniesmith #history #punkrockhistory #otd 7514175
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 18/09/2026The one and only Lynda Carter — Wonder Woman herself — is here at the Kennedy Center. WATCH: open.substack.com/live-stream/... 223145992900
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026@crabbygranny.bsky.social You probably saw this already. The news reported 1000s (so round down a little). I couldn’t go, but glad to see it happening. 120
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026@crampell.bsky.social is a good journalist, but has a bad habit of linking to sites behind paywalls. If I could afford the NYTimes or the Atlantic, I might not be goofing off on Bluesky. 010
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 17/09/20261970s: “I am woman, hear me roar. “ 2020s: “I am computer chips, and I am my own being.” 020
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“The Kennedy Center was bureaucratically assassinated.”alternet.orgGeorge Conway issues dire warning about Trump’s Kennedy Center endgameThe battle for the Kennedy Center continues, and George Conway fears he knows where this is headed. 010
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Happy Birthday to Victory Tischler-Blue, aka Vicky Blue, American film producer, author, musician, photographer and bassist of the American band The Runaways, born on this day in 1959 📸 Gus Stewart #punk #punkrock #vickyblue #therunaways #history #punkrockhistory #otd 011313
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Learn to roof (houses) is the learn to code of 2026. 020
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.Headline of the Day @headlineoftheday.bsky.social · 14/09/2026History made at World Black Pudding Throwing Championship. www.burytimes.co.uk/news/2654652...burytimes.co.ukWoman, 73, makes history with World Black Pudding Throwing Championship joint victoryA woman in her 70s has become both the first woman and oldest person to ever win the World Black Pudding Throwing Championship, sharing the crown in… 002
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Wut? Will this make MTG happy?defenseone.comUS military has ‘on-orbit’ space weapons, Air Force Secretary revealsExperts said the acknowledgment may lead to overt action by China, Russia. 000
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 15224451312
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 11/09/202650 years ago Johnny Ramone, Tommy Ramone, Joey Ramone and Dee Dee Ramone of The Ramones on stage at CBGB’s, NYC. September 1976. 📸 © Bob Gruen #punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #ramones #cbgb #history #punkrockhistory #50years 418532
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026More inspiring people in Ukraine. ☮️💟france24.comFrom trenches to catwalk: Ukraine's amputee soldiers hit the runwayIn the corner of a vast brick hall, models slipped silently and elegantly into linen dresses, as the chink of a metal prosthetic limb pierced the quiet. 000
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We are living in a new Dark Ages where people make too much out of nothing to believe this stuff.nypost.comBizarre ‘smartphone’ in nearly century-old painting sparks wild time travel theoriesMirrors were common trade items in 17th-century American colonies, which likely explains why the man appears to be studying his own reflection in the object. 010
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’m filtering out variations of 9/11 for a while. Too much sad but also too much anger in me over how much this country is being broken and humiliated by the current administration. See you on the other side. 020
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Goodnight, since I can’t get to Bob&Edith’s Diner. 010
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.Busty Shackleford @ginerso.bsky.social · 06/09/2026These are all incredible. 8314
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.Erin Green 🖖 @erin-o-green.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Pumpkin Spice has broken containment. 65523130
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Mama bear also looks both ways when she crosses the street. 010
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026JFC. Really.thedailybeast.comPentagon Pete Starts Petty New Fight as More Deployed Troops Are HurtThe Pentagon is hemorrhaging top leadership and there’s a war on, but he’s found a new crusade. 010
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026They're deliberately allowing an iconic and historic DC landmark to fall into disrepair so they can justify tearing it down 781578469
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.(((Alternate Snacks))) @alternatesnacks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I just love a feelgood story 071
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I will harbor graffiti fugitives who hit this abomination. 010
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Our tech overlords have merged into one? And it had a stroke or something? 010
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social 440122905642
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is some sh-t.bbc.comRussian strikes destroy 12 million books in Ukraine ahead of new school yearUkraine says Russia is deliberately attacking its culture, after strikes on publishers and churches. 010
Reposted by Cranky Old Bat.Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 01/09/202643 years ago today Mick Jones was fired from The Clash on September 1, 1983, by bandmates Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon due to growing creative and personal tensions. The beginning of the end of The Clash was decided 📸 Larry Hulst #punk #theclash #mickjones #punkrockhistory #otd 610517
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A ballroom AND cutting down a bunch of historic cherry trees? Makes the reflecting pool seem like small beans. My city is in ruins. 🤬😭 010
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026An island suddenly appearing in a reservoir makes news, but the first full reservoir in 14 years goes un-celebrated. 000
Cranky Old Bat. @kathyk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Totally contradicting my idea of a good time, there are Trump-head fake Ecstasy pills in Europe. Buzz killed.apnews.comA Dutch institute issues a 'Red Alert' over potentially lethal Trump-shaped ecstasy pillsA respected drug and mental health institute in the Netherlands is warning about potentially lethal ecstasy pills shaped like U.S. President Donald Trump's head. 010