Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This week’s Last Week Tonight episode is terrifying on the collapse in manufacturing quality for vital generic medicines. I am so grateful for the NHS 3453
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialChicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Ms Rachel from the top ropes 55110752923
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialNick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 13/10/2026A Little Owl (mochuelo in Spain, mussol in Catalan) kindly sent to me by Lucy Brzoska. It had flown down to inspect these items left by gardeners working in the Fossar de la Pedrera, Montjuïc , the mass grave of the victims of the Franco regime in Barcelona. Like a surrealist painting. 318432
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialBat Krown 🦇🎃 @katbrownwrites.com · 20hThe irony that the BBC blurred out the Protect the Dolls slogan on a Strictly contestant’s tshirt for their social accounts as “political” but will happily dedicate a two-part doc to the woman who uses her billions to fund lawsuits to persecute transgender people www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...bbc.co.ukTwo-part documentary on J.K. Rowling announced by BBC Factual and BBC ScotlandThe documentary will use her life as a lens through which to explore three decades of profound social, political and technological change 462501738
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 18hWe need to be clear. This isn’t about shooting small boats. It’s about shooting people. Probably shooting small children. 1513348
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced. 14694949311622
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialKaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 11/10/2026 278113604072
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/ 20659062414
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialRachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.theguardian.comControversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-BissauRecommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers 12523781029
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 11/10/2026New post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social Tensions between Russia and Europe are rising. Putin is getting desperate. Could Kaliningrad be the flashpoint that sets off a wider conflict? samf.substack.com/p/watch-the-...samf.substack.comWatch the gapHow Kaliningrad could become the flashpoint for a wider war with Russia 1211536
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialAndrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 09/10/2026She fought apartheid, defended Nelson Mandela, and helped change how the world prosecutes sexual violence. Today, at 85, Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. What an extraordinary woman. 💜 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance 288157963451
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine. 1101124694518
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country. 2072162615667
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialEdward @fornbirkibeinn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Anecdotally what seems to be happening is that the Home Office is refusing all student visa applications from certain countries. The Treasury should have told them to knock if off years ago but at this point the FCO needs to tell them to stop trying to cause an international incident. 425568
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialLeonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown. 12626274
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialNobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 09/10/2026BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law. 761484558
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialPeter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026A shadowy network of hedgehogs and owls, operating at the highest levels of the British establishment. 1531151271
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026And there are other undesirable effects. The proposal could shift £60bn–£110bn from savings and investments into housing, and reduce the number of £1m-plus homes coming onto the market in London and the South East by 3%–6% each year. 38811
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax. But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT. That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing. A 🧵 on bad tax cuts. 44867368
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 09/10/2026oh my god I was going to joke "he's actually centre-left" and turns out he IS 26949195
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialUK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A rather sad announcement from @anandmenon.bsky.social on the future of UK in a Changing Europe. ukandeu.ac.uk/announcement... 1514850
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Sam Altman said people are just gonna have to die in order to implement AI. In the very same week, Anthropic claimed it’s a human rights violation to be mean to the computer. These people need to be held accountable. They think lines of code are a person with rights but living people are debris. 19168951953
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Almost forgot: happy That Tom Hollander Interview Day to all who celebrate 1340485
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/10/2026 295126402671
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026a little louder for the cheap seats in the back 3256271949
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialRachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶 851152944
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialSarah Churchwell @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The man is a fucking sociopath and I am so very deeply tired of people refusing to say so. 26812
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialMr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comA Reckoning in SpringfieldA truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become. 37353511837
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialRep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026This corruption must be investigated. 899160386261
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail. 22997323099
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.sociallastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Cannot be emphasised enough that Trump II will plausibly cause the kind of death count we associate with the worst dictatorships of the last century. Unspeakably bad that he came to be president of the world's most powerful nation. 5461171
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275942512
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.com‘I lost my children, and I’m afraid of losing my baby again’: a day in the life of a pregnant woman in GazaAlaa lives in a tent pitched on the ruins of her house, which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike that killed all three of her children. In one month, she will give birth again 06316
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is *not* the result of "the success of Mahmood's reforms", but of earlier measures/other factors. Her proposals could make it considerably *worse* in future years. A few other points linked below.. archive.ph/0psJ8 5296111
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026To give just one obvious example, over half of the founders of fast growing companies in this survey were born outside the UK. www.tenentrepreneurs.org/job-creators...tenentrepreneurs.orgJob Creators 2025 — The Entrepreneurs NetworkJob Creators 2025 The foreign-born founders building Britain’s fastest-growing businesses 0123
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026they're wasting money for the sole purpose of being cruel and that in itself will cost us even more money, while they talk about more cuts because we're apparently struggling with money 118554
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.social👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There’s the 9/11 bit on The Day Today DVD where Chris Morris goes “coming up next, what is a hijacked airliner and HOW DOES IT CRASH?!” that lives rent free in my head when I see headlines like this. 810319
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Times this morning. Me in December last year. It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths. samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh... 22696195
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"In order to deliver the PM's promise to save social care we need a permanent class of indentured migrant workers without labour rights". 28461179
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system. 545156776031
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated. 537202848169
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/09/2026These enormously complex, badly rushed settlement proposals fell apart during consultation on many fronts yet remain v poorly understood - in media, in parliament, in government itself. There remains a big risk that the Burnham government gets the new policy wrong www.easterneye.biz/andy-burnham...easterneye.bizCan Burnham find a new balance on immigration?'Fair rules should protect more than just care workers' 14315
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialSpong @besidetheteesside.bsky.social · 26/09/2026What at horrible day to have eyes. 4041894
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Danny Tommo, Amodei, Man City fair play Piddington, Macklemore, Dolly ain’t alive no more Netanyahu’s iron dome, Meg and Harry coming home New cat, Clavicular COVID CONSCIOUS LESBIAN BAR 🎶 we didn’t start the fire 🎶 348297
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New — I had the opportunity to see NAZA, the documentary freaking out the Israeli government because of its horrifying firsthand descriptions of the way the IDF has used AI to target and massacre Palestinian civilians. My thoughts on the film’s damning revelations, and the banality of evil:thehandbasket.coI saw the documentary the Israeli government doesn’t want you to see'NAZA' dispels once and for all the myth that the IDF didn't target civilians in Gaza. 342514942
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialJaundiced Brains @johnnymains.co.uk · 21/09/2026Someone from Exeter was buried on Friday and one of their wishes was to have dinosaurs and the Grim Reaper present. Legend. Photo source: Exeter & Devon Crematorium and Memorial Gardens 17757177
Reposted by @kirstyrob.bsky.socialEllie Harris @eleanorrrlouise.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A lack of agency is absolutely a big part of what’s going on for young people today. We spoke to 150 young people, who all had big aspirations but were struggling to realise them. This isn’t a character flaw. Agency is a skill that needs to be developed & practice. That requires opportunities. 15516
