Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I know that I'm getting old because I'm increasingly finding that the clothes in places like Zara, H&M and River Island are absolutely preposterous whereas the stuff in M&S is pretty cool. 253499
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Nobody disputes that having access to a car in a car-dominated society is good. It gives one access to jobs, healthcare, food, education, social opportunities and more. All we're asking is for people to go one step deeper and ask why access to such basic rights requires buying and operating a car. 482900580
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 21/06/2026The funny thing is DomCum is exactly the thing he professes to hate, a smartish Oxford grad who's had a few successes in politics and has deduced that he is a genius. 6716
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialDaniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 07/06/2026DOCTOR: "So what seems to be the problem?" PATIENT: "Mmhbbhhggr hhruuh engghhuu." DOCTOR: "I'm sorry I can't understand, but don't worry. Great singer Bob Dylan is in town. Go see his show and no matter what ails you, you'll feel better!" PATIENT (sadly): "Ehg ddnghh m'm Bddnnn." 151887508
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 29/05/2026The reason that AI art will never be any fucking good is that it was developed by an industry that runs on messianic overconfidence, with the aim of simulating the output of various creative industries that rely on overcoming self-doubt and insecurity to produce work of any worth. 26717
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialEddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/05/2026A very good afternoon to the absolute hero who organised and parked this beauty in the middle of little Tommy’s far-right hate march. ❤️ 13557451497
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 11/05/2026This response is understandable, and feels compassionate. I said very similar things about the area that I grew up, which voted heavily for Brexit. But the thing is: these people have been indulged in their ideas — which are racist, and also simply incoherent — for over a decade. 52611111
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialDiane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I’d hypothesise this happened here too: hospitals, magistrates courts, police stations etc concentrated in bigger centres, so solid jobs go, local services then fold, shops close - a downward spiral 1/2 622198
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialColin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 29/04/2026The University of Sussex's victory over the Office for Students lays bare the extent to which the university regulator was only ever going to reach one outcome in this case. The OfS wasn't promoting free speech, it was seeking to force unis to align with it's agenda: share.google/LDAc0al5tGq6... 18125
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialWillow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Every time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants. 11107033143
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialBinfire Era @binfire.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Happy Miss Congeniality Day to all who celebrate! 232842937
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 24/04/2026No clip has ever captured the essence of born again Christians quite like this 1872807558
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 23/04/2026The audio tours for medieval castles should have a separate channel for people who are not complete idiots, who want to hear a deadpan description of the history of each room with absolutely no struggling actors hamming it up pretending to be a nobleman or a lowly washerwoman. 81556
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialMaria Sobolewska @profsob.bsky.social · 11/04/2026They make EVERYTHING worse. Ban, tax, whatever, but acknowledge it already 78717
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialMuseum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 05/04/2026 81829328
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/02/2026kind of amazing that everything trump does can be understood through the lens of narcissism and it's related needs (e.g., self aggrandizement, revenge, domination, grievance validation). i don't think any character has been so one-dimensional, not even wile e coyote or scrooge mcduck 257138702449
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialMore like I-ACK @mumbly-joe.bsky.social · 24/03/2026another interesting (but older) datum on the "male loneliness crisis" is that if you look at historic data, women have historically reported more social isolation and the "crisis" became a thing when men started to approach parity. 14311
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialLauren Fraser @walkyouhome.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Controversial but - students *perceive* they have been failed when what has happened is they have failed to understand information retrieval is a skill requiring effort. I don't believe a zero friction experience is realistic or desirable in learning, actually. 251041208
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialRob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 21/03/2026This is utterly jaw-dropping. A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils. www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...indexoncensorship.orgSchool book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on CensorshipA school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women 31636101573
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialThe Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 10/03/2026Ellie Mulligan, 29, has been going to therapy ever since she learned that other people don’t feel terrible all the time. Although she has made excellent progress since then, each visit to her parents’ house threatens to send her spiralling back to her undiagnosed, misunderstood childhood self.thedailytism.comAutistic woman in need of therapy as long as she continues having parentsAn autistic woman is expected to need therapy for as long as she continues having parents, it has been reported. Ellie Mulligan, 29, has been going to therapy ever since she learned that other people… 117230
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.social4KitSake 🎃 @4kitsake.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Just reminded myself how hard the ending of Coffin Text Spell 714 goes 4163482385
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialThe Chaser @chaser.com.au · 20/02/2026“In the criminal justice system, some offences are considered especially heinous" chaser.com.au/world/man-li... 10551145
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialMatt Leys @mattleys.bsky.social · 19/02/2026"THE ARISTOCRATS!" 02010
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialbuy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Meanwhile, on threads, which actually is like what people on twitter think bluesky is like, a "teacher, author, poet" speaks... 3001899177
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 16/02/2026do you know what would help!!!!!!!! living in a society that lets people experiment with their gender without treating it like the most important thing in the world!!!!!!! letting people get it right or wrong without politicising their decisions!!!!!!! just being chilled about gender!!!!!! aaahhhhhh 302018365
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 08/02/2026In a touching tribute to his mentor, Morgan McSweeney has resigned in disgrace. 171381287
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/02/2026🔴Jeffrey Epstein’s 4chan Plan The sex-trafficker’s fingerprints are all over the early rise of the alt-right and the far-right movements that would follow, new documents reveal bylinetimes.com/2026/02/06/j...bylinetimes.comJeffrey Epstein's 4chan PlanThe sex-trafficker’s fingerprints are all over the early rise of the alt-right and the far-right movements that would follow, new documents reveal 18393231
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 03/02/2026🔴In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage, reports @peterjukes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...bylinetimes.comIn Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter ThielThe web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage 7207154
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialPesky Splintergeist ~👻🌙~ @peskysplinter.bsky.social · 02/02/2026It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour. It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour. It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour. It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour. 512217674
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 02/02/2026It's time now for the Government to put forward legislation to strip Peter Mandelson of his peerage. It's the very least they can do for the victims and survivors of his friend Jeffrey Epstein. If Mandelson has any shame left, he'll retire from the House of Lords today. 35512111
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 01/02/2026If asked to describe the major features of the Epstein archipelago looming out of its offshore dark money and billionaire kompromat - I’d say Putin, Trump, Musk, Bannon and Thiel And with that you have a map of our current political era 12507205
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialEncephalophatass (Any pronouns) @encephalophatass.bsky.social · 15/04/2024Being autistic isn't hard. All you have to do is remember the 3 things that make NTs most mad: - Misunderstandings - Any effort on your part to prevent a misunderstanding - Any attempt after the fact to clear up a misunderstanding So long as you avoid those, functioning in NT society is easy! 221317405
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialRobert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Part of my argument in Empire of Normality was that normality very much does exist, and is determined primarily by the logics of colonialism and capitalism. The no such thing as normal framing obscures its material basis and force imo. www.newscientist.com/article/2508...newscientist.comThere’s no such thing as a normal brain: Best ideas of the centuryNeurodiversity research has reshaped how we think about autism and ADHD, revealing that a “normal” brain doesn’t exist – and that unusual brains also come with unique strengths 1275
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 23/01/2026www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/airport-bo... Great piece on “airport book brain” - the tendency of politicians to swallow simplistic solutions. Latest example the Jonathan Haidt book shaping policy on teens and social media 2131595
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 19/01/2026The people who came to Brianna's vigil were the many friends, as an isolated trans girl, she had made on social media. The people who were convicted of her murder knew her in real life, and used transphobic slurs to discuss her. 31006185
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 19/01/2026 224448
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialLucy Webster @lucywebster.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Just fyi. On Friday, Lord Falconer, who's shepherding the assisted dying bill through the Lords, admitted that he thought it was fine if someone chose to die because they didn't have enough money for care If you're left wing and support the principle, I really need you to look at the bill's details 28043
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 18/01/2026If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign. 7374371388
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 05/01/2026happy birthday to the GOAT Hayao Miyazaki 2623151
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 04/01/2026 404104402661
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialGlennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 03/01/2026It’s as if the FIFA Peace Prize means nothing. 7447123
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 25/12/2023There's a man going 'round taking names And he decides who gets gifts and candy canes Everybody won't be treated all the same There'll be a red sleigh touching down When the man comes around 48829
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialAlasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 16/12/2025We're super excited to be returning to the Bagpuss Universe for Yaffle Origins. As mega fans of the Oliver Postbox multiverse, we always dreamed of telling the story of Assistant Professor Yaffle getting his first pair of glasses or whatever. Join us on this barren sphere, in this living death. 411018256
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialBailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 15/12/2025The thing that bugs me so much about the AI conversation is this iron fist of mediocrity that comes down & says no one has original ideas anymore & even if they did, it takes too much time & it’s a nonlinear process, which means we can’t exploit it so we’ve gotta kill it & like man, get bent, ok? 26114
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialSam (formerly Barisan Hantu) 🇸🇬🍉 @neuroliminality.bsky.social · 12/12/2025"people don't remember what you said or did, they remember how you made them feel" Autistic people: "I'm so screwed" 37314
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialD.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Dugin's 1997 description of the UK as a 'strategic floating base' of the USA that needs to be cut off from the EU keeps popping in my mind. The fact that his wildest dreams have come to pass since then, and the USA is now a Russian ally, is really starting to make this island feel unsafe. 66524
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 09/12/2025“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said theonion.comOprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through ArcticTHE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc... 392148102723
Reposted by @librarylurker.bsky.socialJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 07/12/2025Here we go 192316561
