Reposted by LucyBonnie Raitt @bonnieraitt.bsky.social · 7hRemembering my dear friend John Prine, on what would have been his 80th birthday this Saturday. I miss him deeply, as all of us who love him do. What a gift he will always be. 34782134
Reposted by LucyChris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Wednesday 23rd February 2022. Alan, along with a galaxy of stars, attend Baz’s funeral. 0385
Reposted by LucyAsh Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/20261/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions. 26896469
Reposted by LucySiobhan "Shiv" Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Lib Dems 2026: we support trans rights John Cleese: "I formally disown the Lib Dems. Paddy Ashdown would have never supported this" Twitter replies from bigots AND trans allies showing news articles: Lib Dems 1998: we support trans rights 1025949
Reposted by LucyTom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble 331460372
Lucy @loocetweets.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Oh my god. If he isn’t charged for this then what are we at this point? 000
Lucy @loocetweets.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Really good to see this result on an important debate about RESTORING rights that have been stripped away. Opponents seem to have relied on distractions and misleading information, presumably because their argument is so weak 010
Reposted by LucyOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of. But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago. 681758598
Reposted by LucyThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef… 66129162820
Reposted by LucyJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Honestly, I think there's a great opportunity to show the practical case for solidarity here. Yeah, you CAN decide you have no responsibilities to everyone else! But everyone else might reciprocate. You sure that's a good deal? 814215
Reposted by LucyIan Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses 227131663348
Reposted by LucyJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I’m withdrawing from Ed Sheeran’s tour and so’s my wife. 0131
Reposted by LucyAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953726013394
Reposted by LucySteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...bbc.co.ukPort of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roadsHundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port. 1061845816
Reposted by LucyJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 06/09/2026At least Weimar managed a decent cabaret scene. 961869
Reposted by LucyBruce Gorrie @bsrg1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It's about time the government did something about all these unidentified fighting age men arriving at Dover 515129
Reposted by LucyEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Masked men dressed uniformly in black blocking a seaport, very normal www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDisruption at Port of Dover as masked men hold protestImages appear to show hundreds of protesters, all dressed in black and wearing face coverings. 127624192
Reposted by LucyWilliam Hayes @williamhayes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026So if you protest a genocide you are automatically a "terrorist" but hold up a major shipping route while wearing balaclavas and you are a "protester" and the police "engage with you"? www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comDisruption at Port of Dover as masked men hold protestImages appear to show hundreds of protesters, all dressed in black and wearing face coverings. 30473202
Reposted by LucyDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage. 93934452234
Reposted by LucyTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Not *hugely* sure whoever wrote this tweet has grasped what “the stereotype of the tragic clown” entails 12591
Reposted by LucySimon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Amazing. It seems that plagiarism is only a problem for The Times when black people do it 91259439
Reposted by LucyHappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 31/08/2026You boy! Why don't you stop being poor and just die?! 1453
Reposted by LucyTom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 30/08/2026By (for example) making the lives of trans people borderline impossible. 222083
Lucy @loocetweets.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Intrigued by how long it took you to narrow it down to 10. And that The Fall are missing. What criteria did you use? 100
Reposted by LucyDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Just been reminded of this. Newer friends and followers may not know of that type 11 years ago when I was writing for the Guardian and finally snapped at their ludicrous image archive setup and it got published on the actual site. #cake #breakdown 934376
Reposted by LucyMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Absolutely incredible that all of this is being done under the narrative of "independent review of studies." The studies find significant benefits and no harms! Children are not being rushed into irreversible procedures! An entire government and media apparatus buying in an urban legend 131776203
Reposted by LucyMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I have never seen a moral panic grip a country so quickly or thoroughly 423170550
Reposted by LucyJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026In that spirit, this is a lovely tribute from the LRB. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...lrb.co.ukNiela Orr | On Dolly PartonIt’s an understatement to say that Dolly Parton, who died on Tuesday, was many things to many people. She was... 1136
Lucy @loocetweets.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I work in education and with the new academic year about to begin it was good to be reminded that these battles can and will be won at a time when a government is once again trying to erase a minority and ban mention of them in the classroom 16014
Reposted by LucyJason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours. 118313068382
Reposted by LucyJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 26/08/2026sharing the FULL video of Dolly in the Irish pub. The version with her just singing "Coat of Many Colours" is great. But this one shows her just circulating and being brilliant with people first. it captures her embodying the spirit of the song youtu.be/2qXFoNrqi3Y?...youtu.beDolly Parton in Paídi Ó Sé's PubYouTube video by paidiosekerry 1020764
Reposted by LucyIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026New Origin Story on Section 28: the law which halted progress on gay rights and drove it into reverse. Nearly every moment in this story - the moral panic, the press hysteria, the bad actors, the political cowardice - resembles what is happening now to trans people. 13321107
Reposted by LucyNatalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Here are a series of essays I wrote about Dolly tied to albums at the beginning, middle and end of her vast, prolific career, if you're looking for a little themed reading. www.dontrocktheinbox.com/on-dolly-par...dontrocktheinbox.comOn Dolly Parton, Brilliant In Every EraToday marks an unfathomable loss: Dolly Parton has died. Brilliant artist, devoted philanthropist, remarkable human; to list her achievements here feels redundant, as the cult of Dolly has long since ... 31411400
Reposted by LucyJes Steele ✌️ @piratito.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris performing “Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow” on The Dolly Parton Show (1976) 213217837
Reposted by LucyFT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are. 99268106332
Reposted by LucyLev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Timeline literally 100% united, many not even having to say her name. What a brilliant way to live your life. RIP 372999
Reposted by LucyTom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Farewell to Dolly, an artist, an icon, a legend, a sister, a daughter, and a mother to millions. We won't see her like on this earth again and we were all richer for breathing air at the same time she did. 5869143
Reposted by LucyScott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton on trans rights. God I loved her. 82095561
Reposted by LucyJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry. 7243894211286
Reposted by LucyCarole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 25/08/2026My heart is breaking. In addition to her musical talents, she was an exemplary human being. R I P Dolly Parton www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...nytimes.comDolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. 270147402113
Reposted by LucyLibrary of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️ 194335107162
Reposted by LucyDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Something I wrote in 2020 about the church of Dolly whttps://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20201204-how-dolly-parton-became-the-worlds-best-loved-celebritybbc.co.ukHow Dolly Parton became the world’s best-loved celebrityHow did Dolly Parton become one of the world’s most-loved celebrities? Dorian Lynskey explores the singer’s appeal. 728956
Lucy @loocetweets.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Hello! Do you still have any left? Have only just seen this but would love a copy of Capel Rhiw and also the third image, of the pool - I am sorry, I don’t know the name/location of that one. Thanks… 100
Reposted by LucyAndy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Royal College of Psychiatrists statement on Channel 4’s biased and misleading #ADHD documentary. “Research suggests 3 to 5% of the population have ADHD, indicating that it is still under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated in the UK.”rcpsych.ac.ukRCPsych statement on Channel 4 ADHD documentaryPresident Professor Subodh Dave comments on a new documentary about ADHD. 04617
