Reposted by Lyndon RosserEuan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 6hFascist Russia's voting figures would be comedic, if they were not also so tragic. 13511
Reposted by Lyndon RosserMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 8hlong road ahead for whichever neo-Nazi Trump staffer is tasked with doing brain surgery on the AI-powered America-dot-gov site 830552
Reposted by Lyndon RosserNPR @npr.org · 7hJaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June. n.pr/4ymLaYrn.prA young sailor died by suicide. Her family blames health care gaps and long deploymentJaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June. 28408205
Reposted by Lyndon RosserAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10hTrump: "You got me for nothing. I don't take my salary." (Trump has made billions in crypto schemes while president) 2441549360
Reposted by Lyndon RosserJohn Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 8hThis is utterly clueless & why the Lib Dems need a new leader. This is a potentially progressive moment and they should be part of it. Polanski was more positive than Davey, and this reads like chat GPT 8498
Reposted by Lyndon RosserBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 8h👀 In his speech, Burnham promised to set out different options for closer UK-EU relations. Shortly afterwards, Downing Street did not rule out that these options included rejoining the EU. inews.co.uk/news/politics/burnham-o… 715841
Reposted by Lyndon RosserTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 10hHonestly it’s like a parody by this point isn’t it 2224730
Reposted by Lyndon RosserClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 22hYes, yes we are pushing back. 226451
Reposted by Lyndon Rosser🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 12h💥🛩️‼️ UPDATE: The Russian aircraft that crashed in Amur Oblast has now been identified as a Tu-95MS strategic missile carrier. Russian reports now cite the failure of three engines during takeoff as the cause. Six crew members reportedly died, while one survivor was hospitalized. 46579100
Reposted by Lyndon RosserDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 12hI don't even want this malignant sociopath talking about nuclear strikes on cities, much less having the authority and capacity to personally order them. Which, um, he has. 32842136
Reposted by Lyndon RosserDiamond Ashiagbor @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social · 12hExcellent discussion on the politics podcast, Oh God What Now about the dispiriting speech from Chancellor John Healy. Many Labour MPs fetishise reindustrialisation, misunderstand the working class are now working in services, refuse to see universities as vital to economy of our towns + cities 1102
Reposted by Lyndon RosserSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 12hwww.axios.com/2026/09/29/i...axios.com"Brace for losing everything": Farm crisis fears grip GOP in IowaTrump's policies have cause severe financial problems for farmers. Iowa is especially vulnerable. 4357
Reposted by Lyndon RosserLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359511991
Reposted by Lyndon RosserAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 13hHow far did "this was not in the manifesto" really stop Thatcher, Blair, Cameron or Johnson? Independence of the BoE was not in the 1997 manifesto iirc 2113
Reposted by Lyndon RosserPatrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 15hShame on everyone involved in creating a timeline where a company with a $42 billion operating loss and which spends $8 billion to make $4 billion can con enough land visitors into a $1 trillion IPO while claiming it is gonna kill us all 56125
Reposted by Lyndon RosserAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 14hStephen Miller can only be sent to the Hague once the US Congress legislates for America to finally sign on to the Rome Statute and accept jurisdiction of the ICC Yet for all their talk of respecting international law, the US Democrats aren't interested and not even the DSA views it as a priority 514452
Reposted by Lyndon RosserJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 13hMy basic view is that even post-29 (I) you remain a bad run of inflation away from another unhinged president (II) lots of stuff the US has retreated from will be low on the list to re-establish. 813120
Reposted by Lyndon RosserAlex Vijatov @alexvv.bsky.social · 13hAs a pensioner, I have no problem with the triple lock being removed. Fixing social care is far more important and would benefit pensioners more. When Conservatives scream betrayal, remind them that they suspended it in 2022 when it suited them. 1413125
Reposted by Lyndon RosserElizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 17hThis notion of bigoted beliefs being a protected characteristic like gender or race is just absolutely barmy. Those of us who’ve experienced genuine discrimination for who we are know there’s no comparison, and the political and legal collusion on this stuff is disastrous. 8309105
Reposted by Lyndon RosserNew Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 14hWhen an algal bloom turned the Wye green, regulators were testing only a few spots a few times a year. Locals started testing weekly. Nicola Cutcher on the rise of the river guardians. newhumanist.org.uk/articles/why...newhumanist.org.ukWhy I became a river guardianAcross the UK, ordinary people are taking action to protect our rivers from pollution 0134
Reposted by Lyndon RosserJames Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 17hLove the idea that the US President has been sitting in a Situation Room for days now, obsessively monitoring the movements of a bunch of diesel thieves in the Cotswolds. 615324
Reposted by Lyndon RosserDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 16hIf you are going to end the triple lock, you’re better off just ending it. Talking about a process of maybe ending it in the next Parliament, following some sort of review, feels like a way of minimising the fiscal saving while maximising the political pain. 914920
Reposted by Lyndon RosserIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16hEach week you think: Braverman will never outdo this. She'll never say something madder than what just came out her mouth. And each week, she proves you wrong. Just the maddest fool on earth. 86745151
Reposted by Lyndon RosserDarth Kriss @insanityreport.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Who could have seen this coming? Oh that’s right. Everyone with a brain 1734099
Reposted by Lyndon RosserSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16hNew post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social On the still ongoing, horrific, but little covered war in Sudan. How it illustrates the difficulties of ending wars, and whether there is any route to ending this one. (Free to read) samf.substack.com/p/the-sudan-...samf.substack.comThe Sudan War: is there any way out?Since April 2023 Sudan has been consumed by a vicious war that gets far too little attention in the West. 36530
Reposted by Lyndon RosserMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today, in Russian propaganda: 47930333
Reposted by Lyndon RosserPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🚆 £14 billion promised. But just 1% of Network Rail spending across England and #Wales is currently going towards Welsh rail. We've waited long enough. The upcoming UK Budget must turn that promise into action for Cymru 🏴 03921
Reposted by Lyndon RosserEsheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 20hThis is dangerous talk, he should be reprimanded for it. 195694158
Reposted by Lyndon RosserRhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 18hA friend of mine has found an ancient relic, with which it was possible to watch very small videos and communicate extremely awkwardly via text 718818
Reposted by Lyndon RosserRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Farage posted this at 12.38 today. It has been hopelessly overtaken by events and shown to be entirely wrong (British nationals involved and they've been released on bail - not very terrorist-like). And if you believe anything Trump says, you are a credulous moron. 101550196
Reposted by Lyndon RosserDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 19hThis will also be the case next week when the Conservatives revive no-deal Brexit under the guise of leaving the ECHR, and will ignore the consequences which forced climbdown in the past (industry leaving, no data adequacy, US pressure on Northern Ireland) 2265
Reposted by Lyndon RosserJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 19has a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 952036702
Reposted by Lyndon RosserRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 19hWhy might that be, Telegraph? 38605148
Reposted by Lyndon RosserFinn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026ngl "2 doggers, a lad out on the rob for diesel, a fly tipper and an actual terrorist get swept up into an international incident" would be a really funny premise for a slice of life British comedy 1344583
Reposted by Lyndon RosserLaura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The #BBC is a like a jenga tower,IMO. The more pieces its management remove from the bottom, the more its roots+connections with communities are broken. Reliable local news is vital in a disinformation age+serving less online+less affluent audiences is public service broadcasting.1/ 53415
Reposted by Lyndon RosserGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo. 17544161760
Reposted by Lyndon RosserMcJulie @mcjulie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is probably a point in the bubble inflation where the fact that a lot of really key people involved in AI companies are, no exaggeration, in a cult centered around AI. 119327
Reposted by Lyndon RosserPhilip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026These mugs are awful - and I want one very much. ("Are you going to reform social care?" "Definitely Maybe") 6566
Reposted by Lyndon RosserDanielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Fairford Five after being released on bail 113435
Reposted by Lyndon RosserAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Wolves & wild horses have returned to Portugal’s Côa Valley. Rewilding Portugal has been working across the Greater Côa Valley, releasing Sorraia horses & Tauros cattle since 2021 to restore natural grazing. Iberian wolves have now returned to the area on their own buff.ly/xEAcxIx #ShareGoodNewsToobuff.lyThe return of the wild in Portugal's Greater Côa Valley - ELSPWhen Marta Calix moved to Portugal’s Greater Côa Valley in 2019, she joined an ambitious effort to bring nature back across one of western Europe’s important wildlife corridors. Six years later, new… 214641
Reposted by Lyndon RosserDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I continue to find this bizarre as well as deeply dubious given that Suella Braverman is not a Christian. (That’s not a No True Scotsman, she’s a Buddhist). 3221831
Reposted by Lyndon Rosser🇺🇲📎Gigi Alexander 🇺🇦 Democracy Defender! 🌊 ❤️America.🌈 @gigialexander123.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We should have known about this when it fucking happened... 24419
Reposted by Lyndon RosserJoni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is what people like Le Pen, Mélenchon, Weidel, and Wagenknecht support. These traitors want to cut aid to Ukraine and see even more of this 37538
Reposted by Lyndon RosserTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Confusing cabinet appointments, ranked: 1) Nandy - Visibly disinterested, openly insubordinate, and a vital role. 2) Healey - When you thought the main issue with Rachel Reeves was her haircut. 3) Bryant - Consistent bungler, very little experience in either NI or Home, also not willing to learn. 1214415
Reposted by Lyndon RosserWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm increasingly disillusioned with the (policy) ideas ecosystem in the UK - it seems like underlying (social) scientific research is less and less influential and there's increasing dominance of PR and pseudo-research. 2422734
Reposted by Lyndon RosserChrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When Bulgarian shipyards were laying off workers in the 1990s many welders went to the UK. UK industries have been spoiled by an endless stream of cheap skilled labor for decades and by now they have no idea what to do in a situation where there's no longer a huge source of immigrant skilled labor. 2527
Reposted by Lyndon RosserKyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 28/09/2026BREAKING: At least one civilian has been killed after a Russian strike hit a building of Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv, local media report. People are jumping from windows to escape the flames. Rescue efforts are underway. Photo: Radio Liberty 13018