Reposted by Jonathan TisdallBethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 16/04/2026They claim “everyone’s autistic now” and yet Pachycephalosaurus is lumped in with “other” 19822
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallLichess @lichess.org · 08/04/2026Round 9 of the #2026candidates just started! 🎉♟️ Follow all games live at: lichess.org/broadcast/fi... 0124
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallBethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Just heard someone with an Eastern European accent describe something as “Top of the notch” and it made my heart swell with joy 0285
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallJared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 20/03/2026the vengeful pillow by Edward Gorey 2847291003
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14/02/2026I wonder if people are paying attention to how much their doom scrolling is cutting into time they used to use to read books 571056154
Jonathan Tisdall @mandoran.bsky.social · 27/01/2026...I'm having trouble thinking about the drawbacks of Fridays... 000
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 26/01/2026F*** that nice write-up I got in the Guardian. This is my all-time favourite review of one of my books. 561156
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I woke up and thought of some of the people who created so much nastiness around Monkey Cage - rich people living luxury lives who found time to be committed to increasing the hate in the world - and I thought how many of them there are as we watch this century’s celebrations of cruelty 1728615
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallAmy @lolennui.bsky.social · 14/01/2026All fun and games until Björk mobilizes Icelandic elves to protect Greenland 2062282
Jonathan Tisdall @mandoran.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Man, I need to start constantly hanging around Fark again... 1131
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallDrew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026“She will continue praying to the Shrek figure, citing their established relationship and noting that the ogre had answered as many prayers as any other household deity, statistically speaking.” 33410
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Even in Captain Planet the writers room would be like ok tone it back 282043497
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026The first time Charlie Chaplin spoke onscreen, he implored the people of the world to resist the rising tide of fascism. Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message. 13278193352
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 30/12/2025It's interesting that, with their algorithms, the tech bros who design the most reprehensible parts of social media make a mirror of the shit that's destroying society. "Only big posts matter/get seen" is another version of "the obscenely wealthy get more obscenely wealthy and fuck all else matters" 25811
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 30/12/2025A photograph of a beautiful creature, or an increasingly rotund psychopath who spends all day eating cream and rats? The jury is out. 71254
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallTom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 19/11/2025ONLY 3️⃣2️⃣ MORE HOURS to back the Kickstarter for Volumes 1 and 2 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug Library - Collecting all comics from the comic strip's start in 1990 through 1998! Here's just one of hundreds CLICK HERE👇 bit.ly/TomtheDancingBugKickstarter 2134
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 19/11/2025Here for your coffee break already? Check out this longer form essay 👇 “To use a book authored by E.B. White as your name is an offense to history. White was a leading voice for American democracy & freedom & against fascism & tyranny." Great piece—esp. White’s poetically fierce support of freedomlawdork.comGregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us aboutDHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom. 311427
Jonathan Tisdall @mandoran.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Yes, Keymer has started to fascinate me, his games have become so chaotic, very interesting to watch. 110
Jonathan Tisdall @mandoran.bsky.social · 19/11/2025He's such a tremendous fighter and entertainer, and more well rounded a player than most notice. He seems to be nearly cursed at the threshold though. 120
Jonathan Tisdall @mandoran.bsky.social · 19/11/2025I've known him for ages, so all these near misses for the Candidates really hurt 120
Jonathan Tisdall @mandoran.bsky.social · 10/11/2025But we should always complain about what a mess it is... 100
Jonathan Tisdall @mandoran.bsky.social · 10/11/2025I might try 26. I'll never give it up completely either. 220
Jonathan Tisdall @mandoran.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Ha! So well put. Actually, I now do most of my work in SCID... 120
Jonathan Tisdall @mandoran.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Saw a vanishing post about install time, and had to say that I recently updated a major database and ChessBase narrowly beat its predicted 50 hours of processing... 120
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallSean Kelly @seankelly.biz · 22/10/2025SECURITY QUESTION: What was the last name of your first grade teacher? MY FIRST GRADE TEACHER HACKING MY BANK ACCOUNT: I'm in 2169992
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallChris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Ridiculous situation. A man who has spent the last thirty years being one of the most inventive, prolific and funniest stand-ups out there. You should make a beeline for this, I'd say. 116871
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallJames D'Emilio @demiliopics2.bsky.social · 02/08/2025For a medieval monastic chronicler, a headline to die for 713573885
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallBarry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 02/08/2025DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results. 156148275306
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallJeanine 💙 @madammaleficent.bsky.social · 02/08/2025It's funny how we say "a bug hit my windshield" when we are the ones going 70mph. I'll bet the bug's family describes it differently. 944599
Jonathan Tisdall @mandoran.bsky.social · 02/08/2025... I have decided to seek out the Burryman this year... 030
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/07/2025I think I'd probably find the whole notion of banning kids from social media easier to swallow if adults accepted that it is also obviously driving them mad. 34925123
Jonathan Tisdall @mandoran.bsky.social · 20/07/2025I was relieved recently to read that that factoid about how many spiders you eat in your sleep was a hoax/made up, but this morning I woke up with a large spider mashed under my face... 050
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallAhhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 20/07/2025Treasure this moment cause you’ll never have fewer microplastics in you than you do right now 472311410
Jonathan Tisdall @mandoran.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Sitting here sweltering in a fairly rare Norwegian heat wave and just got two ads in my inbox, one for sweaters, the other for Christmas decorations, and I don't understand how commerce works 030
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18/07/2025People have obviously been reporting on the Trump Epstein connection for awhile but it does seem like there’s a bit of “Joe Rogan and Shane Gillis are talking about it so we can too” going on and I can’t express enough how if you’re doing that as the news you’ve got alot of stuff backwards 324520
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Columbia canceled my class on Race and Media. But I decided to teach it anyway. So I built a school, instead. 500+ students online and in person. My first independently operated course and lecture begins TONIGHT! WE MOVE!! karenattiah.substack.com/p/resistance...karenattiah.substack.comResistance Summer School is officially in Session!Columbia cancelled my class on Race and Media, but I'm teaching the people anyway. 492077472
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallJohn Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 01/07/2025...and there it is. He's saying it right out loud. If you're a lefty they're coming for you. They're coming. 22714
Jonathan Tisdall @mandoran.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Hello gents! Very surprised you hadn't heard of the place. I'd be very curious to know if there are modern stories of working or visiting there. I dropped in once ... and it was very ... odd. 010
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/06/2025I had a REALLY lovely time talking to @milesklee.bsky.social at Rolling Stone about why The Onion is thriving. It's because we're one of the only legacy outlets unafraid to accurately reflect the mood of this country. That mood? Everyone fucking hates this. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... 513783712
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/06/2025The US Supreme Court rules that there is no law and there is no constitution 15041411281
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 23/06/2025It is BRILLIANT how inexpensively Blackwells can send books from the UK to the US and Canada. I urge more people to take advantage of it. 15711
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/06/2025It’s not 2003 anymore anywhere in America except for CNN, Fox News, and the New York Times opinion page. 5956821039
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallThe Intercept @theintercept.com · 22/06/2025We published this June 17.theintercept.comU.S. Intel Says Iran Isn’t a Nuclear Threat. Israel Wants the U.S. to Bomb It Anyway.The U.S. is helping Israel wage war on Iran over its nuclear program. But U.S. intelligence says Iran is not building a bomb. 18579254
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallOld Man Green (he/him) @neurocrusty.bsky.social · 09/06/2025It feels like we’re getting close to the tipping point where things in North America are going to get very violent. Don’t be one of those who shame people who are protesting on behalf of the most marginalized people in the world. If civility worked we wouldn’t be watching genocide live streamed. 16912
Reposted by Jonathan TisdallDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 08/06/2025not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates 367278095825