Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialDavid Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In general I’m resolutely against the use of AI in music but I’d make an exception for any technology that could eliminate Keith Jarrett’s constant humming, singing, grunting, and groaning while he’s playing. 162
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialJonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Authors! If you must respond to your bad reviews, do it as graciously as Oliver Hardy when Walter Winchell trashed the film 'Nothing But Trouble' in 1945. (Bookmarking this post in case I need it in November.) 410725
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialRich Neville @richneville.bsky.social · 09/09/2026They’ve all forgotten their kit and are having to do fascism in their pants. 3140299
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialFunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 03/09/2026This is how I imagine my dog feels when he's protecting the house by barking at the leaves blowing by... 663094293
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialFolklore Twitcher @folkloretwitcher.bsky.social · 21/08/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images showNational Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding 072
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Well, I guess it was a success of sorts? In 1998, Honduras built a bridge designed to survive any storm. It survived a Category 5 hurricane perfectly but the river shifted, leaving it spanning over dry land. Source: www.reddit.com/r/geography/... 18822
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialmarandina @marandina.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I have written to BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky asking them to include a reminder on their weather forecasts about treating dog walking with caution when temp is above 21C. Let's see what they come back with.. 1187
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.” ~ Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) #Photography, ‘Reading by candlelight, Rovaniemi, Finland,’ Werner Bischof, 1948. 0113
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialJana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 07/07/2026#OTD #RedDevils #Belgium🇧🇪 01567439
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 03/07/2026Every day we stray further from god's light 4741057
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I have to think of this cartoon by @tomgauld often when I read online comments regarding articles. Pretty sure RHPAC is the most common type of online comment… 615857
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Today let's not worry about the interesting map showing the distribution of hogs in the USA but let's appreciate the comments underneath the map... 927070
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialDavid Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 24/06/2026"in recent years we have depicted Sir Kier Starmer as an incompetent maniac pursuing a left wing/ fascist agenda in an indecisive yet dictatorial manner. Now that he is gone, however, we realise that Sir Kier Starmer was the greatest Prime Minister this country has ever had." 4377
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialAdrian Giddings @cunabula.bsky.social · 23/06/2026This tangentially reminds me of the special shirts Sony had made for staff selling the first Walkmans. The selling point was they'd fit in a shirt pocket, which they didn't, unless you had a shirt with a slightly oversized breast pocket. 1151
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialViz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026This one just lives on my desktop at this point, ready to go 9551139
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Patent applications per million inhabitants across Europe. The Alps are essentially the innovation engine of the continent. HT @milos_gis 02313
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.social🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 31/05/2026When you’re having a completely normal day… then you come across these glowing dog sneakers 🐕✨😭 I can’t stop smiling. Ridiculously cute and an instant mood booster. 💖🐾🔥 14258771157
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialRailmaps @railmaps.com.au · 21/05/2026On one hand, this is sad and not at all funny. On the other hand, the flame had the greatest day of its life. 1142
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialLarry Stephens @lsggbg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026SELLERS: A man named Roger Souther is staying with us. SECOMBE: Ah - Roger the Lodger. SELLERS: No - Souther the Boarder. (Goon Show S2 E14, 29 Apr 1952. Script by Spike Milligan & Larry Stephens. Edited by Jimmy Grafton.) 03210
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Another item for my growing #badgeographyjoke collection. 4447
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialJason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 22/04/2026H.V. Morton knew how to enjoy himself. 113314
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialHey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 09/04/2026Ashikaga Flower Park's Grand Wisteria Festival opens Apr 11th, with over 350 wisteria plants and 5,000 azalea bushes in bloom. Evening illuminations begin Apr 15th. The festival runs through May 20th, with hours varying by bloom conditions. Ashikaga Flower Park is located in Ashikaga City, Tochigi 06617
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Steve is nagging at the universe's unanswered fruit-related questions again. Stop it, Steve. It's a fruitless endeavour. 1541640
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialJonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 27/02/2026The Gorton and Denton result should be a brutal wake-up call for Labour - but I'm not convinced they've even plugged the alarm clock in yet. 1127235
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 25/02/2026MY GOD HOW BIG ARE THE FUCKING ANTS 623626
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 20/02/2026I'll count this hilarious @bergerandwyse cartoon as a map 😉 🗺️ 🐦️ 014833
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialPaula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Where is the crushed Oreo, strawberries and ice-cream option? Change coming when 16 year olds get the vote. 2101
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Me sat on my fat arse critiquing the athletic ability of someone going 70 miles an hour down the side of an icy mountain. #WinterOlympics2026 324021
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 07/02/2026So as I struggled with miscarriage after miscarriage before having my 🌈 baby, Reform would seriously think I should pay more tax during that agony. This policy isn’t just a slippery slope to a handmaids tale dystopian future - it’s a deliberate step towards it www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukReform by-election candidate suggested people who don’t have kids should pay more taxExclusive: The Reform politician’s suggestion would ‘punish millions of women and strip them of their basic dignity to choose’, Labour’s deputy leader has warned 86836330
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 30/01/2026British response to the film about Melania Trump: If they were screening it for free at the bottom of my garden I'd shut the curtains. 562176334
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/01/2026A real shame if this photo went viral again today. 8226511411
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Morning. Winter landscape with bullfinches, Bruno Liljefors, 1891. 315632
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialDavid Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 23/12/2025"I'm 'A' from Balmoral Completely immoral Entitled Untitled Here for your abhorral." 10566
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialDavid Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Trump crowned himself. Napoleon Bonespurpart. 5529
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialDanny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Your quick guide to this #WorldCupDraw 311919
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialPapaPug Diego @papapugdiego.bsky.social · 07/11/2025National Fountain Pen Day to papi, auntie Bethany, uncle Alex, uncle Eric and everyone!! 🖋️📖✒️❣️ #fountainpen #pens #collection #poster #carlos #adventuredog #dogmodel #papapugdiego #pug #puglife #puglove #pugoftheday #pet #dog #hund #perro #chien #cane #cão #cutest #cutie #パグ #可愛い #愛犬 #귀여운 #犬 #狗 #八哥 171
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 25/10/2025This is a fun way to show that US companies are very dominant in the tech space. 2204
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialKate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 21/10/2025This reminds me of the time a friend from China once asked me, deadpan, “how many generations removed from poverty do you have to be to enjoy camping?” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/m...nytimes.com‘You’re Going to Lose Your Mind’: My Three-Day Retreat in Total Darkness 31099
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Hope you get the job, Steve! 637747
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Nathan Gill, Reform's leader in Wales at the last Welsh parliament election, has pled guilty to 8 bribery charges, taking Russian cash while he was one of Nigel Farage’s MEPs to speak in favour of Putin's Russia in that parliament www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comReform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery chargesGill admits to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in the European parliament and articles 28494311
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialRobert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 18/09/2025file under "you couldn't make it up": A former head of the Institute of Directors has been banned from acting as a company director for 11 years for abusing a pandemic-era business loan scheme on.ft.com/42wtT0Pon.ft.comFormer Institute of Directors boss banned over Covid loan ‘abuse’[FREE TO READ] Anna Daroy secured £100,000 in stimulus loans, double the amount she should have, according to the Insolvency Service 37532
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 17/08/2025In case you would like me to draw one of these for you www.worldofmoose.com/products/int...worldofmoose.comInternet of Things CartoonOriginal cartoon by Moose Allain from world of moose 310938
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialWildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis): This North American bird is found in southern Canada, eastern USA and Mexico. The 23cm (9.1in) bird is mainly granivorous but also feeds on insects and fruit. Remarkable shot taken by Lanny Thompson in Arkansas, USA. 592151224
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 25/07/2025While the summer was probably nice in Poland or Denmark this is yet another reminder that Europe must adapt to higher temperatures quickly. 03011
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialUncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Not enough has been written about Schrödinger’s assistant, Otto. 483060504
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialhoney i am a guy & i shrunk the kids @snowrespecter.bsky.social · 14/11/2024me when you get your acoustic guitar out at a party I was up to that point enjoying 8640228
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Writing a song about getting my front door lock replaced. There’s a lovely key change at the end. 2484189
Reposted by @mark-short.bsky.socialMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Very exciting, Exeter Comedy Festival starts this week. Some of the bigger acts have sold out but there are still plenty of tickets available for all sorts of amazing people. Prices are very good value so it’s maybe worth taking a punt on someone you don’t know. www.exetercomedyfestival.comexetercomedyfestival.comExeter Comedy Festival JUNE 5th-8th 2025Exeter Comedy Festival 2025. 5th-7th June. Lineup announcement coming soon! 462113
![A short extract from In Search Of England, which reads
‘For the last ten days I have been miserable. I have been prostrate in bed with a red-hot throat and a foul temper which turned into a fine pathos, and the dismal belief that I was about to commit the supreme sin against good manners and die in an hotel. You may do almost anything in an hotel but die there.
One night, under the influence of a cocaine pill and a raw egg, I sat up and wrote the most miserable essay that has ever been written about the country graveyards of [England].’](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3u4yezfifhwdhtv4jjjbo7e4/bafkreiah5puzzfpwcjahp7zprkjp75tcal5k22km6od6k2gnlehdyfaewe)
