Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 24mThis is the Brexiteers' last throw of the dice: it is obvious now, even to them, that the whole thing has been a disaster in everything except the prime reason, "I hate foreigners". So the last move in the game is to make it be someone else's fault. 020
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Historical figures didn't appear on UK banknotes until 1970 (Shakespeare). Churchill didn't appear until 2016 and he was only the 2nd former prime minister or wartime leader, after Wellington. The vast majority have been from the Arts, or scientists. 251
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There are only 2 kinds of people: those who've worked in customer service, and those who haven't 020
Reposted by Silent StarsPJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 07/10/2026folklore fans may find this fascinating www.youtube.com/watch?v=74XL...youtube.com1972: Seamus Heaney and the ancient gods | BBC Northern Ireland ArchiveYouTube video by BBC Northern Ireland 04719
Reposted by Silent StarsMichael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026oh baby we are having a good day today "Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has issued an ultimatum, saying he will not return to the national team while Jorge Jesus is the coach, sources have told ESPN." www.espn.com/soccer/story...espn.comCristiano Ronaldo won't return to Portugal team while Jesus remains coach - sourcesPortugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has issued an ultimatum, saying he will not return to the national team while Jorge Jesus is the coach, sources have told ESPN. 3424424
Reposted by Silent StarsMagic Money Tree @magicmoneytree.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'm not sure the people who got this wrong 2008-2020 should have any say either. A bit like Gareth Southgate offering his take on why England couldn't hold onto that 1-0 lead against Argentina 041
Reposted by Silent StarsSvetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏 532764529
Reposted by Silent StarsSinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I can’t really take a political mainstream that insists the Greens be shunned but Reform and the Tories be treated as legitimate seriously. 635781
Reposted by Silent StarsMark Osterloh @osterlohatlarge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s like a less homespun version of the Dad’s Army title sequence. Who do they think they are kidding…? 062
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026There should be guide lines preventing the BBC from employing these people 001
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I bought a badge like this years ago at a Mark Thomas show, just after the Jean Charles de Menezes killing 010
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is what gaining influence through buying football clubs looks like 010
Reposted by Silent StarsZee Zom @fnafilms.com · 30/09/2026I can’t imagine AI coming up with Dark Side of the Moon or Seven Nation Army or even The Birdie Song. More bollocks from the Silicon Valley Virgins. 031
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My concept of personalized music is Sound and Vision followed by Same Old Scene followed by Thinking of You followed by Ghost Town and I don't think that's what they're offering 000
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Chicken Tikka Jalfrezi w Peas Pilau and 2 chapattis Recommend 010
Reposted by Silent Starsmid wife crisis actor @ballistari.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the shortest suicide note in history. fascinating stuff 2265
Reposted by Silent StarsNate O @nateo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The obvious questions regarding the Kindertransport is: why it was privately run and didn’t permit Jewish parents to accompany their children? There is continuity between the British govt’s refusal to accept hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees and its present-day refusal to accept refugees 513844
Reposted by Silent StarsSTC @blobbystc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Big fan of generous state pensions tbh 1193
Reposted by Silent StarsSTC @blobbystc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Getting rid of the triple lock is bad, actually 4576
Reposted by Silent StarsGourdo! 🎃 @posting.fan · 28/09/2026I get being all “ha ha, eat shit boomers!” but fucking with pensions won’t hurt them, they’ll be long gone, it’s just going to hurt you 59017
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I would love to see the transcript of the meeting where the CIA updated POTUS on some thieves about to steal a few barrels of diesel fuel 010
Reposted by Silent StarsHauntit Quine 🇵🇸 she/her @rummlie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The real terrorists are inside the base, Wesley. 082
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So Streeting saying the informant only had a partial picture of events... Was he saying authorities knew they weren't terrorists? Cos it sounded like the opposite www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comUK security forces were aware of RAF Fairford suspected bomb plot, hints defence secretaryWes Streeting indicates farmer who alerted police and said security forces had ‘dropped the ball’ only ‘had a partial picture’ 000
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For some reason my internal narrator for this was Margaret Hodge 000
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026DISCLAIMER: other places than America also exist 140
Reposted by Silent StarsSpookably UnAwake @lamentablyawake.bsky.social · 27/09/2026So it is, in fact, in the manifesto. 095
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I was watching the reboot of Avengers Endgame last night and if the Labour party could get hold of the infinity stones they'd go back in time, eradicate the left from history then destroy the stones 010
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just got a system update for my phone which included a Harry Potter theme pack and I had better be able to turn it off 000
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I fell asleep during an interview once, don't ask me about the etiquette 000
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If all Netanyahu launches against you is a furious tirade then you should count yourself lucky 010
Reposted by Silent Starsflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I would’ve accepted it happily if Sir Keir’s boys had saved the world, and I feel the same about Burnham’s very similar, overlapping bunch of lads. Like, I will not pretend I’ll ever like them, but I am ready for them to save us any time they want. In your own time, folks 2538563
Reposted by Silent StarsEd Morrish @edmorrish.com · 24/09/2026this is the guy i reposted the other day who interviewed meta employees with pervert glasses - meta have taken his video down for “harassment”. which makes it one of the most effective pieces of satire in recent memory 4571265
Reposted by Silent StarsBut Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 23/09/2026Monstrous. Gene Wilder was a human being and an actor (not a comedian as Mashable seems to think). This sort of shit isn't him "living on", because actors are constantly making choices. It's an insult to the man's craft to think all that matters is a crude recreation of his voice. 37814
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A teacher who was retiring gave a tear jerking speech about how he'd always remember our faces. My friends were outraged when I, a weird 11yo movie geek pointed out he'd nicked the speech word for word from Goodbye Mr Chips. 030
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Any nation thinking of backing US military operations should be aware this is what they're signing up for. Or maybe we always have. 000
Reposted by Silent StarsGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out 395209553490
Reposted by Silent StarsNathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026We’ve lived through the nearly complete systematic unwinding of the postwar public university, which for all its faults, was premised on the idea that not only aristocrats could be intellectuals, & that having non-aristocratic intellectuals was better for knowledge & therefore better for everyone 322769
Reposted by Silent StarsMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026last night we had ed sheeran apologizing for saying what’s happening in palestine is bad and at the same time david byrne putting up a huge graphic that says MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN and showing footage of ICE brutality to a sold out crowd. you can actually be famous and successful AND give a shit. 594776612
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sacrifice yourself so my priorities get addressed is an unsurprisingly ineffective message to those on the chopping block 040
Reposted by Silent StarsSock Council @sockcouncil.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Sunderland played Alkmaar the other night in their first European game in 53 years. A diverse team of immigrants mainly. As that happened, Sudnerland's Reform led City Council voted to withdraw support for @srtrcengland.bsky.social A councillor has called them "anti-reform". What a disgrace. 235
Reposted by Silent StarsSarah Brand @drsarahbrand.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We held a village referendum 2324
Silent Stars @markbrophy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If they vote for it turn off the power and the water 000