Reposted by Elen & BasketLady Bee Middlemast-Neal @mistyswoman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Brit here - well, English of course. This is fucking hilarious. youtu.be/W5Y8JwEzuvA?...youtu.beHow The UK Works 🫠.YouTube video by Jimmy Rees 84916
Reposted by Elen & BasketEmma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Forget pervert glasses - what about smart plugs? Me on domestic abusers taking over home devices as.ft.com/r/8f4ab2f1-4... How smart tech is being weaponised in the home 15255133
Elen & Basket @merryhel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I can't find the post again, but to the guy - a Scot, I think - who posted lyrics to Frank Turner's 'Demons' as a comment recently, thank you. New fan! 010
Reposted by Elen & BasketHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this: 9473051609
Reposted by Elen & BasketHayley @writagal.bsky.social · 05/04/2026This entire culture of refusing to hold men accountable for their actions is literally destroying the world. 09521
Reposted by Elen & Basketsamcannonart @samcannonart.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Just in case you need to hear it today..... “I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.' Hafez ***needsaclick*** to see it all. 46615
Reposted by Elen & BasketNancy Hey @worklifeyou.bsky.social · 25/02/2026This is such a wonderful research finding. Ocytocin is the baby cuddles hormone known as the love hormone. You can get sprays of it. This finds that the hormone plus loving touch and words help wounds heal faster. Love for the win 072
Reposted by Elen & BasketAmal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 23/01/2026This is a gorgeous essay. “So much of politics is taking action but not getting what you want.” 021977
Reposted by Elen & BasketKristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Oh my god oh my god oh my goddddd the local aquarium has three new born otters and they CHIRP 6744841188
Reposted by Elen & Basketmo 🐀 @ranyart.bsky.social · 31/12/2025In June I finished a poem about being suicidal and the tiniest things one can use as a carrot to keep themselves going, and here at the close of the year I am finally (mostly) ready to share it 1322865
Reposted by Elen & BasketOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 31/12/2025one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers 734129586
Reposted by Elen & BasketStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Marvellous, moving and wise column by @martinsandbu.ft.com:ft.comWhy your AI companion is not your friendFirst, tech companies usurped the meaning of ‘friends’ and ‘connection’ — now they are coming for ‘companionship’ 58644
Reposted by Elen & BasketJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium. 312543823
Reposted by Elen & BasketJarod K. Anderson @jarodkanderson.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Aragorn: “Legolas! What do your elf eyes see?” *Distant naked orc cartwheel contest* Legolas: “Uh, regular Tolkein stuff. Rocks. Clouds. Trees with rich history and whatnot.” 618345
Reposted by Elen & BasketBrian Hughes @bmhughes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥 5682879211200
Reposted by Elen & BasketNot In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Over 60K women have signed our letter standing with the trans community. We've had enough of anti-trans rhetoric claiming to speak for us. If you agree... 📰 Read their article here: tinyurl.com/NION-PN-60K ✍ Sign our letter: notinourname.org.uk 📣 Share widely #StrongerTogether #TransAwarenessWeek 09651
Reposted by Elen & BasketGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 14/11/2025The BBC was founded to “provide impartial news”. If it's going to be the UK's biggest media organisation, it has to do its job right. Hold the BBC to account 👇 action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-… 517763
Reposted by Elen & Basketsarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 11/11/2025ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy 31196491802
Reposted by Elen & BasketCaroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 08/11/2025“When JKR funds legal challenges to trans-inclusive policies…when American organisations fund UK litigation on reproductive rights…when coordinated campaigns use litigation to bypass normal democratic processes, let that be seen clearly rather than operating in shadow” Read this.Wealth corrupts QED 14311
Reposted by Elen & Basketjulie gourinchas @literaryfey.bsky.social · 19/06/2025"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm 50186585871
Reposted by Elen & BasketGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 23/10/2025Prince Andrew stepped back from public life after defending his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Now he says he’ll stop calling himself the Duke of York - but it shouldn’t be up to him. Tell your MP to strip him of his title. It only takes two minutes. ⬇️ goodlaw.social/9155afgoodlaw.socialTell your MP to strip Andrew of his dukedomMore than five years after Prince Andrew defended his friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffery Epstein on national TV, there are still questions over whether he took part in the abuse of young women. The prince has denied allegations in Virginia... 88331
Reposted by Elen & BasketRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/10/2025CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 314133404718
Reposted by Elen & BasketAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Wow! Brilliant for writers! 7477208
Reposted by Elen & BasketGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 24/09/2025Virgin Active call themselves an LGBTQ+ ally, but decided to ban trans people from using their changing rooms and bathrooms... so we created a new slogan for them 👀 We need to make make as much noise as possible and make Virgin Active feel the pressure. Will you join us? 👇 goodlaw.social/d922 18427129
Reposted by Elen & BasketPaul Lomax @paullomax.co.uk · 23/09/2025Whenever you legislate for more powers, you shouldn’t think about what your government would do with them, but what a future bad (evil or incompetent - or both!) government might do with them. 617876
Reposted by Elen & BasketCoach Gowron @coachgowron.com · 22/09/2025Do not underestimate the soft spoken, the kind, the gentle. It takes strength to be those things, sometimes more than you will ever know. If you look closely at someone who conducts themselves honorably, you will find something fierce inside. 5964283
Reposted by Elen & BasketTerri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 19/09/2025UK publishing industry and fantasy writing/editing/illustrating friends, please consider helping this vital organisation by mentoring young people from working class and marginalised backgrounds: 0107
Reposted by Elen & BasketProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 10/09/2025There’s nothing traditional about a “tradwife”, writes Victoria Bateman. “Women have always been at the heart of the economy, doing everything from building pyramids to mining coal and brewing beer.”prospectmagazine.co.ukWhy tradwives aren’t tradThe housewife is a Victorian invention. History shows us women’s true economic power 48127
Reposted by Elen & BasketBennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...hopenothate.org.ukGreat Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hateGreat Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can... 37452
Reposted by Elen & BasketTerri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Here's a good piece on the Salt Path publishing debacle by a writer whose own book on nature and disability (Some of Us Just Fall) I highly recommend. 32411
Reposted by Elen & BasketChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 04/04/2025In the UK I'm petitioning for a ban of fossil fuel ads and sponsorships– for too long these corporations have had unlimited £££ to greenwash their dirty reputations in schools , sports and everywhere in between – it must change govpetition.uk/700024govpetition.ukPetition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorshipAdvertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced... 5312114
Reposted by Elen & BasketThe Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 27/03/2025You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing 0161135
Reposted by Elen & BasketGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 02/04/2025Privacy campaigners warn new data laws could exploit voters’ personal data for political gain—without proper oversight. We joined calls to stop this power grab ✍️ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...theguardian.comData protection bill leaves room for governmental abuse, campaigners warnMinisterial revision of privacy rules could allow targeting of voters with political messaging, rights groups fear 218587
Elen & Basket @merryhel.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I’ll be asking META to #DoTheWriteThing on Thursday 3 April. 041
Reposted by Elen & BasketFull Fact @fullfact.org · 01/04/2025Viral posts claim it’s illegal for doctors to advise patients on potential cancer cures. It’s not. Here’s what the law says 👇 #FactsMatterbuff.lyNo, doctors are not going to jail for trying to cure cancer - Full FactViral posts falsely claim it’s illegal for doctors to advise patients on cancer cures. 0218
Reposted by Elen & BasketDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 26/03/2025It wasn't mentioned in the Chancellor's speech, but the Spring Statement papers contain a major suite of anti-tax avoidance proposals, probably the toughest ever introduced. Thread: 35610269
Reposted by Elen & BasketMartin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 20/03/2025Energy firms CANNOT bill you for energy used over 12mths ago. Yet many do. My evidence to Commons Energy Committee on this including how the rules should be changed. Please share so people know their rights.youtu.beMartin Lewis evidence to MPs: Energy firms CANNOT bill you for energy used 12mths+ ago. Yet many do.YouTube video by MoneySavingExpert.com 1021294
Reposted by Elen & BasketThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/03/2025Under-eights should not drink slushies containing glycerol, say doctorstheguardian.comUnder-eights should not drink slushies containing glycerol, say doctorsStudy of 21 hospitalisations shows the iced drinks can cause decreased consciousness and low blood sugar Children under eight should not drink slushies containing glycerol, paediatricians have warned. Public health advice on their safety may need… 119928
Reposted by Elen & BasketEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 11/03/2025"The real crisis is not that public health — which is fundamentally about policies dictating the distribution of resources required to protect human life — has been politicized. It is that it has not been politicized nearly enough."— @ericreinhart.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41... 12354109
Reposted by Elen & BasketSimon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 06/03/2025In vast areas of the US, the sentiments expressed in this wonderful letter from a British man about why it's a privilege to pay tax to enable the National Health Service to run would see him probably certified as insane and labelled a "socialist". 24363791476
Reposted by Elen & BasketDr.DreadPirate @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social · 04/03/2025My wife shared this today. She is the best. #poetry 241262283
Reposted by Elen & BasketChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Add your name petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorshipAdvertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced... 18231126
