Morag Joss @moragjoss.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Stunning. Is this where Atkinson Grimshaw learned about painting moonlight? 100
Morag Joss @moragjoss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“a professor wrote” NO THEY DIDN’T. This is exactly the problem. They claimed authorship of 200 papers, they certainly did not write them. 000
Reposted by Morag JossLex Roman @lexroman.com · 25/09/2026Watch what you post because Threads just might pretend you're the guy who masturbated on the plane. What just happened to Peter Shankman is a warning for all of us using Meta products. 321701507
Reposted by Morag JossCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843441194
Reposted by Morag JossAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21088173853
Reposted by Morag JossLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc... 448112613446
Reposted by Morag JossPenny Ewles-Bergeron @abroadbrush.bsky.social · 16/09/2026thenewworld.substack.com/p/bonnie-gre... The absolute best.thenewworld.substack.comBonnie Greer’s driving, passionate, urgent search for our common humanityThe New World founder on the passing of the great journalist, broadcaster and playwright who has died after a short illness 012
Reposted by Morag JossAlex Winter @alexwinter.com · 08/09/2026RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period. 2415741126
Reposted by Morag JossKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 22/08/2023I don’t think it can be emphasized enough that large language models were never intended to do math or know facts; literally all they do is attempt to sound like the text they’re given, which may or may not include math or facts. They don’t do logic or fact checking — they’re just not built for that 14750882006
Reposted by Morag JossMike Rhone @mikerhone.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Marco Rubio’s parents came here from Cuba and lived here for 19 years before becoming citizens. Some of his relatives were admitted to the US as refugees. And now his boss is doing this, and he sits in silent approval. 072
Reposted by Morag JossAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 31/08/2026[To Sheila Lanyon, on the Flyleaf of a Book] W.S. Graham Inscribed on a copy of THE WHITE THRESHOLD belonging to Sheila Lanyon. Dated June 18 1966, the “second summer” is the second since her husband’s death, after a gliding accident, on August 31 1964 #poem www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi... 1104
Reposted by Morag JossAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 31/08/2026Bookings are officially open for Rutherglen’s first-ever Book Festival, 29 Oct–21 Nov The festival includes author talks, readings, conversations, storytelling & creative workshops. All events are FREE, but places are limited – book your favourites now! rutherglen900.com/event/ruther...rutherglen900.comRutherglen Book Festival - Rutherglen 900Rutherglen 900 and South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture Libraries Launch the first ever Rutherglen Book Festival Your Library. Your Stories. Your Festival. Rutherglen 900 and South Lanarkshire Leisur... 094
Reposted by Morag JossKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Texas! Check your voter registration 13380215
Reposted by Morag JossNicole Rifkin @nicolerifkin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026thank you the new yorker and françoise for having me do this cover for the late, great dolly parton 195124201794
Reposted by Morag JossAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I think this is generally correct. The approach has not been "here's a tool you might like to use, if you want," so much as "you're going to use it whether you want to or not, and if you say no, we're going to keep asking (really, telling) you" to use it 228768
Morag Joss @moragjoss.bsky.social · 28/08/202613 MILLION adults in England are locked out of an NHS dentist, and preventable tooth decay is the #1 reason kids end up in hospital. No more dental deserts. No more DIY dentistry. Sign the petition now to tell our new PM to fix NHS dentistry for good: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi...you.38degrees.org.ukFix and fund NHS Dentistry NOW!Thirteen MILLION of us are still locked out of dental care. After two years of ministers promising to finally fix NHS dentistry, shocking new data just revealed that almost nothing has changed. That ... 021
Morag Joss @moragjoss.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A beautifully written tribute that does her justice. 011
Reposted by Morag JossBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 25/08/2026Oh, the sorrow. Farewell to Dolly Parton. With gratitude for everything she gave us. ❤️ 221217
Reposted by Morag JossSteven D. Greydanus @decentfilms.bsky.social · 26/08/2026“She could live inside her Christianity without turning it into a weapon, … defend gay people without treating rural conservatives like the enemy, talk about racial justice without becoming a pundit about it, get stupidly wealthy without acting like poor people had failed some character test.”stanczakj.substack.comThe Last American Everybody LovedThese days, pretty much nobody famous gets to die without us picking a side first. 1112
Reposted by Morag JossCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If you haven't heard this series, you should listen to it, and you'll like Dolly even more. (My fave episode is the one where Jad talks to his dad about how "Tennessee Mountain Home" spoke to him as an immigrant far from home.) 7400121
Reposted by Morag JossClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026her very existence was an indisputable reminder of how many things framed as inevitabilities were actually just someone’s choice. there actually is enough money for everything. the wealthy could fully fund literacy and public health and the arts and child welfare. they just won’t 159411799
Morag Joss @moragjoss.bsky.social · 24/08/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...bbc.co.ukLive: Trump wants to 'destroy' Canada's auto industry, Carney says of latest tariff threatUS President Donald Trump has proposed new 50% tariffs on Canadian vehicles as trade dispute between the two countries deepens. 000
Reposted by Morag JossAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 21/08/2026Like tweed like pearls like fire like wood like loss like Listen with Mother with me… —Andrew Sclater, “The Scotswoman Who Married Into the Home Counties” from SONGS OF OTHER PLACES: New Writing Scotland 32 (ASL, 2014) #poem #poetry 082
Reposted by Morag JossAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/08/2026Worth a listen. “If I was gonna stage a coup in 2028…” 51398084748
Reposted by Morag JossDr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Fuck my *office* not being ready for this - I don’t care about my office. I care about my *everywhere*. “Your privacy only matters if spying might hurt your company” is a bullshit message.inc.comApple's Next AirPods May Have Cameras. Your Office Isn't Ready for the Privacy ImplicationsA new video suggests AirPods with cameras in them are coming soon. Could they open the door for IP theft? 92041538
Reposted by Morag JossAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 17/08/2026Let us now give thanks for these salt-blown wind-burned pastures where oatgrass and timothy shrink from the harrow of the sea… —John Glenday, “A Westray Prayer” from SELECTED POEMS (Picador 2020) #poem #poetry www.panmacmillan.com/authors/john... 1153
Reposted by Morag JossLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 17/08/2026One of French puppeteer Raphaël Gromy’s most recognizable performances features a puppet painting real artworks on canvas, blending puppetry, live performance, and visual art into a unique theatrical experience. 😊 IG: @artistsuniversum @raphael_gromy 338139943422
Reposted by Morag JossSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026When did it become normalized for the President of the United States to threaten to "bomb the shit out of" our allies—our *allies*—without that immediately leading to a serious conversation about whether he's mentally fit to serve as president 914192585395
Reposted by Morag JossEdward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Climate change recognized in 1912 9728911171
Reposted by Morag Joss🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Some good news. The world's first Alzheimer's vaccine is making progress. Researchers in Bhaskar’s lab and a spinout company are developing an experimental vaccine that trains the immune system to generate antibodies against toxic tau proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s. 🔄sciencedaily.comScientists discover a protein that protects the brain from Alzheimer’s damageA protein called SORLA may act as a powerful defense against the toxic tau tangles involved in Alzheimer’s disease. Mice with extra SORLA had less tau accumulation, less brain atrophy, and healthier c... 672232706
Reposted by Morag JossAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 14/08/2026Nae wind comes owre sae free Upon the yirden rose As hill-blawn winds that gae Whaur the white bloom grows… —William Soutar, “Summer Song” from WILLIAM SOUTAR: Collected Works, @tippermuirbooks.bsky.social 2024 #poem #poetry tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/will... 0215
Reposted by Morag Joss𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 14/08/2026In case anyone still wonders how he went bankrupt six times. 805103223709
Reposted by Morag JossWhite Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 14/08/2026"If you aren't building your own bank robbing robot, you're going to be left behind in the new economy." 960831487
Morag Joss @moragjoss.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I tend to finish. My personal rule is that if I don’t, I relinquish the right to express an opinion - all I can say is that I didn’t finish. The writer finished their work, however imperfectly; if I choose not to finish mine as a reader, I can shut tf up. 110
Morag Joss @moragjoss.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This is so sad. Ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row found dead www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukJason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found deadJason Arday was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon, officials said. 060
Reposted by Morag JossDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Died (alas!) on this day in 1494, in Bruges, Hans Memling. Painter of much gentle beauty, as in this Annunciation from the 1480s. 212212
Reposted by Morag Joss@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Yes, in fact, it does get worse: 01512
Reposted by Morag JossJo @jomonty.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Someone told me you could watch a solar eclipse through a colander... I tried it and ended up straining my eyes. 5256940
Reposted by Morag JossGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/08/2026This is whole story is horrifying, and as a journalist covering ICE flights, I was struck by this sentence: “We were shipped to Texas overnight from Los Angeles in horrible conditions that I won’t elaborate on in this letter.” 4578854266
Reposted by Morag JossAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 11/08/2026ASL Schools Conference 2026 3 October @glasgow.ac.uk – free Offering free CPD for teachers of English at Secondary, for BGE, National 5, Higher, & Advanced Higher – including items on the refreshed specified Scottish Set Texts list @educationscotland.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/asl-school...eventbrite.co.ukASL Schools Conference 2026Offering free CPD in areas of language and literature for teachers of English at Secondary, for BGE, National 5, Higher, and Advanced Higher 052
Reposted by Morag JossSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths". 894298279745
![[To Sheila Lanyon, on the Flyleaf of a Book]
BY W. S. Graham
Sheila, we speak here on the fly
Leaf of a book which was myself
A good few graves ago.
Now I am maintained by other
Words for better or for worse
To whisper my hello.
The seasons turn. Threshold on thresh
Hold forms continually and falls
Under grief’s lonely hammer.
What did you say? I thought between
These fly leaf words I heard you speak
Out of your Second Summer.
The summer chimes and turns its blue
Dragon-flying eyes to see
We two are not afraid.
Hello, Sheila, I can hear
Your breath on the other side of the word
And see you turn your head.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vmd2oqboco524fhpqdu7pnbn/bafkreigrsaiwweefzu3kry7edcuj6uvzn6lxme2nkixhnby5i3yrthz74u)
