Reposted by Terry MorrowChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share: 513177277125
Reposted by Terry MorrowHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 08/03/2026On this day 8th March 1859 Kenneth Grahame, author of Wind in the Willows, was born in Edinburgh Artist: Martin Aitchison (1983) 2519102
Reposted by Terry MorrowAlona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I recently discovered something that has markedly improved my experience of daily life: if you Google something and add “-ai” after the search term, it gives you search results without the AI overview 918160
Reposted by Terry MorrowPaul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Letter from Trump to the Norwegian PM says since he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize he’s decided he wants Greenland. Even for Donald Trump, this is astonishing behaviour. “Considering your country decided not to give me the Nobel Prize… I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace”. 3220770
Reposted by Terry MorrowMolly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Trump is dangerously out of control It was precisely to prevent this sort of thing that the founding fathers created checks and balances in the US constitution We need every single member of The Senate and Congress to grow a pair and stop this dangerous narcissist 23310
Reposted by Terry MorrowRoyal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 17/01/2026Last year, we made the decision to step away from X. The Royal Irish Academy is committed to creating, convening, and sharing knowledge for the public good and as an organisation we value Independence; Integrity; Curiosity; Openness and Rigour. In our view, X no longer aligns with these values 1076304920
Reposted by Terry MorrowPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Britain is facing renewed pressure from the White House to allow American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into UK supermarkets, as Donald Trump seeks trade concessions in exchange for reviving a collapsed US-UK technology deal. and so it begins www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin... 109589307
Reposted by Terry MorrowThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 26/12/2025NEW Jane Austen as a writer about law Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me (And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.) emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...emptycity.substack.comJane Austen as a writer about lawSome notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice 11342119
Reposted by Terry MorrowRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Nobody is getting presents this year, because I can't find the end of the sellotape 2532723
Reposted by Terry MorrowDave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Nothing that an "AI" does has any anchorage in material reality, it's all just code, continuously juggling. It has no grounded understanding of anything, no responsibility, no reasoned sense of consequence, or anything else... 715746
Reposted by Terry MorrowDave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 15/12/2025Even when confronted with a 🇺🇸 #NationalSecurityStrategy planning their ouster, our centrist leaders have been silent in response. Merz's much-lauded 'end of the Pax Americana' speech only spoke of US isolationism, not aggression. But the 🇪🇺Defence Commissioner just said the quiet part out loud:davekeating.substack.comThe EU Commission's lone truth-teller explains what the US really wants"Americans are planning to fight against the EU, against our strength through unity, since in their vision the EU can become threatening to American interests," says the EU Defence Commissioner. 126455
Reposted by Terry MorrowRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented. 1011106722818
Reposted by Terry MorrowTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/11/2025We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous. (video) snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...snyder.substack.comThe Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the WarFive Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine 502402899
Reposted by Terry MorrowPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Latest piece out in @theatlantic.com . Trump's "peace" plan for Ukraine, which he at this very moment trying to force on the country with threats and intimidation, is grotesque. The US president is admitting what too many refused to admit, he wants Putin to win. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...theatlantic.comTrump’s Devastating Plan for UkraineThe White House is giving Putin permission to try again. 23274141
Reposted by Terry MorrowIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches. 602844874
Reposted by Terry MorrowAlan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 10/11/2025The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...prospectmagazine.co.ukThe BBC is in a fight for its survivalThe BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l... 714350
Reposted by Terry MorrowAlan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 10/11/2025This was a diagram illustrating a piece I wrote in @prospectmagazine.co.uk in January 2024. Some faces have since changed but you get the general gist … 10220155
Reposted by Terry MorrowMolly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Yes we've all felt immensely pissed off with the BBC from time to time But it's clear that the attacks on it come from fascists and proto-fascists who want to shut down our powerful public-service broadcaster For the sake of democracy we all need to defend the BBC as an institution 67024
Reposted by Terry MorrowJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you… 593105442758
Reposted by Terry MorrowDave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 07/10/2025Robert Jenrick and his wiggy puppet 26423124
Reposted by Terry MorrowJosh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Today, I drove an hour and a half with my wife and a couple friends to pick up a neighbor who was summarily, inexplicably arrested by ICE at a check-in ten days ago and then just as inexplicably released, 100 miles from home today. It was a happy occasion, all things considered, but... 351870586
Reposted by Terry MorrowBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 30/09/2025An unprecedented violation of our civic and Constitutional traditions. Calling every military leader in the world back to the U.S. to hear a wildly inappropriate partisan campaign speech followed by a fascist call to use the military against Americans. 11831341142
Reposted by Terry MorrowMay Bulman @maybulman.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The idea that digital ID cards will stop people working in the shadow economy and thus reduce small boat crossings is baffling The very nature of the shadow economy (the only way asylum seekers can find work) is employers don’t check documents.. That would obviously continue with ID cards 2026780
Reposted by Terry MorrowJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Been a while since I had this much fun in the studio. Apart from during Mystery Hour, of course. Not sure they made this cut but there at least two occasions when I nearly lost it completely. 11761796
Reposted by Terry MorrowCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/08/2025This is a billionaire-funded Tony Blair lobbying project being funnelled unchallenged onto the front page of a national newspaper. 1/ 491037489
Reposted by Terry MorrowEdwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 26/07/2025What fun... Wikipedia may be blocked in the UK under a later stage of our insanely self-defeating online safety law. There's a court case going on, but if Wikipedia lose it they're going to IP-block the UK because the only other alternative would be to put in adult ID checks. x.com/evolvepoliti... 20234130
Reposted by Terry MorrowCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Earlier this year, I lost my beloved job at my beloved Observer when the Guardian, in its great wisdom, gave the newspaper away to a podcast company...who promptly sacked me. So, forgive my delight today, in being nominated for FIVE awards in the British Podcast Awards!! 1/ 612523386
Reposted by Terry MorrowJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12/06/2025I don’t think Kemi Badenoch accepts the premise of being interviewed. 1311779166
Reposted by Terry MorrowCarl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 19/05/2025This is how "This side says X, but the other side says Y" balance ends up distorting journalism. Instead of being based on the journalist's own independent, impartial analysis this question really just ventriloquises a partisan opposition stance and gives the impression the BBC fully agrees with it. 47820218
Reposted by Terry MorrowGaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 13/05/2025This #wato interview with Sebastian Gorka is an absolute car crash and she should have cut him off 5 minutes ago 5420226
Reposted by Terry MorrowJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 30/04/2025This exchange is so very telling. Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this: "I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!" 1292114513996
Reposted by Terry MorrowProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Bluebell wood from a bike, including bucolic birdsong 2482584
Reposted by Terry MorrowMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Wearing a bright blue suit, texting, and then sleeping at Pope Francis’s funeral. What an embarrassing mess. 37603916110955
Reposted by Terry MorrowMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 04/04/2025The sheer idiocy rages on. And at a time when the EU is mulling its response to Trump’s tariffs. 🤷🏻♂️ 4836664
Reposted by Terry MorrowMichael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity. 10924309811996
Reposted by Terry MorrowAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 29/03/2025This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...open.substack.comThe Imperialism Has no ClothesJD Vance in Greenland 11233771227
Reposted by Terry MorrowStephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Fascinating graph that I’ve never seen before - govt spending vs tax for age groups from the FT 37339128
Reposted by Terry MorrowAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 26/03/2025I’m finding it very hard to understand the stance of the Royal Society here. Science is part of society, not separate from it, existing in some strange metaphysical bubble. I look across the Atlantic, aghast at the damage being done to science and scientists. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comRoyal Society decides not to take disciplinary action against Elon MuskExclusive: Fellows argue Musk has violated code of conduct but council believes investigation ‘could do more harm than good’ 1812165529
Reposted by Terry MorrowPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Hi All, just released this free post outlining the Black Sea Ceasefire and how the Trump and Putin governments have basically tried to box Ukraine (and Europe) in. It was (another) betrayal of Ukraine where the US pretended to be friendly, but knifed it in the back. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comUkraine Was Just Knifed In The BackAnd The Ukrainians Know It 461126484
Reposted by Terry MorrowKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 23/03/2025BREAKING: People are being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime. Keep sharing everywhere. 320111096562
Reposted by Terry MorrowAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 25/03/2025That’s good to hear. But the series as a whole has evaporated - replaced by these sporadic “specials”. Just look at the contrast… only one programme last year. 8344
Reposted by Terry MorrowJohn Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Not the best of weeks www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comDigested week: Mum has died and my dog has cancer. I skipped World Happiness Day | John CraceTrump may have dumped Farage, and Musk has lost $100bn off Tesla’s share price but can’t I even enjoy the schadenfreude 8729328
Reposted by Terry MorrowByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18/03/2025🔴Musk’s DOGE Is Inspired by Pro-Kremlin Monarchists and 1930s Technofascism Top DOGE operative linked to Russian American network of anti-West pro-Kremlin monarchists inspired by “Technocracy” movement which Musk’s grandfather joined reports @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/m...bylinetimes.comMusk’s DOGE Is Inspired by Pro-Kremlin Monarchists and 1930s TechnofascismMusk’s top DOGE operative is linked to a Russian American network of anti-West pro-Kremlin monarchists inspired by the 1930s counter-democracy “Technocracy” movement, of which Musk’s grandfather was a... 29547
Reposted by Terry MorrowWill Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Last month I did a little experiment. I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky. The results were...interesting... [Thread] 12424781404
