Mark Shepstone @mrshepstone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Week 38 of the @1001albumsgen.bsky.social bonus list had a few bangers 000
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here. 441427255
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneSam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This! This is what i've been saying. They turned customers into unpaid workers and didn't pass any of the cost savings down as lower prices. Actually helping people. 1104
Mark Shepstone @mrshepstone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Week 37 of the @1001albumsgen.bsky.social bonus list and there’s no way some of these albums are serious nominations 000
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 27/09/2026One of the things that links Farage and Trumpism is the complete disregard for the seriousness of government, and restraint Vs making everything content. 2640457
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneSeth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats 33572991088
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thank God Reform is standing up for masked, knife-wielding, ex-cons. Society's most marginalised group. 22936178
Reposted by Mark ShepstonePeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The tactical voting attack ads for other parties basically write themselves. 1411417
Reposted by Mark ShepstonePeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Are Reform UK *sure* they want to yoke themselves to people like Daniel “Danny Tommo” Thomas? Nigel Farage was adamant for years that most voters instantly recognise and intensely dislike football thug types like him and Tommy Robinson. 93388112
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 25/09/2026well "kids don't need to know long division because they will learn how to move sets of transistors around on a die" is certainly *a* take. it is also not the kind of thing I want to hear from the head of the highest valued company on earth 927042
Mark Shepstone @mrshepstone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The weird thing about this, is there’s nothing really new here. A school can already offer courses in business, construction, childcare and so on, should it so choose www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNew vocational GCSE subjects to be introduced in schoolsNew GCSE subjects could include child development and building and construction as vocational courses are being introduced. 010
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So that guy who live streamed himself trying to drown someone by stabbing their boat with a knife and who has been continually blocking ports and intimidating communities with a band of masked thugs. He’s surely just going to be arrested right? Right? 1929567
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneCaptain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026He commits at least 3 offences right on camera. Criminal damage. Endangering life at sea. Carrying a knife in public. Possession of any offensive weapon. Etc. 67928
Mark Shepstone @mrshepstone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Can only assume there were no arrests as it was a spontaneous protest 🙄 110
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026something has gone very, very wrong with the UK 1143332751
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 22/09/2026Hard to think of a campaigning organisation that did its members more harm than Farmers For Brexit. 1314022
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Things that aren't patriotic: - Racism - Moving abroad for tax purposes Things that are patriotic: - A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it 392886534
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It is quite striking if Meta thinks it has the tech + the policy + the will to ban/filter out feminism (but not misogyny, obvs). It sounds like there may be an analogous ban on antiracism (but not racism). www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMeta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminismTheatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism 79252
Mark Shepstone @mrshepstone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Week 36 of the @1001albumsgen.bsky.social bonus list, this QOTSA should probably be on the main list 000
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/09/2026I think it should be a source of deep embarrassment – and perhaps even shame – that Rishi Sunak has spoken out on this before Andy Burnham has. 651940446
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6428101169
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving? 5253370722
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Lord give me the arrogance of a tax exile who feels the right to comment on the tax policies and general running of a country who you have deprived of billions by registering yourself in Monacobbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 721181326
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“Your gas is going to cost too much and you can’t eat hamburgers any more, but … vote for us again.” What a beautiful bumper sticker for a car you have stopped driving. 2534446
Reposted by Mark ShepstonePaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026There is no middle ground with the kind of people who attack the RNLI. We don’t need to ‘listen’ to them. We need to tell them where to go. 751935432
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/09/2026It is incredibly important that political violence does not succeed. The far-right mob that shut down Portsmouth wanted this outcome. If the state wishes to avoid more of these actions, it needs to make sure this RNLI branch reopens *immediately*, or as close to that as humanly possible. 411206369
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I do think it's quite concerning that this motion, which explicitly rejects the Two State solution, the stated aim of the Palestinian authority and the UN, is causing them so much angst. It's markedly more extreme than most Palestinian solidarity movements! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comGreens urge Zack Polanski to take stance on proposed policy declaring ‘Zionism is racism’The Green leader has not spoken publicly about the motion, which is likely to be debated at the party’s conference in October 178817
Mark Shepstone @mrshepstone.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Horizon Zero What? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUncontrolled AI could lead to 'silicon species' rivalling humans, warns MicrosoftMustafa Suleyman says he believes rival AI firm Anthropic is in effect teaching Claude it "may be conscious". 000
Mark Shepstone @mrshepstone.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Like…do they want no NHS? No police? No free education? These are not serious people, and the media covering it as a serious story are also not serious people 001
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16/09/2026@pimlicat.bsky.social warns against the politicisation of a private security company. "As a woman, I can tell you that the majority of the time that I have been made to feel frightened and uncomfortable and leered at, it has been by a British bloke who's lived here all his life." 616839
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneGregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026Fair play to the wife of a Caribbean man and mother of mixed race children being informed by the BBC reporter that she’s in the minority in her community regarding immigration and responding with, “Yes, I’m surrounded by bigots.” 675761286
Mark Shepstone @mrshepstone.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Maybe they should let Piddington leave the UK? 000
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Really is amazing how many Reform and UKIP elected officials have been arrested over years. So unlucky. 691527266
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Unlike Macklemore, these support acts don’t have big followings and they are giving up their chance to perform to stadiums to push back against censorship, not of themselves but of a fellow artist. Respect. 7972081140
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I think people like Kraft (and some responding to Ed Miliband's statement here last week) just haven't grasped how much sentiment has shifted in the last few years. 1265171
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026i'm not sure if robert kraft quite grasps what he started 23086371533
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15/09/2026Republican Rep. Thomas Massie reads articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth. About. Damn. Time. 13238201032
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026All the money in the world cannot save them FROM WHO THEY ARE. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukReform's Dan Thomas resigns as Wales leader after arrestGwent Police said he was arrested on suspicion of assault and controlling or coercive behaviour. 591079261
Mark Shepstone @mrshepstone.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Hardly a shock, given he’s a sponsor of Reform UK FC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMacklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran tour after 'free Palestine' speechThe US rapper was condemned by Jewish groups after making comments criticising Israel. 000
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This answer is interesting because it illustrates how little most people have thought about the effects of AI. It would be impossible to do coursework at scale now (and Powell has said her comments were misreported). 24999
Mark Shepstone @mrshepstone.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Week 35 of the @1001albumsgen.bsky.social and my brother in Christ why are you putting Paramore on this list 😂 000
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Why can't they integrate? 942142605
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 11/09/2026How it started / How it's going 31777325
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13/09/2026🤔 Well, I guess we are close to Pantomime season? ❌ A bunch of jokers. Not fit for any elected office.bbc.co.ukReform UK's Norfolk police boss criticised for 127-date theatre tourColin Sutton's office says it will take place in his own time and will not affect his work. 2322275
Reposted by Mark ShepstoneMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026£72m to Reform isn’t a ‘show of force’. It’s a supermarket sweep of the UK electoral system. A healthy media environment wouldn’t simply raise its eyebrows and sigh. 935595