Richard A. @mymacaroon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Still reeling from @microsoft.com gleefully shitting on Mac users last month with no excuse or apology. Millions of current, paid-for licenses to Office for Mac and Office 365 were rendered worthless by the malicious, money-grabbing M$ corp on 13th July by de-authorising all OSs over 5 years old! 200
Reposted by Richard A.Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 09/07/2026Tolkien wrote a YA novel where the villain was Smaug, an evil dragon that hoarded wealth & polluted the earth. Everyone working in tech who loves that book & that author has missed its point. These are also the same people who assert that thinking about literature is a waste of time. 🤬🤬 104701870
Richard A. @mymacaroon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Save the NHS, protect your data, kick cancerous Palantir out of the NHS and out of the government 010
Richard A. @mymacaroon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Very sad to hear Welsh vocal powerhouse, Bonnie, Tyler has died. We nearly put her 80s power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in the latest Science Show episode, which is a bit of an eclipse special (qv) 🧪 In the end, The Beatles and Carly Simon won the day 🌙 Will think of her on 12th August 🌑 110
Richard A. @mymacaroon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026If you enjoy great science stories and excellent music – especially if you're fascinated by eclipses, bizarre science news or ecology – you'll love the latest episode of The Science Show now streaming on Mixcloud. We even share the best art/science crossovers this summer. bsky.app/profile/pubs... 000
Reposted by Richard A. sylviseb 💙🌈☮️🌊💙💛Maga➡️blocked💛💙🌎🌻✌️🦋 @sylviseb.bsky.social · 08/07/2026He's the Boss, and he's been denied the recognition that he deserves for being a helluva intelligent musician and doing so much good for the music industry! 300127582632
Reposted by Richard A.✠ 𝐃𝐨𝐜 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 - 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🖇️ 𝟾𝟼𝟺𝟽 @unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social · 20/11/2025 36579170
Richard A. @mymacaroon.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Trump just called for lawmakers to be put to death for reminding US military personnel to uphold their oath to the constitution. Do you get it now? Trump is a demagogue. Even his sycophantic press corps don't bdeny it – they're claiming instead that he was justified. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comTrump accuses Democrats of 'seditious behavior, punishable by death,' for urging military to ignore illegal ordersThe president's comments came after a group of Democrat lawmakers released a video urging US service members to refuse unlawful commands. 010
Reposted by Richard A.Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025How the hell is $6 per day enough to feed a family? Just like no one can live on $7.25 minimum wage, no one can live on $6 per day for food. smdh. 27732275
Richard A. @mymacaroon.bsky.social · 13/10/2025It’s true! I made a radio show with my friend and fellow science communicator. You can listen to the pilot episode on Mixcloud and hear our second show live at 5pm on Tuesday 28th October. 000
Reposted by Richard A.Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22/09/2025It's a basic point, but one that needs to be repeated: If right-wingers and their views were popular, they would not be so desperate to control mass media & social media nor to use government power to silence everyone else, and they wouldn't need oligarchs pumping billions into amplifying them. 141336474
Reposted by Richard A.The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/09/2025‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscowtheguardian.com‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to MoscowRussian national who applied for asylum on political grounds describes inhumane treatment while in US custody 614790
Reposted by Richard A.The Onion @theonion.com · 12/08/2025Israel Accuses Al Jazeera Of Being Mouthpiece For Journalism theonion.com/israel-... 323035589
Reposted by Richard A.Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/07/2025“Americans should be able to drink their water & breathe their air without being poisoned. & if they aren’t, then our government is failing,” said Amelia H., an environmental protection specialist at the EPA on admin leave. Support her & brave #EPA employees here zurl.co/7A6RE zurl.co/8jUuuapnews.comEPA employees put names to 'declaration of dissent' over agency moves under TrumpA group of Environmental Protection Agency employees has published a declaration of dissent to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin over the agency's leadership and policies. 418658
Reposted by Richard A.PubSci (Science in the Pub) @pubsci.bsky.social · 02/07/2025🧪 In July's PubSci 🍺 blog I preview our event with @adamjkucharski.bsky.social on Weds 16th, share other science news and events, reflect on last month's talk, dip into the world of science poetry, and share an exclusive discount code for a talk this coming weekend. tinyurl.com/PubSci-Blog-...tinyurl.comJuly Blog Post: Asteroids, Astronomy, Science Photography and Poetry plus July’s PubSci and discount tickets to a talk on the Northern LightsIn this issue: An exclusive discount for a talk on the Northern Lights, details of July’s PubSci, astronomy news, art, poetry and other great science-things to do, and an interview the bloke … 094
Reposted by Richard A.Andy Powell @mrandypowell.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Fire! Glorious evening celebrating 200 years of science for the masses, with a spot of science in the pub. Thanks @pubsci.bsky.social as ever. 021
Reposted by Richard A.Andy Powell @mrandypowell.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Henry VIII captivated by 500 million years of the universe trying to wipe Earth off the map. As were we. A cracking bit of cosmic snooker tonight with @pubsci.bsky.social. 111
Reposted by Richard A.David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Published posthumously in 2023, Pirate Enlightenment is a book by David Graeber. The book combines a lot of David Graeber's research on anthropology, history and ideas around democracy. Recommended to read next to a coffee and maybe a doughnut! 822639
Reposted by Richard A.Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/06/2025Fuerza responds to scenes where alleged ICE enforcement is reported. If officers are indeed with ICE, they hit record and spread the word. They also speak directly with those being detained. They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N 351103843905
Reposted by Richard A.Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/06/2025I love the Amnesty Bookshop in Kentish Town - they have a battle ahead - please support and share if you can 23419
Reposted by Richard A.Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Thank you to everyone who is helping get the word out about Normally Weird - seems the media has grown bored of this sort of stuff - Gina Rippon’s excellent Lost Girls of Autism has seen similar silence - thank you to The Psychologist www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...bps.org.ukWhat it means to be weird | BPSProfessor Catherine Loveday (University of Westminster) reviews ‘Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal – My adventures in Neurodiversity’, by Robin Ince. 38430
Reposted by Richard A.Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 18/06/2025The Trump admin has launched another assault on science, targeting over $30B of funding. This is a wide-sweeping crisis - a direct assault on Congress, the law, AND public science. This fight for science is just as much a fight for democracy. #StandUpForScience zurl.co/NA6BYzurl.coWhite House Launches Another Assault on Science Funding, Targeting NSF, EPAThe Trump administration is targeting still more federal science funding, this time more than $30 billion at the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and other agencies 713363
Reposted by Richard A.Ushashi @ushashibasu.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Read my recent interview with Richard Marshall, science communicator and current facilitator of an event series in London known as PubSci (@pubsci.bsky.social) or Science in the Pub, on how he runs the event and his views on public engagement with science. #SciComm ushashibasu.com/2025/05/18/f...ushashibasu.comFinding science in unlikely places: In conversation with Richard MarshallAlmost every third Wednesday of the month, a group of people gather in a room on the first floor of a lively pub in London, pints in hand and an order of scampi and chips on the way from the kitche… 042
Reposted by Richard A.Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 26/05/2025🚨 URGENT RESPONSE CALL 🚨 Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham. It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda. We’ve launched an open letter. SIGN & SHARE NOW: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...actionnetwork.orgSign The Open Letter to Stand Up For Science Now!Science is under siege. Trump’s latest Executive Order calls for politically appointed science commissars to evaluate research. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escala... 311188574
Reposted by Richard A.The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/05/2025Israel investigates use of Palestinians as human shields by its forces in Gazatheguardian.comIsrael investigates use of Palestinians as human shields by its forces in GazaIDF says practice ‘strictly prohibited’ after report of incidents quoting both Palestinians and Israeli troops Israel is investigating “several cases” involving soldiers who have forced Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen. “The use of Palestinians as human shields, or otherwise coercing them to participate in military operations, is strictly prohibited in IDF [Israel Defense Forces] orders,” the Israeli army said in a statement. Continue reading... 3610357
Richard A. @mymacaroon.bsky.social · 24/05/2025"AI giants' copyright theft plans are illegal, immoral, and incompatible with UK legal framework – we'll need to go back to t drawing board," is what massive arsehole Nick Clegg should have said. 000
Reposted by Richard A.Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 23/05/2025They lynched Allen Brooks—and sold postcards of it. 10,000 watched. Kids cheered. No one was charged. They called it justice. We call it genocide. Now they’re banning books so you never find out. 📚 ERASED tells the truth they fear. Read it before they erase that too: stan.store/gxldsociety/... 9343761536
Reposted by Richard A.Left Of Center Orange Hater @leftocorangehater.bsky.social · 22/05/2025 372246694120
Reposted by Richard A.The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/05/2025In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”nytimes.comOpinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S.The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action. 769137504897
Richard A. @mymacaroon.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Trump let his followers evade $1 billion in fines and financial restitution after they committed gross fraud and embezzlement. Of course the corrupt are MAGA: Trump pardons your crimes and erases your fines if you pledge allegiance to the Führer. www.instagram.com/reel/DJHXBZZ... 000
Richard A. @mymacaroon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025X is *suing* the State of Minnesota for the "right" to post deep-fake political adverts influencing elections with lies. Minnesota banned AI deep-fake election ads. 👏 Musk cried "unfair" - 'lying with AI is "free speech" 🤦🏻♂️🤬🤡 www.reuters.com/business/med...reuters.comMusk's X sues to block Minnesota 'deepfake' law over free speech concernsElon Musk's social media platform X sued Minnesota on Wednesday over a state law that bans people from using AI-generated "deepfakes" to influence an election, which the company said violated protections of free speech. 020
Reposted by Richard A.Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/04/2025🧪 Our Terminated NSF Grant Tracker is live 🧪 🔴 114 NSF grants listed so far 🔴 Cancelled grants focused on → Training scientists → Misinformation → AI → Climate change Credit to @noamross.net for all the work to build this & to all PIs who submitted their info. Link: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... 5187133
Richard A. @mymacaroon.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Trump tries to take direct government control of Harvard University piggybacked on antisemitism protection. If you can’t see that the USA is in the grip of a slow totalitarian coup, you are wilfully blind. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTrump freezes $2bn in Harvard funds after it rejects demands - BBC NewsThe White House sent a sweeping list of requirements to the university last week, which it said were aimed at fighting antisemitism. 010
Richard A. @mymacaroon.bsky.social · 09/04/2025I see the radical left financial markets are colluding with China to undermine Trump. US government bonds are the BEST bonds EVER! Look at those HIGH interest rates! Bigly large. Bond dealers are clearly anti-success COMMUNISTS. 100
Richard A. @mymacaroon.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Another Brexit disaster threatens hammer small importers and exporters, killing busineses and driving up costs for those who survive. Higher import costs means higher prices for consumers - the complete opposite of what the Brexit propagandists promised. www.politico.eu/article/uk-b...politico.euUK considers pulling the plug on £180M Brexit trade system“Single Trade Window” platform could be abandoned as government seeks savings ahead of spending review. 000
Richard A. @mymacaroon.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Is it all just a clever ruse to trick climate-change deniers into going electric…? 🤣 000
Richard A. @mymacaroon.bsky.social · 15/03/2025The world-hating, science-denying, life-endangering, anti-human madness of Trump continues as he demands international NGOs in receipt of US funding ensure no project includes elements of DEI or anything related to climate change. 020
Reposted by Richard A.Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 04/03/2025STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️ Gretchen Goldman, Ph.D., President of the Union of Concerned Scientists, will be speaking at the Stand Up for Science event in D.C. on March 7th! @gretchentg.bsky.social @ucsusa.bsky.social #standupforscience2025 346273
Reposted by Richard A.Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 03/03/2025Thanks to @nature.com for featuring Stand Up for Science! ☀️🧬🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comUS science is under threat ― now scientists are fighting backResearchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists. 3855246
Reposted by Richard A.Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Sorry to hear about the deaths of two very different people who tried to find ways to bring the best out of artists - Bill Dare and Johnny Green 2714
Reposted by Richard A.The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/03/2025We civil servants will cut UK aid if we are told to. But when people die, we’ll make sure everyone knows it | The civil servanttheguardian.comWe civil servants will cut UK aid if we are told to. But when people die, we’ll make sure everyone knows it | The civil servantIt’s not just Starmer’s policy is immoral and will be ineffective. It also sidesteps the safeguards we have to prevent calamitous decisions, says the secret civil servant 622945
Reposted by Richard A.Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Cartoon by David Sipress. 474417698097
