Reposted by Neutron DecayJay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I always found it interesting, when I spent November in The USA, how little they could comprehend the shortness of our days in winter, and how amazed I was by their long hours of daylight, and it all came down to the fact that the UK is much much further north than people think. 2526037
Reposted by Neutron DecayAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 9041561674
Reposted by Neutron DecayRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Holy cheese on crackers there are a million ways to expand your reading / watching / listening rather than reinscribing the actual material harm done to trans people by this woman's wealth. THERE ARE SO MANY INCREDIBLE THINGS OUT THERE WORTHY OF YOUR PATRONAGE AND TIME. WATCH THEM. 424051
Reposted by Neutron DecayBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The parish newsletter should have 1990s clip art as nature intended 1056566
Reposted by Neutron DecayBarry Lyndon LaRouche @colfer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Since it we're doing this again: the ECHR does *not* prohibit compulsory nationalisation: governments of all stripes compulsorily purchase things all the time. The issues are around public interest and "fair compensation." Thames Water is worthless as its liabilities exceed its assets and its... 2197
Reposted by Neutron DecayThe Green Goddess Pub @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Happy day to all who celebrate this middle finger to fascism anniversary. They shall not pass. 03810
Reposted by Neutron DecayJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Azalais de Porcairagues was a trobairitz (woman troubadour), composing in Occitan in the late 12th century. #CelebratingWomen 126756
Reposted by Neutron DecayJess Liotta 🍄 @jessliotta.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“a mouthpiece to sway public opinion”- what does this guy think an influencer is, exactly (don’t worry I know that’s not a real question worth asking lol) 021
Neutron Decay @neutrondecay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Even leaving aside that this is the Pope, who very much was elected, it's astonishing to accuse him of not being an AI influencer. While I'm sure that's not a class he aspires to join, 'Magnifica Humanitas' is probably the single most widely read philosophical text on current 'AI'. 120
Reposted by Neutron DecayRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It's not reasonable to ask immigrants to assimilate, actually. Bilingual schools do, and should, exist. Things are and can be written in multiple languages. For now, for better or worse, English is the fast-track to many better jobs, yeah, true. But for the price of "abandon your culture"? Why. 917523
Reposted by Neutron DecayPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Dividends paid to UK citizens taxed at rates of 8.75% to 39.35%, lower rate than wages. Dividends mostly go to the top 1%. £6bn a year raised if dividends taxed at the same rate as wages. More if NIC levied. Unlike the US, France, Germany, no UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign investors.leftfootforward.orgThis is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardshipSustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population 12255126
Reposted by Neutron DecaySam P-F @smhwpf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The reason Andy Burnham went easy on Man City. UAE seen as a vital source of investment. The UAE is literally sponsoring and arming a genocide in Sudan, but you won't gear any UK official breath a word about their role. The government is going to be putting LOT of pressure on the EPL to be lenient. 192
Reposted by Neutron DecayJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Anna Komnene (1083 – 1153), commonly Latinized as Anna Comnena, was a Byzantine princess, scholar, physician, hospital administrator, and historian. #CelebratingWomen 18124
Reposted by Neutron DecayRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026*that we know about 414646
Neutron Decay @neutrondecay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Everything good is happening too slowly, and everything bad is happening too fast. 000
Reposted by Neutron DecayHazel Southwell @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026we are living through some of the worst written episodes of Doctor Who ever 1225
Reposted by Neutron DecayFergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 01/10/2026It's very important to Tories that people believe the 1970s were a disaster decade, because they were pretty much the only justification they ever had for the policy framework that's dominated the next 46 years. Here's a corrective from @redpeppermag.bsky.social www.redpepper.org.uk/political-pa...redpepper.org.ukThe myth of the 1970s - Red PepperThe myth is that in the 1970s, the dead lay unburied, unions held the country to ransom, and it was impossible to govern: was it so bad? 2147
Reposted by Neutron DecayRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026hi abolish the death penalty the state should never have the power to murder (yes this includes indirectly, I see you, ICE) 151356244
Reposted by Neutron DecayJay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Evri, telling me when my parcel is due, like: 116818
Reposted by Neutron DecayTalia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 29/09/2026The UK right's current political project is to co-opt the language of antidiscrimination to make bigotry legally unimpeachable. 131231341
Neutron Decay @neutrondecay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It sickens me to see how the prudery of mainstream social media providers bends discussions of serious topics out of shape. In a conversation about abuse, about power, about protecting ourselves from violence, we shouldn't have to wade through 'seggs' and 'sh**ting' - this only empowers abusers. 121
Reposted by Neutron DecayFergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 28/09/2026More US Presidents should go to jail. More *should* have gone to jail. 1195
Reposted by Neutron DecayDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As unprofessional as it may be, I suspect I will be shouting "we have been saying this for years" a lot today. Harsher immigration policies don't just ruin individual lives, they damage the economy, reduce jobs, and generally harm the whole country. 8318100
Reposted by Neutron Decaysasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Astonishing really how ADHD-denialism so closely matches early trans-denialism (say, a decade ago, before it went mask-off eliminationist), to the point that it includes the exact same personalities, again vomiting their know-nothing opinions all over the place. 302153661
Reposted by Neutron DecayBahnAnsagen @bahnansagen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Im ICE nach Amsterdam: "Wir haben Bad Bentheim mit einer Verspätung von 7 Minuten verlassen. In Deutschland ist das noch pünktlich, in den Niederlanden ist das zu spät!" (@blondy@chaos.social) #BahnAnsagen 113113
Neutron Decay @neutrondecay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I'll be honest, I would not be feeling nostalgic for Harry Potter at this point in my life even if its creator wasn't overtly using the proceeds to attack my community. But as it is, it's become one of the few things that will get me to drop a platform or creator like burning garbage. 020
Neutron Decay @neutrondecay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The media coverage of 'rogue AI' is woefully negligent. If a company's truck, or train, or other piece of equipment runs loose and causes damage, we don't sit around anthropomorphising it - we hold the company accountable, because they are. 020
Reposted by Neutron DecayRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6584021011827
Reposted by Neutron Decay👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 24/09/2026okay, today’s spicy hot take because I’ve seen this three times already this morning: The U.K. does not have any such thing as a ‘legal name’ this is a good thing! unequivocally! this means it also applies to people we don’t like 27677127
Reposted by Neutron DecayJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026me: no worries (galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made 242629615
Reposted by Neutron DecayJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians (c. 870 – 918) ruled Mercia in the English Midlands from 911 until her death. She was the eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, and his wife Ealhswith. #CelebratingWomen 1117937
Reposted by Neutron DecayThe Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026INTERRAIL PASS SALE! From Thursday 24 September until Wednesday 30 September 2026, save 50% on long-validity Interrail Global Passes (one month continuous or longer) and 15% on shorter-duration Global Passes, and One Country Passes (all validities). www.interrail.com/en/interrail...interrail.comInterrail Global Pass for EuropeThe Interrail Global Pass is the fun and cheap way to see more of Europe. Travel to up to 33 countries with one train Pass! 912953
Reposted by Neutron DecayRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ancestry.comEnslavement Registers for Former British Colonies - AncestryResearch on Ancestry, the enslavement registers for former British Colonies in the Caribbean, Central America & Indian Ocean. 02712
Reposted by Neutron DecayAlisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Archaeologists discovered 3,400yr-old fragment of world's oldest known peace treaty...signed c.1269 BCE by Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II & Hittite king Hattusili III...the fragment contains text...related to treatment of refugees...It reminds us of our responsibility to protect human life & dignity" 05424
Reposted by Neutron DecaySam P-F @smhwpf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So the US has a veto over the resolution of territorial claims between the UK and Mauritius, fine, fine. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comChagos Islands deal ‘can’t go ahead’ without US support, Streeting saysDefence secretary places annual payments to Mauritius on hold as UK government reviews deal over Diego Garcia base 101
Reposted by Neutron DecayDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Translation: the system is so awful and inhumane to navigate that it is almost impossible to access unless you have an advocate who has a lot of capacity, time, and ability to get through complex systems 46320
Reposted by Neutron DecayREwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026oh this is one of my favourite facts that always pisses people off, Shakespeare is modern English, you can tell because you can read it. 437983
Reposted by Neutron DecayJay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026POV: You've just very loudly and confidently said something that's not true about a historic site. 1545719
Neutron Decay @neutrondecay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026You can use it all year if you're not a coward. 000
Reposted by Neutron DecayMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22/09/2026IMPORTANT: You can use the word 'autumnal' today. 551812389
Neutron Decay @neutrondecay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Apparently IKEA are now making and distributing Skyrim mods. 000
Neutron Decay @neutrondecay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"This photo set shows a place that's straight out of the middle ages!" "Does it really, or is it almost all early modern?" "It's really medieval - look inside!" I look inside. It's almost all early modern. 011
Reposted by Neutron DecayDavid J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I understand that most people using the word "vizier" as a fantasy trope aren't actually aware of its etymological origin, and I'm not claiming I've never done it myself, but "we say the word 'advisor' in Arabic when we want to denote that the advisor in question is evil" still isn't a great look. 7374109
Reposted by Neutron DecayFergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 18/09/2026I don't think we talk enough about what an unmitigated piece of shit Tom Watson always was. #Palantir 091
Reposted by Neutron DecayMags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea. 10830433
Reposted by Neutron DecayGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds... 18433321810