Reposted by Nick PollardDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Having grown up in Wales, I can testify that if you are actually worried about your culture and history being under threat, the thing to do is write poetry and songs, perform plays, tell stories and organise festivals, not just sit around whining. 361206264
Reposted by Nick PollardJim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins. 502626645
Reposted by Nick PollardDavid Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Letter printed in The Times today 8591240
Reposted by Nick PollardGuy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Yes. We do not study the past with a view to feelgood vibes. Sometimes we encounter events and people that do that, but it is not the *purpose* of serious or just basically honest study. 020337
Reposted by Nick PollardAftermath @aftermath.site · 04/08/2026Christopher Nolan, cinema's manic street preacher aftermath.site/christopher-no... 612321
Reposted by Nick PollardJim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Cowardice or corruption. Either way shameful.theguardian.comMost UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisisExclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating 18417
Reposted by Nick PollardButlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 18/06/2026Engineering ethics needs to have an renaissance in Silicon Valley. 1144
Reposted by Nick Pollardelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 13/06/2026We the anti-fascists outnumber the fascists by a mile. We are surrounding them. Brighton is anti fascist 93420666
Reposted by Nick PollardAndrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 20/05/2026It’s at risk of being drowned out by other news, but great to see the CCC’s latest warning on climate adaptation on the front page of the Guardian. An issue that needs far more attention. Great to see @samalvis.bsky.social quoted on the case for more air con too…theguardian.comUK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warnsLandmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050 79444
Reposted by Nick PollardKJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 18/05/2026I am once again begging, praying, weeping for lists of written instructions rather than videos. I do not want to watch your two minute video in the hope of catching the two seconds where you whizz past what goddamn menu the thing is under. Write. It. Down. 165108162617
Reposted by Nick PollardSam Dumitriu @samdumitriu.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Failed legal challenges have delayed major infrastructure projects like new roads and power stations by a collective 32 years. Labour recently changed the law to cut the time it takes to throw out anti-infrastructure lawsuits. And it's working. www.samdumitriu.com/p/the-planni...samdumitriu.comThe Planning and Infrastructure Act is working.It just got harder to delay infrastructure with bogus lawsuits 310840
Nick Pollard @nickpollard.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Helen Mirren is famously sad that Kurt Cobain didn't live to experience GPS, but personally I'm sad Sir Christopher Lee didn't live to star in Celebrity Traitors. Time is a cruel thing. 020
Reposted by Nick PollardRami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 08/04/2026And this beautiful game on grief is out now! If you want to support Arab-made work about the Arab world, history, arts, and culture -especially in a time of destruction and erasure towards our people- I cannot recommend this game more. store.steampowered.com/app/3451680/...store.steampowered.comSave 10% on The House of Hikmah on SteamThe House of Hikmah is a fully voice-acted, narrative-driven 3D adventure game exploring grief, legacy and the search for answers after profound loss. Solve puzzles, encounter historical scholars of t... 161415861
Reposted by Nick PollardIan McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 05/03/2026World Book Day, is it? Here’s one the mighty @rossignol.bsky.social and me made earlier 639444
Reposted by Nick PollardScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 02/03/2026The NYT style guide 7081643282
Reposted by Nick PollardStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Because I am unreasonable, I accept this is true, while being annoyed at anyone who says it. Only I, London’s uncrowned king, may publicly express any view other than “greatest city in the world, No. 1 at everything”. 161574
Reposted by Nick PollardJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 15/01/2026the European mission to Greenland was fourth in the BBC news running order this morning, which feels a bit like doing a light "and finally..." item about the archduke's motorcade taking a wrong turn in Sarajevo 522348501
Reposted by Nick PollardMike Masnick @masnick.com · 12/01/2026The Ellison/Weiss CBS News of today would insist they couldn't platform Eisenhower without also platforming Göring and if anyone pointed out how ridiculous it was they'd talk about the importance of "open debate" and if you complained loudly enough they'd say "come debate that on my podcast" 6711135
Reposted by Nick PollardAdam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Think I’ve just found the most English thing. 24811
Reposted by Nick PollardScottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Today is Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR), a day where we pause to remember those who we have lost around the world this year to transphobic violence. 111458
Nick Pollard @nickpollard.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Burglars warn: door locks and alarms could "financially ruin" the burgling industry 000
Reposted by Nick PollardKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2025When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization. 103175884608
Reposted by Nick PollardKevin Hovdestad @hovdestad.ca · 09/07/2025Excited about this - Dylan, Braeden, and Cole are all huge fans of CATAN, and we're over the moon to be working with them (and to send some CATAN players to see them in concert at an INCREDIBLE venue in London!). (Note: The contest is just for tickets, winners are responsible for their own travel.) 042
Reposted by Nick Pollard🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Massive Attack via Instagram. 21145449
Reposted by Nick PollardStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 27/06/2025A sad thing about social media is just how much it is full of people who just need to go outside and enjoy live but are instead radicalising themselves and others into fearing what is objectively one of the best and safest cities not just now but in all of human history. 40954160
Nick Pollard @nickpollard.bsky.social · 13/06/2025I have a joke about Theseus but the thread is hard to follow 020
Reposted by Nick PollardTom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The Greens now have nearly 200 more councillors than Reform. This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers. 3024161224
Reposted by Nick PollardHaley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Indie game devs! Worried you don't have a good publishing deal? May I present my firm's 2025 Publishing Agreement Data Report! Taken from 100+ actual Publishing Agreements ranging from 2017-2025, providing averages for rev share splits, advances, IP ownership and more! indiegamepublishing.com 421211407
Nick Pollard @nickpollard.bsky.social · 20/02/2025William Hague in the Times is clear-sighted about the need for significantly increased defence spending, and he's right: archive.ph/CiQ2Varchive.ph 100
Nick Pollard @nickpollard.bsky.social · 24/12/2024He's making a list He's checking it twice But the second check skips every other element So he'll know if there are any cycles 010
Reposted by Nick PollardChristopherE @christopher664023.bsky.social · 08/11/2024In 1890, the X and Y chromosomes were discovered. It was found that the men who were tested had 46 chromosomes, including an X and a Y, while women who were tested also had 46 chromosomes, including 2 X chromosomes. So obviously the conclusion was that the Y chromosome defined masculinity. 44770862521
Reposted by Nick PollardTeddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024If you do not have the courage to standup and loudly, clearly, and unequivocally defend the basic human rights of transgender, queer, and other people within the LGBTIQ community, then I have some bad fucking news for you about what is going to happen over next four years. 11826202
Reposted by Nick PollardDara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 17/11/2024The Venn diagram of England and Portugal has "enormous historic maritime empires" and "big fans of custard" in the intersection. 1292
Nick Pollard @nickpollard.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Numpy rhymes with grumpy and I will not be taking any questions. 010
Reposted by Nick PollardXerea 💙☕ VTuber @xerea.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Remember those who have been killed, injured, abused, tortured for being who they are. Remember those who have taken their own lives because they could not live in a world where they could not be themselves. Remember them. And make the world remember them. 145192859420
Nick Pollard @nickpollard.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Always the Reader Writer, never the State Monad 010
Nick Pollard @nickpollard.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Actually Ctrl + Shift + V is just "paste". Not to be confused with Ctrl + v, which is "hallucinate a fever dream loosely inspired by the contents of your clipboard into your current document, possibly filtered through whatever Steve Ballmer was drinking today". Hope that helps! 010
Reposted by Nick PollardMina Markham @minamarkh.am · 13/11/2024I made a Black women in tech starter pack because I couldn’t find one and it annoyed me. go.bsky.app/5upv7SQ 28967831891
Nick Pollard @nickpollard.bsky.social · 24/10/2024OskSta is posting on Blue sky! Finally the moment I've been waiting for to leave Twitter. 030
Reposted by Nick PollardDr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 06/01/2024Chuffed to be in 'Cultures of London' alongside many others, bringing a bright range of people and voices into the history of the city where they belong. Jed seal of approval. All good bookstores etc. 097