Reposted by RichardCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 18hThanks, Gabby. The best part of going to space was knowing I got to come back to you. 1752880
Reposted by RichardSarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 02/10/2026Nah, there is no lightening up about rape. I am so glad to be part of a government that takes tackling violence against women & girls seriously. And protecting the right for victims of sexual offences to lifelong anonymity in the press and public. 3719
Reposted by RichardMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 02/10/2026no I'm sorry who told Le Monde we were calling it "Breturn", own up 140986131
Reposted by RichardPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 02/10/2026This will never stop blowing my mind. A 12-year sequence of real telescope images of a star 133 lightyears away. And around it, four planets slowly orbiting. Four real exoplanets, each more massive than Jupiter, imaged as they move around their host star. 282167615
Reposted by RichardMike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026UPDATE: there's a digital reconstruction of this tsunami shared today on Twitter by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - and *HOLY HELL*. 310133
Reposted by RichardArmand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A new photo from the iconic Mont Saint Michel near home 🙂 #photography #art #nature 1627436
Reposted by RichardJack Dean @jackddean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In the current climate, news stories like this are a welcome reprieve. 07224
Reposted by RichardSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Esther Rantzen hosts Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds of children from the Holocaust youtu.be/OqqbM1B-mPY?...youtu.beHolocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton (That's Life - 1988)YouTube video by Tops of the top 1534195
Reposted by RichardKim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Trump's effort to rebrand AI as SI doesn't go far enough. It should be called Super Human Intelligence Technology. We'd get more accurate news headlines, like: "Under Trump, Government Turns to SHIT" or "SHIT Heads Visit White House" 671286343
Reposted by RichardKieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Thread on Dan Boultwood's victim who waives her anomity to talk about the experience. For those who didn't see the original reporting, this is the only significant coverage. Maddie says how she's disappointed there wasn't more public introspection and conversation over this, and she's right.bleedingcool.comDan Boultwood Sentenced After Pleading Guilty To Child Sex OffencesComic book creator Dan Boultwood was sentenced in court yesterday, after pleading guilty to child sex offences 419593
Reposted by Richardmad-swilliams.bsky.social @mad-swilliams.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Very anxious about posting this, but I feel strongly compelled to share. I know it’s a lot to take in for a Saturday morning and I appreciate anyone for taking the time to read it. 23651223
Reposted by RichardSantiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 29/09/2026Hey hot take but I actually don’t give a fuck if expelling a rapist from school “ruins his future” 385135842362
Reposted by RichardBaroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. ❤️ 611341166
Reposted by RichardRufus Hound @rufushound.com · 27/09/2026So last week I married the world's greatest woman It was, and she is, fit as fuck 422444
Reposted by RichardDaniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Some unintended consequences I suspect the rise of AI agents will create: 1. Restaurants that only take reservations by hand written letter, or more likely, don't take them at all. 2. Gigs where you can only buy tickets in person. 3. Businesses that operate without websites. 66944158
Reposted by RichardLiz Webster 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Should the U.K. rejoin the EU and reverse Brexit? Get voting! www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic... 134613249
Reposted by RichardSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026guy who fell into a coma after the last episode of fawlty towers wakes up and looks at the internet 17189021750
Reposted by RichardBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10381382830
Reposted by RichardDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy. 761731492
Reposted by RichardGerman Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 23/09/2026Pope Leo has been gifted a 4kg Stollen by the Minister-President of German state Saxony, Michael Kretschmer. The Christmas speciality was baked for the pontiff by Konditormeister Thomas Neubert from Bärenstein in the Erzgebirge, a region of Saxony steeped in Christmas tradition. 614520
Reposted by RichardMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In a fragmented world, cooperation is not an ideal. It is a necessity. 441497342
Reposted by RichardRuth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026Mamdani is a unicorn among politicians. 0143
Reposted by RichardFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026United Healthcare is supposed to provide healthcare cover for 50 million Americans. UnitedHealth Group brought in $447bn in 2025, Makes the £258 bn (€345 bn) we spent on the NHS in 2025 for 67 million patients look like rather good value, doesn’t it? 47032
Reposted by RichardReece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It’s time to stop adhering to a decade-old referendum that caused us nothing but problems. An increasingly volatile world now changes faster, year on year. The days of Empire are long gone. We cannot survive alone. We need the power/safety of our neighbours. Unity not isolation. 47793209
Reposted by RichardAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered 231782316
Reposted by RichardRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Fixed that story about Sir Jim Ratcliffe on the BBC. 18751215
Reposted by RichardOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of. But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago. 681759598
Reposted by RichardOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm not surprised but I'm truly disgusted that this narrative of "dangerous fighting age men posing a threat to women and children" is genuinely doing the rounds on the media with almost no push back at all. This is 1930s level stuff. 1191745355
Reposted by RichardFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A personal story about that phrase “young men of fighting age” applied to asylum seekers. As many of you know I took in a young Ukrainian woman under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. As part of that process, soon after she arrived we were visited by the local authority rep and a Fire Brigade rep. 13459202
Reposted by RichardDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026No. This is malpractice. Don’t put vinegar or lemon on your eyes 67212
Reposted by RichardOlaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026How Mr Miyagi eats his Babybel 2464389
Reposted by RichardLouise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...nationaltrust.org.ukAnnual General MeetingYour Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon. 23314237
Reposted by RichardRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I predicted a month ago that Trump was going to say exactly this. I said he was going to try and blame Ukraine for diesel prices and tell Zelenskyy to stop. And here it is. bsky.app/profile/atru... 63265091984
Reposted by RichardMicah @rincewind.run · 12/09/2026Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment “Stopping a battle is much harder than starting it. Starting it only requires you to shout ‘Attack!’ but when you want to stop it, everyone is busy.” 3668131
Reposted by RichardBig Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 12/09/2026Saltburn Pier at night #BlueskyArtShow #Undulating 0435
Reposted by RichardAnna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Now on over £15,000 plus £2900 gift tax against a target of £1000. Absolutely cockle-warming. 38122
Reposted by RichardMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years ago, on a clear September morning, an otherwise ordinary day became one of history’s darkest. Through the darkness, we also saw the best of humanity. 20235841059
Reposted by RichardBrian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026THE PREMISE IS THAT THE MUPPETS ARE PUTTING ON A SHOW CALLED THE MUPPET SHOW 474793954
Reposted by RichardPeter Rees @peternrees.bsky.social · 10/09/20261914 An estimated 250,000–265,000 Belgian refugees came to Britain during WWI. Around 16,000 arrived at Folkestone in a single day in August, doubling the town's population. Around 80,000 are thought to have landed on the Kent coast in the surrounding days. www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/th...kentonline.co.ukThe day 16,000 refugees arrived in KentMore than a century ago the county welcomed thousands of people in a single day, as they fled from their war-torn country. 3247
Reposted by RichardMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/09/2026RNLI volunteers put themselves in harm’s way to save lives. They should never face abuse or threats for doing so. That includes the crews based on the Thames, who respond to hundreds of incidents every year. They deserve to be thanked, not attacked.bbc.co.ukAbuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief saysPeter Sparkes says there has been "deliberate misinformation" spread about the charity. 552280554
Reposted by RichardPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right). 187165395084
Reposted by RichardLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Since its foundation in 1824 the bravery of Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers has saved more than 146,700 lives at sea. Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us. 493607944
Reposted by RichardMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 08/09/2026Three years on from the ULEZ expansion, the evidence is clear: cleaner air, healthier children, fewer lives cut short. 35893217
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Wide shot of the BRITISH MUSEUM. There are suggestions of fascism around the streets - tanks, barricades, an Orwellian 'Big Brother'-style poster on a wall. A voice of a TOUR GUIDE emanates from the museum:
TOUR GUIDE:
So the Tapestry tells acrucial chapter of our nation's history...
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[Cut to interior of museum. A long Bayeaux-style TAPESTRY is on display, and the Tour Guide is speaking to a tour group]
TOUR GUIDE [smiling]:
How modern fascist Britain was created.
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TOUR GUIDE:
The Tapestry begins here with the 2008 Crash, then austerity, then the AI Crash...
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TOUR GUIDE:
...and by the end of the room it's just full-on fash.
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CHILD IN TOUR GROUP [gesturing to the tapestry]:
What's this middle bit?
TOUR GUIDE:
This is the 2026 Battle of Legitimate Concerns
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TOUR GUIDE:
[show a reporter standing next to the Dover protests]
Here's the media saying the government have got to do something about the legitimate concerns...
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CHILD:
...About the failure of capitalism?
TOUR GUIDE:
No about brown people on boats
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CHILD:
[pointing at boats crossing the sea on the tapestry]
Are these boats the mega-dinghies?
TOUR GUIDE:
Not all of them
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[we see one of the boats is a giant yacht]
TOUR GUIDE:
That one's a superyacht,
carrying money from the American fascists to the British ones.
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TOUR GUIDE:
You see really it's as much a story of convergence as it is of conflict.
[An alarm sounds in the museum]
DING DING DING DING
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TOUR GUIDE:
Ok, tour over everyone
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TOUR GUIDE:
It's time for the Two Minute Hate!
[They all leave the museum]
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