felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Staggered that I haven't heard of this before. This is *amazing* and I'm seriously considering making the trip out to Hannover to see it in person 010
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We have begun an incremental rollout of Earth 2.0. Users who have been experiencing issues with their Earth 1.0 install should update as soon as possible as support for this system has already terminated. 010
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Fantastic long read on the Lebedev-era Standard. Or as the Standard itself describes it (gleefully quoted in the piece itself), “a shameless attempt by a wannabe rival to denigrate London’s newspaper”. www.the-londoner.co.uk/falling-stan...the-londoner.co.ukFalling Standards: How Evgeny Lebedev saved — then sank — London’s newspaper‘Everyone was being run ragged by his absolutely ludicrous requests and tantrums’ 020
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Fascinatingly literal translation from Czech here (would usually be labelled "pull") 000
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Great to see @eurcorrespond.bsky.social covering @jonworth.eu's longest train journey project. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/from-fi...europeancorrespondent.comFrom Finland to Portugal by train in just 125 hoursLast week, Jon Worth, a railway activist who advocates for better cross-border train travel across Europe, completed the longest train journey in the EU – from… 03614
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I was very sad to hear about the death of Cassandra Wilson. Saw her at Ronnie Scott's when I was a teen & adored her singing - a formative experience. Here's looking at you, kid. 000
Reposted by felt smart, might delete laterCatbus @catbus.phd · 17/09/2026great art articulates eternal truths 1048491481
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Make a band deadly: Peter, Paul and Typhoid Mary 000
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Many years ago I was working on a story idea based around a God who was omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient and responsive to prayer but nonsentient, with no judgement or awareness. I couldn't make the story work but wish I hadn't given up now. 000
Reposted by felt smart, might delete laterJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This Friday is my birthday! And my publisher just gave me some *audiobook codes* for The Dragon Has Some Complaints, so I'm celebrating with a giveaway. All you have to do to enter is 1) follow me on here 2) reskeet this post 3) reply naming one of your favorite monsters! 73163112
Reposted by felt smart, might delete laterRunalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Ents on the move www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comPeekaboo island: the floating forest confounding nature watchers in western CanadaA 150-metre-long island appeared from nowhere on Williston Lake, British Columbia; vanished, then reappeared 20 miles away 1155
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Oh shit the person who did this amazing work is (a) on here, (b) seems to have a load more great rabbit-hole content and (c) WHAT THE FUCK HAS HARDLY ANY FOLLOWERS. Alas I don't have any followers either but if you see this please boost them because going by the green bottles post they are boss. 100
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I'm heartsore. To lose these two magnificent, beautiful people so close together... It feels desperately unfair. 000
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Three things all around the same time: the Greenham Common Peace Camp. The Miners' Strike. And the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior. My god it's like I was created by a lazy scriptwriter.phm.org.ukGreenham Common Peace Camp - People's History MuseumA history of the Greenham Common Peace Camp, the Greenham women's protest against nuclear weapons at RAF Greenham 000
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 24/08/2026As a teenager I picked up an ARC from a secondhand bookshop in London that blew my mind. A few years later I had to buy a new copy as it was falling apart (I'd bought others as gifts, but not for myself). I was shocked to discover quite a lot of changes. I hadn't realised at all. 010
Reposted by felt smart, might delete laterCaimh/CK McDonnell @caimhmc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026BARGAIN ALERT! To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the million-selling tv-bound infuriatingly-inaccurately named Dublin Trilogy, the first three books are a scandalous 99p/99c on kindle. Grab ‘em now and tell a friend! amzn.to/4wI7nhK 83814
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Long queue and passport checks at the Lithuanian - Polish border. Looks like the army as well as police ("Border Guard" hi-viz but military fatigues). A proper passport check, too, not just a glance at the covers. @aoifewhite.bsky.social 010
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I must admit I thought this would finish at 100 but the beating off will apparently continue until morale improves 120
Reposted by felt smart, might delete laterJeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com · 21/08/2026Of all the uncles out there, this man may have been the uncle-est. The uber uncle. www.ncrabbithole.com/p/the-limous...ncrabbithole.comThe Limousine-Driving Playboy Uncle who created “Big T!ts Potato Chips”Every so often, a picture of an old bag of potato chips rockets around the internet. But how do we know it’s real? How did it get the name? And did the people who came up with it actually know what th... 1120266
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I like this idea. I've a suspicion there are some gaps in the numbers but a quick look at some of the big ones suggests it might have legs. 0103
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Well it wasn't totality but that was way cooler than I expected. Admittedly being on a beach in Latvia didn't hurt. Nor did taking the boat out for a wee paddle in the waves in the strange light. Still, the sun and moon show took top billing. Good job those two, well done 020
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Close encounter with the real Blackadder yesterday 000
Reposted by felt smart, might delete laterTokyo Sexwhale @tokyosexwhale.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Happy International Cat Day! 🐱 Join my Kitty Print Club for just £9.99/month with FREE worldwide postage. Gift a subscription • 12 months = 1 month FREE • Cancel anytime This month, one gold-sticker winner gets a FREE commission! Join 127 cat fans worldwide: www.infinitebacon.com/printclub 21929
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Not tagging cos I'm not that kind of dick but there's a poster I really like who's become addicted to the whole "roses are red..." meme and it's soooooo annoying. They're not even good at it. 000
Reposted by felt smart, might delete laterRobert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 04/08/2026Russell T. Davies said that if you want to write a dialogue that sounds convincing, write it as two monologues, because no-one ever listens to anyone. 2151
Reposted by felt smart, might delete laterMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 29/07/2026Love will always conquer hatred. Unity will always conquer division. And lightness will always overcome darkness. 019430
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Sadiq Khan has a post sharing support for the queer community after the attack in Berlin. It's simple but beautiful. And comments and quote skeets are off, presumably because he knows London's Muslim mayor sharing such a message is going to be an inevitable magnet for hate. I feel sad. 064
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 28/07/2026A lot of concussed-kitten readings of that t-shirt today. The idea it was an actual threat, incitement to or endorsement of violence is idiotic. Obviously the fake outrage is to be expected but a lot of generally quite sensible people are being very very silly about it. 000
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Today I saw a snake catch a fish! It must have been a grass snake, given where I am (Czechia). 000
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Family of sparrows at the feeder today. One was clearly mummy's favourite: although the little ones can obviously all fly and feed themselves (and they're all as big as she is), mummy was still feeding just this one. 000
Reposted by felt smart, might delete laterChris Weston @westonfront.bsky.social · 17/07/2026In honour of The Odyssey's release: you've heard of "Elf on a shelf". Here's... 2144
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 16/07/2026If you read the rest of this thread, well, obviously you have only yourself to blame. 010
Reposted by felt smart, might delete laterJuliet Turner @juliet-turner.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I gave Ajax this ball and in exchange he gave me one of my gel earplugs that has been missing for a week that he *somehow* knew was hidden in that specific plant pot under that particular leaf. 513021
Reposted by felt smart, might delete laterErin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 11/07/2026A few days before Christmas 2016, a grey Land Rover paused in front of a bank of mirrored windows at this checkpoint on the border between France and Switzerland. What happened next revealed just how looted art worms its way into museums. A 🧵 about my article: hyperallergic.com/why-do-so-ma... 4490233
Reposted by felt smart, might delete later🎃 Trip Ghouley 🎃 @trip.bsky.social · 09/05/2026It’s happening! VALENZIAGA will fall. Category is: Science-Fantasy EXTRAVAGANZA! Think Drag Race + a gay Game of Thrones + Chronicles of Amber. High drama & high CAMP! 200+ people already pledged to make this book happen! LATE PLEDGES STILL OPEN! #booksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri... 3279
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This is appalling. I'm seeing lots of gloating posts on Bluesky about petrol shortages in Russia and Crimea and sure, it's good to see Ukraine's attacks having effects - but triumphalism is premature if other nations can't and won't supply the interceptors Ukraine needs to protect civilian centres. 011
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 04/07/2026It's not the first time & won't be the last that I'm sharing something wonderful in the sure and certain knowledge that my minuscule follower count means it will go utterly unnoticed but bloody hell Martyn's work is amazing. 100
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 04/07/2026With trans rights under attack as never before, we need to show our support for the trans community. Will you join us? goodlawproject.org/s/d23a8agoodlawproject.orgI stand with trans people | Good Law Project 000
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I started following Tom because of the sheep thread. The cow thread is just as marvellous. If you've seen neither, congratulations! You get both at once you jammy buggers 2125
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I know designers who use subtext and they're all cowards #pride 000
Reposted by felt smart, might delete laterSasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I assigned random gender/ethnicity labels to scientific abstracts from the literature and then asked Claude to do a thematic analysis. Claude identified a clinical versus computational split for female/male authors and a DEI focus for Black/URM authors. All in completely random data. 26865340
felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 26/06/2026This is astonishing work. The wedges paper had a big impact on my thinking at the time. It's deeply troubling to learn how strongly it was shaped by BP - especially as part of that shaping was the lay-friendly style that made it hit so hard with me. I feel intellectually soiled. 010