Reposted by Owen MasseyCheesecloth Ghost & Jam @cheeseandjam.bsky.social · 18hPaint my own skull … do I have to peel my skin off first? #Halloween 021
Reposted by Owen MasseyOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 19hFree admission to the Museum of Oxford is set to be reinstated for city residents next spring, after the introduction of admission charges saw a significant drop in visitor numbers. An average of 28 paid entry tickets were sold each day in June this year, rising to 60 per day in August. 1103
Reposted by Owen MasseyDanny Yee @dannyyee.bsky.social · 20hI am very disappointed that the City council is calling for measures that will endanger thousands of children trying to get too and from school, or make other trips around their neighbourhood. Please read wanderingdanny.com/oxford/2023/...wanderingdanny.comLTNs and inclusive mobilityNo inclusive transport system for Oxford is possible without low traffic neighbourhoods. A genuinely inclusive transport system has to work for everyone. For eight year olds walking or cycling to sc... 0153
Reposted by Owen MasseyLouie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The only shocker about a book being on sale in a supermarket is that it's NOT Peppa Pig or Lee Child 6311
Reposted by Owen MasseyJennifer @bibliojenni.bsky.social · 07/10/2026What do you do with the chains when reading a chained book?, I hear you ask. As of today, we'll put them into these little calico bags made by the broderers! Inspired by a conservator who told us she put it in a sock while working on one of our books. 58718
Reposted by Owen MasseyC20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🗓️ For October’s Building of the Month, Clare St George explores Herbert Shepherd’s Paddington Library (1923-29), and the importance of saving those buildings that play a secondary role to the activity taking place within them. ➡️ Read more: c20society.org.uk/building-of-... 082
Reposted by Owen MasseyChinnyVision @chinnyvision.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Absolute bollocks. As any fool knows, London got UHF 625 TV in 1964 and before that it was 405 line VHF. So why is there a UHF aerial on the rooftop on the right? Idiots. Rest is fine obvs. 4295
Reposted by Owen MasseyPhil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image. 5428451092
Owen Massey @oweninoxford.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The optimism of the sign suggesting you might walk from Oxfordshire to the south coast of France reminds me of this sign I saw last month suggesting you might walk from central Italy to Canterbury. To be fair, it is a modern revival of a pilgrimage route. And it doesn't give an estimated time ... 020
Reposted by Owen MasseyOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026At a public launch yesterday, university Pro-Vice Chancellor Mark E Smith said that the Greenways were crucial to retaining Oxford’s competitiveness as a research institution. In a long read, we look at the reasoning behind the network – and the challenges it faces. oxfordclarion.uk/oxford-green... 0102
Reposted by Owen MasseyOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 01/10/202616 routes would connect Oxford with towns including Abingdon, Eynsham, Woodstock and Kidlington. In addition, a new route would cross the city on the Thames floodplain, following the existing informal Electric Road path. The Greenways could be funded by developers or by Government. 2184
Reposted by Owen MasseyOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Plans have been unveiled for a network of cycle routes linking nearby towns and villages to Oxford, backed by county and city councils – and unusually, the University of Oxford. The Oxford Greenways would connect 200,000 residents to the city on traffic-free paths. oxfordclarion.uk/oxford-green...oxfordclarion.ukOxford Greenways: a cure for congestion?How far would you be prepared to cycle to work? Research suggests that, for most people, 2 to 5 miles is the sweet spot. That's 10 to 30 minutes each way. Enough for health benefits, but not too tiri... 25515
Reposted by Owen MasseyCllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 30/09/2026📢 Oxford Greenways launch 📢 We launched the Greenways project today! Masterplan of connecting safe cycle routes. It was just great to be standing on a stage with City, County, and Uni ALL behind the project, and Councillors from 3 different parties speaking in support. Also I got a mug! 😍☕ (1/4) 1213327
Reposted by Owen MasseyOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oxford University has retained its first place in the Times Higher Education rankings for a record 11th year. It won subject firsts in medical & health and computer science, and was ranked 2nd for social sciences and engineering. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-09...ox.ac.ukOxford named best university in the world for record 11 years in a rowThe Stephen A Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities at Oxford. 251
Reposted by Owen MasseyMatthew Holford @matthewholford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Semi-regular reminder that if you have published on one of the Bodleian's medieval manuscripts, we'd love to know about it via this form forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon... Items will be added to our Zotero bibliography, which is linked to our online manuscript catalogue.forms.cloud.microsoftMicrosoft Forms 079
Reposted by Owen MasseyOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Women Against The Far Right & Oxfordshire Stand Up To Racism (OSUTR) will hold a vigil on 3 October to counter a planned demonstration of the Oxfordshire Patriots. The groups condemn what they say is a far right group hijacking suffering of victims of child sexual exploitation in the name of racism. 521172
Reposted by Owen MasseyHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor 03686777
Reposted by Owen MasseyCowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is going to make cycling to Rectory Farm so much safer, and so much more pleasant. 💚 0103
Reposted by Owen MasseySimon @simonxix.com · 28/09/2026Historic England outsourced their digital image provision to a third-party company. Then the company went bust and now all their images are inaccessible. Tell me again how outsourcing to the private sector is sustainable? 8238131
Reposted by Owen MasseyJacob Gifford Head @giffordhead.co.uk · 28/09/2026Your regular reminder that the Corporation of London founded a charity in 1282 (!) to look after London Bridge. It now has assets of £1.5B (!) generating an income of £42M (!) most of which is, unsurprisingly, not needed for looking after the 5 bridges it is formally responsible for...register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.ukBRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES - Charity 1035628Charity details for BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES - Charity 1035628 8369
Reposted by Owen MasseyOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oxford's traffic filters switch on today. Oxford Liveable Streets' Siobhann Mansel-Pleydell looks at which one will be better for Oxford and commuters, the congestion charge or the traffic filters? oxfordclarion.uk/traffic-filt...oxfordclarion.ukTraffic Filters vs Congestion Charge : Contest or Evolution?The Oxford Traffic Filters switch on this morning, and we've just got used to the congestion charge. Oxfordshire Liveable Streets are a not-for-profit organisation working alongside residents across O... 2179
Reposted by Owen MasseyDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. 18772113003
Owen Massey @oweninoxford.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is a lovely story from the Clarion. I visited the old Jesus College barge last summer for a meal - it’s now the floating restaurant Peggy Jean at Richmond Green in London. 160
Reposted by Owen MasseyJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 17092983069
Reposted by Owen MasseyNathan Ley @nathanley.com · 26/09/2026cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/the-roofs-...cllrdrnathanley.substack.comThe roofs won’t be enough“Just put them on roofs instead” is the most comfortable argument in British politics. It is also the one that quietly hands the bill to our children. 42417
Reposted by Owen MasseyChristian Algar @ceebarnacles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Sir Archy Mac Sarcasm is a pseudonym.” Cataloguers, huh?! 😀 282
Reposted by Owen MasseyDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026after consideration, I have produced this necessary reference guide, perhaps @sundersays.bsky.social may be interested. If someone wants to provide funding after the fact, I can promise it won't constitute a donation in kind to Reform. 107518
Reposted by Owen MasseyJacob Gifford Head @giffordhead.co.uk · 23/09/2026I have no real understanding of the dynamics of film funding but £3.5K to close off a picturesque street in Oxford for a day seems, well, quite cheap? 4181
Reposted by Owen MasseyLouise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This actually reminds me quite a lot of how long it took to get Raise the Colours thugs arrested and banned from Oxford. Eventually they were, but it took a lot of complaints and repeated collection of evidence of law-breaking. 0153
Reposted by Owen MasseyCharles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Great news, and looking forward to a book historian becoming Chief Exec of the UK Space Agency sometime soon in this brave new world! 1416451
Reposted by Owen MasseyThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/09/2026An effective ban on disabled people leaving Britain? You read that right, and we will not settle for it | Frances Ryantheguardian.comAn effective ban on disabled people leaving Britain? You read that right, and we will not settle for it | Frances RyanThis scandal shows there are many who don’t expect us to live rich lives – and that paternalism lives on in disability services, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan 33515
Reposted by Owen Massey👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 18/09/2026if you EVER get called for a meeting and they say “don’t bring a union rep” bring a union rep 251822533
Reposted by Owen MasseySpookably UnAwake @lamentablyawake.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It's all on you, members of the British public, to solve the climate crisis, and I'm giving you 43p each to do so. 830296
Reposted by Owen MasseyAndy Mabbett @pigsonthewing.org.uk · 16/09/2026I'm going to write an article with the headline: "Is Betteridge's Law Valid?" 131
Reposted by Owen MasseySexy Plato's Cave @andrewblair.co.uk · 16/09/2026The arts industry in the UK: we contribute so much money to the economy but we are dying, please help Lisa Nandy: Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum Lisa Nandy: I'm listening 171188399
Reposted by Owen MasseyReal Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is a really grim thread from Paul. Good work. Whilst people are wringing hands about bikes and ebikes, it is a sobering reminder what the real danger on UK roads is. 12612
Reposted by Owen MasseyFlight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026📢Oxfordshire Residents📢 We are hosting our flagship event, ‘Travel, Flying and the Climate Crisis’ in Oxford next month. Our panel will discuss airport expansion, human influence on climate change and flight-free travel inspiration! Free tickets: tickettailor.com/events/fligh... 0139
Reposted by Owen MasseyRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 14/09/2026Occasionally DJT’s ramblings get so weird they sound like the 18th century: imagine these in descending size & ostentatiousness of font: A Report on Weapons Most Exquisite & Elite Delivered Daily to The American Forces In the Middle East & Beyond from Defense Company Factories Working Day & Night 3195
Reposted by Owen MasseyGraveDigger @colinwmd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Who called it the "Hair & Barber Council" when THE STYLE COUNCIL was right there? 031
Reposted by Owen MasseyMatthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Betteridge’s Second Law. 010025
Reposted by Owen Massey👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"England's schools consistently outperform Finland's ones" is another one of those public policy things where people's priors are massively out of date, isn't it? 514219
Reposted by Owen MasseyJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/09/2026If every statement about Extinction Rebellion had opened with "Climate change is the single biggest issue facing humanity, and we understand why people have legitimate concerns the world isn't doing enough to tackle it…" this approach might be *faintly* defensible. But they didn't, and it isn't. 12730279
Reposted by Owen MasseyBen Wood @cosmichope.bsky.social · 07/09/2026'[Those] who man the lifeboat do not ask credentials from the crew of a sinking ship; they launch their boats, risk their lives in the raging waves, and sometimes perish, all to save men whom they do not even know. And what need to know them? 'They are human beings" (Peter Kropotkin). 🌻lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.orgLife-Boats and Anarchy 0119
Reposted by Owen MasseyRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 27/08/2026Ok I can share—today MSLIS student Nadja Robot donated a teletype machine to @skeuomorphpress.org’s Undead Media Lab But this is not just any teletype—it’s the one Michael S. Hart used to digitize the Declaration of Independence & Alice in Wonderland—the 1st texts in what became Project Gutenberg 1033792
Owen Massey @oweninoxford.bsky.social · 28/08/2026‘Tobacco and raw milk sidelined in plans for healthy living’ 010
Reposted by Owen Masseyc.c. o'hanlon @ccohanlon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026“People are discovering that, as everything is already decided for you by a computer or algorithm, being able to make or own something physically is good. And it is very satisfying to repeat a task to perfection. It is meditative as a job...” – Eryn Lawley, bookbinder apprenticetheguardian.comAI-proof? Younger workers desert the digital world for traditional craftsIn a disrupted job market people are turning to heritage crafts such as bookbinding, metalwork and boatbuilding 66117
Reposted by Owen MasseyOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Finance workers at Oxford University Press are to strike over a plan to offshore work to India. Sharon Graham, secretary of the Unite union, called it “a classic case of an employer prioritising greed over its hardworking staff”. www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/...unitetheunion.org 0143