Reposted by Phil Dysonflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 23/06/2026You can laugh at this but it’s fifty years of reactionary politics at a glance. Yes, they got everything they demanded; yes, they’re angrier than ever and yes, they want more cruelty, vandalism and idiocy. As I told you in the 2010s: they will always be like this, they can’t be pleased or appeased. 30758208
Reposted by Phil DysonMichael Morrison @michaelmorrison.bsky.social · 06/03/2026So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was “your piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is. 544500845
Reposted by Phil DysonULTRAGHOLA @ultragotha.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Hail, Pterry, full of rage, the muse is with thee. Blessed art thou among authors, and blessed is the fruit of thy brain, Discworld. Hail Pterry, Father of Great A'Tuin, who channeled rage into compassion blessed are thy words. 211632
Reposted by Phil DysonIda Keogh @idakeogh.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Don't look now @bsfa.bsky.social members, but you only have a couple more hours to get voting for the shortlist in the BSFA Awards! There are some amazing works in the longlist - make sure you take a look before the chance slips by. 031
Reposted by Phil DysonAurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 13/02/2026Media coverage of the far right in the UK: - (euphemism) party accused of saying something deeply racist/misogynistic/transphobic - unmistakably deeply racist/misogynistic/transphobic quote - asks party whether it is - party says of course not, it's free speech and the left is mean Article ends 129378
Reposted by Phil DysonBut Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 03/02/2026And the thing is, some of us were pointing this out *at the time*. Not Epstein's involvement -- I didn't know his name at the time -- but the links between Brexit and people like Thiel, the cryptobros, the whole far-right pseudolibertarian "Rationalist" project to destroy democracy. 28421
Reposted by Phil DysonStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 05/12/2025The line here that made my ears prick up (and should really spook Labour) is the third one (that we need “fair and managed” migration). That’s not the answer of someone who has come to get his 12 per cent. That’s a much more “no, when I say I want to replace Labour, I’m not coming to play” line. 2153098
Reposted by Phil DysonDave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Increasingly, it feels as if the present day is being written by Philip K Dick in the midst of a massively profound acid trip. 7294
Reposted by Phil DysonOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 02/12/2025TO AUSTERLITZ! (because it’s the 220th anniversary) 936782
Reposted by Phil DysonSpeculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 01/12/2025If you're a fan of Ann Leckie and/or Arkady Martine (and why wouldn't you be), and/or discussions of empire and imperialism in science fiction, let me point you towards this conversation between the two on that very topic: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine 313256
Reposted by Phil DysonStu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 04/08/2025A pinned thread about my new novel, Keshed, publishing on 12th Feb 2026 with @ortacpress.bsky.social. Pre-orders available now from all the usual bookshops/websites. See thread for some early pre-press takes from some AMAZING writers and links to other stuff. www.ortacpress.com/product-page...ortacpress.comKeshed | Ortac PressIn the derelict shell of what was once his family home, a dying man surveys the wreckage of his former life and drinks himself senseless, haunted by the chain of events that led him there. Dark, compl... 47432
Reposted by Phil DysonTade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The Devil: I don't know what these motherfuckers are talking about. I went on strike with other workers for better conditions and rotatory leadership in heaven. Scabs and strike-breakers flung us out. That's all. Next thing I know, they're writing me into the Bible, blaming me for everything. Meh. 1324
Reposted by Phil DysonRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Given that the economy is not shrinking by a trillion every year, I think it's reasonable to assume Nigel Farage is talking out of his arse. Let's see if professional journalism can make note of this little glitch in his maths. 1017524
Reposted by Phil DysonRaven Oak @ravenoak.bsky.social · 08/05/2025It really is this simple. #TransRightsAreHumanRights 65145124002
Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Hi @ngjeannette.bsky.social & @laurenbeukes.com - I spoke to you both briefly in Belfast. I'm the chair of next year's Eastercon and we want to donate a membership to your amazing auction. Who do we talk to about the practicalities? 370
Reposted by Phil DysonNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Pin this, save it, we’ll need it. “When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” AOC 🔥🎯 24299396230587
Reposted by Phil DysonSimon Bisson @sbisson.com · 03/12/2024You should read this, it's one of the best works about the anthropocene, up there with Ian McDonald's Hopeland and Stan Robinson's The Ministry Of The Future. 073
Reposted by Phil DysonCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 18/11/2024The fact that UCC hid a 3000-year-old mummy under the floorboards of a lecture theatre on a campus where two and a half tonnes of uranium rods were being stored in a basement nearby and DIDN'T end up with a zombie-pharaoh apocalypse is both a mystery and endlessly disappointing 662477681
Reposted by Phil DysonStephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Even more amazingly, Michael Sheard played Hitler five times and yet never remilitarised the Rhineland. 361720406
Reposted by Phil DysonDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I see the Church of England's manager has left by mutual consent. The tabloids are tipping Pope Francis for the job - he's had success in Europe and is used to managing big clubs - so I guess it's either him or Frank Lampard. 148613
Reposted by Phil DysonLiz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I know everyone says this, but the amount of STUFF libraries have available digitally is just breathtaking. My library system here in Baton Rouge has thousands of Udemy courses available. And they're free! They're so free. Libraries are cool. Librarians are cool. Support your libraries. 315181622503
Reposted by Phil DysonHillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 14/08/2024Bad Taxidermy as a FB group is a delight. 1222839
Reposted by Phil DysonManagement Lessons from The Lord of the Rings is out now @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 16/05/2024Hooray for authors’ copies! 093
Reposted by Phil DysonWendy O'Rourke @wendyo.bsky.social · 17/05/2024The cat design was created by Vera Zvereva, art director at Depot, using her own cat Brunhilde as inspiration. Milgrad Milk, Bryansk Dairy 333168863
Reposted by Phil DysonGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 22/02/2024the b&w version of 'Barbie' is wild 📽️ 71593345
Reposted by Phil DysonJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/02/2024What Gen Xers/Millennials/Gen Z are doing right is allowing for the OPEN recognition that being adult doesn't mean you have to give up things that give you joy, in exchange for being an adult. The "childish things" we're meant to put away are things like lack of care, not things that give delight. 501191229
Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 19/02/2024THIS. This is why it won’t change unless we rip it down and start again. And it’s not one boomer retiree it’s a whole fucking generation who’ve consistently refused to change in anyway shape or form. Now we reap what they have sown. 150
Reposted by Phil DysonNeil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com · 17/02/2024Pondering the mess of the Hugo Awards, I find myself trying to explain where the Administrators went wrong, in a way that they might hear and understand. So: If you find yourself keeping things secret because if people find out what you're doing they'll be upset, perhaps you shouldn't be doing it. 592318333
Reposted by Phil DysonCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 25/01/2024Lenin: died on 21 January, 1924 Benny Hill: born on 21 January, 1924 Reincarnation: "historical entities appear two times, the first as tragedy, then as farce" — Karl Marx 9390100
Reposted by Phil DysonStephen Gallagher @stephengallagher.co.uk · 29/01/2024I went to a well funded State School, had a grant to study for an arts degree, left uni into a world of opportunity, and have seen every one of those advantages eliminated for today’s young people. Shame on anyone of my generation who votes for this shower 1014058
Reposted by Phil DysonJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/01/2024There's been a lot of nerd-related drama today, so let's have a cat photo to leaven things out. 2785141
Reposted by Phil DysonMargaret Owen @what-eats-owls.bsky.social · 22/01/2024UPDATE: after declaring 2023 hugo awards invalid, the french cardinals have voted to initiate the WSFS schism and elect an antihugo 311572453
Reposted by Phil Dysonchristhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 18/01/2024#tomorrowspaperstoday 27941
Reposted by Phil DysonJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 15/12/2023CHARITY STREAM! Just Catting: 5hrs of Cecilia the kitty snoozing to christmas songs. With Lifeline, Cat's Protection foster cats for those fleeing domestic violence, until they can be reunited with their loving owners once again. Let's raise some money for them! twitch.tv/gariusthebrit 16034
Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 06/12/2023Jenrick resigns because the Rwanda Bill ‘doesn’t go far enough’. Not a final enough solution for you, you petit bourgeoisie Mussolini? Could this govt just fuck off? 0111
Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 30/11/2023And there’s at least 10 more worthy of inclusion in that list 030
Reposted by Phil DysonPaul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 30/11/2023At fundraiser for a Sligo hospice once, in a London pub- Shane was the headliner. He looked wasted but played a great couple of opening songs then announced he’d do Cupid by Sam Cooke. Ah no Shane, I thought. You can’t sing this. You can’t sing! But he fuckin nailed it in a joyful high kicking show. 26413
Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 30/11/2023Shane MacGowan is gone: www.rte.ie/entertainmen... I don't even know where to start 😭 330
Reposted by Phil DysonErik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 30/11/2023Friends, I am so happy to present you with my obituary of Henry Kissinger, monster in human form. Burn in Hell.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.comKissinger is Dead, Finally Something Good Has Happened in 2023 - Lawyers, Guns & MoneyOne of the most vile individuals to ever befoul the United States, Henry Kissinger is dead. A man responsible for the deaths of millions of people around the world and yet the most respected man withi... 261618425
Reposted by Phil Dysonfull slack @fullslack.bsky.social · 30/11/2023let this image radicalize you 3237271035
Reposted by Phil DysonAlexis 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @asticky.libcraft.com · 30/11/2023I'm dying I need this framed on my wall skksadjasidh 11944511004