Reposted by Philip PayneKimberCanada @kimberleybsb.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Actually, yes, this and a fantastic set of encyclopedias 714229832505
Reposted by Philip PayneMidwestHedonist @midwesthedonist.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth 3591998414799
Reposted by Philip PayneIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 30/04/2025BREAKING NEWS: New water aerobics class gets off to a great start. 154107351385
Reposted by Philip PayneGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/05/2025The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George MonbiotThe broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot 15024501027
Reposted by Philip PayneSunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 23/04/2025I get that the pope is an important person to around 9% of the UK, who identify as Catholic, but is there nothing else going on in the world apart from the death of an 88 yr old? It's complete media overload. #Pope 20716
Reposted by Philip PayneNorth East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 23/04/2025Why St George of England? A humorous look at the St George tradition northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/why-...northeastbylines.co.ukWhy St George of England?A humorous look at the St George tradition 293
Reposted by Philip Payneiniseoghain.bsky.social @iniseoghain.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC." And it's the mistake that the Labour Party is making. Trying to appease those who hate the Labour party and will never vote for it. 14703158
Reposted by Philip Paynerainbowmigration.bsky.social @rainbowmigration.bsky.social · 23/04/2025🌈In honour of #LesbianVisibilityWeek, we want to highlight a blog written by a lesbian woman from Uganda with refugee status in the UK, who we supported in seeking safety here. Read the full blog: buff.ly/lZPU1Hb 022
Reposted by Philip PayneMuseums Association @museumsassociation.org · 08/04/2025News | Aboriginal community co-curates exhibition at Manchester Museum following repatriation – ongoing collaboration formed after museum returned 174 objects to Warnindilyakwa people in 2023museumsassociation.orgAboriginal community co-curates exhibition at Manchester Museum following repatriation - Museums AssociationOngoing collaboration formed after museum returned 174 objects to Warnindilyakwa people in 2023 0288
Reposted by Philip PayneLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 28/03/2025We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham 541146414850
Reposted by Philip PayneLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/03/2025Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space. Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations. 530167056992
Reposted by Philip PayneBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Adolf Hitler helping one of his biggest donors sell a car in 1938. History doesn't change it just repeats. 5825811006
Reposted by Philip PayneAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Trump claims he's the only US president who was shot. Six US presidents have been shot. Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. The first four died as a result. 3921260
Reposted by Philip PayneJenny Croft @jenniferlcroft.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes: 18549333532
Reposted by Philip PaynePeter Cook: Brexorcist in Chief: Reboot Britain @brexitrage.bsky.social · 07/03/2025In case of confusion 5325155
Reposted by Philip PayneColin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 08/03/2025 526156
Reposted by Philip PayneDonald Tusk @donald-tusk.bsky.social · 27/02/2025The EU wasn’t formed to screw anyone. Quite the opposite. It was formed to maintain peace, to build respect among our nations, to create free and fair trade, and to strengthen our transatlantic friendship. As simple as that. 🇪🇺🇺🇸 993384950
Reposted by Philip PaynePeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Wow! The number of @bsky.app users just passed 32 MILLION! 👏 LETS DO THIS! 11355121267
Reposted by Philip PayneLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/02/2025In Westminster it's all about who you know 211997196
Reposted by Philip PaynePeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/02/202574% of Brits also believed it was ‘reasonable’ to postpone elections during a war with just 12% saying it was ‘unreasonable’ 28774120
Reposted by Philip PayneHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 14/02/2025On Library Lovers Day, enjoy this optimistic 1950s magazine cover “Stand aside television. The library holds the stage as the curtain rises on this new age of the written word” (1957) Artist: DL Mays 1042591
Reposted by Philip Paynerainbowmigration.bsky.social @rainbowmigration.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Joel organised Nigeria’s first Pride in 2019. He came to the UK to seek safety, but the Home Office detained him when he arrived. This government urgently needs to recognise the dangers LGBTQI+ people face. ✍️ Help #EndLGBTQIDetention: buff.ly/4hHaRu1 #NoPrideInDetention 032
Reposted by Philip PayneMike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...blog.archive.orgEnd of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs 4803277712103
Reposted by Philip PaynePrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Privatisation Robbery. UK's second-class letters may be delivered only every other day, not on Saturdays. Already worse in many areas. Royal Mail fails to meet any targets. 1st class stamp £1.65; 2nd class 85p When privatised in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRoyal Mail: Second-class letters may be delivered every other dayThe regulator says reforming postal services could save the loss-making Royal Mail up to £425m. 58438216
Reposted by Philip PayneAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/01/2025The truth of January 6th can't be erased. Watch the pardoned criminals brutally attacking police inside the Capitol and see what some call 'patriotism.' No spin, just facts. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/revisiting...adamkinzinger.substack.comRevisiting January 6th: The Truth in Motion (Videos Of Pardoned Criminals)Uncovering the Lies, Confronting the Violence, and Standing Firm for Democracy 9903613311003
Reposted by Philip PayneDave Winer @scripting.com · 24/01/2025I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget. 7915583614818
Reposted by Philip PayneHarry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 23/01/2025We need Levinson 2.0 Repost if you agree 🔄 bylinetimes.com/2025/01/22/g...bylinetimes.comGovernment Confirms No Leveson 2 Inquiry Into the Press - After 'Monumental' Admission of Wrongdoing By News UK in Prince Harry CaseMurdoch's newspaper group apologises for 15 years of privacy breaches in landmark settlement – but the Prime Minister's office quickly dismisses calls for a fresh investigation 12242205
Reposted by Philip PayneJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Wow — there are now more than 29 MILLION users on Bluesky! Spread the word!! 💙🦋 bsky-users.theo.io 766390225693
Reposted by Philip PayneMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025"Once a hub for news, debate, and connection, Twitter has devolved into a cesspit of hate and chaos. Today, I’m sending my final tweet."northeastbylines.co.ukGoodbye to Twitter. Good riddance to X."Once a hub for news, debate, and connection, Twitter has devolved into a cesspit of hate and chaos. Today, I’m sending my final tweet." 2294655773
Reposted by Philip PayneAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/01/2025You might expect that one of the world's biggest media organisations admitting to illegal practices in accessing private information about a member of the royal family and a government minister would be front page news across the board, but apparently not. 17737751174
Reposted by Philip PaynePeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 22/01/2025This sounds grimly plausible theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks... 821297
Reposted by Philip PayneAsylum Matters @asylummatters.bsky.social · 18/01/2025This is a story of incredible resilience. It's also a story of the unnecessary suffering our asylum system makes people endure. People will always need to seek safety, but this suffering is a choice our Governments have made: they can and must choose something better.buff.lySix days on a small boat in rough seas: my terrifying, death-defying escape from the TalibanIn an instant, Sam Pordale went from a world of privilege to becoming a refugee in imminent danger. He talks about how he lost everything and began to rebuild his life 0147
Reposted by Philip PaynePeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/01/2025The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...bylinetimes.comThe Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think TanksThe broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, says media academic Julian Petley 501977710
Reposted by Philip PayneSeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 29/12/202429th December 2024 07.43 012014
Reposted by Philip PayneReader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 26/11/2024 14065481720393
Reposted by Philip PayneMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Not enough credit is given to former Lib Dem MP Lynne Featherstone who was the architect of the UK’s same sex marriage law with the help of the LGBT community. This may have been the most significant change to British society in 20 years which is why the Tories keep trying to lay claim to it. 12457100
Reposted by Philip PayneGavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 16/11/2024 Indeed- and while we are on the subject of “grassroots” organisations… maybe broadcasters and newspapers might like to stop quoting people from supposed “think tanks” that refuse to say who funds them. What are they hiding? I have no idea. And that’s the point… who funds them and why? 14573126
Reposted by Philip PayneUniversity of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · 13/11/2024We've written a Researcher's Guide to Bluesky! It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide... >> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024... 🧵 belowblogs.york.ac.ukThe Researcher’s Guide to Bluesky – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog 63850590
Reposted by Philip PayneSimon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 12/10/2024Exciting south london literary news: Waterstones are opening new branches in Streatham and Lewisham www.thebookseller.com/news/waterst...thebookseller.comWaterstones to open two new south London shops in time for ChristmasWaterstones is opening two more new London shops, in addition to its return to Oxford Street. 3223
Reposted by Philip PayneByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12/11/2024As the US elections have proved, our politics is distorted by billionaire press owners and big tech broligarchy. People live in information bubbles, starved of truth. The resistance begins here 👉 subscribe.bylinetimes.com 425981
Reposted by Philip PayneBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 06/10/2024Universities are in crisis, but their contribution to the economy and society is often misunderstood. A new report sets the record straight | Stephen McNaireastangliabylines.co.ukIs this the recipe to save our universities?Universities are in crisis, but their contribution to the economy and society is often misunderstood. A new report sets the record straight 62513
Reposted by Philip PayneAndrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social · 10/09/2024‘Going to a library made me discover my passion for reading but it also, much later, made me discover something even more important to me: an appreciation of human variety and bonds.’ www.thetimes.com/article/6656...thetimes.comPublic libraries are precious, they taught me about my neighboursCommunal spaces are in decline but a healthy society needs institutions that transform strangers into fellow travellers 1194
Reposted by Philip PayneHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 03/09/2024The UK has lost one in 20 libraries since 2016, either by closing them completely or moving them over to volunteer-run groups. The poorest areas were around four times more likely to permanently lose a local library than the richest www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comPublic libraries in 'crisis' as councils cut servicesDeprived communities lost more libraries since 2016 than richer areas did, the BBC finds 24696244
Reposted by Philip PayneJenny Nicholls @jenster.bsky.social · 03/09/2024Great story about a heroine librarian, attacked by book-banning parents she thought were friends. “The crazy thing about this case is they get to wave the freedom of speech flag in the lawsuit, but what started all this is they want to ban books,” said Jones’s lawyer www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/b...nytimes.comFrom School Librarian to Activist: ‘The Hate Level and the Vitriol Is Unreal’Amid a surge in book bans nationwide, the librarian Amanda Jones was targeted by vicious threats. So she decided to fight back. 331704392
Reposted by Philip PayneParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 31/08/2024Who better to comment on demeaning the office of MP than the person who served her constituents by eating kangaroo bollocks in the jungle. 22632140