Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 29/09/2026static.klipy.comGhost Hug: You Can't Feel It, But It's There!ALT: Ghost Hug: You Can't Feel It, But It's There! 010 1
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerMaciek Hamela @maciekhamela.bsky.social · 26/09/2026With the Strait of Hormuz closed, Iraq has resorted to moving its oil across the desert to Syria in hundreds of tanker trucks, in true Mad Max style. From there, it will be shipped to worldwide markets. 1552002566 2K
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fundamentally, the median voter has had a tax cut since 2010 and the result is that nothing works. 1145495 454
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 24/09/2026(don't ask me who I would support in the very unlikely event it comes down to it) 110 1
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 24/09/2026Might fuck around and get really into the uefa league for no particular reason 110 1
Reposted by Rachel Megan Barkerthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Bluesky is the most learned group ever assembled of smart, funny people who will read a headline and then talk for two days about only the headline 553279387 3.3K
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 17/09/2026omg Louise Mensch that's a....throwback 011 1
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerAFC Wimbledon Women @afcwwomen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026A Statement on behalf of The Dons Trust: www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2026/se...afcwimbledon.co.ukDons Trust Statement: AFC Wimbledon Women v Crystal Palace PGAThe Dons Trust shares the disappointment of AFC Wimbledon supporters following the decision that the abandoned AFC Wimbledon Women v Crystal Palace PGA fixture should be replayed. 092 9
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026BOB DYLAN writing in The New York Times on being 80. We’re so used to Dylan being an enigmatic & elusive trickster that it’s always a delightful surprise when he writes something so personal, heartfelt and wise. 11481150 481
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 08/09/2026oh wow I had not even considered that he might keep going... 020 2
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.orgrnli.orgRNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at SeaThe RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions. 161168607 1.2K
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 04/09/2026I wonder what would have happened if I'd gone directly from twitter to bluesky without that break in between 010 1
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 31/08/2026the three I know about I do feel I very much know who they are, but the rest are an entire mystery to me 000 0
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 22/08/2026I literally did know how to pronounce it at one point and somehow I have now genuinely forgotten which one is the right one 011 1
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 22/08/2026Lol so valid - I think it took me multiple games to actually properly listen to what was being sung 000 0
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 22/08/2026Cause we sing "take me home...to Plough Lane" 100 1
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerNome @nome.bsky.social · 21/08/2026That's why I love the asbestos comparison. We're poisoning the greatest tool since the printing press for the dissemination of knowledge with damaging materials that we'll be ripping out of the walls for a century. I wish we weren't. 415022 150
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerNome @nome.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Asbestos made fireproof clothing and buildings. Lead in gasoline stopped engines from knocking, which could destroy the engines. CFCs were crazy useful across the board. Freon is a fantastic refrigerant. Radium made shit glow in the dark. 316525 165
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerNome @nome.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I think folks ignore one big thing in the comparison of Generative AI to Asbestos - because they just think of Asbestos as "that thing that gives people lung cancer in old buildings." When folks argue that AI is 'useful,' Ignoring the ways that I don't accept that premise, Asbestos was useful. 8335100 335
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerPaul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The abrupt falling sensation you sometimes experience just as you’re going to sleep, known as a hypnogogic jerk, is a common phenomenon that has a perfectly natural explanation, and is caused by ghosts trying to drag you to hell. 13599147 599
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerIndy @indy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026As with so many part of the UK public realm, there's a graph and it shows "something happened in 2010 and we became a society with lesser public capacity to respond to unexpected challenges" 13412164 412
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 10/08/2026what's your concert history? first concert: Greg Holden last concert: Biffy Clyro next concert: The Pretty Reckless seen most: Biffy haven't seen but want to: Kendrick 130 3
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerLuke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Lots of analysis about threat of the Greens usurping Labour on the left. Reform usurping the Tories on the right. But none about how Binface has completely usurped the Monster Raging Looney Party for the joke vote. Another party that just couldn’t adapt to the attention economy 931027 310
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 27/07/2026Oh I have already been able to do that - am very lucky - but having a version I can also watch from home will be wonderful 000 0
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 27/07/2026Well this is great news thank you for letting me know! 110 1
Reposted by Rachel Megan Barkerghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 27/07/2026they welcomed it in as a curiosity and it destroyed them 252413336 2.4K
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerLewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Messi is like the soft-spoken gang boss who says things like, “While I personally abhor violence, some of my associates may be less fastidious.” 301515237 1.5K
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 20/07/2026They'd be like did you take acid or something 010 1
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 20/07/2026It is sort of hilarious to imagine describing the final to someone like "that it was like the most intense, insane, gruelling game of football, it was nasty but the good guys won and then the losers literally started throwing punches at them....also the muppets showed up at one point" 121 2
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 20/07/2026I think it's really nice that Spain and Cape Verde both won the world cup 010 1
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 19/07/2026I don't like relying this much on someone who is basically a child 021 2
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 19/07/2026Sort of fascinated by Spain's really long kicks 010 1
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Clearly what I was trying to say earlier is that I would like to shake that man by the hand and congratulate him on his fine and necessary innovation. Apologies for any confusion 942538 425
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 12/07/2026OK but for real I had someone *specifically* say they thought England were arrogant because they sing "it's coming home" and I was like....do you understand the context of the song that is from... 000 0
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 12/07/2026The American guy who gave me a ride to the bus station asked me if the game was fun and I was like "well the thing about going to a football match is you are just kind of paying to be stressed for at least 90 minutes" and he was very confused 020 2
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 12/07/2026Not saying I understand what the players just went through but I am saying I did just dance for an hour outside the stadium in the Florida heat so.... 030 3
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 10/07/2026Me, seeing a woman walk past me with an M&S bag with the Three Lions on it: the world cup shows the depths of the human spirit 020 2
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 10/07/2026This being the only six days I will be in England for the world cup is making me overly emotional about all the England team stuff 120 2
Rachel Megan Barker @rachelmeganb.dftba.social · 10/07/2026why were we built just....so ill suited for existing? 020 2
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerBeanedict Cumbfurbatch @beanedictc.dftba.social · 08/07/2026Remember to comment on the proposed OMB rule that would politicize every federal grant before the deadline on the 13th! Learn more here: www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/cri...defendpublichealth.orgCritical action needed: Stop OMB's political review of federal grants | Defend Public HealthA proposed rule from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seeks to take expert review of federal grants out of the hands of experts and put it into the hands of political appointees. This rule co... 165 6
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 08/07/2026no World Cup games today but I'm handling it fine, mentally. in fact, you wouldn't believe what my Zlatan Ibrahimovic puppet just said to my Alexi Lalas puppet! PUPPET ZLATAN: Zlatan angry Zlatan still have to see soccer Carrot Top on Zlatan's day off! hahaha! oh Zlatan, what won't you say! 1478763 787
Reposted by Rachel Megan BarkerShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 07/07/2026the year is 2030. Spain, Portugal and Morocco are hosting the world cup. 46 teams are in attendance. Meanwhile in Vancouver, BC, in the fourth year of the penalty shootout between Colombia and Switzerland, the score is 0-0 20990108 990