Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026— What did I tell you? — Not to put my finger into the geometry tank because the protractors bite. — And where is your finger _right now_? — *mumble mumble* OUCH [BL Harley MS 275, f. 293r] 15310
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You can see from the photo that boat's tipped too far right 702221337
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialSam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The window of my local queer bookshop was smashed last week. They're fundraising to install shutters so they can keep themselves and their community safe. Support this one-of-a-kind place, its one-of-a-kind proprietors, and the whole Glasgow queer & trans community: www.gofundme.com/f/categoryis...gofundme.comDonate to Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!, organized by Category Is BooksFor the past eight years, Category Is Books has been able to comfortably oper… Category Is Books needs your support for Help Category Is Books Get Shutters! 1318248
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 31/05/2025quilt beetle watercolor on BFK Rives paper 2837781286
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialMike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 16/08/2026🚨BREAKING 🦠 On Friday, the US CDC arbitrarily shifted higher COVlD levels into lower categories depicted with cooler colors. Much of what was Very High is now "High." What was High is now "Moderate" or "Low." Low is "Very Low." 1/ 22916607
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialWar-ravaged hellhole Enthusiast @unlawfulassembler.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I hope these proliferate like the Migra Whistles. www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/...tomshardware.com3D-printing enthusiast creates ‘Flock Sock’ to blind controversial cameras, shares design — slip-on cover attaches to broom handle to make it easy to put on devices placed on traffic and streetlights"The very least you can do is help protect these valuable civil servants from getting a bad sunburn." 2199101
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialConcentratedAndi @concentratedandi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026 2273100
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialJon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Legal documents released today show federal law enforcement officials extensively surveilled public meetings and activists during the ICE surge, and created dossiers on political enemies. I've been busy, but will post some takeaways on this thread soon: (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...mprnews.orgAttorney: Homeland Security spied on Minnesotans who spoke out against ICEDefense attorney Kevin Riach alleges that just four days after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents, that Homeland Security Investigations launched Operation Puppet Master. The agency cou... 231179596
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and the moone daunsinge above, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a flawed honest worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir. 5473142
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialEffin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 12/07/2026Despite a paper trail proving otherwise, Unbound’s administrators claimed they still owned the rights to Effin’ Birds and threatened to sue Penguin Random House if PRH paid me any royalties for my ongoing book sales. Wasn’t resolved until two months ago. They tried to bankrupt me out of spite. 362176563
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialJosh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This is just to say I have eaten the sailors that were in the ship and which you were probably saving for Ithaca Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so Greek 9979261
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialSeanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This is a cute picture of Thomas, but what I want you to look at is the orange comforter. See? It's very orange. We THINK it's from JCPenney's originally, but we don't know for sure. Most importantly, it's old and well-loved, and dying. I need to find a new one, same comforter, to replace. Help? 1317145
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialLouie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I just saw a piece in @thebookseller.com about this fundraiser - to protect and share a collection of over one million Black books in the UK, a labour of love by one collector, Baba Pepukayi, but a vital resource for the nation. www.gofundme.com/f/save-1-mil... Please share, and donate if you can.gofundme.comDonate to Save 1 Million Black Books, organized by Black British Book FestivalSave 1 Million Black Books One of Britain's Largest Collections of Black Books… Black British Book Festival needs your support for Save 1 Million Black Books 3109115
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him 20139421243
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialBen Schwarz @benschwarz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...theconversation.comMore than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report findsThe report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan. 431754967
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialStephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 29/07/2026you TAX pied-à-terre? you tax her value like the commoner? oh! oh! jail for mayor! jail for mayor for One Thousand Years!!!! 010926
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 17/07/202682 years ago today, 320 mostly Black WWII military men died instantly, and another 400 were badly injured after a series of explosions in Port Chicago, California. As a result, several dozen Black men were punished and sentenced to hard prison labor despite none of it being their fault 🧵 516286
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialEmma Grae @emmagraeauthor.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Marie Claire actually left a prompt from an AI in one of their recent articles. While there’s still some great journalists and publications left, this is utterly shocking. No wonder I’m trying to pivot. 482556697
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 07/07/2026> “when men use AI, we question their effort; when women use AI, we question their integrity” [...] (Pringle, 2026). What is framed as a literacy deficit is [actually] a form of rational refusal [&] within that frame, the only direction of travel is toward more adoption. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 07127
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialBethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 27/06/2026🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ One milkshake to rule the boys, one milkshake to find them, one milkshake to bring the boys and in my yard to bind them 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ 284172496
raddledoldtart.bsky.social @raddledoldtart.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Literature profs everywhere *NO* 000
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 21/06/2026every fiction book i've bought this year has been because someone on here posted about it. Not once have i regretted it. if you like a book TELL THE WORLD. this post brought to you by Ada Palmer's Too Like the Lightning which is MAGNIFICENT. Go read it. my thanks to whoever shared that on my feed 671255190
raddledoldtart.bsky.social @raddledoldtart.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Thanks for the warning @runalongwomble.bsky.social I'll be giving that a miss! 010
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialG @gj19eighty.bsky.social · 13/06/202690’s PE Teacher - ‘A likely story. Fine, you’ll have to do it in your underpants then’ 17220
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialAlan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 31/05/2026It's only an invasion if it comes from the Invasion region of Eastern Ukraine. Otherwise, it's sparkling incursion. 110145
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Just got a survey from my university asking how I use AI in research, wanting details on barriers to use as well as burdens that AI has reduced for me. Not one question about barriers or burdens that the use of AI has created. So the unstated position is that it must be good. This is advertorial. 16768157
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialRunalong Womble @fantasycon @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 16/05/2026A stunning emotional smart tale of ghosts and family secrets awaits in The Girl With A Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean - you needs this www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/5/...runalongtheshelves.netThe Girl With A Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean — Runalong The ShelvesI would like to thank the author and Tor for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Tor US / HarperVoyager UK Published - Out Now Price - $29.99... 2178
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Jenrick listed the money as coming from 'Spott Fitness' - a company which had no employees, had never made a profit and carried debts of over £300,000. In reality it came from Gary Klopfenstein, a Chicago-based investor who pled guilty to wire fraud and misappropriating fundsbylinetimes.comRobert Jenrick's Alleged £40k Donor Pled Guilty to Wire Fraud in California Ponzi SchemePolice are examining allegations that the Reform UK MP's Conservative leadership campaign was unlawfully funded by a US-based investor who pled guilty to fraud 12305174
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialTW @twesq.bsky.social · 14/05/2026GOD. DAMN. This Louisiana man fucking COOKED like I’ve seen very few people cook before. 1234691263
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Insane dystopian shit here, totally unacceptable. I expect politicians and commentators to be outraged by it, regardless of their opinion of the crimes these people were convicted of. 31855428
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialRobin Marty @robinmarty.com · 11/05/2026Oh that’s gonna be a tshirt… 1183
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 04/05/2026Mifepristone is: ✅ safe ✅ effective ✅ backed by decades of science ✅ critical for abortion and miscarriage care ✅ essential to protecting our reproductive freedom 271928533
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.social👻Ghosts👻 by Emily K @posts.by.emilyk.art · 02/05/2026"because the computer being a boy would be too gay, I need to have the illusion of being able to engage in intimate acts with my digital parrot" 1332
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialA Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I cannot see a good argument for this post in particular: • It reads “fanboi” rather than professional coms. • It also brings the Met into disrepute by approvingly responding to slurs. • It’s nakedly political. 1426
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialGwrach Gymraeg @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Yes folks, it is true, dragons build nests 0326
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialBig Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 29/04/2026IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day! The grooviest day of all. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK onlybiggreenbookshop.comBuy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people 72427
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 29/04/2026"Sussex University has overturned a £585,000 fine by England’s higher education watchdog after the high court rejected claims the university had breached free speech regulations involving its former professor Kathleen Stock." www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comSussex University overturns £585,000 fine as high court rejects free speech breach claimRuling is blow to Office for Students after it issued fine for handling of protests over professor’s trans rights views 1316438
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Friends, if you’re taking sertraline, check the batch number as there is a recall out and you may have ended up with a mislabelled lower dose of citalopram. www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukPrecautionary recall of antidepressant medication due to manufacturing errorThe MHRA has advised healthcare professionals to stop supplying the affected batch of Sertraline 100mg and return all remaining stock to their suppliers. 8196350
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 27/04/2026It's a shame that the Suzanne Moore who writes for the Telegraph in 2026 never met the Suzanne Moore who wrote for the Guardian in 2013 1755483
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialLauren Price @laurenpricey.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Another spotted coincidence this week. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comForeign Office unit tracking Israel’s potential breaches of international law closes due to cutsExclusive: Officials warn department will also lose access to database of 26,000 verified incidents due to cuts 0102
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialEd Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026"Government advisers have warned ministers that parents are forcing children to drop out of apprenticeships once they realise the scale of the loss to household benefit income, and young people are turning down training schemes because it would impoverish their family." #R4Todaytheguardian.com‘Apprenticeship penalty’ on benefits forces young people from poorer UK families to quitGovernment advisers call for review of rules that cause loss of household income when a child takes up job training 22721
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialFiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more. 151160594420
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialorithyia blue. @javeauriel.blacksky.app · 22/04/2026I encourage *everyone* on my skyline to read this excerpt. 🥚 12312239
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20/04/2026SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/2092...newrepublic.comTrump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go?Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire co... 20044732063
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialKaren Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying 6695953544
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialJames Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 20/04/2026the penne opticon 13646849
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialSarah Crook @sarahcrook.bsky.social · 20/04/2026My article on 1970s feminists, spycops, and if feminist historians can use materials extracted by undercover police officers is out in History Workshop Journal doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...doi.orgThe Women’s Liberation Movement and the Gendering of Undercover Police Surveillance in 1970s Britain: the Public Inquiry as (Un)Ethical archiveAbstract. In the 1970s a female police officer went undercover in the feminist movement in Britain. Across two years, she shared plans, conversations, and 210746
Reposted by @raddledoldtart.bsky.socialJamie Carson @carsjam.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Between Iraq and a Kharg place. 836223
