Reposted by Rupert KoopmanJames Common @commonbynature.bsky.social · 19/04/2026It is always nice to stumble across a healthy patch of Fir Clubmoss (Huperzia selago) #botany 0246
Reposted by Rupert Koopmansouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Successfully killing anyone who might be a negotiating partner is just step one of our awesome non-plan. 321279233
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanBowie's dad @80incognito.bsky.social · 03/03/2026sunset walk: Bloodlily 🌸 072
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanMelissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Author Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ comment, ‘disgusted’ by claim from jury president Wim Wenders that film-makers should remain apolitical www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...theguardian.comArundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ commentAuthor says she is ‘disgusted’ by claim from jury president Wim Wenders that film-makers should remain apolitical 1122
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Thames Water spend around 30% of your bill on interest covering the debt mountain that was accumulated when it was looted under MacQuarrie a decade ago. That's just the will of the market. 58830
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Sorry, kid, the government cancelled research into a cure for your disease. The man who swims in sewage and snorts cocaine in public restrooms said it's bad for you. Besides, there's no money now that we're locking up your friend's parents and the guys who mowed our lawn. 7878235
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 13/02/2026MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes 951341143
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanMatthew Green @matthew-green.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Perhaps we should cut Farage a bit of slack on this as the commute to Mar e Lago is a long one. #Farage #Trump #Russia #ReformUK 033
Reposted by Rupert Koopmanalexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026watching these racist losers freak out about Bad Bunny, i'm reminded that one of the gifts i received in 12 step recovery is "the ability to contemplate a world that goes on without me" 588686
Reposted by Rupert Koopmanfranz @franzanth.bsky.social · 11/02/2026FISH HELL IS OVER I SENT THE INVOICE 1824319
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11/02/2026looking SPECIFICALLY for: 1. someone experienced with the Zoom livestream feature 2. someone who can throw together a logo / graphics pretty quickly 3. someone who can get a web landing page set up pretty quickly 4. 1-3 people to tally donations the night of if that's you, please holler! 💖 135533
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanMarcy @deadheadgirly.bsky.social · 10/02/2026"Yes. I told my wife, hey, we're in Jeff's neighborhood! You know, the guy who plead guilty to soliciting a minor for sex? I bet the kids would love to meet him!" 153
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanNome @nome.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Just because good news is worth celebrating: There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection. HIV has, effectively, a vaccination. 73117402898
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanAmelia Shevenell @ashevenell.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein. 11373361414
Reposted by Rupert Koopmanrowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 07/02/2026hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this 3878433188
Reposted by Rupert Koopmanthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 08/02/2026man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you 112101301625
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanMicah @rincewind.run · 08/02/2026I am ready to shove these guys in a dumpster and so is everyone else and “well we’ve got it in the bag so I’ll stay home” is just not going to be a problem we all want to spike the football here 1040419
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 07/02/2026Been thinking a bit about the way that John Brockman acted as Epstein's scientist collector and would organize dinners where Epstein would just happen to show up and I think a lesson here for *white scientists* is if you're being invited to all-white events, that might be actively intentional 🧪 81106258
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanOmar Rafael Regalado Fernández @mathchaos.bsky.social · 07/02/2026They wrote their emails thinking they were never going to be caught. They write their excuses because they are sorry they got caught. 063
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 05/02/2026the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex 293197354615
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 02/02/2026Not content to fuck up the planet, he's also gonna fuck up the sky www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comElon Musk's SpaceX applies to launch 1m satellites into orbitThe firm wants to create a network of "orbital data centres" to power artificial intelligence. 1633684
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/02/2026The thing I struggle with the most is that they just have no fucking integrity at all No concept of it And I cannot intuit living that way 824220
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanMicah @rincewind.run · 25/03/2025the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns 100104442170
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanAdam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Same game that gold mining companies have been playing in South Africa for decades 032
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanAdam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 22/01/2026The first time I saw a rendering of The Line all I could think about was how many birds it would kill and how the vast majority of architects either don't give a damn about window kills or can't be bothered to learn about them 032
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanMicah @rincewind.run · 21/01/2026checking every couple minutes to make sure nobody has definitively ruled It out because having hope is a beautiful thing 27109547
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanGreenwings Wildlife Holidays @greenwingstours.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Good morning from Greece - Lake Kerkini in the north to be more precise. Our guests are currently enjoying a chilly boat trip on the lake - keeping warm being mesmerised by the Dalmatian Pelicans they're there to see & photograph. 0123
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanUrsula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Decided in this moment to reread some Galeano. First page: “The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that business.” 5517160
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 15/12/2025I also feel like his body of work really disproves the persistent claim that joyful, hopeful, funny, romantic or lighthearted stories are inherently intellectually lesser and can't be Real Art 101207272
Reposted by Rupert Koopmannarceducator.bsky.social @narceducator.bsky.social · 18/11/2025“No one respects women more than I do. No one.” — Trump, 2016 when confronted with the numerous sexual assault allegations. 1010327
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 18/11/2025AI is like this giant fucking boat we all were forced to get on, and it's a boat they stole, and also it barely floats, and also it's not going anywhere good. So it either takes us somewhere we hate, or it fucking sinks, so either way, fuck AI. 11592137
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 18/11/2025In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning." I chose Larry Summers. Better late than never. Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below. naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul... 925116917
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/11/2025With this news of Larry Summers "stepping back from public engagements" but still teaching, sometimes I think about how with all of the horrific stories of abuse of female students in academia, the only marine biologist I know of who was banned from taking future students is a woman. 416743
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanSeema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Elsevier has a 38% profit margin, and the other journal publishers aren't far behind. 612057
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Your jokes about all this are hilarious and please keep them coming But I know so many wonderful journalists who can’t find work And these clowns keep doing awful shit and getting fifth and sixth and seventh chances And it’s all just kind of a lot 214116
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanSipho @comradesipho.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Interesting to think how Zohran Mamdani might be a lawyer in Johannesburg or doctor in Cape Town right now had it not been for the University of Cape Town's incredible racism. mg.co.za/article/2018...mg.co.za20 years after the ‘Mamdani affair’, the old adversary rejoins UCTThe academic who took on the university’s ‘bantu’ curriculum has returned, marking a ‘path towards decolonisation’ 31710
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanAndrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 14/10/2025NEW: A significant gap in weather balloon coverage in western Alaska, caused by Trump admin cuts to NOAA/NWS, may have hurt the forecast accuracy for the deadly storm there over the weekend. www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/w...cnn.comPredictions for deadly Alaska storm may have suffered due to DOGE cuts | CNNThe forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’... 6362199
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanThe Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Final call to join our Youth Panel! Are you 16–18 and passionate about nature? Help decide how £6,000 in funding is awarded to youth-led projects across the UK. Gain experience, training, and a reference - all online and flexible. Apply by 19 Sept: buff.ly/9YpscPC Questions? learning@linnean.org 025
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanDan Devine @yourmandevine.bsky.social · 08/08/2025"We're all throwing dildos at women athletes to promote our memecoin" really puts a fine point on not just how sexist, mean and stupid so much of right now is, but also the grim degree to which we're just inundated with Stuff a 15-Year-Old Dipshit Would Think is Cool. A confederacy of Beavises. 280184573810
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanChristopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Recently turned in a deeply researched draft of a book on What AI Actually Is and reader, this is 100% correct 361670406
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/06/2025My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books 6948366
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Warnock: If I'm honest, there are days when I have to ask people of my faith tradition as a Christian, are we reading the same book? The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me…. 651230375936
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Can’t really articulate how furious it makes me to see gentile politicians wield fake charges of antisemitism against Mamdani. It’s not just the plain Islamophobia, it’s the fact that they’re needlessly stoking tensions in a way that puts Jewish New Yorkers at GREATER risk. 165330911
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Hakeem Jeffries is so skilled at being a disappointment. The worst opposition leader possible. I am so sick of rank careerism and incompetence. 710144032109
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 29/06/2025I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget 235139253280
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanMari Murphy @marimurphy.bsky.social · 24/06/2025I am perpetually surprised by how in touch with things this man is. 1192
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanNikaaaaaaaah! 👻🎃 @mxnectarine.polycule-slut.cloud · 17/06/2025AFA stands for Anti French lawn Action. 1219
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanJacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 19/06/2025But *why* does the pollen want to be in my nose and eyes so badly? Go and fertilise your own species, you sick plant freaks 0556
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanThomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality. A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social [A thread 1/8🧵] 11424233
Reposted by Rupert KoopmanClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/05/2025you are EITHER out foraging in the woods and harvesting the crops all day to feed and clothe your family, A FULL TIME JOB if you are actually not buying anything, OR you are terminally online. you can't be both! even the best gardeners I know also have to buy flour and salt! 421812
