Rory @rorythegeordie.bsky.social · 17/01/2026For sale in the Grainger Market in Newcastle upon Tyne. Absolutely shouldn't be. 000 0
Rory @rorythegeordie.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Oh joy, my government has fucked my access to this site. Demands age verification. Age verification method refused, no alternative. Daft thing is I shouldn't be able to see my own posts going by this totalitarian nonsense. 000 0
Reposted by RoryDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/11/2025The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool. The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code. They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated. 591389930 0
Reposted by RoryRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 08/11/2025I hate having to wait a whole year for China Miéville’s new book, but I think it will be worth it. www.thebookseller.com/rights/picad...thebookseller.comPicador unveils China Miéville’s new novel, 20 years in the makingPicador will publish a new novel from award-winning author China Miéville. The Rouse will be Miéville’s first single-authored novel for an adult audience since 2011. 822840 0
Rory @rorythegeordie.bsky.social · 03/11/2025What a song. What an LP. chatpile.bandcamp.com/track/the-ma...chatpile.bandcamp.comThe Magic of the World, by Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigofrom the album In The Earth Again 000 0
Reposted by RoryImmigrant Boo👻 @porcupunk.eurosky.social · 02/11/2025I often say that Westerns do not and cannot really understand the Soviet Union or Russia. Prime example right here. This was literally the norm and it trickled all the way down to every member of the proletariat. I literally owe my life to блат. 615254 0
Reposted by RoryMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 02/11/2025“Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the cage – And sings the taunting songs – That never stop – Yet, tonight, tonight – When you sleep – I will eat it.buff.lyEight Famous Poems Rewritten by Your Asshole Cat“This is Just to Say” I have eaten the eggs that were on the counter which you were probably saving for breakfast. They weren’t moist or savory lik... 114440 0
Rory @rorythegeordie.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Been away from here for a while but intend to remedy that. I forget how much less exhausting this site is compared to the bigger ones. Still, here's a song for our times youtu.be/eRoO5foGegk?...youtu.beHateful Abandon - The Way it EndsYouTube video by All Hail Dissonance 000 0
Reposted by RoryCanadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Alberta: "Hold my beer." 55322 0
Rory @rorythegeordie.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Went to the cinema for the first time in years yesterday with my son. Thoroughly enjoyed it. 000 0
Reposted by RoryDave Lung @davelung.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Sometimes, the headlines just write themselves! 39193601164 0
Reposted by RoryMother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/06/2025Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. What's happened since? A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.motherjones.comCriminalizing pregnancy: A record number of women were prosecuted the year after DobbsThey were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws. 652131745908 0
Reposted by RoryAverage Joe Miller @averagejoemiller.bsky.social · 24/06/2025The UN Charter and international law are both meaningless Certain countries can break as many ‘laws’ as they want and continue to do so without any punishment so why pretend we live by these rules 🤔 915418 0
Reposted by RoryGeneral Strike US @generalstrikeus.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Don’t join GSUS thinking that’s the end of it. Our organizing requires you to be in your COMMUNITIES. Regional chapters provide support and solidarity, but they only work with YOU. A national movement succeeds at the local level. Listen to this video, then listen again. He knows what’s up. 12314125 0
Reposted by RoryThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Congrats everyone — we are at the point where The Onion and real life are indistinguishable from one another. 😳🇺🇸 theonion.com/ice-agents-w... 409165685629 0
Reposted by RoryReGen Magazine @regenmag.bsky.social · 02/05/2025News: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry announces final studio album, to be released via COP International regenmag.com/news/news-re...regenmag.comNews: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry announce final studio album, to be released via COP InternationalCOP International has announced the release of Strange Kind of Paradise from U.K. post-punk band Red Lorry Yellow Lorry. With all 10 tracks written by vocalist/guitarist Chris Reed and guitarist David... 1197 0
Reposted by RoryData Bear 🏳️🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 02/05/2025Happy Giant Phallus Shaped Iceberg Floating In Conception Bay of Dildo, Canada Day to all who celebrate. 14757552120 0
Reposted by Roryjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/05/2025they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...apnews.comThe Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fallThe Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ... 546192896917 0
Reposted by RoryArthur Webber 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 02/05/2025You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this. 22096882326 0
Reposted by RoryKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/05/2025“Eugenics isn’t just about eradicating the lesser people like myself, like people with disabilities, it’s about attaching disability to marginalized communities in order to slate them for eradication.” Fantastic crash course in eugenics, ableism & anti-blackness from @imanibarbarin.bsky.social 13674412103 0
Reposted by RoryTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 28/04/2025My latest @newscientist.com cartoon 7250041893 0
Reposted by RoryGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Now is a great time to be supportive of trans people you know, or those you don't. Actually, always is a great time to speak out against the goddamn lying ghouls trying to pretend trans people are some mysterious threat to anyone, and not just people trying to live their lives. 211429498 0
Reposted by RoryChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19/04/2025This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!! 16728586820065 0
Reposted by RorySimon "Si Spurrier" Spurrier @sispurrier.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Aaaaand here's the @imagecomics.com press release: imagecomics.com/press-releas...imagecomics.comEXPERIENCE THE FEVER DREAM OF SWEATY SWAMP-THRILLER THE VOICE SAID KILL BY STAR CREATORS SI SPURRIER AND VANESA DEL REY…Fargo meets Deliverance in the Louisiana bayou in this spicy Cajun crime miniseries with four extra-juicy issues full of vivid characters and psychedelic nightmares 3287 0
Reposted by RoryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/04/2025The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024. This isn't due to luck or skill. Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption. 795283989116 0
Reposted by RoryAdam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 12/04/2025The Syrian Arabic word for a hamster is أبو جراب (abu jrab), where jrab refers to a pouch/saddlebag/tote. And abu often means “father of,” but can also function as a general honorific (like “mister”). So it’s not too big a stretch to say the Syrian Arabic word for a hamster means “Mister Saddlebags” 292164252232 0
Rory @rorythegeordie.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Here's someone I'm really looking forward to more from. Stellar, pun intended. youtu.be/rtnJwQYEO3Q?...youtu.beStella Bridie - He Didn't Mean It (Official Video)YouTube video by Stella Bridie 000 0
Rory @rorythegeordie.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Can't wait for the LP to arrive, the lineup of this band is like a wishlist for me. Check it out, can't recommend highly enough. 010 0
Reposted by RoryG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 11/04/2025Why is it so difficult to organize a general strike again? We must be way past 3.5% buy-in by now. I am ready to donate to a strike fund and paint a sign 1213617 0
Reposted by RoryMike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Me: please don’t use ChatGPT, even tasks that you’d never pay a creative for in the first place, and so are not depriving humans of work, are massively resource-intensive and killing the planet. Half Of Facebook, Apparently: this is what I’d look like as a Barbie! 401242172 0
Reposted by RoryChristopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 10/04/2025It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent. 386188804963 0
Reposted by RoryThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/04/2025So we can’t guarantee our own citizens health care but we can pay everyone in Greenland $10,000/year? How is this “America First”, exactly? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u... 35246791856 0
Reposted by RoryMonica @softtail65.bsky.social · 10/04/2025The system isn't broken. It was built this way... Stop putting rich white men in positions of power!!! For fuck sake.🤦♀️ 952201441 0
Reposted by RoryCouncil Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 11/04/2025Michael Gove used to ban teachers from their profession for life for drug use. He got caught taking cocaine and a few years later he's getting a peerage? It's as clear as day that drug laws are just there to punish the working class. 972496692 0
Reposted by RoryPaul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Gonna take this opportunity to say that I can personally deliver no script for as little as 7 million, and I know some other writers who can do it for as little as five million. 348117682104 0
Rory @rorythegeordie.bsky.social · 11/04/2025In true fascist style www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...theguardian.comHead of US base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit – Europe liveSusannah Meyers was removed from, her position amid reports she distanced herself and the base from Vance’s criticism of Denmark 010 0
Reposted by RoryAlanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social · 10/04/2025It feels like a significant amount of quality news outlets are behind paywalls while absolutely none of the inflammatory right-wing ones are and in an age of overwhelming misinformation combined with increasingly poor media literacy I just have… no idea what we’re supposed to do about that. 1804180664 0