Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sliwa getting a flu shot: This could be very embarrassing. I’m supposed to be a tough guy, right? Mamdani: I can hold your hand. Sliwa: What happens if I faint? Mamdani: I got you. Doctor: You’re in great hands, literally. New Yorkers can find free flu shots and locations at nyc.gov/healthmap 488155202928
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A glorious bit of How It Works here, being said openly in public 30277108
Rupert Alexander Esq. @rupert-alexander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hey, @youremceekayvee.bsky.social 👋🏾 I 👀 this👇🏾 and thought of you 😊 www.theguardian.com/music/2026/o...theguardian.com‘It’s a deep soul connection’: Erasure on how 40 years of friendship got them through grief – and why Vince Clarke has quit touringReturning for a 20th album of sumptuous synthpop, Andy Bell and Clarke open up about supporting one another through bereavement, being happily uncool and battling the resurgence of homophobia 140
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he dislikedbylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press 841504615
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Eric Schmitt got every detail right about Jack Smith‘s basketball game. Except the team, the league, the gender, the city and the state. Magats constantly prove the infinite depth of their stupidity. 1434333781
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026Marsha Blackburn was just on Newsmax, but somehow hosts did not ask her about the biggest story in her state right now, which is the botched execution of Christa Pike 901830385
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED 61969391560
Rupert Alexander Esq. @rupert-alexander.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What's your favourite gif? (I also have several) At the moment, it's this:static.klipy.comYes MouseALT: Yes Mouse 020
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Labour Party’s women’s conference on 26/9/26 was an embarrassing farce, with only 200 delegates of the 1,000 normal attendance (no major unions) in protest of the Labour Party’s shameful abandonment of trans people following the legally absurd ruling of the Supreme Court in FWS in April 2025. 121272283
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I can see one full rotation then my brain breaks 2627679
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I never thought in a million years that the president and First Lady of the United States would be targeting me personally and trying to hurt me and my kids. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/be-best-be...jojofromjerz.substack.comBe Best. Be Quiet. Or Be Bankrupted.Melania Trump is selling a story about lifting women up. I’m the mother of two she tried to frighten into submission. 2802264774
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The farmers who voted for Trump didn’t care about what he was going to do to the rest of us, so long as it didn’t impact them. And here we are… 1131724457
Rupert Alexander Esq. @rupert-alexander.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Feminize a band name: Joy's Division The Red Hot Menopause Flashes Mrs Missus 020
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 25/09/2026Why have we reached a stage where people call in to @natashadevon.bsky.social and say they want people to drown? Well headlines like this don’t help. Let’s forget that numbers are way down on years previous and just keep stoking fear and division. This is why the RNLI is under attack. 61596146
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026SIMON PEGG impersonating all four Beatles in 10 seconds. Seriously impressive. 602869534
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Joe Walsh Is Right...... 1003205536208
Rupert Alexander Esq. @rupert-alexander.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Hi, @celesteheadlee.bsky.social. I am not familiar with your work and have not seen your TED Talk (though I will). I'm about half-way through this podcast 👇🏾 Though from 2018, it's still relevant, from what I've heard thus far 😊 www.passingthetorchpod.com/best-of-ptt-...passingthetorchpod.comCeleste Headlee: How to Have Better ConversationsCeleste Headlee explores better conversation skills, the importance of listening, human connection, and how technology has changed the way we communicate. 120
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...londondaily.comBanksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London DailyExclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities 396392563
Rupert Alexander Esq. @rupert-alexander.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Make a band MAGA: Don Petty & The Law-Breakers 010
Rupert Alexander Esq. @rupert-alexander.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...theguardian.comMacklemore announces Free Palestine tour to benefit humanitarian aid organisationsThe US rapper, removed from Ed Sheeran’s US stadium tour after voicing support of Palestine, has convened a charity show that will visit Dublin, Paris and London, with a North American run to be annou... 011
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/09/2026JUST IN: In a deeply embarrassing and un-American court filing, the Trump regime is now arguing that CNN, MS NOW, and Politico can be stripped of White House access in the name of “national security.” 1/ 2742534862
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat. 1042174958
Rupert Alexander Esq. @rupert-alexander.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Make a band MAGA: Barenaked Liars 020
Rupert Alexander Esq. @rupert-alexander.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Make a band MAGA: The Below Average IQ White Band 241
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is correct: 18 year olds have never known a country where there was a credible belief that next year might be better than the one that preceded it, rather than it being dumber, uglier, nastier and more cruel. And that’s not a force of nature, it has been quite deliberately inflicted. 620543
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 20/09/2026People do have "legitimate concerns" about things like housing, rising cost of living, NHS waiting lists etc. That's absolutely fair. Despite political and media rhetoric, absolutely none of those concerns are solved by attacking asylum seekers and other migrants. 1/ 116566
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.solomonhughes.bsky.social @solomonhughes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Bob Vylan, Kneecap, Macklemore- not just bans but police "terrorism" investigations(!) I don't think there has been music censorship like this since the 1990s/"Parental Advisory "/Cop Killer /2LiveCrew era. There was an Iraq War bit (Dixie Chicks), but not like this. Born of establishment fear imo 510031
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026🧵 Today, we're going to delve into the remarkable story of James Forten—a Revolutionary War veteran and former P.O.W. He became one of the most influential Black abolitionists in early American history. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory 8924831035
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Very difficult to argue against this… 12397197
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In that first Times journo book, bragging about how he cleverly cooked up that complaints unit “whistleblower” bullshit* and fed it to that BBC wingnut as an incredibly clever scheme intended to decapitate his party, six months before The Brexit Election. 516643
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It’s not even slightly difficult to work out who the good guys and bad guys are in the Cancel Culture bullshit, and it never was. It is *politically awkward to explain*, because the pundits have been 100% on the side of evil and malice for many years now.observer.co.ukMacklemore’s axing from Ed Sheeran’s US tour exposes the ...The outcry over the rapper’s calls for a ‘Free Palestine’ at the Met Life stadium shows that economic power is far more effective at policing free speech than ‘woke’ activists 9519115
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"In past conflicts, preparing lists of proposed targets — work that includes assessing how they align with an operation’s objectives — had taken hours for staffers to complete. Ahead of the US attack on Iran, much of that work was condensed into several minutes via Maven," a Palantir AI system. 20487202
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: The Trump regime has been lying about the full number of U.S. service member deaths in Trump’s Iran War, six U.S. officials tell The Washington Post.wapo.stMore U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publiclyOfficials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database. 17223141052
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 18/09/2026He fucked it up so badly they had to explain it with crayons. 31686493614
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:thehandbasket.coRepublicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problemA spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same. 10182532701
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Dear Ma and Pa MAGA, YOU did this. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/dear-maga-... 1512259685
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Be careful what you write on social media - a fable. Back in 2013, a Twitter account tagged myself and Sky News in a post in which they called me ‘fat’ ‘annoying’ and ‘difficult’ and questioned why I had been hired by the programme. Why do I remember this insult (I’ve literally had thousands… 56310
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🚨 THE KAPOW HANDBOOK IS FINALLY DONE!!! 🚨 6 months, 5 authors, and 60 pages later, we’ve written a guide on how to integrate mutual aid and direct action into electoral politics. And we’re not gatekeeping this info either. Get a free digital copy on 9/21 at kapow.works/handbook !!! 231377348
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 16/09/2026⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 The Catcher Race Riot of 1923 began and ended the same as they all did—a Black man accused of a crime and all hell breaks loose. Many of you—including myself, never heard of this one. Pull up a 🪑my friends. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory 30717421
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It was one of the great joys of my recent life to know Bonnie Greer. A truly remarkable person who radiated such wisdom and intellect. And when she spoke the audience was rapt. A kind, generous, passionate and very funny human. Thank you for giving us you Bonnie. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comBonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband 621289234
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Kat Ellis @katellis37.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I grew up in the next village - currently arguing with some of the racists in the local FB group. One of them asked the "But why do families send their strongest, fittest, least vulnerable family members and leave the women and children back in their war torn countries?" chestnut (I paraphrase.) 3183
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: Dan Thomas has resigned as the leader of Reform UK in Wales "Over the weekend, I was reported to the police and was released without charge. I stress that I have done nothing wrong, but I do not want the coming headlines to be a distraction" 122
Rupert Alexander Esq. @rupert-alexander.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Breaking: The Electric Mayhem will no-longer be opening up for Ed Sheeran.static.klipy.comJanice, Zoot & The Electric Mayhem Rock OutAlt: The Electric Mayhem - The Muppet Show house band. 0263
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Leader of Reform in Wales has quit, Reform MS Sarah Cooper-Lesadd has defected to Plaid Cymru and now three councillors in Durham have resigned. Just another day on our unstoppable march to power. 321041304
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'm proud to announce my policy agenda to empower Michigan’s Black communities. For generations, Black communities in Michigan have received promises of federal investment that never fully arrived, or arrived without any way to track whether it actually improved people's lives. 6635231034
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I just learned that reporter Luis Galeano has been detained in Miami by ICE. This is part of wider trend by the US govt to target immigrant reporters, violating core US press freedom principles. Galeano is from Nicaragua & is believed to have a pending asylum case in the US. I will report more ASAP. 3895419
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.shaka 🦁👑 @beejonson.me · 15/09/2026Every time you encounter an American, especially the white ones, who claims to be "progressive", and their so-called "progressiveness" comes from stupid and senseless shit like America's "first amendment" or some other useless piece of paper ... 1164
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026i'm not sure if robert kraft quite grasps what he started 23086381534
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.🫶🏻Layla🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It’s not 1950 and I hope you get your ass beat. Beyond beat!!! 1418115412093
Reposted by Rupert Alexander Esq.Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Samuel Alito flew flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the Jan 6 plot. Both ruled in favor of Trump's mail-in ballot sabotage. I don't think I'll ever get over this. 38977982565