Reposted by Ruth LampardMatt Clegg @eyesfront.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In an age of acceleration, optimisation, and endless scrolling, slowness can feel radical. Linger. Listen. Look again. Have You Always Been Here? from @longbarrowpress.bsky.social longbarrowpress.com/featured-poem/longbarrowpress.comFeatured PoemTzu-Jan as Performance Outcome | Matthew Clegg Into every account mail is pinging: ‘we will secure our long-term future by competing on more fronts.’ Let’s find a glade where a thought might grow. … 0118
Reposted by Ruth LampardCatherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Some of you know that I'm working on a book about mud. And I'm a big fan of @radiolento.bsky.social (check them out if you've not discovered their beautiful soundscapes). So this is just perfect! 1187
Reposted by Ruth LampardRadio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Late last night we released a new episode which we recorded over the summer. We're always happy when it rains when we're on holiday! Bonus points when there is thunder too. Episode 302 - Soundscenes of rolling thunder over the Pyrenees (possibly *sleep safe* if you like thunder)radiolento.podbean.com302 Soundscenes of rolling thunder over the Pyrenees (possibly sleep safe) | Radio Lento podcastCicadas seem to go quiet when the rain sets in. They probably need to keep themselves dry to be able to make their sound. In this landscape recording we made in early August nearly all of the cicadas ... 24610
Reposted by Ruth LampardIan Tattum @iantattum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thanks @carolynthomas.bsky.social For including 4 of my poems 1102
Reposted by Ruth LampardJulian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Absolutely over the moon and deeply honoured to see Waterstones select LIFELINES as one of their Paperbacks of the Year for 2026! They've backed this book right from the very beginning and I'm so grateful for the incredible support. @eandtbooks.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social 4306
Reposted by Ruth LampardCarole Bruce @cabruce.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Again enormous thanks to Adam for recording this for us all. And of course to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social for, once again, giving voice to the plight of all ME sufferers. It’s two fold, being so ill and not being believed. Grim beyond belief. 0276
Reposted by Ruth LampardNaomi Whittingham @naomiwhitt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I realised there was a part of chronic illness that I'd never actually written about. Not the grief or the isolation. But the experience of living inside a body that feels so unpredictable and unsafe. Now I’ve written it. I’d love to know if it resonates with you.alifehidden.comThe Burden of Chronic Illness That I Rarely Talk AboutBeing ill is hard. What an obvious thing to say – and yet how often it goes unspoken. I’ve written about many aspects of life with long-term illness: from the grief of dreams shat… 37528
Reposted by Ruth LampardBen Fulford @benmfulford.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you’ve seen or shared news about programme closures at Edinburgh (not least in Theology & Religious Studies) please see this appeal from Prof Rachel Muers. The reports are misleading. 21616
Reposted by Ruth LampardPatrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Gorgeous visit to the sunny Lincolnshire coast yesterday to see the latest golf course given back to nature. Credit to @nationaltrust.org.uk for being brave. This is nature as human regen too – fantastic new green infrastructure for Mablethorpe and Sutton-on-Sea. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comSkylarks and sandwich terns among new birdies on reserve created from ‘boring old golf course’National Trust has transformed Sandilands in Lincolnshire into a nature reserve with wetlands and wading pools 715951
Reposted by Ruth LampardMet Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 25/09/2026Happy equilux to those who celebrate! Not to be confused with the equinox - the equilux is the day with closest to equal day and night hours ☀️🌑 This year, the equilux is today, Friday 25 September 2026. Want to find out more? Head to our YouTube channel for the full explanation 👇 510632
Reposted by Ruth LampardWendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Researchers in Turkey Have Unearthed an Ancient Fragment Inscribed With the World’s Oldest Peace Treatysmithsonianmag.comResearchers in Turkey Have Unearthed an Ancient Fragment Inscribed With the World’s Oldest Peace TreatyThe piece of a clay tablet is marked with Akkadian cuneiform, and its text belongs to the Kadesh Peace Treaty, created by ancient Egyptians and Hittites in the 13th century B.C.E. 12490144
Reposted by Ruth LampardSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026CPS Mr Daniel Thomas, 37, has been charged with two offences Nb: with proceedings active, CPS request awaremess that should not report or comment or share info that could in any way prejudice these proceedings 58033
Reposted by Ruth LampardDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If people spending taxpayers money on alcohol is such an undeniable problem, I assume they also plan to permanently close the House of Commons bar? 2834989
Reposted by Ruth LampardStickman Communications @stickmancomms.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you want to support my work, please share it with your friends, families, support groups etc. It makes a huge difference - and is the main reason I can keep creating my disability resources while managing my #PoTS #Hypermobility etc! stickmancommunications.co.uk 096
Reposted by Ruth LampardBen Wood @cosmichope.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Clement of Alexandria loved bees. He saw them as the archetype of the true Christian intellectual--one who wanders laboriously through the sweet gardens of human knowledge, carefully selecting the right nectar to construct the honeycomb of clear and precious Truth. 🐝 042
Reposted by Ruth LampardGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026With great thanks to the hundreds of people who gave me their testimonies. If I hadn't said "stop" after a few hours, it might have been thousands. The sheer scale of this scandal is hard to get your head around. 2/2 3075893
Reposted by Ruth LampardGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAbandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George MonbiotChanges in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 17925311730
Reposted by Ruth LampardCatherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 22/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/catherin...open.substack.comMy new novel, The Mothers of SW19, is only 99p until tomorrowMy new novel is on a kindle countdown deal at the moment for only 99p, or 99 cent if you live in America. 001
Reposted by Ruth LampardJohn Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Alem is a genuine, absolute hero. He got the PACE trial data released and he paid the price. His health had a terrible downturn. I hope everyone will follow him. #MEcfs #LongCovid 03613
Reposted by Ruth Lampardelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible 25150263941
Reposted by Ruth LampardThe Unhurried Reader 📚🦊🇺🇦🇬🇱 @theunhurriedreader.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Hearing of the deaths of Anne Dillard and Bonnie Greer on the same day makes me feel that there will be just that many fewer valuable words on the wing in the world. 191
Reposted by Ruth LampardRichard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The OAP triple lock isn’t a problem. The cost of pension tax relief is. youtu.be/BfcjgWXk36c?... Commentators are saying we cannot afford pensions for the most vulnerable. But none of them is questioning the £83 billion a year spent subsidising the pensions of the wealthiest. Why is that?youtu.beThe OAP triple lock isn’t a problem. The cost of pension tax relief is.YouTube video by Richard J Murphy 10235138
Reposted by Ruth LampardMartha Linden @marthajlinden.bsky.social · 14/09/2026More great work by church volunteers, this time on energy efficiency and green alternatives to oil and gas. After a summer of record temperatures and with oil and gas prices rising this winter, all very timely: www.churchofengland.org/media/news-a...churchofengland.orgGrowing number of churches moving away from oil and gas amid rising energy prices | The Church of EnglandAn increasing number of Church of England parishes, some of them in the most rural areas of the country, are moving away from oil and gas and improving their energy efficiency as they brace for rising... 022
Reposted by Ruth LampardIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Master post of each talk re: the Stanford #MECFS Community Symposium: 🧪 Talk 1: bsky.app/profile/exce... 37237
Reposted by Ruth LampardKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026As the UK prepares to vote on Assisted Dying, I want to share Stéphanie Lavoie’s story. She was a 30 year old disabled Canadian suffering from Lyme Disease & severe malnutrition. She needed a feeding tube. She was given MAiD instead. She was only 59lbs when she died.globalnews.caWoman with ‘unmanageable’ pain from Lyme disease chooses to die. She wasn’t always believed | Globalnews.caStéphanie Lavoie spent her adult life facing escalating symptoms from Lyme disease that left her bedridden and barely able to eat. Her family says the medical system failed her. 918159
Reposted by Ruth LampardIan Tattum @iantattum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026One of my favourite articles. The photo gives the game away as to the subject 171
Reposted by Ruth LampardBoo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 06/09/2026The great composer Dimitri Shostakovich was a qualified Soccer (football) referee. 44611
Reposted by Ruth LampardQuiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 06/09/2026🔥 Sunday School: DAS SCHADENFREUDEFEST 🔥 We dissect a horrible few days for Farage, every aspect of his latest scandal, and every moment of his car crash conference. And laugh about it quite a lot. As is right and proper. 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7bMP...podcasts.apple.comSunday School: Das SchadenfreudefestPodcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 6 September · 1hr 12min 1620470
Reposted by Ruth LampardMark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Worst Antony Gormley installation ever! 1833047
Reposted by Ruth LampardDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026There’s a species of shark called the ninja lanternshark. It glows in the dark, like all lantern sharks. It’s called ninja because the scientist who discovered it was explaining her discovery to family at Thanksgiving and then her young cousin shouted “ninjas are cool, call it the ninja shark!” 202130361
Reposted by Ruth LampardSaloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 05/09/2026This is interesting. You get assigned to being born at a random place and time in history, to see what a typical person's life might have been like then. Unfortunately I was born in 1403 in the valley of Mexico and died at age 4 from dysentery.anyhumanever.comAny Human EverOne life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived. 54547189
Reposted by Ruth LampardAdam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“My daughter was told to exercise and ended up in a wheelchair... For GPs not to be aware of the harm that exercise can do is hugely damaging.” Janet Sylvester (MEAction Scotland), speaking about her daughter Emma, who has ME, while giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament. Sept 2026. 26330
Reposted by Ruth LampardPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Am back on BBC 5 Live in a moment talking about Reform and its donations….. 311710
Reposted by Ruth LampardIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Clearing out old books. There is truly no limit to what people will take if we put it on the front wall. SQE1 Wills and Administration of Estates multiple choice questions. Gone. The History of the Adam Smith Institute. Gone. The only really hard one to shift was the latest Jonathan Franzen. 252676
Reposted by Ruth Lampardrowan-adams.bsky.social @rowan-adams.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Data centres are springing up everywhere, using massive amounts of energy and water. I’ve signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for a pause on new data centres until the government gets a grip on the situation. Will you join me? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/put...action.friendsoftheearth.ukStop data centres draining our precious resourcesAdd my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand... 023
Reposted by Ruth LampardHugh Bonneville @hughbon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026My voice is unique, it’s mine, it’s part of my identity. So is yours. That’s worth speaking up about. ✍️ Sign the petition: saveourvoicesnow.com 0225
Reposted by Ruth LampardNic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Birds fly over the rainbow... and here in Loch Oich, they were black-throated divers 😍 1739
Reposted by Ruth LampardThinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 21/08/2026Jason Arday’s students are “collecting first-hand testimonies from people who knew him, learned from him, or crossed paths with him. Supervisions and seminars, emails, a reading list, a word of advice that stuck. Small things count." leilacancode.github.io/everythinggo...leilacancode.github.ioEverything Good About Jason ArdayFirst-hand accounts from people who knew him. Collected by his students. 17924
Reposted by Ruth LampardIain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026My article - "Jason Arday: We Must Rage – Rage Against the Journalism of Cruelty" for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/08/19/j...bylinetimes.comJason Arday: We Must Rage – Rage Against the Journalism of CrueltyThe death of the academic shows the casual conversion of humiliation into entertainment by a media running on monetised hate and cruelty 020268
Reposted by Ruth LampardOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 20/08/2026> Claims made by Jason Arday, who was the subject of a relentless media campaign over many aspects of his work and life and who was found dead on Friday, appear to be true[.] Particularly mocked was Arday's claim that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days. But [it seems he] completed the challenge. 1/ 217881
Reposted by Ruth LampardRadio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new videos direct. You'll join a massive 387 others! We are relishing our algorithm invisibility cloak! 292
Ruth Lampard @ruthlampard.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Just returned from Lowestoft for a family funeral. We popped to a tea shop by the sea front and I saw these two strange alien invasion style objects offshore. I’ve just looked them up - kittiwake hotels! www.newsteelconstruction.com/wp/nature-ca... 160
Reposted by Ruth LampardGlennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 14/08/2026In these challenging times someone might need one of them: Childline: 0800 1111 Samaritans: 116 123 Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247 Mind: 0300 123 3393 Age UK: 0800 169 6565 Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650 Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677 MH text support: 85258 Please share. TY x 2156176
Reposted by Ruth LampardRadio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Lento is free and uninterrupted for everyone, with no paywalls or adverts. Instead we rely on kind donations - one offs and monthly supporters. ❤️ This year our hosting and production costs have increased making it hard to us to cover these. Could you contribute to our milestone donation goal?ko-fi.comSupport RadioLentoSupport RadioLento 35336
Reposted by Ruth LampardDavid Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The new series of A House Through Time - on at 9pm tonight - on BBC Two. 1828142
Reposted by Ruth LampardSean Thomason @seanthomason.bsky.social · 11/08/2026So embarrassing when people think the point of reading a novel is to know the plot, so a summary is just as good. The plot isn’t important, you rube. You absolute simpleton. The point of reading a novel is to find out what the characters are eating and start thinking about what you want for dinner. 734050832
Reposted by Ruth LampardEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026"But what about hotels...?" Around 135,000 homeless households in the UK are also given temporary accommodation in hotels and B&Bs. Compared to the 20,000 asylum seekers similarly housed. 12/ 115120