Reposted by Sam PickardCozy and Comforting Hedgie 🌻 @shadow.hedgie.social · 10/10/2026right I see what happened here 717233
Reposted by Sam Pickardworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10161141709
Reposted by Sam PickardKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 6078382204
Reposted by Sam PickardMartin Headon @martinheadon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Well. Glad you had your fun, I guess. 611567258
Reposted by Sam Pickardthicc husband and father @lukeisamazing.bsky.social · 19/07/2026once again thinking about the best Lord of the Rings meme 6986371606
Reposted by Sam PickardIan Betteridge @ianbetteridge.com · 19/07/2026I'm one of those people who believe there's no dignity in labour. People, ultimately, should be free to focus on their interests, not having to work to live. AI potentially offers that future – but only if it's not used as a tool to further empower owners of capital. 79610
Reposted by Sam PickardWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 09/07/2026This is Oreo. He will eventually eat the blueberry. But first he must establish dominance over it. 12/10 (TT: oreominibernedoodle) 452142091759
Reposted by Sam PickardBat Krown 🦇🎃 @katbrownwrites.com · 26/06/2026Tesco is extending its Kids Eat Free scheme to 7 days a week over the summer, where children get a free meal with an adult purchase, but honestly, this detail about how small the adult purchase can be broke my heart. 14874410
Reposted by Sam PickardLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 23/06/2026For so many reasons, I wanted Starmer to succeed and build a powerful political project. He didn’t. And I’ve written about one of the simplest reasons why: you have to actually enjoy practising politics- and appear to do so. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...open.substack.comStarmer resigns: The Politician who hated PoliticsIn this most political age, he was doomed from the beginning. 4622031
Reposted by Sam PickardToby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026My Brexit story is a work one. I forecasted where bond yields, equity risk premium, currencies would be under Leave and Remain scenarios and understood my (not insignificant) portfolio was an inadvertent bet on Remain. 1/n 1376
Reposted by Sam PickardDylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 21/06/2026So how did we get here, with Starmer on the way out after two years? To some extent, it does go back to the beginning. It was not an enthusiastic victory for Labour. Getting rid of the Tories was the top reason people voted for them in 2024, though with their message of 'Change' also resonating. 29626217
Reposted by Sam PickardTomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 19/06/2026If we’re doing PM rankings I think we need a quadrant model. Something like 289723
Reposted by Sam PickardMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 11/06/2026Complaining about nightlife when you *checks notes* choose to live in Soho is like living in South Kensington and complaining about the museums. Or moving to Hackney and grumbling about creatives. Living in Richmond and hating green space. It's all getting a bit silly, isn't it? 1534844826
Reposted by Sam PickardFiery Mark @fierymark.bsky.social · 06/06/2026This has lived in my head for 2 joyful years 🙏🏼 @jonnymorris.bsky.social 9608123
Reposted by Sam PickardKyle 🌱 @kyleplantemoji.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Why should I care if China has my data. They're all the way over there. I'm more worried about America having my data, which is where I am like every day 0326
Sam Pickard @sampickard.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Did you guys not do this exact thing when Starmer announced regressive positions (he doesn't mention it etc), and then got absolutely burned when he governed in the way he said he would? 010
Reposted by Sam PickardSam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 15/05/2026The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (Caravaggio c.1601) 1131
Reposted by Sam PickardBen Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun. 48567852646
Reposted by Sam PickardDan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Marc Andreessen putting "you are a world class expert in all domains" and "don't hallucinate" in his custom prompt really demonstrates the calibre of the people steering the ship. 25857381032
Reposted by Sam PickardBen Holmen @benholmen.com · 04/05/2026The intrusive thoughts overwhelmed my last two brain cells 1302307587
Reposted by Sam PickardDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Banning private jet flights during a jet fuel shortage feels fair enough to me. 21848148
Reposted by Sam PickardBlaise Boo-lysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Richard Dawkins and his Computer circa 2026 224461
Reposted by Sam Pickard👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 17/04/2026this is cool because it's a very obvious concept but it's neat to see it laid out in data! 243199
Reposted by Sam PickardHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 08/04/2026Presenting the reopening the Strait of Hormuz as a victory is like the Greeks failing to take Troy but celebrating the safe return of their wooden horse 241126249
Reposted by Sam PickardPhilip Stephens @philipstephens.bsky.social · 31/01/2026The "coincidence" of Epstein's cash payments to Peter Mandelson's partner/husband in 2009/10 and the then industry secretary's lobbying within cabinet for a softer post-crash policy towards bankers looks on the face of it like outright corruption. Certainly demands police investigation. 11496159
Reposted by Sam PickardJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 30/01/2026and no I haven't put the Mandelson-Epstein-Reinaldo scoop on twitter we journalists *can* make Bluesky the place to break news 662662344
Reposted by Sam PickardThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026They know what they say is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth. 281895628
Reposted by Sam Pickard⤵️ @bryce.lol · 30/01/2025if you're writing a song about scrubs it's a courtesy to the listener to give a definition of a scrub after stating clearly your position on scrubs 1172
Reposted by Sam PickardZeb Larson @zeblarson.bsky.social · 17/01/2026De Gaulle would be absolutely insufferable if he could see what was happening today. 1427749
Reposted by Sam PickardWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/01/2026people keep being like “hey sorry for the beef last week/year/decade” and I cannot even describe to you how little you care about or even remember any internet beef when you see 50 cars full of masked paramilitaries roll into your immediate neighborhood every day. all is forgiven, fight with us 442714320
Reposted by Sam PickardRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 10/01/2026(2019) THE OLYMPICS: OK Italy, we're giving you 2026, can you pull it off? ITALY: Yes, we just have to build one arena, very easy, the easiest of any Olympics (2026) THE OLYMPICS: OK we're here! how is that one arena looking? ITALY: (sitting at a cafe, reading a newspaper) mi scusi???? 1761680
Reposted by Sam PickardDavid Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Brexit never made sense in economic terms and the geopolitics are proving to be disastrous. The UK is a European power or it is nothing. 412716
Reposted by Sam PickardMark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 28/12/2025My daughter likes chess, and The Simpsons: both things influenced by me. For Christmas I found her a quite hard-to-acquire Simpsons chess set online. Great gifting, very pleased with myself. Want to guess what she got ME? That’s right, yes. 2841614
Reposted by Sam PickardKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 20/12/2025The doom and gloom about London is ridiculous and harmful. Team FT is Team London - as.ft.com/r/19d3d36d-e...as.ft.comDon’t believe the fake gloom about London[FREE TO READ] The UK capital is subject to more than its fair share of misinformation 2329686
Reposted by Sam PickardRobin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 18/12/2025This, basically. 0252
Reposted by Sam PickardBuckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Don't steal pies this Christmas. 28996363
Reposted by Sam PickardMike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 07/12/2025jealousy psychiatrist 51758342
Reposted by Sam PickardDebjit Dutta @debjitduttaart.bsky.social · 28/11/2025What a great headline 2924036511157
Reposted by Sam PickardThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 28/11/2025Hope is here. Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️ 942407905
Reposted by Sam PickardLeftback @leftback.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Zack Polanski, wondering what to do with his life in June 2024, finds a carelessly discarded lamp outside Labour HQ and gives it an exploratory rub. #ThePolitics 0305
Reposted by Sam PickardIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Cult Leader: *exposed as a nonce* Mostly-Men of the Cult: Ah! But would it shock you to learn that I, too, am a nonce? Normal people: It would not, as it has been clear for some time you are in a nonce cult, for nonces. 57916
Reposted by Sam PickardChaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 15/11/2025One thing I will say is that this immigration-bashing "strategy" is now indelibly Starmer's. It is Starmerism. Cooper was inertia personified but Mahmood is Starmer's key departmental promotion, brought in to do just this And given that Starmer looks doomed, what future does this strategy have? 1325782
