sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As the Lib Dem conference is coming up, wonder if Ed Davdy will realise he has more mps than just Daisy Cooper and let his front bench be free. Feels like he got used to running things with just a handful of MPs and hasn't gotten out of that habit 000
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialArchbishop of York @www.archbishopofyork.org · 12/09/202625 years on, we still remember where we were on 11 September 2001. I remember a woman on a train who, amid the fear and confusion, quietly opened her Bible and prayed. 121
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026open.spotify.com/track/08CMPH... really smooth sounds here. Love itopen.spotify.comSO GOODShay Lia, KAYTRANADA · SO GOOD · Song · 2026 010
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Avoiding Amazon, tried Waterstones instead—big mistake. Waited nearly two weeks for a book, only to find out they'd misspelled my email so I never got the pickup notification. Then a second book I picked up had multiple pages falling out from poor binding. Not impressed. 000
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Go on Instagram and notice how much of your time is engaging accounts of people you've never met. If the messages feature didn't exist, how much would you Interact with your friends beyond liking their stories? It's a very weird platform 000
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Whilst the average citizen who wants to get their own news outside of the billionaires editing room is fed misinformation and AI slop... ( Ofc there are many great foreign news outlets still) Not exactly a great situation 000
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I switched off my Instagram in May, since then I've read 3 books, Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett, Gateway by Frederick Pohl and the Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger. I just finished the catcher in the rye. The old me is back. 010
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Think this photo of the Archbishop of Canterbury sitting with the Asantehene, King of the Ashanti in Ghana, farms aura 000
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 30/07/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... I think it's obvious that he won't be coming backtheguardian.comFifty-three days and counting: 93-year-old leader’s record absence fuels health speculationCameroon’s Paul Biya has not made a statement or been seen since leaving for ‘brief private stay’ at Swiss hotel on 7 June 000
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialNadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026ITS HAPPENING 3264
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 19/07/2026It's actually been difficult to watch this final, very little to recommend it to anyone. 000
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21/06/2026Hello Mag: King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and their daughter Princess Ariane entered the Curaçao FIFA World Cup team's locker room to celebrate with the players after their draw against Ecuador gave them their first ever WC point. The nation is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. 782879425
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Electrofficiency: electric tech is far more efficient than the fossil tech it replaces. A heat pump, an EV, an induction hob, same job on a fraction of the energy. That’s why electrification taking centre stage at COP matters. Excellent piece in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCan we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stageApart from effort to electrify, there were geopolitical tensions around climate science and the 1.5C goal at pre-Cop31 climate talks 17443145
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I promised I wouldn't but couldn't sleep. Iran Vs NZ was brilliant. 2-2 000
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialTits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 15/06/2026'How a mysterious ghost ship brought cosmic disco to Cape Verde' might be one of my favourite ever headlines 216250
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Where when you when Curacao scored against Germany 000
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Brazil feel like they are totally unprepared for this match, hardly any possession and morroco basically setting up a tent in their half 000
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Sex is great but have you ever spent the night reading Agatha Christie in front of a crackling fire whilst enjoying multiple cups of tea and freshly-baked scones in a Scottish Highlands cottage during a raging thunderstorm? 1001497102
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Can someone please tell me what happened to the New statesmen newsletter? It's now just a bunch of links to stories on their website without the great critical analytical summary of the topic of the day. Very disappointed 000
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Squadrons of Pigs www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... a devastating article on the impending doom facing the university sector in the UK.lrb.co.ukStefan Collini · Squadrons of Pigs: Bonfire of the UniversitiesThe problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and... 000
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialMayor 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
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 05/06/2026www.maptap.gg June 5 95🏅 100🎯 100🎯 95🏆 86🌞 Final score: 938maptap.gg🎯MapTap Daily Geography GamePlay MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers. 000
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Are we ever going to get a discworld RPG? I can't leave this world and it's not happened. Would something like disco Elysium work or a full on Baldurs gate style game? 130
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 30/05/2026As the Champions League final kicks off today, millions of football fans are being priced out by TNT Sports locking it behind a paywall. While the PM has politely asked TNT to make it free, I’m calling on the government to change the law and guarantee these games are always free-to-air! 2615221
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 26/05/2026What is the best subseries in Discord novels? Witches Wizards City Watch Death Tiffany Aching We also have the brilliant standalones which could be classed as a subseries on its own #discworld #Terrypratchett 000
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialSyrus Hyena @syrushyena.bsky.social · 25/05/2026New way to view these Data Centers that are draining the communities they implant themselves in... draining resources for slop 6657341844
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Terry Prachett always brings me back to my childhood. Can't believe I never read this one. Looking forward 000
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The price of fish has gone up in no small part because of Brexit. We import the fish we eat and export the fish we catch here. Extra costs around logistics. Some of us did say this would happen but it's not getting mentioned at all in articles like this. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...independent.co.ukFish and chips costs nearly double since 2019Shopkeepers say they are turning to alternatives to cod and haddock as prices soar 70772261
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Just had news which makes life seem incredibly bleak. You think you can take bad news but, turns out it will always knock you on your ass. 000
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/05/2026Dates double in sales as consumers move away from ultra-processed snackstheguardian.comDates double in sales as consumers move away from ultra-processed snacksViral recipes and fibre awareness boost demand for sweet fruit amid shift towards healthier alternatives 48611
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 13/05/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... reason 543 of why I don't want to take a cruisetheguardian.comFrance confines more than 1,700 people to cruise ship after suspected norovirus outbreakAbout 50 people on vessel carrying mostly British and Irish passengers have symptoms, say officials 000
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialLewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The Lib Dem post-mortems are, I think, the most interesting because there’s a genuine discussion on whether they did badly or not which opens a lot of doors to thinking about broader strategy (and, near the surface, leadership). 118212
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialJohn Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Useful ready reckoner from Peter Kellner for English local elections www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/731... 2137
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 27/01/2026"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." Frank Herbert, Dune 1965 000
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialNick Walker @nickwalker.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Well there we are. 5449
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Tbh seeing the Nobel prize for literature makes me realise I should finally write out my poetry. Very unlikely it'll be published but, the act of writing it should be enjoyable 010
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Fantastic novel that can grip you and make you feel bitter in under 100 pages. Ashamed it's taken me so long to read it 010
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialLen @len.bsky.social · 29/09/2025"The deal is a huge bet that artificial intelligence can significantly cut EA’s operating costs, allowing the equity consortium to manage a large debt load on a company that historically carried limited net debt." Oh okay so they're dead dead. We're not just talking about BioWare like EA is dead.ft.comVideo games maker Electronic Arts strikes $55bn deal to go privateSaudi-backed transaction orchestrated by Jared Kushner and Silver Lake is biggest-ever leveraged buyout 2216330
Reposted by @sbolus.bsky.socialEmmurder Killwell えま @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight. I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open: emmkid.infoemmkid.infoPortfolio 1042107972
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 12/02/2025You know a dream of mine is to have an article published in a national paper/ magazine on my area of expertise, namely African or British politics, but ah we move 000
sbolus.bsky.social @sbolus.bsky.social · 18/01/2025www.eurogamer.net/dragon-age-t... hmm Bioware seems to be a real sinking ship. Pretty sad that the King of western RPGs is but a shadow of what it was 15 years agoeurogamer.netDragon Age: The Veilguard game director leaving BioWareUPDATE 4pm UK: Dragon Age game director Corinne Busche has now confirmed her departure from BioWare and EA in a stateme… 010
