Reposted by FergNute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 7hCorrect, nobody does this because that would obviously be fucking stupid 521306159
Reposted by FergAidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 11hIn the 1980s French photographer Raymond Depardon was sent to Glasgow by the Sunday Times. His iconic photo essay captured the rampant poverty, drug abuse, alcoholism, squalor and deprivation in the city. 34011
Reposted by FergDaniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Every movie, song, and book that you love was made without the technology that people who don’t make art are now insisting is necessary for making art. 3043001768
Reposted by FergAnil Dash @anildash.com · 13/10/2026You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean. 13263552076
Reposted by Fergdan mentos @danmentos.com · 12/10/2026BOB THE BEER DROPPER: I make the worst decisions ME: hold my beer 430479
Reposted by FergNick Gray @path-dependent.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Today, the Telegraph can exclusively reveal that people who've got nowt often live near each other in less well off neighbourhoods. More as we get it. 1622743
Reposted by FergMike (They/Them) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏴 @mxmike.co.uk · 11/10/2026Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly 10558031557
Reposted by FergDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Huge respect for Caroline Lucas this week, repeatedly standing up to antisemitic entryism while remaining staunchly critical of Israel and the government's failures on that front. You can see why she used to be leader 2177587
Reposted by FergMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 09/10/2026what a grim and mean little quote 24587106
Reposted by Fergderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026republicans used to complain about the violence in gangster rap and now they want to livestream an execution 12394181748
Reposted by FergSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 10/10/2026The machine did not "go rogue." The machine belongs to and is the responsibility of the people who own it. Hold those people accountable for their goddamn machine. 402642644
Reposted by FergBethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is the sort of credulity that we as humans cannot afford in our press. NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THESE SO FAR HAS BEEN “ACTING ON ITS OWN” every single one has been trained on data where people had done this first and then asked to attempt to do this all for the “if anything our AI is *too* powerful” 115453
Reposted by FergMei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence. 50168515524
Reposted by FergDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If you think a distinct sub category of human exists because some medieval warlords agreed that the border of England should be on the River Tweed, you are, Im afraid, an absolute maniac bsky.app/profile/theh... 10662120
Reposted by FergDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This a million times. People of colour being dragged on to debate maniacs about imaginary labels & race science is an abomination. proper ‘how German are you’ Nazi shit Note that people like me with white migrant parentage never asked to defend our identity Englishness. Is. A. Made. Up. Thing 252040532
Reposted by FergCallum May @callummay.co.uk · 09/10/2026Anonymous sources are bad, says an anonymous source. 623958
Reposted by FergLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4073526510616
Reposted by FergReuters @reuters.com · 08/10/2026Russian bomb kills 33 in street in east Ukraine stronghold reut.rs/4rVzLwmreut.rsRussian bomb kills 33 in street in east Ukraine strongholdAuthorities described the attack on Kramatorsk as a targeted strike on civilians. 34317
Reposted by FergBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Horseshoe theory remains undefeated. 2152893
Reposted by FergLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 08/10/2026You probably think this is a touch of hyperbole. If you do, that just tells me not only are you not paying attention, you are actively ignoring all the trans people this has happened to. This is life in the UK as a trans person in 2026. 81011318
Reposted by FergRachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶 851152944
Reposted by FergSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 07/10/2026This is it: mourning the people murdered on this day, and those murdered in their name every day since 125637
Reposted by Fergdarcyswickham.bsky.social @darcyswickham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Depressingly astonishing how a man of such low character was protected by the mediocre and supine for so long. 021
Reposted by FergDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 7070401928
Reposted by FergAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own 451382567
Reposted by Fergdarcyswickham.bsky.social @darcyswickham.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It’s true. I hate it when I punch myself in the face and people have the gall to ask why I did it. 191
Reposted by FergIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The UK Arts & Ents industry contributes over £10bn to the UK economy a year & one of these days our politicians might even realise that instead writing it off as icky girlie flouncing bc you can't do a photoshoot in a hard hat & hi-vis gilet at the national theatre without looking like a tit 1125694
Reposted by FergKatiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“They used bulldozers to clear out entire residential areas, turning our villages into completely flat, empty fields." 01415
Reposted by FergSven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026AfD Youth is posting about unification of German people. Belive them, when they say who they are. Not far right, not nazi like but actually exactly like nazis. P.S And yes, they are Putins favorite party in Germany 51768269
Reposted by FergWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Labour was polling a little over 30% when these articles were written. It is genuinely strange that the Conservative Party is not being subjected to the same obituaries by op-ed given its frequent sub-20% polling. 2048195
Reposted by Fergjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners. 1087694002
Reposted by FergThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NEW The diabolical defending of Manchester City Understanding an aggressive litigation strategy By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk (Prospect paywall is down currently.) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... #MCFC 2123995
Ferg @seelertod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This used to drive me crazy when I was a children’s bookseller. Parents trying to push their kids to read ‘better’ books because the books they were enjoying were ‘too young’ or ‘too trashy’. Your child is enthusiastically reading for pleasure! Take the win. Don’t rob them of that. 010
Reposted by FergCirc @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going. 2579374655
Reposted by FergLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7259802001
Reposted by FergJamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's very "funny" this is happening at the same time the AI companies got away with stealing everyone's books 3872259
Reposted by FergRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you tell only part of the story of what happened to the Russian economy in the 1990s, you are helping Putin continue to justify what he does to Russians, to Ukrainians, and to the rest of Europe. 1225617
Reposted by FergDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The second attack in two weeks on an LGBT+ bookshop in Glasgow. STV posted this story on Facebook and there is an endless stream of comments underneath suggesting the answer is for them to stop using the word "queer", stop supporting trans rights, and stop being so visible. Mainstreamed hate.news.stv.tvQueer bookshop vandalised again two weeks after targeted attackCategory Is Books in Govanhill has been targeted twice within two weeks 511864
Reposted by FergMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ah man. The men he will help by disclosing this. I hope it helps him heal too. 127442
Reposted by FergDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Arguing about who is truly English while AI leeches into our lives is like the Mexica having a furious debate over a minor doctrinal issue while Cortes limbers up on the beach. 720718
Ferg @seelertod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026As @jonnelledge.bsky.social has said, Osborne didn’t in fact fix the roof while the sun shone. 010
Reposted by FergDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Those absolute head bangers have convinced themselves that Churchill, King Charles, Henry V and Brunel aren’t proper English. Robert the Bruce isn’t Scottish. They are modern phrenologists. They spend the weekend working out what George Best was. 771278
Reposted by FergIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Happy Bi Visibility Day to all my Bis especially people my age who grew up with systemic homophobia & biphobia and buried all those Other Feelings because it was the path of least resistance and are only just unpicking that & worry that it doesn't count now bc it's not enough & you're too old anyway 918952
Reposted by FergJennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Watching an old old Nigella episode to soothe my brain and she’s just put a whole bottle of gin and a whole bottle of what looks distinctly like apple sourz in a jug. If you ever want a night out on Canal St @nigella.bsky.social just name the date 21012
