Reposted by Tenison Blueironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 23hSomeone wishes for the good old days and the monkeys paw has decided we should do: (1) a 1970s oil crisis (2) a 1990s tech cycle (3) a 2010s eurozone debt crisis All at once. 812026
Reposted by Tenison BlueHugo von der Thüsen @hugovdthusen.com · 29/09/2026The future Grand Paris Express station Villejuif - Gustave Roussy is a masterpiece. It connects metro line 14 (already operating) to the future line 15 in this massive station. I counted a total of 24 escalators. It was eerily quiet since it’s not yet an interchange station. 45811
Reposted by Tenison BlueRAND @rand.org · 27/09/2026New paper: It is common for young people to experience long spells of disconnection—periods when they're not engaged in school, training, or work.rand.orgPatterns of Disconnection Among America's YouthMany 18- to 22-year-olds go through periods when they’re not in school, training, or work. How long do these stretches of disconnection last—and what do they mean for young people’s well-being? 021
Reposted by Tenison BlueBaroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. ❤️ 611339165
Reposted by Tenison BlueRoger @rogger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Inhalable stimulants that doubled as a fidget toy and an excuse to take micro breaks! 21276
Reposted by Tenison BlueTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fundamentally, the median voter has had a tax cut since 2010 and the result is that nothing works. 1145295
Reposted by Tenison BlueJohn C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The thing about The Men from the Ministry is that The Men from the Ministry were, in ,fact functionally god for many people 1173
Tenison Blue @tenisonblue.bsky.social · 19/09/2026She is sweet. But all I can think as I look at it is how evil war is! 010
Reposted by Tenison BlueJoshua Tait @joshuatait.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Such an assumption speaks to a deep paranoia that permeates the right, unable to believe in artistic choices, seeing only cultural-political plots. But if either Christianity or the West rests on the film adaptation of a prequel book from a 75-year-old children’s series, we have bigger problems. 422911
Reposted by Tenison BlueTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"Well we weren't coxless when we started." 2032158
Reposted by Tenison BlueHassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes 4059762385
Reposted by Tenison BlueAnna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026An RNLI lifeboatman is taking part in the Great North Run tomorrow, wearing his full kit. Please donate here if you can: fundraise.rnli.org/fundraisers/...fundraise.rnli.orgJames WatersI'm taking on Great North Run 2026 - please help me reach my fundraising goal of £1000! 11503273
Reposted by Tenison BlueRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is spectacular, folks. We live in a moment in American history when the president and his administration are so racist and dumb that a toy company has to put out a statement saying: "OUR GIANT ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TRUCK DENOUNCES RACISM AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT." 7991032929
Reposted by Tenison BlueDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Not now El Nino driven food inflation shock, we’re busy with the Strait related energy inflation shock. 217024
Reposted by Tenison BlueJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026What Sam said. Meanwhile, in Denmark, migrants' kids lag 20/30/40 points behind on average -and there are still people here who think *we* should copy *them* on immigration/integration. 12451140
Reposted by Tenison BlueStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/09/20262) and 3) are intimately linked, in that the BBC (the organisation that really matters in the modern environment) treats 'claims by rival parties' as the operating frame for how it covers everything. The failure from Labour and the Conservatives to say 'this stuff is bad' is really, really bad. 341090340
Reposted by Tenison BlueMartin Wheatley @martinhwheatley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026S.7 Public Order Act 2023, interfering with critical national infrastructure. People have been jailed under it for walking slowly in a road. Blockade Port of Dover 🤷 0104
Reposted by Tenison BlueBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026one of the UK's peculiarities is that the *law* - last updated in 1998 - mandates a collective daily act of worship "wholly or mainly of a broad Christian character' in state schools unless the school explicitly opts out or has another religious mandate. But the law just isn't enforced. 1423929
Reposted by Tenison BlueJoel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Spent the day in gorgeous Kingston, in a crowd which was Arab, South Asian, African, Caribbean, and European, all joined to celebrate and enjoy East Asian culture. This is what the men in black shirts hate and fear, but they will not overcome it 1103
Tenison Blue @tenisonblue.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The most disturbing assumption in my feed is that a chunk of those at the Dover “protest” today were police officers, or their mates. As well as dealing with far-right agitators, the government needs to address this lack of confidence in the police 000
Reposted by Tenison BlueLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comFive Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance 3923951157
Tenison Blue @tenisonblue.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The comments I’m seeing on this are so annoying. This is standard new management stuff. If he was dropped in as the MD of a 2,000 person company he’d be harangued if he didn’t do an engagement exercise like this. You are all being the Daily Mail writ small 000
Reposted by Tenison BluePete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Film as an industry is so weird - they take these incredible, hyper intelligent, boundlessly hard working creatives, give them the resources to realise the vision they’ve described, then do everything in their power to sabotage it. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au...theguardian.comMarketing meltdown: why has Andrew Garfield’s new film suddenly added Robin Hood?Paul Greengrass drama The Uprising was supposed to be a historical epic about the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 – but a strange new campaign has inserted a surprising figure 1954992
Reposted by Tenison Bluemuseumsmith @museumsmith.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Downgrade a movie Apocalypse This Time Next Tuesday 241
Reposted by Tenison BlueMax Nathan @maxnathan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A twist I should have seen coming www.ft.com/content/7fd9...ft.comJunior consultants called back to office as AI increases need for human skillsArtificial intelligence has made interpersonal skills more valuable, executives say 141
Reposted by Tenison BlueSofia Ropek Hewson @sofiahewson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Political funding is too concentrated, and we can see large donors buy influence. Most of Reform’s funding has come from donations over £100k. In 2023, nearly a third of all money given to political parties came from nine sources. We need donation caps, so politics can be shaped by voters instead. 12114
Reposted by Tenison BlueImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons. 5696503244
Reposted by Tenison BlueBree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 07/08/2026Like the time fires raged through Gatlinburg and she just gave the families impacted $1k/month for 5 months and $5k the 6th month. no means testing, no complicated hoops, just "your life is destroyed here's some cash" resulting in another UBI experiment gone right. www.bpr.org/news/2018-12...bpr.orgHow Dolly Parton Gave $12.5 Million And Unprecedented Research To Sevier CountyIt’s been two years since wildfires burned Western North Carolina and devastated the town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Country music superstar Dolly Parton… 121245320
Reposted by Tenison BlueEarl Russell LD @earlrussell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Fires from disposable vapes are killing the recycling Industry. 'We know 40% of fires at recycling centres are caused by batteries, but we think the actual number is more like 70%.' The ESA estimates that annual cost of these fires has increased from £150m in 2021 to £1bn today. 1810
Reposted by Tenison BlueHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I cannot see a dead fish as a "conservation success". Bluefin tuna are still rare - they only avoid being technically endangered cos they stabilised at a tiny number. That's not a healthy population, just a stable one. Let them breed and really do well before you fish for them if you have to.theguardian.comFirst bluefin tunas caught off Yorkshire since 1960s ‘success story’ for marine conservationResearchers laud return of giant tuna to North Sea after being fished almost to point of extinction 32866206
Reposted by Tenison BlueAnna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A mate of my son's has just been broken up with on *the day before his birthday*, so his mates have rallied round to make sure he's ok. However, being British and therefore sarcastic to the core, the book they have collectively bought him as a present is called 'The Monastic World'. 241014110
Reposted by Tenison BlueDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I have written up the "Dobby's Grave" chortle, with my concerns about what it *really* says about the problems with British infrastructure ... backofmind.substack.com/p/chortle-on...backofmind.substack.comchortle on a chortlean underestimated obstacle to infrastructure 67139
Reposted by Tenison BlueJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 08/08/2026Yeah, I think part of the strong message you have to send on this stuff is "get even tangentially involved, and we will fuck you". 7673
Reposted by Tenison BlueEdward @fornbirkibeinn.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The tactic of sharing a list of houses is straight out of the NI paramilitaries handbook and its spread to England is troubling. The police should really be looking to prosecute anybody sharing it with all the conspiracy and aiding and abetting charges they can think of. 9289114
Reposted by Tenison BlueTom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Early signs are not encouraging about whether Burnham is willing/able to improve on the most odious failure of the Starmer government: responding to racist violence by condemning the violence but being silent, or even placatory, about the motives behind it. 921266
Reposted by Tenison BlueRobin Hawkes @robhawkes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Britain's electricity network* *now in high-res with floofy clouds More experiments visualising energy data using Blender and Geometry Nodes 24813
Reposted by Tenison BlueAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/08/2026BREAKING: in July 2026, *every single one* of the 2,528 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 10,255 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.rpc.state.gov 20940439
Reposted by Tenison BlueAthena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The Guardian once asked me 'what one change would you make to achieve Black equality in Britain?' and it feels appropriate to share my answer again 544700870
Reposted by Tenison BlueRichard Gadsden @po8crg.gadsden.online · 04/08/2026Star Wars: Gobaith Newydd i Gymru! A full dub of A New Hope in Welsh, announced at the Eisteddfod - to be broadcast on S4C on Christmas Day www.instagram.com/reel/DbndSfW... 194
Reposted by Tenison Bluestockfttp.bsky.social @stockfttp.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Sure lets try to consume more power. Great plan guys.🤦euobserver.comPaks nuclear plant winds down amid historic Danube low, as far right urges Hungarians to defy calls for energy savingWith turbines winding down at Paks, bridges in darkness and freight trains halted at peak hours, Hungarians are suddenly feeling how a shrinking Danube can upend daily life and the wider economy. 222
Tenison Blue @tenisonblue.bsky.social · 27/07/2026This does sound like something to be fleshed outopen.substack.com426: Elizabeth Bennet's Odyssey, AI friends, Victoria Wood"Her average message to Chat was seven hundred and thirty words long" 100
Reposted by Tenison BlueLeo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 27/07/2026++BREAKING++ The Daily Telegraph has... *rubs eyes* ...published something sensible about climate change: "I’m coming to the view that the Online Right is going wrong, eschewing compassion or charm, talking itself into corners of angry irrelevance. Take climate change." 1011186392