Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself. 15414118
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 20hBroadband/ISP woes update: I have now returned to Plusnet and have full fibre, with a 146Mb/s download speed. It took three attempts to create the new account, including a Kafkaesque situation where my address didn’t exist despite them having provided my internet in it for 10 years previous. 000
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 23hI had a cat called Thomas as a kid. Also a hamster called Peter. I don’t think I got the memo about pets needing to have cutesy made-up names 000
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Authorities take woman to hospital after multiple failed attempts to kill her so that once she’s recovered they can try to kill her again” would be the most American headline ever if only she was also to be billed for the treatment. 13014
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026don't bother addressing a congregation unless you're in the baroque creature pulpit 132405574
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 30/09/2026Antisappointment is a good word for it 👍 Most people I see on them don’t make much effort or have anything original to say, which is very dull. But it’s worth it for the few who are fun and have something to say. 110
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 30/09/2026I’ve tried several over the past 10 years or so, and some are ok, and some of the people on them are lovely. You have to try a few apps and wade through a lot of boring profiles though… 210
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 30/09/2026Exactly this. @andyburnham.bsky.social acknowledging we need electoral reform and then saying it’ll only happen if you, er, vote for Andy Burnham is a classic New New Labour fudge. More of the same. Sort it out before the next GE. 000
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 30/09/2026Would definitely watch the chat show. (Sorry to hear about the job hassles though) 110
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky 381494596
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 30/09/2026Doctor Who and the Planet That Fucked Itself To Make Cheap Telly For Execs With No Imagination 010
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"what do you expect to happen? have every rapist fired from their job and ruin their life?" uh yeah that'd be a good start 192000406
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Is there any chance we can somehow sue Man City to pay for social care? 411314
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸rebar mcentire? @rebarmcentire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026sexy sexy sexy people use alt text 0286
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 29/09/2026Is this tech or some especially uncomfortable medical procedure? Hoping it goes well either way! 110
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed 3545001090
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For all we know at the moment, the 5 men arrested near RAF Fairford might have been on a stag night. But the wild claims by Trump and Rubio suggest that, if they'd been apprehended in the US, they would have been denied due process. I hope our government tells them to butt out of our justice system. 901302261
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 28/09/2026Albeit I’m not specifically too good at #OnlyConnect, but is it just me or were the connections/sequences rounds this evening particularly tenuous? 000
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 28/09/2026Ah I see what you mean, I was talking about Richmond in Surrey! 010
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 28/09/2026Yeah, this weekend was heaving! It’s a small, old town and attracts a lot of visitors, especially these days with the Ted Lasso connection, and it can’t really cope. It is lovely though, a gift to photographers. Say hi next time you’re here! 👋🏻 110
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 28/09/2026It was probably the borough (there have been similar previous polls), though invariably whenever it's reported it's accompanied by photos of the actual town, the distinctive riverside etc. There are a lot of hooray Henrys around here unfortunately. 100
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 28/09/2026Richmond, near where I live, has been voted most peaceful place in the UK, but you wouldn’t have known it yesterday after a Land Rover driver bawled at a group of tourists to eff off for daring to step onto a pedestrian crossing without asking his permission. Such a lovely Sunday morning scene. 310
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸Stunt Lover 🏳️⚧️🏴☠️🏳️🌈 @stuntlover.bsky.social · 28/09/2026OK but in fairness, in the UK a "terrorist act" could mean holding a piece of cardboard with "killing kids is bad" on itapnews.com5 men arrested near UK air base used by US in Iran war on suspicion of preparing a terrorist actBritish police have arrested five men near RAF Fairford, an air base used by the United States during its war with Iran, on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism. 1532080
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 28/09/2026Absolute scenes I tell you, as Google for once admits displaying one of those crappy ads in the YouTube app. Makes you wonder how it was signed off to begin with. (AI slop photo of a police car overturned outside BBC studios surrounded by a crowd) 000
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ah yes the circle of life 13595411594
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It’s far too early to speculate what’s going on down there, but it’s obviously posh kids, a dog, and lashings of ginger beer. 1938760
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 27/09/2026So autism is real to the Telegraph when a rich Reform backer has it… 000
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸Long John Dipshit 💀🎃 @wokeoaf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“It’s not going to improve people’s lives here is it?!” I dunno man I’ve been watched children get murdered for three years straight now, it probably would improve our mental wellbeing if we stopped running cover for the murderers and maybe tried to do something about it 831759
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 27/09/2026The thing that got me about the library is that it was just a normal one, like a public library, with functional shelving and bad lighting. Not, say, a wondrous, enormous dream library from some fantastical kids' film, despite the fact that this was, you know, a dream... 010
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 27/09/2026(While we're on the subject) I then had another dream I was living in a block of flats with many levels, where I climbed an ornate iron staircase to the top floor and found a library, with residents sitting around having coffee. They told me off for using the wrong ladder to join them. 110
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 27/09/2026Curious dream in which I was in Steely Dan's apartment, Becker and Fagen rehearsing in their sunglasses, and they had a small electric train installed, not a model train but one big enough to sit on, which went around the apartment, as a protest against "the coal president". 110
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 27/09/2026Thank you! I have entered before without success, but you never know… 010
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸LiLBazula 👻 🎃 @lilbazza.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Weird how we can instantly arrest the peaceful protesters on the most extreme of charges but it takes days to arrest the violent racists on the most minimal & penalty free of charges huh 217974
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Folks, we're terribly sorry to announce that there was a LinkedIn spill that broke containment and leeched into Bluesky. While the spill is being handled, we ask that you refrain from discussions about synergy, hustle, paradigm shifts, and praise for grind culture. Thank you for your cooperation. 361510278
Ricardo 🇵🇸 @thoughtcat.com · 26/09/2026I for one am amazed there is something called the “Independent British Vape Traders Association” 010
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 18/11/2024“WHY WOULD ANYONE LOOK INSIDE AN ALIEN EGG??” this is why: 342955542
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Absolutely wild to hear "is computer human" from dickheads who treat large groups of people as if they're not 81118311
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸sweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“there’s only so much i can do” i say, after doing nothing 527387
Reposted by Ricardo 🇵🇸Katie 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 5776332126