Reposted by Tim AldrichChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity. 17261361498
Reposted by Tim AldrichDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We'll have a full analysis of the Conservatives' proposed inheritance tax cuts tomorrow. But, for now, three charts. 1. Who would benefit from the cuts? 1318896
Reposted by Tim AldrichRachel 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! 🎶 851150944
Reposted by Tim AldrichLiars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · 06/10/2026💀MEET THE #RAGandBONE #HalloweenStories Talent #1: Mia Nuttgens reads “Anastasia” by @anitaponton.bsky.social 👻 Post-Covid & terminally online, a lonely vampire needs more than blood from her latest victim ... #LiarsLeague 7.30pm Tue 13 Oct at The Phoenix W1 🎟️£5 TICKETS at www.liarsleague.com 223
Reposted by Tim AldrichLiars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · 03/10/2026CAST ANNOUNCED for #RAGandBONE #Halloween Stories, Tue 13 Oct @ The Phoenix £5 tix @ www.liarsleague.com Zombies! Ghosts! Vampires! Curses! ☠️ANNALIE WILSON☠️TIM LARKFIELD☠️MIA NUTTGENS☠️DAVID MILDON ☠️PATSY PRINCE☠️TONY BELL☠️ @jamesgarry60.bsky.social @shashikadapa.bsky.social @mitchberman.bsky.social 054
Reposted by Tim AldrichChris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026An under-appreciated fact is the extent to which our preferences are shaped by what we perceive to be available. This matters for (among other things) debates about social mobility, immigration or the state of the public sphere. 0102
Reposted by Tim AldrichNeil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Tap, tap, tap at the window. Bloody AI Greta Garbo, trying to sell me ball bearings.” 15398105
Reposted by Tim AldrichPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reading the independent report into Man City's financial "arrangements" now, stopping after every paragraph, saying "Jesus"..."JESUS!"..."Holy fuck!" and again. This is beyond anything anyone imagined. Also started to wonder whether criminal proceedings are in the picture now. 40539120
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Location: the Hill Dickinson Stadium Mark (suited, unusually for a fan at a game): I’ll just take our beers to our seats Andy (also suited but without a tie): Sorry mate, no booze: we’ll have to neck it before we get in… Mark: oh yes, I forgot, you see in Canada… 010
Reposted by Tim AldrichSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Race and fairness in fractious times. Public priorities for racial equity. Read the @britishfuture.bsky.social report on how ethnic minorities & the majority group see the state of the nation on race today. First phase of 3 year project @nuffieldfoundation.org www.britishfuture.org/publication/... 22520
Reposted by Tim AldrichGregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Had to be done. 113048
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026@bencollins.bsky.social and @theonion.com should probably quit now. @apnews.com is now indistinguishable sadly 000
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If you've not read it yet, @daisychristo.bsky.social's superb "I can't stop thinking about VAR" is very worth a few happy and productive hours and makes this point (sort of) 000
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Deepest condolences Mark - he was a titan of cinema 011
Reposted by Tim AldrichSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026England's young people performing esp well, putting UK in the top ten for maths, reading and science. One driver of bucking trend is better integration: closing white/minority attainment gap for children of migrants, where west European countries lag www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comEngland’s teenagers outperform peers in most countries in maths, reading and scienceOECD test sees results dip in almost all member nations and warns of ‘digital distractions’ eroding academic skills 918561
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Everyone should have an 11th Commandment: their personal additional line that no one should cross. Mine? 11. Thou shalt not cheat at pub quizzes Yours? 110
Reposted by Tim AldrichReading Museum @readingmuseum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Haven’t got tickets for the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum? Don’t worry you can visit Reading's full-size copy, faithfully embroidered by 35 women in 1885-86 (plus extra pants!) Or latest blog compares the two tapestries www.readingmuseum.org.uk/blog/comparing-bayeux-and-reading-tapestriesreadingmuseum.org.ukComparing the Bayeux and Reading tapestriesReading’s Bayeux Tapestry is a full-size copy of the original 11th century tapestry. It was created in 1885-1886 by 35 women of the Leek Embroidery Society 'so that England should have a copy of its o... 10320156
Reposted by Tim AldrichLewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The Capita civil service pension fiasco should be a much bigger scandal than it seems to be. There are people leaving work next week who won’t be paid their pensions as entitled and will have to claim Universal Credit. 46531
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Pretty much tallies with my teenager's scathing critique this morning 000
Reposted by Tim AldrichTim Grady @tlgrady68.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A European athletics champion and also a BA History graduate. Dina Asher-Smith talked this morning about how her BA History degree has helped to power her running career. One for the graduate outcomes survey! (circa 2:30.00): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @royalhistsoc.orgbbc.co.ukToday - 01/09/2026 - BBC SoundsNews and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 0189
Reposted by Tim AldrichDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Some good news ... I first wrote about the astonishing mega-leaks of #methane in Turkmenistan in 2023 It's a potent greenhouse gas but fixes can be fast and cheap - a climate "emergency brake" #climatecrisis 1/3 www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRevealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping pointsVast releases of gas, along with future ‘methane bombs’, represent huge threat – but curbing emissions would rapidly reduce global heating 512541
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Lovely anecdote from the Stewart Lee interview in today’s Guardian www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... 020
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Agree. Yeah, but I noticed a few years ago that it could set the tone for a Saturday - probably says more about me frankly. Is the matching algorithm struggling? Aren’t they getting the daters? Matching a Methodist minister to an agnostic seemed like an obvious fail… 110
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 29/08/2026“The count of loss of control incidents relies on X users posting about incidents that happened so it is only partial”. You don’t say? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comSharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research findsExclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubles in July 000
Reposted by Tim AldrichScott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Emmett Till was only 14 years old when he was brutally murdered in Mississippi. To this day, his family has been denied justice. 71 years later, we remember Emmett Till & the injustice he endured. We must never forget his story & always fight to ensure no child has their future stolen by hate. 6621186
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Pete on Dolly: “Getting a big fat cup full of morning brown is a typical start to the average workers day.” genius.com/28305250genius.comPour myself a cup of ambitionGetting a big fat cup full of morning brown is a typical start to the average workers day. 000
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Pete’s nasally voice: “The chorus of “Tears” is a bait-and-switch. The phrase “I get wet at the thought of you”, which is a complete sentence on its own, would mean that Sabrina is aroused by thinking about this person.” genius.com/36787650genius.comI get wet at the thought of you (Uh-huh) / Being a responsible guyThe chorus of “Tears” is a bait-and-switch. The phrase “I get wet at the thought of you”, which is a complete sentence on its own, would mean that Sabrina is aroused by thinking about this person. How... 100
Reposted by Tim AldrichJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 28/08/2026BBC Four are showing the Dolly Parton Glastonbury set tonight, so you know. 22817
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Try reading lyrics, any lyrics on Genius after watching this: youtu.be/za08oosFmpI?.... It is impossible not then to hear Pete’s voiceyoutu.beNot Only But Also -- Mommy's got a brand-new bagYouTube video by soberhippie 131
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is all very good and gives me something easy to forward when I’m asked the same question. Plus any visual reference to Office Space is a bonus 010
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Highly recommend www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... this show from the BBC, Sirius XM and 99% Invisible’s @romanmars.bsky.social. Every episode opens a new window on US history. #11 on Julia Sand and President Arthur is deeply moving and inspirationalbbc.co.ukA History of the United States in 100 Objects - 100 Objects #13: The Sand Letters - BBC SoundsHow Julia Sand's 23 letters transformed a president and American politics forever. 000
Reposted by Tim AldrichSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/08/2026One key to British politics is that one quarter of the public are distinctly more likely than others to think most people agree with them (while often/mostly being a vocal minority) 1111532
Reposted by Tim AldrichLiars' League @liarsleague.bsky.social · 24/08/2026@stephenoram.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Tim AldrichSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026V bad BBC coverage. Graduate vacancies may well be down - perhaps 5% or 10%) Little/no chance down by 50% - and it is absurd to have listings on one website being down 50% as evidence for this headline from the national broadcaster One for BBC Verify + FactCheck www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 1428572
Reposted by Tim AldrichLeah Broad @leahbroad.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I get so sick of being told that there has been no gender-based prejudice against women musicians. So here are some genuine reviews written about women, between 1893 & 2021, with a couple words/letters changed to make them about men. 810745
Reposted by Tim AldrichIona Fyfe @ionafyfe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I need to shift 60 last tickets for my Fringe show to break even. I’m a Scottish folksinger, performing self-penned, trad ballads and translations in Scots My shows are 21 and 23. Any support/reposts would go a long way. ❤️ 🎟️ Tickets → bit.ly/fringeif 2200344
Reposted by Tim AldrichWill Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Some thoughts on the discourse (with nods to @stephenkb.bsky.social @provokedeconomy.bsky.social @annakornbluh.bsky.social and various others)https://substack.com/home/post/p-211963353substack.comOn Left paranoiasociology or barbarism 33920
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Not seen before: absolutely magnificent. Thanks for sharing 010
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Everything booked up by 12.20 according to this morning’s email. Grrr. Surprised anyone can book anything! 010
Reposted by Tim AldrichJoe Hill @jo3hill.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Metapolicy. There’s something rotten in the State. It behaves in increasingly strange and unpredictable ways. We don’t have good theories to explain the degradation in state capacity, and how to rebuild it. I've written about the new field we need to study this restate.substack.com/p/why-we-nee...restate.substack.comWhy we need metapolicyWhat the state capacity field can learn from metascience 142
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026In some distant future this will be the gospel and kids will be schooled in how there were temples on every high street in Britain to the gods of buns and coffee 011
Reposted by Tim AldrichWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17/08/2026'How Place-Based Policy Could Counter Populist Discontent' Our latest essay on place and discontent is out today in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social Free to read ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/1467... 68537
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This is - of many, many chilling and under reported issues in the US - a sickening development. Lynching is back 000
Reposted by Tim AldrichMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/08/2026The loudest voices online aren't always the most accurate. New data shows our homicide rate is lower than every US state, while murder rates are at record lows. The evidence is clear: our approach to tackling crime and its causes works. It’s driving down violence right across the capital.economist.comIs Europe safer than America?A novel dataset provides some surprising answers 25955296
Tim Aldrich @timaldrich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Some unfortunate and loose drafting in the Guardian article too: “Respondents also overestimated the number of foreigners committing sexual offences, believing it to be 30%, when the real figure is half that at 15%.” I’m pretty sure the number of foreigners committing sexual assault is <%15 010