Reposted by Jo HGraham Sleight @grahamsleight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Definitely feeling the personal touch from the British Museum. 54510
Reposted by Jo HPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/20265 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables 773420847
Reposted by Jo HHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 29/09/2026"More than 100 Jewish settlers went on the rampage in a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Monday night, torching buildings and cars, stoning Israeli security forces and preventing the return of a Palestinian family displaced by previous settler attacks." www.ft.com/content/4f56...ft.comMore than 100 Israelis go on rampage in Palestinian townJewish settlers blocked roads, set tyres ablaze and prevented the return of a Palestinian family in latest surge of violence in occupied West Bank 77547
Reposted by Jo HDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026UK Labour's affiliated trade unions stood in solidarity with trans and non-binary people on Saturday. "Just because something is the law, does not mean it is right. Laws can be wrong. Section 28 was the law, and it was wrong. And you know what the Labour government did? It changed the law." 15510
Reposted by Jo HBrainmage.itch.io @brainmage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Real "one always tells the truth, the other always lies" vibes, and yet both would say "I have never once been fed". Much to consider. 1034264
Reposted by Jo Hceej @ceej.online · 27/09/2026the tech titan backlash to “woke dei hr ladies” makes a lot more sense now huh 291798333
Reposted by Jo HJames Bell @jamesbellcentral.net · 27/09/2026A simpler timeyoutu.beDo you still want to take this train?YouTube video by Diorama restaurant ジオラマ食堂 012
Reposted by Jo HStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There is literally no statistical evidence that this is a growing trend, it’s just that social media exists and people talk about it more. (Which I would expect will lead to more people doing it, but I have no evidence for this view!) 1825726
Reposted by Jo HMax Johns (MxDEJ) @maxjohns.nz · 27/09/2026I'm no demographer nor a criminologist, but I reckon that the Herald probably has Auckland's murder rate wrong here. I reckon it's probably lower than 3.6 per person. 3321148
Reposted by Jo HPodcasting is Praxis @praxiscast.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The FT piece by @willoyd.bsky.social has some good insights, the main one being that Britain since Thatcher has become such an ideal student of late capitalism that it threw overboard all notions of self-sufficiency and backups because our leaders all believed next-day delivery would never end. Oops 16510
Reposted by Jo HTim Day @timday101.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think this settles it, Banksy is OK and not a wanker. Official. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...bbc.co.ukBanksy funds boat to rescue refugees at seaThe Louise Michel has been funded by the street artist and is operating in the Mediterranean. 041
Reposted by Jo HPip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻 106194916484
Reposted by Jo HDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026wtf went on here? Did somebody accidentally support a wind turbine 1112212
Reposted by Jo HChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’m really happy that @leadergrev.bsky.social and PMG are getting this story out and I urge you to watch it. 217539
Reposted by Jo HStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Lord knows the country could use a pro-business government, but couldn’t the business be in any other sector than “organised crime”? 1217611
Reposted by Jo HKrinn DNZ @krinndnz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026images that spring to mind unbidden, part 986: "can only dream of crime and ruin" // "choose society over chaos and filth" // "discover the anti-bird equation" 3143
Reposted by Jo Hae @aelkus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026People really need to go back to the original Jurassic Park and look at the rather disturbing ways in which InGen's management of it now looks prescient 330885
Reposted by Jo HRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This finding underlines why we should not take precise MRP numbers v seriously at this stage - huge numbers of seats are projected to be v close - a small shift in national sentiment or a modest and plausible level of tactical switching could dramatically change seat numbers 38317
Reposted by Jo HMichael Karanicolas @karanicolas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I feel like the legal expectations and consequences we impose on one of the world's most valuable companies should be at least equal to what would happen if some 16-year-old in their basement did the same thing. 16420
Reposted by Jo Hderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's great to see tailoring accommodate such extreme movement today. This level of tailoring was a bit more common in the past, as you can see in old films featuring Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly, but many modern suits will lift off the wearer's neck even when they're just walking. 329164282127
Reposted by Jo HDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy. 761730490
Reposted by Jo HStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026As I wrote after two quite...different speeches at Davos, writing is thinking. Politicians need not be the final author of what they say but they do need to be the first drafter of it:ft.comCarney, Trump and the power of a good speechLeaders don’t need to write every word themselves, but they do need to make sure it clearly represents their vision 2436
Reposted by Jo HMiranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Rarely am I able to recommend an FT column that ends with "happy days" for the UK - but @chrisgiles.ft.com came through for us with this www.ft.com/content/c819...ft.comWhy your holiday is good news for the UKFor once we should thank the Office for National Statistics for its productivity reporting 0255
Reposted by Jo HRobert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Unsurprisngly good piece from @stephenkb.bsky.social on the Ed Davey's leadership panic. But his opening par is a dream. www.ft.com/content/f309... 311221
Reposted by Jo HIan Boucher @desolationrow5.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Next GE the front of every manifesto might as well be a photo of some magic beans with the slogan ‘let’s make it 2001 again’! 3354
Reposted by Jo HStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There is, I think, a really good argument to be made that the bit of the income distribution that the Liberal Democrats are winning from the Conservatives are specifically overtaxed (the £100k marginal rate + the end of free childcare). Fixing that costs c£4bn, and might actually raise revenue. 1514717
Reposted by Jo HBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron 133105992480
Reposted by Jo HPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thousands of university jobs lost too, and barely a peep either. 381081333
Reposted by Jo HXero Reynolds 41/100 on Patreon @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick. 2110663155
Reposted by Jo H🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THE ORANGE CAT His name is Kevin.” Happy #caturday 721947
Reposted by Jo HJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/09/2026I think it should be a source of deep embarrassment – and perhaps even shame – that Rishi Sunak has spoken out on this before Andy Burnham has. 651941447
Reposted by Jo HSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Former PM Rishi Sunak in the Sunday Times challenges the rise of ethno-nationalism in British politics, as an argument within the right about Britishness being about ancestry, DNA and ethnicity www.thetimes.com/article/e89d... 37578119
Reposted by Jo HScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Using AI chatbots to address financial questions could risk large losses, with models from a range of providers giving wrong answers most of the time. The most popular AI models from ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Grok and Gemini provided wrong answers to financial queries 57% of the time on average.ft.comAI chatbots give wrong answers to financial queries ‘most of the time’Report finds some chatbots ignored upcoming tax changes and hallucinated rules 413675
Reposted by Jo HSuper Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is incredible nitter.app/banteg/statu... H/t @gregdoucette.bsky.socialnitter.appbanteg (@banteg)>be me >discover effective altruism >apparently normal charity is inefficient >why donate to random sad thing when spreadsheet can tell you optimal sad thing >fair enough >buy mosquito nets >save live... 24682219
Reposted by Jo HDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Nine years ago this very day, we brought a kitten home from the rescue shelter. There were several available, we narrowed it down to one of two seemingly identical tabbies. Then one dived from a high shelf into an empty food sack, and got stuck. 1/2 2652
Reposted by Jo HGavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026ICYMI, Fansplaining lifted the paywall on my first three Lanterns recaps, so they're now available to free subscribers! Some thoughts from episode 3: fansplaining.com/lanterns-rai... 0127
Reposted by Jo Helia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible 25150193940
Reposted by Jo HElizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"the assessment did not consider the crocodiles" is my new metaphor for people choosing to just ignore the data point that doesn't agree with them 14843286
Reposted by Jo HSophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'm a Meta-Effective Altruist™️ I believe that Effective Altruism needs to be redistributed from where it is least effective (Silicon Valley sex cultists) to where it would be most effective (British pensioners who leave their life savings to the Donkey Sanctuary). 952767
Reposted by Jo HMicah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026HaJ3FgupAm8RrDJW3MHgT9X7Ft27eVaD What is that? That's a hard-coded API token that Flock cameras use to identify themselves and get OAuth credentials, which can then be used to talk to Flock's production servers. Like, anyone on the internet can probably do this right now. 382530849
Reposted by Jo Hrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New friend to pet!!! (cc @nuclearanthro.bsky.social) www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...nbcnews.comNew wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers sayA type of tiger cat, the animal is slender, spotted and smaller than a house cat. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest. 314723
Reposted by Jo HSmylers @smylers.uk · 29/08/2026Today's unanswerable survey question: describing the size of my parcel, where none of the options are true. There's “smaller than a shoebox” and “bigger than a shoebox”, but the parcel I received isn't either of those, being very much an actual shoebox. 8339
Reposted by Jo Hpolytoken dot dev @polytoken.dev · 15/09/2026nobody else has the steel moral core to tell you the truth in release notes 31087161
Reposted by Jo HDr Paul Budd Brexaster Resister #FBPE #FBPR @paulcanonlyget1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Good news for real farmers. 1135
