Reposted by TrinderJanine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 20/09/2026Actually makes Tony Baddingham seem quite tame www.thetimes.com/article/e2bb...thetimes.comPatrick Dromgoole obituary: HTV boss who inspired Jilly Cooper’s RivalsWest End director and children’s TV producer who launched Joe Orton and smoked television’s first joint, dies aged 96 0162 16
Reposted by TrinderTits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 17/09/2026One of the best videos I've seen in a long time Stop what you're doing and watch 610329 103
Reposted by Trinderelia 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 25150293938 15K
Reposted by TrinderLiz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A hell of a 🧵 on enshittification in tech. 0186 18
Trinder @trinder.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Inspired by latest audiobook gig: Aleister Crowley - Inspirational Mage or Massive Dick? 010 1
Trinder @trinder.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Beautiful thread. We stand on the shoulders of our great-grandmothers… 242 4
Reposted by TrinderMatthew Fraser @matthewfraser.bsky.social · 14/06/2026MAGA's French Connection. The echoes of Vichy are everywhere in American Christian nationalism.nytimes.comOpinion | Christian Nationalism’s Dark Forebears 022 2
Reposted by TrinderDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I don’t think the world is divided into bigots and not bigots. Making your empathy bigger than your anxiety takes some effort. You become a bigot when you stop bothering 48310 83
Reposted by TrinderKristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Few people ever find a niche passion that intersects with a niche talent and at an age when they’re unapologetic about both. Before the world says “you should be embarrassed.” He’s gonna end up being a world renowned ornithological researcher or educator. 641598341 1.6K
Reposted by TrinderDr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 21/05/2026This is really interesting and emphasizes that if you get rid of the historians, you're going to make some bad, irreversible mistakes. Which matters. 23915 39
Reposted by TrinderLauren Donovan Ginsberg @laurenginsberg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026It's not 1536, but Anne Boleyn has taken over the news. Recently a team of computer scientists, electrical engineers and a historical novelist think they have discovered the “true face” of Anne (& her mother) by applying AI-based computational facial recognition to Holbein sketches. The catch? /1 15867383 867
Reposted by Trinderjenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 21/02/2026everyone loved the tech industry's free music and friendship machines of 20-30 years ago. it's unclear what could be causing people to feel the opposite about the industry's new racism and insanity machine 53101132291 10.1K
Reposted by Trindermahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social · 08/04/2026We didn't deserve this day. 3992714052 9.3K
Reposted by TrinderJonathan Jones @sirjjkc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I’m sure many have drawn attention to the advice given by the Oracle of Delphi to King Croesus of Lydia, that if he should send an army against the Persians, he would destroy a mighty empire. Just not in the way he hoped 211747 117
Reposted by TrinderPaul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Meanwhile, on the moon... 13880071584 8K
Reposted by TrinderJane Slayre @woolbotherer.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Reposted with ALT cos its funny . How using an algorithim to select photos for your news article is going: 231066450 1.1K
Reposted by TrinderGav @antihippy.bsky.social · 21/03/2026A fantastic thread calling attention to our preconceptions of disability, community & image making. #photography 2104 10
Reposted by TrinderNichole @tnwhiskeywoman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life 4962791856 6.3K
Reposted by TrinderJohn MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Another story that started on The Other Place. This is, once again, about the value of talking. Everyone has a story they can tell, and some might need to tell. We just need to learn how to properly listen. But I guess most of all it's about hope. 1/21 162 6
Reposted by TrinderAlexander Fox @alexanderfox1.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I simply refuse to believe this isn’t a Chris Morris sketch: 781831452 1.8K
Reposted by TrinderOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Well, er… happy seventh anniversary to this tweet, I suppose 41091261 1.1K
Reposted by TrinderDavid Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 09/03/2026In a gay bookstore on Christopher Street a kind guy told me how to get into Studio 54. I was dancing my arse off there opposite a man who asked me what I was doing in the city. “I’m here to see the Rothkos at the Guggenheim.” Which was less pretentious than it sounded because a) it was true and 1/2 28916 89
Reposted by Trinderswedemason @swedemason.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I've been unemployed for a few months. I now set myself pretend jobs to prevent the rot setting in. My son thinks this guy is funny, which is a good enough excuse to make something. Any requests? 59891292 891
Reposted by TrinderMark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 22/02/2026www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba... I cannot speak as to the accuracy of the piece yet I found it a fascinating exercise @adamroberts.bsky.social @drlauravarnam.bsky.socialdeadlanguagesociety.comHow far back in time can you understand English?An experiment in language change 2212064 120
Reposted by TrinderTomás Murray @tomasjmurray.bsky.social · 07/02/2026“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive.” 15115 51
Reposted by TrinderJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 04/02/2026sorry to be sentimental but this is the most amazing heartwarming story 47745121 745
Reposted by TrinderMatthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 15/12/2024As parents, we're supposed to remember the first time we did stuff with our kids, but the last time is equally as significant, if not more. This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection... 891949260 1.9K
Reposted by TrinderCarl Maxim @carlmaxim.bsky.social · 16/01/2026"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..." 8044851340 4.5K
Reposted by TrinderThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14/01/2026The quotes and replies to this are an absolute joy. 12499119 499
Reposted by TrinderAdam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of international law 2145 14
Reposted by TrinderJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 04/01/2026The truth is that statistically more people always don’t care than love… everything. Art, politics, music, film. The disinterested outnumber the avid. But it’s the first time they’ve industrialised catering to the apathetic to this extent, and threatened to quash the alternative, with menaces. 2554 55
Reposted by TrinderSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 02/01/2026Having Grok “apologise” for creating CSAM is like punching someone in the face and then having the Sooty puppet on your fist apologise. 9474115 474
Reposted by TrinderBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 24/12/2025This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.open.substack.comThere Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning. 771744470 1.7K
Reposted by TrinderHarry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 02/12/2025Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard 144117794045 11.8K
Reposted by TrinderMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/11/2025The Pope has a word with the man in 27E who is listening to an action movie on his iPad's speakers. 1862970356 3K
Reposted by TrinderLev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Wisdom is an albatross. She is 75. She’s just come back to her breeding site, ready to go for the 25/26 season. Respect. earthsky.org/earth/oldest...earthsky.orgWisdom, world’s oldest-known bird, returns to Midway Atoll! 517233 172
Reposted by TrinderCezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 23/11/2025These posters for the South Korean stage production of Macbeth are the greatest thing ever? #art 3034021019 3.4K
