Reposted by VertandorDave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 3hThis whole article is just a list of ways they're thinking of making disabled people's lives even harder, to save money. And a list of other places that've already done it, as if that makes it right. Nauseating. 1143
Reposted by VertandorTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 30/09/2026I'll believe Burnham is a progressive when he brings forward laws to undo our historically hostile position against LGBTQ+ people, immigrants and refugees, and protesters. Until then he's just Blue Labour with better vibes. 631985
Reposted by VertandorGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 205189195397
Reposted by VertandorMelinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 29/09/2026Bear with me, this is a doozy, #kidlit folks. Censorship is alive, even in blue states. 79250
Reposted by VertandorSarah ⚧ ✡︎ @sarahkorse.bsky.social · 02/10/2025This includes BIRTH CONTROL, by the way. As well as a shitload of mood stabilizers. Do NOT eat "spooky" black foods and snacks. Just don't. 2603438
Reposted by VertandorOs Keyes @okeyes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Since we’re doing another round of “AI will destroy humanity” doom-hype, it’s a good time to announce a new paper myself and my postdoc advisor just had accepted by BioSocieties on just this. TL;DR: almost all the “AI can make bioweapons” literature comes ultimately from the Effective Altruists.ironholds.org 17736270
Reposted by VertandorSooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Can I have some legitimate concerns please? Hello, UK government, I have a legitimate concern that temperatures will rise to a level that destroys many already-struggling nations, leading us in to an era of food scarcity wars. And now we wait for Andy Burnham to act on my legitimate concerns😎 148484
Reposted by VertandorCarausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A Roman mosaic of snails escaping a basket. 🏛️ Basilica Patricale, Aquileia 🇮🇹 🕰️ 4th century AD #MosaicMonday 10477107
Reposted by VertandorSimon is on strike ✊🏻 @simonxix.com · 28/09/2026Historic England outsourced their digital image provision to a third-party company. Then the company went bust and now all their images are inaccessible. Tell me again how outsourcing to the private sector is sustainable? 8236130
Reposted by VertandorMarguerite Kenner @margueritekenner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Well my heart just exploded. 2693
Reposted by VertandorDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026I don't know anyone who gets PIP for ADHD because applying for it is such a nightmare, and people who do get it for ADHD need it 43011
Reposted by VertandorRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/09/2026Voyager Instruments xkcd.com/3302/ 253069432
Reposted by VertandorFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It’s brilliant to see two key government reviews will likely seek to end the pointless reassessment of many disabled people. I’ve written for years it’s a waste of resources and has a huge strain on disabled people forced into regularly proving their condition. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comSeverely disabled young people should get fast-track access to benefits, Milburn saysAlan Milburn said 16- to 24-year-olds with most complex needs should not have to keep proving they cannot work 512635
Vertandor @vertandor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Treated myself to a Masala omlette wrap and mug of tea for breakfast - needed something to recover from seeing the Christmas stuff in aldi, its not even Halloween yet?! G'dang it, I like to enjoy my wheel of the year in good order, thanks 030
Reposted by VertandorKatie 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
Reposted by VertandorRobin Hayward 🌳 🏳️⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/ 15604452
Reposted by VertandorCody Vrosh @codyvrosh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Dragon Librarian. Watercolor & ink. A recent painting commission. My client wanted to shine a light on the fight against book bans in Canada. My dad was a librarian & instilled in me a lifelong love of books. Books are treasures & must be fiercely defended against those who would seek to ban them. 04825
Reposted by Vertandorjune 🍂 @heyyjune.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Thanks for hosting!! I like drawing pets and plants 🐱🌻 I don't have much of a site yet, but feel free to message me if you'd like a personal commission or print of anything you see 💕💕 014921
Reposted by VertandorChris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...youtube.comInside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the PressYouTube video by People Make Games 231988921
Reposted by VertandorVertandor @vertandor.bsky.social · 22/09/2025My favourite kind of autumn day, bright and warm in the sun, tempered with a cool breeze. Leaves starting to turn and fall. Happy autumn equinox! 031
Reposted by VertandorCompound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 23/09/2026It's the autumn equinox in the northern hemisphere 🍂 Here's the chemistry behind the foliage colour changes we'll be seeing over the coming months: www.compoundchem.com/2014/09/11/a... #ChemSky 🧪 08233
Reposted by VertandorDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I once said this to @amywestervelt.bsky.social and I stand by the statement. “I don't think you can call anything where you're getting more oil out of the ground to burn a climate solution.” drilled.media/news/ccs 424859
Reposted by VertandorRachel Grant/R.S. Grant @rachelgrant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Great article about AI and pseudoarchaeology that I'm adding to my Author's Note on my website for FALSE FLAG. AI is distorting archaeology and flattening Indigenous Knowledgepursuit.unimelb.edu.auAI is distorting archaeology and flattening Indigenous KnowledgeWhile artificial intelligence can help archaeologists, it can also spread pseudoscientific claims and false histories, stripping Indigenous knowledge of context, consent and community control, say Uni... 27747
Reposted by VertandorAddie - inky, pinky, thinky @addiebabe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@spooky-kat.bsky.social 🍄 love!! 132
Reposted by VertandorAsh Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/20261/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions. 26895469
Reposted by VertandorMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The fact that many of the people on UC are also working is not mentioned until way, way down in this Times story. Same for the detail that lots of previous benefits have been phased out and rolled into UC. But above all, the TPA is a pressure group funded by people who avoid and evade tax. 21347100
Reposted by VertandorKat Brown @katbrownwrites.com · 21/09/2026That Wes Streeting ordered this report *less than a month* after NHS England delivered the second part of its independent inquiry into exactly the same thing more than suggests he wanted a very specific answer. Shame on him and on MPs for using health as a scapegoat. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukYoung people are not snowflakes, head of mental health review saysSpeaking exclusively to the BBC, Prof Peter Fonagy says being young is much harder now than it was. 29015
Reposted by VertandorSpooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Tilly Norwood is not real. Ask yourself why they created a young female bot to make films with who cannot say "no", has no inconvenient personal life, and will never age. 34811
Vertandor @vertandor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Some #bloomscrolling to break up the doomscrolling: Borage, Marvel of Peru, and Snapdragons 🌱 1182
Reposted by VertandorRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Fixed that story about Sir Jim Ratcliffe on the BBC. 18751215
Reposted by VertandorFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Disabled people must have a guaranteed right to travel abroad, MPs and peers have warned in light of “ridiculous” rules imposed by local NHS care boards and councils. Latest from me and @patrickjbutler.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comDisabled people in UK need right to travel abroad, say MPs, after ‘ridiculous’ restrictionsCampaigners describe ‘brazenly discriminatory’ practices around funding from NHS care boards 16427
Reposted by VertandorDylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm sure that legitimising "throw a tantrum, get what you want" as a method of political action will not in any way repeatedly bite the government on the arse anytime they need to do anything. 1126241
Vertandor @vertandor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Now catching up on last weeks Taskmaster, and I may already have bored J with my recollections of the water and steam museum that is this series non-house filming location. (It's a really cool museun if you like big machinery and steam things - at least when I last went 25 years ago) 010
Vertandor @vertandor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Went to the new(ish - it's only been open just over a year, new record for me) Roman museum in town today, very nice - love the latest edition of footprints in rooftiles 😁 120
Reposted by Vertandorrahaeli @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. 314823
Reposted by VertandorDraculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Imagine how much of a toxic nightmare bastard you would have to be to blockade and shut down a lifeboat station. Not only that, a lifeboat station run by *volunteers*. Some of the bravest and most selfless people this country has, hounded and intimidated by some of its most pathetic pricks. 611726
Reposted by VertandorDocHackenBOOOOOsh @dochackenbush.bsky.social · 17/09/2026How your email finds me #art #cats #ExistentialCrisis 216459
Reposted by VertandorBethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I really need journalists to learn that every time OpenAI or Anthropic or xAI says that their model has broken containment and could destroy humanity that it’s a marketing pitch by companies running out of cash with high overheads and no profitable business model wanting more investment. 1852276
Reposted by VertandorTom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 17/09/2026Cat looking at rice fields near Asakusa, Colour woodblock print by Hiroshige (1857) 27517
Reposted by VertandorNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Another Berlin museum day with @alisonfisk.bsky.social : rooms full of stories, conversations full of laughter, and a beer to toast it all. I’ll leave the rest to this whimsical owl on a silver coin. 🦉🪙 Tetradrachm, Athens, around 450 BC. On display at Bode-Museum 542967
Reposted by VertandorM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026There should not be a camp of people seeking asylum near Piddington because no person seeking asylum should be in camps - it’s performative, it’s expensive and will only cause more harm 019125
Reposted by VertandorMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A lot of people seem to take it as a fact that the private sector has secret efficiency magic the public sector doesn't have. It doesn't. It pays workers less and charges more for the same service. That's like 99% of private sector "efficiency." And everyone's worse off, except shareholders. 519356
Reposted by VertandorLeft Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Delegates at #TUC26 have voted to condemn the EHRC code of practice and to back self-ID for trans peopleleftfootforward.orgTUC votes to condemn EHRC code of practice and back self-ID for trans peopleDelegates backed a motion branding the EHRC guidance 'discriminatory and unworkable' 26733
Reposted by VertandorMerchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 15/09/2026Something spooky this way comes! Yes the ghosts are baaaaaaaack! From 19th September to 1st November ghostly wire sculptures will appear in green spaces across the city, including the Hall's garden. Spooooktacular! 322345
Reposted by VertandorKen Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Given the manufactured "AI might turn us into paperclips!" hype, this post is relevant again. 33911
Reposted by VertandorJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15/09/2026More on Reform’s new super-donor: Delo agreed to pay a $10mn fine and was sentenced to 30 months’ probation, while the Department of Justice fined the exchange $100mn in January 2025.” www.ft.com/content/410b... 213762
Reposted by VertandorJack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 14/09/2026a real advert on UK TV currently: Oi! Grown ups! Save some water for us kids! ADULTS! stop having such long showers! GARDENERS! stop using so much water for your plants! WATER COMPANIES WHO HAVE DRIVEN RESERVOIR INFRASTRUCTURE INTO THE GROUND: Keep up the good work! PENSIONERS: stop drinking tea! 2239479
Reposted by VertandorHappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 14/09/2026Wayland Yutani having an office in Canary Warf makes sense. 1221140