✨ #art #digitalart #stickman #stickfigure

Archeotech Mill. Resettled overgrown ruins somewhere out there. Aquarelle A5 and brown liner. #art #artsky #painting #aquarelle #scifi

Someone asked me to "please stop" with my posts about the Oxford comma. After careful consideration, I’ve determined that I’m unable to abide by such an unreasonable, discourteous, and ill-mannered request.

Me, preparing to fight The Establishment.

Head-Scratcher A finger to the head, where musings go unread, to quell the fretful itch. The pose of one who weighs unquiet thoughts, conveys a pensive little twitch. #poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyart #art #reflex #introspection

FFS That quote does NOT say the gov is "slashing funding for hospitals to pay for bullets and bombs". It says current spending stays the same but they can't be sure of the 2nd wave, probably because it goes into the next gov + defence for an island nation may be defensive not offensive. Not helpful.

Needed a little pick me up this morning. newsthump.com/2026/06/26/b...

Nothing says 'speaking for the concerns of the common man' like being paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to promote actual gold bars

Dear voters of Clacton, Please continue to support your MP Nigel Farage - in particular by not signing a recall petition. It is only with your continued support that he can use his role of MP to maintain his income from cryptocurrency promotion and donations from very rich people. Thank you!

Express: "Huge blow to Andy Burnham as new bombshell poll labels him 'biggest threat to Brexit'" We can only hope

If you're a pro actor currently working in the UK it would be amazing if you could complete this survey looking at actors' mental health for my PhD. This is the survey link: mmu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Here's a link to the website about the whole project: www.playingsanethephd.co.uk

open.substack.com/pub/alicebro... #leadership #PM #Starmer #Burnham #politics

If you haven’t got the message yet, get it fast. If you are a patriot who embraces modern Britain and all its law abiding citizens, now is the time to confront the racist divisionary far right with solidarity. Labour must win big in Makerfield. I say this as a Liberal Democrat.

I’ve been saying for years that I genuinely don’t understand why some Brexiteers aren’t considered to have legally committed fraud. I was taught that fraud is knowingly deceiving another party in a way that costs them & benefits you. Not clear why that wouldn’t apply here.

Umm, @theguardian.com If they’re burning vehicles & houses surely they’re rioters not protestors? Or criminals? Protest is at the heart of #democracy. This is not. This is how violence wins. Do better.

This is interesting. May suggest that the public are moving back towards the more established parties as R*form & Greens are tested in local government. I had wondered if that might happen.

It was such a privilege to be involved in the roundtable and then to do the analysis. Such a wide range of experience and insight. Thank you to @centreformh.bsky.social for having me involved. #ADHD #MentalHealth #suicideprevention

Aaaaand there we go. If you’re wondering why the Greens announced their candidate this morning and he was dropped by this afternoon, here’s the reason. The Green Party is full of this stuff now, and no, Polanski being Jewish isn’t some magic antisemitism imperviousness spell for the Greens.

This was one of my big issues with the Pathways to Work white paper. There seemed to be the idea that young people coming out of school & straight onto benefits was about the benefits when it's obviously an education problem.

As a teacher of English, I can definitively state that yes, this is exactly what happened. Particularly, the curse words. ◡̈

Can you say 'Tone Deaf'?

Apparently neither R*form nor the Greens think doing the basic of checking their candidates can and want to do the job is important.

Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

Charles Simic, born on this day in 1938

This is now genuinely frightening.

I mean, this is when the entire world fell in love with him.

However heated the arguments get it always gives me a sense of pride to put that cross in a box. So many people are denied this. It's a right more easily removed than we generally care to think about. Whatever else you do today, if there's an election where you are then get out and vote!

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Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:

It wasn't on purpose, but it's all underground areas. Perhaps I love them... #eldenring #art

Planting season🌱 #art #watercolour

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If you're in London...

Oligarchs have always been a threat, but tech oligarchs represent a new level of danger. Their wealth dwarfs historical tycoons and their control over algorithms allows them to curate human reality. They own the digital infrastructure of thought

The underlying structural problems of UK politics that the country doesn't have the resources to do everything expected of it and a Westminster class in denial about this doesn't go away in the event of a new PM.

Yep. The guess that’s one way of getting people to walk.

This is exactly the level of stupidity we need to get Reform into power.

I am incredibly proud to be one of those Editors-in-Chief and even more proud to be part of what Bylines Network stands for. Join us as we discuss Women, Justice and Equality 👇🏻

13 April 1936 | Dutch Jewish girl Saartje Schnitzler was born in #Rotterdam. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 22 August 1942 deported from #Westerbork with her mother Betje & siblings: Alida, Isidor, Joseph, Leonardus, Louis. After the selection they were murdered in a gas chamber.

I'm shocked. Totally sh... Nah, I can't even fake it at this point.

If you're in #Manchester, UK it's worth taking a look at the Manchester #Labour manifesto for the upcoming #localelections on 7th May. It addresses all the things people I know have been concerned about (that can be addressed at local level). Proud of the GM team for this. www.mcrlabour.org.uk

1/8 A question that keeps coming up on the @mrjamesob.bsky.social show on @lbc.co.uk is "What if Trump just declares victory and runs away?" I am only a Simple Seafarer - But I have given the matter some thought over the last few weeks. If it were easy to answer I would have rung in already...

@theghostegg.bsky.social always makes me smile.

Attended the launch of Manchester Labour's May election manifesto yesterday. Really positive, with @bevcraig.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social & Lucy Powell all on form & supporting those standing. National Labour might be annoying everyone but there are some really good people in Manchester.

Today's Feature: "A Slouch of Red in the Road" by Rosa Castellano from All Is The Telling published by Diode Editions Read here: poems.com/poem/a-slouc...

French General Richoux: "He wanted to invade Greenland and now he is begging for help from Europe" "He can go fuck himself." (📹@Tweet4AnnaNAFO)

Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”