Joe R

I don't think it's something Andy would say, like, just...it sounds like something he'd have a Take on?

In a fit of nostalgia, I was just reading the Wikipedia entry about the Shadow World Master Atlas. There's a review quote ("Like certain 'generic' products, it begs the question of why customers could not just invent this material themselves") which makes me think of @wulfboyraff.bsky.social

I currently take a tablet every day that tries to keep me on the right side of screaming into a pillow, and it's likewise a mixed experience. But I think a net benefit, at least?

...gosh. I...wow.

Audiobooks are basically the only way I do any meaningful amount of reading nowadays. Usually while doing domestic tasks or travelling places.

It's been a long time since I read any Pratchett, but I mean even just the concept of the Patrician feels pretty conservative in many ways, and rarely seems to be made truly villainous in the text.

Ah, dammit - previously I was like "who the hell doesn't like sandwiches?" and now I realise we're talking about slimy horror between thin sad bread, and not a noble carriage for some cheese and some crisps, or possibly chips. Hrrm, fine, disliking sandwiches in that context is fine. I guess. Ugh.

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

Let's make hope normal again.

youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA?...

F-Droid may soon become a dead app store thanks to the.... Google and the twisted way of implementing the EU DMA that basically gives Google full control of Android now....

f-droid.org/2025/09/29/g...

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4541...

This is a level of detailed coffee nerdery well beyond me, and I salute you for it

Green leader says party stands in 'unconditional solidarity' with LGBTQ community New elected Green Party leader Zack Polanski speaks exclusively to PinkNews to make clear what his, and the Green Party's, policies on LGBTQ+ rights are.

Zack Polanski: ‘It’s time for a party to stand in unconditional solidarity with our LGBT community’
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/zack-polanski-green-party-uk-lgbtq/?utm_content=1759143618&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

I'm almost scared to ask, but what makes a coffee fruity and/or juicy?

Solidarity, comrade!

We can not stress the importance of resisting this.

Share and sign this petition:

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DESIGNATING ANTIFA AS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATION Section 1. Antifa as a Terrorist Threat. Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law. It uses illegal means to organize and execute a campaign of violence and terrorism nationwide to accomplish these goals. This campaign involves coordinated efforts to obstruct enforcement of Federal laws through armed standoffs with law enforcement, organized riots, violent assaults on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement officers, and routine doxing of and other threats against political figures and activists. Antifa recruits, trains, and radicalizes young Americans to engage in this violence and suppression of political activity, then employs elaborate means and mechanisms to shield the identities of its operatives, conceal its funding sources and operations in an effort to frustrate law enforcement, and recruit additional members. Individuals associated with and acting on behalf of Antifa further coordinate with other organizations and entities for the purpose of spreading, fomenting, and advancing political violence and suppressing lawful political speech. This organized effort designed to achieve policy objectives by coercion and intimidation is domestic terrorism. Sec. 2. Designation as a Domestic Terrorist Organization. Because of the aforementioned pattern of political violence designed to suppress lawful political activity and obstruct the rule of law, I hereby designate Antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization.” All relevant executive departments and agencies shall utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa, or for which Antifa provided material support [...]

Rather than permitting the Trump administration to frighten us out of resisting, we must understand this broad, vague, and performative executive order as an effort to intimidate.

It should catalyze us into urgent organizing, not paralyze us.

Only collective action can keep us safe and free.

Green membership across Great Britain has now overtaken the Lib Dems.

@greenparty.org.uk passed 78,000 last night. @scottishgreens.org have 7,800, producing a total of 85,800.

Last month, the Lib Dems told the BBC they had 83,174: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet

and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains

forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad

Baffling discovery this morning that @michaelhobbes.bsky.social was (blissfully?) unaware of the existence of leftist lift bros. That's like 43% of my IG feed by volume - but I appreciate that my algo is probably pretty niche

BRB convening a working party to define arseholes in such a way as to include everyone I dislike but exclude everyone I like

The Green Party now has 78,000 members.

Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line.

I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand.

Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

Great Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hate Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...

❗The biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade is coming to Great Yarmouth and we need your help to stop it.

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...

‘Operation Raise the Colours’ Organised by Well-Known Far-Right Extremists – HOPE not hate Union Jacks and the crosses of St George have begun to appear on lampposts up and down the UK in recent days. Much of the...

Union Jacks and St George’s crosses are going up on lampposts across the UK. The Daily Mail called those behind it an “army of patriots.”

But the truth is very different.

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...

This feels related to the way that I felt like I understood BitD way better after reading Scum & Villainy than after reading BitD, because it was written by other people who'd necessarily done this work to figure out how to make their game work

🚨 Protest outside the Reform UK conference on Friday 5th September at the Birmingham NEC 🚨

🕰️ : 4.30pm
📍 : Birmingham International Train Station

Time to kick racist Reform out of Brum! ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿

YESSSSSSSSS!

A comic about a group of superheroes (Friendship, Harmony, Incredible Violence, and Love) who defeat their archnemesis thanks to Incredible Violence.

Or adding a new party member?

I mean, to an extent it's true

Step one: talk enough
Step two: [various long-term projects, hard work, horrible moral pivots, blowback, consequences etc etc]
Step three: success!

Right? ;-)

The silence on the persecution of trans people is deafening.

BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party

The BBC is explicitly, consciously pivoting right to pander to a party with just 5 MPs.
Where's the outrage?
Where's the coverage?!
They are converting our national broadcaster into a mouthpiece for the far right and no one is doing anything about it!
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

Pass the Employment Rights Bill – in full, without delay The biggest upgrade in workers’ rights in a generation is within reach. But Tory peers and big business want to water it down. Add your name now to demand the House of Lords passes the Employment Righ...

I just signed the campaign: Pass the Employment Rights Bill in full. Every name that is added builds momentum around the campaign and makes it more likely for us to get the change we want to see.

Will you join me by taking action on this campaign?

www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...