Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by David Faggiani

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

To make up for how Power Rangers is an old Japanese show they filmed additional scenes with Americans for we should do the opposite and make the casts of Law & Order SVU and Grey’s Anatomy stop a couple times an episode to fight people in werewolf costumes

29 140 870

Reposted by David Faggiani

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 2d

*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What

4 650 2.7K

David Faggiani @dfaggiani.bsky.social · 1d

Me politically

Reposted by David Faggiani

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d

We can't keep up...

Yesterday we reached 90,000 members. Today we're at 95,000.

Be part of the Green surge. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

33 260 710

Reposted by David Faggiani

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 3d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Oct.
Changes w/ 1 Oct.

34 43 130

David Faggiani @dfaggiani.bsky.social · 3d

Kid X

1

Reposted by David Faggiani

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

We just hit 93,000 members.

We're polling on average higher than we have ever before.

Over 1000 people joining a day!

Join our movement.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Join the Green Party

Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

47 320 1.3K

David Faggiani @dfaggiani.bsky.social · 5d

Have you and/or Susan ever stumbled across this? www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

The Gilbert Adair files: The Nautilus and the nursery

Roland Barthes’s [sic] April Fools paean to the Carry On cycle, from our Gilbert Adair tribute trove.

www.bfi.org.uk

Reposted by David Faggiani

Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 10d

Gutted Corsica Studios is closing (sort of). So many memories, many not for public consumption. We had The Quietus 5th & 10th birthday parties there. It was where I discovered I adored being pummelled by heavy, grubby techno that made the urinals vibrate pleasingly 🖤

thequietus.com/news/london-...

2 20

Reposted by David Faggiani

The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 9d

Love love love Corsica Studios.

vinyl perez @instricttempo.com · 9d

Corsica Studios is closing. Whilst I don't really go clubbing any more, there was a time when I lived nearby when I'd be there pretty often. London's best nightclub? 100% in my eyes.
www.instricttempo.com/p/in-strict-...

In Strict Tempo, vol. 90: A Love Letter To Corsica Studios

London's best nightclub has announced it is to close next year. Plus the usual music reviews

www.instricttempo.com

3 1 5

Reposted by David Faggiani

Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 9d

This photo of Virginia Woolf is both a mood and a vibe

6 11 100

Reposted by David Faggiani

James S Murphy @jameslatrmurphy.bsky.social · 8d

Enough of this Tetris shit. Time for an impractical and unenforcable agreement on all book widths.

A moving box thats awkwardly crammed with books in a way to make Euclid weep.

1 1 6

Reposted by David Faggiani

George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 9d

Kemi Badenoch saying “the last time I checked, Northern Ireland did vote to leave” is so on-brand it hurts. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kemi Badenoch mistakenly says NI voted in favour of Brexit

In a BBC NI interview, the Tory leader said the

www.bbc.co.uk

110 200 780

Reposted by David Faggiani

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 9d

I love this. The purest essence of Kemi - incredibly wrong, bizarrely belligerent about it, and also wrong in a way where you just go “have you considered reading anything other than your Twitter feed?”

Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 9d

The not-quite-correction is really funny. “A lot” rather than “a majority”.

63 210 820

Reposted by David Faggiani

Afzal Khan MP @afzalkhanmcr.bsky.social · 10d

Horrifying news out of Crumpsall this morning following a major incident. I want to thank the police for swift action.

Praying for the whole community on this holy day.

Violence is never the answer and Manchester must stand together against these actions.

1 4

Reposted by David Faggiani

Anil Dash @anildash.com · 9d

We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.

Prince with “Slave” written on his face, in protest of his unfair recording contract, including lack of ownership of his master recordings.

86 1.2K 4.7K

Reposted by David Faggiani

Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 12d

Repeat after me: people hate this mad king shit

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13d

Media and Dems are still getting this badly wrong: Trump is deeply unpopular! Recent approval numbers:

38-54 (Quinnipiac)
39-60 (AP)
40-56 (Gallup)
41-58 (Reuters)
39-56 (Economist)

On the pod, @lakshya.splitticket.org explains these numbers brilliantly. Listen:
newrepublic.com/article/2010...

Trump Is a Weak, Failing President. These Brutal New Polls Confirm It.

As new national polls show Trump’s approval tanking, a leading analyst explains how the data shows that Trump is far more unpopular than is commonly acknowledged—and details why this matters for 2026.

newrepublic.com

75 580 2.7K

Reposted by David Faggiani

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12d

yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 12d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

160 4.7K 15K

Reposted by David Faggiani

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 13d

There is no such thing as an unsatisfying Timothy Olyphant interview

Bev Vincent @bevvincent.bsky.social · 13d

www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

A Candid (and Extremely Fun) Interview with Timothy Olyphant

As the sassy Kirsh in ‘Alien: Earth,’ the veteran actor is entering a new era of weird. So how did he prepare to enter the world of the Xenomorphs? “You’re going to be disappointed by this answer,” he...

www.esquire.com

11 27 150

Reposted by David Faggiani

good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 13d

If you haven't read MOBY DICK I think it's easy to be like "oh there are some passages that can mistakenly be read in a homoerotic or homoromantic light" and then you read it and Ishmael is like "from that moment on Queequeg and I were a married couple that is in love"

5 24 170

Reposted by David Faggiani

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13d

Most people who write about politics, right or left, have internalized the concept of the Trump supporter as the authentic american Volk and so many of their conclusions proceed from that
bsky.app/profile/qjur...

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 13d

separate from everything, the idea that 2020 was a squeaker but 2024 represents a historical mandate will simply be the death of me

71 730 4K

Reposted by David Faggiani

Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 15d

Really sorry to hear about the sudden passing of Kaleb Horton, a fantastic writer. Only seems fitting to share what he wrote for David Lynch kalebhorton.ghost.io/death-is-jus...

Death Is Just A Change

David Lynch has gone on to whatever the next place is. I’m very sad about it; it came at a hard time for the city of Los Angeles, a place he dearly loved, and it’s hard not to think his change of cons...

kalebhorton.ghost.io

13 340 1.1K

Reposted by David Faggiani

Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15d

this is an extraordinary canary in the coal mine

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15d

Nathan Gill, Reform's leader in Wales at the last Welsh parliament election, has pled guilty to 8 bribery charges, taking Russian cash while he was one of Nigel Farage’s MEPs to speak in favour of Putin's Russia in that parliament
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges

Gill admits to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in the European parliament and articles

www.theguardian.com

42 370 960

Reposted by David Faggiani

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 15d

I don't love using "blood libel" to describe anything other than the actual historical phenomenon of accusations against Jews of ritually killing Christian children. But if anything in modern political discourse structurally resembles a blood libel, it's Vance accusing Haitians of eating cats.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 15d

JD Vance is now using the term "blood libel" to describe criticism of ICE, saying, "The Democrats and the media — because they so hate the idea of a real border — are engaging in a kind of blood libel against ICE agents."

Somewhere, our ancestors wept.

"VP Vance tells The Ingraham Angle: "The Democrats and the media — because they so hate the idea of a real border — are engaging in a kind of blood libel against ICE agents. They're accusing them of engaging in crimes, they're accusing them of being part of the Gestapo. They're actually inciting violence against our law enforcement. They know exactly what they're doing, and now it's time to stop.""

45 600 2.7K

Reposted by David Faggiani

JP Jordan @jpjordan.bsky.social · 17d

H.R. Giger
Sales Giger
Marketing Giger
Accounting Giger
Operations Giger

18 210 680