Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖
@moleymole.bsky.social
An outdoorsy photoshoppy mole- likes National Trust scones & Dartmoor. A bookish mole in a hole seeking the return of integrity. Not sure this account adds much to it though. #AltText - no AI🚫
Pinned
The surge in new Bluesky followers continues. Apparently.
*wind whistles forlornly*
*wind whistles forlornly*
a dirt road going through a desert landscape with mountains in the background
Alt: Tumbleweed blows across a desert road
media.tenor.com
My only thought for the Bluesky arrivals notice board is “it’s ok to repost more often.”
[my understanding is the algorithms (if there are any) don’t pick up on ‘likes’ in the same way as old Twitter. A ‘like’ is lovely, but a *manual* repost is the primary ‘algorithm’ to actively share something]
[my understanding is the algorithms (if there are any) don’t pick up on ‘likes’ in the same way as old Twitter. A ‘like’ is lovely, but a *manual* repost is the primary ‘algorithm’ to actively share something]
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Alt text all the time, emojis occasionally.
January 28, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Alt text all the time, emojis occasionally.
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An absolutely fascinating exploration of what genomes tell us about the interactions between modern humans and Neanderthals 👇🧪🏺
This is a deep dive into the details of how Neanderthal ancestry is patterned across ancient genomes of modern people. A wave of mixture starting in the Near East kept mixing as long as the expanding group kept meeting Neanderthals, from France to Central Asia.
www.johnhawks.net/p/tracing-th...
www.johnhawks.net/p/tracing-th...
Tracing the wave of Neanderthal-modern interactions
A rapid expansion of modern people ran into Neanderthals and mixed with them nearly to the ends of their range.
www.johnhawks.net
January 28, 2026 at 1:02 AM
An absolutely fascinating exploration of what genomes tell us about the interactions between modern humans and Neanderthals 👇🧪🏺
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Today we rang the Bodley Bell in Duke Humfrey’s Library to mark the anniversary of Sir Thomas Bodley’s death in 1613 🔔
Nine rings for the man, and 67 for every year of his life.
Rung by Ant Brewerton and Andrew Honey.
#ThomasBodley #OnThisDay
Nine rings for the man, and 67 for every year of his life.
Rung by Ant Brewerton and Andrew Honey.
#ThomasBodley #OnThisDay
January 28, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Today we rang the Bodley Bell in Duke Humfrey’s Library to mark the anniversary of Sir Thomas Bodley’s death in 1613 🔔
Nine rings for the man, and 67 for every year of his life.
Rung by Ant Brewerton and Andrew Honey.
#ThomasBodley #OnThisDay
Nine rings for the man, and 67 for every year of his life.
Rung by Ant Brewerton and Andrew Honey.
#ThomasBodley #OnThisDay
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The Radio Times is never wrong.
January 28, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The Radio Times is never wrong.
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Narrator - "It was too late to fix it"
‘It’s not too late to fix it’: internet inventor Tim Berners-Lee says he is in a ‘battle for the soul of the web’
‘It’s not too late to fix it’: internet inventor Tim Berners-Lee says he is in a ‘battle for the soul of the web’
Founder of the world wide web says commercialisation means the net has been ‘optimised for nastiness’, but collaboration and compassion can prevail
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Narrator - "It was too late to fix it"
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This seems bad.
NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.
It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
January 28, 2026 at 2:31 PM
This seems bad.
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Minster Gates, York. Site of gateway to the precinct of York Minster. Redeveloped from 1710-1753 with houses that later became shops. At the end of Stonegate a 17th century building, later refronted in brick.
#ArchitecturalIllustration
#PenArt #drawing
#ArtShare
#ArchitecturalIllustration
#PenArt #drawing
#ArtShare
January 26, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Minster Gates, York. Site of gateway to the precinct of York Minster. Redeveloped from 1710-1753 with houses that later became shops. At the end of Stonegate a 17th century building, later refronted in brick.
#ArchitecturalIllustration
#PenArt #drawing
#ArtShare
#ArchitecturalIllustration
#PenArt #drawing
#ArtShare
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We learn from history not by shelving it like a historic artifact, but by seeing its relevance for what we do today. And for this, a comparison (again, this is not ranking) is necessary.
We learn from history not by shelving it like a historic artifact, but by seeing its relevance for what we do today. And for this, a comparison (again, this is not ranking) is necessary.
January 28, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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We learn from history not by shelving it like a historic artifact, but by seeing its relevance for what we do today. And for this, a comparison (again, this is not ranking) is necessary.
We learn from history not by shelving it like a historic artifact, but by seeing its relevance for what we do today. And for this, a comparison (again, this is not ranking) is necessary.
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I'm German. I've been schooled in my country's history & crimes all my life.
I'm also a political scientist, educated in Germany, the UK, & US.
As the comparisons betw the situation in the US & Nazi Germany are increasing to frequent, allow me to comment.
A 🧵
I'm also a political scientist, educated in Germany, the UK, & US.
As the comparisons betw the situation in the US & Nazi Germany are increasing to frequent, allow me to comment.
A 🧵
January 28, 2026 at 5:53 AM
I'm German. I've been schooled in my country's history & crimes all my life.
I'm also a political scientist, educated in Germany, the UK, & US.
As the comparisons betw the situation in the US & Nazi Germany are increasing to frequent, allow me to comment.
A 🧵
I'm also a political scientist, educated in Germany, the UK, & US.
As the comparisons betw the situation in the US & Nazi Germany are increasing to frequent, allow me to comment.
A 🧵
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What happens when a company whose tools track and deport migrants abroad is entrusted with our most sensitive public health data at home?
✊ Sign our petition calling for a full Parliament debate on Palantir’s use in UK services: www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
✊ Sign our petition calling for a full Parliament debate on Palantir’s use in UK services: www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
Sign the Petition
Hold a Parliamentary Debate on Palantir’s Role in UK Defence, Security & Public Services
www.change.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
What happens when a company whose tools track and deport migrants abroad is entrusted with our most sensitive public health data at home?
✊ Sign our petition calling for a full Parliament debate on Palantir’s use in UK services: www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
✊ Sign our petition calling for a full Parliament debate on Palantir’s use in UK services: www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
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While Minneapolis mourned a man killed by federal agents, Trump’s elite gathered in black tie to celebrate a Melania vanity film.
This is what a ruling family looks like.
Let them eat cake.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
This is what a ruling family looks like.
Let them eat cake.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Let Them Eat Cake: While Minneapolis Mourned, Trump Hosted a Melania Gala
As protesters froze in the streets after the killing of Alex Pretti, Trump’s elite celebrated a $75 million vanity film—another glimpse of a family governing like royalty.
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:59 PM
While Minneapolis mourned a man killed by federal agents, Trump’s elite gathered in black tie to celebrate a Melania vanity film.
This is what a ruling family looks like.
Let them eat cake.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
This is what a ruling family looks like.
Let them eat cake.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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*Coughs*
Person here who literally wrote a PhD thesis on the BBC's coverage of the Holocaust while it was actually happening: they did this then too.
Person here who literally wrote a PhD thesis on the BBC's coverage of the Holocaust while it was actually happening: they did this then too.
‘Shameful’ BBC accused of ‘Holocaust erasure’ after omitting word ‘Jew’ from HMD coverage
www.thejc.com/news/uk/sham...
www.thejc.com/news/uk/sham...
‘Shameful’ BBC accused of ‘Holocaust erasure’ after omitting word ‘Jew’ from HMD coverage - The Jewish Chronicle
Corporation forced forced to apologise for ‘incorrect wording’
www.thejc.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:09 AM
*Coughs*
Person here who literally wrote a PhD thesis on the BBC's coverage of the Holocaust while it was actually happening: they did this then too.
Person here who literally wrote a PhD thesis on the BBC's coverage of the Holocaust while it was actually happening: they did this then too.
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You've found the start of THE daily🧵 for Day 1435
The world refuses to acknowledge the obvious: Russia is not only a rogue, terrorist state which cannot be trusted. It's also one which will do anything, incl genocide until it's stopped
Please support, repost, shout at elected members to stop 🇷🇺 now
The world refuses to acknowledge the obvious: Russia is not only a rogue, terrorist state which cannot be trusted. It's also one which will do anything, incl genocide until it's stopped
Please support, repost, shout at elected members to stop 🇷🇺 now
January 28, 2026 at 9:26 AM
You've found the start of THE daily🧵 for Day 1435
The world refuses to acknowledge the obvious: Russia is not only a rogue, terrorist state which cannot be trusted. It's also one which will do anything, incl genocide until it's stopped
Please support, repost, shout at elected members to stop 🇷🇺 now
The world refuses to acknowledge the obvious: Russia is not only a rogue, terrorist state which cannot be trusted. It's also one which will do anything, incl genocide until it's stopped
Please support, repost, shout at elected members to stop 🇷🇺 now
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I've managed to write a piece based entirely around the hot dog guy meme and now I feel I can retire
We're all trying to find the guys who broke Britain
Political editor Liam Thorp takes aim at the former senior government figures who have conveniently forgotten their role in the mess that is the UK today
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I've managed to write a piece based entirely around the hot dog guy meme and now I feel I can retire
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It would be useful to see the UK government response. I note that they also allege that the UK failed to resettle vulnerable refugees *from* Rwanda. It would be quite a thing if the UK ends up taking more people from Rwanda than it sends there...
January 28, 2026 at 2:39 PM
It would be useful to see the UK government response. I note that they also allege that the UK failed to resettle vulnerable refugees *from* Rwanda. It would be quite a thing if the UK ends up taking more people from Rwanda than it sends there...
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Hookland is an odd county. Nowhere else in England has a tourist board happy to promote its haunted shoreline, boast of it including a record number of haunted light houses. A civic pride in phantoms is not the standard approach to encouraging day-trippers. – George Kindred
January 28, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Hookland is an odd county. Nowhere else in England has a tourist board happy to promote its haunted shoreline, boast of it including a record number of haunted light houses. A civic pride in phantoms is not the standard approach to encouraging day-trippers. – George Kindred
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Wonder if Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin remembers this.
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Wonder if Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin remembers this.
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Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
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As it is both #InternationalLEGODay AND the publication anniversary of Pride & Prejudice, I give you:
LEGO Pemberley
(Currently under review with the LEGO people)
LEGO Pemberley
(Currently under review with the LEGO people)
Pemberley - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen | LEGO® Ideas
Presenting Pemberley—the stately home of Mr. Darcy, brought to life in LEGO as described in Pride and Prejudice, one of the most enduring novels of English lite…
beta.ideas.lego.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 PM
As it is both #InternationalLEGODay AND the publication anniversary of Pride & Prejudice, I give you:
LEGO Pemberley
(Currently under review with the LEGO people)
LEGO Pemberley
(Currently under review with the LEGO people)
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REFORM - leading in the polls - charges prospective candidates £125 to apply to run as an MP - before selecting a GB News host who is a colleague of the party leader and one of his MPs to run instead.
You'd honestly think this was newsworthy.
But apparently not.
You'd honestly think this was newsworthy.
But apparently not.
Reform seem to have been charging people £125 to put themselves up as potential Gorton and Denton parliamentary Candidates:
Applications closed Sunday.
When did they select Goodwin?
Applications closed Sunday.
When did they select Goodwin?
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
REFORM - leading in the polls - charges prospective candidates £125 to apply to run as an MP - before selecting a GB News host who is a colleague of the party leader and one of his MPs to run instead.
You'd honestly think this was newsworthy.
But apparently not.
You'd honestly think this was newsworthy.
But apparently not.
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Fair play to Mark Kermode for sitting through two hours of this.
January 28, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Fair play to Mark Kermode for sitting through two hours of this.
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I often find myself remembering this sign. If only all life's choices were so clearly labelled.
(Taken at the RSPB reserve at Saltholme in the North East)
(Taken at the RSPB reserve at Saltholme in the North East)
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I often find myself remembering this sign. If only all life's choices were so clearly labelled.
(Taken at the RSPB reserve at Saltholme in the North East)
(Taken at the RSPB reserve at Saltholme in the North East)
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I see we are already at the "I was only following orders" stage of fascism.
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 1:58 PM
I see we are already at the "I was only following orders" stage of fascism.
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This #cartoon was published in @privateeyenews.bsky.social many moons ago and I'm happy to have a couple in the new issue too - out now. #stormchandra #flooding #floods #emergencyservices #climateemergency #resilience
January 28, 2026 at 9:44 AM
This #cartoon was published in @privateeyenews.bsky.social many moons ago and I'm happy to have a couple in the new issue too - out now. #stormchandra #flooding #floods #emergencyservices #climateemergency #resilience