Peter Sketch
Dragonfly-obsessed environmental consultant
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- Reposted by Peter SketchI hope the abyss in @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter becomes a returning character
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- Reposted by Peter SketchTo everyone just now finding out Isaac Asimov was rather famously a sex pest: He's been gone 34 years now, you can handle this truth, I believe in you
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- Reposted by Peter SketchThis is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So: In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
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- Reposted by Peter SketchPlease, my magic bean, it is very sick
- Reposted by Peter SketchThis is a fun game - good summary here of why while I love Much Ado About Nothing it is incredibly high up my list of 'plays that absolutely should not be taught in school'. (In English. As theatre, fine) Trying to think what the other 'god don't try and *teach* that' classics are for me.
- Reposted by Peter SketchI'm not going to kick off if you're dual posting, but is this still the first Political Scandal that has broken on Bluesky rather than Xitter?
- Reposted by Peter SketchThe only way Labour can win the next election is by governing well. That might not be enough, but it’s the bare minimum. The questions to be asking about any potential new PM are “what is their agenda and can they achieve it?” Not “do they currently poll well?” Or “can they handle a media round?”
- Reposted by Peter Sketch- I was lying in bed the other night - was you - yes Dud, and I heard this tap, tap, tap on the window - who was it? - bloody Jim Pickard of the FT - no - yes Dud, "Peter, Peter" he said, "tell me about Jeffrey Epstein" - and what did you say? - I told him to 'fuck off' - that told him - it did Dud
- Reposted by Peter Sketchhad to look this up because i was pretty sure there was no Shakespeare play of this name and there isn't: instead today i learned that Shakespeare did a guest verse in a play by some hacks in the early 1590s. you love to see it
- Reposted by Peter Sketchsomebody on here once asked me if medieval builders also pissed in a bottle and chucked it under the joists and I got to explain that no they probably just pissed into the rubble wall infill
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- Reposted by Peter SketchYes, quite. It's the biggest scandal of this administration, so far, probably. It's an average Tuesday under Johnson.
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- "We regret that today's training has been cancelled because someone nailed an iron horseshoe to the door of the office."
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- Reposted by Peter SketchWatching France and Spain go after X: The Everything App, and it’s great and it’s a thing that was obviously coming. Every revolutionary communication tech comes into existence, it takes off and then people misuse it and when the people who grew up with it enter politics they understand to legislate
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- Reposted by Peter SketchDead ahead: years of snobbery, misogyny and hatred about a northern single mum from a council house. So that's not worth looking forward to either.
- Reposted by Peter SketchTrump honours Columbus with statue outside White House, inspired by shared love of getting lost and blaming everyone else.
- Reposted by Peter Sketch💌AMULETS OF ATTRACTION🙏 At Suga-jinja (須賀神社 - twinned with Kōtsū-jinja) a rather different sort of event takes place at Setsubun (and the day before). There are no oni, but there are 'Kesōbumi-uri' (懸想文売), 'vendors of love letters', with their faces carefully hidden. #京都 #Kyoto #懸想文売
- Reposted by Peter Sketch... her polling is incredibly poor *and* very hard - not much room for improvement. The right wing press have done a absolute number on her. We remain a deeply classist and sexist nation - and it shows in how she's treated by the public. And it goes way beyond normal anti-Labour peeps. Urgh
- Reposted by Peter SketchI'm so torn on Rayner. Clearly the best person for the job in terms of ability. Incredible story, personable, good at politics, charismatic and has delivered in govt. Has shown it again today. A symbol of what Labour should help people achieve. But...
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- Reposted by Peter SketchWhen this vintage wooden shop display Ladybird came up for sale, how could I resist?
- Reposted by Peter SketchHe... literally released no new songs last year. I don't normally get annoyed at awards going to tedious shit I don't like, because awards are nonsense, but surely "Songwriter of the Year" should go to someone who wrote a song that year? That's kind of the whole point, surely?
- And every Reform voter we meet on the doorstep will tell us about this and about how it shows they're right not to trust politicians.
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- Reposted by Peter SketchI think you could argue that not getting selected for the Gorton and Denton byelection is the best thing to happen to Andy Burnham in the last few years
- Reposted by Peter SketchWetlands are not only critical habitats for bird life, but they are also buzzing biodiverse havens for many other species, including insects, mammals, plants and amphibians. 📷Common Darter dragonfly © Barry Yates
- Reposted by Peter SketchA good illustration that PMQs is essentially always won or lost outside the chamber. Keir Starmer lost that on 10 February 2025.
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- Reposted by Peter SketchAll governments should have one.
- Reposted by Peter SketchIt's kind of wild that the French foreign ministry has an official shitposting account.
- Reposted by Peter SketchIn the most important news today, @nigella.bsky.social is joining @ftweekend.com as a food and drink columnist! She joins @harrietfl.ft.com's shock and awe roster of @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social @jayrayner1.bsky.social, Tim Hayward and Jancis Robinson aboutus.ft.com/press_releas...
- Reposted by Peter SketchOoh, lucky you! An Avocet just stepped into your scroll! 😍
- Reposted by Peter SketchThe Willow Tit. It loves wet woodland sometimes known as Willow or Alder Carr. These habitats are scarce & we only have abt 2,750 pairs left in UK. In Norway we call it 'Granmeis' Spruce Tit, & it's so numerous (500 000 to 800 000 pairs!) it became the country's Bird Of the Year in 2025 1/4
- An account of the battle between botanists and gardeners about how gardens should be maintained, Maslow's Hierarchy of Weeds.
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- Reposted by Peter SketchJust stupid from every possible perspective: policy wise and politically. The proposals appear designed to be watered down - but even then I am unsure they get through a hostile PLP. So you're likely to get at least 2 sets of u-turn headlines, entirely undercutting the political point
- Labour's changes to immigration rules, including potentially applying them retroactively, would be some of the most draconian anti-immigration policies in decades. They're the hostile environment on speed. This is pure cruelty as policy, with absolutely no merit to them archive.today/2026.02.03-2...
- Reposted by Peter SketchA tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
