@levparikian.bsky.social I’m reading Light Rains Sometimes Fall, along with the seasons. Is your camera roll full of butterflies and moths? Might you be persuaded to show us a handful of common garden friends, with their names? I have no clue what I’m looking at 🦋

This was really interesting, I learned so much. Not least that Thomas Piketty is pronounced to rhyme with ‘spaghetti’. The first of many mind-blowing ideas

Bold Politics@boldpolitics.bsky.social · 14h ago

LEGENDARY ECONOMIST THOMAS PIKETTY IS ON TODAY'S EPISODE OF BOLD POLITICS. BILLIONAIRES HATE TO SEE HIM COMING linktr.ee/boldpolitics

Would you like to WIN a set of 4 Rickard Sisters tea towels? All you have to do is 🏖️ come to Whitstable 🎨 find the Horsebridge gallery 🎟️ buy a raffle ticket at our free talk* 🤞 be lucky See you there on Thursday evening? * £ to Pilgrims Hospices

What on earth would possess us to think about - never mind draw - a naked Trump? And what’s Timothy Claypole got to do with anything? To find out, get yourself a copy of @selfmadehero.bsky.social Count Binface Comic Book, out on Thursday 6th, preorders from @goshcomics.bsky.social 10% to Shelter

We’re coming to Whitstable on Thursday and then Oxford at the weekend - will any of you be there to say hello? Full details of all our shenanigans at RickardSisters.com

that feeling when your brother and sister gang up on you… 🐝

Do we think Mamdani has read The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists? This is a key step in the book’s proposals for a better future: government stores selling the necessities of life at affordable prices

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 5d ago

The cost of groceries has become one of the defining challenges of the affordability crisis. That's why our municipal grocery stores will offer a 30% discount on the grocery staples New Yorkers depend on — from meat to produce to dairy.

🚨🗑️ new @countbinface.bsky.social comic drops 06.08.26 🗑️🚨 from @selfmadehero.bsky.social with 10% going to @sheltercharity.bsky.social Pre-order NOW from @goshcomics.bsky.social Crafted from contributions by 36 comic creators, including…

When we adapted This Slavery into a graphic novel, we set the action in the town where the writer, Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, lived and worked. That meant several joyous trips to Great Harwood in Lancashire - including this one after the book was finished ☔️

Whitstable friends! Would you like to come and see us at the Horsebridge on Thursday 6th August? It’s free, and we’ll show you how and why we make our books. Tickets at thehorsebridge.org.uk

Kitchens are the heart of a home, and in this case at the heart of a story. Kitchens are also workplaces, where labour happens and important meetings take place. We love kitchens.

thank you for the shout out @mrjamesob.bsky.social, and for recommending our graphic novel adaptation of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists to your listeners! Available in all good bookshops etc etc rickardsisters.com/product/the-...

#SLCZF is TODAY at the Stanley Arts Centre - nearest station Norwood Junction, from 12-6. I’m chairing a panel on making change through comics, with @hollycasio.bsky.social @rachaelhouse.bsky.social @spellingmistakescostlives.com and @cartoonkate.bsky.social at 2-2:45pm. No ticket required.

Hahaha please no this would be such a disaster

Bethany Albertson@albertsonb2.bsky.social · 3w ago

Thought experiment- if you were suddenly appointed to do your sibling’s job, how badly would you suck at it?

This one’s all about where silk comes from and what it does next. Including how Jaquard weaving was the precursor to 8-bit programming (and is all about consent) Come with us to Macclesfield 🧵 🪡 🏭

One week until the end of term, and look how much love this book has had! Y4 absolutely loved Pets Tell Tales: Ancient Egypt @rikworth.bsky.social @jordancollver.bsky.social

Rik Worth 👻@rikworth.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW BOOK! Pets Tell Tales: Egypt is the first in a series of non-fiction comics explaining history from the point of view of the animals who helped, hindered, and were downright baffled by, humans @jordancollver.bsky.social @hachettechildrens.bsky.social #kidslit #booksky geni.us/PetsTellTales

This is a great idea that might suit some of you - and worth clicking through, even if it’s only for the link to Ursula le Guin’s essay, ‘the Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction’. I had not come across it before and loved it so much I had to read it again

Naomi Alderman@naomialderman.bsky.social · last mo.

She’s here! Today is the start of this Couch to 5k for reading I’ve put together! Come and join us :-D open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...

Who’d like to come to Darcy’s house, get dressed to the nines, admire his satin bed, interrogate his tapestries, shoot his balls and marvel at his massive clock? Thank you for having us @nationaltrust.org.uk 🎩

Apropos of basically everything, was just reminded of this quote from the brilliant Renni Eddo-Lodge: "The mess we are living in is a deliberate one. If it was created by people, it can be dismantled by people, and it can be rebuilt in a way that serves all, rather than a selfish, hoarding few."

Original art and chat this weekend as part of Commoners choir DIY weekend. Just come along.. Also workshop and music slots. Book yr tickets at shorturl.at/qP0KV #BoffWhalley #GeeVaucher #JeremyDeller #CarolHodge #ActsOfResistance #JonnyHannah @rickardsisters.com #LeftCultures

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Come down to #RockawayPark to celebrate the true meaning of DIY. We're bringing together wonderful artists for workshops, talks Fri/Sat; Sat gig with us, #CarolHodge, #SteveLake, #ActsOfResistance; Protest art exhibition. Tix n info at shorturl.at/qP0KV @rickardsisters.com #JeremyDeller #Bristol

Hey, people of Bristol and thereabouts! Do you want to DO SOMETHING about the state of the world? Or hang out with people who do? Come to Rockaway Park next weekend for a festival of getting on and doing something www.rockawaypark.co.uk/whatson/do-i...

It turns out the most useful character to put in your graphic novel might be a pet…

This Slavery graphic novel is a story about Lancashire weavers and about two sisters who find very different ways to resist and a very good dog

Come down to #RockawayPark to celebrate the true meaning of DIY. We're bringing together wonderful artists for workshops, talks Fri/Sat; Sat gig with us, #CarolHodge, #SteveLake, #ActsOfResistance; Protest art exhibition. Tix n info at shorturl.at/qP0KV @rickardsisters.com #JeremyDeller #Bristol

Happy Bloomsday, fellow nerds Hands up who’s had Ulysses on the shelf for years and never made it past page 3 (so far) 🙋‍♀️

“Using violence to destroy the property of third parties”

Natasha Walter@natashawalter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Court of Appeal judges here demonstrate complete ignorance of the reality of the suffrage movement. Far from operating transparently the militant suffragettes covertly ran destructive arson and bombing campaigns that harmed both property and people. Learn some history before quoting it fgs.

🚨Vacancy alert! 🚨 We're hiring for Director of Kelmscott Manor, a property which dates to around 1600 with its most famous occupants being William Morris and his family. Closing date for applications is Sunday 5 July 2026! www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...

Children will need to reclaim the internet in the same way women fought to reclaim the streets after the Yorkshire Ripper. When there are predators endangering people, a healthy society tries to control the threat, not the prey.

Sathnam Sanghera@sathnam.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Under 16s to be banned from social media, and a white supremacist who fuels riots on our streets, still allowed to run a whole platform.

Why graphic novels?

It’s not shocking news that hitting kids makes them unhappy - but I am shocked to read that 1 in 5 ten year olds are physically assaulted by their care givers. Please can England and N. Ireland make the laws on ‘reasonable chastisement’ match Scotland and Wales? www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Children hit by parents more likely to bully others, research finds

The UCL study also found physically punished children were more likely to struggle in school

theguardian.com