Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026She looks so much like Ivanka. Do they use her to bring him back when he loses touch with reality, I wonder? My mum, in her early days with dementia, used to go through periods where she didn't recognise anyone but me, but seeing me was enough to pull her round for a while at least. 030
Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I can't listen to anything with English singing while I write, my brain gets distracted by the lyrics. Game soundtracks or music from anime work pretty well and the former is designed to keep you working, which is a bonus. Looking forward to the next book. 010
Reposted by JoseyRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 541885767
Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026True but also no sound bites that can be quoted out of context for far right clicks 100
Reposted by JoseyTrees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Let rivers be wild 🌊 Rivers should have space to wind, wander and flow naturally. By #restoring habitats, and bringing back natural ecosystem engineers like beavers, we can help more life thrive. This #WorldRiversDay, let’s give our rivers the freedom to flourish. 💦 04410
Reposted by Joseyglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A colourful end to the day here in Glastonbury. It was worth the walk I think. Now it is time for a glass of wine 🍷 421681199
Reposted by JoseyKees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Rhine is in uncharted territory. Normal flow where it enters the Netherlands is around 1,500 m³/s in September. Now it's well below 600 m³/s... and still going down. 26543
Reposted by JoseyStephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Train stations are often undervalued & underused community assets. Love to see them being used in this way. “We have noticed incredible amounts of wildlife, bees particularly. Honeybees, solitary bees, butterflies. That has changed a lot, we have seen the return of hedgehogs, we have slowworms.”theguardian.com‘It’s transformed the village’: the volunteers greening up Britain’s train stationsExclusive: Five gardening teams shortlisted for Royal Horticultural Society’s new Railway Stations in Bloom award 06016
Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not arguing. Agreeing in fact. But speaking about it at the UN is not the same as Starmer's continued visits and perceived focus. Times and places have to be right, and the UN is a good place to bring up and condemn Russian disinformation campaigns and what we're going to do to combat them. YMMV. 100
Reposted by Joseyglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Restoring balance on Autumn Equinox. Images taken this morning here in Glastonbury. Happy Equinox to everyone. #autumn#autumnequinox#mabon 1054096
Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Which is strongly and directly related to misinformation. Perspective is all. If you get too close, you can end up putting out small fires and not notice the b*gger pouring the petrol. What he needs to do is make the argument this stuff is a UK problem. Starmer tended to couch in international terms 100
Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Agreed on the delegation, but more because it needs expertise which he probably doesn't have rather than because it's not a UK matter. Off hand I can't think of a more UK centred matter than ensuring our society doesn't get ripped apart by foreign misinformation and paid bad actors. 100
Reposted by Joseyalexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 19/09/2026With solar roofs on large car parks, #France generates as much electricity as 10 nuclear power stations, whilst at the same time protecting cars from the scorching heat #ActOnClimate #SolarPower #ClimateActionNow 46934
Reposted by JoseyKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026He does this every time. Maybe he's trying to wish it into reality. But the truth is, Russia chose to invade Ukraine four and a half years ago. Every day since then, they have chosen to continue it. The day they choose otherwise is the day the war will end. 861498371
Reposted by JoseyPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When Nigel Farage said Durham would show the country how a Reform government would look. He was right. An absolute shambles. 221233331
Reposted by JoseyDavid Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Anyone know why a newspaper owned by the Fourth Lord Rothermere, who inherited a fortune from the Third Lord Rothermere, who inherited his money from the Second Lord Rothermere, who inherited it from the First Lord Rothermere, is so strongly opposed to inheritance tax? 16760821542
Reposted by JoseyAriana Gic @arianagic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If Russia stops fighting, Russian aggression and genocide of Ukrainians ends. If Ukrainians stop fighting, Russian extermination of Ukrainians and the destruction of the Ukrainian nation will be realized. 04316
Reposted by JoseyLucy Prebble @lucyprebblish.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Not so smug about the believability of them continuing to build Jurassic Parks now are we 91202252
Reposted by Joseyglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Take a seat and admire the view. This morning was just incredible here in Glastonbury. Intense colour that started well before sunrise. I took quite a few so will post more later. When I see intense colour like this, I tend to rush around & panic that I can't be in ten different places all at once 😂 421513189
Reposted by Joseyglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Avalon Dawn. Another colourful sunrise photo from this morning's beautiful morning on Glastonbury Tor. 151570186
Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I think it wants to be good and was created with all the best intentions, but as a country built on the backs of slavery, land theft and violence, in it's current form, the US is inherently bad. To change that, there have to be massive reforms, ones I can't see most of your population agreeing with. 222
Reposted by Joseyglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It was a beautiful start to the week in Glastonbury. Photo taken at sunrise from St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor. 231349167
Reposted by JoseyByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026📌 ICYMI: Lest we forget — the key roles of James Orr, Nathan Cofnas, Toby Young and the Free Speech Union in the persecution of Jason Arday One of this month’s most-read stories.bylinetimes.comThe Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason ArdayThe media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network 10357188
Reposted by JoseyThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards. 3034381278
Reposted by JoseyHardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026After James Orr was filmed by undercover reporters, Cambridge University has told the Guardian that it "is looking into these matters". What about the other extensive concerns raised about Orr, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge, by Byline Times?theguardian.comCambridge University examines conduct of academic suspended by Reform UKJames Orr, an associate professor, was shown in Channel 4 News footage apparently trying to sidestep electoral law 826883
Reposted by JoseyTilman @tilmane.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Question to the Pro’s on #Naftogaz vs #Russia: Why can’t we use a similar approach and allow #Ukraine to sue Russia for war damages and seize the frozen assets in #Belgium? @umland.eurosky.social @nicolange.bsky.social @nicolastenzer.bsky.social @hofreiter.bsky.social @kajakallas.bsky.social 0207
Reposted by JoseyLeigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A real test now of the media's appetite for Cambridge professors and their ethics. 8682206
Reposted by JoseyEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/09/2026James Orr who features in the report by Channel 4 News on Reform's political donations has been the subject of another investigation 👇 by @bylinetimes.bsky.social 9275126
Reposted by Joseyglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The stairs to Avalon. Taken at sunrise on Glastonbury Tor (yesterday's photo but forgot to post it). 111030110
Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It still demands a massive personality change that I'm just not buying. However YMMV. 000
Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Of course I have no more evidence of that than you do that he would have gone all the way, except I find it hard to believe that a man who demanded ammo not a ride when his own life was at stake would sell out his own embryonic gov to a guy whose corruption he knew on a visceral level. 100
Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026For years he learned the value of balancing words and actions to navigate corruption and I suspect would have dragged out any commitment to either course. /4 100
Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I think he might have been surprised to find this kind of corruption in the US gov, but was prepared to roll with it in order to get what his country needed - up to a point. /3 200
Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This is a guy who successfully negotiated the media scene in Ukraine and Russia for years. He knows Trumps and how to handle them, he knows this kind of corruption up close and personal and still ran on an anti-corruption platform. /2 100
Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Read it and I'm still not convinced, primarily because I think you're interpreting Zelensky's words both on the phonecall and in the interview as aligned with his beliefs and potential subsequent behaviour. /1 200
Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Just out of interest, what about his personality or behaviour at that point in time makes you think that? 120
Reposted by JoseyGalen Stone @galenstone.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Oligarchs need to be taxed back to humility.commondreams.orgDestruction of East India Company Gives US Lawmakers a Blueprint for Confronting Big Tech: Historian | Common DreamsHistorian warns of unchecked power in Big Tech firms, drawing parallels to British East India Company. US lawmakers urged to rein in tech giants. 4685552542
Reposted by Joseyglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026'Celestial Crown' This morning's image from Glastonbury Tor. A sunrise that kept on giving and eventually produced these amazing rays above St Michael's tower. 983799
Reposted by JoseyThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 28/08/2026🎉 A historic win in Dover! We have gained Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe from the Conservatives, beating Reform in second place. The Greens can take the fight to Reform and win! 💚 5497111
Reposted by JoseyRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 26/08/2026There is no greater honour 530232
Reposted by JoseyThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 26/08/2026There is gonna be one heck of a newcomers’ karaoke night up in that there heaven this weekend. 1073166
Reposted by JoseyKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026She didn't spend a dime on a dick-shaped rocket to space or yet another fancy building at Harvard and her legacy will long outlive anyone who blew their cash on those. 273360509
Reposted by Joseyglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Drama in the sky this morning on Glastonbury Tor. 211189150
Josey @cestus.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Plus it reduces vulnerabilities in the system. We need to think internet type resilience where taking out one section doesn't cripple the whole. Having a properly upgraded grid with a widely distributed and diverse storage system makes the whole thing much more sustainable under adverse conditions. 131
Reposted by Joseyglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026As the sun started to rise, the birds gently soared. Photo taken this morning in St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor. 657287