Reposted by Genial JimSven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Denmark newsgroup has background music on waiting for Trump that had the lyrics "send in the clowns" The camera then finds Marco Rubio and zooms in with song going "clowns already here" P.S new agreement on Greenland is a massive Danish negotiation victory 810435
Reposted by Genial JimMorten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla... 719473
Reposted by Genial JimAnja Laechner @anjalaechner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026That is such a disgusting act of discrimination 0165
Reposted by Genial JimMiddle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Why the fuck is Donald Trump building a triumphal arch when he's had no triumphs? 76853165
Reposted by Genial JimPhillip M Jackson @jollyjack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"Triumphal arch will be military complex with drones and snipers". Uh.... huh..... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 2741269
Genial Jim @genialjim.bsky.social · 11/09/20265 years in Northwood; how it started, how it ended. 000
Reposted by Genial JimRich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It is astonishing that he's not asked every day why he had a budget that was designed to do nothing more than make it as hard as possible for an incoming Labour Government What about what is best for the country? 1322
Reposted by Genial JimAlan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The single most effective argument against Mosley’s BUF in the 30s, the one that really broke through with the masses, was that all the creepy fash stuff (esp. the uniforms) was *un-British*. That is the angle to keep pounding away at - the foreign donations, the obvious mimicry of the 🇺🇸 alt-right. 417547
Reposted by Genial JimSaunieindiego @saunieindiego.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Lights out for birds! Please share! #migration #BirdsMatter 25424
Reposted by Genial JimDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This didn't just happen because of the tech bros and the media, but because across the political spectrum there was an assumption that Europe was impregnable, and didn't really have to make choices whether tax and spend, investment, healthcare, you name it. But we do. 1817
Reposted by Genial JimMorten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla... 722161
Reposted by Genial JimLewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I think this is one of the keys to our time. National populists are always corrupt; I had a few years ago the idea of doing one of those broad books about Our Times and calling it ‘The Age of Fraud’ or something like that. 89826
Reposted by Genial JimGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Is this the lanyard class that I've been hearing so much about? #ReformConference 2632554
Reposted by Genial JimGenial Jim @genialjim.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Just amazing how complicit Cambridge university has been in demolishing enlightenment values. I thought Oxford provided the scholars for the magisterium. 012
Reposted by Genial JimDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115623175
Reposted by Genial JimLaura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A former BBC exec tells me: ‘As ever the BBC is salami-slicing..with no regard for the future. Apprentices cost so so so little. Their salaries are tiny. As always the BBC is looking to make savings in the “easy” places as it’s so reluctant to ruffle important feathers.’ 32915
Reposted by Genial JimOhio Todd @lettucewrangler.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Sometimes i think about how, in the late 90s, USPS was moving to set up a secure email address for every US resident and how congress prevented it. 1834411030
Reposted by Genial JimByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026🔴 NEW The Dark Money Questions Surrounding Kemi Badenoch’s Net Zero Attacks By Donnachadh McCarthy Read below. ↓bylinetimes.comThe Dark Money Questions Surrounding Kemi Badenoch's Net Zero AttacksOnward, whose report underpinned Claire Coutinho's speech tearing up the 2050 target, has taken money from National Grid, Equinor, Shell and BP 214778
Genial Jim @genialjim.bsky.social · 28/08/2026www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...bbc.comBBC to give the world premiere of Pet Shop Boys’ newly revised A man from the futureThe composition explores the life, death and influence of pioneering mathematician Alan Turing 000
Reposted by Genial JimShor Films @shorfilms.bsky.social · 28/08/2026trump Iran War hits 6-month mark with no end in sight. trump said it would be 2 weeks while war criminal Pete Hegseth fires dozens of top generals/admirals for perceived slights endangering the military overall. This failure is condoned by Republicans in Congress. 011
Reposted by Genial JimRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 27/08/2026In 2025 trade unions gave £4.9 million to Labour. Individual donors gave £16 million to Reform & £9 million to the Tories. In total Labour raised £10 mill, Reform £19 mill & the Tories £21 mill. If the *unions* are blocking a donor cap, they've lost their minds www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 24449177
Reposted by Genial JimDavid Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Do you have a copy of the Reader's Digest Folklore, Myths and Legends? I've written about it for the @theobserveruk.bsky.social this weekend. observer.co.uk/news/nationa... 7223377
Reposted by Genial JimRG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026#OTD in 1944, Paris. A big parade, but without any coloured soldiers. On authority of the Allies, shameful. #WW2 #HISTORY 59814
Reposted by Genial JimThe Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 24/08/2026again Trumps illinformed ambitions have demonstrated America is weaker than it appeared. Thats bad for deterrence and the ambitions of its enemies. But can they afford to rebuild in time? It seems very unlikely. 31185
Reposted by Genial JimHannah Lewis @hannahjlewis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Things happening at the University of Cambridge which have not received hundreds of front page news stories in the last month. bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/p...bylinetimes.comPalantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project RevealedThe world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at... 08251
Genial Jim @genialjim.bsky.social · 11/08/2026@nytimes.com What an absolutely BATSHIT country! Should Letting Children Play Alone Outside Be a Crime? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/w....nytimes.comShould Letting Children Play Alone Outside Be a Crime?Some parents have been surprised to find themselves in the legal system’s cross hairs. 000
Reposted by Genial JimPaul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I've noticed this too.theguardian.comNot your imagination: from backpacks to food, consumer goods are getting worseIs it possible to avoid the continuing decline in quality of consumer products brought on by corporate greed? 89136
Reposted by Genial JimAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The continued political silence over the spread of these anti-migrant, anti-refugee pogroms in the UK is a disgrace. This one has been going on for three nights in a row now and the Home Secretary and Prime Minister haven't said a single word about it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comNorfolk police arrest two men after officers injured during unrest over asylum plansHomes of people believed to be asylum seekers attacked during two nights of violence in Thetford 13623071011
Reposted by Genial JimMAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 04/08/2026❗️Zelensky: Today, many were shocked by another video of the Russian drone safari against people in Kherson. The man was injured by the explosion. The world must see this. It must see every fact that Russia has gone mad, and every fact that the Russian military enjoys killing and mocking people. 40803391
Reposted by Genial JimThe Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 03/08/2026On a lamppost this morning: 311920
Reposted by Genial JimTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Side note, that particular investigation lead to the police confiscating Lowe's firearms and yet seemingly no further information? 091
Reposted by Genial JimFT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 03/08/2026as.ft.com/r/2d618169-7...as.ft.comBeefing with the Big Mac IndexMcDonald’s signature burger offers economic lessons — but not about purchasing power parity 1208
Reposted by Genial JimEddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Freeview switch-off is a terrible idea for many reasons, not least that the signal is much, much more reliable than broadband and isn't subject to DNS attacks. 1420481
Reposted by Genial JimRonald Steenblik @ronsteenblik.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Hard to think of a headline that could more succinctly sum up the state of the USA at this time. 0104
Genial Jim @genialjim.bsky.social · 02/08/2026In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/w... #niceforeverwaryouhavegotyourselftherenytimes.comIn Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies FearWith none of President Trump’s aims accomplished and the Strait of Hormuz closed, U.S. allies see dysfunction and vulnerability from the war. 010
Reposted by Genial JimJacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Everything will keep getting worse until we reach net zero. If you only believe in adaptation, you have to adapt forever. But at some point we reach the limit of human ingenuity and physics, and can't adapt any further. Meanwhile, we need essentially no new tech to reach net zero 1187
Reposted by Genial JimEmma Devlin @theactualemma.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Very excited to present UNDERTOW. This will be a showcase of new and emerging writers of weird and wonderful fiction. If you'd like to take part, please click here: www.seamusheaneycentre.com/news/Callfor... 45729
Reposted by Genial JimSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 31/07/2026static.klipy.comThis Is Fine Meme DogAlt: This Is Fine Meme Dog 210648
Reposted by Genial JimGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/07/2026At astonishing speed, our rights are being cancelled, worldwide. In the UK, the prosecution of Rajiv Menon KC is the latest example of blatant authoritarianism. Why? Because this is what billionaires and corporations demand. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThink our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again | George MonbiotThe global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 431250636
Reposted by Genial JimLeo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n... 11332521369
Reposted by Genial JimThe Onion @theonion.com · 28/07/2026Gifted, Passionate Student Really Stretching Limits Of School’s Resources theonion.com/gifted-passionate-stud… 699482
Reposted by Genial JimOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026once again tapping the sign: please support independent, worker run, reader funded newsrooms how and where you are able to. 231974
Reposted by Genial JimPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 27/07/2026People need to step back and understand what they are seeing. After a few months of war, the USA is running out of munitions and options fighting a country with no air force, no navy and a damaged infrastructure. US decline is real and self-inflicted. 651391349
Reposted by Genial JimScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Jeffrey Epstein models Zuckerberg's Meta glasses. Spoof advertisements featuring the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein wearing Meta’s AI glasses have been installed at bus stops across London in a guerrilla campaign protesting against privacy risks. The activist group Everyone Hates Elonthetimes.comSpoof Epstein ads go up around London in protest against Meta AI glassesThe activist group Everyone Hates Elon targets smart glasses in a guerrilla campaign over privacy risks and non-consensual recording 121534638