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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was vaguely aware that the Glasgow Subway was, when I first went to the city, officially called the Underground. Good to know that almost 7 decades of local bloody mindedness got it changed back to Subway in 2003. Great book so far @jonnelledge.bsky.social

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I could not have counted the number of times as a primary school aged kid what I said in everyday conversation was challenged as "not proper English" and to make sure and sound "educated" when I spoke. I'd need to not sound like everyone else to "get on" in life.

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I was just thinking when I saw this headline, and my reading on the railway track tension across the UK network. Engineering designed in cooler times is going to be an issue.

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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Well this is a heatwave problem I did not foresee: the bridge at the entrance to Bristol’s harbour got stuck, because the metal expanded in the heat www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Bristol's Plimsoll Bridge banned from opening in hot weather

It comes after the Plimsoll Swing Bridge got stuck open after overheating in May.

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I absolutely loved this programme. Yes, it was that long ago.

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Ali Haydor @alihaydor.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

50 years ago today, the Grunwick strike began. Led by South Asian woman Jayaben Desai, the strike showed the strength of women standing together against unfair treatment at work. 1/2 #Grunwickstrike #JayabenDesai #SouthAsian

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We recently had a visitor to Bristol from Glasgow, who took a mouthful of our topwater unfiltered. The look of horror on his face! He promptly learned how our filter works!

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Also I've been used to this type of alert being for a "right now" emergency. In NZ for Level 4 lockdown in 3 hours or an evacuation order for a tsunami alert. Not just advisory. We'd been discussing the Arab Strap lyric "I remember watching Threads and growing up in fear". Relieved!!

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Martin Heneghan @martinheneghan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

He’s been prime minister for five minutes and he’s already playing with the emergency alert.

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Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Oh wow. Finally, the last season of Babylon Berlin is on its way. So excited. youtube.com/watch?v=LG18...

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Babylon Berlin - Season 5 - Official Trailer (Beta Film)

YouTube video by Beta Film - Official Trailer Channel

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Just to say that if you have access to BBC I-player, live coverage of the Games will be shown on BBC Alba.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 22/07/2026

For those overseas: I really cannot stress what a big deal Larry the Cat is in British political life. It's not even a bit. He's an obsession of the 'Westminster bubble' – I'm no exception – but because the British public love animals, beyond that too.

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

15 minutes. Half time is 15 minutes.

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Thought for the day: It never ceases to amaze me how today's techbros' vision of the future they want defaults to fully automated leopard-face-chomping neo-feudalism rather than fully automated luxury gay space communism.

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UrbanAKL @urbanakl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

it should be the bare minimum that Sam Neil's resting spot is draped with the future flag of Australia

Flag worn by Sam Neill in Event Horizon (1997, set in 2047)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_flag_debate#/media/File:Australian_Flag_with_Aboriginal_Flag.svg

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I have barely been in the room when the World Cup footage of other teams has been on. I'm going with 1966. Though with the potential for Argentina if they beat Norway 1986 enters the fray.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

What we need now is one of the TV stations to host a debate, Farage to refuse to attend and @countbinface.bsky.social to empty chair him.

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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

hi @countbinface.bsky.social please accept this unconditional gift

Poster with image of Count Binface on yellow background (arms folded, swagged out in his signature style: futuristic armour, shiny cape, giant bin head) with text:

CLACTON
Make your vote
COUNT

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Ali Haydor @alihaydor.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Yes We Count Binface ✊🏾

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Weird how the right both believe Thatcher's council house sale is the best policy in history and that anyone who benefitted from it is bad and wrong.

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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

McSweeney’s on the economics of the AI bubble. This description of AI driven layoffs is excellent satire.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 19/06/2026

This is an embarrassing image for the UK. A self-respecting British fox should be dragging Binface's contents out over the stage

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Really enjoyed the show, but we demand to know which petrol station!

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I was far too old when I was introduced to this salad combo! Will be sourcing ingredients as England's weather is about to surpass my heat tolerance again.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 19/06/2026

'If you have any information about the whereabouts of Nigel, whose mummy is very worried about him, the number is 0345 6060 973.' After Andy Burnham's Makerfield win, James O'Brien wonders why the Reform UK leader is not doing any live interviews.

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I'm just so used to a total lack of awareness of Scotland, so reacted too quickly.

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

There were 2 by-election - 1 in an Aberdeen constituency and another in Arbroath.

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The Scottish system brings different issues but a generation of graduates paying Plan 2 loans for the rest of their lives isn't one.

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

There isn't a auK wide scheme, you're probably seeing the English information, and yes it is as awful as it seems. Eligible students pay no fees in Scotland and there are a range of bursaries for living costs, rather than loans.

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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Learning about how UK student “loans” work and reconsidering my plans for exile (I’ll be Scottish in my dreams instead)

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I'm struck by how much of my TV and film watching involves this .... Usually in NYC

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Working against the (very centre but still) centre left SNP and with the Tories both informally at Holyrood and in formal coalitions at council level, isn't bringing that centre left/left vote back.

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

They've been trying to bring back "their" Scottish voters since 2007 with the same playbook. Have learned nothing.

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Excellent pod again. There are a lot of options for constitutional reform which have been on the table for decades largely ignored in England till now. Re No Overall Control - 30 of 32 of the Scottish local councils are NOC, and the majority have been for at least a decade. Just unusual with FPTP

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Added to which Student Visa holders are restricted to paid work of no more than 20 hours per week. There's a chance it won't expire but be withdrawn, if they are found to have violated that rule.

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Reform will definitely get some seats from the regional lists in Scotland. So aye good news but not a surprise as yet. There was only one potential constituency which returned SNP.

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I found the cinemas in Dunedin so uncomfortably cold that we just stopped going, except for films I really, really wanted to see. Which was a big change for us.

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I used to get annoyed at Kiwis being surprised that I felt cold indoors in NZ, because I'm "from Scotland, and should be used to the cold". Aye outside mate, not in my house/the pub/the cinema/work where I have to keep my outside jacket on to be able to function.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Let me be among the first 200,000 people to point out that if made in Scotland it’s Whisky, not Whiskey.

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Mike Meadway 🇪🇺 🇩🇰 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mmeadway.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I was reminded this morning of something IBM noted in 1978: "A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore, a computer must never make a management decision."

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

While we are transfixed by the antics of our supposed "leaders", a catastrophe of astonishing proportions has been creeping up on us. Climate scientists now believe it is more likely than not to happen, and soon. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot

Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I've been astounded by the cost of living in this country compared to the wages available. This ongoing shitshow is where the far right get to inveigle themselves, blaming everyone and everything else but this. Median UK salary £39,000, when part-time work is included £32,890.

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The absolute mess of the debt being wiped at privatisation to today where all the revenue goes to shareholders/private equity. What was promised by the neoliberal/third way zealots -that "advantage" of the private sector over the public of capital investment and innovation has simply not appeared.

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jeesjess.bsky.social @jeesjess.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Similar story here in the UK where the promised infrastructure investment that would come with removing public oversight of water just hasn't kept up with the need. Made worse in England by the privatisation of water.

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