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Jeff Pickthall

@jeffpickthall.bsky.social
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Spiteful class warrior. Possessor of opinions. Crate digger. Fond of umami. Likes a pint. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 18h
Really? Is this true? It’s the first I’ve heard of it.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gemini seems to have conked out.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fifty years of U2. It seems longer.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Bollocks. My prehistoric phone isn’t going to support Strava from next week. #twats
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Can we just abolish the monarchy?
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Macklemore sounds like a whisky.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trouble is, I suspect, many of those Conservative and Reform voters see Brexit in the same way as some on the far left used to see Communism (and maybe still do) - namely, a failure, but only because it was never properly tried.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Protect are wimmin!
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Channel 4 News is TV gold tonight. It’s like the Iranian Embassy siege.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A claim of “I firmly believe I have broken no rules” counts for nothing.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ruddles Best, exclusive to Spoons, is a magnificent beer.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
No mention of Miles Davis’s magnificent performance at the Isle of Wight festival on programme on Radio 4. Shoddy journalism.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Mustang Sally is the worst song ever written.
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing .
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Simon Wren-Lewis @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
New post: Unpicking the legacy of neoliberalism mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/08/unpi... Defending neoliberalism today beyond the familiar tropes has become so difficult because so many of the claims made for it 40 years ago are questionable at best and in some cases clearly untrue.
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Unpicking the legacy of neoliberalism
Neoliberalism as an overarching ideology for UK government died with the Brexit referendum in 2016, just as it did in the US with Trump’s ...
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Three pints of magnificent Ruddles Best (poor man’s Harveys) in Spoons, £5.25. Preceded by four pints in another pub, £24.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Explosions don't "take place", they occur. Planned things take place, ceremonies, beer festivals etc
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Mosaic Tap in Newcastle is good, but it needs soft furnishings. It is too bloody loud. A common complaint with craft beer establishments. #middleagecomplaints
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I bought some Daz washing powder and the smell has taken back to the seventies. Diddy David Hamilton is on the radio in the kitchen, I'm watching Why Don't You? and I'm looking for ward to Vesta curry for tea.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I have won 40p on my first ever bet! I put £1 on Spain.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I am looking forward to the booing of Trump.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Argies doing a bit of argy bargy.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Today’s Wordle word is nonsense.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Ahead of England v Norway in the World Cup, enjoy this classic from my old pal Patrick Kidd in The Times
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
A deranged headline for James O'Brien @lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social www.dailymail.com/debate/artic...
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PATRICK BISHOP: Norwegians celebrate their heritage, so why can't WE?
When England step out to face Norway in Miami this evening, the antics in the stands are likely to provide an entertaining addition to the drama on the pitch.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Nick Robinson interveiwing Zia Yusuf on the Today Prog is playing chess with a pigeon.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Farage has just proved himself to be a fragile self-pitying narcissistic man-baby like Trump
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Farage is just proving he is not cut out for high office.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Farage is having aright old narcissistic whinge.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Wes Streeting is dreary on @lbc.co.uk
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
He now needs pressing on what "serious cinsequences" might be.
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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
FIFA makes surprise last-minute change to refereeing team for USA v Belgium:
Jan 6th insurrectionist wankers on some steps in the US Capitol
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I’ve just amused myself by thinking of another broken aphorism. “Elephant in the ointment”. It shall be joining “spanner amongst the pigeons” in my lexicon.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I am proud to be a spiteful class warrior. #spitefulclasswarrior
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Damn. Today’s Wordle word is one of my regular starter words but I used a different one. I briefly considered using it.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Morecambe Bay resembles somewhere on the Mediterranean today.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
About twelve years ago I sat next to Andy Burnham in standard class on a train between Warrington Bank Quay and Euston. We had a brief chat. He was very nice.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Really not beating those 'gone into hiding' rumours
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Katsu curry is chip shop curry sauce for middle class people.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
A handsome pint. Birdman Best by Lunebrew. Rather excellent. Somewhat Bass-esque.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I’m loving Ian Hislop putting the boot into Michael Gove on #hignfy
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
In this video, I say the obvious about Trump’s proposal to increase the military budget by nearly 50%: it’s a bribe to officers and soldiers so that they will side with him when he tries to overthrow the Constitution and stay in power indefinitely. snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-mil...
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Trump's Military Dictatorship Budget
The proposal only makes sense as a bribe
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"Hands up if you started a riot by cynically exploiting a tragedy to spread division and incite hatred"
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
So that’s two of the “Raise the Colours” organisers now charged with violent crimes & a fifth of the 2024 race rioters with domestic abuse. Makes you wonder whether “innocent patriotism” & “protecting women & girls” are just covers for thuggish racism & misogyny?
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A significant donor to the Tony Blair Foundation: Larry Ellison’s charitable foundation — Reports in 2025 said the foundation had donated or pledged more than £250m since 2021.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I think Tony Blair needs to wind his neck in.
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Do yourself a favour, watch the cheese rolling live on iPlayer
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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Politicians need to stop using "delivering" when the common perception is that they are not.
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