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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

How many more times in my life am I going to have to hear about Dominic Cummings when every article written about him reads like this

"I'm not an 'adviser," says Dominic Cummings, completing the Rubik's cube with a deft swizz of the wrist. "I'm an artist.
Boris is my paint. Britain is my canvas. The Civil Service is a kind of shit easel."
Cummings pulls another Rubik's cube from his bag. "I got a first in history from Oxford," he says, tossing the second cube, now also complete, over his shoulder. "You know the most impostant thing I learned there?" I shake my head.
"Nothing. It was bollocks. All of it."
Again, he reaches into his bag, this time retrieving a large box. "You're a journalist, right? A wordsmith?" I nod tentatively. He slams the box on the table. "Bet you can't beat me at Boggle."
A source close to Cummings said, "Dom is the greatest Boggle player I've seen. He's a total genius." Others warned he won't be around for long: despite his name, he is often
"going", preferring to tiansform organisations then leave quickly. "I call it management blitzkrieg," another source told me. "It's genius".
Downing Street colleagues say he changed the culture.
"Before he arrived, we were just sitting in No. 10 watching reruns of Scrubs in our pyjamas," said an adviser who worked for May and Johnson. "He walked in and bollocked us all, individually, for 15 minutes. It was one of the most arousing experiences of my life. He's a genius."

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

How it feels watching the Tories and Reform fall into the trap of loudly proclaiming cute little animals are the enemy because of woke:

Far Side comic where the cat is about to climb into the washing machine that is labelled CAT FUD

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In an AMAZING TWIST my GP surgery tried again with EMMA, the AI phone assistant, to identical results!

Email I received from my GP surgery

Hi Jack,
We recently carried out a trial of the
EMMA Al telephone answering service to help us explore whether it could improve the experience for patients contacting the practice.
Following feedback from both patients and the practice team, we have decided to end the trial.
Unfortunately, the service did not deliver the improvements the practice had hoped for.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Many more of the new posters I think miss the mark like this one where the guy in a bright yellow anorak has been on a platform for ages. Does that scream criminal, or does that scream trainspotter?

Poster is a cartoon depiction of a man in a bright yellow anorak on a train station platform.

Text is “Why have they been hanging around so long? Speak to a member of staff or text 61016. If you see any unusual behaviour, see it, say it, sorted.”

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Discovered something really strange which is that on Google's long-term graph of the FTSE 100 there is a massive drop that lasts for the whole of 2018. What on earth data got messed up to cause this to happen?

Google search for "ftse 100" then I have set the graph to Max. The result is a graph of the FTSE 100 from 12 September 1986 to today. There is a massive drop from about 8000 points to about 1000 points in November 2017, which lasts until the end of 2018 when the graph recovers almost all of its value. Obviously this didn't happen in real life.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I personally would not go to a place called Hell Beach but thanks Apple News

Apple News notification

News Lifestyle
now
My day at 'hell beach' ruined by social media

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is clearly a major scandal for our highest polling party, so I’m looking forward to all the other news outlets picking up on it any minute now! Unfortunately, the BBC is too busy reporting uncritically Reform’s fantasy treasury numbers tonight.

Screenshot of news article on BBC front page “Reform UK
promises £80bn cuts to public spending”

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

That combined with this line I read on his Wikipedia page and I worry for how he must smell.

He described in a 2022 viral video a hygiene regime that eschews the use of shampoo, soap, deodorant and toothpaste in favor of simply water.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just been reminded of The Memories Live On, the best local newspaper article to have ever made it to print.

Peterborough Standard (18th April 1980)

The Momories Live On

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Tremorremony at the library.remony at the library.
The jubilee fund, described by chairman Frank Parnell as 'one of the finest efforts in Lincolnshire', fm he latched onto a through ball. Although he was hauled down by the 'keeper he still managed to stroke the ball home.
But for the second week running Durant had to leave the field injured, this time suffering eye trouble.
The winning goal was another 25-yard shot - again from Blackstones' central defender - coming from their second chance of the game.
Gary Cooper, recently signed from Queens Old Boys, had a good debut.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Problem is if they don’t do this no one clicks on the video. There’s a channel I watch called Green Dot Aviation who makes serious, non-sensationalist, interesting documentaries about aviation accidents, and he’s forced to make the thumbnails look like this otherwise the video performs really badly.

YouTube thumbail of a British Airways plane flying (falling?) through a cloudy sky, with text in all caps “TERRIFYING FAILURE”

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Specific gripe with Google AI: until a few months ago you could google “train x to y” and it would give you a list of train times. Now, while it still does this for some routes, for many others they have replaced the actually helpful information with the AI telling you to go to a different website!

AI overview for Google search “train Harrogate to Leeds”.

You can check live schedules and book tickets via the National Rail journey planner or compare cheap fares on The Trainline. Trains from Harrogate to Leeds take about 30 to 35 minutes, run directly, and depart frequently throughout the day.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Just got back from Big Sainsbury where they have replaced the disposable barbecues with giant dominoes. Thank you Comrade Burnham.

Giant wooden dominoes for sale on clearance on a shelf that last week sold disposable barbecues

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Nothing makes you look quite as silly as wearing dark glasses over normal glasses.

Me wearing my eclipse glasses over my normal glasses and looking at the sun.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

They’re calling it the worst hostage situation in Britain since that time a guy blocked a Hoover engineer’s van over the free flights thing

BBC News live feed for Manchester mayor election

Headline: No word on when winner will be declared

Body text: There's no word on when the next Mayor of Greater Manchester will be declared.
I'm told we're here until the bitter end, whenever that is.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

He does have an anime pfp that’s kind of a weeb thing

Andy Burnham’s Bluesky account with anime pfp

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I’ve found out that if you google Zebedee the AI overview will pull through a description of the biblical Zebedee and an image of Zebedee from The Magic Roundabout.

AI overview from a Google search of Zebedee, containing a description and an image.

The image is Zebedee from the magic roundabout.

The description is “Zebedee is a
biblical figure
best known as the father of the apostles James
and John, a Galilean fisherman, and the husband of Salome.”

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This may be culturally American but as a Brit I’m forced to admit it’s one of ours, and rather than just a rhyme for kids it was a real commercial single released by a band called the Fast Food Rockers. Even reached No 2 in the UK music charts, kept off the top spot only by Bring Me To Life

UK official music charts for 25 June 2003.
1) Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
2) Fast Food Rockers - Fast Food Song

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

While we're on the subject of YouGov running polls that are a little silly I want to point out to those who haven't seen it that they re-ran their infamous moon poll a few months ago and put it in the hardest to read graphic ever told (I'll do my best with the alt text).

Not interested 23%
No point/benefit 8%
Reject premise of safe return 8%
Scared/anxious/afraid 7%
Nothing to do once there/would be boring 6%
Too old 6%
There are places on Earth I want to visit first 5%
Happy on Earth 4%
Claustrophobia/agraphobia 3%
Would cause environmental damage 3%
Waste of money/too expensive 3%
Fear of flying/heights 3%
Health issues/disability/physical toll 3%
Don't like travelling 2%
Long way to go/too far away 2%
We should solve Earth's issues first 2%
Waste of time 2%
Waste of resources 1%
Would not enjoy it/would not be comfortable 1%
Other 6%
Don't know 18%

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Starmer’s resignation speech in full:

My work here is done. But you didn’t do anything!

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

How is this the line they’re going with? A woman was murdered for goodness sake!

Tom Harwood tweet concerning the suspect in the Ann Widdecombe murder: Did he take the day off work to make this journey or were my taxes once again paying for someone's idleness?

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

There’s always a local angle (from the local radio station’s website for the town I grew up in). The role is Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead because he’s resigned as an MP. I saw this on Facebook where people who hadn’t read the article were excited he was coming to the town.

News headline “Nigel Farage appointed to Scarborough role”

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Isn’t this the video game with the plumber guy?

News notification that begins “Super-sub Merino the hero”

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Interesting how there’s just not that many boys names, a lot of these were popular or common when I was born and here they are near enough 30 years later still in the top 10.

Luca is the fourth most popular name for boys, with Arthur, Oliver, George, Oscar, Theodore and Freddie.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Ah he’s an influencer now is he? He is the Zoella of the racist community, I see.

From a BBC news article

Asked why he did not declare benefits provided by convicted criminal George Cottrell, Farage said: "This is utterly spurious. Utterly spurious.

"I wasn't in politics. I was a broadcaster and an influencer and he helped me go out into the English Channel when the boats started to come, film that and make it into a public issue."

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

You just know that even if this starred actual people with a premise like this it would be some of the worst you've ever seen.

The movie takes place in the "Tillyverse," described by the production company as "a surreal digital world located somewhere up in the Cloud." It will tell "a coming-of-age story infused with existential AI chaos," Particle6 said.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

That's his Mii he uses it to post on Miiverse

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Earlier this year my GP tried something similar - replacing their entire call system with AI - which meant I received these texts from them just hours apart, which is truly environmental storytelling.

First text

Hi Jack,
After listening to frustration about call queues, we are installing a new telephone solution.
Our digital assistant, EMMA, will answer immediately and help with common reasons for calling us. EMMA handles routine calls so our team can focus on your care.
Everything you say is kept confidential & sent securely. Should you have any feedback, please use the feedback form on

Second text

Hi Jack,
We are aware of occasions where our new digital telephone assistant, EMMA is not responding as we would like her to. We are closely monitoring the situation in conjunction with our suppliers, who are making changes.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Let’s look at how spooked the markets actually are of Andy Burnham!

Today’s FTSE 100, showing a slight rise towards lunchtime then a slight decline in the afternoon, finishing 0.12% up from the previous close.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

He will be our first anime pfp Prime Minister

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Wouldn’t he have been on £66k at the time? As much as being poor does make someone more likely to not be on the electoral register for many reasons, I don’t think Polanski was impoverished, I think he just made a silly mistake.

The salary of an Assembly Member is currently £66,390 per year, except for the Statutory Deputy Mayor which is £118,124 and the Chair of the Assembly which is
£79,617.

https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/governance-and-spending/spending-money-wisely/salaries-expenses-benefits-and-workforce-information

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Can you tell I don’t like Boris Johnson?

Except from my essay Brexit and the Boy

We all know the rest of the story. Boris Johnson won the subsequent leadership contest and became Prime Minister, and I remember thinking at the time that well, what a shit, the country is finished. And I was kind of right on that too. But actually the archetype of "guy who thinks he's Churchill but is actually just a twat" is as British as electric kettles for tea, Jam and Jerusalem, or that one song about thirty years of hurt.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I couldn’t campaign on that platform, and so, I just didn’t. I went leafleting once at the start of the campaign before any of this had happened, then never again. In the election itself, I came dead last, and I deserved it. 4/4

Harrogate Town Council election results for Harlow Ward. Jack Harrison for the Labour Party is in last place with 5% of the votes.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Mike Tapp, but he phrased it like he was paraphrasing Shabana Mahmood, though as far as I can tell Mahmood didn’t say anything as extreme as this. You can see more context about this in the thread I’ve quoted in my post.

Tweet from Mike Tapp: The Home Secretary was clear today; we must identify and address any links between ethnicity, religion and culture - and child rape.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The background to all of this is that the BBC are still dragging a dead man’s name through the mud by associating him with this country’s worst racist criminals.

BBC live thread headline “Henry Nowak protestors jailed for throwing objects at Southampton disorder”

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Good statement made entirely redundant by the fact the only place No 10 saw fit to publish it is the website where they organise the riots.

Twitter post from Keir Starmer:

The scenes in Belfast last night were shocking and completely unacceptable.
There is no justification for the violence and disorder that we saw threatening our communities, nor for those who encouraged it, online or elsewhere.
It is clear that people were targeted last night because of their background and I will not tolerate it. Those responsible will feel the full force of the law.
I've spoken to the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to convey my thanks to them and the frontline emergency services for their bravery in keeping people safe. I've also spoken to the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to discuss the ongoing situation.
Appealing for calm must be the priority, and that is what l urge now. We must let the police get on with their work.

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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

LIVE from The Stray, Harrogate: it’s raining, and there’s no far right here whatsoever, in fact due to the weather there’s no one here at all other than me. If they were here earlier, they called it quits after only an hour or so. So consider their maximum number of attended protests to be 95.

Me at the Stray wearing a waterproof coat. Behind me you can see almost the whole Stray and there’s nobody there.

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