Reposted by Jon LawtonErin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I was raised by a nurse with an associates degree and a steel mill electrician. I am not denigrating the value and dignity of blue collar work when I ask how many elite national media staffers are raising future bricklayers themselves. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comTime to Consider Becoming a BricklayerCollege degrees hold less value, while jobs in the trades are booming. 162142310
Reposted by Jon LawtonIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026*blackadder theme* His head is bigger than a fence He breathes, and everything gets warmer His urge to trample represents A nation's nuclear war trauma Godzilla! Godzilla! The scourge of beast and man! Godzilla! Godzilla! He's flattening Japan! 231026380
Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026To put this in perspective, Bush was at a 51% approval rating among likely voters in Alabama in October 2006. Trump is at 44%. The generic ballot might be a bit conservative at +9 for Democrats... results.surveyusa.com/client/PollR...results.surveyusa.comResults of SurveyUSA Election Poll #10543 011
Reposted by Jon LawtonJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026SEN. ERIC SCHMITT: Do these texts not prove that a shrimp fried this rice? 102967353
Reposted by Jon LawtonSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Was interviewed by a US journalist today who asked if we were all panicking about terrorists at Fairford, which ended with me trying to explain dogging. 551070146
Reposted by Jon LawtonSleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him 2959151396
Reposted by Jon LawtonDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For some reason this comes to mind 39011
Reposted by Jon Lawtona rare photo of sean connery signed by roger moore @steamedhamms.bsky.social · 27/09/2026reading london falling at the moment and it resurfaces one of the all timer quotes about the police from former Met Police Commissioner Robert Mark: "The basic test of a decent police force is that it catches more criminals than it employs, and the Met is failing that test." 08013
Reposted by Jon LawtonKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776462129
Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I'm slowly making my way through Wolverine on PS5. It's... Okay. Some interesting, if underdeveloped ideas, interminable bosses, and doing Mystique pretty damn dirty. The look around scene in between halves of a boss fight can die in a fire. Tedious and annoying, not immersive. 000
Reposted by Jon LawtonTom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Do not carry a cold beverage in their presence. Politely decline any drinks or sweetmeats they may offer. Keep a plain iron nail in your left trouser pocket and a sachet or paper twist of coarse salt in your right shoe. Enter and leave your chair moving clockwise. Follow up with a thank-you note. 543308753
Reposted by Jon LawtonClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026all I’m gonna say about this as a woman who inhabits nerd spaces is that if you believe “Game of Thrones” is the best (not most culturally impactful or biggest influence, but BEST) speculative fiction show of the century by this staggering a margin, you are a man I would not let my girlfriends date 2875111
Reposted by Jon LawtonBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10381452832
Reposted by Jon LawtonPunished Cat Guy (extra punished Cenobite version) @majima.club · 24/09/2026Good night friends. Be orange at your friendsss 510010
Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026There's been a "Warning: Goats" sign on the coast road for decades, but I think that might be the first time I've ever seen them crossing the road. 010
Reposted by Jon LawtonAsh Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/20261/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions. 26895469
Reposted by Jon LawtonSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I was prepared by this post. And yet I was UNPREPARED. 43814
Reposted by Jon LawtonRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul... 341127554658
Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The RNLI was founded because of experiences rescuing sailors on the Isle of Man. It's a beloved institution here and in every seaside town I've ever visited. I'm pretty sure every grandma I had growing up did fund raising for it, because I've toured lifeboat stations across the UK. 110
Reposted by Jon LawtonNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026The RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t. 61260351
Reposted by Jon LawtonRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 19/09/2026little known fact: Napoleon chose his Marshals based entirely on the quality of their morning wood. Davout was nicknamed 'The Iron Marshal' for this very reason. 84106399
Reposted by Jon LawtonMacey Levington @macey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026THE UNSPOKEN NAME by AK Larkwood. gorgeously written adventure fantasy of an orc sacrifice turned warrior fighting free of the terrible wizard mentor who saved her, takes Tombs of Atuan & blossoms open at Planeswalker scale. doomed by its Feb '20 release 😭 dead planets! fighter/mage f/f! butch mc!! 65422
Reposted by Jon LawtonSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Here's a chart from the post.... quite a change in a single generation. 2735891
Reposted by Jon LawtonDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Why do so many care about inheritance tax when fewer than 5% of estates pay it? Because that statistic counts the dead. Our new model counts living pensioner households instead. 20% have enough assets to face the tax. Over 50% in parts of London. Thread: 1818065
Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Damn, Duncan Sheik died? I've had this in my playlist for twenty years. youtu.be/bSkdgHbYMrIyoutu.beDuncan Sheik - That says it allYouTube video by staind091181 000
Reposted by Jon LawtonSydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 18/09/2026everyone says they want to live in the country and rural areas until they realize the farm where you buy beef is closer than the nearest supermarket and only is open from 11-4pm on Friday and 10-5 on Saturday and Sunday 7907
Reposted by Jon LawtonToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026*rubs temples* why am i reading about MPs scrutinising Eurovision track record instead of them taking action against far-right and fascist groups that are harrassing the RNLI, the public, & shutting down infrastructure www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUK's 'dismal' Eurovision song choices to be examined by MPsIt comes after the UK's entry Look Mum No Computer came last in May's final, scoring just one point. 24739185
Reposted by Jon LawtonMichael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Your Granda on when he was an apprentice 0759
Reposted by Jon LawtonAngry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Sharing this again because it’s so totally spot-on. “Warrior,” as I’ve written about before, is a term utterly unfit for a citizen-soldier professional military. I want to buy @briankerg.bsky.social a beer or two for this. www.usni.org/magazines/pr...usni.orgWhere Exactly Has the Warrior Ethos Gotten Us?The Marine Corps should revive its traditional ethos, emphasizing professional competence, readiness, honor, courage, and commitment for the demands of modern warfare. 819156
Reposted by Jon LawtonMichael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days 6247001590
Reposted by Jon LawtonGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If Ed Sheeran is feeling stressed I’m sure Robert Kraft has some good spa recs 692613279
Reposted by Jon Lawtonpolytoken dot dev @polytoken.dev · 15/09/2026nobody else has the steel moral core to tell you the truth in release notes 31088161
Reposted by Jon LawtonJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵 341835794
Reposted by Jon LawtonDan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10/09/2026The fact we have an executive class that doesn't know what to do with the Looney Tunes or The Muppets really sums up what a joyless, barren world they inhabit. 776942172
Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I'm really curious how "One Evening" by Feist ended up on the M&S muzak playlist. It never charted in the UK, so how on earth did it end up in rotation? I'm not complaining, it's just weird to hear it in the wild. 100
Reposted by Jon LawtonNate O @nateo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I followed the law, paid the migrant tax (that kept doubling every time I renewed my visa), and am still in the red. Everything I and my husband ever saved was repeatedly wiped out every two and a half years. These fees put every migrant worker that follows the law in precarity, likely in perpetuity 47728
Jon Lawton @jlrlawton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Oddly specific problem, but has anyone else had issues with getting carrots to soften in the frying pan lately? I can't remember ever spending so long trying to get the damn things soft enough for a spag bol or casserole. Usually it feels like you're fighting to keep their shape. 100
Reposted by Jon LawtonJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 02/09/2026so are we gonna get a bunch of political analysis thumbsucker pieces about the cautionary tale of a promising youngish politico who torpedoed his career by latching on to the biological gender extremists who are attempting to drag the Democratic Party into hugely unpopular political waters or nah 263108576
Reposted by Jon LawtonFickle Filly @ficklefilly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026How to enjoy a staff meeting: 1. Stop listening. 2. Imagine you’re down at Fraggle Rock. 14394121
Reposted by Jon LawtonSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 30/12/2024“Every Rose Has Its Porn: Optical Character Recognition and the Middle English Problem” is a title for an article that I don’t even need to write. Please cite this post. 18733186
Reposted by Jon LawtonSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Women buried with swords actually used them (how shocking! But also—seriously cool analysis). “These princesses were active practitioners of hunting or athletic skills rather than merely symbolic owners of the weapons found in their tombs,” says Zeinab Hashesh” ⚔️ www.snexplores.org/article/egyp...snexplores.orgAncient Egyptian princesses may have been skilled warriorsA study of six mummies from ancient Egypt challenges the idea that the weapons buried with some royal women were merely ceremonial. 7354111
