John @johnsw.bsky.social · 14hIn a bizarre and confusing twist, tory donors have invested in iron ore futures, and a pub in the Cotwolds has incorporated a business to consult on importing cast iron. 000
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 16hSo the pollsters know where the pollees live. So do they use that information to extrapolate the results of notional General Election? 100
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 17hAre the local poll results mapped onto actual seats? A split like this might mean both the Tories and reform both being the SDP at the next election. 100
Reposted by JohnStephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 23hI had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him. 381573619
Reposted by JohnAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 05/10/2026🎵 Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Annie Hall... 🎶 25670118
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The EdStone was, at 8 1/2 feet, 10 times less cringe than this. 000
Reposted by JohnRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 541888768
Reposted by JohnRyan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight. 5761831682
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If I scroll down will I find out how the Greens would address the portability of wealth? 020
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wonderful comment from the proven experts of what makes a good episode of Dr Whostatic.klipy.comDoctor Who's Thumbs UpAlt: Matt Smith as Doctor Who holding his thumbs up 041
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Name a film with a woman director, Aftersun by Charlotte Wells, a mediation on depression that might just be the film of the decade. 020
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I do need to find something good. I've nearly finished 100 Years of Solitude, and that awful Reacher spin off will end one day. 110
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I genuinely don't understand why any able bodied person drives in London unless lorry, van or taxi. It's the most public transport friendly place in the UK. 130
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Haven't seen that one. Does it objectify women for the male gaze? 120
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There's a special place in Hades for the Netflix git who cancelled Kaos. 261
Reposted by JohnSarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; and Third, it is 4 for £1.00. 933272
Reposted by JohnKatie 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 5776502129
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Let's just believe them for a moment. If I made a car without brakes, no one would describe the car as "going rogue", because, and I can't emphasise this enough, cars are not sapient. 010
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Cool, my current bookmark is a ticket from the Magritte Museuem in Brussels. 110
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026static.klipy.comThe Mandalorian: This Is The WayAlt: The Mandalorian saying "This Is The Way" 050
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of a morbid sense of curiosity. " 080
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026They also have a data centre one, to mark the end of our civilisation. 220
Reposted by JohnJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6428101169
Reposted by JohnMike Batt @mikebatt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A little conversation I had on Twitter 🙂 1231941317
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026And now this nonsense has been pretending to news on the radio all afternoon. 000
Reposted by JohnCat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026When I went to Reform to ask why Tice had not declared his trip properly, Tice's response was to ask if I was antisemitic This is a vindication of sorts (also for @garethceredig.bsky.social, and the Naked Week team who had to reassure me that I wasn't) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRichard Tice apologises for not declaring Israel trip during debateThe visit, funded by Reform Friends of Israel, was declared in his register of interests but not during the debate. 1432992
Reposted by JohnThe A.V. Club @avclub.com · 15/09/2026In a way, this message is brought to you by the Glendale Public Library. John Mulaney announces the #Emmy award for Lead Actor in a Drama like only a man's man can. 421753
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026See also Andy Weir. Problem solving man uses problem solving powers to solve problems. 030
Reposted by JohnMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I cannot tell you what absolute fiction this is. AI is heading for a crash and this cackhanded Terminator narrative is being engineered to save them. The fact that the unsubstantiated testimony of a former employee has been the top story on BBC News all day is absurd and irresponsible. 561221357
John @johnsw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Maintaining Top Parent standing by booking myth obsessed eldest child into a showing of Jason and the Argonauts. With a Mark Kermode introduction. 120
