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Jolyon Rubinstein

@jolyonrubs.bsky.social
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Co-Founder of JOLLY GRIFFIN LTD || BAFTA-Winning Film Maker || Satarist || Activist. Agents: Independent Talent

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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What’s more British than taking the piss? jolyonrubinstein.substack.com/p/the-danger...
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The Dangers of Telling Us What’s Funny
Comedy should make us uncomfortable. The moment we start deciding what people are allowed to laugh at, we risk destroying one of the few weapons that has always terrified the powerful.
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wrote about the Automated Indifference I see around me. The equivalent of a digital shrug jolyonrubinstein.substack.com/p/automated-...
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Automated Indifference
We can mute any obligation, swipe away anything that concerns us, and engage as much or as little as we want. But the truth is as inevitably unavoidable as the next iPhone being released.
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Automated Indifference
We can mute any obligation, swipe away anything that concerns us, and engage as much or as little as we want. But the truth is as inevitably unavoidable as the next iPhone being released.
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I keep looking at all these apparently unrelated things, and I have the increasingly uncomfortable suspicion that they are the same story. jolyonrubinstein.substack.com/p/recursive-...
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Recursive Self-Improvement
I keep looking at all these apparently unrelated things, and I have the increasingly uncomfortable suspicion that they are the same story.
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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Still true #WorldCup
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Happy Father's Day 🖤
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Kier Starmer is about to resign. Under his watch the right to protest peacefully has been torn to shreds. Democracy does not function without free expression and speech. You don’t pick and choose who deserves that right. (1/3)
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Nigel Farage and Reform want their own ICE. "We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command”
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
One question the lobby should ask Keir Starmer: if Donald Trump moves on Greenland, will you rule out UK bases being used? Or will Britain become Orwell’s Airstrip One?
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Bondi 💔
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 12/11/2025
Left: Donald Trump’s Jan 6th quote, as presented in the dossier that brought down two BBC bosses Right: What Donald Trump actually said. Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
“Fifteen minutes into the speech, what Trump actually said: ‘We are gonna walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be with you. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.’ It was completely misleading to edit the clip in the way Panorama aired it.”“We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them.

Because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated.

I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Dale Maily’s back doing Dale Maily things. Oh btw he HATES the ECHR
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Utterly horrified by the Manchester Synagogue Attack on Yom Kippur. My thoughts and prayers are with all those caught up in this terror. Hate is hate.
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
It is 12 noon on Monday. The Prime Minister still has said nothing about the biggest far right protest in my lifetime. Its pathetic. It’s totally unacceptable. Get a grip. For all our sakes.
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Never agreed with Kirk on anything. Not a word. His death is tragic. Political violence is wrong. Every life—even those we deeply disagree with—is sacred. Gun violence knows no ideology
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Even by BBC current standards, Chris Mason’s “review” of Reforms conference feels sycophantic
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Nigel Farge cares so much about women’s rights that he’s prepared to work with the Taliban
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🚨☘️ Dale Maily had to return... WE NEED YOUR HELP. If you’ve ever said “this is the kind of show we need” — now’s the time to prove it. 🎬 Support the beginning… of the beginning. buymeacoffee.com/FplhrMO
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The International Community MUST ACT
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Non-violent Protest is not Terrorism. Its just not.
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Doesn't it strike you as odd and deeply disturbing that there are more and more videos of Palestinian’s being shot and killed whilst queueing for food?
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Good to see them feeding the captured flotilla, showing just how easy it is to give people food to eat if you want to
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Packed house as our host for the evening, @jolyonrubs.bsky.social‬, introduces the #AmnestyMediaAwards 2025 👏 "Tonight's nominees underscore how it is vital that we defend press freedom before it is too late" You can join us live in the link below 📺👇🏾 amnesty-media-awards.org.uk
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
No aid has reached the starving people of Palestine. Israeli forces continue to block access despite the imminent risk of literally mass mass death of babies & children. Today we MUST make our voices heard - come if you can at 6PM to Parliament square & #fastforgaza #r4today
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
IT IS NOT ABOUT GARY LINEKER IT WAS NOT ABOUT KNEECAP IT IS ABOUT GENOCIDE
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Speak up
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Trump finally has answered the age old question: Is the Pope a Catholic?
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Is Liz Truss free speech network called lettuce?
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🚨Glasto! You asked. We listened. “Join former City trader Gary Stevenson and satirist Jolyon Rubinstein for a sharp, funny, and eye-opening live edition of The Trading Game and ask: what if the revolution really was televised?” Glastonbury Festival. 6:00 pm Friday 27th June. The Speakers Forum.
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Trump saying we need to take our medicine again is giving me drinking bleach vibes
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
You'd think in supposed civilised societies of Western Nations, those who celebrate their enlightenment- that the deliberate targeting of medical workers for execution would lead too universal outrage of near biblical proportions. And yet...
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It’s an honour to host the @amnesty.org Media Awards 2025. Especially in what will be the final year before journalists are officially designated as enemies of the state - what a send-off! www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
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Amnesty Media Awards 2025: Finalists and host announced
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
If you don’t think the government should support the most vulnerable in society, you don’t understand the purpose of government. Tax the rich. Tax corporations. Defend the vulnerable. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social you’re done
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Free Speech?
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
It's time to come together. 🪧Re-Claim the public square of the internet. 🪧75% tax of billionaires 🪧 FREE EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, WELFAIE & UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME TO FACE DOWN AUTOMATION. 🪧Real commitment to deal with Climate Emergency 🪧RENATIONALISE ALL GAS & OIL COMPANIES Full vid on Instagram
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
NO
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Poor coverage of Gaza at the BBC: failure of journalism A BBC report on the ceasefire in Gaza fails to fact check Israeli violations, while obscuring key context – this isn’t journalism, it’s neglect.
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Poor coverage of Gaza at the BBC: failures of journalism
A BBC report on the ceasefire in Gaza fails to fact check Israeli violations, while obscuring key context – this isn’t journalism, it’s neglect
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Using your kids, without even having their mothers permission, as PR props, whilst you destroy countless jobs and enrich yourself is fucking low. Awful for the kids themselves and profoundly sociopathic
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Say what you like about Stomzy and this deal. Undoubtedly a terrible move. What he is doing baffles. But where the fuck have all the other artists been? Where the absolute fuck have these bag hungry men been? Brand deals have been way more important. It’s been so profoundly disappointing.
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Saqi Books @saqibooks.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL BOOKSHOP! We would hugely appreciate any support you are able to give at this time. Find out more here: www.gofundme.com/f/jerusalems...
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The sad but predictable capitulation to Putin will embolden him. Europes doorstep is becoming dangerously precarious and I have absolutely no faith that America will come to our aid. And yes, you fucking idiots, we are geographically part of Europe so don’t even start @‘ing me
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Donald Trump is Neville Chamberlain in 2025
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON! KANYA WEST IS SELLING SWASTIKA T-SHIRTS. DISGUSTNG ANTI-SEMETIC PIECE OF SHIT. WHERE IS THE PUBLIC?!
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
“Free Speech”
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Gaza isn’t America
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
It’s the people saying “it’s not a big deal” or straight up ignoring it because they “don’t watch the news” that I find more scary than what he did on that stage
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Ceasefire? What ceasefire
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Jolyon Rubinstein @jolyonrubs.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Imagining the chat if Yaxley-Lennon and Elon got on the bag together
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