Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 36mand hurrah for people who get confused between advice and unsolicited declarations of what everyone else must do, "no exceptions" :) 000
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 4hpossibly a slight misreading of the mood of the membership here... 130
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 12/10/2026An intriguing evening in Cardiff on Saturday… ukjazznews.com/tomos-willia...ukjazznews.comTomos Williams’s ‘Cwmwl Tystion III/Empathy’ in Cardiff - UK Jazz NewsTrumpeter Tomos Williams began developing this project in 2019, and this concert for Llais, Cardiff’s annual festival celebrating the voice, was the culmination, or perhaps the swansong, of a notable ... 001
Reposted by Jon TurneySathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played 10851891146
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026When I taught about eugenics, old and new, I came to feel it is largely a boo word. That is, “I believe this is a bad thing, so will call it eugenics” or, “this is a good thing, so we should not deem it to be eugenics” 100
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Ha - I recall this routine, but commuting to school in the 1960s 010
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Yes, last saw him doing Godot. Quite a strong pairing! 120
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Eurotrash - with Ben Whishaw. Sold out I’m afraid. We had an early alert from daughter, who is also a huge fan 110
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Ivo Neame’s Dodeka recording is pretty great. Comes with an approving note from me so sure to be a hot seller… #jazzsky ivoneame.bandcamp.com/album/dodeka...ivoneame.bandcamp.comDodeka - New Reveries, by Ivo Neame7 track album 140
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Wow, M John Harrison and Kathryn Hunter: what a combination. If we club together, maybe we can get her to read the whole book!. youtu.be/b9J2o2QhdSQ?... Already getting excited about seeing Hunter on stage again at Young Vic next month :)youtu.beKathryn Hunter reads from The End of Everything | The Booker PrizeYouTube video by The Booker Prizes 131
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026So the story of the ADHD/autism review, in brief, seems to be they were commissioned to reveal over-diagnosis, found no evidence it is happening, but decided to report there is growing risk anyway…? And media highlight the speculative bit. 000
Reposted by Jon TurneyJacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Pleased to announce that I am launching AI Explained, a weekly column on how to understand AI. The first edition today is all about OpenAI's maths dump www.newscientist.com/article/2592...newscientist.comOpenAI has dumped 722 maths papers – now it must clean up the mess | New ScientistOpenAI is using mathematics as a test site for its most capable AI models, and that means it has a responsibility to deal with the fallout, rather than just leaving it to mathematicians, says Jacob Ar... 2134
Reposted by Jon TurneyEhud @duhe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is an enjoyable and useful episode situating transhumanism within Darwinism and 19th century socialism. You’ll get to meet old friends like Haldane and Bernal and wonder whether eugenics was always already part of the story. www.ppfideas.com/episodes/the...ppfideas.comThe History of Transhumanism: Origins333 251
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I guess - and Edgbaston, Moseley, King’s Heath aren’t (aside from the uniformly homicidal drivers and propensity to park with 4 wheels on the pavement)? 100
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Much of it feels like London, only a good deal worse, I find. Meanwhile, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Manchester, Liverpool feel rather unlike London? 100
Reposted by Jon TurneyMatthew Henry @mattjohenry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026'We've had 2 hot summers, so I'm just hoping that next year will be ok again' Oh buddy you have no idea .... 012
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you live in Bristol it is compulsory to take at least 1 photo of bridge + balloons each year :) 050
Reposted by Jon TurneyDr Richard Gomer @richardgomer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026No, this is mad. Devolution will not work until govt and civil service work through their unhealthy obsession with centralised control, probably with therapy. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comMinisters explore how to stop regional leaders misusing planned new spending powersLabour wants to make sure mayors and council chiefs in England can be held to account for extra revenues devolved to them 043
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Rather fine piece about a favourite poet by a writer I am less drawn to but whose critical acumen I always admire…lithub.comA Reticent Eloquence: Colm Tóibín on the Poetry of Thom GunnIn August 1991, in a review of a new anthology of sixteenth-century poetry, Thom Gunn noted two poems by Sir Thomas Wyatt. These were poems that dealt directly with the execution of friends and ass… 000
Reposted by Jon TurneyAndy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · 02/10/2026After my partner died of cancer, the fact I write about new treatments for it in my work has been complicated. Inspired by this, I am launching an Instagram account called The Widowers Guide to the Science of Cancer today - you can see the first post here: www.instagram.com/p/Dd-__vcALl... 🧪 1228
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Jeez, Chris Mason’s self-regarding rehash of his part in this deeply trivial little eddy in the discourse tells you a lot about the state of political “journalism” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukChris Mason: Why Andy Burnham's about-turn on Manchester City mattersThe prime minister's comments on Man City were revealing on several levels - and leapt on by many in football, the BBC's political editor writes. 021
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A very happy birthday to Dave Holland, who has probably given me more delight over the last 50 years than any other musician, and still going strong 🙂 ukjazznews.com/dave-holland...ukjazznews.comDave Holland – ‘Freedom Call’ - UK Jazz NewsNOTE: This review is being published on 1 October 2026, Dave Holland's 80th birthday, and it is an opportunity for all of us at UKJN to thank Dave for decades of fabulous concerts and albums, and to s... 1103
Reposted by Jon TurneyHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What was the moment you realised you had no grasp of the world anymore? This did it for me www.ft.com/content/f109... 39119
Reposted by Jon TurneySadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Spotted the paperback version of Vanished in the wild for the first time nestled among the other ‘New, Notable, and Nectarous books.’ 🐯 0164
Reposted by Jon TurneyRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”. 241378493
Reposted by Jon TurneyThe Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 29/09/2026We’re excited to announce the winner of this years’ Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize is the 'The Age of Alchemy: How Early Innovators Shaped Modern Chemistry' by Kit Chapman, a ‘dazzling’ globetrotting adventure in the history of alchemy. #SciBooks royalsociety.org/news/2026/09... 4123
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"We neither need nor want to know about every slightly over-eager cell with the molecular desire to grow but without the genetic toolkit required to travel" - curious to read this on the day a first degree relative has a confirmation of a cancer diagnosis...aeon.coWe need a better way to describe what is often called ‘cancer’ | Aeon EssaysA cancer diagnosis carries with it fear and upheaval. For many patients the cellular changes do not warrant the label 000
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yes, I got a newsletter notification email headed "Epistemic Humility and the Pessimistic Meta-Induction" and I thought, ooh, interesting. I'm still a nerd OK? 000
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026these ideas are not mutually exclusive :) (also, FWIW, this kind of infantile sloganising is not why I joined the Green Party - sigh) 011
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Think you're probably right. I'm trying to think of an exception but haven't time just now to keep at that until I come up with one... 000
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I console myself (a bit) with the thought that the Telegraph is dying a slow death - along with its readership... 010
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is the kind of grown up political debate the country needs 221
Reposted by Jon TurneyProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 25/09/2026The Prospect paywall is down!! Head to our website to read all our online content FOR FREE until Monday 5th October. lnkd.in/eUYscDfv This includes our entire current issue: www.prospectmagazine... 02118
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sometimes youtube algorithm just serves up something half a century old that simply bowls you over youtu.be/Q4x7SbgB0KM?...youtu.beJeane Lee -- Conspiracy 1974 [Full Album]YouTube video by World Music & Drops 021
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026But you’re still going for the half century aren’t you? 010
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I know a guy who does piecework training AI to do slide decks against the clock. Hourly rate is impressively high & he reckons the company is spending millions per month on the project as they suck up his skills… but needs the money 000
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One good thing about getting older is the people buying presents know you very well :) 000
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What is an ethnicity, please? Aside from, as in this case, apparently being an indicator of profound stupidity 000
Reposted by Jon TurneyThe Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 19/09/2026A newly published survey has found that nearly anything can make someone an autism expert, according to the totally unbiased people behind it.thedailytism.comBar never been lower for “autism expertise”, study findsA newly published survey has found that nearly anything can make someone an autism expert, according to the totally unbiased people behind it. The survey, conducted specifically by people who have… 48417
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hmm…. Link from PR in the inbox this morning. Keith Jarrett augmented by AI obviously a thing that needed to happen youtu.be/QVuS0U-XSuM?...youtu.beSTOMP (Édouard Ferlet)YouTube video by Edouard Ferlet 020
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New CD from the mercurial soprano sax maestro Emile Parisien ukjazznews.com/emile-parisi...ukjazznews.comEmile Parisien – ‘Floating’ - UK Jazz NewsThe quartet he presents here, the dizzyingly gifted Emile Parisien tells us, was recruited during a spell of reflection, after an intense spell of work on other projects. To explore a quieter brand of... 021
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Not sure - my surviving brother, 80 next year, does admit to being old… 010