Reposted by jooliarghdaughterofmrandmrss @nosregis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Oh, Glasgow. You're a tricky ticket but I do love you. 1184
Reposted by jooliarghJonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026ENID BLYTON HAS GONE TOO FAR THIS TIME 25410
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026OMG forgot to add: Ronald McDonald. I thought there would be one in every McD’s so I was wary even walking past. 000
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Things I was frightened of as a child: A specific suitcase I had a nightmare about when I was 3 Falling down stairs (same nightmare) Mould - still can’t touch the stuff Malfunctioning electronics making noises Earwigs Centipedes Nuclear war 120
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026People mistake ‘authentic’ for ‘default’. If I have to make an effort to show up in a way that serves my authentic purpose, that’s more true to myself than if I went with my default and undermined what I’m trying to achieve. And with practice I’ve learned to manage my people-energy and boundaries. 061
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Totally! My accent was more generic council estate South London, but I definitely picked up bits of it, because bits of it were fucking cool! Or at least we thought so at the time 😆 020
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I’ve read about “multicultural London English” like it’s a new phenomenon, but I’ve been hearing it since at least the late 1980s. It was more to do with social class than race, but nobody was faking it, kids got their accent and dialect the same way they always have, from the people around them. 150
Reposted by jooliarghProfessor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 07/09/2025This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife? 753400991
Reposted by jooliarghThe Onion @theonion.com · 26/08/2026Pathetic AI Chatbot Spends All Its Time Talking To Friendless Loser theonion.com/pathetic-ai-chatbot-sp… 151924311
Reposted by jooliarghLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We should put this sign on every politician's desk 574355857
Reposted by jooliarghRob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 25/08/2026Yeah, we can be sorry that she died, but let's also celebrate that she lived, and how she lived. And nobody worth a damn has a bad thing to say about her, just as it should be. 2493
Reposted by jooliarghFuture of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Maybe one way we can honor Dolly Parton's memory is by following her advice: "Find out who you are and do it on purpose." 19722
Reposted by jooliarghScott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton's foundation has given away more than 270 million books to children. 427658
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026It’s in how the question is worded. I’m entirely ambivalent about where they live or what they’re doing. I also don’t want to be completely ignorant of something in the news so I’ll read to find out the bare bones. And I’m interested in *how* they’re discusssed, because it says something about us. 060
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026When you’ve got hard, complex problems to solve, you probably need to talk to each other more, not less. Meetings are only a waste of time if they’re bad meetings or if you don’t need to be there. 080
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I’m sort of curious enough that I might have a dig another time. But it’s Friday, my brain is fried both from a week at work and this weather, and Claude couldn’t find me the answer, so it’ll have to wait 😆 000
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Actually useful site going into some detail about how emergency alerts work, for anyone still curious: www.bt.com/help/mobile/...bt.comAbout Emergency Alerts | MobileFind out how UK Emergency Alerts work on BT Mobile. Learn what they look like, when you’ll receive them, and how they help keep you safe during emergencies. 000
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026That *shouldn’t* be the case - the cell tower sends it to any phone within range that’s capable of receiving it and doesn’t have the setting switched off. But sometimes stuff doesn’t work like it’s supposed to 🤷♀️ 030
Reposted by jooliarghJane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I’m reminded of the time I was in a BBC editors’ meeting where we all had BBC News alerts enabled, and we found out seven times that the ventriloquist Keith Harris had died. #alert 714329
Reposted by jooliarghDewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026To people living in fear of abuse who have a secret phone - or indeed anyone with good reason to want emergency alerts off their phone - please share. I've not had any alerts today so I'm guessing it worked when I did this on my phone a while back 👍 www.gov.uk/alerts/optin...gov.ukOpting out of emergency alertsOpting out of emergency alerts 12426
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026And my capacity/interest quotient wasn’t high enough to go deep-diving into mobile network specifications 😅 100
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It’s a fair point. I don’t know what the maximum time-to-live is on those messages for phones picking up a UK signal after it went out. I did a bit of light googling and the expiry is set per message, in theory it can be “until cancelled” but whether that’s true in practice I don’t know. 110
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Loads of people saying they accidentally dismissed the alert so didn’t get to read it. In case you ever need it, and if you’re somewhere you have data, recent alerts should always be at www.gov.uk/alerts.gov.ukAbout Emergency AlertsYour mobile phone or tablet may get an emergency alert if there’s a danger to life nearby. Alerts tell you what to do to stay safe. 000
Reposted by jooliarghJules @jules111985.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Poorly timed notification from the range there 🤦🏻♀️ 613365750
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Sorry, I mean for UK registered mobiles not in UK it shouldn’t. For overseas registered mobiles in the UK I expect it would as long as the feature is enabled. But possibly if the phone is from a country it’s not enabled for, it wouldn’t? 100
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It uses proximity to a cell tower to know where you are, even for a national message as far as I know, so it shouldn’t 010
Reposted by jooliarghMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Phew, that’s a relief. I thought it was going to say Farage had gone on a rampage. 1115916
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I’m rewatching. I’d forgotten how very much I love it. Such a treat. 010
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I’d have gone there. But in US English I think it’s a reasonable guess. 000
Reposted by jooliarghAthena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 08/08/2026"women aren't safe around immigrants!" *Hurls wheelie bin through a shop window* 1272
Reposted by jooliarghAthena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 08/08/2026"Our community is shit because of immigrants!" *sets fire to said community* 213619
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026new level of laziness/brain-tiredness: staring into space and not looking at the thing I’m doing, because I can’t be arsed to move my eyeballs 000
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Also ended up writing to a girl in Idaho called Susan, about my age, who used a PO box because her parents were strict mormons and would read her post. Once she was caught with a borrowed tape of The Devil’s Music (Duran Duran) and grounded to her room, so probably best they didn’t read my letters. 020
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Yes! I was 15. Replied to a few in Tiger Beat (US teen magazine). I got a reply from a guy called Carl who was 39, with a polaroid: “This is me in my Miami Vice jacket.” I didn’t write back. 122
Reposted by jooliarghMitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026PLEASE SHARE THIS To the young person (longish dark hair, patterned waistcoat, chinos & DM boots) who left this scroll of papers on the Piccadilly Line train at South Kensington station at about 4.25pm today, I’ve handed it to the station staff at Hammersmith. 24452569
Reposted by jooliarghTom @tdawks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026A good name for a bus stop, and also a fun party game for bishops. 20609148
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 28/07/2026on first read I thought “completely cleaning out my backyard shed” was a euphemism for unpleasant side effects 130
Reposted by jooliarghInformation is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Every car rental line ever By instagram user @mattsurelee 073
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 19/07/2026This is the first time Bluesky has felt to me like old Twitter during a live event, and I am loving it. 000
Reposted by jooliarghCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/07/2026What’s that, Dale? You want to give me an unconditional personal gift of £5million to do whatever I want with? Sure! I just need to fill out a form. If I didn’t declare it that would be silly. 15562041417
Reposted by jooliarghDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Foreign journalists trying to cover UK politics right now #Farage #Clacton 228248
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I don’t really believe in pre-ordained destiny but… surely this is meant to be? 000
Reposted by jooliarghBethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 27/06/2026🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ One milkshake to rule the boys, one milkshake to find them, one milkshake to bring the boys and in my yard to bind them 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ 284212497
jooliargh @jooliargh.bsky.social · 20/06/2026I have a vague memory of this, possibly via some game of the month club? Like Britannia Music but for Spectrum games. Have I imagined it or was that ever a thing? 010
Reposted by jooliarghGood SquidDance Macabre @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 04/06/2026This is good news, and it matters beyond the ponds themselves. It's a reminder that, as others have said, the horrifying rollback of trans rights in the UK over the last year and change has happened wholly without a democratic mandate. When the people get a say, they demand inclusion. 2439135
