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@joybe.bsky.social
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Fifer, reader, crafter, lefty, independence supporter. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I read a lot of books and watch a lot of tv, talk about politics and admire beautiful art & photography. I post about all these things.

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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I dunno....maybe because anyone not fitting the perfect family model were demonised for years? This is from 1998.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Baron Watson of Wyre Forest here admitting Palantir already have their fingers in our defence, in our police & in our health but that doesn't stop the former Labour Deputy PM from joining them....whilst calling 'some' criticism propaganda.
After six wonderful years at UK Music, I'm joining Palantir UK as Senior Vice President.

Palantir is the most interesting company on the planet, doing work of real consequence: helping Britain and its allies defend themselves, helping police protect our citizens and helping NHS staff get patients treated and home sooner.

London is comfortably its largest centre outside the US, home to more than one in six employees, the highest proportion among the world's largest technology companies.

We have challenges. Some criticism is propaganda. Some raises legitimate questions about large technology companies and sovereign control. Both require answers.

Part of my role will be to correct false information while working with our engineers to ensure privacy, security and respect for sovereignty are at the heart of everything we do.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thanks Donald 🤷‍♀️
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Its Buffy & Angel ❤️
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Another reason why I'll never vote Labour again, they go to Westminster & bash Scotland at every opportunity. The Leader of the House had no clue about what she was babbling on about so just blandly agreed with her. She then posts on X with the comments turned off so no one can question her figures.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
BBC call masked men, dressed all in black anti-migrant activists beside a photograph titled 'men coming out of the back of a lorry in Dover ahead of Saturday's protest', as if they're just away for a wee stroll. What hope is there 🤷‍♀️
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
You can change Murdochs head for any one of the British TV and radio presenters who have been riling up their audiences endlessly about migrants & small boats for the past few years on behalf of their owners & controllers. And now they're all shocked....fuck off!
A widely shared viral political cartoon by Denis Lushch depicts Rupert Murdoch sitting behind a working-class person with a massive stack of cookies, whispering, "Careful mate... that foreigner wants your cookie!" while pointing at a minority migrant
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Richard Tice on having Lucy Connolly at the Reform conference": I think that she has a huge opportunity to help Reform and help the cause of free speech.” Heckler uses free speech at Reform conference: Assaulted by audience and dragged out by burly men.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Jenrick here, promising to resign at some point in the future from a job he doesn't have, or might never have. What a load of bullshit.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
There are so many amazing book series out there crying out for an adaptation & instead we get this 😫
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links Baron Sarwar of Maxwell Park Neither of them did anything to deserve this. You could say services to the Union I guess ....but they won & achieved nothing.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Even the elevators on the Enterprise can't understand a Scottish accent. The struggle is real 😄 #strangenewworlds #Scotty #eleven
Scotty on the Enterprise says 'See if it's my bloody accent again'
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is how the media manipulate us. #LBC had this young lady on as a guest a couple of days ago. They knew who she was, they picked her out of 1000's of young people looking for work. Her words were then used for outrage, & today they are still having phone-ins about it. Don't fall for it.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Tim Curry's Pennywise traumatised me for years tbh RIP Tim
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What a wonderful legacy to leave behind. (As well as everything else). RIP Dolly.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Maybe I'm a bitch, but I love it when they fight with each other 😁
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
These people have been using this form of scaremongering for years. Let's remember it was actually Theresa May who did a deal with the the DUP to keep in power.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Yikes 😬
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Giant fan is activated. #artyshot
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's terrifying how many racists there are out there. #LBC has contributed enormously to infame the narrative that many of these people believe. They want to have it both ways. One presenter enrages the racists with endless stories about immigrants, the next is then horrified by the same callers
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Absolutely fascinating series, BBC do these kinds of shows so well. It's such a shame their news & politics coverage is such a binfire.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Leven beach looking gorgeous this morning.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I'm not usually a fan of the tinfoil hat....but you know, if it fits 🤷‍♀️
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This episode persuaded me that he didn't kill himself.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Never forget who owns the media we consume and what their aims are.
The original artist of this cartoon is Denis Lushch from Victoria, Australia. First posted it on his Facebook page on 26 Dec 2019. 

He needs to be credited.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Still wondering when these two are going to be held responsible for their actions.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I took this photo at Aberdeen Beach in about 2010, I often wonder where all the poeple in it are today. #photography
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social The conversation of kids spending too much time indoors instead of going outside is ever ongoing. 'Why Don't You' ran from 1973 to 1995....the entirety of my childhood 😄.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Lots of conversations about equality on #LBC today. Whether there should be all women story lists, whether that discriminates against men etc etc... This is their lineup for tomorrow....just saying 🤷‍♀️.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The Reform narrative this Sunday is to berate the Archbishop of Canterbury for visiting Cape Coast Castle. Apparently, according to these awful people, because the British helped to abolish slavery that somehow negates all the horrors that went before. They would rather pretend it never happened.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
One of the most disturbing things about the discussions around the situation in Ceuta is the lack of acknowledgement that these are actual people & 67 of them died. The whole manufactured event is now being used to further ramp up anti-immigration sentiment across the world & I find it disgusting.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
She's either stupid or a liar, but most probably both.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Drill, Baby, Drill........
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
No. 10 North is 250 miles south of where I live, and I don't even live in the north of the country 🤷‍♀️.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When PMs have to keep raiding the Lords to fill positions in their governments, it really doesn't say much for the quality of their backbenchers 🤷‍♀️.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
That must be one of the best sporting performances of all time. #TDF2026
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Time to bust out this quote again from Starter Villain by John Scalzi. It's all smoke & mirrors.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If anything sums up the rotten state of Westminster, it's this picture. A man who couldn't even win his own seat & had to rely on the list, & who led Labour to a dreadful result in Holyrood elections, is rewarded for failure. What is Burnham hoping to achieve with this because I dont understand it?
Happy as a pig in shit in his nice new office, soon to be bedecked in ermine & called Lord or Baron or some other ridiculous title.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
What a disgusting person. Apparently, we're supposed to support women & girls ....unless you don't like their outfit, then it's ok to bash them all over the Internet. 🤬
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Maybe we can look into how much he cost taxpayers with his wonderful negotiating skills?
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This just came up as an ad on my insta. I mean, does anyone believe this ai slop is actually something you can make?
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I wonder where they can save money 🤔
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
McCoist is one of the few Scottish voices to be heard during the whole tournament, but even that's too much for some apparently.
Ally McCoist  is very well respected for football knowledge.  But I am  sorry to say I can't understand a word he is saying .
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I'm sorry, but these amounts are ridiculous. No wonder the #BBC have no money.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
What a load of rubbish 🤦‍♀️
Argentina v England is important way beyond football. If Argentina wins tomorrow night, it’ll put real fire behind the demand for the Falklands. If England wins, that should put the lid on it — for now.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Ok, so not the white supremacist views of its Nazi salute throwing owner them?
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The petunias are looking lovely this year.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Is it over already 🤷‍♀️
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Everything i go to Aldi I see this empty structure that was built for the Scottish bottle deposit scheme, which was stopped from going ahead by Westminster about 2 years ago. Imagine how much recycling could have been done in that time?
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The BBC has such a conspiracy against him that he's 6th on the most appearances list on Question Time, despite not being an MP until the last few years.
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