Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 21hSome slight possible flaring on Morrissey’s jeans here? And who knows what happens to Marr’s below the knees 110
Reposted by Thomas JonesJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026i can scrub through a 4hr city council meeting in five mins thanks to YT transcripts but also so can everyone else, and so can an AI slop generator. So this doesn't make my life easier than a reporter in 1999 who went to the city council meeting and wasn't publishing into a fucked up info ecosystem 120710
Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I listened to it once (OK not all of it) and didn’t like it, and I’ve heard people say ‘hey what about that number one you’ve never heard of?’ a lot more — but I still can’t remember who it’s by or what it’s called. 000
Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 25/09/2026How? AI can’t do the fundamental work of journalism. These sites can only ever be parasitic. 121
Reposted by Thomas JonesWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Endangering another during a journey by sea; criminal damage; carrying an offensive weapon; possession of a bladed article; conduct endangering ships or individuals; unlawfully and intentionally destroying a ship breaching section 11 of the aviation and maritime security act; 14540158
Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 22/09/2026He said ‘fuck it’ often - the labels wanted a Young Americans Pt 2 and he made Station to Station; they thought Low so weird it wouldn’t count towards the records they said he owed them - but also did the CD thing with the Rykodisc reissues of the early 70s albums after getting the rights back 010
Reposted by Thomas JonesThomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Blocking the Port of Dover, attacking refugees, threatening and closing an RNLI station, marching on the press, and, now, attempted murder? (Incase you're wondering, everything up to until this incident the govt and police have stated is 'legitimate' and 'legal' protest - despite it not being so) 15316
Reposted by Thomas JonesTom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble 331460372
Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There’s also this bullying case www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comFormer student of suspended Reform official ‘reopens case’ against University of CambridgeCambridge previously paid £5,000 compensation after an investigation partially upheld allegations against Dr James Orr 023
Reposted by Thomas JonesPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thousands of university jobs lost too, and barely a peep either. 381082332
Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Con lo ius scholae la percentuale di studenti stranieri sarebbe dello 0% 010
Reposted by Thomas JonesCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 20/09/2026And Now for Something Completely Different: A perspective on AI swarms from someone who actually knows something about collective behavior. 520050
Reposted by Thomas JonesAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Omg new cat just dropped www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...nationalgeographic.comMeet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 YearsA small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species. 7354104
Reposted by Thomas JonesTyron @tyron.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Public support for net zero is still close to two thirds of voters. The recent shift against it is almost entirely an elite thing! giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comCut ‘net zero’ from name of UK net zero department, MPs urgeCross-party group says term has become ‘lightning rod for opposition to climate action’ 812134
Reposted by Thomas JonesGennaro Carotenuto @gennarocarotenuto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Per Giorgia Meloni il bollo è un balzello odioso per gli automobilisti. Per gli italiani, che non sono tutti inlattati, invece sono odiosi i tagli alla sanità ai quali le regioni saranno costrette. Vergogna. 0134
Reposted by Thomas JonesSinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Genuinely: where is the Prime Minister? Critical infrastructure has been occupied by a fascist paramilitary, volunteers who save people's lives have been threatened and it seems to have gone unremarked upon. 29965377
Reposted by Thomas JonesWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026And I assume that it does, though it’s still scarcely AI at all. So this is a familiar future, yet stupid. And in so many other ways as well. 2447872
Reposted by Thomas JonesWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity. 841965388
Reposted by Thomas JonesKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/09/2026The data centre boom is the exact opposite of everything the energy transition should stand for. It is the opposite of clean, of climate justice, of community benefits, of electrification and technological efficiency. www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2026/09/11/b...foodandwaterwatch.org“Bring Your Own Power” Schemes Won’t Fix Data Centers"Bring Your Own Power" fails to address the rising costs or pollution driven by data centers' exploding energy demands. 5365121
Reposted by Thomas JonesKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/09/2026I know this'll ruffle feathers but I agree with this Food/Water watch analysis. Diverting renewable energy away from fossil phase-out and climate adaptation and towards melting graphics card to power chatbots is the formal end of moral purpose for clean technology. 321142348
Reposted by Thomas JonesProfessor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Centre-right protestors march on Rome in October 1922, hoping to snatch a few selfies with local admirers 2197
Reposted by Thomas JonesAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Reform UK's record-breaking donor was accused of running “in effect a money laundering platform”. Prosecutors accused Delo of being the “leader of a criminal enterprise” who knew that his Bitmex platform had become a “magnet for money laundering and criminal activity”.adambienkov.co.ukReform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto IndustryAs criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders 861368637
Reposted by Thomas JonesJames Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In more 'govern the country you actually have' news: minister finger-wags at nation with spectacularly historically overachieving cultural industry that they should all be engineers instead, and that this would be personally as well as economically fulfilling. 53812
Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Hey everyone, be like Robert and subscribe. Or if you can’t: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukThomas Jones · How to Choose Your Friends: Sciascia’s SicilyThe importance of Sicily to Leonardo Sciascia’s writing can’t be overstated, but Italo Calvino perhaps put it best... 100
Reposted by Thomas JonesEagleOwl @eagleowlsheila.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I listened in disbelief. It's impossible to get your head around the fact that Justin Webb believes Ed Miliband isn't Jewish enough because he doesn't attend synagogue. 71688
Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 08/09/2026You don’t have to read this, but you should read Sciascia. Though if your response to that is ‘why?’ or ‘who?’ or ‘whatever’, then I guess maybe do read this.lrb.co.ukThomas Jones · How to Choose Your Friends: Sciascia’s SicilyThe importance of Sicily to Leonardo Sciascia’s writing can’t be overstated, but Italo Calvino perhaps put it best... 130
Reposted by Thomas JonesChaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I think the worst part of Labour's response to the fascist mobilisation is Andy Burnham's absence. He's the most popular politician in the country, with social media reach and actual powers of persuasion, and he's saying nothing in public. He can actually be of use here but he's choosing not to 451458420
Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Really sad about Richard Alston. The only time I've ever come out of seeing any show in any medium and immediately bought tickets to see it again was his Volumina/Devil in the Detail at Sadlers Wells in 2006. 010
Reposted by Thomas JonesPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town. This is how street fascism is normalised 19835341085
Reposted by Thomas JonesKate Allen @kateallen.ft.com · 06/09/2026Police are facing growing questions over how up to 500 masked activists dressed in black brought parts of Dover to a standstill on Saturday. Authorities have been accused of failure to act, intelligence failures and being ‘caught on the hoof’. www.ft.com/content/f244...ft.comPolice face questions over Dover disruption caused by masked protestersUp to 500 activists dressed in black with their faces covered brought part of UK port town to a standstill on Saturday 110856264
Reposted by Thomas JonesSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026They are also stopping road traffic - we are told that this is a serious act of "terrorism", entailing long prison sentences, when done for environmental reasons? 49850376
Reposted by Thomas JonesSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...bbc.co.ukPort of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roadsHundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port. 1061846817
Reposted by Thomas JonesLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comFive Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance 3923951157
Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It seems quite hard to get tickets to see the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum (next release, 21 October) so I'm glad I went to the Musée de la Tapisserie when Macron first mooted sending it to England www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukThomas Jones · In BayeuxLondon Review of Books 110
Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The mosquitos that come in when the cat demands to be let out under the mosquito screen are more annoying though 010
Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I’m getting a bunch of these for people who aren’t me for articles that aren’t books 110
Reposted by Thomas JonesHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 03/09/2026Cambridge university was ordered to pay £5,000 compensation to a former PhD student who was found to have been bullied by Professor James Orr, who is also Reform UK's head of policy as.ft.com/r/c0b319f3-2... 20546257
Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 02/09/2026You can read @petergeoghegan.bsky.social ‘s report on last year’s Reform conference here www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan · Short Cuts: Reform’s Disaster CapitalismReform has been accused of lacking policy: its critics say it’s a party of Farage and his epigones, with few firm... 25819
Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 02/09/2026youtube.comEndsongYouTube video by The Cure - Topic 111