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Jasdev Sekhon

@jasdevsekhon.bsky.social

Ex-Civil Servant. Interests include global news, sustainability, the green transition, disinformation. I click "Like" to mark posts as read, sorry if I got your hopes up πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Spotify Premium is my fourth emergency service.

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@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com won’t be happy…

24.10.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Did that include light babysitting / child entertainment duties?

24.10.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When did everyone agree to start talking about β€œacts of service” as our love language on dating apps? Did I miss the meeting?

24.10.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wait… for the purpose of my ongoing tally, does Nadine Dorries count as non-political? By my criteria, only active party representatives can count as belonging to that party, yet…

23.10.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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@proton.me has been highlighting the US dependence of numerous European states’s corporations over the past few months.
And of course we saw how Microsoft revoked the account of the ICC’s Chief Prosecutor after the US places sanctions upon him.

23.10.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would it hurt you to be nice and say the translated title?” Stephen that translates to β€œThe Bells of St Genevieve of the Mount of Paris”. You’re welcome!

23.10.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just heard this on BBC Radio 3:

Good morning to Stephen who says β€œPlease, please, announce the music in English! I do not speak French! I’m an English licence fee payer. You have just announced the β€œLa sonnerie de Sainte-GeneviΓ¨ve du Mont de Paris”...

23.10.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just casually passing through four outdoor stops on a London Underground line and, on one of the big three mobile networks, being unable to use any data whatsoever. Standard.

21.10.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's nothing quite like sleeping in [not your bed] to make you appreciate how phenomenal it is to sleep in your own bed again.

21.10.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And they got the name of the scheme wrong?

21.10.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Continuing my vendetta against users who post links to archive.today, archive.is, archive.md, or archive.ph in the replies to any journalist's posts! Have some tact for god's sake.

21.10.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wholeheartedly endorse this message!
And I'm a man with what I think are regular-size hands!
Until banking app updates ceased to support the latest version of iOS available on my iPhone 5S, I was perfectly content to live with that model forever.
Now forced to use an iPhone SE 2 w/o headphone jack

21.10.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Presented without comment: www.instagram.com/reel/DQAXYCe...

20.10.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Hey Mister, could you go into the store and buy a carton of eggs for me? I'll give you the money!"

20.10.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought this line was savage:
"Ferdinando Branca, chair of the International Society for Horticultural Science’s vegetable division, agrees: giant veg, he says, β€œis a curiosity” with a long history in Britain. β€œIn Italy we pay much more attention to the taste.”"

20.10.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought this line was savage:
"Ferdinando Branca, chair of the International Society for Horticultural Science’s vegetable division, agrees: giant veg, he says, β€œis a curiosity” with a long history in Britain. β€œIn Italy we pay much more attention to the taste.”"

20.10.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I suppose a duplicitous publicist could hoodwink producers by sending them AI generated music and generate listens on Spotify, right?

20.10.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@cerysmatthews.bsky.social Hi Cerys, how do, or how will, you ensure that the music you play on your Monday night show is by humans?
Sounds silly, but so far today I've discovered three AI artists in my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist! Soul'd Out, Orion7, and Howlin Jackson. There may be more yet!

20.10.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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California Love - 1950's Soul Version

From the album art, I suspected this was AI, and the description of the song supports my suspicion...
open.spotify.com/track/30qEMr...

20.10.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just survived a day trip to Birmingham and lived to tell the tale!

18.10.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The perfect advertisement for train travel; people joining at stations along the route, to join their friends already on the train, and gleefully catch up on life’s happenings.

18.10.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As my parents often say, you can’t take it with you!

17.10.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FIFA β‰  UEFA

17.10.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What on earth does this have to do with a football match in the UK??

17.10.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You're still on twitter because of the drip-drip of photos and videos of sumo wrestlers touring London, admit it.

15.10.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah boy!

14.10.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Try asking them if they know her Padam Padam song that was viral one year ago!

14.10.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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deutschebahn on Instagram: "Diesen Ohrwurm werdet ihr nie wieder los. Gern geschehen! Wir sitzen alle im selben Zug – eine Serie der Deutschen Bahn mit Anke En…" Diesen Ohrwurm werdet ihr nie wieder los. Gern geschehen! Wir sitzen alle im selben Zug – eine Serie der Deutschen Bahn mit Anke Engelke.#BoahBahn #EureDB #DeutscheBahnView all 1,014 comments

@codendahl.bsky.social I need your withering take on this Deutsche Bahn ad

www.instagram.com/reel/DPv95Nq...

14.10.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So apparently starting in iOS 26 I can't block nuisance calls directly from the Phone app?
User-Centred Design, this isn't!

14.10.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s still a solid reason to memorise at least one telephone number in my opinion; you get robbed and lose your phone and keys? Easy to borrow a phone and call your parent(s) or partner if you have their number memorised.

13.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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