Jimothy

Matt Goodwin? more like Matt Badloss

Keir Starmer is currently on the roof of parliament, dressed as Batman, demanding to see "his voters."

John Coltrane Live Album Tiberi Tapes Gets First-Ever Release Plus, watch AG Rojas’ new video for “Acknolwedgement,” part of a year-long celebration of Coltrane’s 100th birthday

Exciting stuff!
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Ed Balls "People say McSweeney was the man who transformed Labs prospects from disaster to victory"

@hackneyabbott.bsky.social "This idea that McSweeney was an election genius ignores the figures.. in '24 the Lab vote was more or less the same as '19. What happened was the Tory vote split"

photo of emily maitlis and peter mandelson at some black tie event. both seated, she is gazing into his eyes and moving her hand to maybe tweak his bow tie or stroke his chin? both are smiling. lots of empty wine glasses on the table.

good question

lan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Sorry but why the fuck would vou *not* want to recreate 2006?Pre-financial crash pre-austerity, pre-Brexit, pre-inflation. Britain's economicallv healthy, decent public services, largely competent government, fairly amiable politica disputes. What kind of person prefers this period to that? Alex Partridge @alexpartridge87.bsk... Kemi Badenoch says the Tories are "not trying to recreate 2006" which, to this 38 year old, is a pity

2006 was ofc peak salad days for the Sensibles: between the Invasion of Iraq that they could justify away & the 2007/8 Great Financial Crisis that exploded all the contradictions of their worldview that they had refused to recognise, despite many people expending lots of energy to get them to notice

As an historian I often wonder how people learned nothing from the twentieth century and how we have fallen into the mess and rise of fascism yet again and here we are. People simply *don't care* that they are in a military alliance with and dependant on a fascist state when capitalism requires it.

I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!

🫖 End of Year Spectacular Alert 🫖

You've made it this far, we've all made it this far. The black ties are undone, the hosts are semi-coherent, and the last Praxies are awarded; Best Noticing, Best Plan for Britain, and the world-famous Get In The Sun trophy!

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Heads up, USA. This is what you're getting instead of healthcare.

does it amount to a bathroom ban? Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent Some businesses still waiting for final EHRC guidance while firms that moved early to exclude trans people show no sign of backtracking Thu 11 Dec 2025 06.00 GMT < Share On Monday, a Dundee employment tribunal ruled a narrow win for Sandie Peggie, the nurse who complained about sharing a changing room with a transgender doctor. But the lengthy judgment also takes on the pivotal question that has been challenging employers, lawyers and campaign groups since April - does a supreme court judgment mean that transgender people must now be excluded from same-sex facilities that align with their chosen gender? Does it amount to a bathroom ban or not?

A half-sane country would not have organisations and businesses having to closely watch inflammatory media coverage of employment tribunals for wormsign: for indications to tell them whether or not they need to build an annexe on their buildings for particular employees to piss in.

new EPISODE about BUILDINGS which are TOO TALL AND THIN with @trufflehog.bsky.social:

That's actually an excellent lesson.

At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?

Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.

In the aggregate, high-income households are doing great," said Ryan Sweet, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics. "They're spending. Predominantly, they're the ones keeping consumer spending afloat."

"People who have money are spending money. I am an economist."

This man won one of the largest majorities in UK electoral history, is a white guy who was a prosecutor and prior to the election was beloved by basically all sections of the press. The fact he's been unable to use any of this to achieve anything is incredible.

Mamdani built a mass movement in NYC around actual progressive policies. Meanwhile, establishment Democrats (who refused to endorse him) are praising a mass murdering war criminal.

“The researchers aim to show that the ‘inevitability’ of AI is just a marketing frame perpetrated by the industry and that pushback is a lot more possible than we often see.” Yes!

Its 2017. Centrists are crying about Corbynism

It is 2024. Centrists are crying about Corbynism

I am now in November 2025. Centrists are crying about Corbynism.

Who the fuck talks like that?

Edinburgh Jazz Fest have put a bunch of concerts online to watch for free this month!
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Yeah, it's sickening

Your regular reminder that if you love audiobooks you don't have to support Amazon or Spotify to get them.

Xigxag and Libro FM both exist, with the latter even sharing profits with independent bookshops.

It's so endemic at this point. Amazon is just the default for so much online shopping; it's grim.

For fucks sake, can people just quit it with their addiction to Amazon, Kindle & Audible?

(I know AI is going to be a big part of this too, you shouldn't be using that either).

[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS] 1 NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]: Hello there 2 [A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk]. DAD: Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids? 3 NT EMPLOYEE: Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail! 4 MUM: That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids? 5 NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]: Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot! 6 NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]: Listen - that's their call [Calls emanating from the landscape]: tut-tut woke-woke 7 NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]: They are extremely sensitive and fragile... But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery. 8 KIDS [pointing]: There they are! [Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure]. [Little people noises]: woke-woke tut-tut woke-woke 9 [Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]: Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house. [Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]: tut-tut woke-woke 10 MUM [pointing]: What's that one doing there? NT EMPLOYEE: Oh, that's so sweet… 11 [We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away]. NT EMPLOYEE: I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph… 12 [We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]: Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE? [ends]

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

My rough view of fascism's rise 🧵

There are always reactionaries, in every human society

They disproportionately benefit from early phases of new media technologies because mis/disinformation helps them and institutional and cultural antibodies haven't been developed

Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts, study finds Report raises fresh concerns about the link between political donations and public spending

Look, it's not corruption if it's in the global north; that's just sparkling malfeasance.
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This is what Israel is. And so long as we arm and otherwise support them, this is who we are as well.

JOE BIDEN HAD A PEACE DEAL IN PLACE, BUT THEN NETANYAHU AND TRUMP MET IN MAR-A-LAGO AND DECIDED THAT KEEPING THE WAR GOING WOULD BENEFIT THEM BOTH. TEN MONTHS LATER, THEY'RE SIGNING THE EXACT DEAL BIDEN BROKERED. DON'T BE FOOLED!

Lads, I don’t think “We were fooled into doing genocide by mean fascists who outwitted us effortlessly” is a winner