Jon Owen
@anotherjon.bsky.social
Not as bright as forecast. Pieces of a man, loitering at the intersection of art, cycling, and eco-socialism.
He/him. 🌳 🚴♀️🚶♀️🚶♂️👩🦽 🌳
He/him. 🌳 🚴♀️🚶♀️🚶♂️👩🦽 🌳
Betteridge's Law applies.
Will Tim Davie’s resignation be enough to restore public trust in the BBC?
Will Tim Davie’s resignation be enough to restore public trust in the BBC?
Senior insiders admit concern about big editorial errors and fear attacks are part of ongoing campaign to undermine the broadcaster
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Betteridge's Law applies.
Nice swan, Herbert.
Swan marker Herbert Turk and friend, Chiswick 1939.
From a collection of images from London's River & Rowing Museum looking at the long standing tradition of counting and protecting the the Royal Swans on the Thames.
From a collection of images from London's River & Rowing Museum looking at the long standing tradition of counting and protecting the the Royal Swans on the Thames.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Nice swan, Herbert.
Billy Bragg for DG.
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Billy Bragg for DG.
I'm sure the privately-educated former deputy chairman of the Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative Party won't be out of work for long.
Tim Davie out as BBC Director General. Despite BBC News directly and almost exclusively promoting Reform and its Trumpian policies, it was nowhere enough for the far-right.
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Davie says departure is ‘my own decision’, while head of news also quits, as BBC prepares to apologise for editing of a Trump speech
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I'm sure the privately-educated former deputy chairman of the Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative Party won't be out of work for long.
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I prefer the singular possessive, "Oh, for fuck's sake." It just sounds more professional.
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I prefer the singular possessive, "Oh, for fuck's sake." It just sounds more professional.
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My painting SHORELINE CLOUDS
November 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My painting SHORELINE CLOUDS
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Cyclist
ca. 1926
Artist: Enzo Benedetto
ca. 1926
Artist: Enzo Benedetto
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Cyclist
ca. 1926
Artist: Enzo Benedetto
ca. 1926
Artist: Enzo Benedetto
'Franklin et al' also works.
One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
'Franklin et al' also works.
Joni Mitchell was born on 7 November 1943 in Alberta, Canada. Photographed by Jack Robinson on 20 November 1968 in New York, she had just released her first album and was about to perform an acclaimed and sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall.
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Joni Mitchell was born on 7 November 1943 in Alberta, Canada. Photographed by Jack Robinson on 20 November 1968 in New York, she had just released her first album and was about to perform an acclaimed and sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall.
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November Evening in a Welsh Wood, painting by James Thomas Watts (1850-1930).
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
November Evening in a Welsh Wood, painting by James Thomas Watts (1850-1930).
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The Daily Rothno is In The Gutter in Sawston
November 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The Daily Rothno is In The Gutter in Sawston
The biggest lies have a grain of truth at the heart of them.
And so it is with this Telegraph article.
The thing is, this would/will only be true for pensioners with income - income, not assets - of over £125k per year.
So only those who can afford to contribute a bit more, then.
And so it is with this Telegraph article.
The thing is, this would/will only be true for pensioners with income - income, not assets - of over £125k per year.
So only those who can afford to contribute a bit more, then.
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The biggest lies have a grain of truth at the heart of them.
And so it is with this Telegraph article.
The thing is, this would/will only be true for pensioners with income - income, not assets - of over £125k per year.
So only those who can afford to contribute a bit more, then.
And so it is with this Telegraph article.
The thing is, this would/will only be true for pensioners with income - income, not assets - of over £125k per year.
So only those who can afford to contribute a bit more, then.
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Two birds sit on telephone wires - notes on a song sheet, against a grey sky.
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Two birds sit on telephone wires - notes on a song sheet, against a grey sky.
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Taking the think out of tank
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Taking the think out of tank
Yet another Reform councillor posting disgustingly racist comments, in this case Farage's pick to be Doncaster's mayor.
My take? That we aren't at all surprised doesn't mean we should accept this and behaviour like this as the new normal.
✍️ - @josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
My take? That we aren't at all surprised doesn't mean we should accept this and behaviour like this as the new normal.
✍️ - @josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Nigel Farage's Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party's candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon 'lineage' and attacked 'third world cultures' in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Yet another Reform councillor posting disgustingly racist comments, in this case Farage's pick to be Doncaster's mayor.
My take? That we aren't at all surprised doesn't mean we should accept this and behaviour like this as the new normal.
✍️ - @josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
My take? That we aren't at all surprised doesn't mean we should accept this and behaviour like this as the new normal.
✍️ - @josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
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Murmurations are beautiful and mesmerising, and I love them.
A murmuration of starlings yesterday evening at the Hillhead of Fechill, Ellon, Aberdeenshire in a snowy landscape #murmuration #naturelovers #starlings #aberdeenshire #scotland
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Murmurations are beautiful and mesmerising, and I love them.
Absolutely.
ALT text: A Royal Mail van, the driver of which has parked it such that it is blocking a cycle lane. Everyone travelling along the cycle lane will be forced out into vehicular traffic, and hence exposed to additional risk.
Individuals and organisations who care don't block cycle lanes.
ALT text: A Royal Mail van, the driver of which has parked it such that it is blocking a cycle lane. Everyone travelling along the cycle lane will be forced out into vehicular traffic, and hence exposed to additional risk.
Individuals and organisations who care don't block cycle lanes.
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Absolutely.
ALT text: A Royal Mail van, the driver of which has parked it such that it is blocking a cycle lane. Everyone travelling along the cycle lane will be forced out into vehicular traffic, and hence exposed to additional risk.
Individuals and organisations who care don't block cycle lanes.
ALT text: A Royal Mail van, the driver of which has parked it such that it is blocking a cycle lane. Everyone travelling along the cycle lane will be forced out into vehicular traffic, and hence exposed to additional risk.
Individuals and organisations who care don't block cycle lanes.
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Cumberland Flowers, 1946, painting by Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981). #WomensArt
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Cumberland Flowers, 1946, painting by Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981). #WomensArt
Doing God's work on dog walks.
On my dog walk I often chat with right wingers. I pretend I am an ex-Reform voter put off by the utter fuck up of our county council. Then they see me as one of their own, don't get defensive and shouty, and start to question their own opinion of Reform. Honey, not vinegar.
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Doing God's work on dog walks.
You love to see it.
I certainly do.
I certainly do.
📈 Greens on *18%* in this latest poll!
🥀 3 points ahead of Labour. Still 15 points behind Reform.
🌱 Today, @findoutnow.bsky.social , tomorrow @yougov.co.uk
😎 Bets on when we reach 20%?
findoutnow.co.uk/blog/voting-...
🥀 3 points ahead of Labour. Still 15 points behind Reform.
🌱 Today, @findoutnow.bsky.social , tomorrow @yougov.co.uk
😎 Bets on when we reach 20%?
findoutnow.co.uk/blog/voting-...
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
You love to see it.
I certainly do.
I certainly do.
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If you buy anything at all from Tesla, you are endorsing a corporation that chose to give a trillion dollars to this man:
November 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
If you buy anything at all from Tesla, you are endorsing a corporation that chose to give a trillion dollars to this man:
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Angler on the Lakeside (2021)
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Angler on the Lakeside (2021)
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...
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Painting by Gustav Klimt ‘Tannenwald I’
(Fir forest) 1901. Oil on canvas.
Size 90 x 90cm.
(Fir forest) 1901. Oil on canvas.
Size 90 x 90cm.
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Painting by Gustav Klimt ‘Tannenwald I’
(Fir forest) 1901. Oil on canvas.
Size 90 x 90cm.
(Fir forest) 1901. Oil on canvas.
Size 90 x 90cm.
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Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #WomensArt
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #WomensArt