James C
@iguandonjim.bsky.social
New name, same pastry face, emigrating from The Bad Place
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Went to the beach with my wife's family. Noticed my father-in-law has very similar nipples to my wife. Doesn't make me feel weird. Doesn't put me off. Just not a thing I can tell anyone.
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Went to the beach with my wife's family. Noticed my father-in-law has very similar nipples to my wife. Doesn't make me feel weird. Doesn't put me off. Just not a thing I can tell anyone.
Apparently based on me after the works Christmas party
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Apparently based on me after the works Christmas party
A welcome, and correct observation.
However based on precedent, I expect a statement on Thursday saying that Climate Change is ok, or some other such guff
However based on precedent, I expect a statement on Thursday saying that Climate Change is ok, or some other such guff
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
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UK politics live – latest updates
Decades-old racism is returning to British politics, and “it makes people feel very scared” Keir Starmer has said, warning that divisive hard-right politics was “tearing our country apart”.
Speaking to GP and TV personality Amir Khan, the prime minister accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of overseeing a return of the racist and divisive politics “that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A welcome, and correct observation.
However based on precedent, I expect a statement on Thursday saying that Climate Change is ok, or some other such guff
However based on precedent, I expect a statement on Thursday saying that Climate Change is ok, or some other such guff
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
As an aside, I have seen a load of adverts telling people to remember to check their state retirement age.
Sounds like they're prepping to avoid a repeat...
Sounds like they're prepping to avoid a repeat...
McFadden says decision not to pay compensation to Waspi women being reconsidered after new evidence emerged - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
As an aside, I have seen a load of adverts telling people to remember to check their state retirement age.
Sounds like they're prepping to avoid a repeat...
Sounds like they're prepping to avoid a repeat...
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the *effects of* the pandemic were also exacerbated by austerity, which is my slightly dustier bell of "everything was George Osborne"
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
the *effects of* the pandemic were also exacerbated by austerity, which is my slightly dustier bell of "everything was George Osborne"
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Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
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Cafes that put food on napkins are an abomination. They render the napkin useless and you end up with paper in the food. Yes, I am in a cafe with napkin remnants stuck to a panini.
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Cafes that put food on napkins are an abomination. They render the napkin useless and you end up with paper in the food. Yes, I am in a cafe with napkin remnants stuck to a panini.
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Sure, though for the past 3 decades (?) the idea of a national culture has p much been undermined by successive governments : cuts to arts funding, walling off access to creative industries to the richest in society, making the UK incredibly difficult to be a creative worker etc.
I reckon a shared national popular culture is just as important (if not more important) than a fact based, impartial news service for liberal democracy to work.
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sure, though for the past 3 decades (?) the idea of a national culture has p much been undermined by successive governments : cuts to arts funding, walling off access to creative industries to the richest in society, making the UK incredibly difficult to be a creative worker etc.
Now he's doubling down saying that the British will "screechingly" defend their crap airport and everyone, I mean, everyone is absolutely roasting him in the comments
Incase anyone is wondering how serial idiot Noah Smith is, he managed to cock up a flight transfer by leaving the airside part of the airport. And apparently it's Heathrow's fault
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Now he's doubling down saying that the British will "screechingly" defend their crap airport and everyone, I mean, everyone is absolutely roasting him in the comments
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
I think they mean "Pargh-staaaargh"
Your favorite Italian-origin fusilli and macaroni are poised to disappear from US supermarket shelves. Italy’s biggest pasta exporters say import & antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of US stores in Jan
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I think they mean "Pargh-staaaargh"
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Still possibly one of the greatest Armistice Day tweets of all time from the good old days on Twitter.
#inremembrance
#lestweforget
#cockdestroyer
#inremembrance
#lestweforget
#cockdestroyer
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Still possibly one of the greatest Armistice Day tweets of all time from the good old days on Twitter.
#inremembrance
#lestweforget
#cockdestroyer
#inremembrance
#lestweforget
#cockdestroyer
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“When I was [at the BBC], at the height of Boris Johnson’s strength, that fear was ubiquitous. Scripts were sometimes written with a view not solely to their impartiality or truth, but the management of perception of impartiality from one side of the spectrum.“ @lewisgoodall.com
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“When I was [at the BBC], at the height of Boris Johnson’s strength, that fear was ubiquitous. Scripts were sometimes written with a view not solely to their impartiality or truth, but the management of perception of impartiality from one side of the spectrum.“ @lewisgoodall.com
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A reminder that a subscription service would be the end of the BBC universality, which makes the BBC the BBC
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A reminder that a subscription service would be the end of the BBC universality, which makes the BBC the BBC
Incase anyone is wondering how serial idiot Noah Smith is, he managed to cock up a flight transfer by leaving the airside part of the airport. And apparently it's Heathrow's fault
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Incase anyone is wondering how serial idiot Noah Smith is, he managed to cock up a flight transfer by leaving the airside part of the airport. And apparently it's Heathrow's fault
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Pov: you are a private equity firm investing in football:
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Pov: you are a private equity firm investing in football:
In slightly niche news, someone vaguely prominent is claiming Chimerism to explain some DNA test anomalies.
I remember Tyler Hamilton using it as a defence, and it was ridiculous then.....
I remember Tyler Hamilton using it as a defence, and it was ridiculous then.....
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In slightly niche news, someone vaguely prominent is claiming Chimerism to explain some DNA test anomalies.
I remember Tyler Hamilton using it as a defence, and it was ridiculous then.....
I remember Tyler Hamilton using it as a defence, and it was ridiculous then.....
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Fact of the day there
lmfao more than 40 years after it was released, Michael Jackson's Thriller - the song - has just reached its *highest ever* UK chart position at #9...
...because, I'm pretty sure, of Halloween www.officialcharts.com/charts/singl...
...because, I'm pretty sure, of Halloween www.officialcharts.com/charts/singl...
Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts
The Official Singles Chart Top 100 reflects the UK’s biggest songs of the week, based on audio and video streams, downloads, CDs and vinyl, compiled by the Official Charts Company. The UK Top 40 is br...
www.officialcharts.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Fact of the day there
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Man on the DLR: Are you prepared for today’s meeting?
Woman: No.
Man: It’s at 9am.
Woman: I know it’s at 9am, Dave. And I remain, unprepared.
Woman: No.
Man: It’s at 9am.
Woman: I know it’s at 9am, Dave. And I remain, unprepared.
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Man on the DLR: Are you prepared for today’s meeting?
Woman: No.
Man: It’s at 9am.
Woman: I know it’s at 9am, Dave. And I remain, unprepared.
Woman: No.
Man: It’s at 9am.
Woman: I know it’s at 9am, Dave. And I remain, unprepared.
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Okay we've got fours hours until this place is just a flood of posts about 'The Dems' again. Let's enjoy it.
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Okay we've got fours hours until this place is just a flood of posts about 'The Dems' again. Let's enjoy it.