John Privilege
@jackploppy.bsky.social
Sometime professional historian, oftentimes aspiring author, gamer, reader, film-goer, bad guitarist.
Belfast.
Belfast.
Pinned
John Privilege
@jackploppy.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I do this episodically. It’s always a bit daunting inviting people into your head. But, come on in. Have a good rummage round.
amzn.eu/d/fSqxntT
amzn.eu/d/fSqxntT
Gosh, I wonder where the regime will invade after those email revelations.
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Gosh, I wonder where the regime will invade after those email revelations.
Reposted by John Privilege
Unbiased, unafraid, undaunted.
Home - BBC News
Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, b...
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Unbiased, unafraid, undaunted.
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (Official Video)
YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Gods. BlueSky is really harshing my buzz tonight.
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Gods. BlueSky is really harshing my buzz tonight.
@daraobriain.bsky.social was absolutely terrific in The Grand Opera House in Belfast tonight. Gods, we were at that Vancouver show!
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
@daraobriain.bsky.social was absolutely terrific in The Grand Opera House in Belfast tonight. Gods, we were at that Vancouver show!
Perfect
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Perfect
Christmas scammers, man. Latest is an ‘Amazon product recall’. Text. It’s quite sophisticated. These people have no conscience.
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Christmas scammers, man. Latest is an ‘Amazon product recall’. Text. It’s quite sophisticated. These people have no conscience.
No, you’re spending the day replaying #GhostofTsushima. Shut up.
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
No, you’re spending the day replaying #GhostofTsushima. Shut up.
Right. It’s fkn grim out there. The bad guys are winning and there’s little to be done. Here’s some Steely Dan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfZW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfZW...
RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER (1974) by Steely Dan
YouTube video by wilson mcphert
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Right. It’s fkn grim out there. The bad guys are winning and there’s little to be done. Here’s some Steely Dan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfZW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfZW...
Eventually, all the news in Britain will consist of bought and paid for journalists parroting the party line of whichever stupid-haired far right goose-stepper is in charge.
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Eventually, all the news in Britain will consist of bought and paid for journalists parroting the party line of whichever stupid-haired far right goose-stepper is in charge.
This
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This
And there we are. McKenzie now holding forth on #BBCTalkback. Someone who printed lies on an industrial scale and wrung the life out of bereaved families is talking about honesty in journalism. The inverting of morality continues unabated.
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
And there we are. McKenzie now holding forth on #BBCTalkback. Someone who printed lies on an industrial scale and wrung the life out of bereaved families is talking about honesty in journalism. The inverting of morality continues unabated.
Gods. Someone dug up Kelvin McKenzie for a comment on the BBC. What this lying, corrupt bag of human faeces can contribute to a discussion on impartiality escapes me. But this is where we are. The right can do no wrong.
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Gods. Someone dug up Kelvin McKenzie for a comment on the BBC. What this lying, corrupt bag of human faeces can contribute to a discussion on impartiality escapes me. But this is where we are. The right can do no wrong.
Reposted by John Privilege
It’s also a mistake politicians make. It’s actually a very common human mistake: to try and change the minds of people who dislike you, rather than focus on those who already love you.
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It’s also a mistake politicians make. It’s actually a very common human mistake: to try and change the minds of people who dislike you, rather than focus on those who already love you.
Watching the #Democrats snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is a salutary reminder of how fascism wins.
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Watching the #Democrats snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is a salutary reminder of how fascism wins.
The far right in Britain already have most of the print media and two TV channels in their pocket. Unsurprising that the BBC is coming under a coordinated attack.
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The far right in Britain already have most of the print media and two TV channels in their pocket. Unsurprising that the BBC is coming under a coordinated attack.
Just saw the Arsenal result.
a man with a flower in his hair is smiling and holding a plate of food .
ALT: a man with a flower in his hair is smiling and holding a plate of food .
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Just saw the Arsenal result.
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by John Privilege
Warning to the #WritingCommunity
There's a new and quite convincing SCAM going around. Watch out for an email offering to include your book in some fancy BOOK CLUB.
I've now seen these from the "Toronto Public Library" and the "Paris Anglophone Book Club."
Block and ignore! And please share 💙
There's a new and quite convincing SCAM going around. Watch out for an email offering to include your book in some fancy BOOK CLUB.
I've now seen these from the "Toronto Public Library" and the "Paris Anglophone Book Club."
Block and ignore! And please share 💙
a fraud alert sign with a red light on it
Alt: a fraud alert sign with a red light on it
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Warning to the #WritingCommunity
There's a new and quite convincing SCAM going around. Watch out for an email offering to include your book in some fancy BOOK CLUB.
I've now seen these from the "Toronto Public Library" and the "Paris Anglophone Book Club."
Block and ignore! And please share 💙
There's a new and quite convincing SCAM going around. Watch out for an email offering to include your book in some fancy BOOK CLUB.
I've now seen these from the "Toronto Public Library" and the "Paris Anglophone Book Club."
Block and ignore! And please share 💙
