James Hutson
@jameshutson.bsky.social
Occasional illustrator, former animator of science communication explainers and all round information visualiser.
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James Hutson
@jameshutson.bsky.social
· Jan 13
This time last week I was lying on the floor of a London hostel room having a heart attack while I waiting 40 minutes for an ambulance.
And yet thanks to the NHS being fucking amazing despite insufficient funding, I am alive and it cost me… nothing.
Universal health care. Fuck yeah.
And yet thanks to the NHS being fucking amazing despite insufficient funding, I am alive and it cost me… nothing.
Universal health care. Fuck yeah.
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
2 body corporate handymen were out using their leaf blowers in a wind that whipped my tree around more violently than I’ve ever seen.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
2 body corporate handymen were out using their leaf blowers in a wind that whipped my tree around more violently than I’ve ever seen.
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Fcuk yes. This is one of the hills I will die on.
The 12 Days of Christmas “advent calendars” piss me off.
Advent marks the fourth Sunday before Christmas until, well, Christmas. Modern calendars go from Dec 1 to the 24th.
The twelve days refer to Dec 25 to Jan 6.
These are different timespans!
Advent marks the fourth Sunday before Christmas until, well, Christmas. Modern calendars go from Dec 1 to the 24th.
The twelve days refer to Dec 25 to Jan 6.
These are different timespans!
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Fcuk yes. This is one of the hills I will die on.
When did people start using “champion” unironically in a work context? I’d ordinarily use it passive aggressively to someone I was about one more interaction away from calling a cnut.
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
When did people start using “champion” unironically in a work context? I’d ordinarily use it passive aggressively to someone I was about one more interaction away from calling a cnut.
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Turning brewery waste into sweaters!
If I had to do it all over again, I might pick materials science. It's totally fascinating what you can turn stuff into.
That, or cognitive neuroscience. Hell, either pays better than journalism!
www.chemistryworld.com/news/beer-ye...
If I had to do it all over again, I might pick materials science. It's totally fascinating what you can turn stuff into.
That, or cognitive neuroscience. Hell, either pays better than journalism!
www.chemistryworld.com/news/beer-ye...
Beer yeast leftovers spun into a promising sustainable yarn 50% stronger than wool
Brewery waste can be turned into a cheap, environmentally-friendly textile
www.chemistryworld.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Turning brewery waste into sweaters!
If I had to do it all over again, I might pick materials science. It's totally fascinating what you can turn stuff into.
That, or cognitive neuroscience. Hell, either pays better than journalism!
www.chemistryworld.com/news/beer-ye...
If I had to do it all over again, I might pick materials science. It's totally fascinating what you can turn stuff into.
That, or cognitive neuroscience. Hell, either pays better than journalism!
www.chemistryworld.com/news/beer-ye...
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Turning Point USA is a Nazi youth group.
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Turning Point USA is a Nazi youth group.
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You’re a Nazi, Nick.
Nick Fuentes says people better be careful about calling him a Nazi "because if I'm a Nazi, then there's millions of young people that are following a fucking Nazi." Um, yeah, that's exactly what we've been warning about!
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
You’re a Nazi, Nick.
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🇦🇺 pays $1.5mil per person each year to detain people on Nauru.
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
‘Pouring money into a trough’: Senior public servant blows whistle on allegedly ‘corrupt’ millions
The Home Affairs assistant secretary claims money was spent on overinflated contracts or for services that were never provided.
www.smh.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🇦🇺 pays $1.5mil per person each year to detain people on Nauru.
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
Private equity firms never met a product that people liked that they couldn’t kill dead.
Funko admits “substantial doubt” it can continue as a going concern amid crashing sales and mounting debt.
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Private equity firms never met a product that people liked that they couldn’t kill dead.
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Funko admits “substantial doubt” it can continue as a going concern amid crashing sales and mounting debt.
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Funko admits “substantial doubt” it can continue as a going concern amid crashing sales and mounting debt.
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
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“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
Don Moynihan on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
"Instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities."
www.publicnotice.co
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
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Good thread. And a great example of the NYT framing a progressive advocacy group going through a period of chaotic management and labor conflict as Wokeness Gone Too Far.
I was at the Sierra Club during the period described in this article and although I have my criticisms, it gets the issues in the Club fundamentally wrong. A 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Good thread. And a great example of the NYT framing a progressive advocacy group going through a period of chaotic management and labor conflict as Wokeness Gone Too Far.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
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Doesn’t make me feel safer
Google to build new AI data centre on tiny Australian Indian Ocean outpost after signing defence deal
Google to build new AI data centre on tiny Australian Indian Ocean outpost after signing defence deal
Military experts say facility on Christmas Island would be valuable asset to monitor Chinese submarine and naval activity
Google plans to build a large AI data centre on Australia‘s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence earlier this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials.
Plans for the data centre on the tiny island located 350km south of Indonesia have not previously been reported, and many details including its projected size, cost and potential uses, remain secret. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Doesn’t make me feel safer
The share holders are certainly cool aid drinkers (and all the grim self destruction that implies)
Genuinely this is just repulsive. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The share holders are certainly cool aid drinkers (and all the grim self destruction that implies)
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Genuinely this is just repulsive. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Genuinely this is just repulsive. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
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Journalism tip: don’t publish unscientific shite… especially when it is bound to end up being racist
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Journalism tip: don’t publish unscientific shite… especially when it is bound to end up being racist
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“A history of Australia’s Nazi hunters reveals a troubling tolerance for war criminals.” theconversation.com/a-history-of...
A history of Australia’s Nazi hunters reveals a troubling tolerance for war criminals
At the end of World War II, many Nazi war criminals fled to Australia. A new book tells the stories of the investigators who tried to bring them to justice.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“A history of Australia’s Nazi hunters reveals a troubling tolerance for war criminals.” theconversation.com/a-history-of...
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Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
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21 years ago we had stillborn twins. It still hurts. I cannot express in words the loathing I feel about these men. To suggest people would cash in on such excruciating loss says everything you need to know about these “moral conservatives.” Arseholes. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Hastie, Joyce ignite late-term abortion fight over paid leave for stillbirth law
Four Coalition MPs have renewed a debate over “late-term abortions” in federal parliament, raising concern that laws guaranteeing paid leave for parents of stillborn children will be used by mothers w...
www.smh.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
21 years ago we had stillborn twins. It still hurts. I cannot express in words the loathing I feel about these men. To suggest people would cash in on such excruciating loss says everything you need to know about these “moral conservatives.” Arseholes. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Rachel Newling
Australian Flowers:
Blue Waterlily
linocut on handmade
Japanese paper
Australian Flowers:
Blue Waterlily
linocut on handmade
Japanese paper
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Rachel Newling
Australian Flowers:
Blue Waterlily
linocut on handmade
Japanese paper
Australian Flowers:
Blue Waterlily
linocut on handmade
Japanese paper
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC