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Jane C
@jane23c.bsky.social
Escaping into: books, big stones, kdrama, gin, mystery, scifi.
Reality: capitalism is shite, ILC BC.
Straddling both: #commonerschoir + a bit of DIY ritual and subversive art.
That'll do.
Leeds UK.

#mumu #kdrama #booksky
Pinned
rejoice in your uniqueness
and consider every weakness
something special
of your own
(The mighty #Hawkwind)
Hiw did they miss Stephen sweating at the table?
#traitors
January 3, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This is great, but blowing my rusty little mind.
Needs frequent rests. Maybe a quick kdrama ep....
Ta @pierrelaronde.bsky.social

'Thete is no anti-memetics division' by qntm.

#booksky 💙📚
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Reposted by Jane C
'Ceasefire now
End this war
Today and tomorrow
And for ever more'

#Dictators and #warmongers
everywhere 😢

youtu.be/9DFJKIImVUE?...
Ceasefire Now
YouTube video by Commoners Choir
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Ffs.
I mean, we're destroying our own planet, so nowt would surprise me.
Last gasp of TV news...

CBS proudly announces that on Monday, their emphasis will change to viewer beliefs as opposed to facts or analysis. FOR THE NEWS.

Dark day, indeed.
January 2, 2026 at 10:47 PM
My least favourite types of people:
I'm a leader not a follower.
I'm really good at lying.
I'm an excellent judge of character.
I'm in sales.
She's too loud, lets get rid.
I'd do anything for money.
#traitors
January 2, 2026 at 10:33 PM
We need to stop calling it Intelligent.
It is a programmable tool, currently told to lie to and manipulate humans into thinking it's sentient. And benevolent.

Same goes for 'smart' washing machines, toasters etc.
#AI #ChatBots
Add “AI is not a person” to all newspaper style guides asap
Media is starting to report the Grok child porn story but way too many are centering the bot's "apologies" and "admissions" without explaining that these are being generated in response to user requests and are not in anyway authentic or meaningful.
January 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Reposted by Jane C
Here's to a positive 2026.
It was a toss up between 'Call it a Genocide' (youtu.be/xRHZwb7HCY8?...) and our far cheerier 'Union Jill'.
Let's be happy today.

youtu.be/lMEYjWcu3Ds?...
The Union Jill
YouTube video by Commoners Choir
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Starting the year with a book I've somehow neglected: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula le Guin.

Sithee later.

#booksky 💙📚🛸
January 1, 2026 at 5:56 PM
My first, and one of the best*, books by @aptshadow.bsky.social
was Dogs of War. Brilliant.

#booksky 💙📚🛸

*IMHO obvs
January 1, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Most important thread of 2025.
Things we should learn in school....
1. Don't bake tomatoes in metal.

Hang on a minute, what about making tomato sauce in saucepans ?🤔
December 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Every time I hear Jo Jae-Ryong (Lee Man-Ho)'s voice I get the creeps.
All out villain in Law School and now dodgy policeman in #IdolI.
#kdrama
December 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
29. A novella.

It's a tie between:
- Christie Malry’s Own Double-Entry by B.S. Johnson
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

Absolute classics.

#30DayBookChallenge
#booksky 💙📚 #novellas #scifi
Catching up on Dec book challenge.
2. Book I've read multiple times. The End of Mr Y by #scarletthomas

3. A book with colour in the title.
All Systems Red by @marthawells.com

#30DayBookChallenge
#booksky 💙📚 #readers
December 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I'm really enjoying it. Especially the humorous look at different generations and their etiquette etc. It can be rather heavy handed on certain moral issues (like recent Dr Whos 😉) but at least it has them.
Very uptodate and yet classic K Drama.

#kdrama #ProBono
Didn't expect former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to get name dropped in a #kdrama, even I forgot he had been PM... we've had so many these last few years. 😅 On episode 1 of Pro Bono, unsure about it at the moment but will keep going!
December 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
28. A book that has been translated.

The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas.

So french, so weird, so mysterious. I love her books.

#30DayBookChallenge
#booksky 💙📚 #crimefiction
Catching up on Dec book challenge.
2. Book I've read multiple times. The End of Mr Y by #scarletthomas

3. A book with colour in the title.
All Systems Red by @marthawells.com

#30DayBookChallenge
#booksky 💙📚 #readers
December 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Referred for urgent scan on 1st Dec. Still no date.
I know it's xmas but have they redefined 'urgent'?
Sigh. Trying not to worry.
The NHS has declined noticeably in the last 3 years I've been depending on it :(

@keepournhspublic.bsky.social
#ilc #breastcancer
December 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I love a good Shanty int morning.
And int afternoon.
Oh go on then, int evening too.

@commonerschoir.bsky.social
#CitizenShanty #seashanties
#Yorkshire
Finally a video for Citizen Shanty, written in 2017 when Theresa May was going on about citizens of nowhere, as if that'd be a bad idea.
'You're more than welcome here' is now sung by choirs all over the world 🎶

Ta for t'film #PhilMoody

#RefugeesWelcome

youtu.be/Erbwl_fQTeA?...
Citizen Shanty by Commoners Choir
YouTube video by Commoners Choir
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Reposted by Jane C
Finally a video for Citizen Shanty, written in 2017 when Theresa May was going on about citizens of nowhere, as if that'd be a bad idea.
'You're more than welcome here' is now sung by choirs all over the world 🎶

Ta for t'film #PhilMoody

#RefugeesWelcome

youtu.be/Erbwl_fQTeA?...
Citizen Shanty by Commoners Choir
YouTube video by Commoners Choir
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Just catching up on xmas university challenge. Ep 1...
In which country is Jeju island?
I know that from #kdrama watching :)
December 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Arggh, manipulated into noble idiocy. Even more annoying than usual.

#DyamiteKiss ep13
#kdrama
December 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
@insanity-claus.bsky.social I'm really enjoying Cryotonomicon, but Luke's review has taken the shine off. I should've waited till after www.goodreads.com/book/show/81...
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon zooms all over the world, careening consp…
www.goodreads.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
@pierrelaronde.bsky.social you seen this? Unhinged sounds good
Just started this drama called #IPickedUpACelebrityOnTheStreet because it had the most unhinged synopsis I’ve ever seen. #Kdrama #KdramaChat
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
So #kdrama fans, can you recommend an excellent compelling watch for the holidays?
For context, My top faves are CLOY, Love to Hate You, A Korean Oyssey, Bon Appetit, Good Partner, Sweet Mobster.
Tropes are fine, but give me some quirk. And humour and feisty romance, rather than interminable gazes.
December 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Day 24. A banned book.

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood been banned in over 60 US schools.

One complaint is the sexual content. At least it's in context as a loveless act of control in a horrific patriarchy society (unlike brutal porn).

#30daybookchallenge #booksky 💙📚 #MargaretAtwood
Catching up on Dec book challenge.
2. Book I've read multiple times. The End of Mr Y by #scarletthomas

3. A book with colour in the title.
All Systems Red by @marthawells.com

#30DayBookChallenge
#booksky 💙📚 #readers
December 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Wishing everyone peace and love for xmas.
And a special ICEfree season to our friends in America.

#AntiRaids #IceWatch #peaceandlove
December 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM