Jane McCallion
@janemccallion.bsky.social
Deputy Editor at ITPro and co-host of the ITPro Podcast. https://www.itpro.com/uk/author/jane-mccallion
Opinions are my own, reposts are someone else’s.
Opinions are my own, reposts are someone else’s.
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Boosting this as I’d also like to know the answer
on the off chance any followers have done London to Turkey by train along the seat61 route, what's it like?
January 17, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Boosting this as I’d also like to know the answer
Rocket Racoon here looks an awful look like a character from Five Nights at Freddy’s
January 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Rocket Racoon here looks an awful look like a character from Five Nights at Freddy’s
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"use the full length of the platform" is not an instruction you can personally put into practice, unless you are an anaconda, in which case you should not be on the piccadilly line for other reasons
January 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
"use the full length of the platform" is not an instruction you can personally put into practice, unless you are an anaconda, in which case you should not be on the piccadilly line for other reasons
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Robert Jenrick's speech, now entering its 53rd hour
January 15, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Robert Jenrick's speech, now entering its 53rd hour
The kind or weather when you have to put bread back in the oven because it got wet on the way home.
January 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The kind or weather when you have to put bread back in the oven because it got wet on the way home.
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This is not going to work. Jenrick and Farage are going to kill each other. It's going to be very funny.
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
This is not going to work. Jenrick and Farage are going to kill each other. It's going to be very funny.
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the European mission to Greenland was fourth in the BBC news running order this morning, which feels a bit like doing a light "and finally..." item about the archduke's motorcade taking a wrong turn in Sarajevo
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM
the European mission to Greenland was fourth in the BBC news running order this morning, which feels a bit like doing a light "and finally..." item about the archduke's motorcade taking a wrong turn in Sarajevo
I've just seen a jacket potato described as a Jacky P and my soul has exited my body.
January 15, 2026 at 11:17 AM
I've just seen a jacket potato described as a Jacky P and my soul has exited my body.
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Why does this article even exist given its own third and fourth paragraphs
January 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Why does this article even exist given its own third and fourth paragraphs
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ahem
🎶Agatha Christie
Made up a neat cozy murder that no one could guess.
Who would confess?
Vicar Len Clement
Works with Miss Marple to find out the killer's ID
Who could it be?
All the Christie mysteries
Whodun all of these crimes?
All the Christie mysteries
Who will get killed this time?🎶
🎶Agatha Christie
Made up a neat cozy murder that no one could guess.
Who would confess?
Vicar Len Clement
Works with Miss Marple to find out the killer's ID
Who could it be?
All the Christie mysteries
Whodun all of these crimes?
All the Christie mysteries
Who will get killed this time?🎶
January 13, 2026 at 9:03 PM
ahem
🎶Agatha Christie
Made up a neat cozy murder that no one could guess.
Who would confess?
Vicar Len Clement
Works with Miss Marple to find out the killer's ID
Who could it be?
All the Christie mysteries
Whodun all of these crimes?
All the Christie mysteries
Who will get killed this time?🎶
🎶Agatha Christie
Made up a neat cozy murder that no one could guess.
Who would confess?
Vicar Len Clement
Works with Miss Marple to find out the killer's ID
Who could it be?
All the Christie mysteries
Whodun all of these crimes?
All the Christie mysteries
Who will get killed this time?🎶
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Mains gas issue on the Iffley Road, next to Chester street, suggest avoiding. Can cycle or walk through the LTNs parallel.
January 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Mains gas issue on the Iffley Road, next to Chester street, suggest avoiding. Can cycle or walk through the LTNs parallel.
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MPs: “We absolutely don’t want any emails in our inboxes from people who live even a metre outside of our constituencies, thank you”
Also MPs “We MUST engage with the views of anonymous randoms from all over the world on the CSAM-image generator site”.
Also MPs “We MUST engage with the views of anonymous randoms from all over the world on the CSAM-image generator site”.
Minister of State Alex Norris tells the BBC he won't personally come off X because it's important for communicating with voters.
None of his tweets for the last month has more than 1000 views.
None of his tweets for the last month has more than 1000 views.
January 13, 2026 at 8:23 AM
MPs: “We absolutely don’t want any emails in our inboxes from people who live even a metre outside of our constituencies, thank you”
Also MPs “We MUST engage with the views of anonymous randoms from all over the world on the CSAM-image generator site”.
Also MPs “We MUST engage with the views of anonymous randoms from all over the world on the CSAM-image generator site”.
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And a spear too.
Spearhead was a far right paramilitary group led by Colin Jordan in the 1950s and 60s.
At first, I thought this logo was a spoof but apparently it’s for real.
Spearhead was a far right paramilitary group led by Colin Jordan in the 1950s and 60s.
At first, I thought this logo was a spoof but apparently it’s for real.
Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 AM
And a spear too.
Spearhead was a far right paramilitary group led by Colin Jordan in the 1950s and 60s.
At first, I thought this logo was a spoof but apparently it’s for real.
Spearhead was a far right paramilitary group led by Colin Jordan in the 1950s and 60s.
At first, I thought this logo was a spoof but apparently it’s for real.
Whiling away dark January morning my regaling my kids with stories of classic 90s TV such as One Man and His Dog, Ski Sunday, and whatever that magic pen that taught you how to form letters was called.
January 13, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Whiling away dark January morning my regaling my kids with stories of classic 90s TV such as One Man and His Dog, Ski Sunday, and whatever that magic pen that taught you how to form letters was called.
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There’s only two types of hyperspace in sci-fi. Stars Go Fast or Looking Out Window Makes You Insane
January 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
There’s only two types of hyperspace in sci-fi. Stars Go Fast or Looking Out Window Makes You Insane
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*eleanor rigby cadence*
Rail ticket bookmark
Marking your spot with remains from your trip into town
Cost eighty pound
Rail ticket bookmark
Marking your spot with remains from your trip into town
Cost eighty pound
January 11, 2026 at 2:11 PM
*eleanor rigby cadence*
Rail ticket bookmark
Marking your spot with remains from your trip into town
Cost eighty pound
Rail ticket bookmark
Marking your spot with remains from your trip into town
Cost eighty pound
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it was at roughly this point that I began to get a sense of why the bus hadn't turned up
January 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
it was at roughly this point that I began to get a sense of why the bus hadn't turned up
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Clarion news: We’re leaving Twitter (’X’). We can’t condone the objectionable content it now promotes, which goes against everything we believe and the Clarion tradition. Our live posting is now here on Bluesky, with all this plus much more in our email newsletter twice a week.
January 9, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Clarion news: We’re leaving Twitter (’X’). We can’t condone the objectionable content it now promotes, which goes against everything we believe and the Clarion tradition. Our live posting is now here on Bluesky, with all this plus much more in our email newsletter twice a week.
Are AI-enabled hackers really coming for your networks and systems, or is it classic FUD from the cyber security industry?
January 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Are AI-enabled hackers really coming for your networks and systems, or is it classic FUD from the cyber security industry?
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this is extremely well done
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
this is extremely well done
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Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He had used promo code ORWELL1984 to get his first month free with BetterHelp
reading moby-dick and getting brainwashed by Big Spermaceti
January 7, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He had used promo code ORWELL1984 to get his first month free with BetterHelp
Dell's VP of PCs was already starting to acknowledge this back in May, even though they were still committed to being "all in" on AI.
www.itpro.com/hardware/its...
www.itpro.com/hardware/its...
January 7, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Dell's VP of PCs was already starting to acknowledge this back in May, even though they were still committed to being "all in" on AI.
www.itpro.com/hardware/its...
www.itpro.com/hardware/its...