Jayne
@jayne.bsky.social
Nottingham, UK.
She/her
PFP from Leake Street Arches. Banner from MOCO Museum (Anthony James).
She/her
PFP from Leake Street Arches. Banner from MOCO Museum (Anthony James).
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Anytime I see Jeff Bezos mentioned I remember the time he flew to space with William Shatner and when a very emotoinal Shatner was trying to describe the experience Bezos interrupted by spraying champagne like an idiot child
February 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Anytime I see Jeff Bezos mentioned I remember the time he flew to space with William Shatner and when a very emotoinal Shatner was trying to describe the experience Bezos interrupted by spraying champagne like an idiot child
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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One of the best mythology podcasts ever, linking our ancient stories with their modern descendants across art and culture. Quite literally fabulous..
🆕 PROMETHEUS: I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
One man; several contradictory myths.
Is he protector or disruptor? Genius or arsonist?
Season 2 of Podyssey kicks off with an absolute belter.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0s0L...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
One man; several contradictory myths.
Is he protector or disruptor? Genius or arsonist?
Season 2 of Podyssey kicks off with an absolute belter.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0s0L...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
PROMETHEUS: I Don't Want to Set The World On Fire
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 08/02/2026 · 1h 28m
podcasts.apple.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:14 AM
One of the best mythology podcasts ever, linking our ancient stories with their modern descendants across art and culture. Quite literally fabulous..
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I just-realized that all the guys who are review-bombing STARFLEET ACADEMY are also review-fluffing MELANIA.
February 3, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I just-realized that all the guys who are review-bombing STARFLEET ACADEMY are also review-fluffing MELANIA.
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I have told a few MPs this. I genuinely feel a lot of adults hate the existence and needs of young people. Then they act surprised/bewildered that these kids are anxious/depressed.
Kids can't hang out in parks. They can't hang out at the mall. They don't have 3rd spaces because no one wants kids around and then we are surprised when they rely on SM for connection.
If you take that away, what do they have left?
If you take that away, what do they have left?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
February 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
I have told a few MPs this. I genuinely feel a lot of adults hate the existence and needs of young people. Then they act surprised/bewildered that these kids are anxious/depressed.
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Its not a new sentiment but: Fuck Matt Goodwin.
I have family members who'd dearly like to have kids, but can't due to medical stuff. Friends who have spent years trying but it hadnt happened. Multiple miscarriages.
Fuck Goodwin and everyone who supports him.
I have family members who'd dearly like to have kids, but can't due to medical stuff. Friends who have spent years trying but it hadnt happened. Multiple miscarriages.
Fuck Goodwin and everyone who supports him.
So as I struggled with miscarriage after miscarriage before having my 🌈 baby, Reform would seriously think I should pay more tax during that agony.
This policy isn’t just a slippery slope to a handmaids tale dystopian future - it’s a deliberate step towards it
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
This policy isn’t just a slippery slope to a handmaids tale dystopian future - it’s a deliberate step towards it
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform by-election candidate suggested people who don’t have kids should pay more tax
Exclusive: The Reform politician’s suggestion would ‘punish millions of women and strip them of their basic dignity to choose’, Labour’s deputy leader has warned
www.independent.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Its not a new sentiment but: Fuck Matt Goodwin.
I have family members who'd dearly like to have kids, but can't due to medical stuff. Friends who have spent years trying but it hadnt happened. Multiple miscarriages.
Fuck Goodwin and everyone who supports him.
I have family members who'd dearly like to have kids, but can't due to medical stuff. Friends who have spent years trying but it hadnt happened. Multiple miscarriages.
Fuck Goodwin and everyone who supports him.
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It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.
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one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
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"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
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Devastatingly sad.
Every Labour MP should be forced to read this. In fact, every MP, who rushed back to Parliament to vote to save one steel mill, whilst hastening the collapse of dozens of universities - and harming the students, staff, communities and economies universities sustain and support
Every Labour MP should be forced to read this. In fact, every MP, who rushed back to Parliament to vote to save one steel mill, whilst hastening the collapse of dozens of universities - and harming the students, staff, communities and economies universities sustain and support
'When it opened, the campus housed a GP surgery and a new dental clinic offering free treatment to local people. This was followed later by the forum – a library and art gallery shared by the university and local people.' 1/2
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Devastatingly sad.
Every Labour MP should be forced to read this. In fact, every MP, who rushed back to Parliament to vote to save one steel mill, whilst hastening the collapse of dozens of universities - and harming the students, staff, communities and economies universities sustain and support
Every Labour MP should be forced to read this. In fact, every MP, who rushed back to Parliament to vote to save one steel mill, whilst hastening the collapse of dozens of universities - and harming the students, staff, communities and economies universities sustain and support
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Mongolia Winter Olympics uniform, it’s over, no contest
February 6, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Mongolia Winter Olympics uniform, it’s over, no contest
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The pivot to video is a tax on women's time and dignity, I will die on this hill.
One thing about the enormous pressure journalists are under to make videos and TikToks and do streams that kills me is that, like… some of us are meant to be read and not seen. Commenters get SO MAD about the way I look whenever my face breaches containment! Just let me write!
February 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The pivot to video is a tax on women's time and dignity, I will die on this hill.
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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I feel obliged to remind everyone that there are plenty of countries where higher education is either completely free or cost a token amount of tuition money and that many of these countries offer top notch teaching and research. It’s a political choice.
February 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I feel obliged to remind everyone that there are plenty of countries where higher education is either completely free or cost a token amount of tuition money and that many of these countries offer top notch teaching and research. It’s a political choice.
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Saturday Night Live unveils its UK cast
Saturday Night Live unveils its UK cast
Eleven comics join Sky show
dlvr.it
February 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Saturday Night Live unveils its UK cast
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
Damn. I thought the news phrasing earlier was reminiscent of the Nottingham stabbings. Rest in peace to the victim. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1... Man dies after stabbing near De Montfort University in Leicester as 18-year-old arrested
Man dies after stabbing near De Montfort University in Leicester as 18-year-old arrested
A large cordon is in place near the campus of De Montfort University in Leicester city centre.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Damn. I thought the news phrasing earlier was reminiscent of the Nottingham stabbings. Rest in peace to the victim. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1... Man dies after stabbing near De Montfort University in Leicester as 18-year-old arrested
I don't know what is happening at De Montfort but I hope everyone is ok.
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 AM
I don't know what is happening at De Montfort but I hope everyone is ok.
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"The perfect side eye doesn't exist" proved wrong😍
This is Bowie. He overheard you talking about his rubber ducky jacket. Jealousy is a disease. Hopes you get well soon. 12/10 (IG: bowiethegoldenbear)
February 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
"The perfect side eye doesn't exist" proved wrong😍
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[explaining to a child why they are living in poverty] for every hundredth pint i drink i can get one free pint
February 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM
[explaining to a child why they are living in poverty] for every hundredth pint i drink i can get one free pint
The people responsible have either left for other high-power jobs or are still at the Uni. No consequences if you're high enough in the food chain.
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting... University of Nottingham's disastrous 'vanity project' campus could be sold for just £14m
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting... University of Nottingham's disastrous 'vanity project' campus could be sold for just £14m
University's disastrous new campus could be sold for just £14m
It was previously decided to sell the short-lived campus
www.nottinghampost.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:11 PM
The people responsible have either left for other high-power jobs or are still at the Uni. No consequences if you're high enough in the food chain.
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting... University of Nottingham's disastrous 'vanity project' campus could be sold for just £14m
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting... University of Nottingham's disastrous 'vanity project' campus could be sold for just £14m
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This sort of genre cinema and practical effects I grew up with in the 1980s and 90s was something tremendously special.
The handcrafted nature of creature makeup and puppetry lent a surreal authenticity to everything.
I will always love it.
The handcrafted nature of creature makeup and puppetry lent a surreal authenticity to everything.
I will always love it.
February 2, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This sort of genre cinema and practical effects I grew up with in the 1980s and 90s was something tremendously special.
The handcrafted nature of creature makeup and puppetry lent a surreal authenticity to everything.
I will always love it.
The handcrafted nature of creature makeup and puppetry lent a surreal authenticity to everything.
I will always love it.
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
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The legendary Catherine O’Hara has died.
She was 71.
Per TMZ.
She was 71.
Per TMZ.
January 30, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The legendary Catherine O’Hara has died.
She was 71.
Per TMZ.
She was 71.
Per TMZ.