Jill Chambers
@jillchambers.bsky.social
(she/her) Adventures in creative living. Sometimes paid for them. Scouse/Geordie hybrid. Solar powered hygienic hippy. Mother of dog. Fond of circles, jazz flute and the colour green.
http://www.smoke-and-mirrors.co.uk
http://www.smoke-and-mirrors.co.uk
Why on earth I decided at 5.30am on a random Friday to do a quick Wiki search of the Nuremberg trials and the fates of the convicted is beyond me.
Actually ADHD procrastination. It's probably that.
Actually ADHD procrastination. It's probably that.
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Why on earth I decided at 5.30am on a random Friday to do a quick Wiki search of the Nuremberg trials and the fates of the convicted is beyond me.
Actually ADHD procrastination. It's probably that.
Actually ADHD procrastination. It's probably that.
Reposted by Jill Chambers
Reposted by Jill Chambers
After living through the Nazi & atomic bomb eras, Tove Jansson writings would often encompass fearful ideas about loss of a familiar world. However she would balance this with characters who encompassed #kindness & #community, even in the darkest times #WomensArt #WorldKindnessDay
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
After living through the Nazi & atomic bomb eras, Tove Jansson writings would often encompass fearful ideas about loss of a familiar world. However she would balance this with characters who encompassed #kindness & #community, even in the darkest times #WomensArt #WorldKindnessDay
This thread about the shady dealings of the cancerous tumour on the BBC board that is Robbie Gibb.
I bloody love this woman.
I bloody love this woman.
So there’s one aspect of the BBC story that has received zero attention: Robbie Gibb’s potential financial conflict of interests.
According to @arusbridger.bsky.social, he was just the bagman for the purchase of the Jewish Chronicle.
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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
According to @arusbridger.bsky.social, he was just the bagman for the purchase of the Jewish Chronicle.
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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
Who really funds the Jewish Chronicle? Why it’s troubling that we don’t know…
Four years ago, a mysterious consortium came to the rescue of the beleaguered publication—and nobody is really clear about who is behind the scenes. B...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This thread about the shady dealings of the cancerous tumour on the BBC board that is Robbie Gibb.
I bloody love this woman.
I bloody love this woman.
Why am I surprised that Chopra was on chatting terms with Epstein? Our entire culture puts all of these people right at the top on an aspirational pedestal. What does that say about our system?
More & more I want to escape to an offline sustainable woodland cooperative community and barter turnips.
More & more I want to escape to an offline sustainable woodland cooperative community and barter turnips.
Deepak Chopra asking Epstein if Trump is crazy in March 2017 (after the "Obama wiretapped Trump Tower" nonsense).
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Why am I surprised that Chopra was on chatting terms with Epstein? Our entire culture puts all of these people right at the top on an aspirational pedestal. What does that say about our system?
More & more I want to escape to an offline sustainable woodland cooperative community and barter turnips.
More & more I want to escape to an offline sustainable woodland cooperative community and barter turnips.
One of life's real pleasures is getting to go to sleep and wake up next to this snuggly little man.
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
One of life's real pleasures is getting to go to sleep and wake up next to this snuggly little man.
Much as I despise AI infiltrating absolutely everything, here it could achieve a great thing.
The stuff that still happens in labs routinely behind closed doors would cause most decent people to have nightmares. Anything that can reduce the suffering is OK by me
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
The stuff that still happens in labs routinely behind closed doors would cause most decent people to have nightmares. Anything that can reduce the suffering is OK by me
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
UK minister unveils plan to cut animal testing through greater use of AI
New funding for researchers and streamlined regulation part of roadmap for phasing out use of animals in science
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Much as I despise AI infiltrating absolutely everything, here it could achieve a great thing.
The stuff that still happens in labs routinely behind closed doors would cause most decent people to have nightmares. Anything that can reduce the suffering is OK by me
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
The stuff that still happens in labs routinely behind closed doors would cause most decent people to have nightmares. Anything that can reduce the suffering is OK by me
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
And now it sounds like I have a significant number of starlings in the roof.
I don't have the bandwidth (or the money or time) for this right now. 😭😭😭
I don't have the bandwidth (or the money or time) for this right now. 😭😭😭
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
And now it sounds like I have a significant number of starlings in the roof.
I don't have the bandwidth (or the money or time) for this right now. 😭😭😭
I don't have the bandwidth (or the money or time) for this right now. 😭😭😭
Realise this poses security issues so am retracting the question. Ugh.
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Jill Chambers
@jillchambers.bsky.social
· 3m
Gutted to find out my lovely building society is stopping all current accounts, so I'm looking for a reliable bank that's not too ethically abysmal.
[sigh]
Any recommendations please?
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Jill Chambers
@jillchambers.bsky.social
· 50s
Am really going to miss the staff at my local branch, I saw them almost every week. God I hate that every 'development' of modern living actually makes your life that bit worse.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pt4jfsjrtq6lnzhdfzn5mmyt/bafkreih2nxzieikuisqaqsyuwrmy55porija4vbxsliqlrsfxl5vomfq2y@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Realise this poses security issues so am retracting the question. Ugh.
This thread. ❤️💪
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This thread. ❤️💪
"And the tendency to move right is always stronger than left, because there is terror of the right in a way the BBC does not possess of liberalism or the left. Do we seriously believe anyone inside New Broadcasting House fears the Green Party? Or Labour?"
Labour are utterly supine now. So, no.
Labour are utterly supine now. So, no.
"On another occasion, a BBC executive forbade me from writing for the New Statesman, imploring me to ask The Spectator instead, saying that would be perfectly fine."
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"And the tendency to move right is always stronger than left, because there is terror of the right in a way the BBC does not possess of liberalism or the left. Do we seriously believe anyone inside New Broadcasting House fears the Green Party? Or Labour?"
Labour are utterly supine now. So, no.
Labour are utterly supine now. So, no.
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BBC impartiality: A full list of all the British MEPs who appeared on BBC Question Time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
BBC impartiality: A full list of all the British MEPs who appeared on BBC Question Time.
Reposted by Jill Chambers
The BBC should serve as an example to all that there is nothing you can give the far rabid right that will satisfy it.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The BBC should serve as an example to all that there is nothing you can give the far rabid right that will satisfy it.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
I am going to feel so much better after pressure washing the front path, I am going to feel so much better after pressure washing the front path, I am going to feel so much better after pressure washing the front path... Get up and out there Chambers!
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I am going to feel so much better after pressure washing the front path, I am going to feel so much better after pressure washing the front path, I am going to feel so much better after pressure washing the front path... Get up and out there Chambers!
I do not understand how I have put an awning and an inflatable kayak back in their bags, filled a wheelie bin and filled the car to its ceiling with stuff for the tip, and there is literally no more ground space in my garage. 😭
Up early to maximise my daylight hours for an epic garage tidy and declutter today using ADHD decluttering YouTube videos and high energy music to keep me on track [puts earbuds on to charge].
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I do not understand how I have put an awning and an inflatable kayak back in their bags, filled a wheelie bin and filled the car to its ceiling with stuff for the tip, and there is literally no more ground space in my garage. 😭
Remember the autumn equinox at the end of September? Well yesterday was the 'cross quarter day' that marked the mid-point between equinox and the winter solstice.
We've already endured a quarter of the dark months folks, and soon we'll be heading back to the light!
We've already endured a quarter of the dark months folks, and soon we'll be heading back to the light!
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Remember the autumn equinox at the end of September? Well yesterday was the 'cross quarter day' that marked the mid-point between equinox and the winter solstice.
We've already endured a quarter of the dark months folks, and soon we'll be heading back to the light!
We've already endured a quarter of the dark months folks, and soon we'll be heading back to the light!
Dear fellow GenXrs:
'We raised ourselves, we were out all day, drank from the garden hose and only came home when the street lights came on and...' STOP ❗🛑
We're becoming a caricature of ourselves at this point. God social media nostalgia is crap.
'We raised ourselves, we were out all day, drank from the garden hose and only came home when the street lights came on and...' STOP ❗🛑
We're becoming a caricature of ourselves at this point. God social media nostalgia is crap.
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Dear fellow GenXrs:
'We raised ourselves, we were out all day, drank from the garden hose and only came home when the street lights came on and...' STOP ❗🛑
We're becoming a caricature of ourselves at this point. God social media nostalgia is crap.
'We raised ourselves, we were out all day, drank from the garden hose and only came home when the street lights came on and...' STOP ❗🛑
We're becoming a caricature of ourselves at this point. God social media nostalgia is crap.
Such a big fan of the whole feral jazz of this track.
“Children of the Baked Potato (feat. Remi Wolf)” by Thundercat #nowplaying #6music
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Such a big fan of the whole feral jazz of this track.
Currently camped out at the bottom of the bed with the dog and kung po Quorn watching the neighbours' fireworks and listening to CMAT all nice and chilled and toasty warm. There are worse ways to spend bonfire night.
Kind of missing the smell of gunpowder and sparklers though.
Kind of missing the smell of gunpowder and sparklers though.
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Currently camped out at the bottom of the bed with the dog and kung po Quorn watching the neighbours' fireworks and listening to CMAT all nice and chilled and toasty warm. There are worse ways to spend bonfire night.
Kind of missing the smell of gunpowder and sparklers though.
Kind of missing the smell of gunpowder and sparklers though.
John Lewis, I feel like you have lost your way of late, this is the festive (s)ad banger we deserve.
Truly an anthem for our times.
Truly an anthem for our times.
The John Lewis Xmas ad drops tomorrow and it's Atmosphere by Russ Abbot!
youtu.be/vpYMXjVzC04?...
@lancashirehotpots.bsky.social
@spraypopmusic.com
youtu.be/vpYMXjVzC04?...
@lancashirehotpots.bsky.social
@spraypopmusic.com
John Lewis Christmas Advert 2025 Exclusive - it's Atmosphere By Russ Abbot
YouTube video by SPRAY
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
John Lewis, I feel like you have lost your way of late, this is the festive (s)ad banger we deserve.
Truly an anthem for our times.
Truly an anthem for our times.
November 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Being that I'm counting November as the first month of bleakness, today was surprisingly bearable.
Having DIY projects taking up brain capacity is helpful, as is a dog who forces me to partake of sunlight/ nature's other wonders. Only a week away from the mid-point between equinox and solstice now
Having DIY projects taking up brain capacity is helpful, as is a dog who forces me to partake of sunlight/ nature's other wonders. Only a week away from the mid-point between equinox and solstice now
Autumn Equinox is when I start doing the maths to keep myself sane (ish). October is often tolerable and now it's only 3 months to Winter Solstice. In 4 months the daffodils appear in supermarkets signifying hope. So there's only about 3 months of total bleakness to endure starting in about 1 month.
a man with long hair and a beard crying
Alt: a man with long hair and a beard crying
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Being that I'm counting November as the first month of bleakness, today was surprisingly bearable.
Having DIY projects taking up brain capacity is helpful, as is a dog who forces me to partake of sunlight/ nature's other wonders. Only a week away from the mid-point between equinox and solstice now
Having DIY projects taking up brain capacity is helpful, as is a dog who forces me to partake of sunlight/ nature's other wonders. Only a week away from the mid-point between equinox and solstice now
Was speaking with one of my former cultural sector bosses the other day who thought that Arts Council England should be abolished. I'm hearing increasingly louder murmurings to this end within the arts world. They are supposed to be on our side, but I feel they've become more of a foe than a friend.
ICYMI: Arts Council England has temporarily paused a new fund for individual creative practitioners in order to cope with delays as a result of its tech collapse this summer.
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ACE temporarily overhauls funds to cope with delays from tech crisis
Arts Council England has temporarily halted the next round of a fund for individual creative practitioners to cope with delays as a result of its tech collapse this summer
www.thestage.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Was speaking with one of my former cultural sector bosses the other day who thought that Arts Council England should be abolished. I'm hearing increasingly louder murmurings to this end within the arts world. They are supposed to be on our side, but I feel they've become more of a foe than a friend.
Went to a paint-along-with-Bob-Ross spooky special at a Newcastle bar tonight (hence the bats). Haven't painted an actual picture since I was at sixth form college so I could have done worse.
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Went to a paint-along-with-Bob-Ross spooky special at a Newcastle bar tonight (hence the bats). Haven't painted an actual picture since I was at sixth form college so I could have done worse.