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
Woop!!!
18 days it took from starting to feel ill to getting a clear covid test!
And that ladies and gentlemen concludes my first and hopefully only bout of COVID 19.
A jab for me later on in the year.
18 days it took from starting to feel ill to getting a clear covid test!
And that ladies and gentlemen concludes my first and hopefully only bout of COVID 19.
A jab for me later on in the year.
February 12, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Woop!!!
18 days it took from starting to feel ill to getting a clear covid test!
And that ladies and gentlemen concludes my first and hopefully only bout of COVID 19.
A jab for me later on in the year.
18 days it took from starting to feel ill to getting a clear covid test!
And that ladies and gentlemen concludes my first and hopefully only bout of COVID 19.
A jab for me later on in the year.
Anyone remember when 'scandal' and 'sleaze' meant David Mellor in a Chelsea football kit?
How naive we were.
How naive we were.
February 11, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Anyone remember when 'scandal' and 'sleaze' meant David Mellor in a Chelsea football kit?
How naive we were.
How naive we were.
That's a good idea. Also a targeted boycott of businesses who are tied up in a) Epstein, b) putting Trump in power and c) whatever comes out from these UK Mandleson documents that are supposed to be 'embarrasing.'
February 11, 2026 at 11:33 PM
That's a good idea. Also a targeted boycott of businesses who are tied up in a) Epstein, b) putting Trump in power and c) whatever comes out from these UK Mandleson documents that are supposed to be 'embarrasing.'
I get so angry and then so sad and then so nihilistic. I've started journalling again for the first time since I was in sixth form. It's helping me to process at least some of it.
February 11, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I get so angry and then so sad and then so nihilistic. I've started journalling again for the first time since I was in sixth form. It's helping me to process at least some of it.
It does feel like the entire world has gone mad. Why are we not burning it all to the ground?
February 11, 2026 at 11:16 PM
It does feel like the entire world has gone mad. Why are we not burning it all to the ground?
It feels like we're in WW3. Has for a while to me, except where there used to be trenches & definite sides based on nations, now the enemy is everywhere. It's the people pulling the strings of the whole world as we know it. The enemies are shape shifters who set us against each other to distract us.
February 11, 2026 at 10:59 PM
It feels like we're in WW3. Has for a while to me, except where there used to be trenches & definite sides based on nations, now the enemy is everywhere. It's the people pulling the strings of the whole world as we know it. The enemies are shape shifters who set us against each other to distract us.
The parliament building is falling down and needs a fortune spending on it to repair it. At this point can we not just call it a day, agree that whatever passes for democracy at the moment is a failed experiment, and start again with a new building and new people and a whole new system?
February 11, 2026 at 10:45 PM
The parliament building is falling down and needs a fortune spending on it to repair it. At this point can we not just call it a day, agree that whatever passes for democracy at the moment is a failed experiment, and start again with a new building and new people and a whole new system?
Yes! I think the ghost of Martin Lambie-Nairn would approve!
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Yes! I think the ghost of Martin Lambie-Nairn would approve!
We can chat about golden age channel idents around the campfire and then make some art based on them the next day before going on a lovely walk.
February 11, 2026 at 9:21 PM
We can chat about golden age channel idents around the campfire and then make some art based on them the next day before going on a lovely walk.
We'll spend much less time online and celebrate the solstices, equinoxes and cross quarter days. We'll look after each other and be responsible custodians of our land, acknowledging that we're only borrowing it for a while.
February 11, 2026 at 8:36 PM
We'll spend much less time online and celebrate the solstices, equinoxes and cross quarter days. We'll look after each other and be responsible custodians of our land, acknowledging that we're only borrowing it for a while.
OK, just so you know, I intend to win the Euromillions and buy a beautiful wood on the outskirts of the Lake District Nat Pk and establish a community of kind, creative people, build our own sustainable houses, learn coppicing & bushcraft and grow loads of our own veg and make art and music. You in?
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
OK, just so you know, I intend to win the Euromillions and buy a beautiful wood on the outskirts of the Lake District Nat Pk and establish a community of kind, creative people, build our own sustainable houses, learn coppicing & bushcraft and grow loads of our own veg and make art and music. You in?
Because most people will plod on and won't even boycott the companies that are helping to fund and enable this mess because it might slightly inconvenience them. Also guns.
February 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Because most people will plod on and won't even boycott the companies that are helping to fund and enable this mess because it might slightly inconvenience them. Also guns.
Day 17.
17!!!
Barely a trace now though. Feeling sooo much better.
17!!!
Barely a trace now though. Feeling sooo much better.
February 11, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Day 17.
17!!!
Barely a trace now though. Feeling sooo much better.
17!!!
Barely a trace now though. Feeling sooo much better.
I KNOW!!!??? Well not until October apparently, but still...
February 10, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I KNOW!!!??? Well not until October apparently, but still...
I found out that Neil (Art Attack, prob not Banksy) Buchanan will be 70 this year! Neil Buchanan is older than Philip Glenister! Wild!
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I found out that Neil (Art Attack, prob not Banksy) Buchanan will be 70 this year! Neil Buchanan is older than Philip Glenister! Wild!
Smash it with hammers.
February 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Smash it with hammers.
I bloody love this man. Just when I think I can't love him more, he puts this out.
This is the compassionate, honest, intelligent, proactive leadership that we badly need right now. ♥️
This is the compassionate, honest, intelligent, proactive leadership that we badly need right now. ♥️
February 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I bloody love this man. Just when I think I can't love him more, he puts this out.
This is the compassionate, honest, intelligent, proactive leadership that we badly need right now. ♥️
This is the compassionate, honest, intelligent, proactive leadership that we badly need right now. ♥️
This is still a favourite of mine during my pretentious adult years.
February 10, 2026 at 12:43 PM
This is still a favourite of mine during my pretentious adult years.
Whoever is responsible for marketing his back catalogue right now is doing first class work. Skating was EVERYWHERE at Christmas. Great to hear.
February 10, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Whoever is responsible for marketing his back catalogue right now is doing first class work. Skating was EVERYWHERE at Christmas. Great to hear.
This is exactly my situation too. I have all my hopes pinned on ADHD meds and finding a mentor. The stakes are so very high.
Wishing you the best of luck CJ.
Wishing you the best of luck CJ.
February 10, 2026 at 12:10 PM
This is exactly my situation too. I have all my hopes pinned on ADHD meds and finding a mentor. The stakes are so very high.
Wishing you the best of luck CJ.
Wishing you the best of luck CJ.
Ahh, future home. ♥️
February 10, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Ahh, future home. ♥️