Jim Mortleman
@jimjar.bsky.social
Writer, parodist; punster; puzzler; potty-mouth; penner of odes; podcaster; free thinker; synth tinkerer; dad; hat fan. Also jimjar on Twitter
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Jim Mortleman
@jimjar.bsky.social
· Jan 20
Blue Funday
YouTube video by jimjarmo
youtu.be
It's a miserable Blue Monday. We're months from another holiday, it's freezing outside, and Trump's gurning mug's all over the news.
Need cheering up? Look no further. Happy #BlueMonday, Bluesky!
youtu.be/chdNRTxeotU
🟦 Help beat the blues - please share!
#bluemonday2025 #comedy #humour #neworder
Need cheering up? Look no further. Happy #BlueMonday, Bluesky!
youtu.be/chdNRTxeotU
🟦 Help beat the blues - please share!
#bluemonday2025 #comedy #humour #neworder
Quick heads-up for fellow synthheads. If you love the music of @warringtonruncorn.com then you'll probably also love the music of @cravenfaults.bsky.social, whose excellent new album, "Sidings", is out this week.
cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/album/sidings
cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/album/sidings
Sidings, by Craven Faults
8 track album
cravenfaults.bandcamp.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Quick heads-up for fellow synthheads. If you love the music of @warringtonruncorn.com then you'll probably also love the music of @cravenfaults.bsky.social, whose excellent new album, "Sidings", is out this week.
cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/album/sidings
cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/album/sidings
America's post-invasion plans for Greenland unveiled...
January 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
America's post-invasion plans for Greenland unveiled...
Just a quick reminder that the #OffGridPod compilation clip show is out. If you enjoy words, trivia, crosswords, quizzes, eclectica, et cetera, then there's bound to be something to divert, fascinate or titillate you.
**Constant Money Timezone – Ep. 66**
In which we enter a Constant Money Timezone, turn bioluminescent, slap your thighs, and consider wind chimes in a new light.
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If all that sounds absolutely peachy to you, please click play:
[…]
https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/12/28/constant-money-timezone/
In which we enter a Constant Money Timezone, turn bioluminescent, slap your thighs, and consider wind chimes in a new light.
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If all that sounds absolutely peachy to you, please click play:
[…]
https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/12/28/constant-money-timezone/
January 2, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Just a quick reminder that the #OffGridPod compilation clip show is out. If you enjoy words, trivia, crosswords, quizzes, eclectica, et cetera, then there's bound to be something to divert, fascinate or titillate you.
Reposted by Jim Mortleman
The "not really about crosswords" #OffGridPod is in its 5th year of diversely digressive diversion. I was General Knowledge's chief researcher on this episode: offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/08/31/a...
If you like #cryptic #crosswords and/or conversational curiosities, give this #podcast a listen in 2026! 📻
If you like #cryptic #crosswords and/or conversational curiosities, give this #podcast a listen in 2026! 📻
Mah momma always said, life is like an #OffGridPod compilation episode: you never know what you're gonna get...
offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/12/28/c...
offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/12/28/c...
Constant Money Timezone – Ep. 66 - Off-Grid
In which we enter a Constant Money Timezone, turn bioluminescent, slap your thighs, and consider wind chimes in a new light.
offgrid.tlmb.net
December 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The "not really about crosswords" #OffGridPod is in its 5th year of diversely digressive diversion. I was General Knowledge's chief researcher on this episode: offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/08/31/a...
If you like #cryptic #crosswords and/or conversational curiosities, give this #podcast a listen in 2026! 📻
If you like #cryptic #crosswords and/or conversational curiosities, give this #podcast a listen in 2026! 📻
Sunburnt Clanger on ozempic
December 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Sunburnt Clanger on ozempic
No, Bendick's! Dipping Kendal mint cake in dark chocolate and wrapping it in foil does not turn it into a posh chocolate mint. Yeurgh!
December 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
No, Bendick's! Dipping Kendal mint cake in dark chocolate and wrapping it in foil does not turn it into a posh chocolate mint. Yeurgh!
I think it's meant to say 'Tucked'.
December 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I think it's meant to say 'Tucked'.
Time to give this its annual airing and remind all you lovely people to donate to @sheltercharity.bsky.social this festive season...
youtu.be/zuOyq2290Zs?...
youtu.be/zuOyq2290Zs?...
Sleighed - Merry Twits-Mash Everybody
YouTube video by jimjarmo
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Time to give this its annual airing and remind all you lovely people to donate to @sheltercharity.bsky.social this festive season...
youtu.be/zuOyq2290Zs?...
youtu.be/zuOyq2290Zs?...
I'd never discriminate against you because of your inability to pronounce Fs and THs. You can't say fairer than that.
December 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'd never discriminate against you because of your inability to pronounce Fs and THs. You can't say fairer than that.
My dog Blue in a trilby.
December 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My dog Blue in a trilby.
Reposted by Jim Mortleman
Facial recognition, scrapping juries, and mandatory digital ID.
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Facial recognition to be expanded in fresh crime crackdown
Critics called on the government to limit roll-out of facial recognition, but others have urged ministers to accelerate the expansion to ‘boost safety’
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Facial recognition, scrapping juries, and mandatory digital ID.
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Reposted by Jim Mortleman
**Midwinter Training Gazebo – Ep. 64**
In which we erect a Midwinter Training Gazebo, set Liverpool ablaze, play some riffs, get stuffed, and look up at the lights.
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If all that is likely to send you into transports of delight, please click play: […] […]
[Original post on offgrid.tlmb.net]
In which we erect a Midwinter Training Gazebo, set Liverpool ablaze, play some riffs, get stuffed, and look up at the lights.
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If all that is likely to send you into transports of delight, please click play: […] […]
[Original post on offgrid.tlmb.net]
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
**Midwinter Training Gazebo – Ep. 64**
In which we erect a Midwinter Training Gazebo, set Liverpool ablaze, play some riffs, get stuffed, and look up at the lights.
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If all that is likely to send you into transports of delight, please click play: […] […]
[Original post on offgrid.tlmb.net]
In which we erect a Midwinter Training Gazebo, set Liverpool ablaze, play some riffs, get stuffed, and look up at the lights.
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If all that is likely to send you into transports of delight, please click play: […] […]
[Original post on offgrid.tlmb.net]
Reposted by Jim Mortleman
Just thought I'd throw out a new #cryptic #crossword. ( @jimjar.bsky.social for one might like it...?) https://tlmb.net/blog/throws/
tlmb.net
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Just thought I'd throw out a new #cryptic #crossword. ( @jimjar.bsky.social for one might like it...?) https://tlmb.net/blog/throws/
This newly released album from the late Gabi Delgado (ex-D.A.F.) and French experimental muso/poet Marc Hurtado, Neue Weltunfassende Resistance, is well worth a listen. More "techno-y" than D.A.F., but with many of the motifs that made Delgado such a pioneer of electronic/industrial music.
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This newly released album from the late Gabi Delgado (ex-D.A.F.) and French experimental muso/poet Marc Hurtado, Neue Weltunfassende Resistance, is well worth a listen. More "techno-y" than D.A.F., but with many of the motifs that made Delgado such a pioneer of electronic/industrial music.
Reposted by Jim Mortleman
It might be a bit early for a drink, but sod it – come join me for a pint on my website, where you can find a bunch of things that I have made in beermat form!
Dave 'Bagpuss' Forsey
A selection of Dave's nonsense – in beermat form!
bagpuss.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It might be a bit early for a drink, but sod it – come join me for a pint on my website, where you can find a bunch of things that I have made in beermat form!
Yes, Google, that's definitely the late Sir Terry, to be sure, to be sure. (cc @bjalborough.bsky.social)
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Yes, Google, that's definitely the late Sir Terry, to be sure, to be sure. (cc @bjalborough.bsky.social)
Reposted by Jim Mortleman
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
Reposted by Jim Mortleman
No mystery. It's a tray of grilled chicken. Not sure why it was hurtling through space though.
November 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
No mystery. It's a tray of grilled chicken. Not sure why it was hurtling through space though.
Reposted by Jim Mortleman
Keep fighting to stop corporations gutting the public domain and don't accept the ever-encroaching 'info land grab' as a fait accompli. A good time to rekindle @lessig.bsky.social's Free Culture movement for a new generation unaware of the battles of the noughties?
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.
arstechnica.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Keep fighting to stop corporations gutting the public domain and don't accept the ever-encroaching 'info land grab' as a fait accompli. A good time to rekindle @lessig.bsky.social's Free Culture movement for a new generation unaware of the battles of the noughties?
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Reposted by Jim Mortleman
SgtPepper montage 10 years project is go.
See the link to find out about the book, exhibition, auction and the charity.
Please consider backing the book. If it doesn't get funded, it doesn't get made and you don't pay anything. If it does, you get a fantastic book!
chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
#sgtpX10
See the link to find out about the book, exhibition, auction and the charity.
Please consider backing the book. If it doesn't get funded, it doesn't get made and you don't pay anything. If it does, you get a fantastic book!
chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
#sgtpX10
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
SgtPepper montage 10 years project is go.
See the link to find out about the book, exhibition, auction and the charity.
Please consider backing the book. If it doesn't get funded, it doesn't get made and you don't pay anything. If it does, you get a fantastic book!
chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
#sgtpX10
See the link to find out about the book, exhibition, auction and the charity.
Please consider backing the book. If it doesn't get funded, it doesn't get made and you don't pay anything. If it does, you get a fantastic book!
chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
#sgtpX10
Has no one else noticed the uncanny resemblance between Argentinian president Javier Milei and the Harry Enfield character Wayne Slob? @privateeyenews.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Has no one else noticed the uncanny resemblance between Argentinian president Javier Milei and the Harry Enfield character Wayne Slob? @privateeyenews.bsky.social
The flying car thing reminded me of this, which still makes me howl with laughter every time I watch it...
Elon Musk spotted in an early episode of Top Gear - shout when you see him!
November 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The flying car thing reminded me of this, which still makes me howl with laughter every time I watch it...
Also got this to catch up on. Always a great listen...
#OffGridPod
#OffGridPod
**Silas ’ Mackerel Paddle – Ep. 62**
In which we use Silas’ Mackerel Paddle to try to get you to sleep, yell out strange comments if you won’t, gather nuts in May and pursue our General sort of nonsense.
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If you might know which station to stop at […]
[Original post on offgrid.tlmb.net]
In which we use Silas’ Mackerel Paddle to try to get you to sleep, yell out strange comments if you won’t, gather nuts in May and pursue our General sort of nonsense.
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If you might know which station to stop at […]
[Original post on offgrid.tlmb.net]
October 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Also got this to catch up on. Always a great listen...
#OffGridPod
#OffGridPod