Jo
@joacie.bsky.social
✝️ ,🐈🐈⬛, 📚 & 🎼🎶🎹
also a Lionesses and LUFC fan. Opinions my own.
also a Lionesses and LUFC fan. Opinions my own.
Bluesky asking me what's up...everything mate, everything...
January 24, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Bluesky asking me what's up...everything mate, everything...
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The federal government is gunning people down in the streets, lying about what happened and then preventing any independent investigation of the killings
January 24, 2026 at 9:36 PM
The federal government is gunning people down in the streets, lying about what happened and then preventing any independent investigation of the killings
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Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
This man must surely be cognitively impaired?!
Trump: “We are going to have so much rare earth. It's actually not that rare. There’s a lot of rare earth. There’s a lot of earth.”
January 20, 2026 at 8:06 PM
This man must surely be cognitively impaired?!
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The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
Trump: "I should have gotten the Nobel prize for each war...I saved millions and millions of people...and don't let anyone tell you that Norway doesn't control the shots. It's in Norway. Norway controls the shots. It's a joke. They've lost such prestige.“
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
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For this post to be about the United States and not Russia shows that there has been an absolute diplomatic revolution.
I spoke to the Secretary-General of NATO, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
January 18, 2026 at 9:42 PM
For this post to be about the United States and not Russia shows that there has been an absolute diplomatic revolution.
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If Starmer had a sense of humour he'd immediately launch a pact with Ed Davey to allow 46 Labour MPs to join the Lib Dems
January 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
If Starmer had a sense of humour he'd immediately launch a pact with Ed Davey to allow 46 Labour MPs to join the Lib Dems
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Lib Dem source: “Just 45 more Tory defections until Ed becomes Leader of the Opposition.”
January 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Lib Dem source: “Just 45 more Tory defections until Ed becomes Leader of the Opposition.”
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Are we honestly expected to believe that Jenrick wasn't going to join Reform today?
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Are we honestly expected to believe that Jenrick wasn't going to join Reform today?
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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I would really caution anyone against implying that paywalling this feature is a legitimate response to public outcry. The paywall is an endorsement, not a restriction. Musk is saying "this thing you're all talking about is valuable. Pay me for it." The actual material effect is just monetization.
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:17 AM
I would really caution anyone against implying that paywalling this feature is a legitimate response to public outcry. The paywall is an endorsement, not a restriction. Musk is saying "this thing you're all talking about is valuable. Pay me for it." The actual material effect is just monetization.
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ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.
January 7, 2026 at 9:11 PM
ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1727...
I watched this a little while ago. Starting to look like the US will be in this place before too long.
Horrendous scene in Minneapolis today 💔🙏
I watched this a little while ago. Starting to look like the US will be in this place before too long.
Horrendous scene in Minneapolis today 💔🙏
Civil War (2024) ⭐ 7.0 | Action, Thriller, War
1h 49m | R
www.imdb.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:39 PM
www.imdb.com/title/tt1727...
I watched this a little while ago. Starting to look like the US will be in this place before too long.
Horrendous scene in Minneapolis today 💔🙏
I watched this a little while ago. Starting to look like the US will be in this place before too long.
Horrendous scene in Minneapolis today 💔🙏
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“The reason other American presidents have exercised more restraint is they know long-term there is a cost”
What is the price of Trump’s fear of looking weak on the world stage?
What is the price of Trump’s fear of looking weak on the world stage?
January 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
“The reason other American presidents have exercised more restraint is they know long-term there is a cost”
What is the price of Trump’s fear of looking weak on the world stage?
What is the price of Trump’s fear of looking weak on the world stage?
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Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
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It is legitimately hilarious that they couldn't figure out what to do with the "The" before JFK's name so it looks even more tacked on.
December 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It is legitimately hilarious that they couldn't figure out what to do with the "The" before JFK's name so it looks even more tacked on.
In watching all the coverage yesterday this was the question in my mind and, as @chrischirp.bsky.social says in the following post to this one, we can't know!!
The important question is whether this year’s flu season will peak soon (and so we have a ‘normal’ serious flu wave, shifted earlier) or whether it will keep going up and only peak towards end of the year in which case it will be a terrible flu season - i.e. are we in scenario A or scenario B. 6/10
December 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
In watching all the coverage yesterday this was the question in my mind and, as @chrischirp.bsky.social says in the following post to this one, we can't know!!
I'm somewhat suspicious that delay is to improve the chances of it being a three way contest for the final checkpoint... 🤨 #ratw #raceacrosstheworld
December 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I'm somewhat suspicious that delay is to improve the chances of it being a three way contest for the final checkpoint... 🤨 #ratw #raceacrosstheworld
BBC playing us for fools with this defensive line up proposal 😅 Bronze in the centre?!
October 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
BBC playing us for fools with this defensive line up proposal 😅 Bronze in the centre?!
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We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.
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Kind of amazing how UK news media still remains obsessed with the structurally limited impact in economic terms of small boats even as this potentially terminal havoc works its way through key UK industrial supply chains
on.ft.com/3Ihb8YF
on.ft.com/3Ihb8YF
September 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Kind of amazing how UK news media still remains obsessed with the structurally limited impact in economic terms of small boats even as this potentially terminal havoc works its way through key UK industrial supply chains
on.ft.com/3Ihb8YF
on.ft.com/3Ihb8YF
Just updated to Android 16. Jury is certainly going to be out for some time methinks... 😒
September 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Just updated to Android 16. Jury is certainly going to be out for some time methinks... 😒
Well Donald, your influence over global geopolitical diplomacy and peace is looking pretty shaky right now isn't it? #nobelpeaceprize 🤔
September 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Well Donald, your influence over global geopolitical diplomacy and peace is looking pretty shaky right now isn't it? #nobelpeaceprize 🤔