JonGlue
@jonglue.bsky.social
Community Worker, Tomato Grower, and Ageing Hippy/Biker. Works for Community Glue CIC (supporting local groups and individuals in #Oxford, UK) and part-time as an academic (social work, social care). Yesterday's centrist Dad, today's angry young man. 🌱
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#OnThisDay in London's immoral history: notorious Bankside brothel, 'Holland’s Leaguer’, resists siege by constables, 1632.
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Today in London’s immoral history: ‘Holland’s Leaguer’, notorious Bankside brothel, resists siege by constables, 1632.
Holland’s Leaguer was a notorious 17th-century brothel which stood, near London’s playhouses, on the south bank of the River Thames. It was run by a famous prostitute named Elizabeth Holland, and i…
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January 26, 2026 at 8:28 AM
#OnThisDay in London's immoral history: notorious Bankside brothel, 'Holland’s Leaguer’, resists siege by constables, 1632.
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Dartmoor ponies on the way to our Shelstone Tor camp yesterday
January 25, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Dartmoor ponies on the way to our Shelstone Tor camp yesterday
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Private equity bids £1.5bn to buy Spire, which runs nearly 40 of the UK's biggest private hospitals.
Attraction - Govt handing more of the NHS to private sector, higher prices, higher profits. PE builds monopolistic control.
Public money will buy less.
Attraction - Govt handing more of the NHS to private sector, higher prices, higher profits. PE builds monopolistic control.
Public money will buy less.
Buyout firms plot £1.5bn takeover of private hospitals giant Spire
Bridgepoint and Triton Partners are among the private equity groups interested in a take-private deal for Britain's biggest private hospitals operator, Sky News learns.
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January 24, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Private equity bids £1.5bn to buy Spire, which runs nearly 40 of the UK's biggest private hospitals.
Attraction - Govt handing more of the NHS to private sector, higher prices, higher profits. PE builds monopolistic control.
Public money will buy less.
Attraction - Govt handing more of the NHS to private sector, higher prices, higher profits. PE builds monopolistic control.
Public money will buy less.
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In case you missed it: My suggestion that Farage was whispering to Trump behind the scenes while Trump was going after Greenland has been essentially confirmed.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 AM
In case you missed it: My suggestion that Farage was whispering to Trump behind the scenes while Trump was going after Greenland has been essentially confirmed.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
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I just signed up to @thenerve.news ...drawn by the splendid @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and a promise of light being shone in dark places. In the welcome email I was struck by 'have nerve! Courage is contagious'. Seems so relevant for our work @ WIGO and Social Care Future @mroutled.bsky.social ?
January 19, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I just signed up to @thenerve.news ...drawn by the splendid @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and a promise of light being shone in dark places. In the welcome email I was struck by 'have nerve! Courage is contagious'. Seems so relevant for our work @ WIGO and Social Care Future @mroutled.bsky.social ?
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📗 Read @peterlevell.bsky.social's comment on the 1990s and 2000s property boom here: ifs.org.uk/articles/how...
How the 1990s and 2000s property price boom reduced social mobility | Institute for Fiscal Studies
Children of parents who benefited from the 1990s house price boom subsequently had more housing wealth and were more likely to own homes in London.
ifs.org.uk
January 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM
📗 Read @peterlevell.bsky.social's comment on the 1990s and 2000s property boom here: ifs.org.uk/articles/how...
Have you ever done that thing where you but your finger over the mouth and try and work out what the rest of the face is saying?
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has given her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump during a meeting at the White House, saying it was a recognition of his commitment to her country's freedom
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Machado presents Trump with her Nobel award at White House meeting
Trump thanked Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, calling it "a wonderful gesture of mutual respect".
www.bbc.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Have you ever done that thing where you but your finger over the mouth and try and work out what the rest of the face is saying?
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Martin Kettle’s final weekly column for @theguardian.com - after 41 years. He’ll be missed.
The world of today looks bad, but take hope: we’ve been here before and got through it – and we will again | Martin Kettle
The world of today looks bad, but take hope: we’ve been here before and got through it – and we will again | Martin Kettle
As I write my last regular column for the Guardian, my thoughts turn to the lessons and hope we can take from history, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
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January 16, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Martin Kettle’s final weekly column for @theguardian.com - after 41 years. He’ll be missed.
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#WyrdWednesday 🦊
Meet Reynard the Fox, the legendary talking fox of European folk tales—master of cunning escapes!
In one classic yarn, he outsmarts pursuing hunters by disguising himself as a priest and slipping into a church, using quick wit & sly deception to vanish right under their noses.
Meet Reynard the Fox, the legendary talking fox of European folk tales—master of cunning escapes!
In one classic yarn, he outsmarts pursuing hunters by disguising himself as a priest and slipping into a church, using quick wit & sly deception to vanish right under their noses.
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
#WyrdWednesday 🦊
Meet Reynard the Fox, the legendary talking fox of European folk tales—master of cunning escapes!
In one classic yarn, he outsmarts pursuing hunters by disguising himself as a priest and slipping into a church, using quick wit & sly deception to vanish right under their noses.
Meet Reynard the Fox, the legendary talking fox of European folk tales—master of cunning escapes!
In one classic yarn, he outsmarts pursuing hunters by disguising himself as a priest and slipping into a church, using quick wit & sly deception to vanish right under their noses.
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We are living in The Onion.
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:18 PM
We are living in The Onion.
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Little known fact:
Before the crowbar was invented, crows simply drank at home.
Before the crowbar was invented, crows simply drank at home.
January 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Little known fact:
Before the crowbar was invented, crows simply drank at home.
Before the crowbar was invented, crows simply drank at home.
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Passionate about justice for Black, minoritised & migrant women? Join our team & make real change.
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Passionate about justice for Black, minoritised & migrant women? Join our team & make real change.
✨ Media & Comms Officer (apply by 11 Jan)
✨ Training Officer (apply by 11 Jan)
✨ Senior Immigration Solicitor (rolling)
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Work with us - Southall Black Sisters
We have secured critical reforms that have advanced the cause of gender equality, justice, and human rights for Black and minoritised women through our advocacy, advice, policy and lobbying work - but...
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January 9, 2026 at 12:12 PM
🚨 We’re hiring!
Passionate about justice for Black, minoritised & migrant women? Join our team & make real change.
✨ Media & Comms Officer (apply by 11 Jan)
✨ Training Officer (apply by 11 Jan)
✨ Senior Immigration Solicitor (rolling)
👉🏾 Apply: southallblacksisters.org.uk/get-involved...
Passionate about justice for Black, minoritised & migrant women? Join our team & make real change.
✨ Media & Comms Officer (apply by 11 Jan)
✨ Training Officer (apply by 11 Jan)
✨ Senior Immigration Solicitor (rolling)
👉🏾 Apply: southallblacksisters.org.uk/get-involved...
Co-pilot in Notepad; what fresh Hell is this?
January 6, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Co-pilot in Notepad; what fresh Hell is this?
1. At Stamford Bridge (1066), King Harald's brother fought with the Danes. 2. Before the Armada, Phillip II of Spain had already been English King. 3. Before 1918, only property-owners could vote. 4. British troops fought communists in Russia after WWI til 1920. 5. UK income equality peaked in 1979.
Here’s a fun top five: things that are consensus among historians but are essentially unknown by the public. Richard I, a bad king of England. Roman Empire, fell in 1453. Paul, more important than Jesus. Witch burning, a modern phenomenon not a medieval one. Britain last invaded in 1688. Yours?
As someone who wrote a dissertation on that damnable Frenchman; one can only hope.
January 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
1. At Stamford Bridge (1066), King Harald's brother fought with the Danes. 2. Before the Armada, Phillip II of Spain had already been English King. 3. Before 1918, only property-owners could vote. 4. British troops fought communists in Russia after WWI til 1920. 5. UK income equality peaked in 1979.
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Shit, Work Thing You Put Off Not Magically Done While You Were Away https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/01/05/shit-work-thing-you-put-off-not-magically-done-while-you-were-away/
Shit, Work Thing You Put Off Not Magically Done While You Were Away
AN OFFICE-WIDE investigation has commenced off the back of the shocking discovery that the task you put off doing before the Christmas holidays has not been completed in your absence while compnay premises were closed, …
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January 5, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Shit, Work Thing You Put Off Not Magically Done While You Were Away https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/01/05/shit-work-thing-you-put-off-not-magically-done-while-you-were-away/
Five greatest classical philosophers, ranked by coolest sounding name:
1. Dionysius the Areopagite
2. Anaxagoras
3. Theophrastus
4. Diogenes of Sinope
5. Ptolmey
1. Dionysius the Areopagite
2. Anaxagoras
3. Theophrastus
4. Diogenes of Sinope
5. Ptolmey
January 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Five greatest classical philosophers, ranked by coolest sounding name:
1. Dionysius the Areopagite
2. Anaxagoras
3. Theophrastus
4. Diogenes of Sinope
5. Ptolmey
1. Dionysius the Areopagite
2. Anaxagoras
3. Theophrastus
4. Diogenes of Sinope
5. Ptolmey
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Friction is very often a good thing. It can feel frustrating when you're a muscular interventionist who just wants to Get Things Done™️ but that doesn't mean it doesn't have an important role in enabling some anticipatory governance measures and, frankly, stopping people from doing stupid things
January 2, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Friction is very often a good thing. It can feel frustrating when you're a muscular interventionist who just wants to Get Things Done™️ but that doesn't mean it doesn't have an important role in enabling some anticipatory governance measures and, frankly, stopping people from doing stupid things
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All hail an anti-corruption king!
The work @adambonica.bsky.social did in 2025 on exposing the costs of campaign corruption, the false promises of "moderation," the courts, and so much more has been constantly fresh, clear, and astounding.
The work @adambonica.bsky.social did in 2025 on exposing the costs of campaign corruption, the false promises of "moderation," the courts, and so much more has been constantly fresh, clear, and astounding.
On Data and Democracy 2025 Year-in-Review Visualized
Tracing the money, the ideological purges, the strategic debates, and the court battles: A visual deep-dive into the data of 2025 and charting an empirical roadmap for a more resilient democracy.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:31 PM
All hail an anti-corruption king!
The work @adambonica.bsky.social did in 2025 on exposing the costs of campaign corruption, the false promises of "moderation," the courts, and so much more has been constantly fresh, clear, and astounding.
The work @adambonica.bsky.social did in 2025 on exposing the costs of campaign corruption, the false promises of "moderation," the courts, and so much more has been constantly fresh, clear, and astounding.
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First Sink or Swim show of 2026 is just a little over 2 weeks away 🙏
January 1, 2026 at 10:27 AM
First Sink or Swim show of 2026 is just a little over 2 weeks away 🙏
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Since I dumped some really bad news on y'all I wanna tell you about the other side of social media.
It's children of anti-vaxxers turning 18 and filming themselves getting vaxxed.
It's children of anti-vaxxers turning 18 and filming themselves getting vaxxed.
December 31, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Since I dumped some really bad news on y'all I wanna tell you about the other side of social media.
It's children of anti-vaxxers turning 18 and filming themselves getting vaxxed.
It's children of anti-vaxxers turning 18 and filming themselves getting vaxxed.
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My magnificent oak friend
I walked an eight mile round trip to say hello today. Why?
A tree that has been the only living constant over 400 years deserves the effort
I walked an eight mile round trip to say hello today. Why?
A tree that has been the only living constant over 400 years deserves the effort
December 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My magnificent oak friend
I walked an eight mile round trip to say hello today. Why?
A tree that has been the only living constant over 400 years deserves the effort
I walked an eight mile round trip to say hello today. Why?
A tree that has been the only living constant over 400 years deserves the effort
Look out UK! History repeating here ...
A 2022 study found that most journalists (51.7%) were independent. Those identifying as Republican fell from 18% percent in 2002 to 3.4% in 2022. Again, not a leftist plot. My theory: Fact-based people were put off by GOP lies. (If you don't think Republicans lie a lot, I can’t help you.) 5/10 🧵
Key Findings From The 2022 American Journalist Study
Executive Summary
This survey continues the series of major national studies of U.S. journalists begun in 1971 by sociologist John Johnstone and continued in 1982, 1992, 2002, and 2013 by David Weaver...
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December 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Look out UK! History repeating here ...
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We can’t treat our way out of health inequalities.
Our Leadership for Population Health programme helps health and care professionals drive wellbeing and equity at scale.
April 2026 applications are open. 👇
https://bit.ly/3JUqSS4
Our Leadership for Population Health programme helps health and care professionals drive wellbeing and equity at scale.
April 2026 applications are open. 👇
https://bit.ly/3JUqSS4
December 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We can’t treat our way out of health inequalities.
Our Leadership for Population Health programme helps health and care professionals drive wellbeing and equity at scale.
April 2026 applications are open. 👇
https://bit.ly/3JUqSS4
Our Leadership for Population Health programme helps health and care professionals drive wellbeing and equity at scale.
April 2026 applications are open. 👇
https://bit.ly/3JUqSS4
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In Albany, Georgia, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital paid an exorbitant sum to acquire its crosstown rival and became the town’s only hospital.
But as the company’s debt increased, patients suffered.
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But as the company’s debt increased, patients suffered.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/48VvnFH
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In Albany, Georgia, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital paid an exorbitant sum to acquire its crosstown rival and became the town’s only hospital.
But as the company’s debt increased, patients suffered.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/48VvnFH
But as the company’s debt increased, patients suffered.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/48VvnFH