Jon
@jonw67.bsky.social
Liverpool, politics, theatre, wine, cricket, travel, Eurovison, family, republican (in the UK sense not US) - and more. Wry observations. General disdain.
This decision doubtless comes from lawyers rather than politicians. But it's bloody stupid.
The UK Government is reviving terrorism charges against Irish rapper Mo Chara, his group Kneecap have said ⬇️
UK Government reviving terrorism charge against Irish rapper, group says
www.thenational.scot
January 1, 2026 at 11:11 AM
This decision doubtless comes from lawyers rather than politicians. But it's bloody stupid.
Well played to London for putting the EU flag on the Eye as part of the New Year fireworks.
January 1, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Well played to London for putting the EU flag on the Eye as part of the New Year fireworks.
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The ancient Egyptians domesticated cats to guard their grain silos from rodents because they tried domesticating hyenas first and it didn't work. Hyenas are way too aggressive and poorly-suited to domestication because both males and females have sky-high levels of testosterone...1/4
August 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The ancient Egyptians domesticated cats to guard their grain silos from rodents because they tried domesticating hyenas first and it didn't work. Hyenas are way too aggressive and poorly-suited to domestication because both males and females have sky-high levels of testosterone...1/4
The six-year-old has ordered us to wake her for midnight. Chances of this going well? Zero!
December 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The six-year-old has ordered us to wake her for midnight. Chances of this going well? Zero!
You gave me a taste of your sashimi. And I want more. Give it up. Now.
Love our Maine Coons so much.
Love our Maine Coons so much.
December 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
You gave me a taste of your sashimi. And I want more. Give it up. Now.
Love our Maine Coons so much.
Love our Maine Coons so much.
What a list of remarkable people.
And great to be reminded that we're rid of Tebbit and Le Pen.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And great to be reminded that we're rid of Tebbit and Le Pen.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who died in 2025? Notable deaths 2025
Pope Francis, Ozzy Osbourne and Diane Keaton are among those who died this year.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
What a list of remarkable people.
And great to be reminded that we're rid of Tebbit and Le Pen.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And great to be reminded that we're rid of Tebbit and Le Pen.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My big treat to myself on my birthday - cashing in three years' worth of Waterstones points in Hatchards for a first edition of my favourite Julian Barnes.
December 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My big treat to myself on my birthday - cashing in three years' worth of Waterstones points in Hatchards for a first edition of my favourite Julian Barnes.
Home from birthday stay in London. Not only did inept hotel put a feather duvet on the bed despite multiple warnings, giving me a terrible asthma attack thanks to my allergy, but it was perhaps the first birthday of my adult life to feature neither cake nor champagne. Maybe next year :-(
December 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Home from birthday stay in London. Not only did inept hotel put a feather duvet on the bed despite multiple warnings, giving me a terrible asthma attack thanks to my allergy, but it was perhaps the first birthday of my adult life to feature neither cake nor champagne. Maybe next year :-(
Ha ha ha ha Tesla.
Despite a production capacity of 250,000 units per year, the Cybertruck is currently selling at a run rate of roughly 20,000-25,000 units annually.
If Tesla isn’t building Cybertrucks, it doesn’t need 4680 cells. And if it doesn’t need 4680 cells, L&F has no one to sell its cathode material to.
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If Tesla isn’t building Cybertrucks, it doesn’t need 4680 cells. And if it doesn’t need 4680 cells, L&F has no one to sell its cathode material to.
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Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%
A major link in Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain has just snapped. South Korean battery material supplier L&F Co. announced...
electrek.co
December 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Ha ha ha ha Tesla.
Jesus, that has to be goal of the season. Beautiful football.
December 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Jesus, that has to be goal of the season. Beautiful football.
This is quite wonderful.
December 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is quite wonderful.
Love this!
The Queen's Golden Jubilee tour came to town the day I finished my A-Levels. While walking to the pub, there were various folk lining the streets waiting for her to come past, including some who started waving their flags and cheering when they saw a large black car. It was a hearse
December 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Love this!
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God honestly. Doesn’t this just sum up Reform. And their plastic patriotism.
Can’t even give a straight answer or follow the rules on their unbelievably naff merch.
So on brand.
Oh well. You sell or wear one of these, you’ve told us all we need to know about you.
(iPaper)
Can’t even give a straight answer or follow the rules on their unbelievably naff merch.
So on brand.
Oh well. You sell or wear one of these, you’ve told us all we need to know about you.
(iPaper)
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
God honestly. Doesn’t this just sum up Reform. And their plastic patriotism.
Can’t even give a straight answer or follow the rules on their unbelievably naff merch.
So on brand.
Oh well. You sell or wear one of these, you’ve told us all we need to know about you.
(iPaper)
Can’t even give a straight answer or follow the rules on their unbelievably naff merch.
So on brand.
Oh well. You sell or wear one of these, you’ve told us all we need to know about you.
(iPaper)
Wicked 2 was very colourful and entertaining, but the plot made no sense whatsoever - probably because I fell asleep towards the end of Wicked 1 so had no idea what was going on from the start.
December 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Wicked 2 was very colourful and entertaining, but the plot made no sense whatsoever - probably because I fell asleep towards the end of Wicked 1 so had no idea what was going on from the start.
About time Tristram Hunt got a knighthood. Not sure many directors of UK national museums or galleries have ever had more impact on their institution than he has.
December 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
About time Tristram Hunt got a knighthood. Not sure many directors of UK national museums or galleries have ever had more impact on their institution than he has.
The "age-appropriate" trailers in the kid's film we're about to watch include one for a biopic of Michael Jackson.
Appropriate for him, perhaps.
Why is he still celebrated?
Appropriate for him, perhaps.
Why is he still celebrated?
December 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The "age-appropriate" trailers in the kid's film we're about to watch include one for a biopic of Michael Jackson.
Appropriate for him, perhaps.
Why is he still celebrated?
Appropriate for him, perhaps.
Why is he still celebrated?
I love the gesture.
At the same time, I worry for all the performers and other staff who'll presumably lose a lot of their income with little notice.
At the same time, I worry for all the performers and other staff who'll presumably lose a lot of their income with little notice.
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I love the gesture.
At the same time, I worry for all the performers and other staff who'll presumably lose a lot of their income with little notice.
At the same time, I worry for all the performers and other staff who'll presumably lose a lot of their income with little notice.
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It looks like Epstein is occasionally showing up in the Trump files.
December 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It looks like Epstein is occasionally showing up in the Trump files.
Matthew Syed writes that Marty "Supreme" Reisman was "an egoist...he was just utterly wrapped up in the potentialities of his own existence."
Amusingly, the article includes a photo of Syed playing table tennis, but none of Marty.
Amusingly, the article includes a photo of Syed playing table tennis, but none of Marty.
December 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Matthew Syed writes that Marty "Supreme" Reisman was "an egoist...he was just utterly wrapped up in the potentialities of his own existence."
Amusingly, the article includes a photo of Syed playing table tennis, but none of Marty.
Amusingly, the article includes a photo of Syed playing table tennis, but none of Marty.
I managed to convince our six-year-old daughter that today was my 48th birthday, rather than my actual 58th.
I tried 38th but she was having none of it.
I tried 38th but she was having none of it.
December 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I managed to convince our six-year-old daughter that today was my 48th birthday, rather than my actual 58th.
I tried 38th but she was having none of it.
I tried 38th but she was having none of it.
Just had a fantastic birthday dinner in Porter's Yard in the new £73m Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Covent Garden.
The food was absolutely exceptional. I chose vegetarian options, and they were superb. As was the Guinness, naturally.
The service is more Wetherspoons, but that'll improve.
The food was absolutely exceptional. I chose vegetarian options, and they were superb. As was the Guinness, naturally.
The service is more Wetherspoons, but that'll improve.
December 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Just had a fantastic birthday dinner in Porter's Yard in the new £73m Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Covent Garden.
The food was absolutely exceptional. I chose vegetarian options, and they were superb. As was the Guinness, naturally.
The service is more Wetherspoons, but that'll improve.
The food was absolutely exceptional. I chose vegetarian options, and they were superb. As was the Guinness, naturally.
The service is more Wetherspoons, but that'll improve.
Best fact ever.
Being aware of the amount of dust inherent in a book collection, publishers/printers have come up with various ways to repel or hide dust staining along the top edges. That's one of the reasons top edges on fancy books get gilded.
(6/10)
(6/10)
December 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Best fact ever.
Any ballet experts? Just been to The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House as a huge treat for our six-year-old daughter.
Music, dancing, costumes, auditorium all astonishing.
Sets? Dated, a little shabby, would shame any West End production. We're wondering why.
Music, dancing, costumes, auditorium all astonishing.
Sets? Dated, a little shabby, would shame any West End production. We're wondering why.
December 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Any ballet experts? Just been to The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House as a huge treat for our six-year-old daughter.
Music, dancing, costumes, auditorium all astonishing.
Sets? Dated, a little shabby, would shame any West End production. We're wondering why.
Music, dancing, costumes, auditorium all astonishing.
Sets? Dated, a little shabby, would shame any West End production. We're wondering why.
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You don't know what day it is.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
December 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
You don't know what day it is.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
Anyone else watch the end of the test match in the early hours? I'm simultaneously delighted that I did and regretting it with a long and logistically stressful day ahead.
December 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Anyone else watch the end of the test match in the early hours? I'm simultaneously delighted that I did and regretting it with a long and logistically stressful day ahead.