Jordan
@jordanpfot.bsky.social
South African in Scotland. Will probably post about politics/movies/tennis/rugby/gay nonsense.
https://letterboxd.com/JordanP/
https://letterboxd.com/JordanP/
That was sensational from Bruce Mouat
February 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM
That was sensational from Bruce Mouat
Having a Scottish twunk furiously scrub the ice in front of you as you slide must feel so good if you’re a curling stone
February 19, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Having a Scottish twunk furiously scrub the ice in front of you as you slide must feel so good if you’re a curling stone
The stress of Murray v Federer matches has returned in the form of this UK vs Switzerland men’s curling semifinal.
February 19, 2026 at 8:12 PM
The stress of Murray v Federer matches has returned in the form of this UK vs Switzerland men’s curling semifinal.
Placing a bet on which Substacker will be the next to post a 10,000 word blog about reading Middlemarch.
Substack announces a partnership with Polymarket. “Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.”
February 19, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Placing a bet on which Substacker will be the next to post a 10,000 word blog about reading Middlemarch.
I wonder how many of the people acting like this woman is some sort of alien also praised Mamdani for the non-policy related stunts he pulled that were fundamentally about making him seem like a friendly, polite young man.
February 19, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I wonder how many of the people acting like this woman is some sort of alien also praised Mamdani for the non-policy related stunts he pulled that were fundamentally about making him seem like a friendly, polite young man.
This is an argument against gay men being parents at all!
February 19, 2026 at 2:06 PM
This is an argument against gay men being parents at all!
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Even outside of transphobia, I am just totally opposed to biological essentialism full stop.
I realise I’m one of the last people in the English speaking world who apparently believes this, but I don’t believe there are pink and blue roles coded into our cells that we should base society
I realise I’m one of the last people in the English speaking world who apparently believes this, but I don’t believe there are pink and blue roles coded into our cells that we should base society
Sonia Sodha is honestly on the wireless saying women are biologically better at rearing children than men. She found a single dad who agreed with her so it's all ok.
February 19, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Even outside of transphobia, I am just totally opposed to biological essentialism full stop.
I realise I’m one of the last people in the English speaking world who apparently believes this, but I don’t believe there are pink and blue roles coded into our cells that we should base society
I realise I’m one of the last people in the English speaking world who apparently believes this, but I don’t believe there are pink and blue roles coded into our cells that we should base society
It's still baffling to me that South Africa has avoided a revolution despite youth unemployment sitting between 50%-60% for a decade.
To build on Stephen/Nute's points here: We literally saw multiple revolutions driven by young people across the world last year, in part driven by youth unemployment and huge disparity in wealth!
We have a *load* of examples of the outcomes of mass unemployment + connected people + clear target!
We have a *load* of examples of the outcomes of mass unemployment + connected people + clear target!
If structural unemployment hit even twice as many people as deindustrialisation in the 1980s did, my concern would not be 'will people pay for my words' it would be 'will the political upheaval this causes end really, really badly for me personally?'
February 19, 2026 at 12:47 PM
It's still baffling to me that South Africa has avoided a revolution despite youth unemployment sitting between 50%-60% for a decade.
Peter Mandelson you're in danger girl
February 19, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Peter Mandelson you're in danger girl
craaaaazy foreshadowing
I don't know why, but the judge is now citing the historical precedent of Charles I of England. This is an incredibly ominous sign for Yoon.
February 19, 2026 at 10:26 AM
craaaaazy foreshadowing
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny?
NEW: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Dame Antonia Romeo as the first female Cabinet Secretary and head of the Civil Service, it is understood.
February 19, 2026 at 9:44 AM
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny?
This analysis isn’t “wrong” exactly (although it leaves an awful lot out). It’s just that coming from an MP with three degrees it feels rather condescending. There’s a sort of “noble savages” approach the Labour Party sometimes takes about people without degrees.
You shouldn't need a degree to afford a decent life 🎓
February 19, 2026 at 9:29 AM
This analysis isn’t “wrong” exactly (although it leaves an awful lot out). It’s just that coming from an MP with three degrees it feels rather condescending. There’s a sort of “noble savages” approach the Labour Party sometimes takes about people without degrees.
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![image of an old tweet from @boring_as_heck reading '[mysterious old lady flips tarot card revealing a dude who looks exactly like me flying a hot air balloon into power lines] Me: is that good'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uwa7zv4rmzjdyltzpm4mo555/bafkreihgc2zmudxscyvetwyw4ppig72okcbgsribny3dw26lkz3kvvduvi@jpeg)
I started 'Small Prophets' on iPlayer but will unfortunately have to stop watching........I don't fuck with homunculi. I grew up in KwaZulu Natal! Tokoloshes are very serious business to me!
February 18, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I started 'Small Prophets' on iPlayer but will unfortunately have to stop watching........I don't fuck with homunculi. I grew up in KwaZulu Natal! Tokoloshes are very serious business to me!
The concept of the Palace of Westminster being turned into a net zero Dubai hotel
February 18, 2026 at 9:45 PM
The concept of the Palace of Westminster being turned into a net zero Dubai hotel
"Iain Dale channels Vladimir Putin while role-playing with Zack Polanski" no ❤️
February 18, 2026 at 9:25 PM
"Iain Dale channels Vladimir Putin while role-playing with Zack Polanski" no ❤️
“Performance review by osmosis”!
February 18, 2026 at 2:54 PM
“Performance review by osmosis”!
I still check in from time to time and it's rotten. Every second post is a transparent attempt to game the algorithm and get people to engage - vague posts that require more context, tweets purposefully written in other languages so people have to click the translate button etc. etc.
Logged into X for work reasons and amazed at the feed: astonishingly flagrant ultra-racism, peppered with a few entertaining but poisonous arguments about Your Party. As if specifically to annoy me, the top post was some pseudo-Cath grifter moron drivelling on about the sanctity of Shrove Tuesday.
February 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I still check in from time to time and it's rotten. Every second post is a transparent attempt to game the algorithm and get people to engage - vague posts that require more context, tweets purposefully written in other languages so people have to click the translate button etc. etc.
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Women need to have more children for Matt Goodwin but if they have more than two you can't get any state help and the women can't be Jewish also we will tax the childless women.
February 18, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Women need to have more children for Matt Goodwin but if they have more than two you can't get any state help and the women can't be Jewish also we will tax the childless women.
I made this point the other day but a real "oh shit" moment for me recently was entering the Scottish national debating team into a prestigious international competition and facing at least one team that was clearly just reading out AI speeches and using AI to come up with rebuttal.
Yesterday my friend told me about her PHILOSOPHY students all using ai for their assignments and like come the fuck on man you’re in Uni doing the subject thats Thinking about Thinking and u refuse to Think
February 18, 2026 at 12:50 PM
I made this point the other day but a real "oh shit" moment for me recently was entering the Scottish national debating team into a prestigious international competition and facing at least one team that was clearly just reading out AI speeches and using AI to come up with rebuttal.
Strangetown in The Sims 2……….take me back
I think there's something hilarious about chuds saying the 2000s was peak gaming because there were no politics or minorities or whatever meanwhile these were some of 2004's biggest releases
February 18, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Strangetown in The Sims 2……….take me back
Matt Rogers on the Laura Dern episode of Las Culturistas saying that he finds it confusing working out whether doors are push or pull, and all doors should just be push........diva.........the laws of physics
February 18, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Matt Rogers on the Laura Dern episode of Las Culturistas saying that he finds it confusing working out whether doors are push or pull, and all doors should just be push........diva.........the laws of physics