John-Paul Stephenson
@jpnewcastle.bsky.social
Newcastle upon Tyne
Works in HE - #SFHEA. Social sciences.
Mental Health First Aider.
Former councillor, released on parole for good behaviour.
Works in HE - #SFHEA. Social sciences.
Mental Health First Aider.
Former councillor, released on parole for good behaviour.
Rather than wear a poppy, I show respect for those who sacrificed their lives by not being a dick.
Remembrance Day is now dominated by performative nonsense. You don't need a house sized poppy and a model spitfire to show you care about the sacrifices made for the country. Where's the sense of dignity and the quiet respect gone?
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Rather than wear a poppy, I show respect for those who sacrificed their lives by not being a dick.
Last night, I dreamed we ran across the new Keel footbridge in Sunderland waving giant Union flags, with Paul Heaton, singing a song about hope.
I played ukulele.
I played ukulele.
October 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Last night, I dreamed we ran across the new Keel footbridge in Sunderland waving giant Union flags, with Paul Heaton, singing a song about hope.
I played ukulele.
I played ukulele.
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Which is it?
We need ID cards or we don’t need ID cards.
Because Councillor Darren Grimes can’t make up his mind.
We need ID cards or we don’t need ID cards.
Because Councillor Darren Grimes can’t make up his mind.
September 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Which is it?
We need ID cards or we don’t need ID cards.
Because Councillor Darren Grimes can’t make up his mind.
We need ID cards or we don’t need ID cards.
Because Councillor Darren Grimes can’t make up his mind.
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People flying St George's flags is great. It helps me identify places that I don't want to live in.
September 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
People flying St George's flags is great. It helps me identify places that I don't want to live in.
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Let me check I’ve got this right. Someone calling for entirely innocent foreign-born people to be burned alive at a time of serious social unrest is a free speech champion who must be feted. And some calling them & their hideous promoters in politics & media racist is a menace who must be silenced.
September 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Let me check I’ve got this right. Someone calling for entirely innocent foreign-born people to be burned alive at a time of serious social unrest is a free speech champion who must be feted. And some calling them & their hideous promoters in politics & media racist is a menace who must be silenced.
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Nothing says I love my country more than a shitty polyester flag, bought on an American tax dodging website, made in China
August 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Nothing says I love my country more than a shitty polyester flag, bought on an American tax dodging website, made in China
If I’m being honest, Netflix, I wasn’t that big a fan.
August 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If I’m being honest, Netflix, I wasn’t that big a fan.
Brilliant credits from Totally F***ed Up (Araki, 1993) streaming on MUBI.
June 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Brilliant credits from Totally F***ed Up (Araki, 1993) streaming on MUBI.
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The RIAA wanted thousands in damages for someone sharing an MP3, let's hope those same level of figures are applied to AI companies. An entire industry based on massive copyright infringement. If paying for content breaks your business model, then tough, you deserve to fail.
June 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The RIAA wanted thousands in damages for someone sharing an MP3, let's hope those same level of figures are applied to AI companies. An entire industry based on massive copyright infringement. If paying for content breaks your business model, then tough, you deserve to fail.
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One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.
May 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.
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There should be a £20 refundable deposit with each theatre ticket. People sitting around you vote on whether you get it back.
April 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
There should be a £20 refundable deposit with each theatre ticket. People sitting around you vote on whether you get it back.
Banned today from the Facebook group “The Sign Shrine”, usually a nice trivial corner of social media where people post photos of daft signs.
Today, a page admin posted a pro-Reform post full of the cliches that lot are propagating. It appears that he didn’t like my comment. The world is broken.
Today, a page admin posted a pro-Reform post full of the cliches that lot are propagating. It appears that he didn’t like my comment. The world is broken.
April 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Banned today from the Facebook group “The Sign Shrine”, usually a nice trivial corner of social media where people post photos of daft signs.
Today, a page admin posted a pro-Reform post full of the cliches that lot are propagating. It appears that he didn’t like my comment. The world is broken.
Today, a page admin posted a pro-Reform post full of the cliches that lot are propagating. It appears that he didn’t like my comment. The world is broken.
The first episode of #Adolescence is indeed brilliant.
But how have the police managed to gather information about Jamie’s Maths and English form groups overnight?
But how have the police managed to gather information about Jamie’s Maths and English form groups overnight?
March 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The first episode of #Adolescence is indeed brilliant.
But how have the police managed to gather information about Jamie’s Maths and English form groups overnight?
But how have the police managed to gather information about Jamie’s Maths and English form groups overnight?
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Generative AI is destroying university education. We are on the cusp of producing a generation of university graduates who don't understand the slightest thing about the subject they've 'studied'.
March 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Generative AI is destroying university education. We are on the cusp of producing a generation of university graduates who don't understand the slightest thing about the subject they've 'studied'.
The budget meeting in Newcastle got rather unpleasant last night.
Cllr Frew wondered why a LibDem cllr was temporarily not sitting with their group.
Interesting question; it was never explained why Frew’s then-employer, Nick Brown, was suspended from Labour.
@danielholland.bsky.social
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Cllr Frew wondered why a LibDem cllr was temporarily not sitting with their group.
Interesting question; it was never explained why Frew’s then-employer, Nick Brown, was suspended from Labour.
@danielholland.bsky.social
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March 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The budget meeting in Newcastle got rather unpleasant last night.
Cllr Frew wondered why a LibDem cllr was temporarily not sitting with their group.
Interesting question; it was never explained why Frew’s then-employer, Nick Brown, was suspended from Labour.
@danielholland.bsky.social
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Cllr Frew wondered why a LibDem cllr was temporarily not sitting with their group.
Interesting question; it was never explained why Frew’s then-employer, Nick Brown, was suspended from Labour.
@danielholland.bsky.social
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A good evening spent with a friend, but a silly trigger leaves me feeling quite depressed.
February 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A good evening spent with a friend, but a silly trigger leaves me feeling quite depressed.
Look out to Whitley Bay. Picked up Orbital from @forumbooks.bsky.social The Bound. #supportindie
February 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Look out to Whitley Bay. Picked up Orbital from @forumbooks.bsky.social The Bound. #supportindie
Stumbled upon this episode of Coronation Street of the Platt’s house fire - very impressive direction from 17:21. Credit to Matt Hilton and team.
youtu.be/lu08gGNbZXg?...
youtu.be/lu08gGNbZXg?...
The Platt's House Is Set On Fire | Coronation Street
YouTube video by Coronation Street
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February 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Stumbled upon this episode of Coronation Street of the Platt’s house fire - very impressive direction from 17:21. Credit to Matt Hilton and team.
youtu.be/lu08gGNbZXg?...
youtu.be/lu08gGNbZXg?...
Little Westies need protecting from scary weather. #StormÉowyn
January 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Little Westies need protecting from scary weather. #StormÉowyn
January 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I lobbied for DCRs when I was cabinet member for public health in Newcastle.
Good to see @richardbranson.bsky.social advocating too.
@samuelevolpe.bsky.social
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/...
Good to see @richardbranson.bsky.social advocating too.
@samuelevolpe.bsky.social
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/...
January 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I lobbied for DCRs when I was cabinet member for public health in Newcastle.
Good to see @richardbranson.bsky.social advocating too.
@samuelevolpe.bsky.social
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/...
Good to see @richardbranson.bsky.social advocating too.
@samuelevolpe.bsky.social
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/...
Saturday night takeaway and two very different films.
Don’t Breathe 2; fun sequel which won me with an extended continuous shot like the egg scene in Games Night.
Medicine for Melancholy (2008, Jenkins); cute little film exploring identities, and celebrating indie music (credit to the credits).
Don’t Breathe 2; fun sequel which won me with an extended continuous shot like the egg scene in Games Night.
Medicine for Melancholy (2008, Jenkins); cute little film exploring identities, and celebrating indie music (credit to the credits).
January 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Saturday night takeaway and two very different films.
Don’t Breathe 2; fun sequel which won me with an extended continuous shot like the egg scene in Games Night.
Medicine for Melancholy (2008, Jenkins); cute little film exploring identities, and celebrating indie music (credit to the credits).
Don’t Breathe 2; fun sequel which won me with an extended continuous shot like the egg scene in Games Night.
Medicine for Melancholy (2008, Jenkins); cute little film exploring identities, and celebrating indie music (credit to the credits).
@marcusbrig.bsky.social Re latest ‘HWIFY?’
I worked for Jessops (early 2000s); we’d prepare for the sales like a military operation in the closing hours of Xmas Eve. We’d slip the paper with sale prices behind the current prices, so on Boxing Day we just had to run round and whip out the old slips.
I worked for Jessops (early 2000s); we’d prepare for the sales like a military operation in the closing hours of Xmas Eve. We’d slip the paper with sale prices behind the current prices, so on Boxing Day we just had to run round and whip out the old slips.
January 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
@marcusbrig.bsky.social Re latest ‘HWIFY?’
I worked for Jessops (early 2000s); we’d prepare for the sales like a military operation in the closing hours of Xmas Eve. We’d slip the paper with sale prices behind the current prices, so on Boxing Day we just had to run round and whip out the old slips.
I worked for Jessops (early 2000s); we’d prepare for the sales like a military operation in the closing hours of Xmas Eve. We’d slip the paper with sale prices behind the current prices, so on Boxing Day we just had to run round and whip out the old slips.
Christmas Eve tradition- a furry Mr Dickens.
December 24, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Christmas Eve tradition- a furry Mr Dickens.
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Christmas Mental Health Support
SAMARITANS (24/7, open for everyone)
call: 116123
email: jo@samaritans.org
CALM (5pm - midnight every day, open for everyone)
call: 0800585858
WhatsApp: 02045876634
PAPYRUS (24/7, under-35s only)
call: 08000684141
text: 88247
#ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay
SAMARITANS (24/7, open for everyone)
call: 116123
email: jo@samaritans.org
CALM (5pm - midnight every day, open for everyone)
call: 0800585858
WhatsApp: 02045876634
PAPYRUS (24/7, under-35s only)
call: 08000684141
text: 88247
#ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay
December 24, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Christmas Mental Health Support
SAMARITANS (24/7, open for everyone)
call: 116123
email: jo@samaritans.org
CALM (5pm - midnight every day, open for everyone)
call: 0800585858
WhatsApp: 02045876634
PAPYRUS (24/7, under-35s only)
call: 08000684141
text: 88247
#ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay
SAMARITANS (24/7, open for everyone)
call: 116123
email: jo@samaritans.org
CALM (5pm - midnight every day, open for everyone)
call: 0800585858
WhatsApp: 02045876634
PAPYRUS (24/7, under-35s only)
call: 08000684141
text: 88247
#ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay