JRZC
@jrzc1962.bsky.social
Husband to Matthew, dog dad to Buddy, fan of gardening, theatre and (until lately) politics.
Cochabamba BO > Austin TX > Winchester UK
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JRZC
@jrzc1962.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Bluesky challenge: post two photos of you with your partner in crime
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I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
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Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
Not me crying watching a video of my husband sharing his apple slices with our dog 😢
(We're 3000 miles apart at the moment)
(We're 3000 miles apart at the moment)
December 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Not me crying watching a video of my husband sharing his apple slices with our dog 😢
(We're 3000 miles apart at the moment)
(We're 3000 miles apart at the moment)
No. Absolutely not.
Dramatic footage released by Australian authorities shows the moment a skydiver was left dangling thousands of metres in the air after their parachute caught on the plane's tail.
Watch: Moment skydiver left dangling on plane's tail
Dramatic footage released by Australian authorities showed the moment a skydiver was left dangling thousands of metres in the air after their parachute caught on the plane's tail.
www.rte.ie
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
No. Absolutely not.
Just to show how old I am - I had one of these banana phones! 🤣
Today marks 40 years since the first mobile phone call was made in Ireland.
Ireland's first mobile phone call made 40 years ago
Today marks 40 years since the first mobile phone call was made in Ireland.
www.rte.ie
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Just to show how old I am - I had one of these banana phones! 🤣
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Rwanda-Congi deal: crumbling
Cambodia-Thailand deal: crumbled
Israel-Gaza deal: crumbled
Ukraine-Russia deal: no chance
How's that Nobel Prize campaign looking now?
Cambodia-Thailand deal: crumbled
Israel-Gaza deal: crumbled
Ukraine-Russia deal: no chance
How's that Nobel Prize campaign looking now?
Congo rebels enter strategic town as peace deal crumbles reut.rs/48L2Ykb
Congo rebels enter strategic town as peace deal crumbles
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered the eastern Congo town of Uvira, near the Burundian border, in the biggest escalation in months of the long-running war, sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
reut.rs
December 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Rwanda-Congi deal: crumbling
Cambodia-Thailand deal: crumbled
Israel-Gaza deal: crumbled
Ukraine-Russia deal: no chance
How's that Nobel Prize campaign looking now?
Cambodia-Thailand deal: crumbled
Israel-Gaza deal: crumbled
Ukraine-Russia deal: no chance
How's that Nobel Prize campaign looking now?
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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Meanwhile, we have HS2—which started in 2009 and won't be finished until 2042—and less than 1% of the UK's rail network is classified as high speed.
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Meanwhile, we have HS2—which started in 2009 and won't be finished until 2042—and less than 1% of the UK's rail network is classified as high speed.
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Still plenty of time to enter this. I will choose and announce the winners tomorrow (Wednesday) evening.
FINAL book giveaway of the year.
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
December 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Still plenty of time to enter this. I will choose and announce the winners tomorrow (Wednesday) evening.
Christmas came early for Buddy this year 🎄
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Christmas came early for Buddy this year 🎄
Tonight's culinary masterpiece
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Tonight's culinary masterpiece
Wonder if Pegasus will join SkyTeam? #AVgeek
Turkey's Pegasus signs 154 million euro deal to buy Czech Airlines, Smartwings reut.rs/4pp6S9D
Turkey's Pegasus signs 154 million euro deal to buy Czech Airlines, Smartwings
Turkey's Pegasus Airlines said on Monday it had signed a deal to acquire Czech Airlines (CSA) and its subsidiary Smartwings in a transaction worth 154 million euros ($180 million) in total, with the goal of expanding globally.
reut.rs
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Wonder if Pegasus will join SkyTeam? #AVgeek
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
No doubt this was planned long ago but this sure is epic (unintentional) trolling
City Hall (Stadshuset), where the Nobel Prizes are presented, is lit up with Nobel-themed illuminations. This year the theme is the Peace Prize.
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
No doubt this was planned long ago but this sure is epic (unintentional) trolling
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Absolutely cracking blog post from @simonxix.com calling for collective investment in staff and community-owned, open-source infrastructures in place of costly proprietary systems, based on the BL incident. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Don’t rely on government to save the British Library - Impact of Social Sciences
Following a catastrophic hack British Library remains in crisis. Can it recover by refocusing on the people, skills and systems that enable it to function?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Absolutely cracking blog post from @simonxix.com calling for collective investment in staff and community-owned, open-source infrastructures in place of costly proprietary systems, based on the BL incident. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Who says you need to have a tree to get into the festive spirit?
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Who says you need to have a tree to get into the festive spirit?
Outrageous this man isn't in jail instead of Congress
NEW: "George Santos with a Gun" — here's the first in a series of reports based on my 9-month investigation into Rep. Cory Mills. sollenbergerrc.substack.com/p/george-san...
‘George Santos With a Gun’: The Untold Story of Cory Mills, A Mercenary In Congress
The Florida Republican has tried to leverage his legislative role to the benefit of his arms business. With that business now in foreclosure proceedings, Mills has little to show for it.
sollenbergerrc.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Outrageous this man isn't in jail instead of Congress
Best cure for a cold and miserable day: a bowl of dirty fries.
Like eating a loaded baked potato without all the faff
Like eating a loaded baked potato without all the faff
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Best cure for a cold and miserable day: a bowl of dirty fries.
Like eating a loaded baked potato without all the faff
Like eating a loaded baked potato without all the faff
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LIMITED OFFER:
1 signed Everything Will Swallow You hardback
1 signed Ring The Hill paperback
1 signed 21st-Century Yokel paperback
1 FABULOUS hare linocut by my mum, Jo
All for £45 plus p&p
Grab them while they last by emailing me at hello@tom-cox.com with your address.
UK only, sorry.
1 signed Everything Will Swallow You hardback
1 signed Ring The Hill paperback
1 signed 21st-Century Yokel paperback
1 FABULOUS hare linocut by my mum, Jo
All for £45 plus p&p
Grab them while they last by emailing me at hello@tom-cox.com with your address.
UK only, sorry.
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
LIMITED OFFER:
1 signed Everything Will Swallow You hardback
1 signed Ring The Hill paperback
1 signed 21st-Century Yokel paperback
1 FABULOUS hare linocut by my mum, Jo
All for £45 plus p&p
Grab them while they last by emailing me at hello@tom-cox.com with your address.
UK only, sorry.
1 signed Everything Will Swallow You hardback
1 signed Ring The Hill paperback
1 signed 21st-Century Yokel paperback
1 FABULOUS hare linocut by my mum, Jo
All for £45 plus p&p
Grab them while they last by emailing me at hello@tom-cox.com with your address.
UK only, sorry.