Jane
@localnotail.bsky.social
local, no-tail, mostly harmless, bit gonzo, sometimes sweary
taking notes, library & research assistant
English. From Norfolk, of Birmingham, in Europe, on Earth.
Meet me in my pinned if you want.
🙏 ask me #alttxtplz if I missed alt-txt & you'd like it
taking notes, library & research assistant
English. From Norfolk, of Birmingham, in Europe, on Earth.
Meet me in my pinned if you want.
🙏 ask me #alttxtplz if I missed alt-txt & you'd like it
Pinned
Jane
@localnotail.bsky.social
· Jan 30
FSFA Birmingham - Jane
YouTube video by Final Say For All - Beehives
www.youtube.com
I've been Charley on social media for over a decade & I've also had IRL harassment so no personal photo or surname on my profile.
But if you ever want to know what I'm like & who I am, in 2018 I did a video for Final Say for All about me & why Brexit was personal:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-JO...
But if you ever want to know what I'm like & who I am, in 2018 I did a video for Final Say for All about me & why Brexit was personal:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-JO...
Recent census shows 13.9% of the U.S. population is foreign-born.
That's around 46 million people.
The United States Department of Homeland Security's broadcast fantasy is America after 100 million deportations.
That's around 46 million people.
The United States Department of Homeland Security's broadcast fantasy is America after 100 million deportations.
January 2, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Recent census shows 13.9% of the U.S. population is foreign-born.
That's around 46 million people.
The United States Department of Homeland Security's broadcast fantasy is America after 100 million deportations.
That's around 46 million people.
The United States Department of Homeland Security's broadcast fantasy is America after 100 million deportations.
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“For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
Charlie Kirk: "are you comfortable with both London + New York having Muslim mayors? I'm sorry. I think we should have a little bit of caution with that. That doesn't feel right. I don't need a chart / graph. I don't need a peer-reviewed study.
Islam is a means to the end of destruction of the West"
Islam is a means to the end of destruction of the West"
January 2, 2026 at 5:29 PM
“For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
I was going to post a scathing comment about the Daily Telegraph misleading its readers in headlines but what's the point really? That's who they are now.
January 2, 2026 at 12:53 PM
I was going to post a scathing comment about the Daily Telegraph misleading its readers in headlines but what's the point really? That's who they are now.
Hen! I wanna take you to a hay bar!
I wanna take you to a hay bar!
I wanna take you to a hay bar, hay bar, hay bar!
I wanna take you to a hay bar!
I wanna take you to a hay bar, hay bar, hay bar!
Vera looked around the room. Not another chicken anywhere. And then it struck her—this was a hay bar.
January 2, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Hen! I wanna take you to a hay bar!
I wanna take you to a hay bar!
I wanna take you to a hay bar, hay bar, hay bar!
I wanna take you to a hay bar!
I wanna take you to a hay bar, hay bar, hay bar!
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Gakaxy
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 12:35 AM
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Gakaxy
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Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
January 1, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
Ok who ordered the epic Rob Schneider roast? 🔥🧵
![Alt-right actor Rob Schneider being interviewed by "The Epoch Times" [stupid name] while wearing a terrible suit and a bad Panama hat](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreic5wcajdjqxxvggb7rh6opis5u24oqdsangzojm4qeeomdeig2zzm@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Ok who ordered the epic Rob Schneider roast? 🔥🧵
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5. Under the Trump administration, the US is no longer an ally of Europe or Canada, it has aligned itself with Russia.
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
5. Under the Trump administration, the US is no longer an ally of Europe or Canada, it has aligned itself with Russia.
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ANIMAL CRACKERS! HELLO, I MUST BE GOING!! HOORAY FOR CAPTAIN SPAULDING!!!
December 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
ANIMAL CRACKERS! HELLO, I MUST BE GOING!! HOORAY FOR CAPTAIN SPAULDING!!!
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It is not just a currency. It is a sign of belonging - that your place is not on the periphery, but in a space of common rules, trust and responsibility. A sign that the efforts you have made have been recognized and accepted. [..] Bulgaria is Europe. And Europe is Bulgaria."
December 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It is not just a currency. It is a sign of belonging - that your place is not on the periphery, but in a space of common rules, trust and responsibility. A sign that the efforts you have made have been recognized and accepted. [..] Bulgaria is Europe. And Europe is Bulgaria."
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It's official: Bulgaria is in the euro-zone.
An excerpt from an atypically emotional NYE address by the Central Bank governor:
"Thank you, friends. We are home.
This is not a protocol. It is a feeling.
In this sense, the euro is not just an economic solution...
www.bnb.bg/AboutUs/Pres...
An excerpt from an atypically emotional NYE address by the Central Bank governor:
"Thank you, friends. We are home.
This is not a protocol. It is a feeling.
In this sense, the euro is not just an economic solution...
www.bnb.bg/AboutUs/Pres...
December 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It's official: Bulgaria is in the euro-zone.
An excerpt from an atypically emotional NYE address by the Central Bank governor:
"Thank you, friends. We are home.
This is not a protocol. It is a feeling.
In this sense, the euro is not just an economic solution...
www.bnb.bg/AboutUs/Pres...
An excerpt from an atypically emotional NYE address by the Central Bank governor:
"Thank you, friends. We are home.
This is not a protocol. It is a feeling.
In this sense, the euro is not just an economic solution...
www.bnb.bg/AboutUs/Pres...
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Without raising her voice or insulting the president, Bishop Mariann Budde preached the Gospel. So, naturally, Trump lost it.
Hero of 2025: Bishop Mariann Budde
Without raising her voice or insulting the president, she preached the Gospel. So, naturally, Trump lost it.
www.motherjones.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Without raising her voice or insulting the president, Bishop Mariann Budde preached the Gospel. So, naturally, Trump lost it.
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🎉 Happy New Year!
We're still hiring for several roles, with applications closing soon:
- Assistant Economist (London/York)
- Accounting Services Supervisor (York)
- Media Manager (London/York)
- Cyber Security Lead (York)
Don't miss out, apply now!
https://www.jrf.org.uk/careers
We're still hiring for several roles, with applications closing soon:
- Assistant Economist (London/York)
- Accounting Services Supervisor (York)
- Media Manager (London/York)
- Cyber Security Lead (York)
Don't miss out, apply now!
https://www.jrf.org.uk/careers
Careers
Do you want to help build a fairer future, free from poverty? Join us and use your skills to make a real difference.
www.jrf.org.uk
January 1, 2026 at 11:55 AM
🎉 Happy New Year!
We're still hiring for several roles, with applications closing soon:
- Assistant Economist (London/York)
- Accounting Services Supervisor (York)
- Media Manager (London/York)
- Cyber Security Lead (York)
Don't miss out, apply now!
https://www.jrf.org.uk/careers
We're still hiring for several roles, with applications closing soon:
- Assistant Economist (London/York)
- Accounting Services Supervisor (York)
- Media Manager (London/York)
- Cyber Security Lead (York)
Don't miss out, apply now!
https://www.jrf.org.uk/careers
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also a sad fucking fragile loser
December 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
also a sad fucking fragile loser
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I say again, America, your president is a crass, classless waste of DNA
December 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I say again, America, your president is a crass, classless waste of DNA
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Taking a moment to remember Charlie Kirk,
and how much he would've hated this.
and how much he would've hated this.
Charlie Kirk: "are you comfortable with both London + New York having Muslim mayors? I'm sorry. I think we should have a little bit of caution with that. That doesn't feel right. I don't need a chart / graph. I don't need a peer-reviewed study.
Islam is a means to the end of destruction of the West"
Islam is a means to the end of destruction of the West"
January 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Taking a moment to remember Charlie Kirk,
and how much he would've hated this.
and how much he would've hated this.
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Celebrating Zohran Mamdani's tenure as New York City Mayor with the first Nani of 2026 🥳
Mr. Cardamom - Nani (starring Madhur Jaffrey)
YouTube video by Mr. Cardamom
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Celebrating Zohran Mamdani's tenure as New York City Mayor with the first Nani of 2026 🥳
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This is a great start to 2026, I hope that Zohran Mamdani will be able to achieve his full potential as New York Mayor and bring a new age to New York City.
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
This is a great start to 2026, I hope that Zohran Mamdani will be able to achieve his full potential as New York Mayor and bring a new age to New York City.
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We are looking for new members!
Do you have an interest in outdoor ritualistic sax?
If you don't play sax, no matter! you can join our energetic percussion section!
We meet at midnight each full moon at the Bearhenge stones in Warley Woods
We are inclusive and welcoming, and definitely not a cult
Do you have an interest in outdoor ritualistic sax?
If you don't play sax, no matter! you can join our energetic percussion section!
We meet at midnight each full moon at the Bearhenge stones in Warley Woods
We are inclusive and welcoming, and definitely not a cult
New Year, New Hobby?
If you're looking for a new activity in 2026, the 'Warley Woods Pagan Magic Sax Cult' are apparently recruiting new members!
The group, which isn't a cult, engage in 'outdoor ritualistic sax' every full moon at Bearhenge. Percussionists also needed.
If you're looking for a new activity in 2026, the 'Warley Woods Pagan Magic Sax Cult' are apparently recruiting new members!
The group, which isn't a cult, engage in 'outdoor ritualistic sax' every full moon at Bearhenge. Percussionists also needed.
January 1, 2026 at 12:29 PM
We are looking for new members!
Do you have an interest in outdoor ritualistic sax?
If you don't play sax, no matter! you can join our energetic percussion section!
We meet at midnight each full moon at the Bearhenge stones in Warley Woods
We are inclusive and welcoming, and definitely not a cult
Do you have an interest in outdoor ritualistic sax?
If you don't play sax, no matter! you can join our energetic percussion section!
We meet at midnight each full moon at the Bearhenge stones in Warley Woods
We are inclusive and welcoming, and definitely not a cult
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'Congestion charge: It started on 29 October. Everyone was very happy and it has hardly been mentioned since.'🤣
'We wrote a long read imploring the powers-that-be to build housing near stations, and stations near housing. We unaccountably omitted the bit that said “and run some trains to them”.' 🚂
'We wrote a long read imploring the powers-that-be to build housing near stations, and stations near housing. We unaccountably omitted the bit that said “and run some trains to them”.' 🚂
Everyone does a 2025 roundup, but only the Clarion’s has:
🕊 Seagull attacks
🇺🇸 J.D. Vance’s summer holidays
💩 Sewage 1, housing 0
🦌 Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the A40
🗞 Our pick of the long reads
🔬 Lab space. So much lab space.
Read it online: oxfordclarion.uk/a-year-in-ox...
🕊 Seagull attacks
🇺🇸 J.D. Vance’s summer holidays
💩 Sewage 1, housing 0
🦌 Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the A40
🗞 Our pick of the long reads
🔬 Lab space. So much lab space.
Read it online: oxfordclarion.uk/a-year-in-ox...
A year in Oxfordshire, 2025
A growth corridor, a new stadium, a new branch line, a congestion charge, and partying seagulls. It’s been a busy year in Oxfordshire. Here are just a few of the highlights.
January
Growth, part on...
oxfordclarion.uk
January 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
'Congestion charge: It started on 29 October. Everyone was very happy and it has hardly been mentioned since.'🤣
'We wrote a long read imploring the powers-that-be to build housing near stations, and stations near housing. We unaccountably omitted the bit that said “and run some trains to them”.' 🚂
'We wrote a long read imploring the powers-that-be to build housing near stations, and stations near housing. We unaccountably omitted the bit that said “and run some trains to them”.' 🚂
start 2026 warmed by the glow of the impotent rage of the Islamophobic right wing that Zohran Mamdani is Mayor of New York City - their hate and lies have failed in the light of hope
![Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11
Zohran Mamdani has an Ivy professor dad and a famous director mom. He knows how to eat with utensils. But he chooses to eat rice with his bare hands to signal that he is from the Third World and isn't Western. It's a calculated stunt, just like him constantly changing his accent.
Honestly, that's a lot worse and more disturbing than if he just authentically ate that way. One is backwards. The other shows his contempt for our culture
[video of this waste of carbon sprouting hateful bollocks for a living]
EMAIL: FREEDOM@CHARLIEKIRK.COM
7:24 PM GMT+1 Jul 1, 2025 1.4M Views](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihcftg6xsu5jo7bon2mhost7vci44szjt3ttvpvrmbbtucp5fnvay@jpeg)
![RivvyGenX ✡ @RivvyGenx Jun 29
This is Zohran Mamdani's wife, not very Muslim...
[image of selfie in mirror of a young woman in black evening dress which covers her upper arms and neck but is sheer, so you can see she's wearing a bra (😱) ramaduwaji/Instagram Ms Duwaji is a New York-based, Texas-born artist with Syrian heritage]
6.8M views
RivvyGenX ✡ @RivvyGenx
@ZohranKMamdani does this belong to you?
Now I know why we have never seen her before.
5:38 AM Jun 30, 2025 161.1K Views](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieb4bwyovdgauxmiqumixwystmodyprvykwahjl6jdp27psx67g6m@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
start 2026 warmed by the glow of the impotent rage of the Islamophobic right wing that Zohran Mamdani is Mayor of New York City - their hate and lies have failed in the light of hope
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Fighting fascism: It's good for society and your health.
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Fighting fascism: It's good for society and your health.
Aspirin is an effective medication for reducing the chances of a second or subsequent strokes in individuals with a history of a previous stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
Trump admits to taking more aspirin than his docs recommend: “They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart. I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?”
What could possibly go wrong! (2/6)
What could possibly go wrong! (2/6)
January 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Aspirin is an effective medication for reducing the chances of a second or subsequent strokes in individuals with a history of a previous stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
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Thank you! I've actually written about Keeper of the Flame and its relation to current politics several times, going back to Trump v1, eg here www.theguardian.com/books/2017/f...
'It will be called Americanism': the US writers who imagined a fascist future
From Sinclair Lewis and Philip Roth to Donald Trump’s favourite film, Citizen Kane, US culture has long told stories about homegrown authoritarianism. What can we learn from them?
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Thank you! I've actually written about Keeper of the Flame and its relation to current politics several times, going back to Trump v1, eg here www.theguardian.com/books/2017/f...