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
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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...
salve for Space Karen
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
salve for Space Karen
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May 2018, Marcus Moore wrote this detailed summary of the Conservative Party's capture of the BBC on so many levels after Cameron was elected
"This means they can not only dictate what information is made available to the public, but also the manner in which it is presented"
"This means they can not only dictate what information is made available to the public, but also the manner in which it is presented"
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
May 2018, Marcus Moore wrote this detailed summary of the Conservative Party's capture of the BBC on so many levels after Cameron was elected
"This means they can not only dictate what information is made available to the public, but also the manner in which it is presented"
"This means they can not only dictate what information is made available to the public, but also the manner in which it is presented"
Aug 2016 BBC Trust Impartiality Review: Making Sense of
Statistics'
"content analysis demonstrates that there is an especially high number of political figures providing statistical information on the BBC (1/5 of sources)
Conservative politicians represented 73% of these statistical references"
Statistics'
"content analysis demonstrates that there is an especially high number of political figures providing statistical information on the BBC (1/5 of sources)
Conservative politicians represented 73% of these statistical references"
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Old fishing nets from France become vital protection against Russian drones in Ukraine
Fishers from the Brittany coast are sending horse-hair nets to catch weapons and shield civilians and soldiers
#StandWithUkraine
Fishers from the Brittany coast are sending horse-hair nets to catch weapons and shield civilians and soldiers
#StandWithUkraine
Old fishing nets from France become vital protection against Russian drones in Ukraine
Fishers from the Brittany coast are sending horse-hair nets to catch weapons and shield civilians and soldiers
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Old fishing nets from France become vital protection against Russian drones in Ukraine
Fishers from the Brittany coast are sending horse-hair nets to catch weapons and shield civilians and soldiers
#StandWithUkraine
Fishers from the Brittany coast are sending horse-hair nets to catch weapons and shield civilians and soldiers
#StandWithUkraine
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And the gutting of Trump administration scrutiny with the trap they set for those US legacy media organisations who had journalistic standards to uphold
Legitimate media walked out of the Pentagon after refusing to submit to Hegseth's censorship demand so he made his own press pack, from alt-right media
"Their reach + impact collectively are far more effective + balanced than the self-righteous media who chose to self-deport from the Pentagon"
"Their reach + impact collectively are far more effective + balanced than the self-righteous media who chose to self-deport from the Pentagon"
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
And the gutting of Trump administration scrutiny with the trap they set for those US legacy media organisations who had journalistic standards to uphold
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Keep in mind Trump's Presidential Action Executive Order May 1, 2025 where he ceased Federal funding for NPR and PBS
aka ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF BIASED MEDIA
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
aka ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF BIASED MEDIA
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Keep in mind Trump's Presidential Action Executive Order May 1, 2025 where he ceased Federal funding for NPR and PBS
aka ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF BIASED MEDIA
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
aka ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF BIASED MEDIA
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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remembered this after Tim Davie took the chance to skip out, and the cognitive dissonance of Andrew Neil complaining about unchallenged bias in BBC presentation is still deafening
![BBC cancels The Mash Report, show criticised for 'Left-wing bias'
Critics include veteran journalist Andrew Neil, who described it as 'self-satisfied, unchallenged Left-wing propaganda'
[The Mash Report host Nish Kumar regularly targeted the Government and Brexit
12 March 2021
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/11/bbc-cancels-mash-report-show-became-focus-perceived-left-wing/
https://archive.ph/Z598v]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreibwrrct2z4ldqeerril3nxh4rqj7jal24aglgt6iu3ztq6dus7z5u@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
remembered this after Tim Davie took the chance to skip out, and the cognitive dissonance of Andrew Neil complaining about unchallenged bias in BBC presentation is still deafening
Do you remember making this, @stephenkb.bsky.social ?
When the 2017 election happened, @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social did two profiles of the main party leaders
1. "What drives Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn? What does he stand for? The New Statesman's Stephen Bush has this in-depth profile for BBC Newsnight."
1. "What drives Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn? What does he stand for? The New Statesman's Stephen Bush has this in-depth profile for BBC Newsnight."
Who is the real Jeremy Corbyn?
The New Statesman's Stephen Bush has this in-depth profile of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Do you remember making this, @stephenkb.bsky.social ?
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Here we are again... too much power in the hands of the rich, just as Albert Einstein warned us about in 1948, after seeing World War repeating itself in his adult life
"Private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of info' (press, radio, education). It is thus extremely difficult, indeed in most cases quite impossible, for the individual citizen to come to objective conclusions + to make intelligent use of his political rights"
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Here we are again... too much power in the hands of the rich, just as Albert Einstein warned us about in 1948, after seeing World War repeating itself in his adult life
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then forcing out all the reputable news agencies from the Pentagon & White House who won't bend the knee to King Donald
bsky.app/profile/loca...
bsky.app/profile/loca...
Legitimate media walked out of the Pentagon after refusing to submit to Hegseth's censorship demand so he made his own press pack, from alt-right media
"Their reach + impact collectively are far more effective + balanced than the self-righteous media who chose to self-deport from the Pentagon"
"Their reach + impact collectively are far more effective + balanced than the self-righteous media who chose to self-deport from the Pentagon"
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
then forcing out all the reputable news agencies from the Pentagon & White House who won't bend the knee to King Donald
bsky.app/profile/loca...
bsky.app/profile/loca...
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Trump thinks he can destroy all the mirrors so that people can't see his shameful crimes
He's halfway there in America after gutting PBS + NPR early doors
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
He's halfway there in America after gutting PBS + NPR early doors
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Trump thinks he can destroy all the mirrors so that people can't see his shameful crimes
He's halfway there in America after gutting PBS + NPR early doors
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
He's halfway there in America after gutting PBS + NPR early doors
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
When the 2017 election happened, @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social did two profiles of the main party leaders
1. "What drives Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn? What does he stand for? The New Statesman's Stephen Bush has this in-depth profile for BBC Newsnight."
1. "What drives Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn? What does he stand for? The New Statesman's Stephen Bush has this in-depth profile for BBC Newsnight."
Who is the real Jeremy Corbyn?
The New Statesman's Stephen Bush has this in-depth profile of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
When the 2017 election happened, @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social did two profiles of the main party leaders
1. "What drives Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn? What does he stand for? The New Statesman's Stephen Bush has this in-depth profile for BBC Newsnight."
1. "What drives Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn? What does he stand for? The New Statesman's Stephen Bush has this in-depth profile for BBC Newsnight."
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"And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed -
if all records told the same tale - then the lie passed into history and became truth.
‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’ "
if all records told the same tale - then the lie passed into history and became truth.
‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’ "
![s/s of Google search showing the link card with picture for a report on Department of Defense:
U.S. Department of Defense (.gov)
Medal of Honor Monday: Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers
Rogers served through all of it. As a Black man, he worked for gender and race equality while in the service.
[photo of a much-decorated proudly smiling black man in uniform]
https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2824721/medal-of-honor-monday-army-maj-gen-charles-calvin-rogers/ (link now 404 broken sure to erasure)
archived here: https://web.archive.org/web/20211101133017/https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2824721/medal-of-honor-monday-army-maj-gen-charles-calvin-rogers/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihp4jtzhikcaego7fjahx4yporbd2jypqs2br6sqcnmc7ltc7gomm@jpeg)
March 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
"And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed -
if all records told the same tale - then the lie passed into history and became truth.
‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’ "
if all records told the same tale - then the lie passed into history and became truth.
‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’ "
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My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
Solid explanatory statement from the BBC about the October 2024 Panorama documentary "Trump: A Second Chance?"
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Solid explanatory statement from the BBC about the October 2024 Panorama documentary "Trump: A Second Chance?"
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
In other words, US politicians and pressure groups can pipe the party line directly into millions of households unchallenged, in a way that is much harder in the UK.
This has a huge impact both on trust and cohesion, and on whether politicians feel the need to appeal to moderates or just partisans.
This has a huge impact both on trust and cohesion, and on whether politicians feel the need to appeal to moderates or just partisans.
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Here’s the same data, but with trust broken down by political views (circles are trust among people on the left, +s the right).
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
No single US news source is consumed by more than 25% of Americans, whereas 60% of Brits regularly watch/read/listen to the BBC.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is a brilliant idea dreamt up by our mates @pigsx7.bsky.social . If you have any old instruments or kit knocking about then please see below!👇🏼 Thank you.. and thanks to them for being such great people. ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Incidentally, I don't think I notice a black person at that event, other than Aurora. And this is the second time recently she gets booed at one of their pressers.
Mhari Aurora asks a pretty fair question, is booed by the crowd and told off by Dear Leader. Then Noa Hoffman, lobs a dogwhistle soft ball about making "our high streets beautiful again", not "covered in illegal migrant vape shops," to great applause.
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Incidentally, I don't think I notice a black person at that event, other than Aurora. And this is the second time recently she gets booed at one of their pressers.
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But that is not enough. No.10 should never have been in a position to install Gibb in the first place. It shouldn't control the board membership, the DG appointment, or the purse strings. What's required is genuine independence for the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
But that is not enough. No.10 should never have been in a position to install Gibb in the first place. It shouldn't control the board membership, the DG appointment, or the purse strings. What's required is genuine independence for the BBC.