James O’Brien
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
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I bloody love Simon Marks. He's one of the few journalists that don't make me feel like I am losing my mind. More of Simon Marks @lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 11:54 AM
I bloody love Simon Marks. He's one of the few journalists that don't make me feel like I am losing my mind. More of Simon Marks @lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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“ICE are masked thugs!”
I find USA correspondences from @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social as of most important for UK audiences at this time.
These are surreal times, and Simon sums it as it really is!
#ReneeNicoleGood #LBC @mrjamesob.bsky.social
I find USA correspondences from @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social as of most important for UK audiences at this time.
These are surreal times, and Simon sums it as it really is!
#ReneeNicoleGood #LBC @mrjamesob.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
“ICE are masked thugs!”
I find USA correspondences from @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social as of most important for UK audiences at this time.
These are surreal times, and Simon sums it as it really is!
#ReneeNicoleGood #LBC @mrjamesob.bsky.social
I find USA correspondences from @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social as of most important for UK audiences at this time.
These are surreal times, and Simon sums it as it really is!
#ReneeNicoleGood #LBC @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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"No one wants to go in there when a random fucking tweet can change the entire foreign policy of the country"
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- as.ft.com/r/18e31d1a-c...
US oil groups warn they will need guarantees to invest in Venezuela
[FREE TO READ] Donald Trump to hold more talks with industry bosses as president flexes power over energy markets
as.ft.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 AM
"No one wants to go in there when a random fucking tweet can change the entire foreign policy of the country"
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
A haiku for you…
Distinct aroma
On the Piccadilly Line
Of Gorgonzola
Distinct aroma
On the Piccadilly Line
Of Gorgonzola
January 8, 2026 at 7:55 AM
A haiku for you…
Distinct aroma
On the Piccadilly Line
Of Gorgonzola
Distinct aroma
On the Piccadilly Line
Of Gorgonzola
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It is genuinely one of the funniest bits of memory-holing the extent to which, other than a handful of dyed-in-the-wool Jenrickites, everyone to the right of Nick Clegg in British politics has forgotten that Badenoch inherited a party on the up in both the polls and local elections.
"Moving up quite impressively"
Lol.
Lol.
January 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
It is genuinely one of the funniest bits of memory-holing the extent to which, other than a handful of dyed-in-the-wool Jenrickites, everyone to the right of Nick Clegg in British politics has forgotten that Badenoch inherited a party on the up in both the polls and local elections.
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Discovered, identified, conserved, understood, contextualised and explained by historical experts and specialists. Thank you all #Skystorians
'The bronze trumpet or carnyx is only the third ever found in Britain, and the most complete example discovered anywhere in the world. Fashioned in the shape of a snarling wild animal, the object would have been mounted on a long mouthpiece high above the heads of warriors'. 1/3
‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links
Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Discovered, identified, conserved, understood, contextualised and explained by historical experts and specialists. Thank you all #Skystorians
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Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
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Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
A propos my last post…
Bloomberg's X account has more than 800k followers. Their most recent post was shared five times
It would basically come at close to zero cost for outlets like Bloomberg to delete their X accounts, and "We don't want to use a non-consensual deepfake abuse app as a comms platform" is a fine excuse
It would basically come at close to zero cost for outlets like Bloomberg to delete their X accounts, and "We don't want to use a non-consensual deepfake abuse app as a comms platform" is a fine excuse
January 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM
A propos my last post…
I think this still gets overlooked. It wasn’t just the tidal wave of racist filth, it was the deliberate puncturing of the life preservers.
I scrolled the feeds of people who vanished from Twitter after 2022, and it's wall-to-wall Democrats whose last tweets are basically "the new algo buried me", "I'm being throttled", and "no one sees my stuff anymore."
January 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I think this still gets overlooked. It wasn’t just the tidal wave of racist filth, it was the deliberate puncturing of the life preservers.
Can’t wait for Richard Littlejohn’s column about how Starmer should invade Andorra to prove he’s as ‘ruthless’ as Trump.
January 7, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Can’t wait for Richard Littlejohn’s column about how Starmer should invade Andorra to prove he’s as ‘ruthless’ as Trump.
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I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
Really, really icy where I am.
Please be careful! 🥶
Please be careful! 🥶
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Really, really icy where I am.
Please be careful! 🥶
Please be careful! 🥶
The second of two shows full of outstanding Venezuela/Greenland contributions. Sometimes it’s a privilege for me just to sit & listen. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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January 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
The second of two shows full of outstanding Venezuela/Greenland contributions. Sometimes it’s a privilege for me just to sit & listen. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Third time lucky.
Trump: "You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don't win the midterms, they'll find a reason to impeach me. I'll get impeached."
January 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Third time lucky.
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US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals
Federal law required majority of documents to be released by 19 December, but only 125,575 pages have been published
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM
US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Bastards.
People working from home are partly to blame for water outages that culminated in residents in Tunbridge Wells being without water for more than a week, the boss of South East Water has claimed ⬇️
Rise of WFH exacerbated Kent water shortage, says supplier’s boss
David Hinton, the chief executive of South East Water, also rated his firm’s handling of the crisis last month at between six and eight out of ten
www.thetimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Bastards.
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Obviously he’s tried very hard to downplay this and his allies have as well but I also think we collectively run the risk of forgetting just how sharp a break with normalcy that day and that period were.
(I know, Bluesky, *you personally* don’t forget; OK, I get it.)
(I know, Bluesky, *you personally* don’t forget; OK, I get it.)
January 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Obviously he’s tried very hard to downplay this and his allies have as well but I also think we collectively run the risk of forgetting just how sharp a break with normalcy that day and that period were.
(I know, Bluesky, *you personally* don’t forget; OK, I get it.)
(I know, Bluesky, *you personally* don’t forget; OK, I get it.)
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Remember when a guy lost an election and then spent months making wild, baseless claims that it was stolen, leveraging the personality cult he’d built to try to get people to reject the results? And then thousands of his supporters rioted, injuring hundreds of cops?
Whatever happened to that guy?
Whatever happened to that guy?
January 6, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Remember when a guy lost an election and then spent months making wild, baseless claims that it was stolen, leveraging the personality cult he’d built to try to get people to reject the results? And then thousands of his supporters rioted, injuring hundreds of cops?
Whatever happened to that guy?
Whatever happened to that guy?
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More than 2 million files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are still to be released, according to a court filling Monday night from the Department of Justice which said a team of 400 lawyers was reviewing the documents to ensure “victim privacy.”
More than 2 million Epstein files still to be released, DOJ says in court filing
So far, only 12,000 documents containing 125,000 pages have been released in three tranches.
www.nbcnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
More than 2 million files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are still to be released, according to a court filling Monday night from the Department of Justice which said a team of 400 lawyers was reviewing the documents to ensure “victim privacy.”