London John
@proudlondoner05.bsky.social
Born and bred Londoner, Chelsea fan, IT professional.
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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We're back from illness!
November 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We're back from illness!
A pro-Russian UKIP/Brexit Party/Reform politician? Wow, who could have seen that coming. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A pro-Russian UKIP/Brexit Party/Reform politician? Wow, who could have seen that coming. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
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Midweek Treat: Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are #RecipeOfTheDay!
www.nigella.com/recipes/flou...
www.nigella.com/recipes/flou...
Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
I can't seem to stop making these, and as I make them, so they get eaten. Luckily, they are extraordinarily easy to throw together. And, incidentally, they are gluten- and dairy-free. Do check the ing...
www.nigella.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Midweek Treat: Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are #RecipeOfTheDay!
www.nigella.com/recipes/flou...
www.nigella.com/recipes/flou...
After two weeks? What a crap headline. Do better BBC.
September 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
After two weeks? What a crap headline. Do better BBC.
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🚨🚨HERE IT IS: We got Trump’s birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein that the President said doesn’t exist.
Trump talks about a “wonderful secret” the two of them shared. What is he hiding? Release the files!
Trump talks about a “wonderful secret” the two of them shared. What is he hiding? Release the files!
September 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🚨🚨HERE IT IS: We got Trump’s birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein that the President said doesn’t exist.
Trump talks about a “wonderful secret” the two of them shared. What is he hiding? Release the files!
Trump talks about a “wonderful secret” the two of them shared. What is he hiding? Release the files!
I love the BBC but what the hell is this? Not a word of criticism in the entire article, just a breathless fawning.
September 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I love the BBC but what the hell is this? Not a word of criticism in the entire article, just a breathless fawning.
Just watched the latest episode of Alien: Earth. Even though I obviously knew the outcome, felt tense throughout, it was masterfully done. Eye octopus is easily my favourite character, now waiting for what the last two alien species can do. Bound to be gruesome!
September 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Just watched the latest episode of Alien: Earth. Even though I obviously knew the outcome, felt tense throughout, it was masterfully done. Eye octopus is easily my favourite character, now waiting for what the last two alien species can do. Bound to be gruesome!
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The 50 best TV shows to watch this autumn
The 50 best TV shows to watch this autumn
The epic Stranger Things finale, Sally Wainwright’s menopausal punks, Alan Partridge in therapy and Stephen Fry … in a Traitors robe? Here’s your ultimate guide to the must-see series of the season
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The 50 best TV shows to watch this autumn
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August 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Oh god, it’s worse than we could have possible imagined isn’t it?
August 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Oh god, it’s worse than we could have possible imagined isn’t it?
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BREAKING: we just defeated the Trump administration's attempt to stop our class action to hold accountable those responsible for the unconstitutional destruction of USAID!
We are going take discovery, try the case & win
Kudos @democracydefendersfund.org team & our great partners at the MSG firm!
We are going take discovery, try the case & win
Kudos @democracydefendersfund.org team & our great partners at the MSG firm!
August 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
BREAKING: we just defeated the Trump administration's attempt to stop our class action to hold accountable those responsible for the unconstitutional destruction of USAID!
We are going take discovery, try the case & win
Kudos @democracydefendersfund.org team & our great partners at the MSG firm!
We are going take discovery, try the case & win
Kudos @democracydefendersfund.org team & our great partners at the MSG firm!
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NEWS: Up to £18billion car finance compensation likely to be paid out. Are you one of millions due £100s back (and what you need to do). Full video briefing. Plus free template letters at www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/recl...
Martin Lewis: Up to £18 billion car finance compensation likely to be paid out
YouTube video by MoneySavingExpert.com
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August 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
NEWS: Up to £18billion car finance compensation likely to be paid out. Are you one of millions due £100s back (and what you need to do). Full video briefing. Plus free template letters at www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/recl...
Looks like Tiny Tommeh has let his temper get the better of him yet again. Just lock him up and throw away the key… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Police investigate station assault as video appears to show Tommy Robinson
Transport police are investigating an incident at the London station it says left a man with serious injuries.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Looks like Tiny Tommeh has let his temper get the better of him yet again. Just lock him up and throw away the key… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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July 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
I will never, ever vote for Gavin Newsom. Ever, under any circumstances. I don't care if he becomes the Dem nominee, he's still not getting my vote.
On a recent podcast Gavin Newsom tells Shawn Ryan how the Trans sports issue opened the door for him to change his mind on GAC for Trans Youth.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
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The #Emmys nominees for Outstanding Drama Series:
• 'Andor'
• 'Severance'
• 'The Last of Us'
• 'The Pitt'
• 'The Diplomat'
• Paradise'
• 'Slow Horses'
• 'The White Lotus'
• 'Andor'
• 'Severance'
• 'The Last of Us'
• 'The Pitt'
• 'The Diplomat'
• Paradise'
• 'Slow Horses'
• 'The White Lotus'
July 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The #Emmys nominees for Outstanding Drama Series:
• 'Andor'
• 'Severance'
• 'The Last of Us'
• 'The Pitt'
• 'The Diplomat'
• Paradise'
• 'Slow Horses'
• 'The White Lotus'
• 'Andor'
• 'Severance'
• 'The Last of Us'
• 'The Pitt'
• 'The Diplomat'
• Paradise'
• 'Slow Horses'
• 'The White Lotus'
@explodingheads.bsky.social BBC are stealing your game!
July 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
@explodingheads.bsky.social BBC are stealing your game!
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USAID was one of the best things we, America, ever did.
There is not really room for dispute on this unless your moral calculus is so different as to be alien.
There is not really room for dispute on this unless your moral calculus is so different as to be alien.
you would like to think those who used to decry USAID as a perfidious weapon of American imperialism would at least have the basic decency to shut up about it now that it's been dismantled by fascists, an action which has objectively led to the deaths of many thousands, but sadly this isn't the case
June 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
USAID was one of the best things we, America, ever did.
There is not really room for dispute on this unless your moral calculus is so different as to be alien.
There is not really room for dispute on this unless your moral calculus is so different as to be alien.
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Nonsense, this is funny, great, and also possibly useful to visitors! Bonus points for the use of "accompanying weapon dogs".
June 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Nonsense, this is funny, great, and also possibly useful to visitors! Bonus points for the use of "accompanying weapon dogs".
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I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I told you we’d be back
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What’s the slowest burn on you realising something? I think with me it’s working out what the “lithic” in Neolithic means which - despite me reading the word at a bare minimum thousands of times *and* me being aware of other connected lith words - just didn’t click until about 18 months back.
June 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
What’s the slowest burn on you realising something? I think with me it’s working out what the “lithic” in Neolithic means which - despite me reading the word at a bare minimum thousands of times *and* me being aware of other connected lith words - just didn’t click until about 18 months back.