Jon Patience
@smoulderstoat.bsky.social
I mostly rant about housing.
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BBC News - Durham County Council bans landlord from renting for two years - BBC News
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Durham County Council bans landlord from renting for two years
Durham County Council says the landlord put vulnerable tenants at risk.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 10:31 AM
BBC News - Durham County Council bans landlord from renting for two years - BBC News
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If you’re after something to distract you for the next few days, try this. A grid of 2025 things – all you need to do is put them into 45 categories of 45 things each. Rather restful.
thomaswc.com/2025.html
thomaswc.com/2025.html
January 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
If you’re after something to distract you for the next few days, try this. A grid of 2025 things – all you need to do is put them into 45 categories of 45 things each. Rather restful.
thomaswc.com/2025.html
thomaswc.com/2025.html
Yeah, my New Year's Resolution to do less doomscrolling is going just fine, thanks very much for asking.
January 3, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Yeah, my New Year's Resolution to do less doomscrolling is going just fine, thanks very much for asking.
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BBC reporting that Maduro has been charged by the *US* for possessing machine guns. I thought it was nearly compulsory in some states, and the fellow doesn’t even live there.
January 3, 2026 at 1:16 PM
BBC reporting that Maduro has been charged by the *US* for possessing machine guns. I thought it was nearly compulsory in some states, and the fellow doesn’t even live there.
I fear the Venezuelan opposition politician currently telling BBC News that everyone is going to live in peace and harmony now because everyone supports the attacks, and there's not going to be any violence because the regime is just a few people, is indulging in some epic wishful thinking.
January 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM
I fear the Venezuelan opposition politician currently telling BBC News that everyone is going to live in peace and harmony now because everyone supports the attacks, and there's not going to be any violence because the regime is just a few people, is indulging in some epic wishful thinking.
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It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
Wait... what do you mean it isn't Monday?
January 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Wait... what do you mean it isn't Monday?
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"I'm not going to tell people I'm a police officer..." #TheTraitors
January 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"I'm not going to tell people I'm a police officer..." #TheTraitors
PSA: ComedyXtra are showing the Police Squad! TV series from 3.30 tomorrow. You won't regret it.
January 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
PSA: ComedyXtra are showing the Police Squad! TV series from 3.30 tomorrow. You won't regret it.
I see you are all celebrating the new year by having terrible opinions about dogs.
The most important thing about dogs is, of course, that they are better than cats.
The most important thing about dogs is, of course, that they are better than cats.
January 1, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I see you are all celebrating the new year by having terrible opinions about dogs.
The most important thing about dogs is, of course, that they are better than cats.
The most important thing about dogs is, of course, that they are better than cats.
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What a weird name for a dog. But sorry for their loss.
October 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
What a weird name for a dog. But sorry for their loss.
A Tale Of One City And Two Henry Smiths
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A Tale Of One City And Two Henry Smiths
These two London landlords are separated by four centuries — but joined by a common name and business interests.
open.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:18 AM
A Tale Of One City And Two Henry Smiths
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open.substack.com/pub/londonce...
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Me at the start of 2025 vs me at the end of 2025 😉
December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Me at the start of 2025 vs me at the end of 2025 😉
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PSA: If you start watching Airplane! in precisely an hour and ten minutes you can watch something better than the fucking Hootenanny.
December 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
PSA: If you start watching Airplane! in precisely an hour and ten minutes you can watch something better than the fucking Hootenanny.
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Kings of Leon did predict this tbf 😬
December 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Kings of Leon did predict this tbf 😬
I am a flatulent man with personal hygiene issues and a drink problem, leading a team of rubbish spies.
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I am a flatulent man with personal hygiene issues and a drink problem, leading a team of rubbish spies.
I am shocked - shocked, I tell you - to learn that the Queen Mother was a crashing snob.
No 10 issued apology over John Major's birthday message to Queen Mother
No 10 issued apology over John Major's birthday message to Queen Mother
John Major's Downing Street sent a grovelling apology after the prime minister birthday telegram to the Queen Mother was addressed in an "improper manner", newly-released government documents show.
news.sky.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I am shocked - shocked, I tell you - to learn that the Queen Mother was a crashing snob.
I checked Gary Rhodes's train ticket.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I checked Gary Rhodes's train ticket.
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The damage vaccine sceptics can do to health policy is deeply alarming. For whatever reason COVID melted the brains of a wider group of people, though cranks have always existed. It is genuinely concerning so many are now in public office via Reform.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Third of Reform UK’s council leaders have expressed vaccine-sceptic views
Health minister decries criticism of vaccinations by heads of four authorities as ‘dangerous and utterly irresponsible’
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The damage vaccine sceptics can do to health policy is deeply alarming. For whatever reason COVID melted the brains of a wider group of people, though cranks have always existed. It is genuinely concerning so many are now in public office via Reform.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A power cut! How exciting, this is like being a kid again.
*Five minutes later*
Well this sucks.
*Five minutes later*
Well this sucks.
December 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
A power cut! How exciting, this is like being a kid again.
*Five minutes later*
Well this sucks.
*Five minutes later*
Well this sucks.
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