Andy Jackson
@andyjak.bsky.social
Lover of sci-fi,horror ,fantasy;books, comics, tv, Rock, Metal,Fan of Rugby Union and father of cats,European.
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a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
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also, if anyone needs a writer with a tonne of experience — NHS, London Film School, Waterstones, Human Rights Watch, loads of charities and universities — please get in touch for all your wordy needs x
December 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
also, if anyone needs a writer with a tonne of experience — NHS, London Film School, Waterstones, Human Rights Watch, loads of charities and universities — please get in touch for all your wordy needs x
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Evening before Thanksgiving, our ginger kitty (L) had a severe allergic reaction. Emergency vet saved him, but he wasn’t bouncing back like we’d hoped, and a follow-up visit for further testing revealed pneumonia. We would deeply appreciate help with affording his care. ❤️
ko-fi.com/kilagreene/g...
ko-fi.com/kilagreene/g...
December 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Evening before Thanksgiving, our ginger kitty (L) had a severe allergic reaction. Emergency vet saved him, but he wasn’t bouncing back like we’d hoped, and a follow-up visit for further testing revealed pneumonia. We would deeply appreciate help with affording his care. ❤️
ko-fi.com/kilagreene/g...
ko-fi.com/kilagreene/g...
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A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database.
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals
We created the database in order to challenge assumptions about the lack of professionalism of everyday soldiers.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database.
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
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Buy a book.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Dan Robinson (@bookmandan.bsky.social)
Retired. Interested in just about everything. Avid reader.
bookmandan.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Buy a book.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
#cats,#christmas,
Loki is relaxing into the festive petiod
Loki is relaxing into the festive petiod
December 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
#cats,#christmas,
Loki is relaxing into the festive petiod
Loki is relaxing into the festive petiod
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Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
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Glastonbury Tor this morning, shortly before the moon set. Rays of light from the moon when it was behind the cloud.
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Glastonbury Tor this morning, shortly before the moon set. Rays of light from the moon when it was behind the cloud.
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This is why I pay for the World Wide Web.
Because it delivers ART!
Because it delivers ART!
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This is why I pay for the World Wide Web.
Because it delivers ART!
Because it delivers ART!
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The sky is slowly changing from it's deep blue hue to a brighter, more optimistic shade, and birds are gently bickering amongst themselves.
On a faint breeze the sound is carried from afar, an ancient yet seemingly very recent song.
"It's Black Friday. Why aren't you buying more of our shit???"
On a faint breeze the sound is carried from afar, an ancient yet seemingly very recent song.
"It's Black Friday. Why aren't you buying more of our shit???"
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The sky is slowly changing from it's deep blue hue to a brighter, more optimistic shade, and birds are gently bickering amongst themselves.
On a faint breeze the sound is carried from afar, an ancient yet seemingly very recent song.
"It's Black Friday. Why aren't you buying more of our shit???"
On a faint breeze the sound is carried from afar, an ancient yet seemingly very recent song.
"It's Black Friday. Why aren't you buying more of our shit???"
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This woman is a national treasure 🤣
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This woman is a national treasure 🤣
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The minutes of a meeting, leaked to NWBylines, strongly indicate NHSE does not want the prescribing of puberty blockers at WellBN to continue | Sophie Molly
Is NHSE forcing young people to detransition?
The minutes of a meeting, leaked to NWBylines, strongly indicate NHSE does not want the prescribing of puberty blockers at WellBN to continue
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The minutes of a meeting, leaked to NWBylines, strongly indicate NHSE does not want the prescribing of puberty blockers at WellBN to continue | Sophie Molly
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Politician who fanned anti-LGBT sentiment stunned to find rising levels of anti-LGBT sentiment
"[...] the Labour leader said the homophobic attack left him worried for the future of the UK"
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after neice and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Politician who fanned anti-LGBT sentiment stunned to find rising levels of anti-LGBT sentiment
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We can all have this.
Go to a shelter.
Go to a shelter.
how it started vs how its going! 3 years ago today, fish dad and i got the best black friday deal of all
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
We can all have this.
Go to a shelter.
Go to a shelter.
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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These guys have suction cups and can stick to your preferred smooth surface!
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
These guys have suction cups and can stick to your preferred smooth surface!
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On this stormy L.A. day, this ancient Roman blue glass olla (jar) brings me back to sunnier days and the beach. That effect is created by the application of large 'grains' of opaque yellow and green glass to the body of the jar. 😍 🏺 1/
From Pozzuoli, mid-1st c. CE. #BritishMuseum
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From Pozzuoli, mid-1st c. CE. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
On this stormy L.A. day, this ancient Roman blue glass olla (jar) brings me back to sunnier days and the beach. That effect is created by the application of large 'grains' of opaque yellow and green glass to the body of the jar. 😍 🏺 1/
From Pozzuoli, mid-1st c. CE. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
From Pozzuoli, mid-1st c. CE. #BritishMuseum
📸 me
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Taken this evening in Chesham Woods. We forget how beautiful trees are in the Winter, their branches etched into the skies.
November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Taken this evening in Chesham Woods. We forget how beautiful trees are in the Winter, their branches etched into the skies.
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As was incredibly obvious at the time. Every time they delayed lockdown they killed people, and ensured lockdowns were longer than they could have been.
Johnson & Cummings killed 23,000 people.
If a lockdown had been imposed on 16 March, a week earlier than it was, it could have cut the number of deaths in England in the first wave of the virus by almost half, saving 23,000 lives, the Covid inquiry says.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If a lockdown had been imposed on 16 March, a week earlier than it was, it could have cut the number of deaths in England in the first wave of the virus by almost half, saving 23,000 lives, the Covid inquiry says.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
As was incredibly obvious at the time. Every time they delayed lockdown they killed people, and ensured lockdowns were longer than they could have been.
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Dear UK Labour Party ( and Cons and Reform Ltd, etc)
No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
It's not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that there'll be
No more turning away?
Lyrics Pink Floyd
No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
It's not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that there'll be
No more turning away?
Lyrics Pink Floyd
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Dear UK Labour Party ( and Cons and Reform Ltd, etc)
No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
It's not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that there'll be
No more turning away?
Lyrics Pink Floyd
No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
It's not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that there'll be
No more turning away?
Lyrics Pink Floyd
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Okay so they got Merv the cat (don't summon Bagagwa) a sister and let him name her (Ham.) Cuteness overload!
But WHERE THE FUCK DID THEY GET AN ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
youtube.com/shorts/dYIHY...
But WHERE THE FUCK DID THEY GET AN ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
youtube.com/shorts/dYIHY...
Merv gets a big surprise today #catsofyoutube #shorts #adopt #shortsfeed #mervthecat #novemver
YouTube video by Merv the Cat (...& Chad)
youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Okay so they got Merv the cat (don't summon Bagagwa) a sister and let him name her (Ham.) Cuteness overload!
But WHERE THE FUCK DID THEY GET AN ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
youtube.com/shorts/dYIHY...
But WHERE THE FUCK DID THEY GET AN ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
youtube.com/shorts/dYIHY...
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I reckon they dropped the vowel to stop people from saying things like ‘I love Myself. I could sniff Myself all day. I want to spray Myself all around the room.’
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I reckon they dropped the vowel to stop people from saying things like ‘I love Myself. I could sniff Myself all day. I want to spray Myself all around the room.’
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Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them.
What the fuck are we?
What the fuck are we?
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them.
What the fuck are we?
What the fuck are we?