Jason Bell
@artcircus.bsky.social
Registered BSL Interpreter, PgDiP BSL/English Interpreting and MA in Ethics. In my spare time I engage in notional conflict simulations with adjacent soft power exercises. #rollforinitiative
Background art by Annie Bell.
Background art by Annie Bell.
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Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events | Peter Sagar
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
The real asylum scandal
Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events | Peter Sagar
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
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Private Eye nailing it.
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Private Eye nailing it.
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Reform UK are racist liars, the proof:
October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Reform UK are racist liars, the proof:
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Boss of the UK’s main betting/gaming lobby group tells MPs there is no “social ill with gambling”, warns govt against higher taxes on the sector.
Jeez ... anything these people won't say for money & protect their paymasters.
Make them bear the social cost of trade. Tax them. Close exploiters.
Jeez ... anything these people won't say for money & protect their paymasters.
Make them bear the social cost of trade. Tax them. Close exploiters.
Gambling does not cause any ‘social ills’, lobbyist tells incredulous MPs
Head of UK’s Betting and Gaming Council was asked to repeat claim as she spoke against increasing taxes on sector in November budget
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Boss of the UK’s main betting/gaming lobby group tells MPs there is no “social ill with gambling”, warns govt against higher taxes on the sector.
Jeez ... anything these people won't say for money & protect their paymasters.
Make them bear the social cost of trade. Tax them. Close exploiters.
Jeez ... anything these people won't say for money & protect their paymasters.
Make them bear the social cost of trade. Tax them. Close exploiters.
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BBC, Sky, all UK media - you NEED to do better.
This isn’t “balance”.
Iterations of this meme keeps doing the rounds for a reason - it’s because the press keep doing this!
Stop it!
9/9
This isn’t “balance”.
Iterations of this meme keeps doing the rounds for a reason - it’s because the press keep doing this!
Stop it!
9/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
BBC, Sky, all UK media - you NEED to do better.
This isn’t “balance”.
Iterations of this meme keeps doing the rounds for a reason - it’s because the press keep doing this!
Stop it!
9/9
This isn’t “balance”.
Iterations of this meme keeps doing the rounds for a reason - it’s because the press keep doing this!
Stop it!
9/9
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
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My new Apple Watch lighting up to say 'it looks like you're working out' when I'm in the middle of a particularly challenging poo, marks a new low in my life
October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My new Apple Watch lighting up to say 'it looks like you're working out' when I'm in the middle of a particularly challenging poo, marks a new low in my life
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This is about Taylor Taranto. He attacked the US Capitol and was convicted. Trump pardoned him. He went on to take a gun and a machete to Obama's house and vowed to car bomb a federal building. The fired prosecutors were arguing for a heavy sentence for those crimes.
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-place...
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-place...
DOJ places on leave 2 prosecutors who said 'mob' of 'rioters' carried out Jan. 6 attack
Two federal prosecutors have been told they will be put on leave after filing a brief that described the Jan. 6, 2021, attackers a "mob of rioters," sources say.
abcnews.go.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is about Taylor Taranto. He attacked the US Capitol and was convicted. Trump pardoned him. He went on to take a gun and a machete to Obama's house and vowed to car bomb a federal building. The fired prosecutors were arguing for a heavy sentence for those crimes.
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-place...
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-place...
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'Siri, show me something that really sounds like a revolting euphemism but isn't'
May 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
'Siri, show me something that really sounds like a revolting euphemism but isn't'
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Roomba should have been a warning.
Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House
One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.
futurism.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Roomba should have been a warning.
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Clippy MK II strikes again!
‘Hi! I see you’re trying to look something up! Would you like me to summarise it for you by not doing any fact checking at all and hallucinating about half of it anyway, making everything I tell you at best meaningless, at worst downright dangerous?’
‘Hi! I see you’re trying to look something up! Would you like me to summarise it for you by not doing any fact checking at all and hallucinating about half of it anyway, making everything I tell you at best meaningless, at worst downright dangerous?’
October 24, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Clippy MK II strikes again!
‘Hi! I see you’re trying to look something up! Would you like me to summarise it for you by not doing any fact checking at all and hallucinating about half of it anyway, making everything I tell you at best meaningless, at worst downright dangerous?’
‘Hi! I see you’re trying to look something up! Would you like me to summarise it for you by not doing any fact checking at all and hallucinating about half of it anyway, making everything I tell you at best meaningless, at worst downright dangerous?’
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"Until now, public knowledge about the relationship between Reform U.K. and the A.D.F. was limited to a single quote Mr. Farage gave to the group, which they pushed out in a press statement. But the A.D.F. has quietly been courting the party since at least 2024."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"Until now, public knowledge about the relationship between Reform U.K. and the A.D.F. was limited to a single quote Mr. Farage gave to the group, which they pushed out in a press statement. But the A.D.F. has quietly been courting the party since at least 2024."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
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The ventriloquist act they booked for the Tory Conference looks a bit shit.
October 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The ventriloquist act they booked for the Tory Conference looks a bit shit.
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Once again, the Telegraph seems shocked that the EU is acting like… the EU.
This is exactly what sovereignty looks like when you’re on the outside.
This is exactly what sovereignty looks like when you’re on the outside.
October 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Once again, the Telegraph seems shocked that the EU is acting like… the EU.
This is exactly what sovereignty looks like when you’re on the outside.
This is exactly what sovereignty looks like when you’re on the outside.
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Nothing says "I want independent judges" like threatening to sack any judge who disagrees with you, while holding up a judge's wig like a puppet
October 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Nothing says "I want independent judges" like threatening to sack any judge who disagrees with you, while holding up a judge's wig like a puppet
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Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.
Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.
My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow
Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.
My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow
October 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.
Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.
My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow
Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.
My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow
@vicminett.bsky.social Hi Vic, I’ve just heard your brilliant piece on the situation for Deaf BSL users in Coventry and Warwickshire. I’m a sign language interpreter, and a director of an interpreting cooperative in Leicester. We provide BSL interpreters for UHL and have a unique off framework SLA.
October 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
@vicminett.bsky.social Hi Vic, I’ve just heard your brilliant piece on the situation for Deaf BSL users in Coventry and Warwickshire. I’m a sign language interpreter, and a director of an interpreting cooperative in Leicester. We provide BSL interpreters for UHL and have a unique off framework SLA.
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The leader of the Pentagon, the US secretary of state for war, casually doing the KKK double "white power" symbol at a sports game.
September 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The leader of the Pentagon, the US secretary of state for war, casually doing the KKK double "white power" symbol at a sports game.
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Medical ethicist Arthur Kaplan, quoted in the NYT:
“The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”
“The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”
This MAGA/MAHA/Trump/RFK Jr/Dr Oz/Dr Bhattacharya press conference right now is quite possibly the worst press conference—from the viewpoints of medicine, public health, & medical ethics—that I’ve ever seen. These men are so shameless & deeply irresponsible. Wherever happened to science & evidence?
September 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Medical ethicist Arthur Kaplan, quoted in the NYT:
“The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”
“The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”
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Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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Pure, undiluted, Berlin 1934.
September 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Pure, undiluted, Berlin 1934.
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There goes the First Amendment.
September 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
There goes the First Amendment.