Jamie Douglass
@jamesldouglass.bsky.social
PR chap, martial arts enthusiast, oenophile, occasional musician & fanatical book-lover. Tweed and corduroy are the original performance fabrics
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Hey Grok where does the 152 bus terminate?
Grok: Elon Musk is the manliest man that ever there was. Feared by men and desired by women, he can lift more people and carry them further and faster than any bus. Could I interest you in some interesting facts about Hitler? Colliers Wood.
Grok: Elon Musk is the manliest man that ever there was. Feared by men and desired by women, he can lift more people and carry them further and faster than any bus. Could I interest you in some interesting facts about Hitler? Colliers Wood.
November 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Hey Grok where does the 152 bus terminate?
Grok: Elon Musk is the manliest man that ever there was. Feared by men and desired by women, he can lift more people and carry them further and faster than any bus. Could I interest you in some interesting facts about Hitler? Colliers Wood.
Grok: Elon Musk is the manliest man that ever there was. Feared by men and desired by women, he can lift more people and carry them further and faster than any bus. Could I interest you in some interesting facts about Hitler? Colliers Wood.
If anyone needs me I will be listening to the full 12 minute version of Breaking Into Heaven.
Requiescat in pace Mani. Damn but you could write a bassline.
Requiescat in pace Mani. Damn but you could write a bassline.
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If anyone needs me I will be listening to the full 12 minute version of Breaking Into Heaven.
Requiescat in pace Mani. Damn but you could write a bassline.
Requiescat in pace Mani. Damn but you could write a bassline.
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Ahh! RIP Mani x www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield of Stone Roses dead at 63 - latest tributes
The musician rose to fame with the Stone Roses in the 1980s
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Ahh! RIP Mani x www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
I got kicked off fashnet a while back, and now every post I see from there is beyond unhinged, like a worked example of Poe's Law
In case anyone wonders how things are going in The Other Place
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I got kicked off fashnet a while back, and now every post I see from there is beyond unhinged, like a worked example of Poe's Law
Lord Bragg's hour long investigation into the Mitford sisters falls on stony ground
Is 'In Our Time' quite the much-loved and venerated broadcasting institution that the BBC makes it out to be?
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Lord Bragg's hour long investigation into the Mitford sisters falls on stony ground
Jo has reminded me that Avril Lavigne's excellent "Girlfriend" contains the description "She's, like, so whatever", possibly the finest lyric in all of 00s pop-punk
The Valley Girl’s prayer
make me ready, Lord, for whatever
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Jo has reminded me that Avril Lavigne's excellent "Girlfriend" contains the description "She's, like, so whatever", possibly the finest lyric in all of 00s pop-punk
A beloved British hero, a masked German, a super-weapon, and... a time-travelling 1980s New York executive? We're watching the ultimate crime against literature and cinema: the Biggles movie. With @wallaceme.bsky.social of Total Politics, who was scarred for life by this film.
pod.fo/e/3564bb
pod.fo/e/3564bb
November 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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The Valley Girl’s prayer
make me ready, Lord, for whatever
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The Valley Girl’s prayer
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Doctor: "Sorry, Mr Richards from The Rolling Stones, you have Lyme Disease"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Doctor: "Sorry, Mr Richards from The Rolling Stones, you have Lyme Disease"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
Richards: "Well that's a tick in the Keith!"
Stephen going full Chesterton
AM IN MARKET HARBOROUGH STOP WHERE OUGHT I TO BE
AM IN MARKET HARBOROUGH STOP WHERE OUGHT I TO BE
Nightmare. Been battling a sense of dreadful unease for the last hour. Turns out I had scheduled a panel for today that I had put in as happening next week (now in a cab to it), which is both embarrassing but also a fascinating insight into how unhelpful the brain can be.
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Stephen going full Chesterton
AM IN MARKET HARBOROUGH STOP WHERE OUGHT I TO BE
AM IN MARKET HARBOROUGH STOP WHERE OUGHT I TO BE
There are four types of guys online. No exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
There are four types of guys online. No exceptions.
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
Misread this and for a moment thought P Diddy was now Transportation Secretary, and, frankly, stranger things have happened
Staggeringly cloth-eared campaign just launched by “Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy.” He wants to “bring back civility, manners, and common sense.”
Start with President “Quiet, Piggy” Trump, then. His bullying on flights is outrageous.
Start with President “Quiet, Piggy” Trump, then. His bullying on flights is outrageous.
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Misread this and for a moment thought P Diddy was now Transportation Secretary, and, frankly, stranger things have happened
If James has a labrador by tomorrow we may need to consider turning off the internet.
I've seen this claims for years - that advertisers know more about me than I do, that they can judge pregnancy early etc etc.
But presently, Facebook is pushing me adverts for special food for my Labrador.
I do not have a Labrador.
But presently, Facebook is pushing me adverts for special food for my Labrador.
I do not have a Labrador.
November 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
If James has a labrador by tomorrow we may need to consider turning off the internet.
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Quite disappointed they didn’t have rancid polecat.
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Quite disappointed they didn’t have rancid polecat.
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I can’t wait for historical meme study to become a thing. Like, once people who engage in the study won’t possibly have been alive long enough to understand them firsthand.
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I can’t wait for historical meme study to become a thing. Like, once people who engage in the study won’t possibly have been alive long enough to understand them firsthand.
James woke up tied to a kitchen chair again
A Leonard Cohen day. Everybody knows.
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
James woke up tied to a kitchen chair again
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He is a very powerful wizard....
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
He is a very powerful wizard....
someone on the internet just got something a little bit wrong - not maliciously, well intentioned - and I physically stopped myself from well-ACTUALLY-Kenneth-ing him so I'm going to have a cup of tea as a reward
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
someone on the internet just got something a little bit wrong - not maliciously, well intentioned - and I physically stopped myself from well-ACTUALLY-Kenneth-ing him so I'm going to have a cup of tea as a reward
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this is from the cover of his second album, which features extensive rapping in Welsh.
Seeing Rowan Williams photos really evokes a sense of nostalgia for an imagined past that I was never part of for me
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
this is from the cover of his second album, which features extensive rapping in Welsh.
Because penguins.
"I have made a new friend. Her name is Gilbert, and she has recently found herself at the centre of a political row she has no control over. She is also a penguin."
I went to see the Sea Life penguins in their windowless basement on the banks of the Thames
www.newstatesman.com/culture/natu...
I went to see the Sea Life penguins in their windowless basement on the banks of the Thames
www.newstatesman.com/culture/natu...
How London's penguins got political
Some 75 MPs have signed a letter condemning the Sea Life London Aquarium's treatment of its penguins
www.newstatesman.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Because penguins.
Working at the village pub. Manager was great, except whenever there was a complaint he would say "oh, sorry, I'll just go and get the manager" and then get me to deal with it because I "spoke posh".
Pay was rubbish but there was a lock-in every night, with free drinks for whoever stayed to serve
Pay was rubbish but there was a lock-in every night, with free drinks for whoever stayed to serve
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Working at the village pub. Manager was great, except whenever there was a complaint he would say "oh, sorry, I'll just go and get the manager" and then get me to deal with it because I "spoke posh".
Pay was rubbish but there was a lock-in every night, with free drinks for whoever stayed to serve
Pay was rubbish but there was a lock-in every night, with free drinks for whoever stayed to serve
I've always wondered why the hipster community didn't embrace penny-farthings, as they would have been so incredibly on-brand. And now I know.
For those wondering how you get on and off a penny-farthing.
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I've always wondered why the hipster community didn't embrace penny-farthings, as they would have been so incredibly on-brand. And now I know.
The person next to me has just used the vocally-disfluent “like” between LITERALLY EVERY WORD. As in “so, like, I, like, said, like…”
Must be EXHAUSTING
Must be EXHAUSTING
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The person next to me has just used the vocally-disfluent “like” between LITERALLY EVERY WORD. As in “so, like, I, like, said, like…”
Must be EXHAUSTING
Must be EXHAUSTING