Jason
@jasonoflondon.bsky.social
Pro doomscroller, also a @Manics and photography fan.
Likes and reposts don't necessarily mean I agree.
Likes and reposts don't necessarily mean I agree.
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Jason
@jasonoflondon.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Saw this on Facebook and I can't work out if this is AI, a bot, or an actual human being??! Just incredible.
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I don't deny that dogs can sometimes be quite lovely but what I will say is I don't trust their opinions. If a cat recommended me an album it had bought, I'd totally check it out. If a dog did the same, I'd promise to listen to the album, out of politeness, with no intention of actually doing so
November 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I don't deny that dogs can sometimes be quite lovely but what I will say is I don't trust their opinions. If a cat recommended me an album it had bought, I'd totally check it out. If a dog did the same, I'd promise to listen to the album, out of politeness, with no intention of actually doing so
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November 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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'P-tinga!' is excellent, #bbcfootball needs to get that into the dictionary
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
'P-tinga!' is excellent, #bbcfootball needs to get that into the dictionary
You would not believe the number of times I've looked up what 'acedia' means, and I *always* forget.
Recognised truth acedia's blackest hole.
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
You would not believe the number of times I've looked up what 'acedia' means, and I *always* forget.
I'm guessing at least one of those American investors has a surname that rhymes with dump.
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I'm guessing at least one of those American investors has a surname that rhymes with dump.
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Mayor's plan for pedestrianising Oxford Street is out, with only the western end of losing traffic for now (largely on one side of Regent Street) but the rest may follow at a later date if there's the political desire. Buses will go to the north, along Wigmore Street. Cycles will also be banned.
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Mayor's plan for pedestrianising Oxford Street is out, with only the western end of losing traffic for now (largely on one side of Regent Street) but the rest may follow at a later date if there's the political desire. Buses will go to the north, along Wigmore Street. Cycles will also be banned.
I've been scrobbling since 2006!
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I've been scrobbling since 2006!
Sad news. He always used to pop up on United documentaries, or those football countdown shows that you'd watch when you were hungover ('top 100 craziest moments in Premier League history' etc with random celebs and comedians). Tbh I assumed he was like 80.
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew
Gary “Mani” Mounfield, best known as a founding member and bassist of the Stone Roses, has died aged 63. The cause of death has not been shared.
His brother Greg Mounfield posted the news on Facebook: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce the sad passing of my brother.” His nephew also shared the news. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Sad news. He always used to pop up on United documentaries, or those football countdown shows that you'd watch when you were hungover ('top 100 craziest moments in Premier League history' etc with random celebs and comedians). Tbh I assumed he was like 80.
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BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
More excellent reporting done by the London Centric team.
The "abomination of a snowman" line is my favourite bit!
The "abomination of a snowman" line is my favourite bit!
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
More excellent reporting done by the London Centric team.
The "abomination of a snowman" line is my favourite bit!
The "abomination of a snowman" line is my favourite bit!
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just disgraceful.
New: I can confirm hasty US-Russia proposal being pushed to Ukrainians via Dmitriev-Witkoff to Umerov. It would amount to Ukraine’s capitulation, with people familiar saying it’s Kremlin’s maximalist demands.
-Ukraine army cut 1/2
-Give up certain weapons
-Give up Donbas
-Zelensky displeased
More tk
-Ukraine army cut 1/2
-Give up certain weapons
-Give up Donbas
-Zelensky displeased
More tk
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Just disgraceful.
Ha! 😅👏👏👏
About 60% of people who've seen The Cure in concert, have seen Placebo and enjoyed it just as much.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ha! 😅👏👏👏
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FUCKING HELLLLLLLL!!!!
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
FUCKING HELLLLLLLL!!!!
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Well done Scotland! 👏👏👏
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Well done Scotland! 👏👏👏
Interesting article (if you're an IntRel nerd). The problem I think isn't that strategists should think more like social scientists (although it might help), but that those people lack influence with policymakers, especially when questions of costs arise. The David Newsom quote highlights this!
International relations theories “provide a means to interpret the past and the present, as well as to see into a chaotic future,” write Stacie Goddard and Josh Kertzer. “But they can also limit strategic imagination.”
How to Put IR Theory Into Practice
American strategists should think more like social scientists.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Interesting article (if you're an IntRel nerd). The problem I think isn't that strategists should think more like social scientists (although it might help), but that those people lack influence with policymakers, especially when questions of costs arise. The David Newsom quote highlights this!
As a die-hard Sony Xperia user, I am appalled to have been lumped in with Samsung [washes mouth out] on the basis of the Android OS. How rude!
The brutal reality of life as an Android owner in London: First you’re shocked as you’re mugged. Then you’re humiliated as the thief returns the device. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
"Don't want no Samsung"
Plus: Scroll down to see what might be the strangest new artwork in the capital and read more on our investigations into the capital's landlords.
www.londoncentric.media
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As a die-hard Sony Xperia user, I am appalled to have been lumped in with Samsung [washes mouth out] on the basis of the Android OS. How rude!
Good thread here and I think this is the main point.
"Strong immigration control" = low numbers, because we're a tolerant bunch provided we're not asked to tolerate too many [of the wrong skin colour].
"Strong immigration control" = low numbers, because we're a tolerant bunch provided we're not asked to tolerate too many [of the wrong skin colour].
I think Stephen is right that no previous govt would put the link so bluntly - "we need immigration control to ensure safety of minorities" but the formula "strong immigration control is vital to good race relations" has in fact been a central plank of every govt's arg for imm controls since 1960s
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Good thread here and I think this is the main point.
"Strong immigration control" = low numbers, because we're a tolerant bunch provided we're not asked to tolerate too many [of the wrong skin colour].
"Strong immigration control" = low numbers, because we're a tolerant bunch provided we're not asked to tolerate too many [of the wrong skin colour].
@apiln.bsky.social cat.
In early #Caturday news: Once-extinct wildcats to make a comeback in England
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Once-extinct European wildcats set to make a comeback in England
Fifty wildcats could be reintroduced to the countryside in south west England, conservationists say.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
@apiln.bsky.social cat.
Is it possible to sneeze so much that your nose falls off? Not asking for a friend.
a woman sneezes and becomes a meme
ALT: a woman sneezes and becomes a meme
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Is it possible to sneeze so much that your nose falls off? Not asking for a friend.
Hurrah, a good thing is going to happen! 👏👏👏
Sounds like it needs primary legislation judging from the reference to the King's speech, although I'd have thought it was something that could be done easily by statutory instrument. Hopefully it gets through quickly, imagine arguing against it??
Sounds like it needs primary legislation judging from the reference to the King's speech, although I'd have thought it was something that could be done easily by statutory instrument. Hopefully it gets through quickly, imagine arguing against it??
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Hurrah, a good thing is going to happen! 👏👏👏
Sounds like it needs primary legislation judging from the reference to the King's speech, although I'd have thought it was something that could be done easily by statutory instrument. Hopefully it gets through quickly, imagine arguing against it??
Sounds like it needs primary legislation judging from the reference to the King's speech, although I'd have thought it was something that could be done easily by statutory instrument. Hopefully it gets through quickly, imagine arguing against it??
It would be nice, but it seems like governments are faced with a moral choice (be compassionate and let asylum seekers in), an economic/moral choice (let people move here to work and grow the economy), or a political choice to win the next election (let in as few people as possible, if any).
Is there a politician out there who will recognise that people seeking asylum are not enemies but people in need to whom we have an obligation of care?
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It would be nice, but it seems like governments are faced with a moral choice (be compassionate and let asylum seekers in), an economic/moral choice (let people move here to work and grow the economy), or a political choice to win the next election (let in as few people as possible, if any).
For some reason that fess has reminded me of this.
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
For some reason that fess has reminded me of this.