Jennie Jordan
@jenniewren.bsky.social
Certified ADHD-affirming positive intelligence coach, facilitator & trainer. Creative industries researcher. Love to help others thrive. Let’s talk:
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One in three Labour members of the Welsh Senedd have accused Keir Starmer of rolling back devolution through the Internal Market Act.
Anas Sarwar needs to tell us what he really thinks! www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567741...
Anas Sarwar needs to tell us what he really thinks! www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567741...
Sarwar told to clarify whether he agrees Keir Starmer is 'rolling back' on devolution
The SNP have written to Anas Sarwar asking him to confirm his position on whether Sir Keir Starmer is "rolling back on devolution".
www.heraldscotland.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
One in three Labour members of the Welsh Senedd have accused Keir Starmer of rolling back devolution through the Internal Market Act.
Anas Sarwar needs to tell us what he really thinks! www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567741...
Anas Sarwar needs to tell us what he really thinks! www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567741...
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Are you a musician, or belong to the ”Spotify is the devil” group, or even a member of the UK government? Read this: spotifynews.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
The Truth About Streaming Payout
Take a closer look at the actual math behind real music royalties.
spotifynews.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Are you a musician, or belong to the ”Spotify is the devil” group, or even a member of the UK government? Read this: spotifynews.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
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Historian Rutger Bregman is a well-respected proponent of a universal basic income. The Guardian has called him “the Dutch wunderkind of new ideas.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Historian Rutger Bregman is a well-respected proponent of a universal basic income. The Guardian has called him “the Dutch wunderkind of new ideas.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
‘Governments should classify sex chatbots … as a dependency-fostering product with known psychological risks. Regulation would incl clear warning labels, time limits, 18-plus age verification and a new liability framework that make companies prove products are safe, not on users to show harm’
The evil side of the internet keeps metastasizing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Opinion | The Sad and Dangerous Reality Behind ‘Her’
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
‘Governments should classify sex chatbots … as a dependency-fostering product with known psychological risks. Regulation would incl clear warning labels, time limits, 18-plus age verification and a new liability framework that make companies prove products are safe, not on users to show harm’
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🌏🇬🇧"We only won the First World War and the Second World War because we were joined in those wars by millions of black and Asian people from around the world."
A powerful reminder from 2009 of Britain's historical debt to protecting a multicultural society. United we stand.
A powerful reminder from 2009 of Britain's historical debt to protecting a multicultural society. United we stand.
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🌏🇬🇧"We only won the First World War and the Second World War because we were joined in those wars by millions of black and Asian people from around the world."
A powerful reminder from 2009 of Britain's historical debt to protecting a multicultural society. United we stand.
A powerful reminder from 2009 of Britain's historical debt to protecting a multicultural society. United we stand.
So many contradictions. ‘I remember a New Statesman piece that listed the words Kruger used about the left: “enemy”, “parasite”… threat”. Kruger replied “policing language is a trick of the left”.
And yet he’s happy to label the left’s critical thinking as ‘woke’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And yet he’s happy to label the left’s critical thinking as ‘woke’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger
He was a Conservative party big-hitter who wrote speeches for David Cameron and worked with Boris Johnson before he suddenly jumped ship. He talks family, flags and why Nigel Farage is ‘top dog’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
So many contradictions. ‘I remember a New Statesman piece that listed the words Kruger used about the left: “enemy”, “parasite”… threat”. Kruger replied “policing language is a trick of the left”.
And yet he’s happy to label the left’s critical thinking as ‘woke’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And yet he’s happy to label the left’s critical thinking as ‘woke’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#BBCQT from Loughborough. But not a single East Midlands representative on the panel. Shocking. No wonder people feel they are not being heard and vote for Reform. The BBC is complicit in this neglect
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
#BBCQT from Loughborough. But not a single East Midlands representative on the panel. Shocking. No wonder people feel they are not being heard and vote for Reform. The BBC is complicit in this neglect
Insightful read for anyone with an interesting journalism www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-11...
Breaking free of media group-think is a scary, lonely journey. I know. I was forced to do it
The western media’s failure to report the reality of Gaza didn’t start on 7 October 2023. It’s always been like this. Here’s why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine.
www.jonathan-cook.net
November 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Insightful read for anyone with an interesting journalism www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-11...
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📢 🆕 NEW article in Local Government Studies Journal: Eun Young Kim finds that decentralization without fiscal independence of local governments weakens the link between local governments and citizens
doi.org/10.1080/0300...
doi.org/10.1080/0300...
Decentralisation and electoral participation: does fiscal independence affect voter turnout in local elections?
After the third wave of democratisation, many countries underwent reforms of decentralisation to consider the heterogeneous preferences of voters across different localities. However, contrary to t...
doi.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📢 🆕 NEW article in Local Government Studies Journal: Eun Young Kim finds that decentralization without fiscal independence of local governments weakens the link between local governments and citizens
doi.org/10.1080/0300...
doi.org/10.1080/0300...
Can someone explain to me like in five how Mahmoud’s plans to solve illegal migration by making legal migration harder are going to work?
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Can someone explain to me like in five how Mahmoud’s plans to solve illegal migration by making legal migration harder are going to work?
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Oh the grand old Duke of York
He had 10, 000 men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again
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@labourpartyuk.bsky.social
youtu.be/KGvEQTQaTbQ?...
Oh the grand old Duke of York
He had 10, 000 men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again
#subtweet
@labourpartyuk.bsky.social
youtu.be/KGvEQTQaTbQ?...
The Grand Old Duke Of York | Nursery Rhymes for Babies by LittleBabyBum - ABCs and 123s
YouTube video by Little Baby Bum - Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs
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November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Appropro nothing
Oh the grand old Duke of York
He had 10, 000 men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again
#subtweet
@labourpartyuk.bsky.social
youtu.be/KGvEQTQaTbQ?...
Oh the grand old Duke of York
He had 10, 000 men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again
#subtweet
@labourpartyuk.bsky.social
youtu.be/KGvEQTQaTbQ?...
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From Patrick Maguire's sub stack. Says an awful lot, and none of it good.
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
From Patrick Maguire's sub stack. Says an awful lot, and none of it good.
The pint of Trump’s action against the BBC is to make it seconf guess every critique of the right. It is currently a scared organisation that suspects this government won’t support it. A confident BBC would provide the national pride that Starmer says he wants though… www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
BBC chair apologises for 'error of judgement' over Trump speech edit in documentary
Donald Trump has sent a letter threatening legal action, which the BBC will respond to
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The pint of Trump’s action against the BBC is to make it seconf guess every critique of the right. It is currently a scared organisation that suspects this government won’t support it. A confident BBC would provide the national pride that Starmer says he wants though… www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
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Interesting paper - a reminder that instability of hours worked poses real challenges for low earners. Challenges higher earners would never put up with christinahydepatterson.com/_files/ugd/322…
https://christinahydepatterson.com/_files/ugd/322…
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Interesting paper - a reminder that instability of hours worked poses real challenges for low earners. Challenges higher earners would never put up with christinahydepatterson.com/_files/ugd/322…
Loads of police having to put themselves in harm’s way to deal a situation that should never have happened. When is Starmer going to publicly apologise for stoking this mess?
Good #AstonVilla fans sticking up for their city! 👇
Massive pro-Palestine protest held outside Villa Park ahead of tonight’s Aston Villa vs Maccabi Tel Aviv match as demonstrators demand the match be cancelled and Israel banned from football competitions.
Via @presstv.bsky.social
Massive pro-Palestine protest held outside Villa Park ahead of tonight’s Aston Villa vs Maccabi Tel Aviv match as demonstrators demand the match be cancelled and Israel banned from football competitions.
Via @presstv.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Loads of police having to put themselves in harm’s way to deal a situation that should never have happened. When is Starmer going to publicly apologise for stoking this mess?
We're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology.
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Wow, now this is saying something, coming from the former Tory Prime Minister John Major. Shame that some people just carried on voting for The Tories throughout those 14 terrible and unforgivable years, and also wanted the disaster Brexit to go through.....
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Wow, now this is saying something, coming from the former Tory Prime Minister John Major. Shame that some people just carried on voting for The Tories throughout those 14 terrible and unforgivable years, and also wanted the disaster Brexit to go through.....
And that is entirely the fault of a ruling class that has ruled for London and the SE not the citizens of the country wherever they live.
"The Parliamentary seats containing England’s 50 poorest neighborhoods are turning almost wholesale to Nigel Farage’s insurgent Reform UK, with nine out of 10 of those sited in constituencies the party would capture if an election were held today"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
UK’s Poorest Areas Turn En Masse Toward Nigel Farage’s Reform
Economic insecurity is hastening the death of the two-party system that’s dominated UK politics for a century, detailed polling and deprivation data suggest.
www.bloomberg.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
And that is entirely the fault of a ruling class that has ruled for London and the SE not the citizens of the country wherever they live.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Wed 5th Nov @cperguom.bsky.social Cities, Politics, & Economies Research Group in the Department of Geography & MUI @uomseed.bsky.social will host a talk by Dr Rakib Akhtar on: Neoliberalism and Hindutva in the making of an Indian smart city, chaired by @mehebubsahana.bsky.social 3pm in HBS G33.
October 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Wed 5th Nov @cperguom.bsky.social Cities, Politics, & Economies Research Group in the Department of Geography & MUI @uomseed.bsky.social will host a talk by Dr Rakib Akhtar on: Neoliberalism and Hindutva in the making of an Indian smart city, chaired by @mehebubsahana.bsky.social 3pm in HBS G33.
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MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
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It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security.
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security.
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
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I've been critical of the Daily Mail in the past, but I think the honesty displayed here is admirable.
October 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I've been critical of the Daily Mail in the past, but I think the honesty displayed here is admirable.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Labours has already survived a local election wipe out. 10 local authorities are run by Reform. Presumably because these are largely rural county councils in the Midlands and North they don’t interest the Westminster bubble.
October 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Labours has already survived a local election wipe out. 10 local authorities are run by Reform. Presumably because these are largely rural county councils in the Midlands and North they don’t interest the Westminster bubble.