Jess Bowie
@jessbowie.bsky.social
Co-editor of @civilserviceworld.bsky.social. Civil servants are my bag.
Can you imagine emailing someone and actually receiving this as their out of office? Lol
June 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Can you imagine emailing someone and actually receiving this as their out of office? Lol
This is what they tell me…
May 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is what they tell me…
The placement of these googly eyes on this poster has brought me so much joy
April 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The placement of these googly eyes on this poster has brought me so much joy
Finally this ⬇️
My French is a bit rusty but I’m pretty sure this ain’t right
My French is a bit rusty but I’m pretty sure this ain’t right
April 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Finally this ⬇️
My French is a bit rusty but I’m pretty sure this ain’t right
My French is a bit rusty but I’m pretty sure this ain’t right
Not to be confused with the O’Multifood family
April 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Not to be confused with the O’Multifood family
Ah yes, the O’Tacos. A lovely Irish family so they are
April 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Ah yes, the O’Tacos. A lovely Irish family so they are
Presenting… Rosaparks 🤦🏻♀️
(by “way more” do they mean…civil rights? 🧐)
(by “way more” do they mean…civil rights? 🧐)
April 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Presenting… Rosaparks 🤦🏻♀️
(by “way more” do they mean…civil rights? 🧐)
(by “way more” do they mean…civil rights? 🧐)
There is a Simpsons moment for everything ❤️
March 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
There is a Simpsons moment for everything ❤️
Empowering, humble, candid, sweary (!) & v witty opening keynote speech from Baroness Louise at CSW’s inaugural Collaboration Conference #CSWcollab25
January 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Empowering, humble, candid, sweary (!) & v witty opening keynote speech from Baroness Louise at CSW’s inaugural Collaboration Conference #CSWcollab25
We are just sending the final pages of the new issue of CSW to press and I think this - from a feature about machinery of government changes and defunct departments - might be my favourite bit
January 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We are just sending the final pages of the new issue of CSW to press and I think this - from a feature about machinery of government changes and defunct departments - might be my favourite bit
To me this screams non-story. If, for example, each of the DWP’s c.90,000 officials — after years of austerity/pay restraint/inflation — has taken home a shopping voucher worth £68 as their bonus, good for them. Richly deserved I say.
December 26, 2024 at 9:16 AM
To me this screams non-story. If, for example, each of the DWP’s c.90,000 officials — after years of austerity/pay restraint/inflation — has taken home a shopping voucher worth £68 as their bonus, good for them. Richly deserved I say.
The remake of You’ve Got Mail looks shit
December 24, 2024 at 8:40 AM
The remake of You’ve Got Mail looks shit
Me: you’re not getting a drone for Christmas
7yo: Ok fine. How do you spell lip balm?
7yo: Actually I already know
7yo: Ok fine. How do you spell lip balm?
7yo: Actually I already know
December 15, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Me: you’re not getting a drone for Christmas
7yo: Ok fine. How do you spell lip balm?
7yo: Actually I already know
7yo: Ok fine. How do you spell lip balm?
7yo: Actually I already know
Matt is always at his best when he brings together two topical stories. Tomorrow’s cartoon is just 👌👌👌
November 27, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Matt is always at his best when he brings together two topical stories. Tomorrow’s cartoon is just 👌👌👌
In memory of Jim Abrahams, spoofer extraordinaire, here is one of my favourite scenes from Airplane 2
November 27, 2024 at 8:17 AM
In memory of Jim Abrahams, spoofer extraordinaire, here is one of my favourite scenes from Airplane 2
👏👏(altho I think this scene is cleverer - they’d obviously honed the gag by then)
November 26, 2024 at 9:54 PM
👏👏(altho I think this scene is cleverer - they’d obviously honed the gag by then)
PSA: For anyone wondering what’s in Snoop’s red wine, this is what it says on the back of the bottle 🧐
November 24, 2024 at 12:40 PM
PSA: For anyone wondering what’s in Snoop’s red wine, this is what it says on the back of the bottle 🧐
When I met the Fiscal Crumpet at an IfG event i told him it was like meeting a celebrity. He told me - not in so many words - that that made me a bit of a loser. But I stand by it!
November 16, 2024 at 12:25 PM
When I met the Fiscal Crumpet at an IfG event i told him it was like meeting a celebrity. He told me - not in so many words - that that made me a bit of a loser. But I stand by it!
Almost tempted to click on this mad AI-generated ad to find out if the sentence ends: '...its own debonair Bond-type man to fit the tiles'
November 15, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Almost tempted to click on this mad AI-generated ad to find out if the sentence ends: '...its own debonair Bond-type man to fit the tiles'
Microsoft Teams Classic is the cockroach that won’t die. Every day, I unpin it from the taskbar. Every day, it pops back up. I even got a guy from IT to uninstall it the other day and yet…here it still is 🤪🤪🤪
November 15, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Microsoft Teams Classic is the cockroach that won’t die. Every day, I unpin it from the taskbar. Every day, it pops back up. I even got a guy from IT to uninstall it the other day and yet…here it still is 🤪🤪🤪
The moth story that’s everywhere, but make it Telegraph
November 15, 2024 at 7:36 AM
The moth story that’s everywhere, but make it Telegraph
He was actually only 36 (four years younger than I am now 😭)
November 11, 2024 at 5:55 PM
He was actually only 36 (four years younger than I am now 😭)
Here’s why we should never trust AI
November 11, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Here’s why we should never trust AI