Jon Coupe
@joncoupe.bsky.social
Primary school teacher, chess enthusiast (and slow improver), guitarist, singer.
My OTB game from this week against a much higher graded opponent. She refused to develop her pieces and made me look like Tal. #chesspunks
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
My OTB game from this week against a much higher graded opponent. She refused to develop her pieces and made me look like Tal. #chesspunks
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Google search's AI summary is like the loud confident idiot in the room who doesn't always know the answer to your question but HAS TO be the first one to reply to it.
July 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Google search's AI summary is like the loud confident idiot in the room who doesn't always know the answer to your question but HAS TO be the first one to reply to it.
'Stay in the game' is my mantra. I was clearly losing until my opponent played Ra5 and left me with a lovely mate in 3 puzzle. #chesspunks
June 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
'Stay in the game' is my mantra. I was clearly losing until my opponent played Ra5 and left me with a lovely mate in 3 puzzle. #chesspunks
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Professor of evilology here. Evil people often lie to obscure their true motives. 🧵
February 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Professor of evilology here. Evil people often lie to obscure their true motives. 🧵
The Phantowl of the Opera is here...
January 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The Phantowl of the Opera is here...
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How any Tory can whine about Labour's fiscal prudence after supporting this is beyond me.
In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 2, 2024 at 5:42 PM
How any Tory can whine about Labour's fiscal prudence after supporting this is beyond me.
Winifred gazes upon a field of sheep and dreams of the career she could've had if she'd passed all of her 'rounding up' exams.
August 20, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Winifred gazes upon a field of sheep and dreams of the career she could've had if she'd passed all of her 'rounding up' exams.
Make yer bloody mind up.
August 17, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Make yer bloody mind up.
White to play and survive! #chesspunks
August 11, 2024 at 9:40 PM
White to play and survive! #chesspunks
Mrs Coupe is hiking around the Canadian Rockies at the moment. I wondered why the campsites were surrounded by electric fences...
August 11, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Mrs Coupe is hiking around the Canadian Rockies at the moment. I wondered why the campsites were surrounded by electric fences...
View from the holiday shack. Looks like an illustration from an old Ladybird book about 'the countryside'.
August 10, 2024 at 5:50 PM
View from the holiday shack. Looks like an illustration from an old Ladybird book about 'the countryside'.