Jon Smalldon
@jonsmalldon.bsky.social
I watch the sport, drink the drink, listen to the music, follow films, and avoid the world.
Words and photos: http://jonsmalldon.wordpress.com
"We are on the brink of a new era, if only ..." (Beiderbecke Trilogy)
Words and photos: http://jonsmalldon.wordpress.com
"We are on the brink of a new era, if only ..." (Beiderbecke Trilogy)
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Jon Smalldon
@jonsmalldon.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Way back in the day, Danny Baker described 'the internet' (this was the early-mid 90s) as, "being like going through the phone book asking each number if they like Batman".
Anyway, who here likes *waves arms* ... stuff?
Anyway, who here likes *waves arms* ... stuff?
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Question on Monday
Is it now your principle that every Ukranian refugee in Britain should leave, must leave once it is safe + that they will all be made to leave?
Is it now your principle that every Ukranian refugee in Britain should leave, must leave once it is safe + that they will all be made to leave?
November 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Question on Monday
Is it now your principle that every Ukranian refugee in Britain should leave, must leave once it is safe + that they will all be made to leave?
Is it now your principle that every Ukranian refugee in Britain should leave, must leave once it is safe + that they will all be made to leave?
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
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What comes through in a lot of the emails is how much they hate - really hate - women and girls.
It's as if they hate the fact they're so enfeebled by their attraction to those they perceive to be cheap, dispensible totty, and project that hatred onto them.
It's as if they hate the fact they're so enfeebled by their attraction to those they perceive to be cheap, dispensible totty, and project that hatred onto them.
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
What comes through in a lot of the emails is how much they hate - really hate - women and girls.
It's as if they hate the fact they're so enfeebled by their attraction to those they perceive to be cheap, dispensible totty, and project that hatred onto them.
It's as if they hate the fact they're so enfeebled by their attraction to those they perceive to be cheap, dispensible totty, and project that hatred onto them.
I am watching my second basketball game of the evening.
At some point, I will stop being surprised by how much I enjoy basketball.
At some point, I will stop being surprised by how much I enjoy basketball.
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I am watching my second basketball game of the evening.
At some point, I will stop being surprised by how much I enjoy basketball.
At some point, I will stop being surprised by how much I enjoy basketball.
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
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grievance farmers will always rotate their crops
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
grievance farmers will always rotate their crops
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This feels like peak infantilisation of the elderly.
What exactly is ‘disgraceful’ about giving the elderly/infirm practical advice about how to be physically intimate in a safe way? They aren’t children. Their innocent eyes don’t need to be protected. Plus it’s medical guidance not a jazz mag
What exactly is ‘disgraceful’ about giving the elderly/infirm practical advice about how to be physically intimate in a safe way? They aren’t children. Their innocent eyes don’t need to be protected. Plus it’s medical guidance not a jazz mag
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This feels like peak infantilisation of the elderly.
What exactly is ‘disgraceful’ about giving the elderly/infirm practical advice about how to be physically intimate in a safe way? They aren’t children. Their innocent eyes don’t need to be protected. Plus it’s medical guidance not a jazz mag
What exactly is ‘disgraceful’ about giving the elderly/infirm practical advice about how to be physically intimate in a safe way? They aren’t children. Their innocent eyes don’t need to be protected. Plus it’s medical guidance not a jazz mag
Words and photos from Hastings v Beckenham are now up jonsmalldon.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/a...
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Words and photos from Hastings v Beckenham are now up jonsmalldon.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/a...
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HEDLEY
Hedy Lamarr on the cover of the June 1, 1942 issue of Life
She was BOTD in 1914
She was BOTD in 1914
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
HEDLEY
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I reckon a shared national popular culture is just as important (if not more important) than a fact based, impartial news service for liberal democracy to work.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I reckon a shared national popular culture is just as important (if not more important) than a fact based, impartial news service for liberal democracy to work.
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The shortest day of the year in Iceland is 4 hours and 7 minutes of daylight on 21st December. That's still enough time for a whole T20 match or two innings of the West Indies batting in Tests.
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The shortest day of the year in Iceland is 4 hours and 7 minutes of daylight on 21st December. That's still enough time for a whole T20 match or two innings of the West Indies batting in Tests.
There was quite a lot of emotion
Hastings go three-up in double-quick time and then hang on to beat Beckenham 3-2
Words and photos to follow
Hastings go three-up in double-quick time and then hang on to beat Beckenham 3-2
Words and photos to follow
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
There was quite a lot of emotion
Hastings go three-up in double-quick time and then hang on to beat Beckenham 3-2
Words and photos to follow
Hastings go three-up in double-quick time and then hang on to beat Beckenham 3-2
Words and photos to follow
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
The dog isn't getting walked until this Wellington-Auckland A-League match is done ... is not a sentence I thought I would be writing
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The dog isn't getting walked until this Wellington-Auckland A-League match is done ... is not a sentence I thought I would be writing
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
I have completed the 'Survival' level of Icelandic Online.
This means, should I be stuck in Reykjavik, I could tell someone that my coffee machine is broken and that I would like more red wine.
I think the makers of Icelandic Online really get my priorities TBH.
This means, should I be stuck in Reykjavik, I could tell someone that my coffee machine is broken and that I would like more red wine.
I think the makers of Icelandic Online really get my priorities TBH.
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I have completed the 'Survival' level of Icelandic Online.
This means, should I be stuck in Reykjavik, I could tell someone that my coffee machine is broken and that I would like more red wine.
I think the makers of Icelandic Online really get my priorities TBH.
This means, should I be stuck in Reykjavik, I could tell someone that my coffee machine is broken and that I would like more red wine.
I think the makers of Icelandic Online really get my priorities TBH.
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Three days into the postseason, and good teams actively trying to get worse to save money, but somehow the Dodgers are the problem
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Three days into the postseason, and good teams actively trying to get worse to save money, but somehow the Dodgers are the problem
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Every Marcedes Lewis rep until the end of the season
November 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Every Marcedes Lewis rep until the end of the season
Stuck on Miami-SMU. There are many issues with the impersonal nature of the DAZN coverage but getting to see games like this is fun.
November 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Stuck on Miami-SMU. There are many issues with the impersonal nature of the DAZN coverage but getting to see games like this is fun.
England need to swallow their pride and ask to be involved in the Pacific Championship in Oz in 2027. We can't keep hosting three Test series. We either whip Tonga/Samoa or are embarrassed by Australia.
Time to go where the real action is.
#rugbyleague #RLAshes
Time to go where the real action is.
#rugbyleague #RLAshes
November 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
England need to swallow their pride and ask to be involved in the Pacific Championship in Oz in 2027. We can't keep hosting three Test series. We either whip Tonga/Samoa or are embarrassed by Australia.
Time to go where the real action is.
#rugbyleague #RLAshes
Time to go where the real action is.
#rugbyleague #RLAshes
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It's as if things like property are so unaffordable that it's a bit of a non-starter and you might as well have some small things to enjoy.
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It's as if things like property are so unaffordable that it's a bit of a non-starter and you might as well have some small things to enjoy.
For a terrifying twenty four hours, Icelandic Online was down
Thankfully, those dark times are behind us now
Thankfully, those dark times are behind us now
October 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
For a terrifying twenty four hours, Icelandic Online was down
Thankfully, those dark times are behind us now
Thankfully, those dark times are behind us now
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The most French news ever
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The most French news ever