Jules
@julso.bsky.social
Video Contributor for West England Bylines. Host of the Bylines Network Podcast. He/Him/His.
“The regular early morning yell of horror was the sound of Arthur Dent waking up and suddenly remembering where he was”
“The regular early morning yell of horror was the sound of Arthur Dent waking up and suddenly remembering where he was”
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NEW: The biggest union in the BBC, Bectu, has written to culture secretary Lisa Nandy and BBC chair Samir Shah, demanding the removal of Robbie Gibb from the BBC Board.
They say Gibb, a political appointee, is a “direct block to the BBC maintaining its chartered objective of independence”.
They say Gibb, a political appointee, is a “direct block to the BBC maintaining its chartered objective of independence”.
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
NEW: The biggest union in the BBC, Bectu, has written to culture secretary Lisa Nandy and BBC chair Samir Shah, demanding the removal of Robbie Gibb from the BBC Board.
They say Gibb, a political appointee, is a “direct block to the BBC maintaining its chartered objective of independence”.
They say Gibb, a political appointee, is a “direct block to the BBC maintaining its chartered objective of independence”.
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Ken Clarke, "I'm a great fan of the BBC. It's a great national institution. Probably the best source of news in the world"
"I'm a total opponent of Donald Trump who I think is a danger to the world in many different ways"
"I'm a total opponent of Donald Trump who I think is a danger to the world in many different ways"
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Ken Clarke, "I'm a great fan of the BBC. It's a great national institution. Probably the best source of news in the world"
"I'm a total opponent of Donald Trump who I think is a danger to the world in many different ways"
"I'm a total opponent of Donald Trump who I think is a danger to the world in many different ways"
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a) go right ahead and keep Epstein Epstein Epstein in the news, I’m sure that’ll be great for you
b) oh no what would we ever do without Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, JP Morgan, etc - the only problem with investigating them is that your team is full of incompetent clowns who will do a piss-poor job
b) oh no what would we ever do without Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, JP Morgan, etc - the only problem with investigating them is that your team is full of incompetent clowns who will do a piss-poor job
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
a) go right ahead and keep Epstein Epstein Epstein in the news, I’m sure that’ll be great for you
b) oh no what would we ever do without Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, JP Morgan, etc - the only problem with investigating them is that your team is full of incompetent clowns who will do a piss-poor job
b) oh no what would we ever do without Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, JP Morgan, etc - the only problem with investigating them is that your team is full of incompetent clowns who will do a piss-poor job
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"Centrists" have commitment issues
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"Centrists" have commitment issues
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PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
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So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig
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Website banned by Reform UK named news organisation of the year
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/we...
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/we...
Nottinghamshire Live named regional news organisation of the year - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage
All the winners from last night's Media Freedom Awards
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Website banned by Reform UK named news organisation of the year
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/we...
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/we...
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Fuck you Bob.
As as for the person reading this, pick up a pencil and draw, or write, or paint, even if you haven't ever before, you can now say you've made something better then a thing published by Disney.
Also, unsubscribe from Disney+
As as for the person reading this, pick up a pencil and draw, or write, or paint, even if you haven't ever before, you can now say you've made something better then a thing published by Disney.
Also, unsubscribe from Disney+
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Fuck you Bob.
As as for the person reading this, pick up a pencil and draw, or write, or paint, even if you haven't ever before, you can now say you've made something better then a thing published by Disney.
Also, unsubscribe from Disney+
As as for the person reading this, pick up a pencil and draw, or write, or paint, even if you haven't ever before, you can now say you've made something better then a thing published by Disney.
Also, unsubscribe from Disney+
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German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
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If you have MAGA people in your socials maintaining that the Epstein files will never be fully released because Dems want to protect Bill Clinton, here's what I keep on hand to reply with:
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If you have MAGA people in your socials maintaining that the Epstein files will never be fully released because Dems want to protect Bill Clinton, here's what I keep on hand to reply with:
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Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
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Mako voiced Iroh in Avatar The Last Airbender and Aku in Samurai Jack. He passed away in 2006 and Greg Bladwin took over those roles for ATLA's 3rd & final season, The Legend of Korra, and Samurai Jack's revival.
Fuck digital necromancy. Fuck AI replacing real talent. Fuck anyone who argues for it.
Fuck digital necromancy. Fuck AI replacing real talent. Fuck anyone who argues for it.
Saw someone arguing about the AI voices situation and their point in defense of using AI was “there’s a new Max Payne remake coming out, the main voice actor died, how else are they supposed to give him a voice?”
It is absurd to me that this is even considered a “good point” from either side.
It is absurd to me that this is even considered a “good point” from either side.
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Mako voiced Iroh in Avatar The Last Airbender and Aku in Samurai Jack. He passed away in 2006 and Greg Bladwin took over those roles for ATLA's 3rd & final season, The Legend of Korra, and Samurai Jack's revival.
Fuck digital necromancy. Fuck AI replacing real talent. Fuck anyone who argues for it.
Fuck digital necromancy. Fuck AI replacing real talent. Fuck anyone who argues for it.
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I wonder if Rockstar leadership envisaged this kind of response when they decided to fire 30+ workers in a union?
Video game giant Rockstar has sacked more than 30 workers across the UK, including my constituents working at their Edinburgh office. I urged Ministers to support workers who have lost their jobs, and stop this from happening again.
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I wonder if Rockstar leadership envisaged this kind of response when they decided to fire 30+ workers in a union?
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Every CEO could be replaced by a drinking bird toy and none of us would ever know the difference
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Every CEO could be replaced by a drinking bird toy and none of us would ever know the difference
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Forcing the director of the BBC to resign in part because of a "pro-trans bias" is like a mutiny against Captain Hook because he's "not camp enough".
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Forcing the director of the BBC to resign in part because of a "pro-trans bias" is like a mutiny against Captain Hook because he's "not camp enough".
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I just realised I had not pinned our new video - an essay about the very concept of Irishness and historical identity.
I just realised I had not pinned our new video - an essay about the very concept of Irishness and historical identity.
Are Americans Irish?
YouTube video by The Leftist Cooks
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September 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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I just realised I had not pinned our new video - an essay about the very concept of Irishness and historical identity.
I just realised I had not pinned our new video - an essay about the very concept of Irishness and historical identity.
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Ghana's Asante king welcomes return of artefacts from the UK and South Africa
Ghana's Asante king welcomes return of artefacts from the UK and South Africa
They include items looted by British colonial soldiers and others from the AngloGold Ashanti mining firm.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Ghana's Asante king welcomes return of artefacts from the UK and South Africa
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White South Africans hit back at Trump claims they are being ‘killed and slaughtered’
White South Africans hit back at Trump claims they are being ‘killed and slaughtered’
White South Africans hit back at Trump claims they are being ‘killed and slaughtered’
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
White South Africans hit back at Trump claims they are being ‘killed and slaughtered’
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People will be seeing this in docs on fascism in another hundred years. Mussolini in a suit.
You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
People will be seeing this in docs on fascism in another hundred years. Mussolini in a suit.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.