Kathleen Jones
@kathleengjones.bsky.social
I'm an author and poet from the English Lake District. Left wing, passionate environmentalist, hater of bullshit www.kathleenjones.co.uk
A bowl of light for a dark winter's night.
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A bowl of light for a dark winter's night.
I'm having a rant over on Substack (my substack is free) about the new way of AI scams involving book clubs. #writing
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The Great Book Club heist
The darker side of AI
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November 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I'm having a rant over on Substack (my substack is free) about the new way of AI scams involving book clubs. #writing
kathleenjones104015.substack.com/p/the-great-...
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Zohran Mamdani will be the first Muslim and South Asian to lead America’s largest city, after winning NYC’s mayoral race aje.io/vrh1g8
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Zohran Mamdani will be the first Muslim and South Asian to lead America’s largest city, after winning NYC’s mayoral race aje.io/vrh1g8
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Western media is in desperate need of an overhaul. It should have no political affiliation whatsoever and remain neutral as a founding principle.
But then we're not in charge. Who holds the mic gets the say. And rn fascists are holding the mic.
But then we're not in charge. Who holds the mic gets the say. And rn fascists are holding the mic.
In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Western media is in desperate need of an overhaul. It should have no political affiliation whatsoever and remain neutral as a founding principle.
But then we're not in charge. Who holds the mic gets the say. And rn fascists are holding the mic.
But then we're not in charge. Who holds the mic gets the say. And rn fascists are holding the mic.
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Can citizens and journalists unite to hold back authoritarianism and protect democracy?
On 4th November at 7pm, join our live online event with:
- George Monbiot
- Nafeez Ahmed
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
- Nick Lowles
Book now: bit.ly/BylinesHope
On 4th November at 7pm, join our live online event with:
- George Monbiot
- Nafeez Ahmed
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
- Nick Lowles
Book now: bit.ly/BylinesHope
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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“A curtain of darkness is settling over our nation. And it’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots,” Peter Wehner argues:
Trump’s Plan Is Now Out in the Open
It’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“A curtain of darkness is settling over our nation. And it’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots,” Peter Wehner argues:
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This Bylines Network crowdfunder is just 6 supporters away from 1,000 supporters!
Please do consider cipping in something small and then feeling great about yourself for the rest of the day. 🙃
Please do consider cipping in something small and then feeling great about yourself for the rest of the day. 🙃
Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...
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October 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This Bylines Network crowdfunder is just 6 supporters away from 1,000 supporters!
Please do consider cipping in something small and then feeling great about yourself for the rest of the day. 🙃
Please do consider cipping in something small and then feeling great about yourself for the rest of the day. 🙃
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You may not realise that during the coalition government, an attempt was made to codify the British Constitution.
www.parliament.uk/globalassets...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
You may not realise that during the coalition government, an attempt was made to codify the British Constitution.
www.parliament.uk/globalassets...
www.parliament.uk/globalassets...
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This is so exciting - and follows the example of many other countries that already have recognition of nature rights in their constitutions. It’s time to give Nature a voice in law! @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
UK campaigners launch bill to give nature legal rights
Private member’s bill backed by Chris Packham and Natalie Bennett would impose a duty of care on government and business
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October 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This is so exciting - and follows the example of many other countries that already have recognition of nature rights in their constitutions. It’s time to give Nature a voice in law! @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
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“police intelligence concluded the biggest risk of violence came from extremist fans of the Israeli club.”
“West Midlands police were told supporters randomly attacked Muslims in Amsterdam last year”
“West Midlands police were told supporters randomly attacked Muslims in Amsterdam last year”
Intelligence on ‘extreme’ Maccabi fans with history of violence led to Villa Park ban
Exclusive: West Midlands police were told supporters randomly attacked Muslims in Amsterdam last year
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
“police intelligence concluded the biggest risk of violence came from extremist fans of the Israeli club.”
“West Midlands police were told supporters randomly attacked Muslims in Amsterdam last year”
“West Midlands police were told supporters randomly attacked Muslims in Amsterdam last year”
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Ella Baron on the fragile ceasefire in Gaza – cartoon
Ella Baron on the fragile ceasefire in Gaza – cartoon
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he is committed to disarming Hamas and demilitarising the Gaza Strip
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October 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Ella Baron on the fragile ceasefire in Gaza – cartoon
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So: young men 25-30 yrs of age are “boys”, who lack agency, but 16-17 yo girls are young women with agency to consent as an adult…..
October 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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We are told the ‘war’ against Gaza is finally ‘over’. Is it? | Arwa Mahdawi
We are told the ‘war’ against Gaza is finally ‘over’. Is it? | Arwa Mahdawi
I am not celebrating the end of the ‘war’ because this was not a war – and it’s not over, either
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October 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We are told the ‘war’ against Gaza is finally ‘over’. Is it? | Arwa Mahdawi
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Human rights official urges UK to review laws after Palestine Action placard arrests
Human rights official urges UK to review laws after Palestine Action placard arrests
Counter-terror laws must not place unnecessary limits on ‘fundamental rights’, Michael O’Flaherty tells Shabana Mahmood
Europe’s most senior human rights official has called on Shabana Mahmood to review UK protest laws after mass arrests over the ban on Palestine Action.
Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe commissioner for human rights, said that the current legal framework allows UK authorities to “impose excessive limits on freedom of assembly and expression, and risk overpolicing” in a letter sent to the home secretary. Continue reading...
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October 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Human rights official urges UK to review laws after Palestine Action placard arrests
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Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…
The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic
Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…
The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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Ben Jennings on Trump the peacemaker – cartoon
Ben Jennings on Trump the peacemaker – cartoon
The US president receives a standing ovation in the Knesset as 20 hostages come home and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are released
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October 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ben Jennings on Trump the peacemaker – cartoon
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Have you shopped our monthly discount yet? This month, use code BHMBOOKS10 for 10% off books in our Black History Month collection at the checkout on our website:⬇️
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One of the outstanding literary publishers of our time, Carcanet Press has a special emphasis on poetry from around the world.
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October 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Have you shopped our monthly discount yet? This month, use code BHMBOOKS10 for 10% off books in our Black History Month collection at the checkout on our website:⬇️
www.carcanet.co.uk/
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'If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.'
Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes
Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.
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October 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
'If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.'
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So here’s my question… What two or three existing books would give people the atmosphere of YOUR work in progress?
It was very pleasing, 🥰at my writers’ group today, to be told that my WIP is something like The Celestine Prophecy and something like The Da Vinci Code. #amwriting
October 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
So here’s my question… What two or three existing books would give people the atmosphere of YOUR work in progress?
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Let’s make different political choices.
For decades now British people have been told to simply swallow austerity. They’ve been told that the NHS needs cuts, that libraries need closing and that child poverty can’t be tackled.
Greens say: Bullshit!
Join the Green Party today.
For decades now British people have been told to simply swallow austerity. They’ve been told that the NHS needs cuts, that libraries need closing and that child poverty can’t be tackled.
Greens say: Bullshit!
Join the Green Party today.
October 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Let’s make different political choices.
For decades now British people have been told to simply swallow austerity. They’ve been told that the NHS needs cuts, that libraries need closing and that child poverty can’t be tackled.
Greens say: Bullshit!
Join the Green Party today.
For decades now British people have been told to simply swallow austerity. They’ve been told that the NHS needs cuts, that libraries need closing and that child poverty can’t be tackled.
Greens say: Bullshit!
Join the Green Party today.
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I'm framing up three new small square paintings today- all of which will be included in this early bird deal!!
Hey all you early bird shoppers- for the rest of October ONLY - buy any print OR original painting in my online shop or Gallery and I'll throw in a FREE 6 pack of cards. (You can specify which pack you want in the NOTES section at the check out). Happy shopping!
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October 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I'm framing up three new small square paintings today- all of which will be included in this early bird deal!!
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In other news, Robbie Gibb, former spin doctor for a Tory PM, former editorial adviser to GB News, & leader of the consortium that bought the Jewish Chronicle in 2020, is still responsible for "upholding the editorial independence of the BBC".
October 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
In other news, Robbie Gibb, former spin doctor for a Tory PM, former editorial adviser to GB News, & leader of the consortium that bought the Jewish Chronicle in 2020, is still responsible for "upholding the editorial independence of the BBC".