James King
@lapsed-heathen.bsky.social
Jazz Liberal. Moves carefully & fixes things.
Mature student of Law & Business @ Open University
Mature student of Law & Business @ Open University
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One of my schoolmates runs a gift shop in Worcester. These are currently her best sellers in the run up to Christmas.
December 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
One of my schoolmates runs a gift shop in Worcester. These are currently her best sellers in the run up to Christmas.
Government announces exciting plan to put spyware in every device that can't be removed
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Government announces exciting plan to put spyware in every device that can't be removed
All of us agree that the one thing the government could do to solve the cost of living crisis and make life bearable for everyone is to put surveillance software in our devices and spy on everything w...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Government announces exciting plan to put spyware in every device that can't be removed
open.substack.com/pub/normalis...
open.substack.com/pub/normalis...
A faster-than-light spaceship would actually look a lot like Star Trek’s Enterprise
December 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A faster-than-light spaceship would actually look a lot like Star Trek’s Enterprise
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Don't know anything about this metier, these times, this woman, but by the end of the piece I was just as delighted as if I'd read about Eve Babitz or someone. A kind of life you couldn't even have been on the edge of, but bigger than life-sized. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The magical life of Toni Basil: how she taught Elvis, enchanted Bowie - and had a smash hit with ‘Mickey’
The woman Quentin Tarantino called ‘the goddess of go-go’ is one of the most connected and accomplished in Hollywood. At 82, she recalls working with Tina Turner, Bette Midler, Frank Sinatra, David By...
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Don't know anything about this metier, these times, this woman, but by the end of the piece I was just as delighted as if I'd read about Eve Babitz or someone. A kind of life you couldn't even have been on the edge of, but bigger than life-sized. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Your taste is in your arse, go fuck yourself. “Oh but I love my mum’s gravy and it’s like this” your mum makes shite gravy you only like it because of, excuse the pun, Stock Home Syndrome
December 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Your taste is in your arse, go fuck yourself. “Oh but I love my mum’s gravy and it’s like this” your mum makes shite gravy you only like it because of, excuse the pun, Stock Home Syndrome
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Here’s a comprehensive list of appropriate responses upon hearing that a man murdered worshippers at a synagogue:
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
October 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Here’s a comprehensive list of appropriate responses upon hearing that a man murdered worshippers at a synagogue:
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
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I don't send emails out of the blue to people offering author services and my email doesn't have the word author in it. If you receive such an email it is not from me.
December 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I don't send emails out of the blue to people offering author services and my email doesn't have the word author in it. If you receive such an email it is not from me.
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NEWS! Reform UK announce 'One In, One Out' policy for Tory defectors newsthump.com/2025/12/12/r...
Reform UK announce ‘One In, One Out’ policy for Tory defectors
Reform UK have announced that they will be implementing a ‘one in, one out’ policy for Tory MPs wishing to join the party.
newsthump.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
NEWS! Reform UK announce 'One In, One Out' policy for Tory defectors newsthump.com/2025/12/12/r...
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Well, I got an official-looking letter today and was about to bin it as usual, but then took a look at it. It was from those running that class action against Anthropic PBC. Seems three of my books were on the list. Frankly, if someone wants to throw some money at me it would be rude to object. 😂
December 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Well, I got an official-looking letter today and was about to bin it as usual, but then took a look at it. It was from those running that class action against Anthropic PBC. Seems three of my books were on the list. Frankly, if someone wants to throw some money at me it would be rude to object. 😂
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Thinking about all the people who set impossibly high standards for themselves and punish themselves when they fall short because they were traumatized by their abusive parents, and how I got that way despite having supportive and reasonable parents because I’m not a fucking amateur.
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Thinking about all the people who set impossibly high standards for themselves and punish themselves when they fall short because they were traumatized by their abusive parents, and how I got that way despite having supportive and reasonable parents because I’m not a fucking amateur.
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Someone mentioned to me that the song Feliz Navidad sounds like a Scouser singing “Police nabbed me dad” and now that’s all I can hear
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Someone mentioned to me that the song Feliz Navidad sounds like a Scouser singing “Police nabbed me dad” and now that’s all I can hear
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🚨NEW POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🚨NEW POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
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NEW BLOGPOST
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
Today, the government has confirmed that it intends to remove the right to trial by jury in the vast majority of cases in the Crown Courts. Serious criminal allegations, carrying up to three years …
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December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NEW BLOGPOST
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
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I'd hate to be a boat owner after this passes.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I'd hate to be a boat owner after this passes.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).
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“Also for legal reasons, we’re not able to tell you what that line is.”
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“Also for legal reasons, we’re not able to tell you what that line is.”
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
Private mission to save NASA space telescope will launch in 2026 on a rocket dropped from a plane www.space.com/space-explor...
Private mission to save NASA space telescope will launch in 2026 on a rocket dropped from a plane
"It's the only launch vehicle that can meet the orbit, the schedule and the cost to achieve something unprecedented with emerging technology."
www.space.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Private mission to save NASA space telescope will launch in 2026 on a rocket dropped from a plane www.space.com/space-explor...
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My business model these days is "everybody says the modern Internet sucks, so I'm just going to be totally unlike it."
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
My business model these days is "everybody says the modern Internet sucks, so I'm just going to be totally unlike it."