Nessa Johnston
@nessjay.bsky.social
University lecturer, DJ
Dublin/Liverpool/Todmorden
Dublin/Liverpool/Todmorden
Bacup, West Yorkshire, has a barbers called Ali Barber's and a vape shop called Planet of the Vapes
August 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Bacup, West Yorkshire, has a barbers called Ali Barber's and a vape shop called Planet of the Vapes
Do I dare leave the house with no jacket today....?
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned!
April 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Do I dare leave the house with no jacket today....?
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned!
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It’s important to remember that voting tactically is not an endorsement of the party you vote for.
You should tell them what you really expect of them for lending them your vote… less of what we had before, not more!
Check your May 1st local elections tactical vote here:
StopReformUK.vote
/5
You should tell them what you really expect of them for lending them your vote… less of what we had before, not more!
Check your May 1st local elections tactical vote here:
StopReformUK.vote
/5
Stop the Tories and Reform
Your vote is your power. Use it tactically to get the Tories and Reform out, then influence your new MP and the next government.
StopReformUK.vote
April 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
It’s important to remember that voting tactically is not an endorsement of the party you vote for.
You should tell them what you really expect of them for lending them your vote… less of what we had before, not more!
Check your May 1st local elections tactical vote here:
StopReformUK.vote
/5
You should tell them what you really expect of them for lending them your vote… less of what we had before, not more!
Check your May 1st local elections tactical vote here:
StopReformUK.vote
/5
The weird obsession transphobes have with women's bathrooms as "safe spaces"... I went to an all girls Catholic high school in Dublin in the 1990s and those bathrooms were never fucking "safe" LOL
April 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The weird obsession transphobes have with women's bathrooms as "safe spaces"... I went to an all girls Catholic high school in Dublin in the 1990s and those bathrooms were never fucking "safe" LOL
Love the new Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan album. Like Vangelis and John Carpenter got married, moved to the north of England, and started a family.
warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/the-na...
warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/the-na...
The Nation's Most Central Location., by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
8 track album
warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Love the new Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan album. Like Vangelis and John Carpenter got married, moved to the north of England, and started a family.
warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/the-na...
warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/the-na...
TIL Greenland is geographically 8 times the size of the UK. But its population is just 56,000, comparable to towns like Macclesfield, Livingston, Kettering, Aldershot, or Castlereagh. Amazing.
March 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
TIL Greenland is geographically 8 times the size of the UK. But its population is just 56,000, comparable to towns like Macclesfield, Livingston, Kettering, Aldershot, or Castlereagh. Amazing.
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Very excited to be part of this in Dublin next month. Just a few tickets left!
nialler9.com/a-love-from-...
nialler9.com/a-love-from-...
A Love from Outer Space's Sean Johnston and Cian Ó Cíobháin play a B2B set in Dublin next month | Nialler9
After putting on a couple of A Love from Outer Space (ALFOS) parties in Dublin, Pint Window is presenting a new night pairing an one Irish DJ and one
nialler9.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Very excited to be part of this in Dublin next month. Just a few tickets left!
nialler9.com/a-love-from-...
nialler9.com/a-love-from-...
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Remembering The Guv
February 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Remembering The Guv
Reposted by Nessa Johnston
THREAD
Things that didn't make the news that will likely change our lives for the better
The news is not an accurate reflection of the world.
Good news doesn't get reported as much.
Here are the wonderful things researchers have achieved recently.
1/24
Things that didn't make the news that will likely change our lives for the better
The news is not an accurate reflection of the world.
Good news doesn't get reported as much.
Here are the wonderful things researchers have achieved recently.
1/24
February 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
THREAD
Things that didn't make the news that will likely change our lives for the better
The news is not an accurate reflection of the world.
Good news doesn't get reported as much.
Here are the wonderful things researchers have achieved recently.
1/24
Things that didn't make the news that will likely change our lives for the better
The news is not an accurate reflection of the world.
Good news doesn't get reported as much.
Here are the wonderful things researchers have achieved recently.
1/24
From the time 3 years ago I was in Austin Texas for a few months, I still get promo emails from Torchy's Tacos. I have no idea if/when I'll ever go back, given the insane political climate in the US. But I can't bring myself to unsubscribe because every email makes me think "mmmm tacos"
February 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
From the time 3 years ago I was in Austin Texas for a few months, I still get promo emails from Torchy's Tacos. I have no idea if/when I'll ever go back, given the insane political climate in the US. But I can't bring myself to unsubscribe because every email makes me think "mmmm tacos"
The Oxford Handbook of Blimey Someone Edited a Whole Book Just on That
January 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Oxford Handbook of Blimey Someone Edited a Whole Book Just on That
Looks like all my mates in Scotland collectively shat it when they got an alert on their phones earlier this evening.
Imagine if we harness that energy somehow
Imagine if we harness that energy somehow
January 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Looks like all my mates in Scotland collectively shat it when they got an alert on their phones earlier this evening.
Imagine if we harness that energy somehow
Imagine if we harness that energy somehow
Invigilating an exam is a bit like DJing, but much quieter and more stressful
January 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Invigilating an exam is a bit like DJing, but much quieter and more stressful
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This sounds grimly plausible theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
January 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This sounds grimly plausible theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
Oh wow, I've got a meeting at work tomorrow of the Memory Group. Nearly forgot!
January 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Oh wow, I've got a meeting at work tomorrow of the Memory Group. Nearly forgot!
The latest issue of Music, Sound and the Moving Image is on library music, and includes an article by Elodie Roy and myself.
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/msmi/18/...
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/msmi/18/...
Contents | Music, Sound, and the Moving Image 18, 2
The Introduction falls into three sections. The first presents the historical context for the collection and the themes that unite the articles, and provides summaries for each of the articles. The second section deals with the complex web of terminology ...
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The latest issue of Music, Sound and the Moving Image is on library music, and includes an article by Elodie Roy and myself.
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/msmi/18/...
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/msmi/18/...
Still don't understand BlueSky, what do you people want from me? I've got some lecturing and some DJing coming up, it's all very exciting, trust me.
January 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Still don't understand BlueSky, what do you people want from me? I've got some lecturing and some DJing coming up, it's all very exciting, trust me.
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A man keels over in a chaotic emergency room, an 88-year-old woman waits for 24 hours in the back of an ambulance, a depressed and frustrated paramedic can’t face his job anymore
This is the reality of the state of the NHS right now and it’s terrifying 👇
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
This is the reality of the state of the NHS right now and it’s terrifying 👇
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
'It is beyond broken' - inside our terrifying NHS crisis
Special report: Patients waiting in ambulances for 24 hours, exhausted and desperate staff feeling helpless and a health service now on life support
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
A man keels over in a chaotic emergency room, an 88-year-old woman waits for 24 hours in the back of an ambulance, a depressed and frustrated paramedic can’t face his job anymore
This is the reality of the state of the NHS right now and it’s terrifying 👇
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
This is the reality of the state of the NHS right now and it’s terrifying 👇
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Why supporters of the president of South Korea wave American flags and flags saying "stop the steal." The 2020s is the decade in which the internet made politics really weird
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Why supporters of South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol are flying US flags
The prominence of the US flag at conservative rallies reflects a complex intersection of religion, politics and identity that defines South Korea’s far-right movement
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Why supporters of the president of South Korea wave American flags and flags saying "stop the steal." The 2020s is the decade in which the internet made politics really weird
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Everyone's girlfriend is called Lisa, Kate, or Sarah
January 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Everyone's girlfriend is called Lisa, Kate, or Sarah
There's a film on Netflix called Carry-On and every time it pops up I think "Carry On What?"
December 30, 2024 at 9:45 PM
There's a film on Netflix called Carry-On and every time it pops up I think "Carry On What?"
Yesterday I was on a walk through some farmland and was hit with this intense cabbage-like stink. Turned out it was coming from a field of Brussels sprouts. That stink! And enjoy sprouts with Christmas dinner, but I'll never think of them the same way again #sprouts
December 22, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Yesterday I was on a walk through some farmland and was hit with this intense cabbage-like stink. Turned out it was coming from a field of Brussels sprouts. That stink! And enjoy sprouts with Christmas dinner, but I'll never think of them the same way again #sprouts
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For those outside higher ed, it's difficult to explain the full range of attacks it faces. The most obvious, of course, come from far right culture warriors, braying about "grooming" and "indoctrination". But it's impossible to overstate the internal rot -- the increasing slide of uni admins into 🧵
December 19, 2024 at 5:25 PM
For those outside higher ed, it's difficult to explain the full range of attacks it faces. The most obvious, of course, come from far right culture warriors, braying about "grooming" and "indoctrination". But it's impossible to overstate the internal rot -- the increasing slide of uni admins into 🧵
What's your least favourite train station and why is it Manchester Oxford Road?
December 14, 2024 at 1:44 PM
What's your least favourite train station and why is it Manchester Oxford Road?