Pam Jarvis

@drpam.bsky.social

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#FBPE, Author, Journalist, Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow British Psychological Society, Historian, Educator. ‘On Time’ News and Fiction writing blog at:
https://ontimesorg.wordpress.com/

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 16d

What would you do if you had access to a time portal? Try to resolve your granny’s childhood trauma, or try to save the world from global warming? Or even dance along to Hendrix at Woodstock, 1969? 3 generations of the time trekking Anderson family do all this and more in the ‘On Time’ series.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 4h

A message from Yorkshire’s green hills and dales where the gentle spirit of James Herriot’s vet stories still lingers, as the new series of All Creatures Great and Small airs in the US on PBS. It’s great feel good viewing for tumultuous times. @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

All Creatures Great and Small: a Yorkshire phenomenon

The stories of Yorkshire-based vet ‘James Herriot’ are renowned. A Thirsk museum offers a fascinating insight into his life and times

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 13h

This. For many years I thought the US had kept all the best lessons from its British origins and thrown out the worst ones. But now we know, the presidential role was conceived too closely to being ‘king for four years.’ It just took an individual in the seat who pushed his luck to the max. 😣

Erin S. Festivus @erincikanek.bsky.social · 13h

The whole point of the United States was that people would not be subject to a ruler’s “psychological needs” or whims

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15h

I wrote abt sane washing of Trump's confession he wants to take Greenland bc of his psychological neediness. But the sane washing had its desired effect.

We should all be screaming that this--Trump confessed h wants to take an action that will destroy NATO entirely bc of his psychological needs.

Reposted by David R. Miller, Pam Jarvis

Erin S. Festivus @erincikanek.bsky.social · 13h

The whole point of the United States was that people would not be subject to a ruler’s “psychological needs” or whims

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15h

“Ownership is very important,” Mr. Trump said as he discussed, with a real estate mogul’s eye, the landmass of Greenland — three times the size of Texas but with a population of less than 60,000. He seemed to dismiss the value of having Greenland under the control of a close NATO ally.

When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s *what I feel is psychologically needed* for success. I think that ownership gives you a thing that you can’t do, whether you’re talking about a lease or a treaty. Ownership gives you things and elements that you can’t get from just signing a document.”

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Kercle @kercle1.bsky.social · 2d

The British govt is under no obligation to use a private company's platform.
They could walk away from twitter today & incur no legal challenge.
If it upsets Trump - tough.
We're upset that its made a mockery of the online safety bill.

Reposted by Will Jennings, Pam Jarvis

Ben Goldsborough MP @bengoldsborough.bsky.social · 2d

“Well, that’s fine then! As long as people only pay for illegal sexually explicit AI images of real people via Grok on X: all perfectly acceptable, right?” What a relief. Nothing to see here. 🙄

Apparently this is what ‘responsibility’ looks like now.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 1/2

Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes

It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3d

As someone from a British-Canadian-American family I weep for the nation I first fell in love with as a 17 year old student. I went on to study its history, which leads me to the conclusion that there is nothing whatsoever the rest of the world can do about this. It’s up to Americans now.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3d

This bloke is the absolute antithesis of her left wing, scholarly father.

Tory MP Mark Field suspended as minister after grabbing female Greenpeace activist | 5 News

YouTube video by 5 News

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3d

I wouldn’t diagnose anyone I hadn’t met, but Truss gives off signals of a big underlying daddy issue. Not just the school thing but also the relationship she had with her ‘mentor,’ years ago.

My affair with Liz Truss ruined my marriage, admits former Tory MP

Mark Field describes the former prime minister as ‘intoxicating, disconcerting and exhausting’

www.independent.co.uk

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3d

They most certainly do.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3d

However, Sunak went to Winchester, and Truss’s dad was a highly paid academic who could have afforded to send her private, but chose the local comp (in one of Leeds’ most wealthy areas) on principle. Which sent her to Oxford. Her complaints about the area and the school were spiteful spin.

I grew up where Liz Truss did, attended the same school. She’s not telling you the truth | Martin Pengelly

What does it say about the foreign secretary that she is so prepared to misrepresent her education and denigrate those who helped her, asks Guardian US news editor Martin Pengelly?

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

“God damn them all.”

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Fantasy Parliament @fantasyparliament.bsky.social · 3d

Grifters score big in headlines.

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Simona McKenzie @signoramac.bsky.social · 3d

They should shut it down but they won't. They have said Ofcom will have to act...as if 😒The least they could do is also post on BS. Streeting follows no one and Phillipson follows 16 accounts...it's tokenism. But I have read Labour posts on instagram 🤷‍♀️

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3d

I agree. The extent of our current government’s cognitive dissonance is staggering.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3d

Totally. This remains one of my most accessed articles. I can’t understand why anyone in the US voted for part 2 judgement day, or why anyone in the UK would be supporting Farage now. Haven’t we all had enough of these narcissistic grifters yet? @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

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Simona McKenzie @signoramac.bsky.social · 3d

...what is reported from Denmark/Greenland and other members. What do EU nationals think of the response to these threats?

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3d

She’s right. The UK govt makes a circular argument here. The more principled govts & public figures set the example by moving to BlueSky, the less the trolls on X will have to feed on, and the less influence they will exert on the world stage. @wesstreeting.bsky.social @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social

Former minister says government should quit X over child sexual abuse imagery – UK politics live

Louise Haigh says use of Elon Musk’s social media platform ‘unconscionable’ amid proliferation of abuse imagery

www.theguardian.com

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Simona McKenzie @signoramac.bsky.social · 3d

There is little challenge/action against it. News channels are obsessed in their coverage of US politics. We need to know what goes on but not amplify it by giving a narcissist the attention he craves and offered on a plate. I would like to know how the rest of Europe is covering US politics...

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Anne G @amgreen.bsky.social · 3d

I used to think of this line often when Johnson was Uk PM

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 3d

Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 3d

“A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government & that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her," says Chris Hayes on the deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis.

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‘They decided on a narrative’: Hayes rips DHS ‘lies’ after deadly ICE shooting

YouTube video by MS NOW

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 3d

Musk is laughing at us. There is *nothing* that’s decent or free or safe about being on X.

The only responsible ‘counter narrative’ to stem the profound damage X is doing to society and democracy is to leave it, or - better still - to shut it down.

(Private Eye)

ELON MUSK's plan to indoctrinate the planet with his unique worldview goes on - now X has inked a deal with the government of El Salvador.
Musk's firm says it will deliver "personalised
learning to over 1m students" via its Grok chatbot, which has previously referred to itself as "Mecha-Hitler" and promoted Holocaust denial and the "white genocide" conspiracy theory. What could possibly go wrong?

NUDES UPDATE
"Woman felt ' dehumanised' after Musk's Grok AI used to digitally remove her clothes"
- BBC headline, 2 January 2026
"On X, researchers at Bellingcat discovered that Grok, the AI embedded within the platform, allows users to generate photorealistic images of any woman they like in nothing but her underwear, simply by replying to an image someone has posted with a request to Grok to
'remove her clothes'." - Anti-Social Media, Eye 1649, 16-29 May 2025

ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA
READERS still planning to use X in 2026 might want to take note of the platform's updated terms of service.
Coming into force on 16 January, these have been quietly amended to ensure Elon Musk's platform of hate can use anything posted to its platform as training data for its Al systems, terminate a user's account for any reason it chooses, and to effectively monetise anything a user puts on the platform.
Specifically, the wording grants X the right
"to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, upload, download, and distribute such Content... for any purpose... these rights include, for example, curating, transforming, and translating"
Meanwhile X is also rolling out a feature allowing anyone to use its AI, Grok, to edit any image posted to the platform directly, devaluing the work of artists and adding another layer of uncertainty around what is and isn't real.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 4d

It just seems to be the zeitgeist. People are killed, people are hurt, families are torn apart, there’s a swathe of cultural and concrete destruction, history is rewritten and those actioning this seem oblivious to the damage wrought,& to what extent/how long it will take for the nation to recover.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 4d

Every time I hear about the actions of the current US administration, I think about this quote from one of the great American novels.

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things then retreated back into their money… & let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 4d

Greenland is ALREADY part of NATO. We don't need to annex it to use it for our defense purposes.

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 4d

Another opportunity to show that, even with spectacular finds, archaeology is more than treasure hunting and professional archaeologists use their expertise for the good of society

Screenshot of article linked below, describing the excavation of an Iron Age hoard. Text reads:
""We are so impressed with the team responsible for this find.

"They discovered something completely unexpected, paused for breath, then followed best excavation practice to recover these rare and fragile objects."

Following their discovery, the objects were carefully lifted within a block of soil from the site."

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 5d

"From the economy to immigration, British voters believe Brexit has made things worse in the UK and left the nation with even less control over its own destiny. The new poll also reveals that European voters would welcome the UK back with open arms if we applied to rejoin the EU."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺