Chris Jones
@chrisjones1.bsky.social
London UK
Politics, finance, LFC, Red Sox, snark
Lately ChrisJones_1 on the Bad Place
Politics, finance, LFC, Red Sox, snark
Lately ChrisJones_1 on the Bad Place
It's a minor point, but I don't think you can say the war in Afghanistan had a "front line". It was an insurgency war, with contested districts and areas where fighting was more or less intense. More Vietnam than Korea.
January 23, 2026 at 2:20 PM
It's a minor point, but I don't think you can say the war in Afghanistan had a "front line". It was an insurgency war, with contested districts and areas where fighting was more or less intense. More Vietnam than Korea.
It's a cooperation between countries that we will call the North+Arctic Tactical Organisation, or NATO for short
Trump: "Based upon a very productive meeting I had with Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one... Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs"
January 21, 2026 at 7:37 PM
It's a cooperation between countries that we will call the North+Arctic Tactical Organisation, or NATO for short
The most interesting part of today for me was not Trump's speech, but the flat denial by Karoline Leavitt that he'd mixed up Greenland and Iceland. She might have said "which of us here has never misspoken?" But no, Trump must always be regarded as infallible. The thinness of skin is remarkable.
January 21, 2026 at 7:26 PM
The most interesting part of today for me was not Trump's speech, but the flat denial by Karoline Leavitt that he'd mixed up Greenland and Iceland. She might have said "which of us here has never misspoken?" But no, Trump must always be regarded as infallible. The thinness of skin is remarkable.
We go live to Iceland's defence minister...
January 21, 2026 at 3:38 PM
We go live to Iceland's defence minister...
Just checked, luckily Friends Reunited and MySpace are fine
Yahoo and AOL are down
Yahoo and AOL are down
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Just checked, luckily Friends Reunited and MySpace are fine
I miss those times when world leaders went to Davos and gave a speech with platitudes about economic development and cooperation between nations, and you could safely take 45 minutes off to hit the buffet
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I miss those times when world leaders went to Davos and gave a speech with platitudes about economic development and cooperation between nations, and you could safely take 45 minutes off to hit the buffet
I've instituted the Board of Peas, which you can join for the low, low price of £8.50. I will be permanent Chair. So far, Keith from No. 17 has said he's interested. More to follow!
January 21, 2026 at 8:40 AM
I've instituted the Board of Peas, which you can join for the low, low price of £8.50. I will be permanent Chair. So far, Keith from No. 17 has said he's interested. More to follow!
I'm writing an action plan for my wife in the event of my untimely demise. Slightly unsettling experience.
January 20, 2026 at 10:36 AM
I'm writing an action plan for my wife in the event of my untimely demise. Slightly unsettling experience.
Pretty sure I have one of these in the back of my fridge
January 20, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Pretty sure I have one of these in the back of my fridge
Quite struck by the view of the Northern Lights from my study here in North London
January 19, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Quite struck by the view of the Northern Lights from my study here in North London
Europe says Trump should focus on Ukraine, not Greenland
TRUMP SAYS EUROPE SHOULD FOCUS ON UKRAINE, NOT GREENLAND - NBC
January 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Europe says Trump should focus on Ukraine, not Greenland
This explains why there's only one of these left
January 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
This explains why there's only one of these left
When Europe's territory is being threatened by two nuclear powers, I'm genuinely curious whether the Greens' policy on unilateral disarmament may be electorally disadvantageous?
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
January 19, 2026 at 11:07 AM
When Europe's territory is being threatened by two nuclear powers, I'm genuinely curious whether the Greens' policy on unilateral disarmament may be electorally disadvantageous?
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere
And build them a home
A little place of their own
The Fletcher Memorial Home For Incurable Tyrants and Kings
They could appear to themselves every day
On closed circuit TV
To make sure they're still real
It's the only connection they feel
And build them a home
A little place of their own
The Fletcher Memorial Home For Incurable Tyrants and Kings
They could appear to themselves every day
On closed circuit TV
To make sure they're still real
It's the only connection they feel
January 19, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere
And build them a home
A little place of their own
The Fletcher Memorial Home For Incurable Tyrants and Kings
They could appear to themselves every day
On closed circuit TV
To make sure they're still real
It's the only connection they feel
And build them a home
A little place of their own
The Fletcher Memorial Home For Incurable Tyrants and Kings
They could appear to themselves every day
On closed circuit TV
To make sure they're still real
It's the only connection they feel
Since you didn't give me the Fireman of the Year prize, you leave me no choice - I'm going to have to burn down this building
January 19, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Since you didn't give me the Fireman of the Year prize, you leave me no choice - I'm going to have to burn down this building
"She made me do it"
January 19, 2026 at 8:02 AM
"She made me do it"
Sadio Mane is a man of exceptional character
It was clearly the decision of the Senegal coach to ask the players to leave the pitch, then to go to the dressing room. But there are a few Senegal players in and around the pitch. Mane has run towards the dressing room, perhaps to ask the others to return to the pitch.
January 18, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Sadio Mane is a man of exceptional character
Feels like a sea-change tonight about Europe's approach to the US: moving from head-shaking and shrugs to real anger
January 17, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Feels like a sea-change tonight about Europe's approach to the US: moving from head-shaking and shrugs to real anger
Kinda bored with tariffs now
January 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Kinda bored with tariffs now
It's like Cocaine Bear with fewer maulings
January 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
It's like Cocaine Bear with fewer maulings
I like that the first four words in this photographer's post are to credit the photographer
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I like that the first four words in this photographer's post are to credit the photographer
Today I Learned that Americans spell "mollusc" with a K
January 17, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Today I Learned that Americans spell "mollusc" with a K