James Austin
@jamesdaustin.bsky.social
This again. Outdoors. Politics. Sport. Not always in that order. Labour. Trade Unionist. Trying to do community things. Views entirely my own
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you have duties to people and kids, even strangers. whether eager to fulfill it or imposed, we call it: Living In A Society
February 1, 2026 at 3:12 PM
you have duties to people and kids, even strangers. whether eager to fulfill it or imposed, we call it: Living In A Society
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Honestly, it feels like WASPI campaigners are *this* close to arguing that it was immoral for us to allow women to enter the workforce in the first place.
February 1, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Honestly, it feels like WASPI campaigners are *this* close to arguing that it was immoral for us to allow women to enter the workforce in the first place.
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One key point from Richard - that ongoing support for Ukraine is essential.
February 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM
One key point from Richard - that ongoing support for Ukraine is essential.
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Read start to end every time it’s posted. Can’t help but play the game each event I enter
February 1, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Read start to end every time it’s posted. Can’t help but play the game each event I enter
Fair to say consistency hasn't veen a strength recently...
February 1, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Fair to say consistency hasn't veen a strength recently...
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This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act
January 29, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act
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the Trump administration is a collection of the worst people on earth but it would be meaningfully less awful if Stephen Miller, personally, was not a part of it
that he succeeded at making himself Trump’s closest advisor has done extraordinary damage to this country
that he succeeded at making himself Trump’s closest advisor has done extraordinary damage to this country
Millerism means Minneapolis times 100 for a decade. It would tend the United States apart. It is something close to Milosevic’s line.
January 31, 2026 at 8:58 PM
the Trump administration is a collection of the worst people on earth but it would be meaningfully less awful if Stephen Miller, personally, was not a part of it
that he succeeded at making himself Trump’s closest advisor has done extraordinary damage to this country
that he succeeded at making himself Trump’s closest advisor has done extraordinary damage to this country
This is why you have to have a absolute shoot on sight, do not pass go approach to antisemitism in left movements.
The socialism of fools is always lurking. Our core analysis of society is far to close to it to ever be complacent
The socialism of fools is always lurking. Our core analysis of society is far to close to it to ever be complacent
January 31, 2026 at 11:43 PM
This is why you have to have a absolute shoot on sight, do not pass go approach to antisemitism in left movements.
The socialism of fools is always lurking. Our core analysis of society is far to close to it to ever be complacent
The socialism of fools is always lurking. Our core analysis of society is far to close to it to ever be complacent
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Nonsense, I’m sure this is completely fine and will not at all act as a gateway drug to other conspiracies and I’m sorry, I couldn’t finish this skeet over the rushing noise of upcoming Jew-blaming
I really, REALLY do not like the flourishing "wow, it turns out conspiracy theories are correct!"
January 31, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Nonsense, I’m sure this is completely fine and will not at all act as a gateway drug to other conspiracies and I’m sorry, I couldn’t finish this skeet over the rushing noise of upcoming Jew-blaming
Whichever skater chooses a medley of No Children, Dance Music and Up The Wolves for their Olympic routine will automatically win.
skaters will not have this problem should they choose to skate with the universally beloved music of the Mountain Goats
I’m getting word that there are skaters having to fight music rights battles right now just days before the Olympics. We know Lauriault/le Gac has already made the decision to change their RD. Don’t be surprised if we get some other program changes in Milan
January 31, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Whichever skater chooses a medley of No Children, Dance Music and Up The Wolves for their Olympic routine will automatically win.
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Delighted that Angeliki Stogia is Labour’s candidate for Gorton & Denton by-election.
She’s a strong Mancunian woman with Labour values & a record of delivery.
All our doorstep work is clear, only Labour can win against Reform. Don’t risk voting for others.
We chose unity & hope over division.
She’s a strong Mancunian woman with Labour values & a record of delivery.
All our doorstep work is clear, only Labour can win against Reform. Don’t risk voting for others.
We chose unity & hope over division.
January 31, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Delighted that Angeliki Stogia is Labour’s candidate for Gorton & Denton by-election.
She’s a strong Mancunian woman with Labour values & a record of delivery.
All our doorstep work is clear, only Labour can win against Reform. Don’t risk voting for others.
We chose unity & hope over division.
She’s a strong Mancunian woman with Labour values & a record of delivery.
All our doorstep work is clear, only Labour can win against Reform. Don’t risk voting for others.
We chose unity & hope over division.
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No water, no heating, no power, -15 degree weather outside.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
January 31, 2026 at 3:53 PM
No water, no heating, no power, -15 degree weather outside.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
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We do, regretfully, have to give her this.
January 31, 2026 at 3:57 PM
We do, regretfully, have to give her this.
Ah, running trails, seeing the local wildlife by the river
January 31, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Ah, running trails, seeing the local wildlife by the river
Genuunely delighted by this: got to know Angeliki well when I was in Manchester and she's both a lovely woman and fantastic councillor. Really good on green stuff and active travel particularly
She'd make a excellent MP - Labour are putting forward a good one here.
She'd make a excellent MP - Labour are putting forward a good one here.
BREAKING: Angeliki Stogia announced as Labour candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election
January 31, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Genuunely delighted by this: got to know Angeliki well when I was in Manchester and she's both a lovely woman and fantastic councillor. Really good on green stuff and active travel particularly
She'd make a excellent MP - Labour are putting forward a good one here.
She'd make a excellent MP - Labour are putting forward a good one here.
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BREAKING: Angeliki Stogia announced as Labour candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election
January 31, 2026 at 12:49 PM
BREAKING: Angeliki Stogia announced as Labour candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election
One of those websites which shows why you simply shouldn't trust these 'who should I vote for' places and test for biases.
It claims to be based off polling and historical info, all of which cited should Labour best placed and...
...tells people to vote Green. Right.
It claims to be based off polling and historical info, all of which cited should Labour best placed and...
...tells people to vote Green. Right.
January 31, 2026 at 9:51 AM
One of those websites which shows why you simply shouldn't trust these 'who should I vote for' places and test for biases.
It claims to be based off polling and historical info, all of which cited should Labour best placed and...
...tells people to vote Green. Right.
It claims to be based off polling and historical info, all of which cited should Labour best placed and...
...tells people to vote Green. Right.
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It’s time to deprecate Palantir’s contract with the NHS. Maximum disconnect.
Confirming our story:
👉 bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/d...
"Agents are tapping into a database, built by the data analytics company Palantir, that combines government and commercial data to identify real-time locations for individuals they are pursuing"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
👉 bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/d...
"Agents are tapping into a database, built by the data analytics company Palantir, that combines government and commercial data to identify real-time locations for individuals they are pursuing"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 PM
It’s time to deprecate Palantir’s contract with the NHS. Maximum disconnect.
I'll be honest - I've had more fun than trying to trick my work HR system to give me my payslip so I can complete my tax.
Cheapness has clearly been substituted for quality
Cheapness has clearly been substituted for quality
January 31, 2026 at 9:46 AM
I'll be honest - I've had more fun than trying to trick my work HR system to give me my payslip so I can complete my tax.
Cheapness has clearly been substituted for quality
Cheapness has clearly been substituted for quality
Good piece by @jonnelledge.bsky.social but 3/4 of the way down he gets to the real scandal: the lack of recognition of Yorkshire as a nation
We have 3 demands:
1) abolition of the 1974 local govt act
2) restore the ridings and wapentakes
3) Lancashire and Cumbria formally recognsied as tributaries
We have 3 demands:
1) abolition of the 1974 local govt act
2) restore the ridings and wapentakes
3) Lancashire and Cumbria formally recognsied as tributaries
Could Cornwall really become the fifth nation of the UK?
Or: what is a nation, anyway?
jonn.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Good piece by @jonnelledge.bsky.social but 3/4 of the way down he gets to the real scandal: the lack of recognition of Yorkshire as a nation
We have 3 demands:
1) abolition of the 1974 local govt act
2) restore the ridings and wapentakes
3) Lancashire and Cumbria formally recognsied as tributaries
We have 3 demands:
1) abolition of the 1974 local govt act
2) restore the ridings and wapentakes
3) Lancashire and Cumbria formally recognsied as tributaries
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Racist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known by his fake name 'Tommy Robinson' is backing the Reform candiate in the Gorton and Denton by-election.
Here is Labour Deputy Leader, and a Greater Manchester MP, calling both out for it.
@lucympowell.bsky.social
Here is Labour Deputy Leader, and a Greater Manchester MP, calling both out for it.
@lucympowell.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Racist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known by his fake name 'Tommy Robinson' is backing the Reform candiate in the Gorton and Denton by-election.
Here is Labour Deputy Leader, and a Greater Manchester MP, calling both out for it.
@lucympowell.bsky.social
Here is Labour Deputy Leader, and a Greater Manchester MP, calling both out for it.
@lucympowell.bsky.social
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So if I’m understanding this sequence correctly, from Thanksgiving to Christmas 2012, Elon Musk was essentially pestering registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to throw him a wild party on the island.
January 30, 2026 at 9:24 PM
So if I’m understanding this sequence correctly, from Thanksgiving to Christmas 2012, Elon Musk was essentially pestering registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to throw him a wild party on the island.
A sign were in the stupidest timeline is that conspircy theorists now think, in a world of AI and mass survellance, that the tool of choice of the NWO is the slowly rolled out cul-de-aac
Someone from the Tories’ Lords team really needs to change Sharron Davies’ X log in.
As an aside, how *would* 15 minute cities be “thrust on us overnight”?
As an aside, how *would* 15 minute cities be “thrust on us overnight”?
January 30, 2026 at 5:57 PM
A sign were in the stupidest timeline is that conspircy theorists now think, in a world of AI and mass survellance, that the tool of choice of the NWO is the slowly rolled out cul-de-aac
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White House with image of a Black man and an emoji of chains.
And the chosen image is of Don Lemon doing journalism.
And the chosen image is of Don Lemon doing journalism.
the White House's official X account gloats over the arrest of Don Lemon with a chains emoji
January 30, 2026 at 3:29 PM
White House with image of a Black man and an emoji of chains.
And the chosen image is of Don Lemon doing journalism.
And the chosen image is of Don Lemon doing journalism.
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Every one of homes was under construction during the Labour administration
All Councillor Parsons has done is attend ribbon-cutting ceremonies, pat himself on the back, and cut over 2,000 homes from the council housebuilding programme…
All Councillor Parsons has done is attend ribbon-cutting ceremonies, pat himself on the back, and cut over 2,000 homes from the council housebuilding programme…
January 30, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Every one of homes was under construction during the Labour administration
All Councillor Parsons has done is attend ribbon-cutting ceremonies, pat himself on the back, and cut over 2,000 homes from the council housebuilding programme…
All Councillor Parsons has done is attend ribbon-cutting ceremonies, pat himself on the back, and cut over 2,000 homes from the council housebuilding programme…