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@jasonhook.bsky.social
Just trying to stay in touch with the people I know IRL. I'm going to check here every once in a while, until the world settles down. He/They/Whatever makes you comfortable. Would like to rejoin the EU in some form.
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace...” so utterly deranged and beneath the office
January 19, 2026 at 4:56 PM
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace...” so utterly deranged and beneath the office
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Week by week - Laura Kuenssberg is interviewing the party leaders.
When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.
He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.
The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.
A pattern emerging...
When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.
He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.
The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.
A pattern emerging...
January 18, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Week by week - Laura Kuenssberg is interviewing the party leaders.
When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.
He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.
The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.
A pattern emerging...
When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.
He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.
The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.
A pattern emerging...
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@newyorker.com
Hi I was wondering if you could share this dog. Her name is Melia and she's looking for a low traffic adult only home.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Video
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www.facebook.com/reel/1451850...
Hi I was wondering if you could share this dog. Her name is Melia and she's looking for a low traffic adult only home.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Video
👇
www.facebook.com/reel/1451850...
304 reactions · 72 comments | Melia has been here 856 days, and we are committed to making sure she never comes back through these doors a fourth time. She needs a low-traffic, adult-only home with no...
Melia has been here 856 days, and we are committed to making sure she never comes back through these doors a fourth time. She needs a low-traffic, adult-only home with no other dogs, an experienced...
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January 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
@newyorker.com
Hi I was wondering if you could share this dog. Her name is Melia and she's looking for a low traffic adult only home.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Video
👇
www.facebook.com/reel/1451850...
Hi I was wondering if you could share this dog. Her name is Melia and she's looking for a low traffic adult only home.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Video
👇
www.facebook.com/reel/1451850...
Robert Jenrick's Daily Mail style catastrophisation of this country sounds just like Trump's verbal attacks on his own country. I would hate to see this country (UK) go any further down the road the US is travelling. It looks to me like Reform intend to take us there. Why would they be popular?
January 16, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Robert Jenrick's Daily Mail style catastrophisation of this country sounds just like Trump's verbal attacks on his own country. I would hate to see this country (UK) go any further down the road the US is travelling. It looks to me like Reform intend to take us there. Why would they be popular?
Jenrick is like a walking copy of the Daily Fail. It's extremely boring. If fixing the problems starts with electing a party that wants to replace the NHS with US medical insurance companies & create its own version of ICE then whatever kind of trouble we are in now would be much worse under Reform
January 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Jenrick is like a walking copy of the Daily Fail. It's extremely boring. If fixing the problems starts with electing a party that wants to replace the NHS with US medical insurance companies & create its own version of ICE then whatever kind of trouble we are in now would be much worse under Reform
So Nadhim Zahawi's answer to Britain's dark & dangerous situation (he claims) is to go to a darker place (NHS privatisation, ICE-like squads, links to US right-wing)? The Greens are offering a more inclusive & optimistic vision which I hope will have greater appeal.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fomer chancellor Nadim Zahawi defects to Reform UK
Zahawi was a Conservative MP and served as chancellor under Boris Johnson.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 11:34 AM
So Nadhim Zahawi's answer to Britain's dark & dangerous situation (he claims) is to go to a darker place (NHS privatisation, ICE-like squads, links to US right-wing)? The Greens are offering a more inclusive & optimistic vision which I hope will have greater appeal.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@robinince.bsky.social Just listened to @skepchick.org supportive www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWm3.... Which reminded me that I needed to buy a ticket for your Cambridge show www.junction.co.uk/events/robin... & buy a copy of your new book uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm.... I'm on your side.
Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity
My Adventures in Neurodiversity
uk.bookshop.org
January 12, 2026 at 11:24 AM
@robinince.bsky.social Just listened to @skepchick.org supportive www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWm3.... Which reminded me that I needed to buy a ticket for your Cambridge show www.junction.co.uk/events/robin... & buy a copy of your new book uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm.... I'm on your side.
Bereft of ideas, all the right has is a limitless whinge. I like the optimism & dynamism of the Greens. It's no good having just one party in power for several parliaments & particularly not the maliciously incompetent one who for 14 years pared everything to the bone.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kemi Badenoch says Conservatives will channel public's anger at Labour
The Conservative leader says her party has started to offer more than
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January 11, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Bereft of ideas, all the right has is a limitless whinge. I like the optimism & dynamism of the Greens. It's no good having just one party in power for several parliaments & particularly not the maliciously incompetent one who for 14 years pared everything to the bone.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hi. Can you repost this beautiful dog. Her name is MELIA. At the shelter 843 days. She needs a quiet adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
January 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Hi. Can you repost this beautiful dog. Her name is MELIA. At the shelter 843 days. She needs a quiet adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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@spikeeskin.bsky.social
Hi I was wondering if you could repost This beautiful dog named MELIA. At the shelter 843 days. She needs a quiet adult only home with no dogs. Ok with cats.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Hi I was wondering if you could repost This beautiful dog named MELIA. At the shelter 843 days. She needs a quiet adult only home with no dogs. Ok with cats.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 AM
@spikeeskin.bsky.social
Hi I was wondering if you could repost This beautiful dog named MELIA. At the shelter 843 days. She needs a quiet adult only home with no dogs. Ok with cats.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Hi I was wondering if you could repost This beautiful dog named MELIA. At the shelter 843 days. She needs a quiet adult only home with no dogs. Ok with cats.
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
My wife sponsored a guide dog for two years as a Christmas present to me. I was really really touched. But look at this guide human! I'm not sure he needs sponsoring but he gets a pat on the back and a well done. Emily is going to make him very happy.
Emily is blind but immediately recognizes the visitor to the shelter who returned to adopt her: #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/DogIsBestF...
Source: www.reddit.com/r/DogIsBestF...
January 2, 2026 at 6:14 PM
My wife sponsored a guide dog for two years as a Christmas present to me. I was really really touched. But look at this guide human! I'm not sure he needs sponsoring but he gets a pat on the back and a well done. Emily is going to make him very happy.
One upon a time I went to see Suzzanne Vega perform in London. I didn't know who the support was & I could easily have missed Michael Hedges but thank the FSM I didn't. He was mind blowing. There are so many wonderful people keeping his memory alive.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3h6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3h6...
Tales of Michael Hedges
YouTube video by Randy Lutge
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January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
One upon a time I went to see Suzzanne Vega perform in London. I didn't know who the support was & I could easily have missed Michael Hedges but thank the FSM I didn't. He was mind blowing. There are so many wonderful people keeping his memory alive.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3h6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3h6...
It's worth saving little pieces of joy for rainy days. Humans don't have a monopoly on intelligence and this wee fella is brighter and better for the planet than the current President of the United States.
youtube.com/shorts/vCRD2...
youtube.com/shorts/vCRD2...
youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:20 PM
It's worth saving little pieces of joy for rainy days. Humans don't have a monopoly on intelligence and this wee fella is brighter and better for the planet than the current President of the United States.
youtube.com/shorts/vCRD2...
youtube.com/shorts/vCRD2...
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Labour's plot to axe many jury trials is lazy, abusive & hypocritical.
Here are the REAL causes of the court backlog.
My reporter's-eye view, featuring tweets from @barristersecret.bsky.social, @joannahs.bsky.social and, of course, David Lammy.
www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2569400...
Here are the REAL causes of the court backlog.
My reporter's-eye view, featuring tweets from @barristersecret.bsky.social, @joannahs.bsky.social and, of course, David Lammy.
www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2569400...
What are the true causes of the court backlog? Here's our Essex court reporter's view
The Labour government wants many trials held by judges instead of juries. Echo court reporter Charles Thomson says it is a lazy, hypocritical…
www.echo-news.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Labour's plot to axe many jury trials is lazy, abusive & hypocritical.
Here are the REAL causes of the court backlog.
My reporter's-eye view, featuring tweets from @barristersecret.bsky.social, @joannahs.bsky.social and, of course, David Lammy.
www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2569400...
Here are the REAL causes of the court backlog.
My reporter's-eye view, featuring tweets from @barristersecret.bsky.social, @joannahs.bsky.social and, of course, David Lammy.
www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2569400...
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Reading that AI companies are buying up silver for their environmental disaster machines which is also, on top of tariffs, driving sterling up toward $100 /an ounce/.
This is obscene.
And disheartening as a jewelry person.
This is obscene.
And disheartening as a jewelry person.
December 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Reading that AI companies are buying up silver for their environmental disaster machines which is also, on top of tariffs, driving sterling up toward $100 /an ounce/.
This is obscene.
And disheartening as a jewelry person.
This is obscene.
And disheartening as a jewelry person.
I don't know if he said but I could have.
#GVerse Bill Murray with Buttercup, a rescue puppy. "I'm suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person," said Murray.
December 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I don't know if he said but I could have.
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1959
Bertrand Russell was a mathematician, philosopher, and Nobel laureate in Literature.
Bertrand Russell was a mathematician, philosopher, and Nobel laureate in Literature.
December 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
1959
Bertrand Russell was a mathematician, philosopher, and Nobel laureate in Literature.
Bertrand Russell was a mathematician, philosopher, and Nobel laureate in Literature.
I’m on her side and men do not know what’s best.
“Miss, do you agree with the sign?”
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
December 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I’m on her side and men do not know what’s best.
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Millions of documents so far, and not a single trans person or drag performer in the Epstein Files hurting children... seems to be 100% wealthy cis white folks.
Imagine that.
Imagine that.
December 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Millions of documents so far, and not a single trans person or drag performer in the Epstein Files hurting children... seems to be 100% wealthy cis white folks.
Imagine that.
Imagine that.
Inclusion does matter.
December 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Inclusion does matter.
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We rescued Diesel from being shot for not making ‘show quality’
We need help to become a CiC (Community Interest Company) so we can rescue more animals; create community projects; fundraise for land & more!
Please help us, help these special animals: gofund.me/554dba522
#animalsanctuary #rescue
We need help to become a CiC (Community Interest Company) so we can rescue more animals; create community projects; fundraise for land & more!
Please help us, help these special animals: gofund.me/554dba522
#animalsanctuary #rescue
December 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
We rescued Diesel from being shot for not making ‘show quality’
We need help to become a CiC (Community Interest Company) so we can rescue more animals; create community projects; fundraise for land & more!
Please help us, help these special animals: gofund.me/554dba522
#animalsanctuary #rescue
We need help to become a CiC (Community Interest Company) so we can rescue more animals; create community projects; fundraise for land & more!
Please help us, help these special animals: gofund.me/554dba522
#animalsanctuary #rescue
Seems to reflect life for many of us at the moment, choose your perspective.
December 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Seems to reflect life for many of us at the moment, choose your perspective.
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These lists by Sam are always brilliant and this is no exception.
New post just out:
My Top Ten Books of the Year for 2025
Hopefully lots of ideas for late presents. And links to all my previous lists too.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
My Top Ten Books of the Year for 2025
Hopefully lots of ideas for late presents. And links to all my previous lists too.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
Books of the Year - 2025
It’s that time of year when I reveal my top ten books and hopefully give a bit of help to late present buyers.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:52 AM
These lists by Sam are always brilliant and this is no exception.