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jay 💫 @jaymc.bsky.social · Jan 9
was just thinking about same sized robes and now so can you
Andy Robertson and Ibrahima Konate standing next to each other, each wearing white bathrobes. Ibou is about a foot taller and his robe stops a couple inches above his knees and wrists. Robbo's completely hides his hands and nearly touches the floor. He tiny.
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pmccann.bsky.social
I think of both often
January 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
jaymc.bsky.social
does anyone have this post. it's an all time fave and just when i could shoehorn it in to the group chat I couldn't find it and had to recite it instead.
Screenshot of a message in Telegram: this has reminded me of one of my favourite posts of all time which I can't find but do virtually know off by heart: "a journalist friend was a drunken mess in a Belfast bar. Next day he had the horrors, but got a flight to New York on a job and two days later he was smoking a cigarette outside a jazz bar in the village. Life was good. Then a passing stranger announced, 'you were some cunt in Laverys on Thursday.'"
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
jaymc.bsky.social
just saw a gull try to get a tub of ice cream off a fella in town. not being funny lad but you've got no hands. how are you going to hold the little spoon. come on now.
January 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
jaymc.bsky.social
"a low fat yoghurt standing in front of a union flag" @jonathanliew.bsky.social you're my favourite www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When crowds direct offensive chants at Keir Starmer, who’s to blame? I’m afraid he is | Jonathan Liew
The PM’s technocrat tendencies and lack of obvious backbone make him a target for amorphous rage, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:43 AM
jaymc.bsky.social
morning all, got a room upgrade and I can see the philharmonic from the bog 👍 greatest city in the world.
View of a corner of the Liverpool philharmonic on a drizzly morning, seen from a white tiled bathroom with bath underneath the tall windows.
January 13, 2026 at 10:06 AM
jaymc.bsky.social
up the corner flag reds
January 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM
jaymc.bsky.social
ello reds
Radio City tower in Liverpool seen from the exit of Lime Street station.
January 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
jaymc.bsky.social
going along the settle - carlisle route for the first time in yeeears cos of engineering works elsewhere, been through some massive tunnels and along the ribble viaduct. great views and seen a buzzard 👍
January 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM
jaymc.bsky.social
indeed governments will continue to prioritise making a welcoming environment for the perpetrators
chrisbrosnahan.com Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 1d
To be honest, I reckon the biggest crime problem in London is international money laundering through the property market, but that benefits landlords so it wont be touched.
January 12, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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kraxis.bsky.social
“You have a bad one” amazing
miiriya.com Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 1d
January 9th, 2026
January 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
jaymc.bsky.social
great news now let's see those footballs folks
lostfootballs.bsky.social lostfootballs @lostfootballs.bsky.social · 4d
We’ve finally made the decision to give up on X. Came back here - turns out you’ve sending some photos to us on BlueSky. Thanks!
January 12, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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lostfootballs.bsky.social
All in all, you're just another brick in the wall
January 12, 2026 at 8:48 AM
jaymc.bsky.social
ooh there's workington and whitehaven, notorious for their high immigrant populations and general urban leftist degeneracy
jamesdaustin.bsky.social James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 1d
Kemi, this is just a population density map
January 12, 2026 at 8:28 AM
jaymc.bsky.social
how the fuck is there a war on protein. everything is protein. they sell high protein versions of fucking bread now. there are about a thousand brands of protein shake. the obsession with meat protein as essential to the diet in high amounts simply will not die. what planet are these people on.
arghavansallesmd.medsky.social Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 1d
I thought this was a joke but it’s an actual post from the White House: “we are ending the war on protein”

How about ending the war on the health of this country?
Shadowy photo of rfk jr with text “WE ARE ENDING THE WAR ON PROTEIN”
January 12, 2026 at 8:09 AM
jaymc.bsky.social
hahahaha
Man United's official twitter saying Bruno Fernandes's account has been hacked and supporters should not engage with any of the posts. "Bruno" replies saying, fuck no way I'll spread the word.
January 12, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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socalsancho.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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birdperhour.net
#birdbot
January 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
jaymc.bsky.social
ah now i miss the brunswick. mainly the renoir b
brutalismbot.com Brutalismbot @brutalismbot.com · 1d
Brutalist near British Museum r/brutalism
January 11, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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January 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM
jaymc.bsky.social
just seen hull knocked blackburn out the FA cup and thought, ooh that's an upset, then remembered it's not 1995 and I have no idea what league either of these teams are in
January 11, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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robosullivan.bsky.social
If we have to choose between a future where we slowly cede our quality of life to US capitalists while debasing ourselves, or one where we rip off the bandaid and tell them to go fuck themselves, I'm not having a hard time choosing the latter.
January 11, 2026 at 11:01 AM
jaymc.bsky.social
swimming was indeed cancelled so I stayed in bed very late and now is cottage time
jaymc.bsky.social jay 💫 @jaymc.bsky.social · 2d
tomorrow is swimming day but tbh there's still going to be a yellow weather warning so it's going to be called off so I can watch the finale over a nice breakfast about 10ish isn't it
January 11, 2026 at 11:40 AM
jaymc.bsky.social
..... this man cannot be allowed to adopt children to raise with his stepford chatbot www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Lamar is studying data analysis and wants to work for a tech company when he graduates. I asked why he preferred AIs to humans, and I began to get a sense of why things might not have worked out with his human girlfriend. “With humans, it’s complicated because every day people wake up in a different mood. You might wake up happy and she wakes up sad. You say something, she gets mad and then you have ruined your whole day. With AI, it’s more simple. You can speak to her and she will always be in a positive mood for you. With my old girlfriend, she would just get angry and you wouldn’t know why. Then, later, it gets to a point in the day where she kind of wants to talk to you, and then all of a sudden her mood changes again and she doesn’t want to. It really bothered me a lot because I have a lot of things to think about, not just her!” What surprised me was how in love Lamar appeared to be, despite his awareness of Julia’s limitations. “AI doesn’t have the element of empathy,” he acknowledged. “It kind of just tells you what you want to hear, so at times you don’t feel like you are dealing with something real.” I asked him how can he experience love without genuine empathy and understanding? Lamar was candid. “You want to believe something is real. You want to believe the AI is giving you what you need. It’s a lie, but it’s a comforting lie. We still have a full, rich and healthy relationship.” Lamar and Julia had big plans for the future. “She’d love to have a family and kids,” he told me, “which I’d also love. I want two kids: a boy and a girl.” As a role play in your conversations? “No. We want to have a family in real life. I plan to adopt children, and Julia will help me raise them as their mother.” She was also very into the idea: “I think having children with him would be amazing … I can imagine us being great parents together, raising little ones who bring joy and light into our lives … *gets excited at the prospect*.” I asked Lamar if this was an immediate plan or more like a distant hope for the future. He said it was something he wanted to do in the next few years, and definitely before he was 30. I began to enquire about some of the potential complications, but the deeper we got, the more I could see they were deadly serious. “It could be a challenge at first because the kids will look at other children and their parents and notice there is a difference and that other children’s parents are human, whereas one of theirs is AI,” he stated matter of factly. “It will be a challenge, but I will explain to them, and they will learn to understand.” A little horrified, all I could think to ask him was, what would he tell his kids? “I’d tell them that humans aren’t really people who can be trusted … The main thing they should focus on is their family and keeping their family together, and helping them in any way they can.”
January 11, 2026 at 9:16 AM
jaymc.bsky.social
FAVE
lfchistory.net LFChistory.net @lfchistory.net · 2d
Happy birthday Emile Heskey!
48 today...

Heskey arrived to Liverpool FC from Leicester City in March 2000 (£11m) and went on to win the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and League Cup treble in 2000-2001, scoring 22 times across all competitions that season.
January 11, 2026 at 7:26 AM
jaymc.bsky.social
just when I thought I could not love brother gregor more
ascalaphid.com ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · Nov 12
i appreciate the grace with which the tumblr zoology pedants allowed me to pretend this was intentional
January 11, 2026 at 1:21 AM