Jill Chambers
@jillchambers.bsky.social
(she/her) Adventures in creative living. Sometimes paid for them. Scouse/Geordie hybrid. Solar powered hygienic hippy. Mother of dog. Fond of circles, jazz flute and the colour green.
http://www.smoke-and-mirrors.co.uk
http://www.smoke-and-mirrors.co.uk
Woop!!!
18 days it took from starting to feel ill to getting a clear covid test!
And that ladies and gentlemen concludes my first and hopefully only bout of COVID 19.
A jab for me later on in the year.
18 days it took from starting to feel ill to getting a clear covid test!
And that ladies and gentlemen concludes my first and hopefully only bout of COVID 19.
A jab for me later on in the year.
February 12, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Woop!!!
18 days it took from starting to feel ill to getting a clear covid test!
And that ladies and gentlemen concludes my first and hopefully only bout of COVID 19.
A jab for me later on in the year.
18 days it took from starting to feel ill to getting a clear covid test!
And that ladies and gentlemen concludes my first and hopefully only bout of COVID 19.
A jab for me later on in the year.
Anyone remember when 'scandal' and 'sleaze' meant David Mellor in a Chelsea football kit?
How naive we were.
How naive we were.
February 11, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Anyone remember when 'scandal' and 'sleaze' meant David Mellor in a Chelsea football kit?
How naive we were.
How naive we were.
OK, just so you know, I intend to win the Euromillions and buy a beautiful wood on the outskirts of the Lake District Nat Pk and establish a community of kind, creative people, build our own sustainable houses, learn coppicing & bushcraft and grow loads of our own veg and make art and music. You in?
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
OK, just so you know, I intend to win the Euromillions and buy a beautiful wood on the outskirts of the Lake District Nat Pk and establish a community of kind, creative people, build our own sustainable houses, learn coppicing & bushcraft and grow loads of our own veg and make art and music. You in?
Day 17.
17!!!
Barely a trace now though. Feeling sooo much better.
17!!!
Barely a trace now though. Feeling sooo much better.
February 11, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Day 17.
17!!!
Barely a trace now though. Feeling sooo much better.
17!!!
Barely a trace now though. Feeling sooo much better.
I bloody love this man. Just when I think I can't love him more, he puts this out.
This is the compassionate, honest, intelligent, proactive leadership that we badly need right now. ♥️
This is the compassionate, honest, intelligent, proactive leadership that we badly need right now. ♥️
February 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I bloody love this man. Just when I think I can't love him more, he puts this out.
This is the compassionate, honest, intelligent, proactive leadership that we badly need right now. ♥️
This is the compassionate, honest, intelligent, proactive leadership that we badly need right now. ♥️
The dog looked so cosy as he snuggled up next to me this morning. 'What a beautiful introduction to the new week' I thought as I hit the snooze button.
Then I got up and found an oozing pile of dog vomit on the stairs and the kettle blew up and tripped the downstairs socket ring.
'Morning all. 👋
Then I got up and found an oozing pile of dog vomit on the stairs and the kettle blew up and tripped the downstairs socket ring.
'Morning all. 👋
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The dog looked so cosy as he snuggled up next to me this morning. 'What a beautiful introduction to the new week' I thought as I hit the snooze button.
Then I got up and found an oozing pile of dog vomit on the stairs and the kettle blew up and tripped the downstairs socket ring.
'Morning all. 👋
Then I got up and found an oozing pile of dog vomit on the stairs and the kettle blew up and tripped the downstairs socket ring.
'Morning all. 👋
You're buggered in America if you don't like sport aren't you?
February 8, 2026 at 10:35 PM
You're buggered in America if you don't like sport aren't you?
Day 14.
The line is getting lighter but good grief! It doesn't help that there isn't much in the way of a consensus about how infectious you are when there is still a line - only that in theory it should have disappeared by around the 10 day mark. Clear as mud! 🤦♀️
The line is getting lighter but good grief! It doesn't help that there isn't much in the way of a consensus about how infectious you are when there is still a line - only that in theory it should have disappeared by around the 10 day mark. Clear as mud! 🤦♀️
February 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Day 14.
The line is getting lighter but good grief! It doesn't help that there isn't much in the way of a consensus about how infectious you are when there is still a line - only that in theory it should have disappeared by around the 10 day mark. Clear as mud! 🤦♀️
The line is getting lighter but good grief! It doesn't help that there isn't much in the way of a consensus about how infectious you are when there is still a line - only that in theory it should have disappeared by around the 10 day mark. Clear as mud! 🤦♀️
God this whole thread.
Yes this whole thing is political in many ways, not least that it starkly highlights the difference between the haves and the have-nots, but Christ, it needs to be centred around the victims & what was done to them & the fact that even now nothing is happening to the abusers
Yes this whole thing is political in many ways, not least that it starkly highlights the difference between the haves and the have-nots, but Christ, it needs to be centred around the victims & what was done to them & the fact that even now nothing is happening to the abusers
I was asked to check this, the journal uses a Rail Fence Cipher, so you read each line up and down, left to right. The deciphered text in the article below is accurate, and names names. The file itself can be found here:
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
God this whole thread.
Yes this whole thing is political in many ways, not least that it starkly highlights the difference between the haves and the have-nots, but Christ, it needs to be centred around the victims & what was done to them & the fact that even now nothing is happening to the abusers
Yes this whole thing is political in many ways, not least that it starkly highlights the difference between the haves and the have-nots, but Christ, it needs to be centred around the victims & what was done to them & the fact that even now nothing is happening to the abusers
Reposted by Jill Chambers
Summer Olympics: Running
Winter Olympics: Sliding
SO: Throwing
WO: Sliding
SO: Jumping
WO: Sliding
SO: Sailing
WO: Sliding
SO: Martial Arts
WO: Sliding
SO: Weightlifting
WO: Sliding
Winter Olympics: Sliding
SO: Throwing
WO: Sliding
SO: Jumping
WO: Sliding
SO: Sailing
WO: Sliding
SO: Martial Arts
WO: Sliding
SO: Weightlifting
WO: Sliding
February 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Summer Olympics: Running
Winter Olympics: Sliding
SO: Throwing
WO: Sliding
SO: Jumping
WO: Sliding
SO: Sailing
WO: Sliding
SO: Martial Arts
WO: Sliding
SO: Weightlifting
WO: Sliding
Winter Olympics: Sliding
SO: Throwing
WO: Sliding
SO: Jumping
WO: Sliding
SO: Sailing
WO: Sliding
SO: Martial Arts
WO: Sliding
SO: Weightlifting
WO: Sliding
Day 12. More COVID, more rain, more terrible news. Am going insane. Think this may be purgatory. Can someone just put me in a coma and wake me up in May please?
February 6, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Day 12. More COVID, more rain, more terrible news. Am going insane. Think this may be purgatory. Can someone just put me in a coma and wake me up in May please?
Because I think you need this tonight.
February 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Because I think you need this tonight.
Day 11. Body seems to hurt slightly less, tinnitus may have dropped half a decibel. Not quite as nauseous. Hoping brain fog is starting to clear. T line seems fainter than before so at least that's something. Come on immune system, I have things to do!🤞
February 5, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Day 11. Body seems to hurt slightly less, tinnitus may have dropped half a decibel. Not quite as nauseous. Hoping brain fog is starting to clear. T line seems fainter than before so at least that's something. Come on immune system, I have things to do!🤞
So what did you do in the battle of the billionaires Mummy?
Well I got really cross on social media honey and talked about action and sacrifice.
So you boycotted the main offending companies and hit them in the wallet where it hurt?
Oh good god no. Two day shipping sweetie!
Well I got really cross on social media honey and talked about action and sacrifice.
So you boycotted the main offending companies and hit them in the wallet where it hurt?
Oh good god no. Two day shipping sweetie!
February 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
So what did you do in the battle of the billionaires Mummy?
Well I got really cross on social media honey and talked about action and sacrifice.
So you boycotted the main offending companies and hit them in the wallet where it hurt?
Oh good god no. Two day shipping sweetie!
Well I got really cross on social media honey and talked about action and sacrifice.
So you boycotted the main offending companies and hit them in the wallet where it hurt?
Oh good god no. Two day shipping sweetie!
Day 8 and I'm clawing the walls. Suspended in uneasy, exhausted, queasy malaise. Have way too much to do. Unable to stay focused for long and yet am terminally bored. £100 or not, I'm getting vaccinated against this in the autumn. Never again.
February 2, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Day 8 and I'm clawing the walls. Suspended in uneasy, exhausted, queasy malaise. Have way too much to do. Unable to stay focused for long and yet am terminally bored. £100 or not, I'm getting vaccinated against this in the autumn. Never again.
Reposted by Jill Chambers
Epstein is the most garish and harrowing manifestation of this but oligarchy makes life miserable in a thousand other ways. A core point of democracy is that no one should have so much power that they can make themselves everybody's problem. We should have a political party that believes that
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 31, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Epstein is the most garish and harrowing manifestation of this but oligarchy makes life miserable in a thousand other ways. A core point of democracy is that no one should have so much power that they can make themselves everybody's problem. We should have a political party that believes that
It's 10 years since Terry Wogan died 💔, Catherine O'Hara's gone, I still have covid and can't be there to look after my mum who is recovering from a stroke, the world has turned to absolute hell, hope is being extinguished, it won't stop raining and apparently I'm just going to cry all day.
January 31, 2026 at 1:08 PM
It's 10 years since Terry Wogan died 💔, Catherine O'Hara's gone, I still have covid and can't be there to look after my mum who is recovering from a stroke, the world has turned to absolute hell, hope is being extinguished, it won't stop raining and apparently I'm just going to cry all day.
Dear America. No one is coming to save the day.
Ditto the UK as we follow the slide towards depravity.
Ditto the UK as we follow the slide towards depravity.
January 30, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Dear America. No one is coming to save the day.
Ditto the UK as we follow the slide towards depravity.
Ditto the UK as we follow the slide towards depravity.
Midlife onwards is learning the mental gymnastics of how to let go and still cultivate something within you to continue. Relationships, pets, friends, family members, familiar places, possessions, your own faculties, your looks and your own potential. Brace yourself because it's brutal.
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Midlife onwards is learning the mental gymnastics of how to let go and still cultivate something within you to continue. Relationships, pets, friends, family members, familiar places, possessions, your own faculties, your looks and your own potential. Brace yourself because it's brutal.
Ooh!
If you can take your own skates I'm in!
If you can take your own skates I'm in!
The Skate Island complex in Newcastle with include a giant roller skating rink and a food and drink village
Skate Island roller rink to open in Newcastle with huge food and drink village
Skate Island roller rink to open in Newcastle with huge food and drink village
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Ooh!
If you can take your own skates I'm in!
If you can take your own skates I'm in!
Dammit. COVID free until 2026. Well I had a good run.
January 29, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Dammit. COVID free until 2026. Well I had a good run.
My flu buddy. Perfect company for convalescence. ❤️
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 PM
My flu buddy. Perfect company for convalescence. ❤️
Sitting in my car shivering with flu in the middle of Storm Chandra getting my tyres changed ready for Thursday's MOT. Dosed up on paracetamol. At least I think it's flu, haven't cracked open the COVID test kit yet. My eyeballs hurt in my head. Going hot and cold. Really didn't need this right now.😭
January 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Sitting in my car shivering with flu in the middle of Storm Chandra getting my tyres changed ready for Thursday's MOT. Dosed up on paracetamol. At least I think it's flu, haven't cracked open the COVID test kit yet. My eyeballs hurt in my head. Going hot and cold. Really didn't need this right now.😭
Does anyone ever get twitchy thinking that they haven't yet (as far as I know) monetised Bluesky?
2026 is the year Bluesky and the Atmosphere really come alive
here's what's next
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here's what's next
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What's Next at Bluesky - Bluesky
As we head into 2026, we're entering a new phase for the Bluesky app. Last year was about scaling through rapid growth and getting the fundamentals in place. This year is about leaning into what's wor...
bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Does anyone ever get twitchy thinking that they haven't yet (as far as I know) monetised Bluesky?