Jack Harrison
@jlharrison.bsky.social
Former maths extraordinaire (he/him)
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How does this halt the rise of the far right? Short of leaving the ECHR, what Starmer sets out here is one of the key demands of the far right, both here and in the rest of Europe. If implemented, rather than halting their rise, it would be a huge victory for them.
December 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
How does this halt the rise of the far right? Short of leaving the ECHR, what Starmer sets out here is one of the key demands of the far right, both here and in the rest of Europe. If implemented, rather than halting their rise, it would be a huge victory for them.
Strange that Starmer kept Lammy as DPM instead of appointing Powell when she became Labour Deputy Leader. In the past Labour leaders have chosen to keep the DPM office vacant instead of appointing the Labour Deputy Leader, but it’s weird to have one person as DPM and another as Labour Deputy Leader.
December 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Strange that Starmer kept Lammy as DPM instead of appointing Powell when she became Labour Deputy Leader. In the past Labour leaders have chosen to keep the DPM office vacant instead of appointing the Labour Deputy Leader, but it’s weird to have one person as DPM and another as Labour Deputy Leader.
I am so sure that this is because she's seen that professional websites have these but isn't sure what they are actually supposed to do.
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I am so sure that this is because she's seen that professional websites have these but isn't sure what they are actually supposed to do.
Probably quite poor that the BBC failed to field a Spanish translator to the draw for a World Cup hosted partially by Mexico.
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Probably quite poor that the BBC failed to field a Spanish translator to the draw for a World Cup hosted partially by Mexico.
This tortoise was born closer to the Civil War, the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London than to today.
Happy Birthday (Observed) to the uncontested KING Jonathan The Tortoise, estimated to be 192 years old
192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!
192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!
December 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This tortoise was born closer to the Civil War, the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London than to today.
This is an all-timer. This is Ed Miliband's Dad Killed My Kitten but in the Times.
A former junior champion said Reeves did not hold the official British girls’ under-14 title, and critics ask broader questions about her CV and career claims ⬇️
Rachel Reeves accused of overstating junior chess title
A former junior champion said Reeves did not hold the official British girls’ under-14 title, and critics ask broader questions about her CV and career claims
www.thetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This is an all-timer. This is Ed Miliband's Dad Killed My Kitten but in the Times.
One trend with Badenoch and Farage (and the right more generally I suppose) is that everything is a conspiracy these days. There is literally no way the OBR leak could be Reeves’ fault, yet both leaders have suggested she has been involved in some kind of sinister plot to leak the budget early.
December 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
One trend with Badenoch and Farage (and the right more generally I suppose) is that everything is a conspiracy these days. There is literally no way the OBR leak could be Reeves’ fault, yet both leaders have suggested she has been involved in some kind of sinister plot to leak the budget early.
I find it absolutely bizarre that the news seems to be lining up literally anyone they can find to question the actual science and statistics on prostate cancer. What are the merits for any media company of sowing the seeds of mistrust of experts on this topic? All it will do is kill people.
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I find it absolutely bizarre that the news seems to be lining up literally anyone they can find to question the actual science and statistics on prostate cancer. What are the merits for any media company of sowing the seeds of mistrust of experts on this topic? All it will do is kill people.
"Flights grounded due to intense solar radiation" feels like the cold open in a disaster movie or the first news segment in one of those EAS mockup videos. In any case it doesn't really feel real, feels like sci-fi.
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"Flights grounded due to intense solar radiation" feels like the cold open in a disaster movie or the first news segment in one of those EAS mockup videos. In any case it doesn't really feel real, feels like sci-fi.
New Carrington Event just dropped, this will affect my Brussels municipal election.
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New Carrington Event just dropped, this will affect my Brussels municipal election.
Badenoch says that what is “unchristian” is what they didn’t have in “early Christian times” so by that logic lead plumbing and gladiators are Christian but Woolworths and electricity are not.
November 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Badenoch says that what is “unchristian” is what they didn’t have in “early Christian times” so by that logic lead plumbing and gladiators are Christian but Woolworths and electricity are not.
Every news article today is like “I’m knocking down supporting walls at random in my modest 206 bedroom home in order to devalue my house to avoid Rachel Reeves’ pernicious tax grab on working families like mine, here’s how you can too!”
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Every news article today is like “I’m knocking down supporting walls at random in my modest 206 bedroom home in order to devalue my house to avoid Rachel Reeves’ pernicious tax grab on working families like mine, here’s how you can too!”
Been out of the loop on the budget until tonight as I’ve had a lot on today but I’ve just loaded up the BBC homepage and it reads like a right wing rag. “Millions to pay more in tax”, “the reason Reeves is making you pay more tax”, “how the chancellor just took a chunk out of your future pay”.
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Been out of the loop on the budget until tonight as I’ve had a lot on today but I’ve just loaded up the BBC homepage and it reads like a right wing rag. “Millions to pay more in tax”, “the reason Reeves is making you pay more tax”, “how the chancellor just took a chunk out of your future pay”.
Nearly forty years apart in age, by the way. One of them was barely not a Victorian while the other was in cabinet within the past fifteen years.
OMG. The Guardian have confused Kenneth Clark, presenter of the 1969 series 'Civilisation' with Tory ex-MP & former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke in their review of the new BBC series 'Civilisations:Rise & Fall'
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Nearly forty years apart in age, by the way. One of them was barely not a Victorian while the other was in cabinet within the past fifteen years.
I remain unconvinced that a judge who refused to even use the right pronouns of one of the involved parties in a case would have delivered a “neutral application of the law”.
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I remain unconvinced that a judge who refused to even use the right pronouns of one of the involved parties in a case would have delivered a “neutral application of the law”.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
I really hate the “biologically x gender” term because there are multiple biological pointers to gender, sometimes they can point in different directions or be inconclusive, the technology exists to change where they point, and for most trans people the goal is to change the biological pointers.
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I really hate the “biologically x gender” term because there are multiple biological pointers to gender, sometimes they can point in different directions or be inconclusive, the technology exists to change where they point, and for most trans people the goal is to change the biological pointers.
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Robbie Gibb says he finds the idea there's been a coup at the BBC is "offensive". I doubt he finds it nearly as offensive as I find his efforts to interfere with editorial independence or hiring decisions, but sure.
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Robbie Gibb says he finds the idea there's been a coup at the BBC is "offensive". I doubt he finds it nearly as offensive as I find his efforts to interfere with editorial independence or hiring decisions, but sure.
Crazy how Dominic Cummings found this piece and then went on to prove every single word of it completely correct with his batshit reaction.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Crazy how Dominic Cummings found this piece and then went on to prove every single word of it completely correct with his batshit reaction.
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I genuinely despise this man and hate how long his insane rants got passed off as quirky
Seems probably bad that this guy was functioning as a shadow PM at one stage
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I genuinely despise this man and hate how long his insane rants got passed off as quirky
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I think if 24 people are dead it's more than "testing" a ceasefire.
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I think if 24 people are dead it's more than "testing" a ceasefire.
Covid Inquiry brings back all my rage at the Boris government, and sure you could argue they got their comeuppance - the Conservative Party will never see government again - but it still eats me up inside that actually they all got what they wanted out of government: many millions of pounds.
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Covid Inquiry brings back all my rage at the Boris government, and sure you could argue they got their comeuppance - the Conservative Party will never see government again - but it still eats me up inside that actually they all got what they wanted out of government: many millions of pounds.
In case someone doesn’t know, here’s an xkcd “you’re one of today’s lucky 10,000” moment: this guy’s mother is Prue Leith from Bake Off.
‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger
‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger
He was a Conservative party big-hitter who wrote speeches for David Cameron and worked with Boris Johnson before he suddenly jumped ship. He talks family, flags and why Nigel Farage is ‘top dog’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
In case someone doesn’t know, here’s an xkcd “you’re one of today’s lucky 10,000” moment: this guy’s mother is Prue Leith from Bake Off.
Reading about appeasement again this evening (can't imagine why) and however bad you thought it was, believe me it's worse. I know nearly eighty years have passed but you do not hate Neville Chamberlain enough.
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Reading about appeasement again this evening (can't imagine why) and however bad you thought it was, believe me it's worse. I know nearly eighty years have passed but you do not hate Neville Chamberlain enough.