John Lyons
@jlyons1991.bsky.social
Retired. Will definitely be photographs. He/him.
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I see I am on a list for anti-maga folk & lots are following me in response. No problem with that, but be aware I am in the UK and don't have to worry about Trump's goons. If I say Trump & Miller'd look good hanging upside down a la Mussolini, no Americans should incriminate themselves in response.
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The people who needed their own half time show are the same people who needed their own water fountains.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 AM
The people who needed their own half time show are the same people who needed their own water fountains.
I‘m watching the Superbowl tonight, at least until I fall asleep, so in one way I hope sport takes centre place. OTOH, the tiniest part of me hopes ICE rush the field when Bad Bunny starts his half-time show & they are then grabbed by the Tight Ends before being flagged to death by the refs.
February 8, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I‘m watching the Superbowl tonight, at least until I fall asleep, so in one way I hope sport takes centre place. OTOH, the tiniest part of me hopes ICE rush the field when Bad Bunny starts his half-time show & they are then grabbed by the Tight Ends before being flagged to death by the refs.
I hope this wasn’t you, @darrenpjones.bsky.social…
"Full speed ahead to uber-woke, net-zeroist rejoinerism" is the funniest thing a Labour MP has said for some time I'll give it that. It's like a Jordan Peterson quote about Elmo.
Yes, god help we risk a floundering government that feels like no one is in charge.
February 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I hope this wasn’t you, @darrenpjones.bsky.social…
Yay, fuck off, you little shite, and when you have done that, fuck off some more.
Morgan McSweeney quits as PM's chief of staff following Mandelson scandal
McSweeney says he takes
www.bbc.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Yay, fuck off, you little shite, and when you have done that, fuck off some more.
That film was supposed to be a different kind of lesson.
Any time I look to see what the Labour government is up to in the UK it turns out to be things like making posters that Alfonso Cuarón put in the background of the long tracking shot that opens “Children of Men”.
February 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM
That film was supposed to be a different kind of lesson.
Seems insane for people to have to effectively bail out Bezos. I know waiting for that prick to do the right thing is like waiting for Godot and this is about real people abandoned, but even so...
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Seems insane for people to have to effectively bail out Bezos. I know waiting for that prick to do the right thing is like waiting for Godot and this is about real people abandoned, but even so...
"Peter Mandelson should donate his payoff to a charity for victims" say people who think, without a shred of evidence, that he possesses a modicum of decency. The faux outrage over obviously bent politicians makes me want to vomit. Not saying all politicians are like this, but far too many are.
February 8, 2026 at 8:49 AM
"Peter Mandelson should donate his payoff to a charity for victims" say people who think, without a shred of evidence, that he possesses a modicum of decency. The faux outrage over obviously bent politicians makes me want to vomit. Not saying all politicians are like this, but far too many are.
February 7, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I see I am on a list for anti-maga folk & lots are following me in response. No problem with that, but be aware I am in the UK and don't have to worry about Trump's goons. If I say Trump & Miller'd look good hanging upside down a la Mussolini, no Americans should incriminate themselves in response.
February 7, 2026 at 9:17 AM
I see I am on a list for anti-maga folk & lots are following me in response. No problem with that, but be aware I am in the UK and don't have to worry about Trump's goons. If I say Trump & Miller'd look good hanging upside down a la Mussolini, no Americans should incriminate themselves in response.
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“no one who has witnessed over two years of genocide in Gaza is likely to disagree with either Hammad or Said that the intellectual class has utterly failed to fulfill its social function”
"What is the task of the intellectual at a time when, at the heart of liberal democracies, genocide is normalized and protest suppressed?"
Rebecca Ruth Gould revisits Edward Said: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/edward-said-representations-intellectual-gaza-crisis-israel-fitzcarraldo/
Rebecca Ruth Gould revisits Edward Said: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/edward-said-representations-intellectual-gaza-crisis-israel-fitzcarraldo/
February 7, 2026 at 8:12 AM
“no one who has witnessed over two years of genocide in Gaza is likely to disagree with either Hammad or Said that the intellectual class has utterly failed to fulfill its social function”
The apologies get ever more desperate. Trump doesn’t say sorry, remember…
Trump shares racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates
AP
Used his social media account to share election conspiracy theories with a racist depiction of Obama and his wife as primates in a jungle
Thoughts he's had all along are coming out as he loses ability to censor himself
bit.ly/4kos9yA
AP
Used his social media account to share election conspiracy theories with a racist depiction of Obama and his wife as primates in a jungle
Thoughts he's had all along are coming out as he loses ability to censor himself
bit.ly/4kos9yA
Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates
President Donald Trump has used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Ob...
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:17 PM
The apologies get ever more desperate. Trump doesn’t say sorry, remember…
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They abducted this person from Mayo Clinic and not even an elected rep has been able to get them the anti-rejection meds they need to not die AFTER AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT.
These are the worst people empowered to do the worst possible things.
I really do not see how we can have a functioning democracy & keep DHS.
I really do not see how we can have a functioning democracy & keep DHS.
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
February 6, 2026 at 8:48 PM
They abducted this person from Mayo Clinic and not even an elected rep has been able to get them the anti-rejection meds they need to not die AFTER AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT.
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DISGUSTING: A US Marshal acting on behalf of Trump’s DOJ in Tennessee was caught on tape kicking a dog during an arrest. These people are violent. We know this. Now what will we do?
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February 6, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Interesting encounter this afternoon when coming off the M5. A car had taken the left fork at the junction to go back on to the motorway and was reversing back to take right fork, the road that we were on. Fucking twat. Still our dash cam works. 😂
February 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Interesting encounter this afternoon when coming off the M5. A car had taken the left fork at the junction to go back on to the motorway and was reversing back to take right fork, the road that we were on. Fucking twat. Still our dash cam works. 😂
Are we calling this the Augmented Games now?
‘Penisgate’ at the Olympics: why inject acid into your penis, and what are the health risks?
‘Penisgate’ at the Olympics: why inject acid into your penis, and what are the health risks?
The World Anti-Doping Agency is investigating whether ski jumpers were injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid in order to fly further
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Are we calling this the Augmented Games now?
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This is huge. Tenure was axed in the UK by Thatcher for political reasons in 1988, and since then UK academics have gradually completely lost control of their entire sector.
Tenure is the bedrock of what *real* academic freedom means, not the right-wing 'you must platform fascists version' /1
Tenure is the bedrock of what *real* academic freedom means, not the right-wing 'you must platform fascists version' /1
Breaking, from me: An executive order from Oklahoma's governor directs most of the state's public colleges to "phase out tenure." #AcademicSky #HigherEd @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
Tenure Will Be Eliminated at Most of Oklahoma’s Public Colleges, Governor Says
Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, directed the state’s two-dozen regional universities and community colleges to phase out the practice. Existing faculty members will be grandfathered in.
www.chronicle.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
This is huge. Tenure was axed in the UK by Thatcher for political reasons in 1988, and since then UK academics have gradually completely lost control of their entire sector.
Tenure is the bedrock of what *real* academic freedom means, not the right-wing 'you must platform fascists version' /1
Tenure is the bedrock of what *real* academic freedom means, not the right-wing 'you must platform fascists version' /1
Has the ICE prick who kicked a dog twice and broke one of its ribs been doxxed yet? That bastard likely hits his wife, kids, and pets. His neighbours should call social services.
February 6, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Has the ICE prick who kicked a dog twice and broke one of its ribs been doxxed yet? That bastard likely hits his wife, kids, and pets. His neighbours should call social services.
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Shannon airport has long been put at the disposal of the US military by Irish authorities.
Now it is facilitating ICE deportations which may amount to human trafficking or even crimes against humanity.
For a country that speaks loudly in support of the rights of Palestinians, this is shameful.
Now it is facilitating ICE deportations which may amount to human trafficking or even crimes against humanity.
For a country that speaks loudly in support of the rights of Palestinians, this is shameful.
Eight Palestinian deported by ICE from the United States to the West Bank - via Ireland.
“They dropped us off like animals on the side of the road".
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
“They dropped us off like animals on the side of the road".
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Revealed: private jet owned by Trump friend used by ICE to deport Palestinians to West Bank
Exclusive: Luxury aircraft owned by property tycoon close to US president’s family has twice flown Palestinian men from Arizona to Tel Aviv
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Shannon airport has long been put at the disposal of the US military by Irish authorities.
Now it is facilitating ICE deportations which may amount to human trafficking or even crimes against humanity.
For a country that speaks loudly in support of the rights of Palestinians, this is shameful.
Now it is facilitating ICE deportations which may amount to human trafficking or even crimes against humanity.
For a country that speaks loudly in support of the rights of Palestinians, this is shameful.
Nazi makes sculpture even better…?
February 6, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Nazi makes sculpture even better…?
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I’m such a sucker for pop art crochet patterns www.etsy.com/listing/4369...
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 AM
I’m such a sucker for pop art crochet patterns www.etsy.com/listing/4369...
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a thing I said to my therapist this week - all of this is the closest proximity I have ever felt to evil in my life. that’s what will be so hard to ever forget. the dedication to fucking with this boy and this family is just so evil without any purpose whatsoever.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:59 AM
a thing I said to my therapist this week - all of this is the closest proximity I have ever felt to evil in my life. that’s what will be so hard to ever forget. the dedication to fucking with this boy and this family is just so evil without any purpose whatsoever.
February 6, 2026 at 3:11 AM
So, we have a very public kidnapping in the US & on the case we have a trashed FBI with Kash Patel as its leader, an organisation far too busy indulging Trump’s narcissistic fantasies. It must be horrifying for the family involved to know that law enforcement in the US has completely disintegrated.
February 5, 2026 at 9:12 AM
So, we have a very public kidnapping in the US & on the case we have a trashed FBI with Kash Patel as its leader, an organisation far too busy indulging Trump’s narcissistic fantasies. It must be horrifying for the family involved to know that law enforcement in the US has completely disintegrated.
Assuming Thiel and Palantir eventually guck the UK over, will we get feigned anger from our politicians claiming they didn’t know? I fucking know and I only know what our shitty press tells me.
"If Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein disqualifies him from holding power, why does the company controlled by Epstein's business partner and co-owner retain access to the UK's most sensitive national security infrastructure?"
Peter Thiel. Jeffrey Epstein. Palantir. The UK Government.
Peter Thiel. Jeffrey Epstein. Palantir. The UK Government.
Jeffrey Epstein Co-Owned Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government
The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund with Peter Thiel, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrastructure with the help of Peter Mandelson
bylinetimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Assuming Thiel and Palantir eventually guck the UK over, will we get feigned anger from our politicians claiming they didn’t know? I fucking know and I only know what our shitty press tells me.
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Everyday I think back to this headline
February 5, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Everyday I think back to this headline