John B
@johnb78.bsky.social
Yes, that one. Australian. Saying things; around the place. On the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. He/him.
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John B
@johnb78.bsky.social
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Personal favourites, no objective claims:
Best album of 2025: Suede | Antidepressants
Honourable mentions: Wet Leg, Jim Bob, Last Dinner Party, Pulp
Best song of 2025: Pulp | Grown-Ups
Honourable mentions: catch these fists [WL], Second Best [LDP], Trance State [Suede], Do Things My Own Way [Sparks]
Best album of 2025: Suede | Antidepressants
Honourable mentions: Wet Leg, Jim Bob, Last Dinner Party, Pulp
Best song of 2025: Pulp | Grown-Ups
Honourable mentions: catch these fists [WL], Second Best [LDP], Trance State [Suede], Do Things My Own Way [Sparks]
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Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.
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This is exactly the same playbook Graham Linehan uses against trans people, where defending trans rights is cast as defending "rape" and "paedophilia." He uses "rape" and "paedophilia" as punchlines, and, therefore, all of his hate speech and advocation for violence against his enemies is justified.
January 26, 2026 at 10:33 AM
This is exactly the same playbook Graham Linehan uses against trans people, where defending trans rights is cast as defending "rape" and "paedophilia." He uses "rape" and "paedophilia" as punchlines, and, therefore, all of his hate speech and advocation for violence against his enemies is justified.
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I think at this point the UK has accepted Paddington as the Death Bear, collector of souls. So, I think as a nation we should start smearing marmalade on the eyes of the dead and whisper “fare for the crossing”. It’ll feel weird now but, in three of four generations, no one will question it.
January 26, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I think at this point the UK has accepted Paddington as the Death Bear, collector of souls. So, I think as a nation we should start smearing marmalade on the eyes of the dead and whisper “fare for the crossing”. It’ll feel weird now but, in three of four generations, no one will question it.
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Its one of Mandami’s and AOC’s special talents that they don’t do the reflexive “of course I was a Socialist before they got big” thing
January 26, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Its one of Mandami’s and AOC’s special talents that they don’t do the reflexive “of course I was a Socialist before they got big” thing
It is probably this platform's worst trait
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 11:01 AM
It is probably this platform's worst trait
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At about 1m20 the most non-elite US mall ninja shows up with a bafflingly seemingly self inflicted bleeding nose, tucks a shotgun under his taint before tossing a munition canister god knows where, then starts shooting at journalists. If you saw this in a war videogame you’d think it was broken.
Federal officers just came in and cleared the protest with tear gas. One officer asked press why we didn’t call 911 when the protesters were destroying the hotel and told us that we are bad Americans. Full video to come on @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 6:11 AM
At about 1m20 the most non-elite US mall ninja shows up with a bafflingly seemingly self inflicted bleeding nose, tucks a shotgun under his taint before tossing a munition canister god knows where, then starts shooting at journalists. If you saw this in a war videogame you’d think it was broken.
Moving the goalposts was just the start
My latest: On the mad sequence of events that unfolded when badgers demolished a road.
Britain's Weirdest Detour
When badgers destroyed a road in rural Lincolnshire, the response was wilder than you might imagine.
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Moving the goalposts was just the start
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So folks, what do *you* think the difference between the French and the Pope is?
I had a great deal of very good discourse with Monsieur Raby, concerning the difference between the French and the Pope, and the occasion, which he told me very particularly, and to my great content; and of most of the chief affairs of France, which I did enquire.
January 26, 2026 at 10:20 AM
So folks, what do *you* think the difference between the French and the Pope is?
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Seeing the US government flail in trying to frame these as anything but executions by incompetent trigger happy goons makes me feel like I owe an apology to the FSB morons I mocked for trying to stage an apartment as a Ukrainian terror plot but planting a copy of The Sims III instead of 3 SIM cards.
January 26, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Seeing the US government flail in trying to frame these as anything but executions by incompetent trigger happy goons makes me feel like I owe an apology to the FSB morons I mocked for trying to stage an apartment as a Ukrainian terror plot but planting a copy of The Sims III instead of 3 SIM cards.
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We need a list of misused Westminster terms.
I’d add “star chamber”. Which politicians seems to think means “tough review” rather than “arbitrary and famously corrupt semi-legal process”.
I’d add “star chamber”. Which politicians seems to think means “tough review” rather than “arbitrary and famously corrupt semi-legal process”.
January 26, 2026 at 10:21 AM
We need a list of misused Westminster terms.
I’d add “star chamber”. Which politicians seems to think means “tough review” rather than “arbitrary and famously corrupt semi-legal process”.
I’d add “star chamber”. Which politicians seems to think means “tough review” rather than “arbitrary and famously corrupt semi-legal process”.
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Can’t believe I‘m saying this, but Bill Clinton put out a pretty powerful statement about the killings in Minneapolis.
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Can’t believe I‘m saying this, but Bill Clinton put out a pretty powerful statement about the killings in Minneapolis.
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In anniversary news which I can’t quite verify, it may be 39 years (possibly more) since the Indian Air Force dressed their helicopters up as elephants for Republic Day
January 26, 2026 at 9:46 AM
In anniversary news which I can’t quite verify, it may be 39 years (possibly more) since the Indian Air Force dressed their helicopters up as elephants for Republic Day
Yup absolutely every word of this archive.md/it14I
archive.md
January 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Yup absolutely every word of this archive.md/it14I
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If Labour ministers end up chopping off Keir Starmer’s head, it will be Duncan’s fault
January 26, 2026 at 9:43 AM
If Labour ministers end up chopping off Keir Starmer’s head, it will be Duncan’s fault
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Happy 100th birthday, television.
January 26, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Happy 100th birthday, television.
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We're owed a president with some virtuous scheming viziers after this. Some guy hissing "We must ban the SUVs sire"
January 26, 2026 at 4:28 AM
We're owed a president with some virtuous scheming viziers after this. Some guy hissing "We must ban the SUVs sire"
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The Korean government cooked Trump when they gave him a replica crown of the Silla dynasty, a kingdom characterized by it's downfall due to social breakdown via aristocratic fights rampant corruption, and peasant revolts.
January 26, 2026 at 12:59 AM
The Korean government cooked Trump when they gave him a replica crown of the Silla dynasty, a kingdom characterized by it's downfall due to social breakdown via aristocratic fights rampant corruption, and peasant revolts.
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there’s this contingent of leftists on here who continue to argue that I’m not trustworthy because I’m not willing to burn my own city in a campaign of expressive violence against fascism, but I can’t notice that you’re not lighting your own house on fire
yeah we wouldn't want angry crowds confronting fascists.
One thing the Minneapolis police have become VERY good at is deescalation. If there’s an angry crowd, the police basically evaporate. If you walk a few blocks you’ll see them, but they’ve learned being invisible calms things down.
ICE does the opposite: floods in troops and starts shooting
ICE does the opposite: floods in troops and starts shooting
January 26, 2026 at 12:20 AM
there’s this contingent of leftists on here who continue to argue that I’m not trustworthy because I’m not willing to burn my own city in a campaign of expressive violence against fascism, but I can’t notice that you’re not lighting your own house on fire
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the zei squirrel moron might just be my least favorite account on the other site
they are not just allergic to power, but they actively despise the very idea of power. their ultimate fantasy is losing forever so they can forever oppose whoever is in power.
they are not just allergic to power, but they actively despise the very idea of power. their ultimate fantasy is losing forever so they can forever oppose whoever is in power.
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you are not a character in Andor. You are not an epic based Latinx Queen rallying the rebels. You are the pathological liar cynical careerist who does nothing but constantly smear the actual left to prove how "Serious" you are to the NYT editorial board ahead of your 2028 run](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gouysuoxatjdb5bjcqe4sfh7/bafkreictfqwdcwwp5vrzuheesqzsv4fiqjaqabdmeohrn32tpdnq6omxgi@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 3:42 AM
the zei squirrel moron might just be my least favorite account on the other site
they are not just allergic to power, but they actively despise the very idea of power. their ultimate fantasy is losing forever so they can forever oppose whoever is in power.
they are not just allergic to power, but they actively despise the very idea of power. their ultimate fantasy is losing forever so they can forever oppose whoever is in power.
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The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
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January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
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A few assholes from the racist march are hanging around in my (Mexican, but fairly sure any irony there is beyond them) local, which is a bit gross, but on the plus side I can't imagine them surviving more than another 10 years between the melanoma or the cirrhosis
January 26, 2026 at 4:11 AM
A few assholes from the racist march are hanging around in my (Mexican, but fairly sure any irony there is beyond them) local, which is a bit gross, but on the plus side I can't imagine them surviving more than another 10 years between the melanoma or the cirrhosis
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Democrats should respond to Trump’s victim blaming, 2nd amendment denying with, “We look forward to hearing the President’s new gun control proposals.”
January 26, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Democrats should respond to Trump’s victim blaming, 2nd amendment denying with, “We look forward to hearing the President’s new gun control proposals.”
Tiktok plus AI defaults bankrupting Ellison and his failson is definitely one of the more positive possible outcomes
January 26, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Tiktok plus AI defaults bankrupting Ellison and his failson is definitely one of the more positive possible outcomes
Obviously IQ is nonsense; at the same time I would bet my house that 10 randomly selected protesters would score a standard deviation higher on a generally accepted IQ test than 10 randomly selected ICE agents
Whistles are now WMDs, according to the "high IQ" crowd.
January 26, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Obviously IQ is nonsense; at the same time I would bet my house that 10 randomly selected protesters would score a standard deviation higher on a generally accepted IQ test than 10 randomly selected ICE agents