Joy
@joybe.bsky.social
Fifer, reader, crafter, lefty, independence supporter. 🏴
I read a lot of books and watch a lot of tv, talk about politics and admire beautiful art & photography. I post about all these things.
I read a lot of books and watch a lot of tv, talk about politics and admire beautiful art & photography. I post about all these things.
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It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty! Anyway, here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance 💰
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty! Anyway, here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance 💰
Surprise, surprise, as BBC Scotland 10pm news trailer runs with this as the main headline. Waiting on Sarwar to do the same with his own party in England.
Sarwar calls for Swinney and Sturgeon to be investigated over QEUH
The Scottish Labour leader says complications at the hospital were
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Surprise, surprise, as BBC Scotland 10pm news trailer runs with this as the main headline. Waiting on Sarwar to do the same with his own party in England.
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i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
The Wrath of Stephen Miller
The man who turns President Trump’s most incendiary impulses into policy
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:06 PM
i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
Call me weird, but I find it hard to care about celeb family drama 🤷♀️.
January 19, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Call me weird, but I find it hard to care about celeb family drama 🤷♀️.
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Morten Morland @mortenmorland on #Trump #RuleOfLaw #USImperialism #Greenland – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Morten Morland @mortenmorland on #Trump #RuleOfLaw #USImperialism #Greenland – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
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The best way to read this is: "Myself and others on the fruitier side of the British right are terrified that our previous vocal support for Donald Trump is going to bite us viciously on the arse. There are skin diseases that poll better than he does in the UK."
January 19, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The best way to read this is: "Myself and others on the fruitier side of the British right are terrified that our previous vocal support for Donald Trump is going to bite us viciously on the arse. There are skin diseases that poll better than he does in the UK."
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Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
Well, it certainly didn't stop them from building 2 new stations and reconnecting Leven to the railway network for the first time in years. Just more billionaire lies.
I legit had to look to see if this was The Onion or something. Imagine, this headline is a real thing rofl
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Well, it certainly didn't stop them from building 2 new stations and reconnecting Leven to the railway network for the first time in years. Just more billionaire lies.
I'm quite flabbergasted at this.
The SNP said that Lumsden was responsible for a third of all written and Scottish Parliament Corporate Body questions in the winter of 2024/25 and “an astonishing 51% of total questions in January 2025”.
The SNP said that Lumsden was responsible for a third of all written and Scottish Parliament Corporate Body questions in the winter of 2024/25 and “an astonishing 51% of total questions in January 2025”.
👀 Tory MSP Douglas Lumsden’s avalanche of AI generated questions cost the tax payer £185,000!
www.thenational.scot/news/2576482...
www.thenational.scot/news/2576482...
Tory MSP 'costs Scottish public £185k with deluge of AI-generated questions'
A TORY MSP has cost the Scottish public £185,000 by inundating the Government with more than 1300 “AI-generated questions”
www.thenational.scot
January 19, 2026 at 11:38 AM
I'm quite flabbergasted at this.
The SNP said that Lumsden was responsible for a third of all written and Scottish Parliament Corporate Body questions in the winter of 2024/25 and “an astonishing 51% of total questions in January 2025”.
The SNP said that Lumsden was responsible for a third of all written and Scottish Parliament Corporate Body questions in the winter of 2024/25 and “an astonishing 51% of total questions in January 2025”.
Wtf???
Russia says President Putin has been invited to join Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza.
Astonishing to invite one of history’s most egregious warmongers on to a peace board. The international rules are already in the bin.
Astonishing to invite one of history’s most egregious warmongers on to a peace board. The international rules are already in the bin.
January 19, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Wtf???
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A new storm is expected to hit Gaza as people continue to die from exposure because Israel is blocking supplies (including shelters) from entering the strip.
Tareq Abu Azzoum reports.
Tareq Abu Azzoum reports.
January 19, 2026 at 8:18 AM
A new storm is expected to hit Gaza as people continue to die from exposure because Israel is blocking supplies (including shelters) from entering the strip.
Tareq Abu Azzoum reports.
Tareq Abu Azzoum reports.
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Per @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social this Hmong man Trump’s goons humiliated & dragged out in the cold (after trashing his apartment and putting a gun to his daughter-in-law’s head) was a naturalized 🇺🇸 CITIZEN with no criminal record.
He was eventually released.
More: www.instagram.com/p/DTrblZ2jmT...
He was eventually released.
More: www.instagram.com/p/DTrblZ2jmT...
January 19, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Per @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social this Hmong man Trump’s goons humiliated & dragged out in the cold (after trashing his apartment and putting a gun to his daughter-in-law’s head) was a naturalized 🇺🇸 CITIZEN with no criminal record.
He was eventually released.
More: www.instagram.com/p/DTrblZ2jmT...
He was eventually released.
More: www.instagram.com/p/DTrblZ2jmT...
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This makes no sense…
An MP can wake up one morning, ditch the party you elected them for, & sign up to a completely different manifesto…
No thanks
If they defect to a different party, we should get a vote
Sign the petition & help make that law.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
An MP can wake up one morning, ditch the party you elected them for, & sign up to a completely different manifesto…
No thanks
If they defect to a different party, we should get a vote
Sign the petition & help make that law.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 18, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This makes no sense…
An MP can wake up one morning, ditch the party you elected them for, & sign up to a completely different manifesto…
No thanks
If they defect to a different party, we should get a vote
Sign the petition & help make that law.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
An MP can wake up one morning, ditch the party you elected them for, & sign up to a completely different manifesto…
No thanks
If they defect to a different party, we should get a vote
Sign the petition & help make that law.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Jenrick (Tory MP 2014-26) "Britain is broken. People are finding it tough, their living standards arent rising, they're struggling to get on the housing ladder, they're worried about immigration, public services aren't working"
Wait till he finds out who was in charge from 2010!
Wait till he finds out who was in charge from 2010!
January 19, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Jenrick (Tory MP 2014-26) "Britain is broken. People are finding it tough, their living standards arent rising, they're struggling to get on the housing ladder, they're worried about immigration, public services aren't working"
Wait till he finds out who was in charge from 2010!
Wait till he finds out who was in charge from 2010!
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It's Davos 2012 and Farage is already taking on the unelected globalist elites - and supporting the true democratic British hero of the hour ....
January 19, 2026 at 8:01 AM
It's Davos 2012 and Farage is already taking on the unelected globalist elites - and supporting the true democratic British hero of the hour ....
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This is utterly deranged.
![Screenshot of a post by Nick Schifrin (@nickschifrin) on X/Twitter. The post reads:
“NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
‘Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT’”
At the bottom of the screenshot: “8:31 PM · Jan 18, 2026 · 25.6K Views.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xjc7mkotpenvhh6ffewkdpyn/bafkreidksjuj7yrvabefolz3tgep5cwvyiyutv6w5fahfm344p7eq2jzzq@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:51 AM
This is utterly deranged.
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Norwegian PM Støre says Trump repeatedly raises—complains about, pleads for, and demands—the Nobel Peace Prize every time they meet. Støre gives same answer each time: decision is made independently by Norwegian Nobel Committee, with no role for Norwegian gov—a concept Trump appears unable to grasp.
January 18, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Norwegian PM Støre says Trump repeatedly raises—complains about, pleads for, and demands—the Nobel Peace Prize every time they meet. Støre gives same answer each time: decision is made independently by Norwegian Nobel Committee, with no role for Norwegian gov—a concept Trump appears unable to grasp.
Fascinating to see some of the amazing & beautiful finds from the Pictish settlement site on Falkand Hill. A place many of us from this area would have been up countless times in our lives without knowing there was such a busy settlement here so long ago.
#diggingforbritain
#diggingforbritain
20 Fife buildings from the 4th century unearthed on BBC show Digging For Britain
Rare finds were unearthed from a Pictish settlement at Fife beauty spot East Lomond.
www.thecourier.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Fascinating to see some of the amazing & beautiful finds from the Pictish settlement site on Falkand Hill. A place many of us from this area would have been up countless times in our lives without knowing there was such a busy settlement here so long ago.
#diggingforbritain
#diggingforbritain
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This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
January 18, 2026 at 7:43 PM
This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
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130,000 Small and Medium-size Enterprises in the UK export products to the USA.
Courtesy of Ben Leo at GB News, we now learn that they're all "globalists" and no doubt part of some Illuminati like conspiracy.
Courtesy of Ben Leo at GB News, we now learn that they're all "globalists" and no doubt part of some Illuminati like conspiracy.
January 18, 2026 at 7:58 PM
130,000 Small and Medium-size Enterprises in the UK export products to the USA.
Courtesy of Ben Leo at GB News, we now learn that they're all "globalists" and no doubt part of some Illuminati like conspiracy.
Courtesy of Ben Leo at GB News, we now learn that they're all "globalists" and no doubt part of some Illuminati like conspiracy.
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"Trans zealots" - it was one trans woman who'd worked without issue for 4 years until this lot came along
January 18, 2026 at 8:29 AM
"Trans zealots" - it was one trans woman who'd worked without issue for 4 years until this lot came along
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
#BBCLauraK: "In what way is shooting an unarmed civilian in the streets in Minneapolis standing up for moral values?
Speaker of the House of Representatives: "If you've see the tape.. that unarmed civilian weaponised a motor vehicle"
Yes the world has seen the footage. We all know you're lying.
Speaker of the House of Representatives: "If you've see the tape.. that unarmed civilian weaponised a motor vehicle"
Yes the world has seen the footage. We all know you're lying.
January 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
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You've got to laugh at Conservatives whining that Star Trek has gone woke. Star Trek was ALWAYS woke, from the first interracial kiss on American TV to the season 3's Let That Be Your Last Battlefield, an allegory on the futility and idiocy of racism. Wokeness defined Star Trek from the very start.
January 18, 2026 at 1:59 PM
You've got to laugh at Conservatives whining that Star Trek has gone woke. Star Trek was ALWAYS woke, from the first interracial kiss on American TV to the season 3's Let That Be Your Last Battlefield, an allegory on the futility and idiocy of racism. Wokeness defined Star Trek from the very start.
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Every single poll, by every single pollster, shows that the SNP are predicted to win ZERO Regional List seats
The evidence is clear, both votes SNP means that your Regional List vote goes straight in the bin !
For Indy, vote :
Constituency : SNP
Regional List : Scottish Greens
🏴🇪🇺💪
The evidence is clear, both votes SNP means that your Regional List vote goes straight in the bin !
For Indy, vote :
Constituency : SNP
Regional List : Scottish Greens
🏴🇪🇺💪
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Every single poll, by every single pollster, shows that the SNP are predicted to win ZERO Regional List seats
The evidence is clear, both votes SNP means that your Regional List vote goes straight in the bin !
For Indy, vote :
Constituency : SNP
Regional List : Scottish Greens
🏴🇪🇺💪
The evidence is clear, both votes SNP means that your Regional List vote goes straight in the bin !
For Indy, vote :
Constituency : SNP
Regional List : Scottish Greens
🏴🇪🇺💪
Any other party leader would have been out of a job by now because the media pressure on them would have been unrelenting, and rightly so. But it's all gone quiet where this Dulwhich story is concerned.
Remember, the MPs defecting to Reform UK know exactly who Nigel Farage is, and what he stands for.
January 18, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Any other party leader would have been out of a job by now because the media pressure on them would have been unrelenting, and rightly so. But it's all gone quiet where this Dulwhich story is concerned.