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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Fuck this garbage. Think of all the talented artists in Glasgow who you could have chosen from to get a payday from this gig instead of the money being handed over to a slop merchant.
NEW: Glasgow City Council has just approved a massive AI-generated mural to be painted in the city centre.
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
January 20, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Fuck this garbage. Think of all the talented artists in Glasgow who you could have chosen from to get a payday from this gig instead of the money being handed over to a slop merchant.
I sometimes watch CNN, just to see what's being said & usually switch off when Jennings, with his sneers, eye rolling & Trump sycophancy appears....so its great to see Leigh McGowan give it to him straight.
Jennings: Let's not get our knickers in a twist here
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
January 20, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I sometimes watch CNN, just to see what's being said & usually switch off when Jennings, with his sneers, eye rolling & Trump sycophancy appears....so its great to see Leigh McGowan give it to him straight.
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Tillis: "To be clear -- I'm not critical of the president. I'm critical of the bad advice he's getting on Greenland."
January 20, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Joani Reid & Kemi Badenoch happy to meet & defend Sandi Peggy in the last few days. Here's a reminder of the horrendous jokes she told (but apparently denies). It just goes to show that some people will ignore all kinds of horrid behaviour if the person they are defending hates trans people more.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Joani Reid & Kemi Badenoch happy to meet & defend Sandi Peggy in the last few days. Here's a reminder of the horrendous jokes she told (but apparently denies). It just goes to show that some people will ignore all kinds of horrid behaviour if the person they are defending hates trans people more.
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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Are you watching this right now? I'm struggling to pick my jaw up from the floor.
January 20, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Are you watching this right now? I'm struggling to pick my jaw up from the floor.
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The look on the dog’s face speaks for us all
The UK would be “foolish” to embrace the seemingly “simple solution” of a new customs union with the EU in an effort to boost economic growth, business secretary Peter Kyle has said despite growing fears of a trade war with Donald Trump.
(FT interview)
www.ft.com/content/73c8...
(FT interview)
www.ft.com/content/73c8...
UK would be ‘foolish’ to pursue customs union with EU, business secretary says
Peter Kyle warns against ‘simple solutions’ for boosting growth in FT interview
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The look on the dog’s face speaks for us all
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I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (Trump).
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace
No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot
www.timesofisrael.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (Trump).
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
The Heartland Institute is an American conservative and libertarian think tank founded in 1984. The Institute has been a leading voice in questioning the severity and human causes of climate change, arguing that it is not a crisis and may even be beneficial.
The poster deleted this shortly after.
The poster deleted this shortly after.
January 20, 2026 at 9:43 AM
The Heartland Institute is an American conservative and libertarian think tank founded in 1984. The Institute has been a leading voice in questioning the severity and human causes of climate change, arguing that it is not a crisis and may even be beneficial.
The poster deleted this shortly after.
The poster deleted this shortly after.
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Jeez
Q: “Have you invited Putin to be a member of the Board of Peace?”
Trump: “Yeah. He's been invited”
On Macron saying he will not join the Board of Peace
Trump: “Nobody wants him.. If they feel hostile, I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes & he’ll join”
Q: “Have you invited Putin to be a member of the Board of Peace?”
Trump: “Yeah. He's been invited”
On Macron saying he will not join the Board of Peace
Trump: “Nobody wants him.. If they feel hostile, I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes & he’ll join”
January 20, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Jeez
Q: “Have you invited Putin to be a member of the Board of Peace?”
Trump: “Yeah. He's been invited”
On Macron saying he will not join the Board of Peace
Trump: “Nobody wants him.. If they feel hostile, I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes & he’ll join”
Q: “Have you invited Putin to be a member of the Board of Peace?”
Trump: “Yeah. He's been invited”
On Macron saying he will not join the Board of Peace
Trump: “Nobody wants him.. If they feel hostile, I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes & he’ll join”
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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...