Jane
@localnotail.bsky.social
local, no-tail, mostly harmless, bit gonzo, sometimes sweary
taking notes, library & research assistant
English. From Norfolk, of Birmingham, in Europe, on Earth.
Meet me in my pinned if you want.
🙏 ask me #alttxtplz if I missed alt-txt & you'd like it
taking notes, library & research assistant
English. From Norfolk, of Birmingham, in Europe, on Earth.
Meet me in my pinned if you want.
🙏 ask me #alttxtplz if I missed alt-txt & you'd like it
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Jane
@localnotail.bsky.social
· Jan 30
FSFA Birmingham - Jane
YouTube video by Final Say For All - Beehives
www.youtube.com
I've been Charley on social media for over a decade & I've also had IRL harassment so no personal photo or surname on my profile.
But if you ever want to know what I'm like & who I am, in 2018 I did a video for Final Say for All about me & why Brexit was personal:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-JO...
But if you ever want to know what I'm like & who I am, in 2018 I did a video for Final Say for All about me & why Brexit was personal:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-JO...
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
I bet Nonce Andrew cheers every time another Mandy scandal hits the news
February 2, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I bet Nonce Andrew cheers every time another Mandy scandal hits the news
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crazy, crazy like a fox, or crazy fucked?
Peter Mandelson went mad in the early 00s, Mike Skinner just got the date wrong
youtu.be/Ue1U9Se6jQI?...
bsky.app/profile/loca...
Peter Mandelson went mad in the early 00s, Mike Skinner just got the date wrong
youtu.be/Ue1U9Se6jQI?...
bsky.app/profile/loca...
March 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
crazy, crazy like a fox, or crazy fucked?
Peter Mandelson went mad in the early 00s, Mike Skinner just got the date wrong
youtu.be/Ue1U9Se6jQI?...
bsky.app/profile/loca...
Peter Mandelson went mad in the early 00s, Mike Skinner just got the date wrong
youtu.be/Ue1U9Se6jQI?...
bsky.app/profile/loca...
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I mean...
we revealed in FT two years ago that Mandelson stayed at Epstein's luxury house in Manhattan while the financier was in jail for soliciting a minor
he was deputy prime minister at the time
always seemed weird that broadcasters didn't really pick this up at the time
www.ft.com/content/0723...
he was deputy prime minister at the time
always seemed weird that broadcasters didn't really pick this up at the time
www.ft.com/content/0723...
Links between Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein detailed in JPMorgan report
Emails indicate then UK business secretary stayed at New York house while disgraced financier was in prison
www.ft.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I mean...
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If Mandelson is forced to resign or fired would he be the first person to have to leave three different jobs in British politics for three different scandals?
September 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If Mandelson is forced to resign or fired would he be the first person to have to leave three different jobs in British politics for three different scandals?
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Here's part of Peter Mandelson's birthday message to "my best pal" Jeffrey Epstein.
September 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Here's part of Peter Mandelson's birthday message to "my best pal" Jeffrey Epstein.
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It says something about Peter Mandelson that he went back into public office knowing that there was a papertrail of how he'd supported a rotten paedophile groomer.
Surely this must mean that Keir Starmer needs to reshuffle that role again.
Kim Darroch had to resign for being honest about Trump ffs
Surely this must mean that Keir Starmer needs to reshuffle that role again.
Kim Darroch had to resign for being honest about Trump ffs
Newly released emails from Mandelson to Epstein - “I think the world of you and I feel hopeless and furious about what has happened.
"It just could not happen in Britain... fight for early release and be philosophical about it as much as you can."
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3665359...
"It just could not happen in Britain... fight for early release and be philosophical about it as much as you can."
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3665359...
Epstein’s pal Mandelson COACHED paedo through arrest, leaked emails reveal
PETER Mandelson coached “best pal” Jeffrey Epstein through his “years of torture” over teen sex allegations, leaked emails suggest. While the predator was facing charges in June 2008 over solicitin…
www.thesun.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It says something about Peter Mandelson that he went back into public office knowing that there was a papertrail of how he'd supported a rotten paedophile groomer.
Surely this must mean that Keir Starmer needs to reshuffle that role again.
Kim Darroch had to resign for being honest about Trump ffs
Surely this must mean that Keir Starmer needs to reshuffle that role again.
Kim Darroch had to resign for being honest about Trump ffs
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I'm old enough to remember when Matt Goodwin identified as a nerd.
(as is anyone born this decade)
(as is anyone born this decade)
February 1, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I'm old enough to remember when Matt Goodwin identified as a nerd.
(as is anyone born this decade)
(as is anyone born this decade)
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I am writing a strongly worded letter to the president of the Royal Society of Nerds to demand that Matt Goodwin be stripped of his fellowship 🙃
![[s/s from Sunday Times article referenced in the quoted post by Mary Beard]
There was a time when Goodwin studied political history, but you get the sense he always dreamed of making it himself. Now he has that chance. But there won’t be invitations for pasta in north London arriving any time soon. “Most of these people criticising me are nerds,” he says. “The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson and Mary Beard. I’d rather shoot myself in the head.”
https://archive.ph/ycr4Z](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreifmwboejymwtxtevtmsig76cbr4uiizckkpyzg2e7d647lqrquzli@jpeg)
![s/s of Matthew Goodwin's Twitter feed mentions of "nerds"
@GooidwinMJ • Jun 23, 2016 Matt Goodwin
The night nerds live for. 12 hours of political analysis. Let's go! @anandMenon1 @simonjhix
#Isebrexitvote #EUref.
[selfie photo of him with 3 other politics nerds from the LSE]
Matt Gooodwin @GoidwinMJ Jun 15, 2016
If you are an EU referendum nerd get a drink, sit back & watch some other nerds talk about the referendum
youtube.com/watch?time con... #euref](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihqjnvsfi5ndnmo5dz44yggxkwaqkasy5tr7thltazfuz5rqmnmla@jpeg)
February 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I am writing a strongly worded letter to the president of the Royal Society of Nerds to demand that Matt Goodwin be stripped of his fellowship 🙃
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It started before the pandemic, though. This Real Ale Twats strip is from 2018
January 31, 2026 at 4:28 PM
It started before the pandemic, though. This Real Ale Twats strip is from 2018
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Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
February 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
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Well this is dodgy as fuck
February 1, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Well this is dodgy as fuck
I expect @anandmenon.bsky.social to co-sign it
I am writing a strongly worded letter to the president of the Royal Society of Nerds to demand that Matt Goodwin be stripped of his fellowship 🙃
February 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I expect @anandmenon.bsky.social to co-sign it
Am I wrong? Trump can't really get at Kamala Harris so he's just hitting Minnesota even though they've got a low number of foreign-born residents (9% in 2024) compared to the national average (14.8%).
Is DHS acting like this in Texas (18.4%)?
Is DHS acting like this in Texas (18.4%)?
Kamala Harris dropped out of public life when she didn't get elected as President
Her Democrat VP Tim Walz continued as Governor of Minnesota - Trump hates him
Ilhan Omar has repped Minnesota since 2019 - Trump hates her
Donald Trump is a weak petty man who wants to lord it over his adversaries
Her Democrat VP Tim Walz continued as Governor of Minnesota - Trump hates him
Ilhan Omar has repped Minnesota since 2019 - Trump hates her
Donald Trump is a weak petty man who wants to lord it over his adversaries
Yes Melanie, it is no coincidence that Donald Trump has focused his anti-immigration Schutzstaffel on Minnesota's 9% foreign born residents.
February 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Am I wrong? Trump can't really get at Kamala Harris so he's just hitting Minnesota even though they've got a low number of foreign-born residents (9% in 2024) compared to the national average (14.8%).
Is DHS acting like this in Texas (18.4%)?
Is DHS acting like this in Texas (18.4%)?
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So why would a Kazakhstani billionaire be trying to secretly bankroll Reform?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
February 1, 2026 at 10:27 AM
So why would a Kazakhstani billionaire be trying to secretly bankroll Reform?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
I haven't been in pubs much since the pandemic so I haven't seen this at all, but I'm out tonight so will check if the world really has gone crazy.
There was a system in place at the bar that mostly worked, and people tended to respect it.
There was a system in place at the bar that mostly worked, and people tended to respect it.
One of the realy interesting post-pandemic trends are 'people doing a thing that they clearly can't possibly be enjoying and ignoring everyone else urging them not to'.
‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served
Bar owners say they struggle to dissuade people from forming a line as behavioural experts point to post-pandemic ‘new norms’
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:02 AM
I haven't been in pubs much since the pandemic so I haven't seen this at all, but I'm out tonight so will check if the world really has gone crazy.
There was a system in place at the bar that mostly worked, and people tended to respect it.
There was a system in place at the bar that mostly worked, and people tended to respect it.
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but we made it to February, finally
February 1, 2026 at 12:36 AM
but we made it to February, finally
but we made it to February, finally
February 1, 2026 at 12:36 AM
but we made it to February, finally
2001
"Little wonder that a number of senior ministers and former colleagues were seriously wondering whether Mr Mandelson was suffering from some form of breakdown. It had sent his judgment haywire and coloured his perception of the cold reality that his behaviour was making him a liability to his party"
January 31, 2026 at 10:13 PM
2001
The GOP blames women for undermining them on issues like abortion & ICE & thus hopes to pass the “SAVE Act,” which will make it harder for married women who changed their last names to vote. But they want you to think it’s about “election integrity”. 1/31/26 #HandmaidsTale 1/
This one weird trick could stop US women from voting | Arwa Mahdawi
The Save Act – which would do the opposite of its title – could have a huge impact on the midterm elections
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:07 PM
This is new to me. We knew that Epstein was working with Kremlin official Belyakov to circumvent sanctions post Crimea, but his eagerness to help Putin beat the West predates that
“Reinventing the financial system”
“Reinventing the financial system”
January 31, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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The Captain Haddock What a Week, Huh? meme is real Tintin artwork from The Crab with the Golden Claws (when Captain Haddock's opium cargo is discovered),
but the dialogue was added from 30 Rock in a 2017 meme
but the dialogue was added from 30 Rock in a 2017 meme
January 23, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The Captain Haddock What a Week, Huh? meme is real Tintin artwork from The Crab with the Golden Claws (when Captain Haddock's opium cargo is discovered),
but the dialogue was added from 30 Rock in a 2017 meme
but the dialogue was added from 30 Rock in a 2017 meme