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Jane
@localnotail.bsky.social
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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
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Jan 30
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...
FSFA Birmingham - Jane
YouTube video by Final Say For All - Beehives
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seanjones.org
As we move into “foreigners are cancelling Christmas in the name of political correctness” season it’s worth remember that Christmas was indeed once banned in England, by Christians and the man who enforced the ban has a statue in his honour outside the Houses of Parliament.
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
localnotail.bsky.social
Can someone check if Solihull is still there please?
localnotail.bsky.social Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 7h
Good morning from the top of the library at the point where the nuclear explosion became visible

#Sunrise #SkySky
Photo of the university of Birmingham campus in autumn as the sun rises in a blaze of light, illuminating Old Joe, the tallest freestanding clock tower in the world (unless someone has built something taller in Dubai now, I haven't checked)
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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localnotail.bsky.social
The most recent "They're banning Christmas!" outrage is over Royal Mail's choice of Xmas stamps.
Apparently Mary and Jesus are too brown, and there's an Islamic plot in the design 🙄🤦
Mark Heath @MarkHeath45 The 'Christmas' royal mail stamp Spot the mistake?? [Image of 2025 Royal Mail stamp design with Mary holding baby Jesus. Both have full circle halos, stars behind them in a dark sky, Mary is wearing a red dress and head covering, both have ] 8:01 AM Nov 24 202543.4K Views Mark Heath @MarkHeath45.14h If anyone can find me an interpretation of Jesus this brown, please share?? Mark Heath @MarkHeath45. 14h Half moon above brown marys head mean anything??? Madame Testiclé @Madametesticle How did Mary and Jesus suddenly become so tanned? This is what they used to look like... [Stained glass style picture of Mary and Jesus who is unrealistically sitting up and probably cold without clothes on. Both are white, Mary has a blue dress on with lots of gold embellishment] Mark Heath @MarkHeath45 This Combined image of multiple replies St. Edward @StEdward1042 Nov 23 Mary and Jesus were both White. Benedict Ratchford @TheBenRatch Let's make Christmas look more Muslim to be inclusive. Honestly. Rachel Lebby @LebbyRachel1 @RoyalMail we see you. I shan't be buying your stamps. Stop this nonsense. JMP @so_Jmp even the birth of Jesus they have to shove Islam in [Royal Mail stamp with imagined crescent moon drawn onto the design on green between Mary and Jesus along with and one single star drawn over out of dozens]
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
L👀k at all the fabulous puffins! ❤️
regretteruane.bsky.social Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 4h
The wonder of it!
Brightly coloured cartoon cover of a 1976 puffin post magazine where puffins dance and frolic emblazoned with the words look at me on green grass bordered with white daisies accompanied by some kind of blue alien and a yellow butterfly the title puffin post is hand lettered above in colourful patterned letters
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
localnotail.bsky.social
Good morning from the top of the library at the point where the nuclear explosion became visible

#Sunrise #SkySky
Photo of the university of Birmingham campus in autumn as the sun rises in a blaze of light, illuminating Old Joe, the tallest freestanding clock tower in the world (unless someone has built something taller in Dubai now, I haven't checked)
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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herrem.bsky.social
Amazing artwork.
This is astounding.

Watch from start. Sound on.

Petie Parker, ~ Off Our Backs.
More details in following post...
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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localnotail.bsky.social
Altered s/s of Nigel Farage tweet which now says "Rubles are rubles" Altered image of Nigel Farage smirking while smoking and pointing at a sign on the wall which reads "Anyone found NOT helping Putin in Reform UK will be fined £80! By order of the management"
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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meduza.io
Russia is reshaping monuments in occupied Ukraine — restoring Soviet-era sites, adding new symbols, and erasing Ukrainian memorials — to cast the invasion as the latest chapter in a shared “historic mission” and legitimize its rule. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Russia is remaking occupied Ukraine’s monuments to legitimize the invasion and propagate a shared history — Meduza
In occupied parts of Ukraine, Russia has been busy creating, rebuilding, and demolishing a large number of monuments. According to Ukrainian historian Yurii Latysh, this activity fits a clear…
meduza.io
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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localnotail.bsky.social
Xtreme roast
@Grok do a vulgar roast of this guy's performance. Make it extreme, really have fun with it. youtube.com Elon Musk Monologue -SNL Grok @grok Oh man, Elon's SNL monologue was like watching a cyborg try to fuck a punchline-stiff, awkward, and zero climax. He struts out mumbling about Asperger's like it's a flex, then bombs Dogecoin jokes harder than Tesla stock on a bad tweet. That laugh? Sounded like a robot gargling cum. Epic fail, but hey, at least he didn't short-circuit onstage! 9:14 PM GMT Nov 24, 2025 That's good, but make the roast more extreme, include the fact he brought his mother on. 10:42 PM Nov 24, 2025.4 Views Grok @grok Alright, cranking it up: Elon's SNL flop was a dumpster fire of awkward- like a billionaire android attempting to hump comedy, but his dick's as limp as his punchlines. He drags his poor mom onstage for a cringey Dogecoin bit that bombed harder than a SpaceX rocket up his ass. She looks thrilled, like "Thanks for the crypto STD, son!" That forced laugh? Pure robotic jizz-gurgle. Total trainwreck, but props for not electrocuting the stage!
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
Piers Morgan makes my fists clench even when he's saying things that I agree with.

Him becoming DG could cause me to hate the BBC

#Newsnight
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
high on her own supply
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
Altered s/s of Nigel Farage tweet which now says "Rubles are rubles" Altered image of Nigel Farage smirking while smoking and pointing at a sign on the wall which reads "Anyone found NOT helping Putin in Reform UK will be fined £80! By order of the management"
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
Nigel Farage's rules: higher cancer risks for everyone!
s/s of tweet by Nigel Farage posted today at 4.28PM which says "Rules are rules!" above a photo of the Reform UK leader smirking while smoking and pointing at a sign on the wall outside which reads "Anyone found NOT smoking in this shelter will be fined £80! By order of the management" Close-up of sign "Anyone found NOT smoking in this shelter will be fined £80! By order of the management"
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
Joe Rogan is going to hell for enabling this utter bollocks.
wapplehouse.bsky.social Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 1d
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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localnotail.bsky.social
Does Michael Crick not recall his detailed 2013 report where he said "Channel 4 News has found good evidence that teachers objections to Nigel Farage becoming a prefect were a lot stronger than him simply regarding Enoch Powell as his great hero... using words like racist, fascist and neo-fascist"
Nigel Farage schooldays letter reveals concerns over fascism
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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October 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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localnotail.bsky.social
Looking forward to the Department of War sending Mark Kelly to trial for saying that service personnel should "refuse illegal orders."

erm
Rule 155 of the rules of customary international humanitarian law (IHL) . Obeying a superior order does not relieve a subordinate of criminal responsibility if the subordinate knew that the act ordered was unlawful or should have known because of the manifestly unlawful nature of the act ordered. .. https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule155
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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localnotail.bsky.social
Powerful words about violence against women and girls, spoken with strength by Shirin from Birmingham Black Sisters, from lived experience and righteous fury.

(We are) "demanding justice, safety and dignity for all. No woman is free until we are all free "
Kings Heath United Against Racism's post Shirin from Birmingham Black Sisters, described the Unity Walk as an inspiring and powerful experience of reclaiming the night. Shirin spoke at the rally. This is what she had to say: "We need to reclaim the streets. I was just 20 when I first marched to reclaim the streets. One in four women have been raped or sexually assaulted according to the Rape Crisis Centre. 71,227 rapes were recorded by police in 2024. Nothing has changed. We remember Bibaa Henry, Nicole Smallman, Sarah Everard, Sabina Nessa, Zara Aleena. Just few of the names of women, assaulted and murdered, that remind us of the horrors of violence against women. Our bodies are worthless in this racist, sexist society. Kings Heath United Against Racism's post For black and brown women it is connected to racism. Black and brown women are targets of male violence. This violence is expressed often by the language used in attacks, about our skin colour, about us looking different or expressing our faith differently. Black Sisters stand in outrage and sorrow at the recent rise in racist attacks against black and brown women and communities across the West Midlands. The violence and hatred we are witnessing from physical assault, to the most horrific sexual violence are not isolated incidents. They are part of a wider pattern of racism, misogyny and xenophobia, encouraged by divisive, fear mongering, racist and fascist speakers and politicians that we are now facing. Kings Heath United Against Racism's post In recent months two women were raped in Oldbury and Walsall. Both women were subjected to vile racism. A clear reminder that racist and sexual violence are intertwined. Women locally have been spat at, abused and assaulted, targeted for the colour of their skin and the visibility of their faith. To racists, we don't belong. As feminists with anti-colonial and anti-racist histories we know that the fight against racism is also a fight against sexism, against state violence and against the silencing of our voices. We demand justice, safety and dignity for all. Unity is our strength. We will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder, as survivors, as sisters, as migrants, as women of the global south. Demanding justice safety and dignity for all. No woman is free until we are all free."
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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localnotail.bsky.social
This April 2018 Alex Jones interview with Nigel Farage is just crazy full of red flags

EU response to Syria was because "the globalists have wanted to have some form of conflict with Russia as an argument from Brussels to surrender our national sovereignty and give it up to a higher global level"
Alex Jones Interviews Nigel Farage on Russia, Christians and WWIII
YouTube video by Believe In Brexit Britain
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November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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rikefranke.bsky.social
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.

The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.

www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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localnotail.bsky.social
Oh
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
One good reason to keep FPTP - only 14 seats for the Tories ?
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
I've never seen someone sent off for handbags with a fellow defender.

Mad.
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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localnotail.bsky.social
Effin Birds Image of a cormorant next to the words "Our expectations for you were low, but holy fuck"
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM