Sean Jones KC
@seanjones.org
King’s Counsel. Serious about Law, but only about Law.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
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Sean Jones KC
@seanjones.org
· Oct 6
Announcing @billablehour.bsky.social's very first Halloween T-shirt by the fabulous @soengery.bsky.social. Links in the reply. Also available in extra Goth.
As usual, all proceeds go to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social /1
As usual, all proceeds go to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social /1
Time for Jenrick to hatch into his new form.
January 15, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Time for Jenrick to hatch into his new form.
Populists in power face a dilemma: do they admit that their talk of simple solutions to everyone’s problems was cheap and that the policies they were elected upon are a disaster and start talking about “difficult choices” or do they keep blaming failure on an out group and suppress dissent?
January 15, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Populists in power face a dilemma: do they admit that their talk of simple solutions to everyone’s problems was cheap and that the policies they were elected upon are a disaster and start talking about “difficult choices” or do they keep blaming failure on an out group and suppress dissent?
Even adults who still believe in the tooth fairy sigh at the naïveté of people hoping that FIFA will withdraw the hosting of the World Cup from the US either because it is the moral thing to do or because of the need to protect fans. Neither matters to them.
January 15, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Even adults who still believe in the tooth fairy sigh at the naïveté of people hoping that FIFA will withdraw the hosting of the World Cup from the US either because it is the moral thing to do or because of the need to protect fans. Neither matters to them.
Stop trying to make me like Garnacho.
January 14, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Stop trying to make me like Garnacho.
Sat in a waiting room with nothing else to read, I had a look at a 2 day old Daily Mail. I hadn’t realised quite what it has become.
January 14, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Sat in a waiting room with nothing else to read, I had a look at a 2 day old Daily Mail. I hadn’t realised quite what it has become.
Every politician I saw interviewed today: I abhor what is happening on X.
- So you’re leaving?
EPISIT: No.
-Why?
EPISIT: Because X might stop producing CSAM and deep fakes of women.
Even Fotherington-Thomas wast that feeble.
- So you’re leaving?
EPISIT: No.
-Why?
EPISIT: Because X might stop producing CSAM and deep fakes of women.
Even Fotherington-Thomas wast that feeble.
January 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Every politician I saw interviewed today: I abhor what is happening on X.
- So you’re leaving?
EPISIT: No.
-Why?
EPISIT: Because X might stop producing CSAM and deep fakes of women.
Even Fotherington-Thomas wast that feeble.
- So you’re leaving?
EPISIT: No.
-Why?
EPISIT: Because X might stop producing CSAM and deep fakes of women.
Even Fotherington-Thomas wast that feeble.
Reposted by Sean Jones KC
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”
January 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM
if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”
If he needs a tooled-up paramilitary force to stand outside the loo for him, just who is he scared of?
ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here
January 11, 2026 at 11:57 PM
If he needs a tooled-up paramilitary force to stand outside the loo for him, just who is he scared of?
Is there any reliable source on here for news of Iran?
January 11, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Is there any reliable source on here for news of Iran?
Watching Saving Private Ryan on the TV and what strikes you is not just who the US once were but how, so recently, they wanted to be seen.
January 11, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Watching Saving Private Ryan on the TV and what strikes you is not just who the US once were but how, so recently, they wanted to be seen.
If people don’t stop calling us murderers, we’ll murder more people.
Homan: "There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhetoric"
January 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
If people don’t stop calling us murderers, we’ll murder more people.
Reposted by Sean Jones KC
New to #Bluesky? Hello!
The best way to find good people to follow is with #StarterPacks — type in a key word (journalist, historian, comedian, etc) and you’ll get curated lists of recommended follows
There are now 324,000 packs, so plenty of choice!
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
The best way to find good people to follow is with #StarterPacks — type in a key word (journalist, historian, comedian, etc) and you’ll get curated lists of recommended follows
There are now 324,000 packs, so plenty of choice!
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory
Browse a list of Bluesky Starter Packs. Discover and connect with your community on Bluesky
blueskydirectory.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:57 PM
New to #Bluesky? Hello!
The best way to find good people to follow is with #StarterPacks — type in a key word (journalist, historian, comedian, etc) and you’ll get curated lists of recommended follows
There are now 324,000 packs, so plenty of choice!
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
The best way to find good people to follow is with #StarterPacks — type in a key word (journalist, historian, comedian, etc) and you’ll get curated lists of recommended follows
There are now 324,000 packs, so plenty of choice!
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
My social media action plan:
1. Put everyone active on Nextdoor on a watchlist;
2. Introduce a Prevent programme for men who are 50+ and post more than twice a day;
3. Require people on Facebook to *prove* that they left their doors unlocked in the 1950s/60s/70s/80s/90s
1. Put everyone active on Nextdoor on a watchlist;
2. Introduce a Prevent programme for men who are 50+ and post more than twice a day;
3. Require people on Facebook to *prove* that they left their doors unlocked in the 1950s/60s/70s/80s/90s
January 11, 2026 at 1:09 PM
My social media action plan:
1. Put everyone active on Nextdoor on a watchlist;
2. Introduce a Prevent programme for men who are 50+ and post more than twice a day;
3. Require people on Facebook to *prove* that they left their doors unlocked in the 1950s/60s/70s/80s/90s
1. Put everyone active on Nextdoor on a watchlist;
2. Introduce a Prevent programme for men who are 50+ and post more than twice a day;
3. Require people on Facebook to *prove* that they left their doors unlocked in the 1950s/60s/70s/80s/90s
Reposted by Sean Jones KC
Ten years ago, inspired by the return of my childhood interest in birds, I set myself a target: see 200 British species in a year.
The result was this book.
Through 2026 I’ll be revisiting it, month by month. If you want to join me, just subscribe to my newsletter. levparikian.substack.com
The result was this book.
Through 2026 I’ll be revisiting it, month by month. If you want to join me, just subscribe to my newsletter. levparikian.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Ten years ago, inspired by the return of my childhood interest in birds, I set myself a target: see 200 British species in a year.
The result was this book.
Through 2026 I’ll be revisiting it, month by month. If you want to join me, just subscribe to my newsletter. levparikian.substack.com
The result was this book.
Through 2026 I’ll be revisiting it, month by month. If you want to join me, just subscribe to my newsletter. levparikian.substack.com
Trump: Give me Greenland or I’ll invade.
Spox: He’s right about it being best for Greenland but he won’t invade.
Trump: I will invade.
Spox: He’s keeping all theoretical options open but only someone with Trump Derangement Syndrome would think he’d actually invade.
Trump: I will actually invade
Spox: He’s right about it being best for Greenland but he won’t invade.
Trump: I will invade.
Spox: He’s keeping all theoretical options open but only someone with Trump Derangement Syndrome would think he’d actually invade.
Trump: I will actually invade
January 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Trump: Give me Greenland or I’ll invade.
Spox: He’s right about it being best for Greenland but he won’t invade.
Trump: I will invade.
Spox: He’s keeping all theoretical options open but only someone with Trump Derangement Syndrome would think he’d actually invade.
Trump: I will actually invade
Spox: He’s right about it being best for Greenland but he won’t invade.
Trump: I will invade.
Spox: He’s keeping all theoretical options open but only someone with Trump Derangement Syndrome would think he’d actually invade.
Trump: I will actually invade
Reposted by Sean Jones KC
A few tips for a more pleasurable experience here…
Curate your own feed by who you follow but also don’t hesitate to block anyone who is rude or upsets you. Bluesky’s ‘nuclear block’ will remove them from your mentions so your followers will benefit too.
Curate your own feed by who you follow but also don’t hesitate to block anyone who is rude or upsets you. Bluesky’s ‘nuclear block’ will remove them from your mentions so your followers will benefit too.
January 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
A few tips for a more pleasurable experience here…
Curate your own feed by who you follow but also don’t hesitate to block anyone who is rude or upsets you. Bluesky’s ‘nuclear block’ will remove them from your mentions so your followers will benefit too.
Curate your own feed by who you follow but also don’t hesitate to block anyone who is rude or upsets you. Bluesky’s ‘nuclear block’ will remove them from your mentions so your followers will benefit too.
Reposted by Sean Jones KC
Given we are having a bit of a surge (or are likely to) and starter packs are a great innovation but hard to find...
I've created a new one I'll direct people to. Largely people who are sound, smart ajd active - who enrich my experiance here and make me think (and prove me wrong)
I've created a new one I'll direct people to. Largely people who are sound, smart ajd active - who enrich my experiance here and make me think (and prove me wrong)
January 10, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Given we are having a bit of a surge (or are likely to) and starter packs are a great innovation but hard to find...
I've created a new one I'll direct people to. Largely people who are sound, smart ajd active - who enrich my experiance here and make me think (and prove me wrong)
I've created a new one I'll direct people to. Largely people who are sound, smart ajd active - who enrich my experiance here and make me think (and prove me wrong)
Er … has a big account reposted something by me? I’ve had a sudden uptick in new followers (who are very welcome and for whom I will be working hard to postpone the inevitable disappointment).
January 10, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Er … has a big account reposted something by me? I’ve had a sudden uptick in new followers (who are very welcome and for whom I will be working hard to postpone the inevitable disappointment).
Watched Future Shock, the documentary about @2000ad.bsky.social last night. It was sheer joy.
Highlight: Seeing #BillableHero @garyerskine.bsky.social
Lowlight: Gaiman warning us not to trust heroes as they might turn out to molesters.
Highlight: Seeing #BillableHero @garyerskine.bsky.social
Lowlight: Gaiman warning us not to trust heroes as they might turn out to molesters.
January 9, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Watched Future Shock, the documentary about @2000ad.bsky.social last night. It was sheer joy.
Highlight: Seeing #BillableHero @garyerskine.bsky.social
Lowlight: Gaiman warning us not to trust heroes as they might turn out to molesters.
Highlight: Seeing #BillableHero @garyerskine.bsky.social
Lowlight: Gaiman warning us not to trust heroes as they might turn out to molesters.
So now you can only make sexualised deepfakes if X is making money out of it?
Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes
It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:22 AM
So now you can only make sexualised deepfakes if X is making money out of it?
Half Goebbel, half gerbil
JD Vance on the killing of Renee Good: "The reporting over this has been one of the biggest scandals I've ever seen in media. I've never seen a case so misrepresented and misreported."
January 8, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Half Goebbel, half gerbil
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This is what we call "Facebook weather" because it's too scared to go to London, for zero logical reason.
January 8, 2026 at 5:52 PM
This is what we call "Facebook weather" because it's too scared to go to London, for zero logical reason.
There is a howling void where this man’s soul should be
JD Vance accuses the slain Renee Good of perpetrating "an attack on federal law enforcement, an attack on law and order, and attack on the American people"
"That woman was there to interfere with a legitimate law enforcement operation," he adds, repeatedly referring to her as "that woman"
"That woman was there to interfere with a legitimate law enforcement operation," he adds, repeatedly referring to her as "that woman"
January 8, 2026 at 9:18 PM
There is a howling void where this man’s soul should be
It seems that if we want the UK Govt and the BBC here we’ll have to up our efforts to spout political extremism and spread misinformation.
January 8, 2026 at 9:08 PM
It seems that if we want the UK Govt and the BBC here we’ll have to up our efforts to spout political extremism and spread misinformation.