Simeon Jackson
@aristocrates201.bsky.social
At Cake Stories, Newcastle.
January 10, 2026 at 11:52 AM
At Cake Stories, Newcastle.
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
— George Orwell, 1984
— George Orwell, 1984
January 8, 2026 at 5:36 AM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
— George Orwell, 1984
— George Orwell, 1984
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Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
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This leaves me wondering how many other countries are on Trump's "to invade" list for 2026, and whether the UK government will oppose any of them.
"We shed no tears" over the end of Nicolas Maduro's regime, the PM said.
Keir Starmer Refuses To Condemn Trump's Venezuela Takeover As A Breach Of International Law
"We shed no tears" over the end of Nicolas Maduro's regime, the PM said.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM
This leaves me wondering how many other countries are on Trump's "to invade" list for 2026, and whether the UK government will oppose any of them.
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AN ARREST VIDEO EVERY DAY
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
DAY 2 - This video shows the arrest of a Jewish man on Sept 6th 2025 outside Parliament along with hundreds of others. The man gives a plea to other Jewish people to join the campaign.
www.defendourjuries.net
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
DAY 2 - This video shows the arrest of a Jewish man on Sept 6th 2025 outside Parliament along with hundreds of others. The man gives a plea to other Jewish people to join the campaign.
www.defendourjuries.net
January 2, 2026 at 11:06 AM
AN ARREST VIDEO EVERY DAY
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
DAY 2 - This video shows the arrest of a Jewish man on Sept 6th 2025 outside Parliament along with hundreds of others. The man gives a plea to other Jewish people to join the campaign.
www.defendourjuries.net
(until the Palestine Action ban is lifted)
DAY 2 - This video shows the arrest of a Jewish man on Sept 6th 2025 outside Parliament along with hundreds of others. The man gives a plea to other Jewish people to join the campaign.
www.defendourjuries.net
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I am taking the flight free challenge! Could you join me? #FlightFree2026 @flightfreeuk.bsky.social www.flightfree.co.uk
Flight Free UK
Fight climate change: make the pledge to be flight free in 2026
www.flightfree.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I am taking the flight free challenge! Could you join me? #FlightFree2026 @flightfreeuk.bsky.social www.flightfree.co.uk
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A new year’s wish that we all start framing paying taxes as positive and patriotic contribution to a better world for all. Thank you Anthony Joshua! I’ve just paid mine too. They were quite a lot less than yours, but for some reason most historians don’t earn £68.5m.
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A new year’s wish that we all start framing paying taxes as positive and patriotic contribution to a better world for all. Thank you Anthony Joshua! I’ve just paid mine too. They were quite a lot less than yours, but for some reason most historians don’t earn £68.5m.
Proof read your emails, folks.
December 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Proof read your emails, folks.
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To everyone flying today for a weekend away: we hope you have an amazing holiday. *And* we really hope that next time you'll consider different travel options that are fairer & kinder to the world. (The two sentiments aren't mutually exclusive!)
December 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
To everyone flying today for a weekend away: we hope you have an amazing holiday. *And* we really hope that next time you'll consider different travel options that are fairer & kinder to the world. (The two sentiments aren't mutually exclusive!)
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Would you like a niche complaint? Banking apps that think they are helping you by putting "Yesterday" instead of whatever date it was. Really annoying when you are trying to reconcile accounts. Just tell me what the date was.
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Would you like a niche complaint? Banking apps that think they are helping you by putting "Yesterday" instead of whatever date it was. Really annoying when you are trying to reconcile accounts. Just tell me what the date was.
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“WASHINGTON—Citing that a majority of Americans are irresponsible, easily distracted people who have little regard for other human beings, a new Dept of Transportation report revealed that it’s ‘actually kind of crazy’ that U.S. citizens are allowed to drive automobiles.”
The Onion strikes again.
The Onion strikes again.
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars
WASHINGTON—Citing that a majority of Americans are irresponsible, easily distracted people who have little regard for other human beings, a new Department of Transportation report revealed Wednesday t...
theonion.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“WASHINGTON—Citing that a majority of Americans are irresponsible, easily distracted people who have little regard for other human beings, a new Dept of Transportation report revealed that it’s ‘actually kind of crazy’ that U.S. citizens are allowed to drive automobiles.”
The Onion strikes again.
The Onion strikes again.
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As @sgoodyear.bsky.social so eloquently conveys, dependence on a functioning car to satisfy the needs of life is the antithesis of ‘freedom.’
🚗💥 What if life after cars is better for everyone?
In LIFE AFTER CARS, @sgoodyear.bsky.social of @thewaroncars.bsky.social shows how communities can thrive when we design for people, not traffic.
A bold, hopeful vision for the future of our cities.
In LIFE AFTER CARS, @sgoodyear.bsky.social of @thewaroncars.bsky.social shows how communities can thrive when we design for people, not traffic.
A bold, hopeful vision for the future of our cities.
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
As @sgoodyear.bsky.social so eloquently conveys, dependence on a functioning car to satisfy the needs of life is the antithesis of ‘freedom.’
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Why can't they just impose gun controls like a normal country?
Why can't they just impose gun controls like a normal country?
Curved corridors to limit a shooter’s sight lines. Bullet-proof glass. Concrete “bump outs” in hallways to provide hiding places. This is the sad new architecture of American high schools. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXeM...
Fruitport designs $48M high school with places to hide from mass shooters
YouTube video by 13 ON YOUR SIDE
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Why can't they just impose gun controls like a normal country?
Why can't they just impose gun controls like a normal country?
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Dining across the divide: ‘We both came out thinking Zack Polanski is a breath of fresh air’
Dining across the divide: ‘We both came out thinking Zack Polanski is a breath of fresh air’
They both liked the Greens’ Zack Polanski and disliked the tech oligarchs. But could they find common cause over the power of the unions?
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Dining across the divide: ‘We both came out thinking Zack Polanski is a breath of fresh air’
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Me: I went to a book release event last night.
Coworker 1: What book?
Me, unsure how they’ll take it: Uhhh it’s called “Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile”
Coworker 1: God I wish we could do that.
Coworker 2: that book sounds rad.
Me: <relieved>
Coworker 1: What book?
Me, unsure how they’ll take it: Uhhh it’s called “Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile”
Coworker 1: God I wish we could do that.
Coworker 2: that book sounds rad.
Me: <relieved>
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Me: I went to a book release event last night.
Coworker 1: What book?
Me, unsure how they’ll take it: Uhhh it’s called “Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile”
Coworker 1: God I wish we could do that.
Coworker 2: that book sounds rad.
Me: <relieved>
Coworker 1: What book?
Me, unsure how they’ll take it: Uhhh it’s called “Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile”
Coworker 1: God I wish we could do that.
Coworker 2: that book sounds rad.
Me: <relieved>
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British Churches Are Putting Their Faith in Heat Pumps
In many churches, often strapped for cash, the switch to a heat pump may be borne from necessity. Staff at St. Peter Mancroft Church in Norwich, which already had solar panels, opted to make the jump to a heat pump system when one of their old…
In many churches, often strapped for cash, the switch to a heat pump may be borne from necessity. Staff at St. Peter Mancroft Church in Norwich, which already had solar panels, opted to make the jump to a heat pump system when one of their old…
British Churches Are Putting Their Faith in Heat Pumps
In many churches, often strapped for cash, the switch to a heat pump may be borne from necessity. Staff at St. Peter Mancroft Church in Norwich, which already had solar panels, opted to make the jump to a heat pump system when one of their old gas boilers failed. “The church decided this was a good time to try and commit to it,” says Nicholas Jackson, from architectural design firm Nicholas Vanburgh Ltd.
capitalgrowthlab.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
British Churches Are Putting Their Faith in Heat Pumps
In many churches, often strapped for cash, the switch to a heat pump may be borne from necessity. Staff at St. Peter Mancroft Church in Norwich, which already had solar panels, opted to make the jump to a heat pump system when one of their old…
In many churches, often strapped for cash, the switch to a heat pump may be borne from necessity. Staff at St. Peter Mancroft Church in Norwich, which already had solar panels, opted to make the jump to a heat pump system when one of their old…
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We have called for heat pump subsidies to be gradually reduced over time (crucially, in conjunction with action to make electricity cheaper, which does not seem to be happening).
But just knee-jerk abolishing the subsidy at the Budget would be up there with the great climate policy disasters
But just knee-jerk abolishing the subsidy at the Budget would be up there with the great climate policy disasters
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We have called for heat pump subsidies to be gradually reduced over time (crucially, in conjunction with action to make electricity cheaper, which does not seem to be happening).
But just knee-jerk abolishing the subsidy at the Budget would be up there with the great climate policy disasters
But just knee-jerk abolishing the subsidy at the Budget would be up there with the great climate policy disasters
This is a stupendously stupid decision that would set the UK's energy transition (a policy which is supported by the majority of voters) back decades. MPs must not allow this to go through.
@labourlewis.bsky.social @edmilibandmp.bsky.social
@labourlewis.bsky.social @edmilibandmp.bsky.social
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: chancellor plans to fund energy efficiency levies via warm homes plan as part of drive to lower energy bills
Hundreds of thousands of homeowners will lose their right to subsidies for eco-friendly heat pumps as a result of government plans to bring down energy bills at the budget.
Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is planning to announce a series of measures to bring down energy bills amid concerns the country’s stubbornly high cost of living is driving millions of voters to Reform UK. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is a stupendously stupid decision that would set the UK's energy transition (a policy which is supported by the majority of voters) back decades. MPs must not allow this to go through.
@labourlewis.bsky.social @edmilibandmp.bsky.social
@labourlewis.bsky.social @edmilibandmp.bsky.social
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🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Maybe there should be a law requiring that car ads depict the typical amount of other car traffic that an average driver experiences in the country it is being shown in.
Car brand BYD's new SUV ad pokes fun at people walking and cycling, comparing them to Horse & Carts.
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Maybe there should be a law requiring that car ads depict the typical amount of other car traffic that an average driver experiences in the country it is being shown in.
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Did you know you pay more fuel tax on a single car journey than a billionaire does on a private jet flight?
Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.
Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.
Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Did you know you pay more fuel tax on a single car journey than a billionaire does on a private jet flight?
Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.
Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
Right now the gov is subsidising tax breaks, when they could be using that tax to generate billions for public services.
Help us change this: https://bit.ly/43NAeFN
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"Top graduates" could be tackling polycrises, meeting humans & nature's urgent need for solutions.
Instead they "use mathematical models combined with vast amounts of data & computing power to spot correlations & asymmetries in asset prices & make bets"
#TooMuchFinance
www.ft.com/content/8a65...
Instead they "use mathematical models combined with vast amounts of data & computing power to spot correlations & asymmetries in asset prices & make bets"
#TooMuchFinance
www.ft.com/content/8a65...
London becomes ‘quant’ powerhouse as traders rake in revenues
A pipeline of skilled graduates is helping the UK build out its expertise in algorithmic trading
www.ft.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Top graduates" could be tackling polycrises, meeting humans & nature's urgent need for solutions.
Instead they "use mathematical models combined with vast amounts of data & computing power to spot correlations & asymmetries in asset prices & make bets"
#TooMuchFinance
www.ft.com/content/8a65...
Instead they "use mathematical models combined with vast amounts of data & computing power to spot correlations & asymmetries in asset prices & make bets"
#TooMuchFinance
www.ft.com/content/8a65...
Neighborhood plans are essential to ensuring that local residents can determine how their communities are developed. Please sign to ensure their continued funding: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/co...
Continuing support funding for community-led Neighbourhood Plans
Cancelling Neighbouhood Plan NP and technical support grants (via Locality) is a means to stop communities having the ability to foster community empowerment and self-help.
The loss of Neighbou...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Neighborhood plans are essential to ensuring that local residents can determine how their communities are developed. Please sign to ensure their continued funding: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/co...
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"We can afford this, we have broad shoulders, come and tax us."
Patriotic Millionaire Phil White spoke to LBC about why the Chancellor needs to tax wealth, not work.
#TaxTheSuperRich
Patriotic Millionaire Phil White spoke to LBC about why the Chancellor needs to tax wealth, not work.
#TaxTheSuperRich
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"We can afford this, we have broad shoulders, come and tax us."
Patriotic Millionaire Phil White spoke to LBC about why the Chancellor needs to tax wealth, not work.
#TaxTheSuperRich
Patriotic Millionaire Phil White spoke to LBC about why the Chancellor needs to tax wealth, not work.
#TaxTheSuperRich