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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop)

@jambookshopuk.bsky.social

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Made UK's only regular #illustration reportage in @privateeyenews.bsky.social 2011-2020. Created @smallpressday.bsky.social in 2016 & Jam bookshop in 2022-2025. https://linktr.ee/jambookshopuk Still draws stuff:

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · Jul 31

Would lovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelove
a few more pre-orders for possibly the greatest book ever made:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/vintage-de...

Get a rock dog bookplate too!

#comics #book #books #zine #comicbook #selfpublishing #smallpress #illustration

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 4h

Not sure they stock things directly. They don't have their own warehouse etc.
They are set up to order from the main suppliers. They just act like a convenient online shop for an indie bookshop.

David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 5h

A cool charity in Hoxton that teaches & gives disadvantaged kids skills in filmmaking has asked me a question:

Any female animators want to take part in a mentorship programme they run?

They've been doing good work for 25+ years.

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The turtles are fallen and the rain stands still @fritzdrybeam.bsky.social · 7h

People, I present to you, the master race.

A tweet by user @Neccccy asks "Would you?" The tweet features a photo of a bus stop advertisement displaying the text: "If I could find a country that didn't take immigrants in I'd move there."

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 6h

Bluesky are resharing this after they revealed yesterday that every photo uploaded here is sent to an external company that is selling GenAI services.

Note that none of them are actually confirming that none of these images are being used by that external company to train their systems.

Bluesky @bsky.app · Nov 15

Bluesky uses AI internally to assist in content moderation, which helps us triage posts and shield human moderators from harmful content. We also use AI in the Discover algorithmic feed to serve you posts that we think you’d like.

None of these are Gen AI systems trained on user content.

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 5h

it is easier to avoid feeling shame and humiliation if no one sees or cares what you do. Which is why Kemi Badenoch is still talking.

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Alex Paknadel from off of comics @alexpaknadel.bsky.social · 20h

If Wikipedia goes, that's the last redoubt of the usable internet-as-knowledge-repository gone. Truth will be whatever this deformity says it is.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d

Elon Musk says he's launching a competitor to Wikipedia called Grokipedia

Elon Musk's Wikipedia Competitor Is Going to Be a Disaster

Remember when Grok praised Adolf Hitler?

gizmodo.com

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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 7h

They walk among us... @privateeyenews.bsky.social #cartoon

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 7h

Just caught up & found out that Saturday is Bookshop Day - 11 Oct.

By pure chance, I'll be at @batterseabookshop.bsky.social from about 12 - 5pm this Saturday.

To celebrate #BookshopDay with @booksaremybag.bsky.social if you pop in & buy a book, I'll do something like draw you an original bookmark

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 8h

It’s bookshop day on 11th October. A day to celebrate your local bookshop.

You could even go totally bananas and buy my latest, Saltburn, which is about, after all, small businesses being assailed by big business. Well, that’s one thing it’s about…

booksaremybag.com/BookshopDay/...

The bookshop day poster. It asks you to choose bookshops:

Local jobs
Local economy
Local community
Real passion
Real people
Real conversations
Proper service
Perfect gifts
(and taxes paid!)

The cover of Saltburn. Candy stripes coming from a picture of a seal sitting under a beach umbrella.

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 8h

🛍️🏬📚🔖 Our guide to independent and specialist children's bookshops in the UK and Ireland, including over 150 vibrant and exciting bookstores to visit. 🔖📚🏬🛍️

schoolreadinglist.co.uk/resources/ch...

#kidlit #amreading #booktwitter

Children's Bookshops

Children's bookshops - browse our list of independent bookshops and specialist children's bookshops in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

schoolreadinglist.co.uk

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Dr Ross Barnett @deepfrieddna.bsky.social · 8h

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bethan's Rock: Beloved exhibit returns to revamped Poole Museum - BBC News

The museum said Bethan's "selfless gesture" to donate her rock had made a lasting impact.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 19h

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 8h

Badenoch wants to eliminate ‘rip off degrees’ like English. The usual philistine crap that a degree is just about work. The mission to create the stupidest nation on earth. And counterproductive. Young people will work for years. They’ll retrain endlessly. A degree can help them learn how to learn

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 8h

Honestly, bookshop.org was a blessing & helped pay shop bills every month

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 20h

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020.

$0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 20h

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020.

$0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 16h

Just posted on my Patreon with some old Private Eye report extras

www.patreon.com/posts/pub-14...

Pub | David Ziggy Greene - Jam bookshop

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

Clicked on this, and got this advert in the corner. Nice!

A screen shot of Kemi Badenoch drinking water, the by-line is "Twenty Conservative Councillors have defected to Reform" below which is an advert for Dulcolax, a laxative.

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 1d

Are they all white guys?

Schadenfreude 🇺🇦⭐️🇬🇱🇵🇸 @tactanddiplomacy.bsky.social · 1d

apple.news/A3V31NT03Tt6...
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Sixteen Tory councillors defect to Reform this morning — Sky News

Sixteen Conservative councillors have now defected to Reform this morning - on the Tories' third day of their conference.

apple.news

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jain edwards @jainedwards.bsky.social · 1d

starmer is right. it is unbritish to have compassion.

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 1d

tbf to them there's way too many pensioners against genocide to arrest taking up their time

Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 1d

The British Transport Police (BTP) says it will not investigate bike thefts outside stations where the bicycle has been left for more than two hours.

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.

buff.ly

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Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 1d

So, long story short, I am no longer allowed to call the bingo numbers at the social club.

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 1d

It’s worth reading this thread to see some further info, but this is brilliant. I can’t even begin to think of the impact it would have for comic creators*.

*Other forms of expression are available, they’re just, ‘y’know, not as good.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

I'd actually forgotten how extraordinary it is that when I won the leadership - I wasn't interviewed as it was too close to our party conference interviewed.

And then refused a second time!

Part of the antidote to all of this is creating our own media platforms.

Hey @boldpolitics.bsky.social 👋🏼

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 2d

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · Oct 18

🧵Some real Jilly Cooper quotes from her Rutshire Chronicles, the series of books that Rivals is from.

1) "Her breasts swayed like party balloons when the front door opens"

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Jordon Nardino @jnardino.bsky.social · 2d

They are called writers

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out

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