John Penny
@johncpenny.bsky.social
You can't pay me what I'm worth - I don't work that cheap
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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Why is no-one talking about the then Prince Andrew being in The Fall?
They did have loads of members, so I suppose he was easy to miss
They did have loads of members, so I suppose he was easy to miss
December 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Why is no-one talking about the then Prince Andrew being in The Fall?
They did have loads of members, so I suppose he was easy to miss
They did have loads of members, so I suppose he was easy to miss
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People who don’t believe there is such a thing as societal decline also have to answer why every day you go to the supermarket and more and more perfectly edible and enjoyable cheese is being ruined with pointless bits of dried fruit inside it.
December 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
People who don’t believe there is such a thing as societal decline also have to answer why every day you go to the supermarket and more and more perfectly edible and enjoyable cheese is being ruined with pointless bits of dried fruit inside it.
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The Penlee lifeboat disaster: 19 December 1981
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat Solomon Browne, based at the Penlee Lifeboat Station near Mousehole, went to the aid of the vessel Union Star after its engines failed in heavy seas.
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The Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat Solomon Browne, based at the Penlee Lifeboat Station near Mousehole, went to the aid of the vessel Union Star after its engines failed in heavy seas.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The Penlee lifeboat disaster: 19 December 1981
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat Solomon Browne, based at the Penlee Lifeboat Station near Mousehole, went to the aid of the vessel Union Star after its engines failed in heavy seas.
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The Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat Solomon Browne, based at the Penlee Lifeboat Station near Mousehole, went to the aid of the vessel Union Star after its engines failed in heavy seas.
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I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology.
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology.
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
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Once you see it, it's hard to miss it. Statements condemning violent attacks targeting Jews that don't actually mention "Jews" or "antisemitism".
This is a choice — and it's central to the crisis.
My newsletter, out now.
This is a choice — and it's central to the crisis.
My newsletter, out now.
I am not your canary in the coal mine
The Bondi shooting deliberately targeted Jews. It's important to say so
www.linestotake.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Once you see it, it's hard to miss it. Statements condemning violent attacks targeting Jews that don't actually mention "Jews" or "antisemitism".
This is a choice — and it's central to the crisis.
My newsletter, out now.
This is a choice — and it's central to the crisis.
My newsletter, out now.
Ooooh, Betty!
The magnificent Ms Boo in Bristol last night
The magnificent Ms Boo in Bristol last night
December 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Ooooh, Betty!
The magnificent Ms Boo in Bristol last night
The magnificent Ms Boo in Bristol last night
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Being concerned about supporting the ECHR because of an uptick in fascism, is like not taking the medicine because you want nothing to do with the disease.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Being concerned about supporting the ECHR because of an uptick in fascism, is like not taking the medicine because you want nothing to do with the disease.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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This graph shows the impact of the budget on different income deciles.
TL:DR it's the wealthiest who will shoulder the burden of paying for public services.
TL:DR it's the wealthiest who will shoulder the burden of paying for public services.
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This graph shows the impact of the budget on different income deciles.
TL:DR it's the wealthiest who will shoulder the burden of paying for public services.
TL:DR it's the wealthiest who will shoulder the burden of paying for public services.
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Times headline: ‘BBC failing to tackle systemic bias, says author of leaked memo’. In fact, when asked by MPs, this man, Michael Prescott, said he didn’t believe the BBC was institutionally biased. The Times failed to quote that, in an article about the issue of truthful reporting.
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Times headline: ‘BBC failing to tackle systemic bias, says author of leaked memo’. In fact, when asked by MPs, this man, Michael Prescott, said he didn’t believe the BBC was institutionally biased. The Times failed to quote that, in an article about the issue of truthful reporting.
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When I arrive at the party
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To be clear, if you think that 'objecting to someone who looks at this mural and goes "can't see the problem" is some kind of smear, congratulations, you are a racist!
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
To be clear, if you think that 'objecting to someone who looks at this mural and goes "can't see the problem" is some kind of smear, congratulations, you are a racist!
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Maybe Nigel Farage should refuse to appear on the BBC in protest.
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Maybe Nigel Farage should refuse to appear on the BBC in protest.
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Labour are obsessed with the name James 🤣
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social points out to @iandunt.bsky.social that Four Labour Party leaders were called James...
Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #ukpolitics #originstory
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social points out to @iandunt.bsky.social that Four Labour Party leaders were called James...
Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #ukpolitics #originstory
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Labour are obsessed with the name James 🤣
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social points out to @iandunt.bsky.social that Four Labour Party leaders were called James...
Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #ukpolitics #originstory
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social points out to @iandunt.bsky.social that Four Labour Party leaders were called James...
Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #ukpolitics #originstory
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- I'm doing Movember to fund a secret storage facility for my fragrant gum resin, that you can only access if you hum a short section of 'Messiah'.
- Handel bar myrrh stash?
- No, full walrus.
- Handel bar myrrh stash?
- No, full walrus.
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
- I'm doing Movember to fund a secret storage facility for my fragrant gum resin, that you can only access if you hum a short section of 'Messiah'.
- Handel bar myrrh stash?
- No, full walrus.
- Handel bar myrrh stash?
- No, full walrus.
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The Tory media's shift from hysterically claiming that Starmer *did* intervene in the China spy case to hysterically claiming that Starmer *should* have intervened in the China spy case is a thing to behold.
October 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The Tory media's shift from hysterically claiming that Starmer *did* intervene in the China spy case to hysterically claiming that Starmer *should* have intervened in the China spy case is a thing to behold.
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One of the greatest comedy sketches in history.
In case you need cheering up.
youtu.be/RlllabwmWcc?...
In case you need cheering up.
youtu.be/RlllabwmWcc?...
"Who's on First?" in HD w/LIVE AUDIENCE from The Abbott and Costello TV Show (1953)
YouTube video by ClassicFlix
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
One of the greatest comedy sketches in history.
In case you need cheering up.
youtu.be/RlllabwmWcc?...
In case you need cheering up.
youtu.be/RlllabwmWcc?...
Well played, Guardian headline writers, well played!
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Well played, Guardian headline writers, well played!
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I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
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"I hear again and again that the Israelis – the Jews – had it coming. Knowing allusions to Jewish influence, Jewish power. Stereotypes of Jewish cruelty."
Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
The 7 October attacks changed what it means to be Jewish in Britain
The war in Gaza has exposed a level of anti-Semitism I didn’t realise was there
www.newstatesman.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"I hear again and again that the Israelis – the Jews – had it coming. Knowing allusions to Jewish influence, Jewish power. Stereotypes of Jewish cruelty."
Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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"This morning on BBC News, an in-depth profile of Nigel Farage, followed by a vox pop of old people in a market on why Nigel Farage is so popular, then a look at how Nigel Farage has changed the political landscape. After that we'll be asking why Keir Starmer is so obsessed with Nigel Farage."
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"This morning on BBC News, an in-depth profile of Nigel Farage, followed by a vox pop of old people in a market on why Nigel Farage is so popular, then a look at how Nigel Farage has changed the political landscape. After that we'll be asking why Keir Starmer is so obsessed with Nigel Farage."
This is a great record, both in terms of its concept and (more importantly) in terms of what it actually sounds like, which is wonderful.
Buy it!
Buy it!
And, once again, if you still haven't bought my Sleng Teng version of Somethin' Else (or anything else on my the Rongorongo Bandcamp page) then I could sure as hell use the the money! rongorongorongo.bandcamp.com/album/someth...
Somethin' Else, by Wrongtom meets Desta Zion
3 track album
rongorongorongo.bandcamp.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is a great record, both in terms of its concept and (more importantly) in terms of what it actually sounds like, which is wonderful.
Buy it!
Buy it!