Jonny Kiehlmann
@kiehlmann.bsky.social
Climbs and read things. Used to do numbers (PhD) a bit. Scottish Politics researcher, for my sins
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“The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida” by Clarissa Goenawan. Exploration of a young Japanese woman’s suicide its effect on those left behind.
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Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
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Given their record, I do wonder at what point we start asking if their decline was inevitable - was the Scottish (centre-)left always synonymous with small-n nationalism?
I think there's a good argument that it always was.
I think there's a good argument that it always was.
December 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Given their record, I do wonder at what point we start asking if their decline was inevitable - was the Scottish (centre-)left always synonymous with small-n nationalism?
I think there's a good argument that it always was.
I think there's a good argument that it always was.
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It’s really strange the vice president of the United States is a white supremacist, who says white supremacist slogans, who publicly praises and follows the work of white supremacists, and it’s simply not mentioned or discussed in political media
December 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It’s really strange the vice president of the United States is a white supremacist, who says white supremacist slogans, who publicly praises and follows the work of white supremacists, and it’s simply not mentioned or discussed in political media
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So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.
December 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.
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Hi. Court reporter here again. I can confirm about a third of local cases I see are domestic abuse of women and girls. Where do you think the men start? And almost every columnist tells you to look elsewhere.
This is the second story in three days The Times has carried arguing against misogyny lessons in schools, which it describes as "some weird feminist attack on male children".
December 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Hi. Court reporter here again. I can confirm about a third of local cases I see are domestic abuse of women and girls. Where do you think the men start? And almost every columnist tells you to look elsewhere.
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Kids today don’t know about having “bar clothes” that you only wear to the bar because they will stink like cigarette smoke forever.
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Kids today don’t know about having “bar clothes” that you only wear to the bar because they will stink like cigarette smoke forever.
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"Fascinated by this. [Among] people your age, how widespread are these views? Should older people be thinking: you think the Overton Window has moved in the last ten years, just wait until you guys come up on the rails?"
How Harry Cole responded to CT saying all non-Christians should leave the UK
How Harry Cole responded to CT saying all non-Christians should leave the UK
December 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"Fascinated by this. [Among] people your age, how widespread are these views? Should older people be thinking: you think the Overton Window has moved in the last ten years, just wait until you guys come up on the rails?"
How Harry Cole responded to CT saying all non-Christians should leave the UK
How Harry Cole responded to CT saying all non-Christians should leave the UK
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Astonished at the number of creative intelligent discerning people who casually use “I asked Chat GPT” when talking about their daily lives.
AI is bad, the work of bad people, who hate you, normalised with bad intent.
You wouldn’t say “I wrote to the Daily Mail”
I wish people had more shame.
AI is bad, the work of bad people, who hate you, normalised with bad intent.
You wouldn’t say “I wrote to the Daily Mail”
I wish people had more shame.
December 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Astonished at the number of creative intelligent discerning people who casually use “I asked Chat GPT” when talking about their daily lives.
AI is bad, the work of bad people, who hate you, normalised with bad intent.
You wouldn’t say “I wrote to the Daily Mail”
I wish people had more shame.
AI is bad, the work of bad people, who hate you, normalised with bad intent.
You wouldn’t say “I wrote to the Daily Mail”
I wish people had more shame.
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Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
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Translation is so so much more than literal translation of words. Turns of phrase, intent, dialect, all of these things and more have to be thoughtfully considered by a human and adapted for the new language.
Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Translation is so so much more than literal translation of words. Turns of phrase, intent, dialect, all of these things and more have to be thoughtfully considered by a human and adapted for the new language.
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I'm not sure which is the right lesson to draw from the fact that mobile games used to be fantastic and are now terrible, but I'm desperately looking for one that isn't inherently either elitist, conservative or fogeyish and coming up blank
Hugely enjoyed @jmrivera.bsky.social's review of the Simogo Collection, a boutique collection of games from a time when it didn't feel like your smartphone was poisoning you. The App Store's golden window for games lasted such a short while 😔
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
Simogo Legacy Collection review – remember when phone games were this wonderful?
A suite of iOS classics is lovingly preserved in this collection from the Swedish developer, early standard-setters of the meaningful smartphone game
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I'm not sure which is the right lesson to draw from the fact that mobile games used to be fantastic and are now terrible, but I'm desperately looking for one that isn't inherently either elitist, conservative or fogeyish and coming up blank
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Context for this: the police acknowledge that they have been told this is not a crime. Barring legislation to make it a crime in the meantime: how happy are we with legislators saying they welcome police arresting people that they know have not committed a criminal offence?
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Context for this: the police acknowledge that they have been told this is not a crime. Barring legislation to make it a crime in the meantime: how happy are we with legislators saying they welcome police arresting people that they know have not committed a criminal offence?
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3/ Perhaps more aptly described as a “men’s rights group”, Sex Matters alleges that cis men are being directly discriminated against because they are not allowed to use the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond, and that cis women are unlawfully excluded from the Highgate Men’s Pond too.
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
3/ Perhaps more aptly described as a “men’s rights group”, Sex Matters alleges that cis men are being directly discriminated against because they are not allowed to use the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond, and that cis women are unlawfully excluded from the Highgate Men’s Pond too.
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Donald Trump’s response to Rob Reiner’s death wasn’t just another example of norm-breaking rhetoric from the president—“it actively widened the breach,” John Dickerson argues: theatln.tc/v3ftkZJS
December 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Donald Trump’s response to Rob Reiner’s death wasn’t just another example of norm-breaking rhetoric from the president—“it actively widened the breach,” John Dickerson argues: theatln.tc/v3ftkZJS
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"In an email to Novara Media, Cunningham said: 'It is not my habit to comment to the media on cases in which I am instructed as counsel.'"
Is she having a laugh? She did an BBC entire podcast.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Is she having a laugh? She did an BBC entire podcast.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sandie Peggie lawyer says Scottish government is in denial
Lawyer Naomi Cunningham says the Supreme Court judgment is
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"In an email to Novara Media, Cunningham said: 'It is not my habit to comment to the media on cases in which I am instructed as counsel.'"
Is she having a laugh? She did an BBC entire podcast.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Is she having a laugh? She did an BBC entire podcast.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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They invited Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to the Harry Potter set THIS SEPTEMBER?!?
December 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
They invited Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to the Harry Potter set THIS SEPTEMBER?!?
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One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
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X is not a public square. It isn't the free marketplace of ideas, whatever that ever meant.
It's Heironymus Bosch's Christ in Limbo populated by nazis.
It's Heironymus Bosch's Christ in Limbo populated by nazis.
December 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
X is not a public square. It isn't the free marketplace of ideas, whatever that ever meant.
It's Heironymus Bosch's Christ in Limbo populated by nazis.
It's Heironymus Bosch's Christ in Limbo populated by nazis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9506...
I like to believe, with little basis, that this is a Spinal Tap reference. Seems relevant
I like to believe, with little basis, that this is a Spinal Tap reference. Seems relevant
You Can't Have a Good Time All of the Time
YouTube video by Martha - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9506...
I like to believe, with little basis, that this is a Spinal Tap reference. Seems relevant
I like to believe, with little basis, that this is a Spinal Tap reference. Seems relevant
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Kruger says Reform intend to say no more about the testimonies about Nigel Farage's racist conduct as a teenager. I am not sure if Farage or Reform have said whether he denies the account of the 17 year old sixth former abusing a 10 year old by telling him to go back to Africa.
December 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Kruger says Reform intend to say no more about the testimonies about Nigel Farage's racist conduct as a teenager. I am not sure if Farage or Reform have said whether he denies the account of the 17 year old sixth former abusing a 10 year old by telling him to go back to Africa.
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So much of the commentary on the FWS judgment has been driven by reflexive responses to the outcome, but there are so many gaps and leaps in its reasoning that it will spawn litigation for years to come - @aoifemod.bsky.social and I flag some failings in judge craft:
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
December 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
So much of the commentary on the FWS judgment has been driven by reflexive responses to the outcome, but there are so many gaps and leaps in its reasoning that it will spawn litigation for years to come - @aoifemod.bsky.social and I flag some failings in judge craft:
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
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Anti-racism norms matter. Really shouldn’t be too much to ask of a Labour government that they shun those giving platform to overt racism of a kind that has been unacceptable in the political mainstream of this country for generations.
There were 2 Labour Cabinet Ministers last week on TalkTV Harry Cole slot which plans to invite back an overt racist who'd ban the Home Secretary, Lord Chancellor, Leader of the Opposition & Deputy Speaker from parliament & all blacks, Asians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims & Sikhs from the civil service!
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Anti-racism norms matter. Really shouldn’t be too much to ask of a Labour government that they shun those giving platform to overt racism of a kind that has been unacceptable in the political mainstream of this country for generations.
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
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When this guidance is published (given legal standing), as it almost certainly will be, as a trans man I will not be allowed to use non-unisex public toilets. Which is almost every public toilet.
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
When this guidance is published (given legal standing), as it almost certainly will be, as a trans man I will not be allowed to use non-unisex public toilets. Which is almost every public toilet.
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Elon Musk is a classic, if particularly dangerous, case here. The dude was literally given a costed plan for using his billions to end world hunger, and spent the money instead on buying a social media platform he could turn into his personal online open mic night for his edgelord comedy stylings.
December 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Elon Musk is a classic, if particularly dangerous, case here. The dude was literally given a costed plan for using his billions to end world hunger, and spent the money instead on buying a social media platform he could turn into his personal online open mic night for his edgelord comedy stylings.