John Whittle
@whij.bsky.social
Seeking political asylum from X. Woke, leftie liberal. Retired. Bad camera habit. He/him
Breaking: Government seeks to increase tax revenues from death duties by making 65yr olds ineligible for a #Covid vaccination this year. Also reduces State Pension expenditure! That’ll teach us to be economically inactive. Let the bodies pile high!
September 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Breaking: Government seeks to increase tax revenues from death duties by making 65yr olds ineligible for a #Covid vaccination this year. Also reduces State Pension expenditure! That’ll teach us to be economically inactive. Let the bodies pile high!
I feel so much safer now that 450 terrorists have been arrested & taken off the streets. Who needs to repeal the Human Rights Act when you can just suppress dissent by declaring peaceful protestors as terrorists. The Tories can learn a thing or two from Starmer
August 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I feel so much safer now that 450 terrorists have been arrested & taken off the streets. Who needs to repeal the Human Rights Act when you can just suppress dissent by declaring peaceful protestors as terrorists. The Tories can learn a thing or two from Starmer
Ray has to park this close to the gym door so he can get to the treadmill to walk his 10,000 steps
August 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Ray has to park this close to the gym door so he can get to the treadmill to walk his 10,000 steps
Why don’t the Israelis want you to film the devastation? Well, obviously it’s not good. But why are you complying?
"The Israelis don't want us to film out of the window at the devastation inside Gaza. But I've spent 10 mins looking at it with my own eyes and I can tell you communities in the north of Gaza, that I knew well, are flat. There's nothing left of them."
Jeremy Bowen
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Jeremy Bowen
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Gaza: BBC's Jeremy Bowen goes onboard a plane dropping aid
The BBC's international editor was on a Jordanian flight as it dropped supplies into Gaza.
www.bbc.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Why don’t the Israelis want you to film the devastation? Well, obviously it’s not good. But why are you complying?
Does any Labour or Tory politician, or indeed Supreme Court judge, understand science?
April 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Does any Labour or Tory politician, or indeed Supreme Court judge, understand science?
They may wear red ties, but this particular bunch of Labour MPs are basically Tories. I’m sticking with LibDem, where the real lefties live
It was deeply disheartening to hear the government’s democracy minister saying that she has no plans to scrap voter ID.
The government can do better than this on voter ID
Since voter ID was imposed in 2023, we know voters have been turned away from polling stations over 40,000 times and not returned. This alone is a shocking enough fact, but that’s not
www.electoral-reform.org.uk
March 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
They may wear red ties, but this particular bunch of Labour MPs are basically Tories. I’m sticking with LibDem, where the real lefties live
#martinlewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Why are electricity costs tied to gas prices? Most electricity is not generated from gas. Why charge everything against the highest cost?
February 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#martinlewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Why are electricity costs tied to gas prices? Most electricity is not generated from gas. Why charge everything against the highest cost?
Trump is not mad. He is doing the job his backers are paying him to do; make an apparently insane suggestion or claim every day. His opposition & the media can’t keep up, blinded by his headlines. In the meantime, his owners do whatever they want, unreported. Stop reacting America. ACT!
February 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Trump is not mad. He is doing the job his backers are paying him to do; make an apparently insane suggestion or claim every day. His opposition & the media can’t keep up, blinded by his headlines. In the meantime, his owners do whatever they want, unreported. Stop reacting America. ACT!
And again, @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social standing reporters out by the coast to report on the risk to life posed by storm Eowyn. How does this help impart the danger to their viewers?
January 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
And again, @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social standing reporters out by the coast to report on the risk to life posed by storm Eowyn. How does this help impart the danger to their viewers?
An intelligent response to Badenoch’s political opportunism
An awful response on at least four different levels. Morally and intellectually, she's an absolute shell.
The state of Kemi Badenoch’s response to the sentencing, confirming there is no topic, however serious, that she will do the minimum of research on.
January 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
An intelligent response to Badenoch’s political opportunism
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We should be throwing up lab space in places like Cambridge and Tatton Park at a vast rate.
Biggest opportunity to recruit scientific talent since the 1930s.
Biggest opportunity to recruit scientific talent since the 1930s.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
We should be throwing up lab space in places like Cambridge and Tatton Park at a vast rate.
Biggest opportunity to recruit scientific talent since the 1930s.
Biggest opportunity to recruit scientific talent since the 1930s.
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Great point here. Trump is creating a hostile environment for talent that leans liberal. We can't pay as well, but there are not school shootings and we aren't being run by anti science fascists.
We should be throwing up lab space in places like Cambridge and Tatton Park at a vast rate.
Biggest opportunity to recruit scientific talent since the 1930s.
Biggest opportunity to recruit scientific talent since the 1930s.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
January 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Great point here. Trump is creating a hostile environment for talent that leans liberal. We can't pay as well, but there are not school shootings and we aren't being run by anti science fascists.
@goodmorningbritain.bsky.social no you can’t blanket ban drivers older than 80. Why not raise minimum licence age to 25 instead?
January 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
@goodmorningbritain.bsky.social no you can’t blanket ban drivers older than 80. Why not raise minimum licence age to 25 instead?
WTF? How about f*** off YouGov.
January 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
WTF? How about f*** off YouGov.
What is it about the panel on the #TheMaskedSinger that makes me think of The Hunger Games?
January 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
What is it about the panel on the #TheMaskedSinger that makes me think of The Hunger Games?
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Bear sends legal letter ordering people to stop saying that bears shit in the woods.
Lawyers delighted to be able to bill ££££ for this wildly delusional nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lawyers delighted to be able to bill ££££ for this wildly delusional nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Liz Truss sends legal letter ordering Starmer to stop saying she crashed economy
‘Cease and desist’ letter accuses PM of harming her reputation and contributing to her losing her seat
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Bear sends legal letter ordering people to stop saying that bears shit in the woods.
Lawyers delighted to be able to bill ££££ for this wildly delusional nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lawyers delighted to be able to bill ££££ for this wildly delusional nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My #52frames habit continues for another year. This year I aim to get inspiration from photographer's new to me, and classic images
This is based on a self portrait by Lee Friedlander
This is based on a self portrait by Lee Friedlander
January 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My #52frames habit continues for another year. This year I aim to get inspiration from photographer's new to me, and classic images
This is based on a self portrait by Lee Friedlander
This is based on a self portrait by Lee Friedlander
Reposted by John Whittle
My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.
January 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.
Reposted by John Whittle
British political system is far too complacent about risks posed to our democracy from malign actors like Musk spreading lies & misinformation & poisoning political discourse #Newsnight
"The UK is so vulnerable to being influenced by money coming in from people like Musk into our political system because we don't have any checks and balances."
Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas discusses Musk and British politics.
#Newsnight
Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas discusses Musk and British politics.
#Newsnight
January 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
British political system is far too complacent about risks posed to our democracy from malign actors like Musk spreading lies & misinformation & poisoning political discourse #Newsnight
Reposted by John Whittle
@whij.bsky.social Thought you'd appreciate this
The @nytimes.com should hire whoever wrote this headline. Seriously!
January 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
@whij.bsky.social Thought you'd appreciate this
Although I'm a fan of @theguardian.com, I'm likely to stop following them on this platform. Less is more, chaps. Less is more. Could you try reducing your output a tad please?
January 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Although I'm a fan of @theguardian.com, I'm likely to stop following them on this platform. Less is more, chaps. Less is more. Could you try reducing your output a tad please?
What is it with UK media that they know that the whole grooming gang public inquiry is just political grandstanding but continue to cover it anyway? We need action on the findings of the last inquiry, not more waffle
January 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
What is it with UK media that they know that the whole grooming gang public inquiry is just political grandstanding but continue to cover it anyway? We need action on the findings of the last inquiry, not more waffle
Hello World
(I believe this is the necessary first message, based on a long-time past life as a programmer)
(I believe this is the necessary first message, based on a long-time past life as a programmer)
January 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hello World
(I believe this is the necessary first message, based on a long-time past life as a programmer)
(I believe this is the necessary first message, based on a long-time past life as a programmer)