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Jonn Elledge

@jonnelledge.bsky.social

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#1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, New World, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Not an American.

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 3h

The site of every cone reported to John Major's cones hotline

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 5h

What policy themed visitor trail would you do upon retirement? I would pilgrimage to visit the 100 Rishi Sunak outdoor chess sets around the country. I genuinely think it would be one of those fun random things that would take me to places I’d never otherwise go to

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 1h

Cheers. I know very little of the place but there's a bit in a book I'm in the middle of writing about Henry Huntington so this is helpful thanks

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2h

ah she seems to have left before I paid any attention to music

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 3h

never heard of her I'm afraid! don't listen to Radio 1

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 3h

I have no idea. go on. horrify me

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 3h

just play the Archers in assembly, god

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 6h

Kaleb Cooper, the breakout star of Clarkson’s Farm, has called for farming to be taught in schools so that children understand where their food comes from ⬇️

Teach farming in schools, says Kaleb Cooper — it saved me

The star of the TV series Clarkson’s Farm tells the Cheltenham Literature Festival that ‘everyone should know how to grow potatoes and other vegetables’

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 3h

some pictures from my walk on Thursday also follow my instagram i want those sweet brand partnerships

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Dan Rebellato @danrebellato.bsky.social · 13h

The bold font seems to me vaguely threatening.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 4h

thanks Will, I long for death

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 5h

he weighed in hours ago, it counts

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 5h

I mean... it isn't at all, that's mad

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 5h

okay not an american judt tell me what's the deal with Huntington Beach

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 6h

ratio-ed by my own petard

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 6h

me neither but it predates me and will outlive me too

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 6h

I just wrote a piece explaining why some of us preferred it here mate

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 6h

I didn't write the headline alas

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 7h

please read the second post in the thread

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 7h

I will mention it got piled on for it

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 7h

the piece is about a report explaining ways in which twitter is shaping British government policy

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 7h

didn't write the headline, thoughtlessly copied it when posting in a hurry

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 7h

I'm explicitly not saying you should!

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 7h

Because I'm not gonna yell at an under resourced editor from whom I hope to continue getting work on a weekend, that would be neither helpful nor kind

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 7h

Didn't realise they'd put that headline on it, thoughtlessly used it when promoting the piece while rushing to leave the house, covered all this many times today

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 7h

I replied with something I thought would be comprehensible as a comically exasperated tone, because you were approximately the 200th person to do that. Evem if that hasn't happened to you I'm sure you can imagine how that frays on your sanity after a while.

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 7h

You know what? sure. that wasn't my intention, and i haven't seen anyone dog piling - i just thought it was an enjoyable mad thing you posted - but fair enough I've deleted. Can we leave this now?