Jon Owen
@anotherjon.bsky.social
Not as bright as forecast. Pieces of a man, loitering at the intersection of art, cycling, and eco-socialism.
He/him. 🌳 🚴♀️🚶♀️🚶♂️👩🦽 🌳
He/him. 🌳 🚴♀️🚶♀️🚶♂️👩🦽 🌳
February 18, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Outstanding.
Olympics Dog was chasing the motorized camera they have to capture the competitors at the finish line, then decided to chase some competitors instead
February 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Outstanding.
*nods furiously*
We’ve always struggled with the basic dilemma question of regional policy - work to the workers or workers to the work - but the combination of the wanton destruction of RDAs, austerity and Brexit dealt a mortal blow and there still hasn’t been a coherent response
February 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM
*nods furiously*
Yep.
As @adamlbrown.bsky.social said: "It's hard to think of a better way to drive a community into the hands of extremists than to repeatedly tell them that they're your primary focus and you're going to fix their every problem, whilst in reality you're slashing funding and destroying everything."
As @adamlbrown.bsky.social said: "It's hard to think of a better way to drive a community into the hands of extremists than to repeatedly tell them that they're your primary focus and you're going to fix their every problem, whilst in reality you're slashing funding and destroying everything."
The thing about promising things like "levelling up" is that if you don't actually follow through (and the government didn't) then voters tend to get more nihilistic than if you hadn't bothered
It’s now quite hard to sustain that ex-mining, pro-Brexit, Labour-to-Reform swing seats (via levelling up) have been overlooked or forgotten by Westminster. They’ve been the axis of politics 15 years. Why it hasn’t worked is the question
February 18, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Yep.
As @adamlbrown.bsky.social said: "It's hard to think of a better way to drive a community into the hands of extremists than to repeatedly tell them that they're your primary focus and you're going to fix their every problem, whilst in reality you're slashing funding and destroying everything."
As @adamlbrown.bsky.social said: "It's hard to think of a better way to drive a community into the hands of extremists than to repeatedly tell them that they're your primary focus and you're going to fix their every problem, whilst in reality you're slashing funding and destroying everything."
Love this.
Fantastic to see my Mini Switzerland idea covered by the BBC.
It captures so many people’s imaginations because it’s both obvious, simple and yet - from where we are today - unspeakably radical.
Please share!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It captures so many people’s imaginations because it’s both obvious, simple and yet - from where we are today - unspeakably radical.
Please share!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Mini Switzerland' plan for Peak District transport network
The idea would see buses arriving before trains pull into stations to improve connectivity.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Love this.
Yep:
e-bikes, high-speed rail, and vaccines
e-bikes, high-speed rail, and vaccines
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Yep:
e-bikes, high-speed rail, and vaccines
e-bikes, high-speed rail, and vaccines
Good plan
People who spew anti vaccine crap should be prosecuted by their victims.
It would quickly shut them down.
It would quickly shut them down.
February 17, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Good plan
Lies are all he's got.
Lies, and ex-Tories.
Lies, and ex-Tories.
Fact Check:
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
February 17, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Lies are all he's got.
Lies, and ex-Tories.
Lies, and ex-Tories.
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‘Then with a handful of MPs he appoints a shadow cabinet’.
February 17, 2026 at 3:39 PM
‘Then with a handful of MPs he appoints a shadow cabinet’.
Lies are all he's got.
Lies and ex-Tories.
Lies and ex-Tories.
You've appointed Tories to your top team. Why should people believe your party is any different?
Farage: "These were two people who were ministers, but frankly weren't ministers for very long".
Suella Braverman was a minister for over 4 years.
Robert Jenrick was a minister for almost 5 years.
Farage: "These were two people who were ministers, but frankly weren't ministers for very long".
Suella Braverman was a minister for over 4 years.
Robert Jenrick was a minister for almost 5 years.
February 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Lies are all he's got.
Lies and ex-Tories.
Lies and ex-Tories.
G'wan Hannah
"We look after each other and we work hard."
Hannah Spencer providing the antidote to Reform's hate and division in the BBC Gorton and Denton by-election debate 💪
Hannah Spencer providing the antidote to Reform's hate and division in the BBC Gorton and Denton by-election debate 💪
February 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
G'wan Hannah
As a really sinister socialist cyclist, I feel a bit overlooked tbh
"Commies and Islamists" and I'm not sure that he intends "sandal wearing hippies" as a compliment.
February 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM
As a really sinister socialist cyclist, I feel a bit overlooked tbh
Scrutiny!? And from a *woman*!?
We see you.
We see you.
Nigel Farage lashes out at a FT journalist and refuses to answer the question.
Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?
Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?
February 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Scrutiny!? And from a *woman*!?
We see you.
We see you.
Nothing to see here; just a private water company killing a child in the negligent pursuit of dividends for their shareholders.
www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/m...
www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/m...
'My child died after visiting UK beach days after a sewage spill'
Julie Maughan whose daughter Heather died of E. coli after a day out at the beach says she hopes a new TV drama shines a light on the scandal of water companies dumping sewage
www.mirror.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Nothing to see here; just a private water company killing a child in the negligent pursuit of dividends for their shareholders.
www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/m...
www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/m...
Reposted by Jon Owen
Mark Edwards (British Artist, born 1951)
"Under The Bridge", 2023.
Giclee on Board, 62.8 × 76.2 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Under The Bridge", 2023.
Giclee on Board, 62.8 × 76.2 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Mark Edwards (British Artist, born 1951)
"Under The Bridge", 2023.
Giclee on Board, 62.8 × 76.2 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Under The Bridge", 2023.
Giclee on Board, 62.8 × 76.2 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
The staff of opaquely-funded right-wing 'thinktanks' insist, without evidence, that implementing a wealth tax here in the UK would lead to a flight of millionaires, such that the yield for the Treasury would be minimal.
Meanwhile, in Seattle:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Meanwhile, in Seattle:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Filthy rich’ Seattle’s new taxes get warm welcome
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson last week described the city as “filthy rich.” Impolitic as that may be, returns from a new tax on high pay packages show she’s not wrong.
www.seattletimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
The staff of opaquely-funded right-wing 'thinktanks' insist, without evidence, that implementing a wealth tax here in the UK would lead to a flight of millionaires, such that the yield for the Treasury would be minimal.
Meanwhile, in Seattle:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Meanwhile, in Seattle:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
"Tracking update: your parcel is..
..wet."
..wet."
February 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
"Tracking update: your parcel is..
..wet."
..wet."
Stop your messing around
Better think of your future
Better think of your future
a group of men are standing next to each other in front of a microphone .
Alt: Ska band The Specials performing
media.tenor.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Stop your messing around
Better think of your future
Better think of your future
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66362.03 Papaver somniferum
February 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
66362.03 Papaver somniferum
I came for the lies
and stayed for the ratio
and stayed for the ratio
Both the Greens and Reform are soft on Putin and soft on NATO.
The greens want to pull out of NATO and Reform’s Leader says Putin is the leader he admires the most.
Labour takes a different approach: a NATO-first strategy, increasing defence spending and renewing our forces.
The greens want to pull out of NATO and Reform’s Leader says Putin is the leader he admires the most.
Labour takes a different approach: a NATO-first strategy, increasing defence spending and renewing our forces.
February 14, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I came for the lies
and stayed for the ratio
and stayed for the ratio
In 2023 some journalists were investigating Labour Together's failure to declare £730,000 of donations, funnelled into Starmer's leadership campaign.
So Labour Together paid a firm to dig up dirt on them.
Murky stuff.
✍️ - @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...
So Labour Together paid a firm to dig up dirt on them.
Murky stuff.
✍️ - @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...
Starmer ally Josh Simons faces fresh questions about digging dirt on journalists
Tory and SNP chiefs call for Labour minister Simons to ‘come clean’ as we reveal new details of PR firm’s campaign to discredit journalists
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:38 PM
In 2023 some journalists were investigating Labour Together's failure to declare £730,000 of donations, funnelled into Starmer's leadership campaign.
So Labour Together paid a firm to dig up dirt on them.
Murky stuff.
✍️ - @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...
So Labour Together paid a firm to dig up dirt on them.
Murky stuff.
✍️ - @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...
Farage has just repeated the same lie on Radio 4's Political Thinking, and the interviewer, Nick Robinson, satisfied himself with "Your numbers are a bit off," when Farage exaggerated by a factor of six.
The actual figure is six times smaller.
All he and Reform have are lies.
The actual figure is six times smaller.
All he and Reform have are lies.
I refuse to link to the scumbag, but yesterday Farage posted a video in which he claimed that
"One million people living in this country don't speak any English at all"
The actual figure is 160,000.
So that's a lie. He lied.
I won't hold my breath for him to correct himself.
"One million people living in this country don't speak any English at all"
The actual figure is 160,000.
So that's a lie. He lied.
I won't hold my breath for him to correct himself.
February 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Farage has just repeated the same lie on Radio 4's Political Thinking, and the interviewer, Nick Robinson, satisfied himself with "Your numbers are a bit off," when Farage exaggerated by a factor of six.
The actual figure is six times smaller.
All he and Reform have are lies.
The actual figure is six times smaller.
All he and Reform have are lies.
Reposted by Jon Owen
It's still a shock to find a new PFAS forever chemical hotspot, even when it's inevitable. A bit of digging around paper mills, which often use PFAS, revealed the banned carcinogen PFOS at levels as high as 3,000ng/l in groundwater in south Cumbria
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Race to find source of carcinogenic Pfas in Cumbria and Lancashire waters
Exclusive: High levels of banned ‘forever chemical’ have been detected in rivers and groundwater at 25 sites
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:37 AM
It's still a shock to find a new PFAS forever chemical hotspot, even when it's inevitable. A bit of digging around paper mills, which often use PFAS, revealed the banned carcinogen PFOS at levels as high as 3,000ng/l in groundwater in south Cumbria
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.