James Calbraith
@jamescalbraith.co.uk
Edinburgh. Author of history-adjacent fiction. The Saxon Spears and other Post-Roman tales. Jamescalbraith.co.uk 🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️🌈
The plot of the next Bond movie has written itself.
February 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
The plot of the next Bond movie has written itself.
Very important news. Jean Widmer, the designer of autoroute tourist attractions signs, has died aged 96.
Ces panneaux que vous voyez sur l’autoroute ont été dessinés par Jean Widmer
Ces panneaux que vous voyez sur l’autoroute ont été dessinés par Jean Widmer
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February 3, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Very important news. Jean Widmer, the designer of autoroute tourist attractions signs, has died aged 96.
It's been mentioned before, but a particularly bizarre twist is that Epstein's Island belongs to the chain of islands which the US once acquired from *Denmark*. Really makes you wonder what they need Greenland for.
February 3, 2026 at 7:15 AM
It's been mentioned before, but a particularly bizarre twist is that Epstein's Island belongs to the chain of islands which the US once acquired from *Denmark*. Really makes you wonder what they need Greenland for.
Working class Boomer hoodlums could build their subcultures around ownership of Italian scooters and American motorbikes.
Working class Gen Alpha hoodlums built their subculture around rental pink e-bikes.
Working class Gen Alpha hoodlums built their subculture around rental pink e-bikes.
February 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Working class Boomer hoodlums could build their subcultures around ownership of Italian scooters and American motorbikes.
Working class Gen Alpha hoodlums built their subculture around rental pink e-bikes.
Working class Gen Alpha hoodlums built their subculture around rental pink e-bikes.
It would all make for a really dark season of the Thick of It.
February 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
It would all make for a really dark season of the Thick of It.
In all seriousness though, Jeffrey Epstein obviously did not come up himself with all the evil shit the global elites are obsessed with - he's just the only one to whose emails we got public access.
February 2, 2026 at 1:58 PM
In all seriousness though, Jeffrey Epstein obviously did not come up himself with all the evil shit the global elites are obsessed with - he's just the only one to whose emails we got public access.
'Community' is the most abused and useless term in modern urbanist discourse.
9 times out of 10 it just means 'people I, personally, am already familiar with'. It's othering, excluding, never accommodating for arrival of new people.
9 times out of 10 it just means 'people I, personally, am already familiar with'. It's othering, excluding, never accommodating for arrival of new people.
February 2, 2026 at 8:08 AM
'Community' is the most abused and useless term in modern urbanist discourse.
9 times out of 10 it just means 'people I, personally, am already familiar with'. It's othering, excluding, never accommodating for arrival of new people.
9 times out of 10 it just means 'people I, personally, am already familiar with'. It's othering, excluding, never accommodating for arrival of new people.
Turns out Epstein was an actual Satan. Everything wrong with the modern world is his fault.
“Notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein played a role in convincing Bobby Kotick to embrace loot boxes, essentially gambling for children” what is this sentence, what is this world
Check this out. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Turns out Epstein was an actual Satan. Everything wrong with the modern world is his fault.
Oh hey I found the lost Rabbie Burns portrait
February 1, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Oh hey I found the lost Rabbie Burns portrait
What the hell is up with the random punctuation in Epstein letters, were they all typing on an old Nokia during turbulence
February 1, 2026 at 10:02 AM
What the hell is up with the random punctuation in Epstein letters, were they all typing on an old Nokia during turbulence
This is fucking grim. 51% for Reform and Reform Lite.
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 31% (+2)
CON: 20% (+1)
LAB: 18% (-3)
LDM: 12% (+1)
GRN: 12% (+1)
Via @survation.bsky.social, 28-29 Jan.
Changes w/ 10-14 Jan.
RFM: 31% (+2)
CON: 20% (+1)
LAB: 18% (-3)
LDM: 12% (+1)
GRN: 12% (+1)
Via @survation.bsky.social, 28-29 Jan.
Changes w/ 10-14 Jan.
January 31, 2026 at 9:13 AM
This is fucking grim. 51% for Reform and Reform Lite.
I keep reading 'moot' as short for 'mutual' and getting a bit weirded how many people's online friends met with Epstein at the same time
January 31, 2026 at 5:57 AM
I keep reading 'moot' as short for 'mutual' and getting a bit weirded how many people's online friends met with Epstein at the same time
Looks like Starfleet Academy are doing ST Movies thing in that every even episode is a decent one. Though lore nerds will no doubt freak out about the fate of the Klingon Empire.
January 29, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Looks like Starfleet Academy are doing ST Movies thing in that every even episode is a decent one. Though lore nerds will no doubt freak out about the fate of the Klingon Empire.
Mission accomplished, Comrade 川建國
When U.S. President Donald Trump took office a year ago, many saw trouble for China's sluggish economy, but Beijing has thawed frosty relationships with other trade partners to post a record trade surplus.
A year into Trump presidency, ‘pivot to China’ gathers pace
While President Donald Trump's policies have strained ties with traditional U.S. allies, China has turned its focus to fostering ties with key partners, including Canada and India.
ebx.sh
January 28, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Mission accomplished, Comrade 川建國
Very curious how much extra engagement The Independent and Financial Times are getting simply by being the only English news orgs semi-regularly posting on Bluesky.
January 27, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Very curious how much extra engagement The Independent and Financial Times are getting simply by being the only English news orgs semi-regularly posting on Bluesky.
Prosze panstwa, Donald Trump w dowcipie o tym Niemcu co mi wszystko chowa:
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Prosze panstwa, Donald Trump w dowcipie o tym Niemcu co mi wszystko chowa:
Instead of face recognition technology can we have a mass rollout of dog turd recognition technology
January 26, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Instead of face recognition technology can we have a mass rollout of dog turd recognition technology
I don't think Americans are ready for Nigella Lawson on their screens.
January 26, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I don't think Americans are ready for Nigella Lawson on their screens.
How is a NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN less politically savvy than I, a random Pole in Scotland.
Rep. Tom Suozzi(D-NY), getting raked over the coals for his vote for more ICE funding, says in a campaign email that he didn’t understand what he was doing
January 26, 2026 at 5:43 PM
How is a NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN less politically savvy than I, a random Pole in Scotland.
We need to retire the term 'doxing'. It's over.
January 26, 2026 at 5:33 PM
We need to retire the term 'doxing'. It's over.
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NEW: Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK, shocking the many people who were sure that she had already.
January 26, 2026 at 12:20 PM
NEW: Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK, shocking the many people who were sure that she had already.
Very bold of the French govt to assume they'll still hold on to Martinique and Réunion in 2100
+4°C en France métropolitaine à horizon 2100, +2,7°C en Martinique, +2,9°C à La Réunion... Le gouvernement a inscrit dans la réglementation le rythme du réchauffement climatique, basé sur les projections mondiales, selon un arrêté au Journal Officiel.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Very bold of the French govt to assume they'll still hold on to Martinique and Réunion in 2100
I am *not* looking forward to black puffer jackets making a cool retro comeback in 20 years.
January 25, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I am *not* looking forward to black puffer jackets making a cool retro comeback in 20 years.
Read the room, SNL. One off-hand joke on Update is not an appropriate reaction.
January 25, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Read the room, SNL. One off-hand joke on Update is not an appropriate reaction.