John Deans
@jjbillyd.bsky.social
Pearls before swine (no, not you).
Cheeri-Os? Why is Badenoch's vocabulary so often American accented? #Newsnight
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Cheeri-Os? Why is Badenoch's vocabulary so often American accented? #Newsnight
Knives Out! was excellent and Glass Onion was meh at most but I seem alone in this opinion so I presume the third film will disappoint me?
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Knives Out! was excellent and Glass Onion was meh at most but I seem alone in this opinion so I presume the third film will disappoint me?
That's a good Polanski joke. Bra-vo Chancellor.
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
That's a good Polanski joke. Bra-vo Chancellor.
More money for Scotland "because Anas Sarwar asked us to"?
No, it really isn't meant to work that way 😬
No, it really isn't meant to work that way 😬
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
More money for Scotland "because Anas Sarwar asked us to"?
No, it really isn't meant to work that way 😬
No, it really isn't meant to work that way 😬
Charlie Faulkner makes a persuasive case that South Africa should have a commission to examine whether the jury system worked in a particular case there a decade ago. #r4today
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Charlie Faulkner makes a persuasive case that South Africa should have a commission to examine whether the jury system worked in a particular case there a decade ago. #r4today
To deny "directly" racially abusing someone is just true by definition - because any racial abuse is necessarily a reference to the group. It sounds like a defence, but it's an admission. #wato
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
To deny "directly" racially abusing someone is just true by definition - because any racial abuse is necessarily a reference to the group. It sounds like a defence, but it's an admission. #wato
I can see why Trump's going to get the peace prize for sure, drawing up entirely separate secret peace plans with one country one week and the other the next, what a smashing idea that's definitely going to work, I can also see why the whole world is taking it Extremely Seriously.
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I can see why Trump's going to get the peace prize for sure, drawing up entirely separate secret peace plans with one country one week and the other the next, what a smashing idea that's definitely going to work, I can also see why the whole world is taking it Extremely Seriously.
Genuinely can't think of an honest explanation for this phrasing.
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Genuinely can't think of an honest explanation for this phrasing.
Tim Stanley "doesn't much enjoy talking at all" he says on #r4today thought for the day.
Well, have I got a win-win-win suggestion for BBC bookers!
Well, have I got a win-win-win suggestion for BBC bookers!
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Tim Stanley "doesn't much enjoy talking at all" he says on #r4today thought for the day.
Well, have I got a win-win-win suggestion for BBC bookers!
Well, have I got a win-win-win suggestion for BBC bookers!
Jesus effing christ!!!!
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Jesus effing christ!!!!
Silent blank-paper protest in Oxford today. Plenty of police, including cameras.
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Silent blank-paper protest in Oxford today. Plenty of police, including cameras.
The Kindertransport is *precisely* an example of a narrow safe and legal route when the need was much greater and the border generally closed. #r4today
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The Kindertransport is *precisely* an example of a narrow safe and legal route when the need was much greater and the border generally closed. #r4today
The centre-left and centre-right keep falling for this: the far right only needs to increase the salience of an issue for half a dozen news cycles, and then the centre jumps on it and amplifies it. Partly because they're terrified of their imagined lumpen proletariat who swarm outside the M25 #bbcpm
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The centre-left and centre-right keep falling for this: the far right only needs to increase the salience of an issue for half a dozen news cycles, and then the centre jumps on it and amplifies it. Partly because they're terrified of their imagined lumpen proletariat who swarm outside the M25 #bbcpm
How far will Labour go? I can't see why they'd stop until the prodigal return to the party of Lee Anderson - that's the "voter" they clearly have in mind, after all. Short of that, where will they have got?
November 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
How far will Labour go? I can't see why they'd stop until the prodigal return to the party of Lee Anderson - that's the "voter" they clearly have in mind, after all. Short of that, where will they have got?
Since when has Netflix been changing the language of text in realia to match the user's locale language? Maybe it's not a problem if you're watching with dubbing, but it's really jarring in VO.
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Since when has Netflix been changing the language of text in realia to match the user's locale language? Maybe it's not a problem if you're watching with dubbing, but it's really jarring in VO.
Just think that this person was fleetingly our prime minister, and not so long ago. Amazing. How utterly reckless and ideologically bankrupt the party was that foisted her on us.
Liz Truss on Fox News supporting Trump suing the BBC
"There are lots of people in Britain who are cheering President Trump on and want him to sue the BBC"
"And I believe the organisation needs to be defunded"
"There are lots of people in Britain who are cheering President Trump on and want him to sue the BBC"
"And I believe the organisation needs to be defunded"
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Just think that this person was fleetingly our prime minister, and not so long ago. Amazing. How utterly reckless and ideologically bankrupt the party was that foisted her on us.
40% of America's young women would rather live somewhere else, compared to 19% of young men. Stark.
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
40% of America's young women would rather live somewhere else, compared to 19% of young men. Stark.
If it's on the news and chart topping, I'm going to be less shy about sharing my own AI-sung country. youtu.be/gn5ayxiSVaw?... #bbcpm
Falling down — Boxcar Billionaires
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November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If it's on the news and chart topping, I'm going to be less shy about sharing my own AI-sung country. youtu.be/gn5ayxiSVaw?... #bbcpm
America: names of bits of cars/automobiles are from after our Englishes diverged yet before modern comms meant they started to reconverge. Perfect field of battle to work out who does English best.
"car" v "automobile": clear 🇺🇸 win.
"car" v "automobile": clear 🇺🇸 win.
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
America: names of bits of cars/automobiles are from after our Englishes diverged yet before modern comms meant they started to reconverge. Perfect field of battle to work out who does English best.
"car" v "automobile": clear 🇺🇸 win.
"car" v "automobile": clear 🇺🇸 win.