JayEsstoo
@js2.bsky.social
Ageing IT dunce.
A tough old bird so I'm told.
#ActuallyADHD at age 56, mourning the life I cd hv had.
Prolly autistic too.
Less "Suaviter in Modo", more "Fortiter in Re"
ID not verified so cant do DMs
New #allotment & new (to me) campervan=life-changing❤️
A tough old bird so I'm told.
#ActuallyADHD at age 56, mourning the life I cd hv had.
Prolly autistic too.
Less "Suaviter in Modo", more "Fortiter in Re"
ID not verified so cant do DMs
New #allotment & new (to me) campervan=life-changing❤️
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JayEsstoo
@js2.bsky.social
· Aug 2
Anyone do #colouring in?
As in #colouringbooks etc?
If so wd you pay a Ko-fi for a PDF download of a few #doodles to colour in?
I been doing 2 #doodleart classes/week since 2021, got loads sketchbooks full.
ChatGPT suggests selling PDFs of them to fund getting some printed as a colouring book.
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As in #colouringbooks etc?
If so wd you pay a Ko-fi for a PDF download of a few #doodles to colour in?
I been doing 2 #doodleart classes/week since 2021, got loads sketchbooks full.
ChatGPT suggests selling PDFs of them to fund getting some printed as a colouring book.
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The Rule of Law and enriching the rich.
For £60bn private sector investment in public assets, UK govts paying £306bn + billions in servicing traps.
Govt has revived PFI, calls it Public Private Partnership (PPP) and will apply it to the NHS. Billions will be drained from public purse.
For £60bn private sector investment in public assets, UK govts paying £306bn + billions in servicing traps.
Govt has revived PFI, calls it Public Private Partnership (PPP) and will apply it to the NHS. Billions will be drained from public purse.
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
leftfootforward.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The Rule of Law and enriching the rich.
For £60bn private sector investment in public assets, UK govts paying £306bn + billions in servicing traps.
Govt has revived PFI, calls it Public Private Partnership (PPP) and will apply it to the NHS. Billions will be drained from public purse.
For £60bn private sector investment in public assets, UK govts paying £306bn + billions in servicing traps.
Govt has revived PFI, calls it Public Private Partnership (PPP) and will apply it to the NHS. Billions will be drained from public purse.
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Labour is now the Party OF millionaires for millionaires.
Millionaire MPs and Cabinet Ministers haven't a single clue what it's like out there for normal people.
Millionaire MPs and Cabinet Ministers haven't a single clue what it's like out there for normal people.
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Labour is now the Party OF millionaires for millionaires.
Millionaire MPs and Cabinet Ministers haven't a single clue what it's like out there for normal people.
Millionaire MPs and Cabinet Ministers haven't a single clue what it's like out there for normal people.
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Over the years social housing stock has been sold, real wages cut, profiteering unchecked, local council funding cut.
Liverpool has 12,764 households on its social housing waiting list. It has just five "additional social rent dwellings".
What is the govt doing?
Watch the Minister's reply.
Liverpool has 12,764 households on its social housing waiting list. It has just five "additional social rent dwellings".
What is the govt doing?
Watch the Minister's reply.
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Over the years social housing stock has been sold, real wages cut, profiteering unchecked, local council funding cut.
Liverpool has 12,764 households on its social housing waiting list. It has just five "additional social rent dwellings".
What is the govt doing?
Watch the Minister's reply.
Liverpool has 12,764 households on its social housing waiting list. It has just five "additional social rent dwellings".
What is the govt doing?
Watch the Minister's reply.
What happens to those who have no family & no one to complain about the abuse & neglect?
Once you've outlived your usefulness & can't work, whether through age, disability or health, you're dispensable.
For those who have no family, living with this knowledge & waiting for it to happen is grim.
Once you've outlived your usefulness & can't work, whether through age, disability or health, you're dispensable.
For those who have no family, living with this knowledge & waiting for it to happen is grim.
7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Revealed: Thousands of elderly people evicted from care homes every year
Thousands of elderly and vulnerable people have received eviction notices from their care homes in the last year, the Big Issue has found.
www.bigissue.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
What happens to those who have no family & no one to complain about the abuse & neglect?
Once you've outlived your usefulness & can't work, whether through age, disability or health, you're dispensable.
For those who have no family, living with this knowledge & waiting for it to happen is grim.
Once you've outlived your usefulness & can't work, whether through age, disability or health, you're dispensable.
For those who have no family, living with this knowledge & waiting for it to happen is grim.
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Every day we're told that Britain can't afford the poor and that there isn't enough money for care, housing or wages. But the truth is the opposite: it's the poor who can't afford the rich.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
We can’t afford the wealthy
Every day we’re told that Britain can’t afford the poor and that there isn’t enough money for care, housing or wages. But the truth is the opposite: it’s the poor who can’t afford the rich.
In this vi...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Every day we're told that Britain can't afford the poor and that there isn't enough money for care, housing or wages. But the truth is the opposite: it's the poor who can't afford the rich.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
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Every day it's the poorest who pay for the richest in our society.
It isn't whether we can afford care, housing, or wages for those who are on low incomes in this country; it's whether we can afford the wealth extraction by a few that leaves those people in poverty.
It isn't whether we can afford care, housing, or wages for those who are on low incomes in this country; it's whether we can afford the wealth extraction by a few that leaves those people in poverty.
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Every day it's the poorest who pay for the richest in our society.
It isn't whether we can afford care, housing, or wages for those who are on low incomes in this country; it's whether we can afford the wealth extraction by a few that leaves those people in poverty.
It isn't whether we can afford care, housing, or wages for those who are on low incomes in this country; it's whether we can afford the wealth extraction by a few that leaves those people in poverty.
Long discussions about this on the thread.
So to make my position v clear...
I want corruption free politics & parliament & govt, equality & fairness for everyone & human rights upheld. It's that simple.
I'll vote for whichever party offers that or the closest thing to that.
So to make my position v clear...
I want corruption free politics & parliament & govt, equality & fairness for everyone & human rights upheld. It's that simple.
I'll vote for whichever party offers that or the closest thing to that.
I'd be very happy to see Starmer go.
But as with Johnson, I want rid of those manipulating the puppet behind the scenes. And rid of the party & their policies & ideologies.
But we must be careful what we wish for, theres no obvious better replacement so as with Johnson we could end up worse off.
But as with Johnson, I want rid of those manipulating the puppet behind the scenes. And rid of the party & their policies & ideologies.
But we must be careful what we wish for, theres no obvious better replacement so as with Johnson we could end up worse off.
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Long discussions about this on the thread.
So to make my position v clear...
I want corruption free politics & parliament & govt, equality & fairness for everyone & human rights upheld. It's that simple.
I'll vote for whichever party offers that or the closest thing to that.
So to make my position v clear...
I want corruption free politics & parliament & govt, equality & fairness for everyone & human rights upheld. It's that simple.
I'll vote for whichever party offers that or the closest thing to that.
I'd be very happy to see Starmer go.
But as with Johnson, I want rid of those manipulating the puppet behind the scenes. And rid of the party & their policies & ideologies.
But we must be careful what we wish for, theres no obvious better replacement so as with Johnson we could end up worse off.
But as with Johnson, I want rid of those manipulating the puppet behind the scenes. And rid of the party & their policies & ideologies.
But we must be careful what we wish for, theres no obvious better replacement so as with Johnson we could end up worse off.
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I'd be very happy to see Starmer go.
But as with Johnson, I want rid of those manipulating the puppet behind the scenes. And rid of the party & their policies & ideologies.
But we must be careful what we wish for, theres no obvious better replacement so as with Johnson we could end up worse off.
But as with Johnson, I want rid of those manipulating the puppet behind the scenes. And rid of the party & their policies & ideologies.
But we must be careful what we wish for, theres no obvious better replacement so as with Johnson we could end up worse off.
I guess Starmer is now thinking that the Waspi vote might be useful.
Not sure Waspis will be so forgiving.
Not sure Waspis will be so forgiving.
UK Govt to rethink rejection of Waspi compensation over not informing women of pension age hike.
Last year Parliamentary Ombudsman recommended a govt apology and compensation. Govt offered no compensation.
Credit to the 1950s born women for fighting.
Last year Parliamentary Ombudsman recommended a govt apology and compensation. Govt offered no compensation.
Credit to the 1950s born women for fighting.
Government to rethink rejection of Waspi compensation
Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden says that the rethink does not mean that payouts will necessarily follow.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I guess Starmer is now thinking that the Waspi vote might be useful.
Not sure Waspis will be so forgiving.
Not sure Waspis will be so forgiving.
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It's #buyastrangerabook day tomorrow.
Yeah.
It's a thing that happens every Wednesday, where people buy each other books, for no other reason than they want to & they're lovely.
It kicks off at midday and It really is special. Check the hashtag.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
Yeah.
It's a thing that happens every Wednesday, where people buy each other books, for no other reason than they want to & they're lovely.
It kicks off at midday and It really is special. Check the hashtag.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
www.biggreenbookshop.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It's #buyastrangerabook day tomorrow.
Yeah.
It's a thing that happens every Wednesday, where people buy each other books, for no other reason than they want to & they're lovely.
It kicks off at midday and It really is special. Check the hashtag.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
Yeah.
It's a thing that happens every Wednesday, where people buy each other books, for no other reason than they want to & they're lovely.
It kicks off at midday and It really is special. Check the hashtag.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
Reeves is not dropping the 2 child cap because she cares about children.
You don't whip MPs to vote against removing it & suspend MPs who voted to remove it if you care about children.
You don't whip MPs to vote against removing it & suspend MPs who voted to remove it if you care about children.
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Reeves is not dropping the 2 child cap because she cares about children.
You don't whip MPs to vote against removing it & suspend MPs who voted to remove it if you care about children.
You don't whip MPs to vote against removing it & suspend MPs who voted to remove it if you care about children.
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Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year.
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year
It is paying £41m to the Japanese-owned company Fujitsu to use the Horizon system until March 2027.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year.
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
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Earth: 'Why long COVID hits women harder than men'
'By comparing blood, immune-cell profiles, and gene activity in people with and without long COVID, researchers uncovered biological differences...'
www.earth.com/news/why-lon...
'By comparing blood, immune-cell profiles, and gene activity in people with and without long COVID, researchers uncovered biological differences...'
www.earth.com/news/why-lon...
Why long COVID hits women harder than men
Women are about three times more likely than men to develop long COVID, and many experience symptoms that linger and intensify.
www.earth.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Earth: 'Why long COVID hits women harder than men'
'By comparing blood, immune-cell profiles, and gene activity in people with and without long COVID, researchers uncovered biological differences...'
www.earth.com/news/why-lon...
'By comparing blood, immune-cell profiles, and gene activity in people with and without long COVID, researchers uncovered biological differences...'
www.earth.com/news/why-lon...
Spent almost the whole day on the laptop catching up on long overdue paperwork, researching insurance quotes, organising important stuff into folders, replying to 1 of the 3 v important overdue emails, responding to 2 more that came in this aft, renewing a couple of important subs...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Spent almost the whole day on the laptop catching up on long overdue paperwork, researching insurance quotes, organising important stuff into folders, replying to 1 of the 3 v important overdue emails, responding to 2 more that came in this aft, renewing a couple of important subs...
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England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Homelessness figures higher than data suggests, research shows
Official data for England underestimates the scale of the problem, according to research for charity Crisis says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Hmmm, what to do?🤔
New neighbour on my floor in the flats, his door right next to mine. In the week hes been here I keep smelling weed on landing & in my flat. It can only be coming from his flat.
I dont mind at all. But another tenant got evicted for drugs recently. And the weed smell is obvious.
New neighbour on my floor in the flats, his door right next to mine. In the week hes been here I keep smelling weed on landing & in my flat. It can only be coming from his flat.
I dont mind at all. But another tenant got evicted for drugs recently. And the weed smell is obvious.
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hmmm, what to do?🤔
New neighbour on my floor in the flats, his door right next to mine. In the week hes been here I keep smelling weed on landing & in my flat. It can only be coming from his flat.
I dont mind at all. But another tenant got evicted for drugs recently. And the weed smell is obvious.
New neighbour on my floor in the flats, his door right next to mine. In the week hes been here I keep smelling weed on landing & in my flat. It can only be coming from his flat.
I dont mind at all. But another tenant got evicted for drugs recently. And the weed smell is obvious.
I have finally looked at scary email inbox😇
After swiping out lots of spam it was less scary.
Then I starred & filtered the most important & urgent emails & it was definitely less scary.
After quickly paying an invoice, I'm left with 3 VERY overdue (by about 3wks) important emails to RSVP.
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After swiping out lots of spam it was less scary.
Then I starred & filtered the most important & urgent emails & it was definitely less scary.
After quickly paying an invoice, I'm left with 3 VERY overdue (by about 3wks) important emails to RSVP.
1/
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I have finally looked at scary email inbox😇
After swiping out lots of spam it was less scary.
Then I starred & filtered the most important & urgent emails & it was definitely less scary.
After quickly paying an invoice, I'm left with 3 VERY overdue (by about 3wks) important emails to RSVP.
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After swiping out lots of spam it was less scary.
Then I starred & filtered the most important & urgent emails & it was definitely less scary.
After quickly paying an invoice, I'm left with 3 VERY overdue (by about 3wks) important emails to RSVP.
1/
@siamesecaroline.bsky.social
I've just spent the past hour & half writing a VERY long email to you, happily avoiding tackling the urgent paperwork & email backlog 🙄😁
No need to read/reply with any haste, just glad to be in touch & looking forward to making plans for next year.
I've just spent the past hour & half writing a VERY long email to you, happily avoiding tackling the urgent paperwork & email backlog 🙄😁
No need to read/reply with any haste, just glad to be in touch & looking forward to making plans for next year.
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
@siamesecaroline.bsky.social
I've just spent the past hour & half writing a VERY long email to you, happily avoiding tackling the urgent paperwork & email backlog 🙄😁
No need to read/reply with any haste, just glad to be in touch & looking forward to making plans for next year.
I've just spent the past hour & half writing a VERY long email to you, happily avoiding tackling the urgent paperwork & email backlog 🙄😁
No need to read/reply with any haste, just glad to be in touch & looking forward to making plans for next year.
One of those days when I'm already thinking "is it bedtime yet?"
Started to pack for night away in the van to try to motivate myself to do something, anything.
But thinking of what warm clothes I'd need to wear, essentials to pack such as milk, food & meds for me & dog etc, was too brain draining.
Started to pack for night away in the van to try to motivate myself to do something, anything.
But thinking of what warm clothes I'd need to wear, essentials to pack such as milk, food & meds for me & dog etc, was too brain draining.
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
One of those days when I'm already thinking "is it bedtime yet?"
Started to pack for night away in the van to try to motivate myself to do something, anything.
But thinking of what warm clothes I'd need to wear, essentials to pack such as milk, food & meds for me & dog etc, was too brain draining.
Started to pack for night away in the van to try to motivate myself to do something, anything.
But thinking of what warm clothes I'd need to wear, essentials to pack such as milk, food & meds for me & dog etc, was too brain draining.
Everyone talking about Remembrance of those who've died in war today, & rightly so, but no one is talking about veterans sleeping on streets, doing battle with drug addictions & mental health demons, about families of veterans & children growing up with no roots, belonging nowhere.
November 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Everyone talking about Remembrance of those who've died in war today, & rightly so, but no one is talking about veterans sleeping on streets, doing battle with drug addictions & mental health demons, about families of veterans & children growing up with no roots, belonging nowhere.
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"Using Grok is like believing what your farting uncle says at Christmas" - Stewart Lee
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is so drunkenly, transparently biased, it would be funny – but it's a mortal threat to democracy.
"Basically, Musk’s AI service has been programmed to be as much of an arsehole as he is."
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is so drunkenly, transparently biased, it would be funny – but it's a mortal threat to democracy.
"Basically, Musk’s AI service has been programmed to be as much of an arsehole as he is."
Stewart Lee: Using Grok is like believing what your farting uncle says at Christmas
Elon Musk’s AI service is so drunkenly, transparently biased that it would be funny – if it weren’t a mortal threat to democracy
www.thenerve.news
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
"Using Grok is like believing what your farting uncle says at Christmas" - Stewart Lee
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is so drunkenly, transparently biased, it would be funny – but it's a mortal threat to democracy.
"Basically, Musk’s AI service has been programmed to be as much of an arsehole as he is."
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is so drunkenly, transparently biased, it would be funny – but it's a mortal threat to democracy.
"Basically, Musk’s AI service has been programmed to be as much of an arsehole as he is."
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It continues to amaze me that a qualified chemistry teacher isn’t allowed to do any experiment involving gunpowder on school grounds (too hazardous), but old-enough A Level students can trot to the supermarket, buy rockets and set them off at will.
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It continues to amaze me that a qualified chemistry teacher isn’t allowed to do any experiment involving gunpowder on school grounds (too hazardous), but old-enough A Level students can trot to the supermarket, buy rockets and set them off at will.
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
I pushed the boat out tonight, had cheesy chips with gravy.
And they wouldn't let me pay, bless them.
And they added a sausage for the dog.
And they wouldn't let me pay, bless them.
And they added a sausage for the dog.
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I pushed the boat out tonight, had cheesy chips with gravy.
And they wouldn't let me pay, bless them.
And they added a sausage for the dog.
And they wouldn't let me pay, bless them.
And they added a sausage for the dog.
My last Sat night chippy tea till March ☹️
Chippy closing for winter on Monday😭
I've been every Sat eve since March.
I don't know what I'm going to eat on Saturdays for the next 4 months.
And I'm really going to miss calling in for a chat most afternoons on dog walks, they've become friends.
Chippy closing for winter on Monday😭
I've been every Sat eve since March.
I don't know what I'm going to eat on Saturdays for the next 4 months.
And I'm really going to miss calling in for a chat most afternoons on dog walks, they've become friends.
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My last Sat night chippy tea till March ☹️
Chippy closing for winter on Monday😭
I've been every Sat eve since March.
I don't know what I'm going to eat on Saturdays for the next 4 months.
And I'm really going to miss calling in for a chat most afternoons on dog walks, they've become friends.
Chippy closing for winter on Monday😭
I've been every Sat eve since March.
I don't know what I'm going to eat on Saturdays for the next 4 months.
And I'm really going to miss calling in for a chat most afternoons on dog walks, they've become friends.