Notjarvis
@notjarvis.bsky.social
Still a mediocre software engineer, father and husband.
I aspire to be a mediocre hockey player.
I aspire to be a mediocre hockey player.
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It’s cool that the president may kill literally millions of people for absolutely no reason with this stuff and he literally doesn’t even care at all about any of it, he’s just farmed the whole area out to an unhinged maniac as thanks for a political endorsement
Breaking News: Rejecting decades of science, the chair of the federal panel that recommends vaccines for Americans said that shots against polio and measles — and perhaps all diseases — should be optional. The vaccines are credited with preventing disability and millions of deaths worldwide.
Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional, Rejecting Decades of Science
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.
nyti.ms
January 23, 2026 at 6:27 PM
It’s cool that the president may kill literally millions of people for absolutely no reason with this stuff and he literally doesn’t even care at all about any of it, he’s just farmed the whole area out to an unhinged maniac as thanks for a political endorsement
There is something wrong with the kettle we ordered #proofofcat
January 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
There is something wrong with the kettle we ordered #proofofcat
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Red Dwarf always ahead of the curve.
January 22, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Red Dwarf always ahead of the curve.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford With Big Naturals
Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals"
January 22, 2026 at 1:19 AM
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford With Big Naturals
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All this talk of Brooklyn Beckham reminds me of that time I was lucky enough to come close to the wonder of nature that is a zebra. So hard to photograph but incredible to see.
January 21, 2026 at 7:19 PM
All this talk of Brooklyn Beckham reminds me of that time I was lucky enough to come close to the wonder of nature that is a zebra. So hard to photograph but incredible to see.
Did Sam Allardyce write this?
Cinemas should serve wine in pint glasses. I can have a couple of pints of wine when I watch movies at home. I should be able to drink a few pints of wine when I sit down for a three or four hour movie. No, I don't drive to the cinema.
January 21, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Did Sam Allardyce write this?
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It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
US trade secretary Howard Lutnick really not mincing his words here at Davos: "We are here to make a v clear point: globalisation has failed the West and the USA. It's a failed policy. It's what the WEF has stood for, which is, export, offshore, find the cheapest labour in the world."
January 20, 2026 at 3:47 PM
It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
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Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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Tonight's reminder that fewer than 10 people can end the worst of all of this immediately, simply by caucusing with Democrats & giving them control of both chambers of Congress. Absolute Profiles in Cowardice.
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Imagine if there were even 5 Republicans in Congress that would put their country before Trump...but nope.
January 20, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Tonight's reminder that fewer than 10 people can end the worst of all of this immediately, simply by caucusing with Democrats & giving them control of both chambers of Congress. Absolute Profiles in Cowardice.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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i think that you're being an absolute wiener if your key complaint as an American right now is "the Europeans on this niche social media site are being mildly rude to me over the prospect of our mad king going to war with them."
January 19, 2026 at 6:55 PM
i think that you're being an absolute wiener if your key complaint as an American right now is "the Europeans on this niche social media site are being mildly rude to me over the prospect of our mad king going to war with them."
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace.”
January 19, 2026 at 5:32 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace.”
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i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 AM
i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe
You should have been embarrassed from the start, you bunch of corrupt, leeching shysters!
"Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize" www.theguardian.com/football/202...
"Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize" www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize
There is a growing sense of embarrassment among mid-level and senior officials within Fifa over the awarding of the peace prize to Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:52 PM
You should have been embarrassed from the start, you bunch of corrupt, leeching shysters!
"Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize" www.theguardian.com/football/202...
"Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize" www.theguardian.com/football/202...
I sometimes think the age of social media and 24 hour news cycles have broken people's brains
Starmer replied within hours of the orange one's post. This would be about as fast as I would ever expect a government to respond to an unexpected event like this, with ramifications on the words used etc.
Starmer replied within hours of the orange one's post. This would be about as fast as I would ever expect a government to respond to an unexpected event like this, with ramifications on the words used etc.
January 18, 2026 at 7:56 AM
I sometimes think the age of social media and 24 hour news cycles have broken people's brains
Starmer replied within hours of the orange one's post. This would be about as fast as I would ever expect a government to respond to an unexpected event like this, with ramifications on the words used etc.
Starmer replied within hours of the orange one's post. This would be about as fast as I would ever expect a government to respond to an unexpected event like this, with ramifications on the words used etc.
Feels like Trump is going to take another cognitive test.
(I do have a theory he's been taking so many if these is because someone(s) in his retinue is looking for an excuse to move him out, but are too cowardly to do it without an medical fig leaf.)
(I do have a theory he's been taking so many if these is because someone(s) in his retinue is looking for an excuse to move him out, but are too cowardly to do it without an medical fig leaf.)
Thank god for all these checks & balances, eh, or there'd be a real risk of utterly mental executive overreach
January 17, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Feels like Trump is going to take another cognitive test.
(I do have a theory he's been taking so many if these is because someone(s) in his retinue is looking for an excuse to move him out, but are too cowardly to do it without an medical fig leaf.)
(I do have a theory he's been taking so many if these is because someone(s) in his retinue is looking for an excuse to move him out, but are too cowardly to do it without an medical fig leaf.)
There's a whole dissertation to write about the justifications people come up with for why things happen in low information environments
People's brains work in odd ways and insist there must be some sort of "reason" for everything that happens, when the truth is it often has nothing to do with you
People's brains work in odd ways and insist there must be some sort of "reason" for everything that happens, when the truth is it often has nothing to do with you
My Traitors pet peeve is when someone says "I just feel like there's somebody close to me who's keeping me here." despite that never being a thing in any previous season.
January 17, 2026 at 1:53 PM
There's a whole dissertation to write about the justifications people come up with for why things happen in low information environments
People's brains work in odd ways and insist there must be some sort of "reason" for everything that happens, when the truth is it often has nothing to do with you
People's brains work in odd ways and insist there must be some sort of "reason" for everything that happens, when the truth is it often has nothing to do with you
I mean, the Nobel Peace prize was one thing. But stolen parkrun valour would be far, far worse, IMO.
January 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I mean, the Nobel Peace prize was one thing. But stolen parkrun valour would be far, far worse, IMO.
It was always a fairly elitist sport, as it was played in grammar and private schools.
However, the ECBs' decision to take it off free to air TV entirely has been disastrous and accelerated/entrenched that IMO.
However, the ECBs' decision to take it off free to air TV entirely has been disastrous and accelerated/entrenched that IMO.
Is this the ECB legacy?
‘In England it has become elitist, with free-to-air TV coverage long gone, the cost of going to a game increasingly prohibitive and the county game’s importance as a place to learn having been eroded.’
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
‘In England it has become elitist, with free-to-air TV coverage long gone, the cost of going to a game increasingly prohibitive and the county game’s importance as a place to learn having been eroded.’
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Testing times for English cricket | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to Emma John’s article on the difference in attitudes to the game in England and Australia
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:45 PM
It was always a fairly elitist sport, as it was played in grammar and private schools.
However, the ECBs' decision to take it off free to air TV entirely has been disastrous and accelerated/entrenched that IMO.
However, the ECBs' decision to take it off free to air TV entirely has been disastrous and accelerated/entrenched that IMO.
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The Doomsday Machine that is our university funding system will destroy everything in the end. First it destroys individual lives, then social mobility, then most universities, followed by the structure of income tax and the pension system. In the end it could threaten to destroy the economy itself.
I left university in 2019 with £49,600 of debt. A few months later, I became an MP and have since received a salary that puts me in the top 5% in the country. 6 years on, the repayments from my salary have brought this total to down to £48,600 - just £1,000 less.
January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
The Doomsday Machine that is our university funding system will destroy everything in the end. First it destroys individual lives, then social mobility, then most universities, followed by the structure of income tax and the pension system. In the end it could threaten to destroy the economy itself.
Haha. And they spend fortunes on this nonsense.
January 17, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Haha. And they spend fortunes on this nonsense.
I do miss these.
A disturbing amount of money was spent in the "hangman" game in the pub by my first job in Bristol though
We used to plan lunchtime trips to have a pint and a few games 😀
A disturbing amount of money was spent in the "hangman" game in the pub by my first job in Bristol though
We used to plan lunchtime trips to have a pint and a few games 😀
I think swapping all their quiz machines - where, even if the odds were against you, it was possible to win with genuine knowledge and you could have fun playing with your mates - for gambling machines has contributed, at least a little bit, to the downturn in pubs' fortunes.
January 17, 2026 at 10:25 AM
I do miss these.
A disturbing amount of money was spent in the "hangman" game in the pub by my first job in Bristol though
We used to plan lunchtime trips to have a pint and a few games 😀
A disturbing amount of money was spent in the "hangman" game in the pub by my first job in Bristol though
We used to plan lunchtime trips to have a pint and a few games 😀