Jamie Douglass
@jamesldouglass.bsky.social
PR chap, martial arts enthusiast, oenophile, occasional musician & fanatical book-lover. Tweed and corduroy are the original performance fabrics
I don't think politicians have got more stupid. I think we have changed what we ask of them. And - may have posted this before - it's pretty much nailed here (30+ years ago)
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I don't think politicians have got more stupid. I think we have changed what we ask of them. And - may have posted this before - it's pretty much nailed here (30+ years ago)
What actor/actress would you watch in anything, no matter what?
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What actor/actress would you watch in anything, no matter what?
"The High Church wants to be the Anglo-Catholics. The Anglo-Catholics want to be the One True Faith. The One True Faith wants to be Blackpool Pier"
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"The High Church wants to be the Anglo-Catholics. The Anglo-Catholics want to be the One True Faith. The One True Faith wants to be Blackpool Pier"
I fear we may have just encapsulated North / South London replies
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I fear we may have just encapsulated North / South London replies
Post your warning label
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Post your warning label
I am well aware that "your take on someone else's joke" is The Worst Kind Of Skeet, so PURELY in the interests of scansion can I submit
"And they're like, "you've panicked the bourse"
"And they're like, "you've panicked the bourse"
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I am well aware that "your take on someone else's joke" is The Worst Kind Of Skeet, so PURELY in the interests of scansion can I submit
"And they're like, "you've panicked the bourse"
"And they're like, "you've panicked the bourse"
hang on, you mean you WEREN'T following the New Law Of The Internets?
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
hang on, you mean you WEREN'T following the New Law Of The Internets?
ah, my very favourite genre of article. "My advice for an institution I hate."
See also, Labour MPs on what the conservatives should do, Conservative MPs on what the government should do, atheists on how the church should modernise &c &c
See also, Labour MPs on what the conservatives should do, Conservative MPs on what the government should do, atheists on how the church should modernise &c &c
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
ah, my very favourite genre of article. "My advice for an institution I hate."
See also, Labour MPs on what the conservatives should do, Conservative MPs on what the government should do, atheists on how the church should modernise &c &c
See also, Labour MPs on what the conservatives should do, Conservative MPs on what the government should do, atheists on how the church should modernise &c &c
If you see this, quote post with the energy you bring to bluesky
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If you see this, quote post with the energy you bring to bluesky
not least because some of the answers are *really* quite unpalatable
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
not least because some of the answers are *really* quite unpalatable
"I'm just admiring the shape of your skull"
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"I'm just admiring the shape of your skull"
Whereas I went "reckon four years out from an election we probably don't need to worry about the polls" and cut EVERYTHING (and removed the TCBC)
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Whereas I went "reckon four years out from an election we probably don't need to worry about the polls" and cut EVERYTHING (and removed the TCBC)
There are four types of guys online. No exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
There are four types of guys online. No exceptions.
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
agreed, under no circumstances must he be exposed to pictures of labradors needing a home, especially not one where they would get lots of exercise
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
agreed, under no circumstances must he be exposed to pictures of labradors needing a home, especially not one where they would get lots of exercise
If I'm honest, given how old he is, I'm amazed it's taken this long
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If I'm honest, given how old he is, I'm amazed it's taken this long
Nah, it's going to be like Cindies in Cambridge which underwent eleventy three name changes and remained Cindies to people who hadn't been born when it opened
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Nah, it's going to be like Cindies in Cambridge which underwent eleventy three name changes and remained Cindies to people who hadn't been born when it opened
reminds me of this classic from John Sills' book on customer experience "The Human Experience"- which I know about because I was the person it happened to
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
reminds me of this classic from John Sills' book on customer experience "The Human Experience"- which I know about because I was the person it happened to
it's *sort of* true but also very very much not true. Most people WERE more equal in eg 1979. They were pretty much all as poor as each other. Simpson's Paradox strikes again
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
it's *sort of* true but also very very much not true. Most people WERE more equal in eg 1979. They were pretty much all as poor as each other. Simpson's Paradox strikes again