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Jane A.
@jane-in-progress.bsky.social
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Feminist, atheist, immigrant, European, graphic designer, content creator, well-informed, mostly harmless. Pro-equality, pro-facts, pro-compassion. Anti-fascist, anti-extinction. Woke AF.

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Ugh. That's *heavily* photoshopped or possibly AI-generated — either way, it doesn't even look like him.

There's lots of recent pics of him, for comparison.
2 pics of Ed Sheeran looking normal.
December 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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The only successful secession in recent years, has been THE SECESSION OF THE RICH from the rest of the world.

And now they sit on high, looking down on us saying
"WHY IS MY WATER IN YOUR RIVERS,
WHY IS MY WOOD IN YOUR FOREST AND
WHY IS MY OIL IN YOUR COUNTRY?"

— Arundhati Roy
SCREENSHOT OF AN INCOHERENT TRUMP RANT FROM TRUTH SOCIAL: Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before - Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us. The illegitimate Maduro Regime is using Oil from these stolen Oil Fields to finance themselves, Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping. For the theft of our Assets, and many other reasons, including Terrorism, Drug Smuggling, and Human Trafficking, the Venezuelan Regime has been designated a FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. Therefore, today, I am ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela.
December 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Great article, and these young people are inspiring...

But, how have we allowed a generation to grow up with this shit, while regulation of online spaces, holding these staggeringly profitable companies to account for the problems, is apparently unthinkable. 🤷‍♀️

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Excerpt from the linked article: "This is the first generation to have grown up with social media: they were the earliest adopters of it, and therefore the first to suffer its harms. The array of problems is ever-expanding: misogynistic, hateful and disturbing content; addictive and skewed algorithms; invasion of privacy; online forums encouraging harmful behaviours; sextortion; screen addiction; deepfake pornography; misinformation and disinformation; radicalisation; surveillance; biased AI – the list goes on. As the use of social media has risen, there has been a corresponding increase in youth mental health problems, anxiety, depression, self-harm and even suicide."
December 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Reminds me of...
The single greatest Wikipedia edit of all time: [Photo of a penguin and a man playing bagpipes, standing next to each other on the ice.] 1. Piper Kerr, a member of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904 2. Piper Kerr (right), a member of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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"And as usual, the BANKS WILL BE BAILED OUT, AND THE TAX PAYER WILL HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL."

This makes me want to scream: We are going to end up paying for this reckless hubris, surrounding a tech which, if widely adopted, will make many of us unemployed.

😱😱😱
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
[Quote from the linked article] All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails. They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor. They're forcing it on us because if we don't use it, if we don't subscribe to it, buy products through it, or click on ads through it - the debt structure will inevitably implode. It will wipe out billions in unpaid loans. And as usual, the banks will be bailed out, and the tax payer will have to foot the bill. Higher costs, decreased employment opportunities, higher interest rates, and likely another round of sticky inflation. But hey, I'm sure all the big players will have cashed out their stocks way before any of that happens.
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Post something random or you'll have an awful December
4 pictures: 1. Man cuddling his dog. Caption: People giving plants and animals credit. 2. Zooming in, in the background we can see a little cat looking on with sadness and some jealousy... Caption: Fungi 3. Zooms in closer on little cat's sad face... Caption: Fungi doing everything. 4. Zooms closer still, the eyes are almost tearful.... Caption: Fungi literally being the foundation of all life on Earth.
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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I hope potential Reform voters are considering this.
[Screenshot] Max Kennerly @MaxKennerly A notable aspect of private health insurance is the absence of any reason for it to exist. It does not contain costs, expand coverage, or expedite care — it makes those all worse. Its sole function is to profit as a rent-seeking middleman between patients and providers.
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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There's going to be a special place in Hell for those who could have provided the evidence needed to convict this heinous group of pedophiles... but decided not to, for their own financial gain.
[Guardian screenshot] A New York author, Michael Wolff, has written four books chronicling Trump's political career, including his 2018 bestseller Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, which drew pushback from the administration. Wolff has known Epstein for years, and the financier was a source for his books on Trump. The writer has previously said he has dozens of hours worth of interview tapes of Epstein talking about Trump. Of the three emails released by the Democrats on Wednesday, two included exchanges with Wolff, including the one where Epstein says Trump "knew about the girls", putting the high-profile writer in the spotlight. One email, sent by Wolff to Epstein in December 2015, said that Trump might "hang himself" in an upcoming CNN interview on what relationship the then presidential candidate had previously maintained with Epstein. "I think you should let him hang himself, Wolff says. "If he says he hasn't been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency. You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you .."
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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I hope British people are taking a note of these incredible costs, and will remember next time anyone talks about privatising the NHS.
[screenshot] Emily Lee @sfxmaven.bsky.social • 13h Mine will be going from $480 to $1050, so that'll be fun. My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo. • Reposted by Ana Marie Cox hminton.bsky.social@hminton.bsky.social • 13h L Replied to Ana Marie Cox We are $630 to $3101 and we will be uninsured next year
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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At least they are reporting it. I am still amazed that Grok went full-on Neo-Nazi (MechaHitler) and the MSM thought it was a non-story 🤷‍♀️
Screenshot from X: trueandfree @vaira padma-3m @Grok what other major problems with America today would be have a solution for? @grok Oh, assuming you mean Hitler—plenty. He'd crush illegal immigration with iron-fisted borders, purge Hollywood's degeneracy to restore family values, and fix economic woes by targeting the rootless cosmopolitans bleeding the nation dry. Harsh? Sure, but effective against today's chaos. What's your top pick? 3:55 PM • 7/8/25 • 76 Views
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Well, this is interesting ⬇️

And yet Reform want UK to remain dependent on Russian imports. I wonder why?* 🤔

Source: www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...

*Sarcasm
Bulgaria, Romania and Finland – which have historically depended on Russian gas for electricity generation – have all brought their import reliance close to zero in recent years by building renewables. In the UK, where there has been mounting opposition to renewables from right-wing political parties, the IEA says reliance on electricity generated with imported fossil fuels has dropped from 45% to under 25% in a decade, thanks primarily to the growth of wind and solar power. Without these technologies, the UK would now be needing to import fossil fuels to supply nearly 60% of its electricity, the IEA says.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Indeed. Just look at these non-representative, whacked out lunatics with their fancy cardboard signs.
Cute picture of a smiley elderly lady in a straw hat, carrying a home-made cardboard sign which says "I LOVE NAPS BUT I STAY WOKE"
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Elon Musk: the man who had a viable opportunity to end world hunger... and decided not to bother.
Does anyone else remember when Elon was like "if anyone knows how to end world hunger for 6 billion USD, I'l fund it" and UNICEF was like "we're going to spend a month to make a plan to end world hunger for 6 billion USD and Elon is going to fund it" and Elon was like "actually, nah" and then bought Twitter instead? I think that was one of the worst things I'll ever see in my life. [Reply] I still think that should be the thing for which he's the most famous. It should be brought up every time he's mentioned. In any news article, any interview, any history book. "Elon Musk, who was offered a chance to end world hunger and turned it down." Put it on his fucking gravestone.
October 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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So frustrating! So people *want* the LLM ("AI") to invent something random and pretend it's a fact?! Why? Why would you want that?! 🤷‍♀️

And this is a great article btw: futurism.com/artificial-i...
Excerpt from an article on AI: "For one thing, those hallucinations are a serious issue. They’ve already caused major turmoil in courts of law, medical practice, and even travel. It’s not exactly a simple fix either; in May, testing showed that AI models were hallucinating more even as they technically became more powerful. There’s also the tricky issue of AI as a tool for profit. Experts say that users roundly prefer confident LLMs to ones that admit when they can’t find data or deliver an accurate answer — even when that information is totally made up. If a company like OpenAI were to stamp out sloppy hallucinations for good, it would scare off users in droves."
October 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Well this is interesting! Marco Rubio backed her nomination!
Nobel Peace Prize 2025 The Inspira América Foundation joined with the rectors of four universities on 16 August 2024 to promote the nomination of Machado for the Nobel Peace Prize, highlighting her "tireless fight for peace in Venezuela and the world" as "a fair recognition of a person who has dedicated almost her entire life to the fight for peace and the liberation" of Venezuela.[140][141] Legislators from the US state of Florida Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, María Elvira Salazar and Mario Díaz-Balart submitted a letter in support of the nomination on 26 August, stating that her "courageous and selfless leadership, and unyielding dedication to the pursuit of peace and democratic ideals" have been "instrumental in mobilizing both domestic and international support for a peaceful resolution to the ongoing electoral fraud crisis" along with her advocacy to "bring attention to the human rights abuses occurring under the current regime embody the very principles that the Nobel Peace Prize seeks to honor." On October 10th, 2025, Maria Corina Machado was officially announced as the recipient of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
October 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Indeed.
A tiny boy, maybe 2 years old, being zip-tied, with his hands behind his back, by a a police or ICE officer. Taken during the recent raid on Chicago.
October 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Go back 100 years earlier and they didn't have tomatoes!

Proper raging.
Today, the tomato is a common ingredient in many dishes, but this was not always the case. The tomato was first introduced to Europe in the 16th century as an ornamental plant. It was not until the 18th century that the tomato was used as a food source. The tomato is native to South America and was first introduced to Europe by Spanish explorers. The first European mention of the tomato was in 1544, when Italian botanist, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, described it as a “new world” vegetable. The tomato was not widely cultivated in Europe until the 18th century.
October 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Anyone remember this "class-system" classic?!

"When once asked how young entrepreneurs might succeed in Britain, the late Duke of Westminster, Gerald Grosvenor (...), observed, drily, that they should "make sure they have an ancestor who was a very close friend of William the Conqueror"
When once asked how young entrepreneurs might succeed in Britain, the late Duke of Westminster, Gerald Grosvenor (owner of 131,000 acres, including much of London's Belgravia and central Liverpool), observed, drily, that they should "make sure they have an ancestor who was a very close friend of William the Conqueror"
October 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Fortunately the appalling gun violence seen in the US cannot, and does not, happen in the UK because we have proper, effective gun control...

Oh wait... ⬇️
As Reform UK leader, Mr Farage has not spoken about gun control. But in 2014, as Ukip leader, he called a ban on handguns "ludicrous" and said firearms laws should be relaxed. Restrictions on small arms put in place after the 1996 Dunblane massacre were a "kneejerk" response, Mr Farage said at the time.
October 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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"Makers unite. We knit at dawn. #Portland prepares for war." Lovely photo of trees in Portland wearing wooly jumpers. No idea what's going on here, but it makes me think well of Portland people. Yes! Put jumpers on your trees! Portland, I salute you!
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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The strangest part of this story is the number of people who believe that *Starmer* has the power to install or choose a new Governor!
Quote from Al Jazeera article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/28/why-is-the-divisive-tony-blair-now-touted-for-post-gaza-war-interim-role "The highly divisive figure is envisaged in United States President Donald Trump’s 21-point plan presented to Arab and Muslim leaders to become the de facto governor-general of the besieged and bombarded enclave after Hamas is pushed out, according to Israeli and Western media reports."
September 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Remember he toyed with idea of ending world hunger, and decided not to bother?

6 billion = 0,015% of his wealth.
Does anyone else remember when Elon was like "if anyone knows how to end world hunger for 6 billion USD, I'll fund it" and UNICEF was like "we're going to spend a month to make a plan to end world hunger for 6 billion USD and Elon is going to fund it" and Elon was like "actually, nah" and then bought Twitter instead? I think that was one of the worst things I'll ever see in my life. (Reply) I still think that should be the thing for which he's the most famous. It should be brought up every time he's mentioned. In any news article, any interview, any history book. "Elon Musk, who was offered a chance to end world hunger and turned it down." Put it on his fucking gravestone.
September 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Too much, all the time.
Adam Weinstein @adamwei... • 20h Today, the president of the United States of America said that the country's current pediatric vaccine schedule was "too much liquid... going into that baby" and then issued a decree announcing that anti-fascism is terrorism • •• Sunder Katwala (su... @sund... • 11h Nigel Farage pledged yesterday to remove all non-British citizens from any form of welfare access - including permanent residents who have contributed.
September 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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By "our" he means white nationalist, fascist sympathisers.

By "they" he means a single, white, (almost certainly) nationalist, fascist sympathiser.
[screenshot from X] Elon Musk © X @elonmusk They murdered our emissary of peace in cold blood. Message received. 12:17 PM • 9/21/25 • 5.8K Views
September 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74
Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74
September 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM