Jon Abbott
@jon-abbott.bsky.social
Born in Leeds, living in Lincolnshire.
40 years fiddling bits, wrangling data mainly financial.
Retired from the grind, so now it's garden & gears from here on in.
#lufc #TdF
40 years fiddling bits, wrangling data mainly financial.
Retired from the grind, so now it's garden & gears from here on in.
#lufc #TdF
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I've done My Week: Donald Trump (again) for tomorrow. My first draft genuinely had a joke about Trump thinking there were penguins in Greenland but I took it out because it seemed too stupid.
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I've done My Week: Donald Trump (again) for tomorrow. My first draft genuinely had a joke about Trump thinking there were penguins in Greenland but I took it out because it seemed too stupid.
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With the US president saying Nato/British troops stayed "off the front line" in Afghanistan, Nigel Farage won't want British voters being reminded that he called Donald Trump "the bravest man I have ever met."
January 23, 2026 at 1:40 PM
With the US president saying Nato/British troops stayed "off the front line" in Afghanistan, Nigel Farage won't want British voters being reminded that he called Donald Trump "the bravest man I have ever met."
#onthisday 1991
Me & 6500 other idiots turned up at Elland Road to watch #lufc in the Zenith Data Systems Cup when we could have stayed at home and watched it on Sky.
Me & 6500 other idiots turned up at Elland Road to watch #lufc in the Zenith Data Systems Cup when we could have stayed at home and watched it on Sky.
January 22, 2026 at 8:38 PM
#onthisday 1991
Me & 6500 other idiots turned up at Elland Road to watch #lufc in the Zenith Data Systems Cup when we could have stayed at home and watched it on Sky.
Me & 6500 other idiots turned up at Elland Road to watch #lufc in the Zenith Data Systems Cup when we could have stayed at home and watched it on Sky.
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Just imagine being the parent of a soldier from Canada or Denmark or Great Britain or France who was killed in Afghanistan in the one and only time Article 5 was invoked and the entire alliance came to America's aid, and hearing President Bone Spurs say this.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Just imagine being the parent of a soldier from Canada or Denmark or Great Britain or France who was killed in Afghanistan in the one and only time Article 5 was invoked and the entire alliance came to America's aid, and hearing President Bone Spurs say this.
Every software developer who has ever worked for an organisation that brought in external consultants for a project has seen this slide.
Implementation is a detailed left for other people to deal with.
#boardofpeace #gaza
Implementation is a detailed left for other people to deal with.
#boardofpeace #gaza
January 22, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Every software developer who has ever worked for an organisation that brought in external consultants for a project has seen this slide.
Implementation is a detailed left for other people to deal with.
#boardofpeace #gaza
Implementation is a detailed left for other people to deal with.
#boardofpeace #gaza
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Thank you Mr President, that clears things up.
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Thank you Mr President, that clears things up.
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How do HR people using AI interview tools know that they aren't opening up their company to lawsuits if they can't prove the tools aren't being discriminatory?
Seems like a legal nightmare waiting to happen.
Seems like a legal nightmare waiting to happen.
January 22, 2026 at 9:17 AM
How do HR people using AI interview tools know that they aren't opening up their company to lawsuits if they can't prove the tools aren't being discriminatory?
Seems like a legal nightmare waiting to happen.
Seems like a legal nightmare waiting to happen.
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The TACO cycle:
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
January 21, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The TACO cycle:
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
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Another proud day for America.
January 21, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Another proud day for America.
Iceland is very underrated. They do Greggs vegan sausage rolls for the freezer.
Trump on NATO: "Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy."
(He means Greenland.)
(He means Greenland.)
January 21, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Iceland is very underrated. They do Greggs vegan sausage rolls for the freezer.
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Artist: christhebarker https://b3ta.com/board/11424777
From the 'Political Video Games' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/politicalvideogames/popular/ #PoliticalVideoGames
From the 'Political Video Games' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/politicalvideogames/popular/ #PoliticalVideoGames
January 20, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Artist: christhebarker https://b3ta.com/board/11424777
From the 'Political Video Games' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/politicalvideogames/popular/ #PoliticalVideoGames
From the 'Political Video Games' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/politicalvideogames/popular/ #PoliticalVideoGames
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it seems too obvious to even keep pointing it out but if you have ever had experience with an elder relative sliding into dementia you are familiar with the ways they repeat the same nonsensical anecdotes
Trump: "They didn't allow the water to come down from the Pacific Northwest. They routed the water into the Pacific Ocean. So we had no water there. No, he had -- I would say open up the water. Open it up to the governor, the mayor. They wouldn't do it. They wanted to protect a tiny little fish."
January 20, 2026 at 8:15 PM
it seems too obvious to even keep pointing it out but if you have ever had experience with an elder relative sliding into dementia you are familiar with the ways they repeat the same nonsensical anecdotes
#onthisday 1991
Luton visit Elland Road as #lufc play their 6th game of the month hoping to gain revenge for the defeat at Kenilworth Road
youtu.be/gfGwtopCZ9U?...
Luton visit Elland Road as #lufc play their 6th game of the month hoping to gain revenge for the defeat at Kenilworth Road
youtu.be/gfGwtopCZ9U?...
Leeds United 2-1 Luton Town - 19th January 1991.
YouTube video by greensterRox
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January 19, 2026 at 7:40 PM
#onthisday 1991
Luton visit Elland Road as #lufc play their 6th game of the month hoping to gain revenge for the defeat at Kenilworth Road
youtu.be/gfGwtopCZ9U?...
Luton visit Elland Road as #lufc play their 6th game of the month hoping to gain revenge for the defeat at Kenilworth Road
youtu.be/gfGwtopCZ9U?...
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:34 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
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This is an outrage.
January 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This is an outrage.
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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
Four minutes added on. Leeds need none of them. Ampadu is wide right, he swings in a cross and Nmecha turns it home with a sweet finish on the volley.
Thoroughly deserved.
1-0 in the 91st.
#lufc
Thoroughly deserved.
1-0 in the 91st.
#lufc
January 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM
T Blair: "Yes, I *am* bored of peace, why do you ask?"
White House announces Gaza ‘board of peace’ with Marco Rubio and Tony Blair
White House announces Gaza ‘board of peace’ with Marco Rubio and Tony Blair
Body chaired by Trump tasked with overseeing reconstruction of Gaza and transitional administration
The White House has released a list of officials appointed by Donald Trump to what he’s calling a “board of peace”, tasked with overseeing the reconstruction of Gaza, and its transitional administration.
The names included US secretary of state Marco Rubio, former British prime minister Tony Blair, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff, the White House said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:07 PM
T Blair: "Yes, I *am* bored of peace, why do you ask?"
#onthisday 1991
#lufc face Villa in the 5th round of the Rumbelows Cup on an absolute beach of a pitch at Elland Road
youtu.be/cMZ51pcSCk4?...
#lufc face Villa in the 5th round of the Rumbelows Cup on an absolute beach of a pitch at Elland Road
youtu.be/cMZ51pcSCk4?...
Leeds vs Aston Villa (FLC) 1990/91 Season
YouTube video by Tadcaster Whites
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January 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM
#onthisday 1991
#lufc face Villa in the 5th round of the Rumbelows Cup on an absolute beach of a pitch at Elland Road
youtu.be/cMZ51pcSCk4?...
#lufc face Villa in the 5th round of the Rumbelows Cup on an absolute beach of a pitch at Elland Road
youtu.be/cMZ51pcSCk4?...
And special teams...
January 16, 2026 at 3:27 PM
And special teams...
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this, from West Ham's Freddie Potts, is the single worst "five famous people you'd invite to dinner" I've ever seen
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
this, from West Ham's Freddie Potts, is the single worst "five famous people you'd invite to dinner" I've ever seen
If I give him my Maths A-Level certificate will that make him finally understand how percentage reductions work?
María Corina Machado on her meeting with Trump: “I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”
January 15, 2026 at 10:46 PM
If I give him my Maths A-Level certificate will that make him finally understand how percentage reductions work?
If I was intending to let China invade Taiwan with no resistance or consequence, I'd be doing exactly this.
Lutnick: "The objective is to bring 40% of Taiwan's entire supply chain and production, to domestically bring it in to America during President Trump's term. This is fire right now. This is it. We're gonna break ground. If they don't build in America, the tariffs is likely to be 100%"
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
If I was intending to let China invade Taiwan with no resistance or consequence, I'd be doing exactly this.