Feature: The Just Joans @fikarecordings @thejustjoans

Completing lots of job applications (my current full-time job) I've noticed, over the last few months, a rise in questions on whether I identify as trans. Most recently, on top of Male/Female/Prefer Not To Say I was presented with these three - count 'em - subsequent questions.

Court of Appeal just ruled Tower Hamlets DECISION to remove the Bethnal Green LTN is UNLAWFUL. Councils can't remove without going through proper process & getting Mayor of London's approval. This is a MASSIVE precedent for London. Years of work vindicated. #SaveOurSaferStreets #LTN

I’m sure this is a harbinger of the end of times. (Yes, another one)

But, Keir whispered that great trade deal (that no-one ever signed and never properly existed)

Genuine question: What is the point of that image smoothing stuff on modern TVs? And, how come the BBC iPlayer app doesn’t seem to be affected by it?

Profanity is the new sanity. let's call these arseholes fucking arseholes. We're age verified now. might as well make the fucking most of it

Because I usually have a bike with me, I don’t travel on the east coast line often ( @lner.co.uk lose or fix them hangers) I don’t usually travel the east coast line. Forgot how stunning it is from Edinburgh to Newcastle. The sub-zero frosty temp making it all the moreso

You know the fact that ai can replicate and create csam means it was trained on csam right? The builders of the ai had to train their systems to create those images. Hard truth of this is they know what they are building.

I’m in Colorado. Drinking an Odell’s IPA. Was just thinking it might be the best beer I’ve had all year. Of course, it’s the only beer I’ve had all year I realise. But, it’s RF good

Ah shit. There’s a band about to start playing in this brewery. It’s 4 o’clock on a Tuesday FFS!

I had a pecan Snickers yesterday. Afterwards I found myself thinking “this is the most disappointing thing that’s happened to me this year”. Guess I can’t really complain

Albums of the Year 2025 - as voted by is this music?'s writing team

When I was in the states, a podcast I was waiting for didn’t drop. Ended up running the video version on YT. The amount of advertising was worse than US TV. (More than I’d have got watching in the UK.) I’m guessing that makes more money than whatever Acast tacks onto your audio

I don’t know how I missed this, but every tech person should get this instinctively. What do we do when network traffic is overwhelming our systems? We block the source. Shouldn’t cities do the same?

In honour of the passing of Chris Rea, I could have posted the classic Josephine remix we all love.. or being Christmas his obvious single. But I thought I'd leave it to Bob Mortimer and this story of his best friend Chris ♥️ youtu.be/H0WiwB1Cjbg?...

Does everyone have an appliance (behave) that every time they use it they think "one day I'm gonna get a really good one of these" despite it having served them well for over a decade. For me it's my corkscrew. As it's xmas I might apologise to it #procrastinating

I hope Bruce etc can save Moor. (Although, this article seems to miss the point many of us were avoiding the brand well before the Palestine comments.) Maybe they’ll let him have a go at his alta mater too

....and, he seemed like such a nice guy?!?!?

Think I might set up a sweepstake on who's going to be first novelist (I'm assuming telly or movie will be longer to birth) to give us a satire where the government's use of AI leads to total annihilation, Kinda Shin Godzilla meets Failsafe

Not wanting to sound like I'm getting desperate to find a job, but, just applied for the Director General role at the BBC

“I was attacked by a celebrity’s leopard.” “Claudia Winkleman?” “No, but it scratched my arm a bit.”

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

Satisfaction Skank suggests that Satisfaction isn't as good as Sliced Tomatoes. Which cannot be the case....

I’ve come to Margate. Trevor & Simon are at the gig I’m at. Not sure how I feel about that #accidentalMartinParr

Most days

Decision in the Sandie Peggie case. She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...

If bagpipes were English the Scots would take the piss relentlessly.

the bread's too expensive and the circuses are shit so now what

Paul Dano is a better director than Tarantino is actor

This country needs to grow the fuck up and do what it takes to get frictionless trade with the EU again. I'm sick of all the fucking mouldy fruit and stupid nonsensical tariffs. Anyone who doesn't like it can fuck off. That would be my official stance www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I’m in Finland. My first experience of the Baltic Sea

This is great. But, no, I’m still not paying THAT much to see him next year I’m not No. I’m not I’m not…..

Just think how nice the planet would be if George Soros was actually funding even half of what Rowling does

as if the jam and jerusalem middle class hobby club couldn't raise a bob or two if the wizarding bigot decided to do a nuisance law on them

I’m enjoying this “things I have fitted into a small vehicle” thread, but have to add: a band I was in toured Switzerland in 1993 in an Escort van. Five people plus equipment. We picked up one member of the band in Covent Garden. Alex James from Blur saw him trying to get in and pointed and laughed

Robert Jenrick sounds just like Pitt the Younger in Blackadder and I cannot now unhear it.

With a horrid inevitability I have a job application to complete that involves me talking to an AI bot for 20 minutes

When you see "14 years of x" line, it tells you you're dealing with someone who can't analyse politics without a party lens. Britain's been governed by the same overarching philosophy since 1979, regardless of which party was in power. And without understanding that, you won't understand anything.

The mayor of Tower Hamlets is a (literal) crook. He was elected on the premise he would have a “proper” consultation on LTNs. He did. And, it said the residents love the LTNs (and don’t have cars). He chose to ignore this as he was heavily funded by illegal taxi companies

He’s got a point

It’s 5° in Glasgow. 1° in London. That’s not right (20° here in Athens are the moment)

Gives up shouting at the government websites he’s forced to use as an unemployed person and turns attention to Cloudflare #giesajob #isIt2010? www.axios.com/2025/11/18/c...

The people in this pub going mental are not Scottish. I suspect this is more seeing the other team lose

Look on the bright side. Kemi has no idea what to say about this lol

Was listening to the New Statesman podcast and they said that the “manifesto breaking” tax changes were going to be 2P on income tax, 2p off NI. SO, your take-home pay would remain as is. But, earnings on investments, shares, property would pay more. A Labour policy I could get behind?

If Starmer told Trump to come ahead with his $1B suit and appointed, say, Armando Iannucci as DG, he wouldn’t have to worry about a leadership challenge until at least April

In Glasgow “fud” has a meaning beyond a canine inability to spell ‘food’. Took me a long time to get that Larson cartoon properly. But, I’d still found it hilarious

My bed just collapsed with me in it, like a bad 70s comedy. Sadly was alone and not doing anything but lying in it Off to IKEA tomorrow for a new Skorva. Guess 20-odd years of service is acceptable. Thankfully it’s that that went and not the frame

Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next