Informative and sexy at the same time! Writes for Horrible Histories, Dogs In Space, Amazing World of Gumball; also talks a lot on podcasts (Taskmaster The People's Podcast, Football Book Club) he/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mfjej6cexc27starting again by chucking out Streeting (9)23 Feb 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfjej6cexc27https://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mlqh6gvlnc2nyou sir have won the internet! you sir as its owner now have total moral and legal responsibility for everything that is said and done on the internet! you sir are being hunted by several intra-governmental agencies as an accessory to millions of crimes committed on the internet!13 May 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqh6gvlnc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mlqdpypzis2nme: I like pancakes a random Bluesky user, every time for some reason: OH ONCE AGAIN YOU'VE FALLEN FOR THE PRO-REFORM RIGHT WING MEDIA'S ANTI-WAFFLE NARRATIVE, WAFFLES ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES13 May 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqdpypzis2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mlqbs47fqk2ngod I'd love to have been a fly on the wall of that meeting between Starmer and Streeting! (because as a fly my life expectancy would be less than a month and the sweet release of death would save me from hearing more about this tedious fucking Labour political drama)13 May 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqbs47fqk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mlq44nvkks2nah yes, that untold story. one of the least told stories in sport, I imagine13 May 2026 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq44nvkks2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mlo2naznws2oPoliticians used to campaign in poetry and govern in prose. Then they campaigned in memes and governed in boring substack articles. Then every week became an election to win, so campaigning replaced governing. Now they govern in memes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo2naznws2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mlnuqm2cqs2oConstituents back Phillips to make a mess (5)12 May 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnuqm2cqs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3lhtuybelhs2cIf I were prime minister I would make it a rule that no-one could be mean to you or disagree with your policy if it was your birthday. Then I'd hire a crack team of computer hackers to change my birthday on Wikipedia every day to whatever day it was. Uh, your move, Dominic Cummings!!!!10 Feb 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtuybelhs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mlnrcf2yrk2onot the most important thing but do all of Jess Phillips' letters have a black and white in memoriam style picture of her in the right hand corner [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnrcf2yrk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mlnowe5ka22othere's a chance this will become my entire personality if I let it BUT Kundera's version of "kitsch" - the denial of literal and metaphorical shit - and specifically totalitarian kitsch, where belief systems deny all complications or dissent in favour of a sanitised utopia - feels very relevant now [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnowe5ka22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mlnn3hpi7k2onot very thought through thought - what if the experiences and lessons Starmer learnt by being the go-to adult in the room during the stupidest period in British politics ever actually made him stupider than he was in 2015, what if experiencing the British political system makes you unfit to run it [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnn3hpi7k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mlmcd5syb22fSomeone on Medium has responded to this week's article with a baffled "what is this?" and you know what, fair [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmcd5syb22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mllnrlv7qc2fHE'S ONLY GONE AND KILLED THE FUCKING DOG [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllnrlv7qc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mll5izdv2k2f [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mll5izdv2k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mlkt4rozjs2fI think it's a fascinating film because it's not necessarily bad, it's just that the 1910s source material has been so comprehensively stripped for parts by all other sci-fi so it feels derivative - it's a fine version of John Carter of Mars but the decision to make it is, I think, the fatal flaw [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkt4rozjs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mlkrtcrlvs2fpeople are making fun of this but what if he pulled out the most badass speech out of his ass, huh? he looks at the speech on the podium and RIPS it up, and his advisors are like "Mr Starmer what are you DOING" and he's like "something I should have done a LONG TIME AGO" then he gets out a guitar [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkrtcrlvs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mlkpad6tls2fI had a great, deeply flawed time watching this great, deeply flawed movie! Thank you @johnrain.co.uk and @smershpod.com for letting me come on and setting a record for the most number of times a man has said "infuriating" in a two hour window [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkpad6tls2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackbern.bsky.social/post/3mljpnfamt227uh it's a little thing called COMMON DECENCY, ever heard of it [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:v4mtuliye2txupnyhuzicebt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljpnfamt227