Owen Sedgwick-Jell
@owenjell.bsky.social
Manchester-based lefty dad, folk singer, board gamer, bicyclist. Woodcraft Folk volunteer and staffer. He/him
My grate frend @sundayseasongs.bsky.social gone done a thing. Even if opera isn’t exactly your thing, there’s history, tea, folk song and cats…and if at least one of these isn’t up your street then God, Jed, I don’t even wanna know you:
Will-yum Jennings Bryan@babydoepod.bsky.social · 3w agoalright it's official episode one is LIVE youtu.be/xgCFd_uQnlM?...
If any candidate for the GM Mayoralty stood on this platform they’d get my first preference vote in a heartbeat:
Anon Opin@anonopin.bsky.social · 4w agoWhen the button is pressed at a pedestrian crossing the traffic light should immediately turn red in all circumstances. Would make walking/running much more pleasant. Drivers can wait.
I have a library card, which lets me borrow books and also let myself in secretly to the library after it’s shut. My local library’s blueprints sank on the RMS Titanic, and I learned today our library service is twinned with the one in Melbourne, Australia. Libraries are incredible!
DC Public Library@dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social · 4w agoHit ❤️ if you have a library card in 2026.
Won’t someone spare a thought for the people of the Manor of Northstead, tho?
Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 4w agoNEW - Rachel Reeves said she will "accept Nigel Farage’s request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead." "It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better. "But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him."
Campaigning in Greater Manchester today and just running through some life lessons...
Only managed one legit ‘lock-in’ in my life, but it was as an impoverished student in Brighton with Brian Behan (brother of the more famous Brendan) standing me pints of Guinness all evening because I worked in the public library and he was one of our regular borrowers, so it’s a story I retell.
Magisterial analysis of Andy Burnham by Jennifer Williams the FT's Northern correspondent (27 June) who has covered him for 10 years & a good joke 'A Blairite, A Brownite & a Corbynite walk into a bar 'what will you be having Mr Burnham?.' asks the bartender. She reports Burnham 'hates' the joke.
The LSSC are a great bunch, this is an incredibly important set of causes and if you are anywhere near That London you should all rock up on the 16th and empty your wallets in their general direction:
the mangosphere@mangmangmang.bsky.social · last mo.My sea shanty choir is doing a fundraising gig soon for Mama Suze, the organisation Annabel Rook and this essay's author set up to give a space of joy for survivors of gender-based violence and forced displacement, along with Hackney Migrant Centre and Sounds Like Home women's choir
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
Watching episode of ER from 2001. Dr. Chen & Dr. Carter are trying to diagnose an unconscious preschooler. Carter: “Could be measles.” Chen: “Measles? Have you ever seen measles?” Carter: “No, have you?” Chen: “Of course not, nobody’s seen measles.” So far backwards in such a short time.
Spot on. For (city of) Manchester folks the link is here: www.manchester.gov.uk/the-council-... Others apply through your local council or via postal-vote.service.gov.uk/before-you-s...
Before you start – Apply for a postal vote – GOV.UK
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Fenny Goldfish @fennygoldfish.bsky.social · last mo.Another PSA - Applying for a postal/proxy vote is very easy, but needs to be done in advance for postal. Emergency proxy votes can be done on the day, but you need a good excuse! You can have a postal vote for 1 election or all future ones. Your local authority website will have all the info.
It’s possible (if unlikely) that I’m the only voter in Greater Manchester to have missed the passage of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026, but PSA: we get two votes in the upcoming mayoral by-election, meaning you can vote for the candidate you really want *and* stop the fash
Remembering Alan Turing, born on this day 1912 in London.
Brian Groom@groomb.bsky.social · last yr.Made in Manchester: Alan Turing (1912-54), mathematician and computer scientist, joined Manchester’s computing pioneers and also forecast the arrival of artificial intelligence. He died by cyanide poisoning after being prosecuted for homosexual acts. 1/6
I grew up in the Other Place, but nonetheless can endorse the truth of this message…
madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · last mo.Punting is a uniquely pleasant experience, so long as you remain in the boat.
Any reference to a sealed train = an excuse to post my favourite political cartoon…
Robert Wright@reporterrwright.ft.com · last mo.I and other reporters are at the Euston-Finland station awaiting the arrival of comrade Burnham’s sealed Pendolino.
Cars do kill children. And the world has not been improved by the fact kids can’t play in the street.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2mo ago“.. He said cars were once portrayed as killing children, but the world changed its norms by having sidewalks and crosswalks .. “When I was growing up, I used to play in the streets,” Huang said. “When cars came along, you obviously can’t play in the streets now.” apnews.com/article/nvid...
It might not be the eponymous “Great Northern”, but it’s easy to see why Dick Callum was enraptured by these charismatic birds (cc @aransome.bsky.social, @tarsociety.bsky.social)
Mike Buckland@mcbuckland.bsky.social · 2mo agoDriving to Uig for the North Uist ferry on Friday I glanced across a loch adjacent to the road & noticed a Diver close to the bank & thankfully a lay-by. A quick stop was rewarded with close views of a pair of immaculate Black-throated Divers. Is there a more impeccable bird in the UK? #UKBirding
It is a truth universally acknowledged that most of the best people on this site reveal themselves at some point to be Dorothy L Sayers stans: discuss
Dr Jo Kershaw@mthrjo.bsky.social · 2mo agoRereading “Murder Must Advertise,” and am struck by how much less sexist Pym’s is as an institution than the firm in “Mad Men”. (It’s also a somewhat more politically diverse office).
Only a few hours left to vote for your favourite British butterfly species 🦋 britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/co...
Comma - Britain’s Favourite Butterfly
With its ragged wings and mottled colours, the Comma is a master of disguise. But will it be Britain's Favourite Butterfly?
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an hour after this was posted, a labour minister told parliament that customers should "alert member of staff" if a trans person walks into the "wrong toilet"
Callum Anderson MP@callumandersonmp.bsky.social · 2mo agoHappy Pride month everyone 🏳️🌈 Pride is a time to celebrate love, as well as a reminder that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
An aircraft with a sting in the tail, clearly:
Ian Kikuchi@curatorian.bsky.social · 3mo agoOne for #WorldBeeDay, which is apparently today. 1944: at a bomber airfield in Yorkshire, local beekeeper Mr Webster is brought in after a bee swarm is found inside one of the vertical stabilisers of a Halifax heavy bomber. IWM CH 13291 / 13292 / 13294 / 13293
This is a cat checkpoint: hand over the most recent cat photo on your phone BOOP BOOP
Groucho Merckx@grouchomerckx.eurosky.social · 3mo agoThis is a cat checkpoint: hand over the most recent cat photo on your phone BOOP
In my line of work I’ve had plenty of conversations with teens about this issue - the thing that comes up again and again is their concern about older generations’ irresponsible use of social media, and who’s going to police *that*.
Dr Robert Bohan@robertbohan.bsky.social · 3mo ago[1] This banning of social media, for minors, really irks me. It’s indicative that democracy is being usurped by tech barons. I know plenty of children less impressionable than journalists, for instance. Previously censorship was of the publication, now it’s of the people. The correct…