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[JO @KidbyJo]

A little bit of my work.

#showreel #design #video #womeninsport #tv

[Avon and Somerset Police @ASPolice]

Can you help us identify this man who we wish to talk to about a collision between a black Volvo and a silver Volkswagen van in Woollard Lane, near Pensford, at 3.45pm on Wednesday 4 February?

Contact us online or on 101 ref 5226032679.

https://t.co/Ckf1GaDCe2

[Avon and Somerset Police @ASPolice]

Can you help us identify this man who we wish to talk to about a collision between a black Volvo and a silver Volkswagen van in Woollard Lane, near Pensford, at 3.45pm on Wednesday 4 February?

Contact us online or on 101 ref 5226032679.

https://t.co/Ckf1GaDCe2

[JO @KidbyJo]

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[JO @KidbyJo]

Why’s it so hard to find cans of sparkling water?! Always plastic #plastic #water

[JO @KidbyJo]

@CrossCountryUK Is it normal behaviour for your staff to follow passengers off the train and into the underpass to check tickets? Harassment, no? @networkrail

#britishtransport #trains #bristol #ukrailways

[JO @KidbyJo]

100 KILOS OF CLAY
7 PREP WEEKS
13 SHOOT DAYS

Great #euros work from @bbccreative + Blinkink.

#womenseuros #womensfootball

[Hey, Dave! @davegreenidge57]

Here’s a video produced by “Led by Donkeys” out of the U.K. that puts down the timeline of how Musk used X to get Donald Trump elected. I would save it because I don’t think it will be up for long.

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Here is what a 15 foot hurricane storm surge looks like folks.

[JO @KidbyJo]

Convicted peodophile representing the Dutch here at the Olympics #Netherlands #volleyball @Paris2024 #Paris2024

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[Benedict Pringle @benedictpringle]

Comedian Jon Richardson aping Margot Robbie in a bath, explaining Rishi Sunak’s career as hedgie, Big Short-style, is a thing of genius.

[JO @KidbyJo]

Guys, we’ve been doing sofas all wrong…

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@Glastogeoger Have passed this on 👍🏻

[JO @KidbyJo]

Beautiful yet devastating.

[Matthew Stadlen @MatthewStadlen]

England v Australia with Kylie Minogue. Excellent opening film by BBC Sport. Come on England! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[JO @KidbyJo]

Not @kylieminogue voicing the intro to the #WWC semi finals!!! Bravo @BBCSport. This women’s football World Cup just gets better #AUSvENG

[JO @KidbyJo]

@JossieEvans @MHPC Amazing Joss! Nice one 🥇

[JO @KidbyJo]

Not long ago it was hard to simply watch. Matches via #BBC + production value (current #W6N), more funding, many brilliant players, refs, commentators. Huge sponsor in #TikTokW6N + other brands. Male allies, crowds, viewers. #Wrugby is in a great place + building. Love to see it

[JO @KidbyJo]

In a world of plusses, be an X.

Fresh start for January as I join the ITVx #design team for six months. 2022 was tricky on the personal front, but 2023 is looking great.