John FP Lane

John FP Lane

@jfplane.bsky.social

Narrative designer, writer, atheist, left-leaning and fast tipping into Green, lifelong Doctor Who fan. Husband and father. https://www.youtube.com/@JFPLane

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Stewart Lee for @thenerve.news: "Burnham’s decision to prioritise fossil fuel extraction over a man describing pieces of food being placed on the body of the late Rod Liddle is typical of the way the arts are undervalued in this country"

thenerve.newsStewart Lee: ‘Burn Them’ Burnham is going to set the world ablaze. But at least he’ll create 27 jobsThe prime minister’s new, remote-controlled Jackdaw gasfield will generate less employment than nine standup comedians going on tour – and is considerably more likely to be hacked

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AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

John FP Lane
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Fine these fuckers out of business. They just destroyed the place, in a way that ensures that new trees can’t be regrown, these money grubbing fucking parasites. The world needs a fucking big techectomy before it kills us. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentreCompany ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push
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It’s not just France’s culture of violent policing. Violent policing is everywhere, because the police are an army paid to enforce the government’s will and governments everywhere hate it when their people bring up their failures and their corruption. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.comFrance’s culture of violent policing means the battle for its streets is far from overFrench state places officers as agents of authority tasked with repressing, rather than managing, public dissent
John FP Lane
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Finally got round to watching #Overlord. It was alright, but not really enough monster action in it. Good characters, just, yeah, not enough zombie shit, which is kind of why anyone would bother with the film in the first place. Bit of a waste of a neat idea. #horror #HorrorMovies

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This is what people get every time we speak up about something the government should be doing to make life less shit. Instead of solving the problem, the government sends out its unquestioning army of uniformed thugs to beat people into silence. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.comPolice clash with protesters as tens of thousands take to streets across FrancePolice fire teargas in Paris and protesters storm town hall in Marseille – with officials blaming violence on ‘ultra-left’
John FP Lane
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You want people to stop protesting? Stop catering only to the fucking rich! Stop snuffling for truffles in the taint of free market economics! Serve the people you promised to fucking represent!

John FP Lane
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I started a blog, like, a long time ago, posting things when the mood took. Lately it's been quite active, as a place to publish the transcripts of my YouTube content. I mention it because I see the #DoctorWho one I published today is my 100th blog post! johnlaneblog.wordpress.com/2026/10/14/t...

johnlaneblog.wordpress.comThe Rescue: A Classic Doctor Who ReviewA crashed spaceship, two survivors, and one of those most visually striking alien creations not just of 1960s black-and-white Doctor Who but, I think, of the show as a whole. Welcome, fellow travel…
John FP Lane
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If every immigrant coming into the UK had to pay a £100 Nigel Farage fee, Nigel Farage would suddenly become the biggest champion of immigrant rights in the country.

John FP Lane
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Got to the end of #Carrie and, yeah, this has been a great adaptation. I like what it did with the source material; I like the additions to the world and the lore, the talk of ‘shine’; and I like where it’s going. I’m here for season 2!

John FP Lane
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Our representatives have bought the bullshit. They are turning society over to the oligarchs, just as the oligarchs wanted, a world of private ‘thiefdoms’. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comPalantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George MonbiotTom Watson has said ‘mob rule’ must not decide public contracts. Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot