Jacob Bolton

@jacobbolton

geography teacher ~ PhDing at LSE ~ climate futures, shipping, the arctic ~ liquidtime.substack.com

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Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Jul 23

Pissed off, immersion totally broken, that psychic move types are super effective against a creature type without a nervous system

Photo of a Nintendo ds, showing togepic in a fight with tentacool, who has zero health, and the dialogue says ‘it’s super effective!’.

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Jul 13

before you all ask bUt WhO tHeN iS wArIo, its clearly Pickford

Jordan Pickford yelling demonically on pitch, sweaty, teeth on show

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Jul 13

Appreciating tuchel much more since understanding his fundamental waluigi energy

Tuchel, beside of pitch, fists clenched, a bit stooped, gangly and weird looking, sort of chaotic evil grin

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Jun 22

me trying to recruit new members to the polycule

screenshot from a book, it says 'One of us is a farmer, one of us likes to draw, one is a media junkie, another has a lab, some of us are queer, and all of us think a lot'

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Jun 22

somehow, even in his resignation speech, its not really clear what he's doing or why

Screenshot of Guardian story, it says:

09.37 BST
Starmer says he accepts 'with good grace' that he is not best person to lead Labour into next election

Starmer says he accepts the decision he has to go with good grace.

The question being asked now is not who was best placed to change the Labour party, to take us into power and to begin the vital work of improving lives for millions of people. Those questions have been answered.

The question my party is asking now is whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election.

I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question, and I accept that answer with good grace.

Every decision I’ve taken has been about putting the country I love first. That is why I will resign as leader of the Labour party.

I have spoken to His Majesty the King this morning to inform him of my decision.

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Jun 12

i remember all the opening matches of the womens euros uncannily being Battle of Coolest Minor Flag Variation

Screenshot of opening matches of euros – too many to name but basically all the pittings have really similar flag designs, ie iceland/finand, switzerland/norway, spain/portugal...

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Jun 12

don't forget the inaugural 'Fifa Peace Prize' lol

clip of guardian, headline is 'Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize', trump is shaking hand of i presume the fifa president, in front of a big stupid trophy bigger than the actual world cup trophy, made of gold.

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Jun 6

I’m from the cursed isles

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Jun 5

do you think if i factory reset it i can get it working

ebay listing of macbook air, it's hilariously bent and crushed in a kind of cartoonish way. apparently it got ran over by a car? It's £104

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· May 22

i do love the constant audacity of Liverpool, I remember when the official merseyrail metro map was titled THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE

Map of Britain’, colour coded, shows data of poll by borough of ‘what is britain’s second city’. In England it’s mostly Manchester, wales/midlands mostly Birmingham, Scotland mostly Edinburgh, all except for a tiny area around Liverpool that considered it firmly Liverpool.

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Apr 28

proud to say i've done a 10k

screenshot of email inbox, live account has 10,000 unread emails

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Apr 23

here's my idea of how to save US-Italy relations, Catholic-protestant relations, and the World Cup

screenshot of satellite image of Vatican City. I've drawn a football pitch on the plaza outside st peter's basilica

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Apr 15

a while back me and @miriammthsn.bsky.social wrote a piece about how 90% of the world's goods do not, in fact, move by sea. now its the source for google's claim that they do. like come on man read just two words on

Screenshot of google search. It says, in the authoritative black text of google's answers, that '90% of the world's goods are moved by sea'.

Underneath is a link to a blog, called '90% of the World's Goods are Moved By Sea. Says Who?'

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Apr 13

also

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Apr 13

alright this makes Helen Dewitt's blog title 'we lose again' ten times funnier

Wikipedia page of The Last Samurai, the novel by Helin Dewitt. Highlighted texts says 'DeWitt had found the publication process to be a struggle: there were typesetting problems arising from her use of foreign text, an "accounting error" that led to her owing a publisher $75,000 when she thought they owed her $80,000, and a struggle with obtaining the rights for the book's original title, The Seven Samurai (a reference to the Akira Kurosawa film featured in the book), forcing her to change the title only to see it be used for a Hollywood film starring Tom Cruise.[1][2]'

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Mar 31

My neighbour's son was wrapped up with this church for a bit in Peckham – apparently the pastor told congregation to go home and get their valuables, trade them in at CeX up the road, then put the cash on the altar as a sign of devotion

Guardian article. Text says 'They say you have to buy blessings’: the London women who gave everything to a controversial church

Regulator rules Universal Church of the Kingdom of God did not protect vulnerable donors, including woman who says she gave life savings'

There's a photo of a dismayed looking Black woman in a smart coat standing in front of a sign that says 'UCKG', showing the entrance to the church.

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Mar 12

very much urge everyone to learn the weeds of political economy through my friend @yusufimaadkhan.com's batshit chart aggregator that ends with an all-timer boss fight (click top right 'the owl of minerva flies at dusk') www.yusufimaadkhan.com/charts

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Mar 10

Goldsmiths at long last offering what all of us alumni crave: free will

Email from Goldsmiths Alumni people, it says 'Your free Will Service'

Dear Jacob,

We are pleased to share a new benefit available to our alumni and friends. You can now write a basic Will for free with MyIntent.

A Will means peace of mind. It ensures your loved ones are taken care of and reflects the causes you believe in.

MyIntent offers you a convenient Will-writing service with clear guidance each step of the way.

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Mar 9

global trade calmness fantasy sadly paywalled

Jacob Bolton@jacobbolton· Mar 5

Hate to say it but likely a lot of the crews on older cargo ships will get abandoned. Gulf already a dumping ground for crews (very few have signed the IMO agreement that offers seafarers protections), and faced with exorbitant insurance and fuel charges I see operators just cutting ties