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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley
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Retired academic (theoretical linguist). University of Essex/Bangor University. Lives on Ynys Môn. Has lived in Essex, Poland, Edinburgh, Warwickshire, etc.

https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/borsl53905/bob-borsley
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Worthy successors to all the Russians who lied for nearly 50 years about Katyn:
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Morning on Afon Menai:
February 12, 2026 at 9:07 AM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Xenophobia is not a recipe for the good life:
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Zero net migration would shrink UK economy by 3.6%, says thinktank
Jump of £37bn in budget deficit by 2040 would force government to increase taxes, NIESR predicts
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:12 AM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Good piece on one of the most appalling aspects of “AI” development:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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seismatters.bsky.social
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One on left is a black dog and above it the words “Reality”. Below it is “I chased a squirrel” One the right is a black dog and above it says “LinkedIn”. Below it says, Proud to announce that I effectively executed a rapid-response squirrel displacement strategy to mitigate potential yard intrusions. Humbled by the unwavering support of my family and local stakeholders. This experience reinforced the importance of vigilance, ownership, and continuous improvement. Looking forward to scaling this impact in future engagements.
February 11, 2026 at 12:11 PM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Quite a few fools insisted in 2024 that Trump would be harder on Putin than Biden and that that was a reason to put him back in the White House. If they haven’t yet apologised, it’s high time they did:
February 11, 2026 at 5:12 PM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Ynys Môn is grey and wet (but with a bit of blue sky late I’m the day):
February 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
bobborsley.bsky.social
At least he enjoys the wholehearted approval of Farage and co., and something similar from Badenoch’s lot. And of course Vladimir Putin is a big fan:
February 11, 2026 at 2:04 PM
bobborsley.bsky.social
The people that Bangor students (not Bangor University) didn’t wish to hear from. A pretty unsavoury duo:
nation.cymru/news/uproar-...
February 11, 2026 at 12:04 PM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Naturally Trump’s man is doing his best to help Putin’s favourite European politician. The current US-Russia relation looks a lot like a modern day Hitler-Stalin Pact:
www.thetimes.com/article/e69a...
Marco Rubio heads to Hungary with Orban’s 16-year reign in the balance
Trump’s secretary of state is travelling to Budapest in a show of support but polls make a pro-Europe moderate the clear favourite for April’s election
www.thetimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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gsoh31.bsky.social
I am sick, absolutely sick, of the retreat of civic society, the media and the other political parties in the face of Reform UK - one of the most existential threats the state structures have faced for decades.
amrawatson.bsky.social Amra Watson @amrawatson.bsky.social · 3d
Reform is threatening Bangor University over a student society’s decision. The society isn’t Bangor University—but this is a neat preview of how a Reform government would work: public money for supporters only. Trump-style politics, UK edition.

Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
February 10, 2026 at 12:19 PM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Good piece by Daniel Finkelstein on modern American antisemites and their imitators who think Hitler was “cool” and the Holocaust a bit of a laugh:
www.thetimes.com/article/b2a9...
Daniel Finkelstein: How the world’s antisemites turned on me
When far-right activist Nick Fuentes began spreading antisemitism and pro-Hitler ideas, our columnist challenged him. He wasn’t ready for the ensuing onslaught
www.thetimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM
bobborsley.bsky.social
"Never in history has so much money surrounded itself with so much pseudo-intellectual guff." @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social on the "philosophy" of Epstein and co.:
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Jeffrey Epstein circle’s ‘big ideas’ were vacuous guff
Emails show that despite hooking up the rich, the powerful and intellectuals, the philosophising was utterly banal
www.thetimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:15 PM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Looks like there is a competition among Reform people to see who can be the most nauseating. (Rather like the similar competition among Trump’s people.) Oakeshott looks like a very strong contender:
ottoenglish.bsky.social Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3d
This is pretty menacing.

Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."

When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Reform UK threatens to cut funding for Welsh university after debating society bans party from campus want to go to Bangor University' said nobody ever. Especially if Bangor University is stripped of government funding and student loan facilities by @reformparty_uk Is that "in line with your values,' poppets?
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 AM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Morning on Ynys Môn (with a young bullock and a 200 year old bridge in the third picture):
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 AM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Poor journalism in The Times. The Russian economy is not suffering from spending on defence. It’s suffering from spending on imperialist aggression. There is a big difference:
www.thetimes.com/article/a970...
February 10, 2026 at 7:31 AM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Morning on Ynys Môn:
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
bobborsley.bsky.social
I see Trump is very keen to have places named after him. He’s not the first guy to be keen on this idea:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of streets named after Adolf Hitler - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
bobborsley.bsky.social
A good Welsh song (partly the work of a guy from the 14th/15th century), which seems relevant to modern oligarchs, whose goal is to get richer and richer and richer:
youtu.be/ybTm7dpHpUA?...
Gwilym Bowen Rhys - Byta Dy Bres
YouTube video by S4C Miwsig
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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davidhewson.com
We’re buying software to run the NHS from this fruitcake.
February 8, 2026 at 9:42 AM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Born the same year as my father, who died in 1985 (after a good life):
auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 5d
8 February 1902 | A Frenchman, Louis Castel, was born in Lézignan-Corbières. A gardener.

In #Auschwitz from 8 July 1942.
No. 45339
He perished in the camp on 11 August 1942.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform. The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
February 8, 2026 at 11:42 AM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Colourful morning on Ynys Môn:
February 8, 2026 at 8:43 AM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Good to see a bit of originality from Russian "authorities". They've rather overdone the falling out of windows thing:
February 8, 2026 at 7:47 AM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Sounds like ‘Melania’ is not a great film. But prequels are a big thing in the film world, so maybe some oligarchs could pay for films about the previous Mrs Trumps:
youtu.be/DTyUni8dbkE?...
Mark Kermode reviews Melania
YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 6:48 AM
bobborsley.bsky.social
Trees and water on Ynys Môn (the first tree a rare European White Elm Ulmus laevis):
February 7, 2026 at 8:03 PM