RDCK98
@comradekenobi.bsky.social
Writer/Researcher interested in
-Devolution and Celtic Nationalism
-Empire
-International Relations
-Defence
-Climate Change
-Gàidhlig
-Biodiversity
-Palaeontology
All views are my own | he/him 🏴🇺🇦🇵🇸🇺🇳
-Devolution and Celtic Nationalism
-Empire
-International Relations
-Defence
-Climate Change
-Gàidhlig
-Biodiversity
-Palaeontology
All views are my own | he/him 🏴🇺🇦🇵🇸🇺🇳
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The chief innovation of European colonialism was being ship bastards instead of horse bastards.
December 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The chief innovation of European colonialism was being ship bastards instead of horse bastards.
When William refuses to deliver a Reform Government's Kings Speech and says he'll withhold assent from a number of Bills.
December 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
When William refuses to deliver a Reform Government's Kings Speech and says he'll withhold assent from a number of Bills.
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this being the top division schedule today is an absolute disgrace. shouldn’t be allowed to happen!
December 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
this being the top division schedule today is an absolute disgrace. shouldn’t be allowed to happen!
Hasn't changed since 2007.
December 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Hasn't changed since 2007.
I love these little regional spikes that Bluesky gets courtesy of Elon Musk being specifically shit to their country
Japanese and Korean soon-to-be-former Twitter users are waking up. Merry Christmas everyone
December 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I love these little regional spikes that Bluesky gets courtesy of Elon Musk being specifically shit to their country
"And Rohan will fucking answer"
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
December 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"And Rohan will fucking answer"
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But they were all of them deceived, for another fucking ring was made.
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
December 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
But they were all of them deceived, for another fucking ring was made.
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Always funny to be reminded by news media that there are people for whom the King's / Queen's speech is an important, immutable, and meaningful tradition. I've spent my entire life in this country and never knowingly met anyone who gives even the smallest fuck. Have never watched a second of it
December 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Always funny to be reminded by news media that there are people for whom the King's / Queen's speech is an important, immutable, and meaningful tradition. I've spent my entire life in this country and never knowingly met anyone who gives even the smallest fuck. Have never watched a second of it
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- me in 1645 explaining my Cavalier sympathies
If I have to live in a country with a monarchy, I want the eccentric weirdo, not someone who tries to come across as normal
December 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
- me in 1645 explaining my Cavalier sympathies
Deeply torn between this being whimsical and the certain knowledge that the UK is absolutely weird enough to elect Charles as Head of State over and over again until he dies before following the same shtick with William.
Watching the King's speech and naturally thinking about a future Republic. Perhaps a way to sell an elected Head of State here is to guarantee that the current pretender to the throne after abolition can have a place on the ballot paper every election, so monarchists can vote for them if they want.
December 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Deeply torn between this being whimsical and the certain knowledge that the UK is absolutely weird enough to elect Charles as Head of State over and over again until he dies before following the same shtick with William.
Let him cook lads
die hard may or may not be a christmas movie but you know what definitely is? revenge of the sith. it is essentially "what if jesus turned evil," or as it's known in judaism, "what if jesus"
December 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Let him cook lads
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a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
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Four former senior British Army officers have called on the UK's government to impose a full two way arms embargo onto Israel and to declare a ban on future involvement with any Israeli-owned or Israeli-supported defence companies.
Stop arming Israel, ex-senior British Army officers tell Keir Starmer
Letter to the prime minister calls for a ban on involvement with Israeli-owned or Israeli-supported defence companies during the war in Gaza
www.thetimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Four former senior British Army officers have called on the UK's government to impose a full two way arms embargo onto Israel and to declare a ban on future involvement with any Israeli-owned or Israeli-supported defence companies.
December 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We must fix the UK's malaise by paying historians £68.5m a year.
A new year’s wish that we all start framing paying taxes as positive and patriotic contribution to a better world for all. Thank you Anthony Joshua! I’ve just paid mine too. They were quite a lot less than yours, but for some reason most historians don’t earn £68.5m.
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
December 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We must fix the UK's malaise by paying historians £68.5m a year.
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A new year’s wish that we all start framing paying taxes as positive and patriotic contribution to a better world for all. Thank you Anthony Joshua! I’ve just paid mine too. They were quite a lot less than yours, but for some reason most historians don’t earn £68.5m.
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A new year’s wish that we all start framing paying taxes as positive and patriotic contribution to a better world for all. Thank you Anthony Joshua! I’ve just paid mine too. They were quite a lot less than yours, but for some reason most historians don’t earn £68.5m.
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Me (Labour voter) to my gay kid: why are you being so unelectable
We really are a nation that loves animals and hates children. These figures are so shameful (via @natacha.bsky.social).
December 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Me (Labour voter) to my gay kid: why are you being so unelectable
The CIA is going to try and push Rory Stewart out of a helicopter on the current trajectory
Former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has been sanctioned by the United States for threatening Twitter with consequences for possible inaction on removal of illegal content and disinformation requirements. #Image(s) #EuropeanUnion
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December 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The CIA is going to try and push Rory Stewart out of a helicopter on the current trajectory
European security analysts need to grapple with the fact that in addition to Russia and America, an expansionist Israel is the most pressing threat to the freedom of European states.
My prediction is that there will be settlements in occupied Syria beyond the already occupied Golan before there will be the return of settlement in Gaza
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
European security analysts need to grapple with the fact that in addition to Russia and America, an expansionist Israel is the most pressing threat to the freedom of European states.
I believe in a 5-way tie in England
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 25% (-3)
LAB: 20% (+2)
CON: 19% (+2)
LDM: 15% (+1)
GRN: 15% (-2)
SNP: 3% (-1)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 21-22 Dec.
Changes w/ 14-15 Dec.
RFM: 25% (-3)
LAB: 20% (+2)
CON: 19% (+2)
LDM: 15% (+1)
GRN: 15% (-2)
SNP: 3% (-1)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 21-22 Dec.
Changes w/ 14-15 Dec.
December 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I believe in a 5-way tie in England
I am alone I think in this but my favourite game then? Assassins Creed II. Now? Halo Wars.
December 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I am alone I think in this but my favourite game then? Assassins Creed II. Now? Halo Wars.
If Reform get in, they will do their absolute best to make purges and punishments like this the norm at every university.
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
If Reform get in, they will do their absolute best to make purges and punishments like this the norm at every university.
I doubt this for a few reasons but the primary one being, even Morgan McSweeney isn't reckless enough to allow Scottish Labour to go into an effective coalition with Reform
People think I'm joking when I say I think Scottish Labour will try to run a minority government if they finish second.
I'm really not, and I think they'll try it even if there is a razor-thin pro-union majority.
It'll be chaos, but who doesn't love a bit of that?
I'm really not, and I think they'll try it even if there is a razor-thin pro-union majority.
It'll be chaos, but who doesn't love a bit of that?
Final Scottish Parliament poll tracker of the year, before the Christmas holidays start in earnest. SNP projected one short of a majority.
Seats (+/- 2021):
SNP: 64 (-)
Lab: 18 (-4)
Ref: 18(+18)
Grn: 12 (+4)
Con: 9 (-22)
LD: 8 (+4)
Alba: 0 (-)
20 marginals: 16 SNP, 3 Labour, 1 Conservative.
1/3
Seats (+/- 2021):
SNP: 64 (-)
Lab: 18 (-4)
Ref: 18(+18)
Grn: 12 (+4)
Con: 9 (-22)
LD: 8 (+4)
Alba: 0 (-)
20 marginals: 16 SNP, 3 Labour, 1 Conservative.
1/3
December 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I doubt this for a few reasons but the primary one being, even Morgan McSweeney isn't reckless enough to allow Scottish Labour to go into an effective coalition with Reform
Lot to take from this projection but the fact that the Tories are a seat away from being last is the most notable for me, a turning point for Scottish Unionism and conservatism.
Final Scottish Parliament poll tracker of the year, before the Christmas holidays start in earnest. SNP projected one short of a majority.
Seats (+/- 2021):
SNP: 64 (-)
Lab: 18 (-4)
Ref: 18(+18)
Grn: 12 (+4)
Con: 9 (-22)
LD: 8 (+4)
Alba: 0 (-)
20 marginals: 16 SNP, 3 Labour, 1 Conservative.
1/3
Seats (+/- 2021):
SNP: 64 (-)
Lab: 18 (-4)
Ref: 18(+18)
Grn: 12 (+4)
Con: 9 (-22)
LD: 8 (+4)
Alba: 0 (-)
20 marginals: 16 SNP, 3 Labour, 1 Conservative.
1/3
December 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Lot to take from this projection but the fact that the Tories are a seat away from being last is the most notable for me, a turning point for Scottish Unionism and conservatism.
Exceptionally funny that people are moaning about the price we pay for doctors whilst aggressively supporting methods to undercut our supply of doctors.
The UK is now facing an emigration crisis and a shrinking population. It must, must, must reverse engines on immigration immediately - throw the doors open and wave people in. Otherwise we are inviting disaster.
December 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Exceptionally funny that people are moaning about the price we pay for doctors whilst aggressively supporting methods to undercut our supply of doctors.