David Lance Callahan
@davidlancecallahan.bsky.social
English Primitive reinventor, Moonshake/Wolfhounds ranter, Swell Maps supply guitarist, nature writer. #MDANT
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So, to clarify, spray-painting a plane is terrorism, holding a sign to support the organisation those that spray-painted the plane were members of is terrorism, but taking a foreign head of state hostage needs to wait for a press conference from the hostage taker for nuance?
Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.*
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
So, to clarify, spray-painting a plane is terrorism, holding a sign to support the organisation those that spray-painted the plane were members of is terrorism, but taking a foreign head of state hostage needs to wait for a press conference from the hostage taker for nuance?
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If Maduro was a brutal authoritarian dictator, the US wouldn't have overthrown him.
January 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
If Maduro was a brutal authoritarian dictator, the US wouldn't have overthrown him.
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"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
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On the normie bits of the internet I'm on, don't think I've seen one word in defence of the attack on Venezuela.
If the media and the political class choose to do the "it's complicated, Maduro was a bad dude" thing, they're absolutely on their own
If the media and the political class choose to do the "it's complicated, Maduro was a bad dude" thing, they're absolutely on their own
January 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
On the normie bits of the internet I'm on, don't think I've seen one word in defence of the attack on Venezuela.
If the media and the political class choose to do the "it's complicated, Maduro was a bad dude" thing, they're absolutely on their own
If the media and the political class choose to do the "it's complicated, Maduro was a bad dude" thing, they're absolutely on their own
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I'm confused: Was this about arresting and prosecuting a corrupt despotic dictator responsible for murderous drug trafficking and narco-terrorism, or was it about the United States seizing control of a foreign nation's strategic resources? Not to worry, I'm sure the press will find out.
Pete Hegseth, "Finally a Commander and Chief the world respects and Americans deserve"
"President Trump is deadly serious about getting back the oil that was stolen from us"
"This is America first"
"This is peace through strength"
"President Trump is deadly serious about getting back the oil that was stolen from us"
"This is America first"
"This is peace through strength"
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I'm confused: Was this about arresting and prosecuting a corrupt despotic dictator responsible for murderous drug trafficking and narco-terrorism, or was it about the United States seizing control of a foreign nation's strategic resources? Not to worry, I'm sure the press will find out.
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It's strange, because I was under the impression Machado was a brave and valiant dissident and voice of the opposition, whom was risking her life to advocate on behalf of the will of the people, who desperately wanted liberation and US-privatisation, preferably with bombs, hence the Peace Prize.
Trump on María Corina Machado: "I think it'd be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman but she doesn't have the respect."
January 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
It's strange, because I was under the impression Machado was a brave and valiant dissident and voice of the opposition, whom was risking her life to advocate on behalf of the will of the people, who desperately wanted liberation and US-privatisation, preferably with bombs, hence the Peace Prize.
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USA never brought democracy to any country. On the contrary, every country that suffered US intervention turned into bloody dictatorships.
January 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
USA never brought democracy to any country. On the contrary, every country that suffered US intervention turned into bloody dictatorships.
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
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Keir Starmer's welcoming 'regime change' with a condemnation of Maduro following soon after his eulogising Charlie Kirk.
He was banned as shadow minister from the side job he was offered at a reputation management firm.
Starmer's a bent lawyer and bent cop. 😑
He was banned as shadow minister from the side job he was offered at a reputation management firm.
Starmer's a bent lawyer and bent cop. 😑
January 3, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Keir Starmer's welcoming 'regime change' with a condemnation of Maduro following soon after his eulogising Charlie Kirk.
He was banned as shadow minister from the side job he was offered at a reputation management firm.
Starmer's a bent lawyer and bent cop. 😑
He was banned as shadow minister from the side job he was offered at a reputation management firm.
Starmer's a bent lawyer and bent cop. 😑
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Hard to watch US TV media discussing how the US might occupy and run a foreign country as if it’s a perfectly normal political development.
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Hard to watch US TV media discussing how the US might occupy and run a foreign country as if it’s a perfectly normal political development.
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Yes, because they are not leaders, and they never were: they’re are *vassals* of a foreign emperor. And so were all of their predecessors, back to 1945. And now it’s finally undeniable, but that won’t stop people who are paid to deny it, continuing to deny it.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Yes, because they are not leaders, and they never were: they’re are *vassals* of a foreign emperor. And so were all of their predecessors, back to 1945. And now it’s finally undeniable, but that won’t stop people who are paid to deny it, continuing to deny it.
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If anything proves Just Stop Oil right, it's last night's events ...
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
If anything proves Just Stop Oil right, it's last night's events ...
If anything proves Just Stop Oil right, it's last night's events ...
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
If anything proves Just Stop Oil right, it's last night's events ...
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Too late, but it was probably best that we didn't all rely on one country's tech to run our entire lives ...
It is to Canada's shame we have not spoken out or supported a Canadian judge being sanctioned by the US
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Too late, but it was probably best that we didn't all rely on one country's tech to run our entire lives ...
Too late, but it was probably best that we didn't all rely on one country's tech to run our entire lives ...
It is to Canada's shame we have not spoken out or supported a Canadian judge being sanctioned by the US
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Too late, but it was probably best that we didn't all rely on one country's tech to run our entire lives ...
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I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
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Look, when Elon Musk announced Doge it was already well known who he was, but that didn't stop every Labour politician from announcing British doge. He is rich and they love rich people. They don't know how to operate in a world where they might have to criticise a rich person.
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Look, when Elon Musk announced Doge it was already well known who he was, but that didn't stop every Labour politician from announcing British doge. He is rich and they love rich people. They don't know how to operate in a world where they might have to criticise a rich person.
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you can tell ai tech guys have no appreciation of art and culture cos in spite of every cautionary tale in all of literature and science fiction they're like "no, no, I can't be morally implicated in the heinous crimes of this robot, silly, I am merely its egomaniacal creator"
January 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
you can tell ai tech guys have no appreciation of art and culture cos in spite of every cautionary tale in all of literature and science fiction they're like "no, no, I can't be morally implicated in the heinous crimes of this robot, silly, I am merely its egomaniacal creator"
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The fun part here is that people who don’t like migrants largely believe this because they’re constantly screamed at about menacing immigrants from every TV, radio and news stand, and the whole reason that’s done is to discourage people from noticing who it is that gets most of the money, and how.
January 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The fun part here is that people who don’t like migrants largely believe this because they’re constantly screamed at about menacing immigrants from every TV, radio and news stand, and the whole reason that’s done is to discourage people from noticing who it is that gets most of the money, and how.
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You should be able to get a can of lager with a meal deal. It should be a scandal that we can't.
January 2, 2026 at 9:57 PM
You should be able to get a can of lager with a meal deal. It should be a scandal that we can't.
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#RelativeMusic 3
Credit In The Straight World - Young Marble Giants (featuring brothers Phil and Stuart Moxham)
youtu.be/ghjVaoIo3e4?...
#MusicChallenge
Credit In The Straight World - Young Marble Giants (featuring brothers Phil and Stuart Moxham)
youtu.be/ghjVaoIo3e4?...
#MusicChallenge
Credit In The Straight World
YouTube video by Young Marble Giants - Topic
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January 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
#RelativeMusic 3
Credit In The Straight World - Young Marble Giants (featuring brothers Phil and Stuart Moxham)
youtu.be/ghjVaoIo3e4?...
#MusicChallenge
Credit In The Straight World - Young Marble Giants (featuring brothers Phil and Stuart Moxham)
youtu.be/ghjVaoIo3e4?...
#MusicChallenge
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The Times is the worst. People reading the Sun and the Mail do on some level understand they are the Beano and the Dandy, for bigoted cunts. The Times is the British ruling class talking to itself in increasingly Mein Kampfy terms, and readers believe they’re getting the unvarnished truth.
January 2, 2026 at 11:02 AM
The Times is the worst. People reading the Sun and the Mail do on some level understand they are the Beano and the Dandy, for bigoted cunts. The Times is the British ruling class talking to itself in increasingly Mein Kampfy terms, and readers believe they’re getting the unvarnished truth.
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I do have to underline here: Britain is internationally unique in having a national press that acts like a protection racket run by the most disgusting and repellent people in the country. It isn’t like this elsewhere, it’s just us.
January 2, 2026 at 10:58 AM
I do have to underline here: Britain is internationally unique in having a national press that acts like a protection racket run by the most disgusting and repellent people in the country. It isn’t like this elsewhere, it’s just us.
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This is the guy who had to resign as Keir Starmer's Chief of Political Strategy only three months ago after he was exposed having made racist and sexually explicit jokes about Diane Abbott. His author photo is the same one that was widely used by papers when reporting that very story.
January 2, 2026 at 9:59 AM
This is the guy who had to resign as Keir Starmer's Chief of Political Strategy only three months ago after he was exposed having made racist and sexually explicit jokes about Diane Abbott. His author photo is the same one that was widely used by papers when reporting that very story.
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If someone could get Lisa Nandy or Liz Kendall to explain, on the record, why they’re not treating this as a major issue, that’d be much appreciated
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM
If someone could get Lisa Nandy or Liz Kendall to explain, on the record, why they’re not treating this as a major issue, that’d be much appreciated