"I do not think therefore I am a moustache"
Sartre, La Nausée, 1938
Interests:
art, art history, culture, film/photography, history, music, science, sociology, comparative religion, technology, current affairs.
* adferoafferro.wordpress.com
#moneylaundering
#Oliver_Bullough
From author of Moneyland & Butler to the World, new anatomy of global money laundering, Everybody Loves Our Dollars. On Audible read by author Oliver Bullough.
Bicester, Oxon., enters the story. And in a, What? Shakes head amazing way.
#moneylaundering
#Oliver_Bullough
From author of Moneyland & Butler to the World, new anatomy of global money laundering, Everybody Loves Our Dollars. On Audible read by author Oliver Bullough.
Bicester, Oxon., enters the story. And in a, What? Shakes head amazing way.
#Gaza
Petraeus, ex-Iraq surge, ex-CIA, is getting
carried away saying the lessons he learned from defeating Falluja insurgency, a Sunni uprising against US occupation of Iraq, has lessons for Gaza.
Iraq was a state, Gaza a territory settler colonial Israel has hemmed in.
tinyurl.com/zdd5b5ja
#Gaza
Petraeus, ex-Iraq surge, ex-CIA, is getting
carried away saying the lessons he learned from defeating Falluja insurgency, a Sunni uprising against US occupation of Iraq, has lessons for Gaza.
Iraq was a state, Gaza a territory settler colonial Israel has hemmed in.
tinyurl.com/zdd5b5ja
#CH4
#TheChelseaDetective
Part 1 Series 1
www.channel4.com/programmes/t...
⚪ Might well be a cut above the normal detective series.
Was attracted to it with its Chelsea specific policing. Just read William Boyd's, Ordinary Thunderstorms, which centres on Chelsea, where also Boyd lives.
#CH4
#TheChelseaDetective
Part 1 Series 1
www.channel4.com/programmes/t...
⚪ Might well be a cut above the normal detective series.
Was attracted to it with its Chelsea specific policing. Just read William Boyd's, Ordinary Thunderstorms, which centres on Chelsea, where also Boyd lives.
#NeilKinnock
2 hours. 82 yrs old. Still sharp as a button. Memory of an elephant. Feel free to suggest other superlatives.
No mention of, "The best PM we never had". Though it probably wouldn't have been an easy ride.
Riveting for those who lived through it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNQn...
#NeilKinnock
2 hours. 82 yrs old. Still sharp as a button. Memory of an elephant. Feel free to suggest other superlatives.
No mention of, "The best PM we never had". Though it probably wouldn't have been an easy ride.
Riveting for those who lived through it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNQn...
#collapse_of_compassion
LLMS are good at neologism German compounds.
So: awareness of terrible things in the world while telling a joke.
Katastrophenkomikschuld (Katastrophe – catastrophe
- Komik – comedy - Schuld – guilt )
⚪ There is a psychological phenomenon termed collapse of compassion:
#collapse_of_compassion
LLMS are good at neologism German compounds.
So: awareness of terrible things in the world while telling a joke.
Katastrophenkomikschuld (Katastrophe – catastrophe
- Komik – comedy - Schuld – guilt )
⚪ There is a psychological phenomenon termed collapse of compassion:
#ICE
Antifa used to unmask neo-Nazis, now it’s exposing ICE: ‘Predators don’t get anonymity’
Christopher Mathias, Guardian, 30 Jan 2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
⚪ Perhaps that's where Homan got the idea to post up pics of members of the public protesting ICE
#ICE
Antifa used to unmask neo-Nazis, now it’s exposing ICE: ‘Predators don’t get anonymity’
Christopher Mathias, Guardian, 30 Jan 2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
⚪ Perhaps that's where Homan got the idea to post up pics of members of the public protesting ICE
Folks. it’s time to delete your data, delete your TikTok accounts, and delete the TikTok app.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4OC...
Folks. it’s time to delete your data, delete your TikTok accounts, and delete the TikTok app.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4OC...
👉 bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/d...
"Agents are tapping into a database, built by the data analytics company Palantir, that combines government and commercial data to identify real-time locations for individuals they are pursuing"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
👉 bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/d...
"Agents are tapping into a database, built by the data analytics company Palantir, that combines government and commercial data to identify real-time locations for individuals they are pursuing"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
#ICE
The Vast, Terrifying Scale of Trump’s Detention State
With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.
Ian Gordon, Mother Jones, Nov-Dec 2025
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
#ICE
The Vast, Terrifying Scale of Trump’s Detention State
With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.
Ian Gordon, Mother Jones, Nov-Dec 2025
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
#ICE
#ErnstFraenkel
#DualState
The Nazi Political Theory That Explains ICE’s Impunity
Trump’s Immigration & Customs Enforcement has become the violent face of the country’s transformation into a new 21st c. dual state.
Bill Blum, Truthdig, 23 Jan, 2026
www.commondreams.org/opinion/ice-...
#ICE
#ErnstFraenkel
#DualState
The Nazi Political Theory That Explains ICE’s Impunity
Trump’s Immigration & Customs Enforcement has become the violent face of the country’s transformation into a new 21st c. dual state.
Bill Blum, Truthdig, 23 Jan, 2026
www.commondreams.org/opinion/ice-...
youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM
youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM
#Palantir
#PalantirUK
Revealed: Palantir deals with UK government amount to at least £670m – including £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency
The Nerve, 27 Jan 2026
www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
⚪ How *would* a govt. divest itself Palantir with such a toe-hold in many areas of govt.?
#Palantir
#PalantirUK
Revealed: Palantir deals with UK government amount to at least £670m – including £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency
The Nerve, 27 Jan 2026
www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
⚪ How *would* a govt. divest itself Palantir with such a toe-hold in many areas of govt.?
#Reform
#MatthewGoodwin
Perhaps do a 6 degrees of separation between Goodwin and Hitler by way of James Orr [National Conservatism, Ed. Burke Foundation] and J D Vance [says Orr is his British Sherpa] .
Recall Orr attended Vance's shindig in Cotswolds Aug 2025. ↙️
↘️ Cotswolds symbolism?
#Reform
#MatthewGoodwin
Perhaps do a 6 degrees of separation between Goodwin and Hitler by way of James Orr [National Conservatism, Ed. Burke Foundation] and J D Vance [says Orr is his British Sherpa] .
Recall Orr attended Vance's shindig in Cotswolds Aug 2025. ↙️
↘️ Cotswolds symbolism?
It's how we save ourselves from Labour.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's how we save ourselves from Labour.
“This is a Marxist—this is the red-green alliance coming together to try to take down the American republic.... It’s a domestic terrorist mob.”
Steve Bannon
⚪ Coming from a man who was convicted and served a 4 month sentence for not turning up to the House January 6 Committee
“This is a Marxist—this is the red-green alliance coming together to try to take down the American republic.... It’s a domestic terrorist mob.”
Steve Bannon
⚪ Coming from a man who was convicted and served a 4 month sentence for not turning up to the House January 6 Committee
#Trump
Last week editor-in-chief of Economist Zanny Minton Beddoes making argument for interviewing Steve Bannon, conjures up image of journo after heavy lunchtime drink session, falling asleep on newsdesk for 20 years, suddenly finding Steve Bannon.
And now?
www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon...
#Trump
Last week editor-in-chief of Economist Zanny Minton Beddoes making argument for interviewing Steve Bannon, conjures up image of journo after heavy lunchtime drink session, falling asleep on newsdesk for 20 years, suddenly finding Steve Bannon.
And now?
www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Holocaust victim’s rescued artwork captures life in a Jewish ghetto
Works of Peter Kien, a Jewish painter & writer who died in Auschwitz, have been reunited after more than 80 years thanks to a love passed down generations
Jack Blackburn, The Times, 26 Jan 2026
www.thetimes.com/article/517f...
Holocaust victim’s rescued artwork captures life in a Jewish ghetto
Works of Peter Kien, a Jewish painter & writer who died in Auschwitz, have been reunited after more than 80 years thanks to a love passed down generations
Jack Blackburn, The Times, 26 Jan 2026
www.thetimes.com/article/517f...
His artworks will now be held by the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/517f...
His artworks will now be held by the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/517f...
Classic Crace
Classic Crace
"The Movement was founded in Belgium with the aim to unite “populist and conservative movements in Europe”, defending “national sovereignty”, “effective national borders”, the “fight against radical Islam”, and “the defence of Israel as a sovereign state on its historic land”. "
#NigelFarage
#LaureFerrari
#SteveBannon
#JeffreyEpstein
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Peter Dukes, Byline Times, 19 Nov 2025
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
⚪ Published just under 3 months ago.
"The Movement was founded in Belgium with the aim to unite “populist and conservative movements in Europe”, defending “national sovereignty”, “effective national borders”, the “fight against radical Islam”, and “the defence of Israel as a sovereign state on its historic land”. "
#Gaza
#BoardofPeace
Trump’s 'Board of Peace' is the nail in Gaza’s coffin
Jonathan Cook, 25 Jan, 2026
jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-tru...
⚪ 19 min audio podcast with original article and timeline sim. transcript
#Gaza
#BoardofPeace
Trump’s 'Board of Peace' is the nail in Gaza’s coffin
Jonathan Cook, 25 Jan, 2026
jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-tru...
⚪ 19 min audio podcast with original article and timeline sim. transcript
#ICE
The murder of Renée Good and Alex Pretti has resonated round the world, fully confirming to those not yet convinced the malevolent nature of Trump's presidency.
#ICE
The murder of Renée Good and Alex Pretti has resonated round the world, fully confirming to those not yet convinced the malevolent nature of Trump's presidency.