Harry Sargent
@harrysargent2.bsky.social
Former contributor to Areo Magazine, currently in Liberal Currents. Feeling good these days. Writes about history, philosophy and international relations. If i’m acting like a jerk tell me to log off! Enjoys 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️perspectives…
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Harry Sargent
@harrysargent2.bsky.social
· Nov 14
“I left Twitter”
“So you will finally reconnect with your friends and family?”
“No, I joined Bluesky”
“So you will finally reconnect with your friends and family?”
“No, I joined Bluesky”
Me dressed as a dead wimbledon line judge for halloween party
November 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Me dressed as a dead wimbledon line judge for halloween party
Who would have thought having sensational boobs is no guarantee of admirable politics…?
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Who would have thought having sensational boobs is no guarantee of admirable politics…?
Elementary school for the very online:
“So let me get this straight, last week you claimed to be an expert on history… and this week you claim to be an expert on mathematics?”
“So let me get this straight, last week you claimed to be an expert on history… and this week you claim to be an expert on mathematics?”
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Elementary school for the very online:
“So let me get this straight, last week you claimed to be an expert on history… and this week you claim to be an expert on mathematics?”
“So let me get this straight, last week you claimed to be an expert on history… and this week you claim to be an expert on mathematics?”
I’m such a Dad i gave my car a pat and said “how are doing old girl?” when no one was looking.
Then, being a modern Dad, I worried that was sexist in some way…
Then, being a modern Dad, I worried that was sexist in some way…
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I’m such a Dad i gave my car a pat and said “how are doing old girl?” when no one was looking.
Then, being a modern Dad, I worried that was sexist in some way…
Then, being a modern Dad, I worried that was sexist in some way…
Caught Hobbes mid-meow and it looks like he’s smiling…
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Caught Hobbes mid-meow and it looks like he’s smiling…
Beautiful green tree snake (from Sydney)
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Beautiful green tree snake (from Sydney)
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Expulsion from royalty for being a bad person implies the existence of promotion to royalty for being a good person…
October 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Expulsion from royalty for being a bad person implies the existence of promotion to royalty for being a good person…
Expulsion from royalty for being a bad person implies the existence of promotion to royalty for being a good person…
October 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Expulsion from royalty for being a bad person implies the existence of promotion to royalty for being a good person…
He’s gonna nuke the moon isn’t he?
October 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
He’s gonna nuke the moon isn’t he?
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I'm sorry I didn't answer my phone when you called. I don't use it for that
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I'm sorry I didn't answer my phone when you called. I don't use it for that
I find it hard to empathize with wind turbines… i’m just not a big fan…
October 29, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I find it hard to empathize with wind turbines… i’m just not a big fan…
This is terrible advice
If you don’t laugh at your own post, you shouldn’t post it.
October 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is terrible advice
My wife read Hobbes “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe. He really liked it and is planning to tell all his cat friends about it…
Just kidding! he doesn’t have any cat friends - he hates all other cats…
Just kidding! he doesn’t have any cat friends - he hates all other cats…
October 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
My wife read Hobbes “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe. He really liked it and is planning to tell all his cat friends about it…
Just kidding! he doesn’t have any cat friends - he hates all other cats…
Just kidding! he doesn’t have any cat friends - he hates all other cats…
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Dreyfus Indoor Pools: home of the J'Accusie.
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Dreyfus Indoor Pools: home of the J'Accusie.
There’s a person on here who thinks everything’s about them. I’m not going to say who it is…
October 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
There’s a person on here who thinks everything’s about them. I’m not going to say who it is…
Big corporations: We’re looking to promote exceptional individuals to leadership roles…
Also we value teamwork above all else…
Of course, we’ll fire you in a heartbeat if it helps our bottom line…
Also company loyalty is a value we espouse…
Also we value teamwork above all else…
Of course, we’ll fire you in a heartbeat if it helps our bottom line…
Also company loyalty is a value we espouse…
October 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Big corporations: We’re looking to promote exceptional individuals to leadership roles…
Also we value teamwork above all else…
Of course, we’ll fire you in a heartbeat if it helps our bottom line…
Also company loyalty is a value we espouse…
Also we value teamwork above all else…
Of course, we’ll fire you in a heartbeat if it helps our bottom line…
Also company loyalty is a value we espouse…
I’d be interested to read an article on the political implications of the rise of crypto…
Can it ever be regulated now or is the genie out the bottle? Would a bursting of the crypto bubble cause a more general crash? Are people already voting purely according to the impact on their crypto holdings?
Can it ever be regulated now or is the genie out the bottle? Would a bursting of the crypto bubble cause a more general crash? Are people already voting purely according to the impact on their crypto holdings?
October 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I’d be interested to read an article on the political implications of the rise of crypto…
Can it ever be regulated now or is the genie out the bottle? Would a bursting of the crypto bubble cause a more general crash? Are people already voting purely according to the impact on their crypto holdings?
Can it ever be regulated now or is the genie out the bottle? Would a bursting of the crypto bubble cause a more general crash? Are people already voting purely according to the impact on their crypto holdings?
In my paranoid spells I thought that hard copies of books were the only trustworthy versions as electronic copies could be manipulated.
Of course, the real psychosis was thinking enough people still read books for the government to bother censoring them.
Of course, the real psychosis was thinking enough people still read books for the government to bother censoring them.
October 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
In my paranoid spells I thought that hard copies of books were the only trustworthy versions as electronic copies could be manipulated.
Of course, the real psychosis was thinking enough people still read books for the government to bother censoring them.
Of course, the real psychosis was thinking enough people still read books for the government to bother censoring them.
James Baldwin argued that our deepest and most secret anxieties come from the fear that others will treat us the same way we treat them.
October 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
James Baldwin argued that our deepest and most secret anxieties come from the fear that others will treat us the same way we treat them.
The Running Man was a film about the dangers of fetishizing retributive violence for mass consumption, which massively fetishized retributive violence for mass consumption…
Quiet Harry… let people enjoy things…
Quiet Harry… let people enjoy things…
October 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Running Man was a film about the dangers of fetishizing retributive violence for mass consumption, which massively fetishized retributive violence for mass consumption…
Quiet Harry… let people enjoy things…
Quiet Harry… let people enjoy things…
Diamond tiaras are not really in vogue except for six-year-olds with princess fixations…
Just working towards a profile of the likely robbers…
Just working towards a profile of the likely robbers…
October 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Diamond tiaras are not really in vogue except for six-year-olds with princess fixations…
Just working towards a profile of the likely robbers…
Just working towards a profile of the likely robbers…
Yes, Nietzsche was glad that God was dead, but he was driven mad by the consequences of killing him…
October 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Yes, Nietzsche was glad that God was dead, but he was driven mad by the consequences of killing him…
You are born in Thomas More’s Utopia, but you are skeptical about the existence of eternal souls…
October 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
You are born in Thomas More’s Utopia, but you are skeptical about the existence of eternal souls…
John Gray is always worth reading even if you don’t agree with him…
How to save British liberalism
The post-liberalism of the past decade has been revealed as a fantasy
By John Gray
The post-liberalism of the past decade has been revealed as a fantasy
By John Gray
How to save British liberalism
The post-liberalism of the past decade has been revealed as a fantasy
www.newstatesman.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
John Gray is always worth reading even if you don’t agree with him…
The typeface varies!
October 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The typeface varies!