Lee
@justlee.bsky.social
Mostly reasonable, but with a dash of snark.
Not really a squirrel.
Not really a squirrel.
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Lee
@justlee.bsky.social
· Oct 15
Unfortunate realities:
1. Climate change impacts are here, and getting worse
2. Brexit is damaging and will continue to be so
3. Our population is aging
4. Our fertility rate is dropping
5. The US President is authoritarian, quite mad, and rapidly deteriorating
1. Climate change impacts are here, and getting worse
2. Brexit is damaging and will continue to be so
3. Our population is aging
4. Our fertility rate is dropping
5. The US President is authoritarian, quite mad, and rapidly deteriorating
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If something is legally required, like car insurance, then the industry should be nationalised. Why should the law force me to make profit for their shareholders rather than taxpayers?
January 4, 2026 at 5:55 PM
If something is legally required, like car insurance, then the industry should be nationalised. Why should the law force me to make profit for their shareholders rather than taxpayers?
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You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
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he did nothing and was miserable the entire time, which is about the best case scenario
would that all Trump appointments could turn out like this
would that all Trump appointments could turn out like this
Dan Bongino has departed FBI, per statement
January 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
he did nothing and was miserable the entire time, which is about the best case scenario
would that all Trump appointments could turn out like this
would that all Trump appointments could turn out like this
That's a worldy from Harrison Reed... wowzers.
January 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
That's a worldy from Harrison Reed... wowzers.
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Everything we accepted being done in places like Palestine will be done again and again elsewhere until we stop accepting it anywhere.
We can't carve out exceptions where human rights don't apply and expect human rights to still apply everywhere else.
We can't carve out exceptions where human rights don't apply and expect human rights to still apply everywhere else.
January 3, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Everything we accepted being done in places like Palestine will be done again and again elsewhere until we stop accepting it anywhere.
We can't carve out exceptions where human rights don't apply and expect human rights to still apply everywhere else.
We can't carve out exceptions where human rights don't apply and expect human rights to still apply everywhere else.
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3/ Maduro is a monster, but the U.S. action is also unravelling protections for Heads of State and Foreign Ministers around the world.
Just recently the United States government made this point on the "personal inviolability" of such foreign officials from criminal arrest.⤵️
Just recently the United States government made this point on the "personal inviolability" of such foreign officials from criminal arrest.⤵️
January 4, 2026 at 4:17 PM
3/ Maduro is a monster, but the U.S. action is also unravelling protections for Heads of State and Foreign Ministers around the world.
Just recently the United States government made this point on the "personal inviolability" of such foreign officials from criminal arrest.⤵️
Just recently the United States government made this point on the "personal inviolability" of such foreign officials from criminal arrest.⤵️
Maduro has gone, but it's extremely unclear what else has actually changed in Venezuala.
The Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López says armed forces have been activated across the country to guarantee sovereignty.
January 4, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Maduro has gone, but it's extremely unclear what else has actually changed in Venezuala.
My one political prediction for 2026. All those overseas-funded entities (media, politicians) that have spent the last ten years banging on about sovereignty and self-rule will increasingly bang on about the need for the UK to fall in line behind MAGA.
January 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
My one political prediction for 2026. All those overseas-funded entities (media, politicians) that have spent the last ten years banging on about sovereignty and self-rule will increasingly bang on about the need for the UK to fall in line behind MAGA.
Trump is not popular in the UK. There is a golden opportunity for Labour to paint Farage and Badenoch as toadies to everyone's least favourite friend of Jeffrey. It can be done in ways that focus on UK sovereignty and British values, it doesn't have to be direct attack on the nuclear-armed man-baby.
January 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Trump is not popular in the UK. There is a golden opportunity for Labour to paint Farage and Badenoch as toadies to everyone's least favourite friend of Jeffrey. It can be done in ways that focus on UK sovereignty and British values, it doesn't have to be direct attack on the nuclear-armed man-baby.
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Russia is no longer a great power and whatever is left of Moscow's regional power status is being destroyed in fields around Donbas
January 4, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Russia is no longer a great power and whatever is left of Moscow's regional power status is being destroyed in fields around Donbas
We're burning through the planet's resources for this technology...
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
A lawsuit against OpenAI reveals the chilling ChatGPT messages that drove a middle aged man to kill his 83-year-old mother.
trib.al
January 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
We're burning through the planet's resources for this technology...
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And what’s the lesson here
Ms. Machado had “gone out of her way to please [Trump], calling him a ‘champion of freedom,’ mimicking his talking points on election fraud in the United States and even dedicating her Peace Prize to him.
“It was in vain.”
@nytimes.com 🇻🇪
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/w...
“It was in vain.”
@nytimes.com 🇻🇪
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/w...
January 4, 2026 at 1:36 PM
And what’s the lesson here
Good to see the Lib Dems being as vocal as the Greens on this issue.
Would be good for all of us if fans of both parties could refrain from claiming that *only* their leader/party is willing to stand up for international law. No cults please.
Would be good for all of us if fans of both parties could refrain from claiming that *only* their leader/party is willing to stand up for international law. No cults please.
Trump is acting with impunity in Venezuela, sending a dangerous signal that leaders can be removed by force.
The PM must call an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
@calummillerld.bsky.social
The PM must call an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
@calummillerld.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Good to see the Lib Dems being as vocal as the Greens on this issue.
Would be good for all of us if fans of both parties could refrain from claiming that *only* their leader/party is willing to stand up for international law. No cults please.
Would be good for all of us if fans of both parties could refrain from claiming that *only* their leader/party is willing to stand up for international law. No cults please.
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Russia's paid influencers now question Putin's virility after losing Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Russia's paid influencers now question Putin's virility after losing Venezuela.
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It is underdiscussed how far Reform is an attempt to find a narrow governing coalition of a group of voters - a majority of whose views are the opposite of a public majority on many/most major public policy issues. Underestimated because of media ecosystem overestimating support for these positions
January 4, 2026 at 11:39 AM
It is underdiscussed how far Reform is an attempt to find a narrow governing coalition of a group of voters - a majority of whose views are the opposite of a public majority on many/most major public policy issues. Underestimated because of media ecosystem overestimating support for these positions
We must not forget the cost in civilian lives of Trump's grab for Venezuelan oil.
The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 11:39 AM
We must not forget the cost in civilian lives of Trump's grab for Venezuelan oil.
If you condemn Russia's actions in Ukraine as war crimes, but go on to say that Israel "absolutely has that right" to commit war crimes and then go on to say that you won't comment on the legality of Trump's actions in Venezuela, you really shouldn't be surprised to see the bullshit called out.
January 4, 2026 at 11:34 AM
If you condemn Russia's actions in Ukraine as war crimes, but go on to say that Israel "absolutely has that right" to commit war crimes and then go on to say that you won't comment on the legality of Trump's actions in Venezuela, you really shouldn't be surprised to see the bullshit called out.
Jones' downfall from the bright new hope asking sharp, sensible, questions on select committees in opposition to ...whatever this currently is... is perhaps indicative of the poor health of the UK political environment.
Darren Jones truly woeful on Times Radio right now. Managing to sound both condescending and craven.
Answering “I’m not a commentator” when asked to comment on the legality of the USA’s actions in Venezuela just comes across terribly. The government would’ve been better just putting no one up.
Answering “I’m not a commentator” when asked to comment on the legality of the USA’s actions in Venezuela just comes across terribly. The government would’ve been better just putting no one up.
January 4, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Jones' downfall from the bright new hope asking sharp, sensible, questions on select committees in opposition to ...whatever this currently is... is perhaps indicative of the poor health of the UK political environment.
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With no UN Security Council mandate and unable to claim self defence, it is difficult to conceive of possible legal justifications for the US strike that captured Nicolás Maduro.
Read Marc Weller's latest analysis for Chatham House ⤵️
Read Marc Weller's latest analysis for Chatham House ⤵️
The US capture of President Nicolás Maduro – and attacks on Venezuela – have no justification in international law
This may be the moment when Western Europe realizes that the US has abandoned the core values that united them for the past century, writes the head of Chatham House’s International Law Programme.
www.chathamhouse.org
January 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
With no UN Security Council mandate and unable to claim self defence, it is difficult to conceive of possible legal justifications for the US strike that captured Nicolás Maduro.
Read Marc Weller's latest analysis for Chatham House ⤵️
Read Marc Weller's latest analysis for Chatham House ⤵️
After beating both the Rams and the 49ers in must-win, winner takes all, games it might be time to stop talking about Darnold as a choker. He has some limitations, but I don't think it's fair to still say he fails under big game pressure at this point. #seahawks
January 4, 2026 at 11:08 AM
After beating both the Rams and the 49ers in must-win, winner takes all, games it might be time to stop talking about Darnold as a choker. He has some limitations, but I don't think it's fair to still say he fails under big game pressure at this point. #seahawks
Seems some in Labour are still able to just say it as it is...
Left unchallenged, Trumps actions in Venezuela set a troubling precedent international law is optional- undermining any sort of rules based world order.
It should be for the people of Venezuela to determine their future- the UN must step in to ensure that principle is upheld by all.
It should be for the people of Venezuela to determine their future- the UN must step in to ensure that principle is upheld by all.
January 4, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Seems some in Labour are still able to just say it as it is...
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You can’t report illegal acts because you don’t want to compromise them being carried out is an interesting take, if true
NYT, WaPo learned of the secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin but held off publishing what they had at the administration's request to avoid endangering US troops
January 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM
You can’t report illegal acts because you don’t want to compromise them being carried out is an interesting take, if true
We can either be a peer nation with our European neighbours or a Trump lackey. It's decision time.
January 4, 2026 at 10:28 AM
We can either be a peer nation with our European neighbours or a Trump lackey. It's decision time.
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
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If Trump’s concern was drugs, he’d not have pardoned Honduras’s corrupt leader; if terrorism, he’d have gone after Iran; if world order, Russia; if preserving US power, China. If democracy, human rights or humanitarian motive, dozens of other worthy cases. What’s left is oil. And Epstein.
January 4, 2026 at 5:37 AM
If Trump’s concern was drugs, he’d not have pardoned Honduras’s corrupt leader; if terrorism, he’d have gone after Iran; if world order, Russia; if preserving US power, China. If democracy, human rights or humanitarian motive, dozens of other worthy cases. What’s left is oil. And Epstein.