Chris Smith
@ledredman.bsky.social
Retired Engineer #FBPE
Life long anti Tory and Anti fascist
Tactical voter but not for Brexit parties like Labour
Life long anti Tory and Anti fascist
Tactical voter but not for Brexit parties like Labour
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Chris Smith
@ledredman.bsky.social
· Feb 12
Hegseth: "We must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective ... the US does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement."
The USA is no longer a reliable ally for Europe. We must build a European defence capability which is totally independent of the Americans. It will cost European taxpayers to do so, but we must stop fooling ourselves that Trump would ever honour the NATO article 5 commitment.
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🇨🇳 Tesla loses📉 its crown as world's biggest electric vehicle maker to Chinese rival BYD
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Tesla loses its crown as world's biggest EV maker to Chinese rival BYD | CBC News
Tesla lost its crown as the world's bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday, as a customer revolt over Elon Musk's right-wing politics and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a secon...
www.cbc.ca
January 2, 2026 at 3:22 PM
🇨🇳 Tesla loses📉 its crown as world's biggest electric vehicle maker to Chinese rival BYD
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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Reminding our Government of the definition of #Genocide. In short, bringing about conditions upon a group of people which make it impossible for them to sustain life. If these Aid Agencies are not allowed to operate in Gaza, Palestinians will be ethnically cleansed from the strip within weeks 😭
January 2, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Reminding our Government of the definition of #Genocide. In short, bringing about conditions upon a group of people which make it impossible for them to sustain life. If these Aid Agencies are not allowed to operate in Gaza, Palestinians will be ethnically cleansed from the strip within weeks 😭
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So for months they have tried to blame the entire fentanyl crisis on Venezuela and the indictment only mentions cocaine, which they pardoned a different guy for weeks ago
January 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
So for months they have tried to blame the entire fentanyl crisis on Venezuela and the indictment only mentions cocaine, which they pardoned a different guy for weeks ago
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Sept 1 1939: The Führer announces that Poland is a clear danger to the nation, and that "In order to put an end to this lunacy I have no other choice than to meet force with force. Since 5:45 a.m. we have been returning fire, and from now on bombs will be met by bombs."
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Sept 1 1939: The Führer announces that Poland is a clear danger to the nation, and that "In order to put an end to this lunacy I have no other choice than to meet force with force. Since 5:45 a.m. we have been returning fire, and from now on bombs will be met by bombs."
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“If that’s how it works with dictators, then the United States knows what to do next,” President Zelensky said when asked about the unfolding events in Venezuela.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
“If that’s how it works with dictators, then the United States knows what to do next,” President Zelensky said when asked about the unfolding events in Venezuela.
😁
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ExxonMobil and Chevron are about to bestow Donald Trump with a Peace Prize momentarily.
January 3, 2026 at 7:18 PM
ExxonMobil and Chevron are about to bestow Donald Trump with a Peace Prize momentarily.
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And now we’re occupying Venezuela, a clear act of war.
Per Representative @mikelevin.org:
Per Representative @mikelevin.org:
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
And now we’re occupying Venezuela, a clear act of war.
Per Representative @mikelevin.org:
Per Representative @mikelevin.org:
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If you let him get away with this, he’ll do it with Iran and whatever other neocon bugaboos have been lingering around conservative media since Obama first started running. Maybe Greenland but less intense because white. One of them will invariably respond in the mainland U.S. Stop him before then.
January 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
If you let him get away with this, he’ll do it with Iran and whatever other neocon bugaboos have been lingering around conservative media since Obama first started running. Maybe Greenland but less intense because white. One of them will invariably respond in the mainland U.S. Stop him before then.
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A dear friend just quit social media entirely because some pigfucker decided to use Grok to generate nudes of her and send them to her, without her knowledge or consent.
At this point, using ChatGPT or Grok is deliberately aligning yourself with Nazis and pedophiles and I refuse to respect it.
At this point, using ChatGPT or Grok is deliberately aligning yourself with Nazis and pedophiles and I refuse to respect it.
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
A dear friend just quit social media entirely because some pigfucker decided to use Grok to generate nudes of her and send them to her, without her knowledge or consent.
At this point, using ChatGPT or Grok is deliberately aligning yourself with Nazis and pedophiles and I refuse to respect it.
At this point, using ChatGPT or Grok is deliberately aligning yourself with Nazis and pedophiles and I refuse to respect it.
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This is horrible, and for my own part it's not even a nail in the coffin, because the GenAI coffin lid is now 99% nail-heads.
Not just around the edges, either. Right through the lid, really long sharp nails, turning the interior into a sort of galvanized steel maiden.
Not just around the edges, either. Right through the lid, really long sharp nails, turning the interior into a sort of galvanized steel maiden.
A dear friend just quit social media entirely because some pigfucker decided to use Grok to generate nudes of her and send them to her, without her knowledge or consent.
At this point, using ChatGPT or Grok is deliberately aligning yourself with Nazis and pedophiles and I refuse to respect it.
At this point, using ChatGPT or Grok is deliberately aligning yourself with Nazis and pedophiles and I refuse to respect it.
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
This is horrible, and for my own part it's not even a nail in the coffin, because the GenAI coffin lid is now 99% nail-heads.
Not just around the edges, either. Right through the lid, really long sharp nails, turning the interior into a sort of galvanized steel maiden.
Not just around the edges, either. Right through the lid, really long sharp nails, turning the interior into a sort of galvanized steel maiden.
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If the question is "where am I most likely to be shot by a stranger at the grocery store" is it the US or Sweden?
If the question is "where's it more likely for masked government thugs to throw me in a van for my tweets and deport me to a fluorescent-lit warehouse to rot" is it the US or Belgium?
If the question is "where's it more likely for masked government thugs to throw me in a van for my tweets and deport me to a fluorescent-lit warehouse to rot" is it the US or Belgium?
January 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM
If the question is "where am I most likely to be shot by a stranger at the grocery store" is it the US or Sweden?
If the question is "where's it more likely for masked government thugs to throw me in a van for my tweets and deport me to a fluorescent-lit warehouse to rot" is it the US or Belgium?
If the question is "where's it more likely for masked government thugs to throw me in a van for my tweets and deport me to a fluorescent-lit warehouse to rot" is it the US or Belgium?
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More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”
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We're Russia now. A rogue state run by a dictator who invades sovereign nations without provocation, openly corrupt, selling off the nation to its oligarchs, squashing free speech, attacking political enemies, crushing dissidents/LGBT/minorities, state Christianity, even a white/blue/red flag. 🇷🇺🇺🇸🤬🤮
January 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
We're Russia now. A rogue state run by a dictator who invades sovereign nations without provocation, openly corrupt, selling off the nation to its oligarchs, squashing free speech, attacking political enemies, crushing dissidents/LGBT/minorities, state Christianity, even a white/blue/red flag. 🇷🇺🇺🇸🤬🤮
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Genocide continues
January 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Genocide continues
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Maduro is gone but isn't the same government still in charge in Venezuela? Does the vice president take over?
What did his wife do?
What did his wife do?
January 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Maduro is gone but isn't the same government still in charge in Venezuela? Does the vice president take over?
What did his wife do?
What did his wife do?
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ok, wait…we’re removing presidents from power who claim they won fairly? Well, shit, let’s keep the ball rolling.
January 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
ok, wait…we’re removing presidents from power who claim they won fairly? Well, shit, let’s keep the ball rolling.
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Unfortunately, this.
January 3, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Unfortunately, this.
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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“Cuba is a disaster.
It is run by incompetent, senile men.
It has no economy.
It is in total collapse,”
said Sec Marco Rubio.
It is run by incompetent, senile men.
It has no economy.
It is in total collapse,”
said Sec Marco Rubio.
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 PM
“Cuba is a disaster.
It is run by incompetent, senile men.
It has no economy.
It is in total collapse,”
said Sec Marco Rubio.
It is run by incompetent, senile men.
It has no economy.
It is in total collapse,”
said Sec Marco Rubio.
Trump thinks he is going to run Venezuela. Bush thought he was going to run Iraq. They have no clue.
Venezuela's citizens are turning out to protest, they don't want to be an American dictatorship.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Trump thinks he is going to run Venezuela. Bush thought he was going to run Iraq. They have no clue.
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This is billionaire-controlled media. They want to sleepwalk us into another forever war. We must break free.
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This is billionaire-controlled media. They want to sleepwalk us into another forever war. We must break free.