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I'm furious at how the US has thrown Ukraine under the bus and run over them multiple times. If your hair is on fire, you can help Ukraine and your own mental health.
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Indeed. The online war is the thin wedge that leads to splitting the world apart.
2/2 are promoting Russian fascists based in the EU like the influencer Naomi Seibt, as well as the German fascist Party Alternative for Germany (AfD), which openly lobbies for Russian interests in the German parliament. The information war is increasingly becoming the main battlefield.
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Indeed. The online war is the thin wedge that leads to splitting the world apart.
No one wants to go to Meta but Daniel Holt's photographs of Somerset carnivals are worth looking at. It certainly shows how Glastonbury can be a lot more fun than Bridgwater (but no squibbing). Five stars.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
No one wants to go to Meta but Daniel Holt's photographs of Somerset carnivals are worth looking at. It certainly shows how Glastonbury can be a lot more fun than Bridgwater (but no squibbing). Five stars.
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We don’t talk about this enough.
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We don’t talk about this enough.
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On January 1, 2026, convicted sex trafficker and sexual abuser Ghislaine Maxwell will have better healthcare and food benefits than EIGHTY MILLION Americans.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
On January 1, 2026, convicted sex trafficker and sexual abuser Ghislaine Maxwell will have better healthcare and food benefits than EIGHTY MILLION Americans.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
American or Russian...eat the rich.
‼️😳 While Donetsk is in the midst of a humanitarian catastrophe due to lack of water, former "ruler of Donbas" Akhmetov is finishing his €500 million megayacht.
Construction of 145-meter yacht began in 2018 and continued even when the full-scale war began and shelling of TPPs (Akhmetov's DTEK)
Construction of 145-meter yacht began in 2018 and continued even when the full-scale war began and shelling of TPPs (Akhmetov's DTEK)
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
American or Russian...eat the rich.
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
If you don't want to be existentially depressed, don't bother to read this. However, as in the runup to the worst bits of WWI, it's currently happening. History doesn't repeat itself but it rhymes.
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Are War Crimes and Ranged Fires The Future Of War?
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November 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you don't want to be existentially depressed, don't bother to read this. However, as in the runup to the worst bits of WWI, it's currently happening. History doesn't repeat itself but it rhymes.
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
I had a pneumonia vaccine today. I had to fight for it because the NHS doesn't pass it out to anyone under 75. However, if you're frequently in and out of hospital, getting a one and done jab that protects you against 24 varieties might make a difference against resistent varieties.
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I had a pneumonia vaccine today. I had to fight for it because the NHS doesn't pass it out to anyone under 75. However, if you're frequently in and out of hospital, getting a one and done jab that protects you against 24 varieties might make a difference against resistent varieties.
What people did with squibs back in the day.
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
What people did with squibs back in the day.
Proper squibs.
November 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Proper squibs.
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They won’t go without food.
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
They won’t go without food.
I'm not generally not a video person, but this historian, like Timothy Syder, has the bona fides to make him worthwhile.
Note that he, like Snyder, picked up and went abroad with his family.
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Note that he, like Snyder, picked up and went abroad with his family.
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Why Bannon's Third Term Talk Isn't Bluster: A Historian's Warning About Constitutional Fragility
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October 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I'm not generally not a video person, but this historian, like Timothy Syder, has the bona fides to make him worthwhile.
Note that he, like Snyder, picked up and went abroad with his family.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=74gd...
Note that he, like Snyder, picked up and went abroad with his family.
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I am fortunate enough to know an English Baptist preacher (granted they're not like the American varieties.) He said this, and from my observations has lived it as well:
October 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I am fortunate enough to know an English Baptist preacher (granted they're not like the American varieties.) He said this, and from my observations has lived it as well:
Still speaking to any Christian friends who think Trump is God's annointed?
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God Made a Dictator
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October 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Still speaking to any Christian friends who think Trump is God's annointed?
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October 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Threatening to arrest governors for seditious conspiracy. Getting dark fast.
October 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Threatening to arrest governors for seditious conspiracy. Getting dark fast.
Holy crap. In these parts that would be spiderwebs or maybe bagworms. Cleaning up after this war will be formidable.
Fields and trees covered with fiber optic lines on the front lines.
October 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Holy crap. In these parts that would be spiderwebs or maybe bagworms. Cleaning up after this war will be formidable.
Seems to me that what I'm seeing her is eliminating the low hanging fruit, old people, poor people, people of colour, and Democrats; all the usual suspects.
If Social Security ever went offline the South would vanish like Thanos snapped his fingers.
October 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Seems to me that what I'm seeing her is eliminating the low hanging fruit, old people, poor people, people of colour, and Democrats; all the usual suspects.
And here we are.
Does maga know what the word “covet” means? They have a ballroom. Saudis have prettier Jets. That one got a parade. He covets, we pay.
October 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
And here we are.
Senile old bastard.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Senile old bastard.
The Big Three bend the knee.
ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The Big Three bend the knee.
Californians are not best pleased.
San Diego is one of the biggest military towns in the United States. This is huge. #NoKings
HAPPENING NOW: A MASSIVE crowd of protesters flood the streets of San Diego for a “No Kings Day” rally showing their love for America and standing up against the corrupt fascist Trump administration. look how huge it is
October 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Californians are not best pleased.