Martin Chapman
@mostlymartin.bsky.social
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
Incredible how poor websites have become as the economics worsen. The page here was at least 3/4 ads completely obscuring the content even when you scroll.
Don’t they understand they are killing their own traffic and hardly anyone will click through?
Don’t they understand they are killing their own traffic and hardly anyone will click through?
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Incredible how poor websites have become as the economics worsen. The page here was at least 3/4 ads completely obscuring the content even when you scroll.
Don’t they understand they are killing their own traffic and hardly anyone will click through?
Don’t they understand they are killing their own traffic and hardly anyone will click through?
What a surprise that Reform’s DOGE is already publicly making completely wrong claims of massive waste. Exposed: Reform UK doesn’t know how government spending works eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/loc...
Exposed: Reform UK doesn’t know how government spending works
Reform UK just confused a procurement framework with a spending scandal – and revealed they don’t understand government
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
What a surprise that Reform’s DOGE is already publicly making completely wrong claims of massive waste. Exposed: Reform UK doesn’t know how government spending works eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/loc...
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i... Disappointingly predictable that food multinationals stopped the UK government from restricting promotions of ultra processed food.
UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i... Disappointingly predictable that food multinationals stopped the UK government from restricting promotions of ultra processed food.
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It was not anti-Austro-Hungarian to deplore their brutal invasion of Serbia in 1914
You could do so while recognising the dignity of Austro Hungarians & the right of AH to exist
You could even oppose it in the interests of Austria Hungary, knowing that a this war could lead to its utter ruination
You could do so while recognising the dignity of Austro Hungarians & the right of AH to exist
You could even oppose it in the interests of Austria Hungary, knowing that a this war could lead to its utter ruination
BREAKING: Israeli ministers agree on plan to capture all of Gaza and remain there for an unspecified amount of time, two officials say.
Israel approves plans to intensify Gaza operations, official says
An Israeli official says Cabinet ministers have approved plans to intensify military operations in the Gaza Strip.
bit.ly
May 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It was not anti-Austro-Hungarian to deplore their brutal invasion of Serbia in 1914
You could do so while recognising the dignity of Austro Hungarians & the right of AH to exist
You could even oppose it in the interests of Austria Hungary, knowing that a this war could lead to its utter ruination
You could do so while recognising the dignity of Austro Hungarians & the right of AH to exist
You could even oppose it in the interests of Austria Hungary, knowing that a this war could lead to its utter ruination
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The UK and the EU pooling resources, rebuilding our partnership and driving progress.
It's not rocket science ; )
It's not rocket science ; )
May 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The UK and the EU pooling resources, rebuilding our partnership and driving progress.
It's not rocket science ; )
It's not rocket science ; )
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“If I die, I want a loud death. I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear.”
She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished.
10 of her family were killed with her.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished.
10 of her family were killed with her.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“If I die, I want a loud death. I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear.”
She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished.
10 of her family were killed with her.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished.
10 of her family were killed with her.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
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Mark Carney says Trump's tariffs will make the US weaker just as Brexit has made the UK weaker
April 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Mark Carney says Trump's tariffs will make the US weaker just as Brexit has made the UK weaker
I am unclear why anyone with a choice would now go to a US university, especially for humanities. They can’t do their job under these conditions.
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I am unclear why anyone with a choice would now go to a US university, especially for humanities. They can’t do their job under these conditions.
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Check this out — American stocks were on par with global stocks up until late January — and have now dropped terribly since then
Gosh I wonder what happened in late January?
Gosh I wonder what happened in late January?
March 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Check this out — American stocks were on par with global stocks up until late January — and have now dropped terribly since then
Gosh I wonder what happened in late January?
Gosh I wonder what happened in late January?
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Not only is this crass, it is highly significant.
Radosław Sikorski is perhaps the most Atlanticist major politician in Europe.
And this is how he is now being publicly treated by US/Musk.
They do not want us to be their friends, they do not want us to be their allies.
Radosław Sikorski is perhaps the most Atlanticist major politician in Europe.
And this is how he is now being publicly treated by US/Musk.
They do not want us to be their friends, they do not want us to be their allies.
March 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Not only is this crass, it is highly significant.
Radosław Sikorski is perhaps the most Atlanticist major politician in Europe.
And this is how he is now being publicly treated by US/Musk.
They do not want us to be their friends, they do not want us to be their allies.
Radosław Sikorski is perhaps the most Atlanticist major politician in Europe.
And this is how he is now being publicly treated by US/Musk.
They do not want us to be their friends, they do not want us to be their allies.
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Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
March 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
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Another big insult to countries, like the UK, who did exactly this and fought and died alongside the US after 9/11
Trump on NATO: "If the United States was in trouble and we called them. We said, 'We got a problem, France.' Do you think they're gonna come and protect us? Hmm. They're supposed to. I'm not so sure." (Literally the only time NATO Article 5 was invoked was after 9/11 on behalf of the US.)
March 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Another big insult to countries, like the UK, who did exactly this and fought and died alongside the US after 9/11
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“Today, the US launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense”
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister of Canada
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister of Canada
March 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“Today, the US launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense”
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister of Canada
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister of Canada
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🇪🇺🇬🇧 Through my first set of meetings in Brussels. The praise for Starmer is overwhelming: “What he has managed to do is not just good for him. It's good for all of us. Absolutely top notch. This is the UK at its best. The UK we have always admired.
March 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🇪🇺🇬🇧 Through my first set of meetings in Brussels. The praise for Starmer is overwhelming: “What he has managed to do is not just good for him. It's good for all of us. Absolutely top notch. This is the UK at its best. The UK we have always admired.
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Not saying the Overton Window has shifted much in the last few years, but the man occasionally mentioned as a possible future British PM is now saying we should judge the politics of his ideological soulmates by the precise angle of their Nazi salutes.
Nigel Farage says that Elon Musk and Steve Bannon's Nazi salutes were "not really Nazi salutes" because "they were out to the side."
March 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Not saying the Overton Window has shifted much in the last few years, but the man occasionally mentioned as a possible future British PM is now saying we should judge the politics of his ideological soulmates by the precise angle of their Nazi salutes.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/science/sunl... Interesting piece, and exciting to see innovative attempts in this space.
Sunlight to fuel: Cambridge’s new breakthrough in clean energy
Cambridge scientists have created a solar-powered reactor that turns CO2 from air into sustainable fuel – no batteries required
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
eastangliabylines.co.uk/science/sunl... Interesting piece, and exciting to see innovative attempts in this space.
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What first attracted Donald Trump to alleged rapist Andrew Tate?
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What first attracted Donald Trump to alleged rapist Andrew Tate?
Remarkable that even The Daily Mail would think this standard of “journalism” is suitable to publish.
According to the Mail, "five photos of former Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell" have been taken off the walls in parliament.
February 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Remarkable that even The Daily Mail would think this standard of “journalism” is suitable to publish.
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Reading up on Starlink (starting on Wikipedia), I stumbled across this paragraph. It could explain why USAID was targeted so quickly and ruthlessly by Elon Musk.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlin...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlin...
![Through his company SpaceX and division Starlink, Elon Musk's involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian War has been significant, and met with concerns.[27] In 2024, USAID's Inspector General notified Congress a probe was being launched to investigate, among other things, USAID's oversight of Starlink Satellite Terminals provided to the Ukrainian government.[28]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/bafkreih6ojvp24tmbfqqw4dkbhudlxno6plqa2dhkzg7pxwsryw7ha3e4e@jpeg)
February 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Reading up on Starlink (starting on Wikipedia), I stumbled across this paragraph. It could explain why USAID was targeted so quickly and ruthlessly by Elon Musk.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlin...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlin...
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Despite claiming to love his country, Nigel Farage’s silence on Trump, Putin and Ukraine shows where his loyalties really lie
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/agent-farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/agent-farage
Agent Farage
Despite claiming to love his country, Nigel Farage’s silence on Trump, Putin and Ukraine shows where his loyalties really lie
www.adambienkov.co.uk
February 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Despite claiming to love his country, Nigel Farage’s silence on Trump, Putin and Ukraine shows where his loyalties really lie
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/agent-farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/agent-farage
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There's a rumour that Nigel Farage is keeping his head down because he's off to a Trump cheerleading conference over the weekend.
I’m afraid I’m being proved right- Farage is far more interested in Trump's success than British security. He is a bootlicker and a plastic patriot.
I’m afraid I’m being proved right- Farage is far more interested in Trump's success than British security. He is a bootlicker and a plastic patriot.
February 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
There's a rumour that Nigel Farage is keeping his head down because he's off to a Trump cheerleading conference over the weekend.
I’m afraid I’m being proved right- Farage is far more interested in Trump's success than British security. He is a bootlicker and a plastic patriot.
I’m afraid I’m being proved right- Farage is far more interested in Trump's success than British security. He is a bootlicker and a plastic patriot.
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From a DoD statement released yesterday, about the thing the Pentagon has been calling a threat multiplier for like three decades
www.defense.gov/News/Release...
www.defense.gov/News/Release...
February 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
From a DoD statement released yesterday, about the thing the Pentagon has been calling a threat multiplier for like three decades
www.defense.gov/News/Release...
www.defense.gov/News/Release...
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Extortion, pure and simple.
"U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters."
Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources
U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Extortion, pure and simple.