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Chris Kendall 👊🇪🇺🧶
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Anglo-Schwäbisch eurocrat | maker of EU foreign policy & spätzle | guerrilla knitter | cross-Channel commuter | was once @ottocrat | currently clean on OPSEC
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Chris Kendall 👊🇪🇺🧶 @ottocr.at · Nov 18
In case any recent arrivals are wondering what happened to my long-standing Twitter avatar, here’s why I changed it.
The avatar I’ve always used online in the last - it’s the villager from Animal Crossing with an EU flag photoshopped expertly onto his shirt
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aiannucci.bsky.social
Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
ottocr.at
There’s a whole Youtube genre of Americans banging on about how much better it is living in Europe, I think this is quite a new thing? youtu.be/M1QvVnjiegE?...
How I View the US After 13 Years Living in Europe
YouTube video by Evan Edinger
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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thepieman13.bsky.social
No fiddling with income tax or raising car taxes or pathetic trade deals will cover this annual black hole. There is nothing any government in this country can do to make up this gap. The choice is to rejoin or inevitable and fast decline.
ottocr.at Chris Kendall 👊🇪🇺🧶 @ottocr.at · 15h
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso

www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
extract from the paper reads: “This paper examines the impact of the UK's decision to leave the European Union (Brexit) in 2016. Using almost a decade of data since the referendum, we combine simulations based on macro data with estimates derived from micro data collected through our Decision Maker Panel survey. These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%. …“
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
ottocr.at
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso

www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
extract from the paper reads: “This paper examines the impact of the UK's decision to leave the European Union (Brexit) in 2016. Using almost a decade of data since the referendum, we combine simulations based on macro data with estimates derived from micro data collected through our Decision Maker Panel survey. These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%. …“
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
ottocr.at
So let me get this straight: the BBC, which has been massively and obviously biased in favour of Tories and Reform since at least 2015, is apologising and the DG is resigning for… ‘anti Trump and anti Israel bias’??? Make it make sense
November 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
ottocr.at
Tried something a bit different with the #crochet hexagon cardie this time #knitsky 🧶
cardigan made from 12 large granny squares being worn, front view cardigan made from 12 large granny squares being worn, seen from behind cardigan made from 12 large granny squares laid flat on the floor, front cardigan made from 12 large granny squares laid flat on the floor, back
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
ottocr.at
I see he overlooked Remembrance Sunday by… attending the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the actual Cenotaph in full War Christmas regalia and paying his respects 🙄
zackpolanski.bsky.social Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d
If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
Zack Polanski wears a white poppy as he overlooks remembrance ceremony at the cenotaph
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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a4xrbj1.bsky.social
New EV registrations in Germany for October 2025, top 20:

As you can see, no #Tesla
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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moorishgarden.bsky.social
Eleven of the parties in the provincial parliament of Limburg have now requested the Limburg government to look into the possibility of creating a (temporary) memorial for our Black American liberators in cooperation with Eijsden-Margraten (where the cemetery is located).

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Limburgse Statenleden willen tijdelijke herdenkingsplek voor zwarte bevrijders
Statenleden willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders nu hun informatiepanelen in Margraten zijn verwijderd
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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chriso-wiki.bsky.social
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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flyingrodent.bsky.social
It’s too late baby, now it’s too late. When I was a kid, it was a sombre and dignified reflection on us getting hundreds of thousands of guys killed in an insane war. Now, the Sensible Moderates have turned it into War Christmas to boost their crackpot politics, and there’s no going back.
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.b... • 1h Some thoughts on why Remembrance is so important, and why attempts to police it should be resisted.
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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localnotail.bsky.social
Strong contender for graph of the year 2025 from the FT with this Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas research paper.

"Al could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points"

🤷

www.ft.com/content/60df...
s/s from Financial Times article in link Al could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points Graph of US real GDP per capita (1990 $), log scale Real GDP per capita Trend, 1870-2024 Plot of line showing a gradual increase at 45° angle over time 1. central forecast was that AI might boost the trend growth of US GDP per capita to 2.1 per cent for 10 years from now (basically continuing existing trend) 2. Optimistic forecast for a Tech singularity: end of scarcity. Rapid increase, almost straight up from GDP per capita from $45K to $500K 3. Negative forecast for a Tech singularity: human extinction. Rapid decline, almost straight down to zero. Source: Wynne & Derr, 'Advances in Al will boost productivity, living standards over time' (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2025). Trend 1870-20241.9% pa. Al-boosted path = 2.1% for ten years, then trend
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
ottocr.at
What’s your most illiberal prejudice based on wildly extrapolating from a vanishingly small dataset? Mine is that women don’t know how to load dishwashers. (Maybe it’s men too, I just haven’t been in any long term relationships with men. IDK.)
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
ottocr.at
Not in shot: Health Secretary RFK Jr because he fucking LEGGED IT (see hilarious video footage)
walshfreedom.bsky.social Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 4d
A guy collapses down on the floor right next to him, the guy could be dying, and Trump doesn’t move a muscle, doesn’t give a damn, and looks super pissed off that his photo op this afternoon has been interrupted. Donald Trump, in a perfect nutshell.👇
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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tactanddiplomacy.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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romanpalace.bsky.social
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓

itiner-e.org

We might have to have a lie-down.
A map of part of Britiain and northern europe showing loads and loads of roman roads, picked out in red.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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thenewsatglenn.bsky.social
Bluesky’s really fun, I think you’d like it.
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
ottocr.at
Not now, Bear Army
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
ottocr.at
He may be only 34 but he has had 23 years’ experience running a city
poppyhaze.bsky.social Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · Jun 25
we’re about to find out if loving SimCity makes you a better mayor

Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000
A magazine list showing #37, Zohran Mamdani, age 11, asked for Books, FIFA 2003 and SimCity 3000 video games.
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 AM
ottocr.at
I’m also looking forward to the Professional Darts Council’s first Physics Prize which I guess will also be won by Donald Trump
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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derek.bike
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
guy said, “Do you like Marx?” I said, “I haven’t met him.” Guy said, “No, no, he’s dead.” “Wow, what happened?” “No, no, he died long ago.” I thought the guy Marx had just died. So then, “Why are you asking me if he died long ago?” “No, he wrote a lot. He wrote that poor people should not be poor.” I said, “Sounds amazing.” I’m giving you a sense of how naïve I was. After they left, I went to the library to look for Marx. So that was my introduction to Karl Marx. BS: The FBI. MM: The FBI. Then, of course, I took a class on Marx. Couldn’t just get Marx out of the library. But,
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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rnflex.bsky.social
Just a call out to smart women helping the entire world.

This is Lotte Bjerre Knudsen.

She invented liraglutide and co-invented semaglutide.

She is one of the biggest reasons we have effective anti obesity medications. And her sense of style for this talk is 🤌
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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theangelremiel.bsky.social
@lukecharters.bsky.social hi, I just want you to know that the "Labour's DOGE" thing was one of the most pathetic things I've read in my life and if you were capable of shame you'd be feeling it now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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thehistoryguy.bsky.social
My wealth has increased by 25% since June. I have done absolutely nothing to earn this. I just put it in a tracker fund. I will be taxed on that gain at a lower rate than during the Thatcher government.
I’d pay more tax to make this country better and stop Putin in his tracks.
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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bestforbritain.org
Why is no one talking about this? Where is the outcry - and most importantly, where's the action?

Nations must finally work together to fight climate change. 🚨

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/11/04/for-the-first-time-climate-models-show-the-15c-goal-is-dead
For the first time, climate models show the 1.5°C goal is dead
Governments have failed to limit global warming. What comes next?
www.economist.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM