Pete Knight
@peteknight.bsky.social
Retired and living my best life in the peace and tranquility of rural Roi-et Province, Thailand.
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🚨🚨EMERGENCY EPISODE🚨🚨
Very few people can claim to have met and known 🇻🇪's Maduro, Chavez & interim president Delcy Rodriguez. Well, my guest @catheriner.bsky.social, former 🇬🇧 ambassador in Caracas, is one of them and she spoke to me earlier today.
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Very few people can claim to have met and known 🇻🇪's Maduro, Chavez & interim president Delcy Rodriguez. Well, my guest @catheriner.bsky.social, former 🇬🇧 ambassador in Caracas, is one of them and she spoke to me earlier today.
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January 4, 2026 at 11:04 PM
🚨🚨EMERGENCY EPISODE🚨🚨
Very few people can claim to have met and known 🇻🇪's Maduro, Chavez & interim president Delcy Rodriguez. Well, my guest @catheriner.bsky.social, former 🇬🇧 ambassador in Caracas, is one of them and she spoke to me earlier today.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Very few people can claim to have met and known 🇻🇪's Maduro, Chavez & interim president Delcy Rodriguez. Well, my guest @catheriner.bsky.social, former 🇬🇧 ambassador in Caracas, is one of them and she spoke to me earlier today.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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We’re a decade into this farce and he still doesn’t understand that “asylum seekers” are not, in fact, people from insane asylums.
Q: You've talked about returning some control to American companies. Did that play at all into your decision to capture Maduro?
TRUMP: No. What really played is the fact he sent millions of people into our country from prisons and mental institutions
TRUMP: No. What really played is the fact he sent millions of people into our country from prisons and mental institutions
January 5, 2026 at 1:22 AM
We’re a decade into this farce and he still doesn’t understand that “asylum seekers” are not, in fact, people from insane asylums.
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What a difference a year makes.
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
What a difference a year makes.
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Seen a few comments that Trump’s abduction of Maduro opens the door to Putin doing the same, so once again reminding people that Putin already attempted to capture or kill Zelenskyy in the first days of his invasion of Ukraine.
Trump is emulating Putin, his role-model, because he admires him.
Trump is emulating Putin, his role-model, because he admires him.
Even aside from the fact that it very obviously didn’t happen for the reasons below, I think it’s also worth remembering that Putin sent a snatch/kill squad to get Zelenskyy during Russia’s 2022 invasion, prompting the US to offer Zel extraction.
He replied “I need ammunition, not a ride”
He replied “I need ammunition, not a ride”
PSA: The reason Ukraine isn't targetting Putin's residences with drones and missiles are that both are finite resources and:
a) It's not clear killing him would help;
b) The residences are heavily protected by air defense;
c) They include bunkers;
d) They are huge so you can hit and still miss.
a) It's not clear killing him would help;
b) The residences are heavily protected by air defense;
c) They include bunkers;
d) They are huge so you can hit and still miss.
January 4, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Seen a few comments that Trump’s abduction of Maduro opens the door to Putin doing the same, so once again reminding people that Putin already attempted to capture or kill Zelenskyy in the first days of his invasion of Ukraine.
Trump is emulating Putin, his role-model, because he admires him.
Trump is emulating Putin, his role-model, because he admires him.
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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The human brain can write symphonies and solve equations.
It can also make you feel sick on a bus and forget what you were about to do.
All this and more explained in my bestselling book The Idiot Brain.
Look it up now before you forget 😉
#PsychologyFacts
#HumanBrain
#BrainFacts
#MindScience
It can also make you feel sick on a bus and forget what you were about to do.
All this and more explained in my bestselling book The Idiot Brain.
Look it up now before you forget 😉
#PsychologyFacts
#HumanBrain
#BrainFacts
#MindScience
January 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The human brain can write symphonies and solve equations.
It can also make you feel sick on a bus and forget what you were about to do.
All this and more explained in my bestselling book The Idiot Brain.
Look it up now before you forget 😉
#PsychologyFacts
#HumanBrain
#BrainFacts
#MindScience
It can also make you feel sick on a bus and forget what you were about to do.
All this and more explained in my bestselling book The Idiot Brain.
Look it up now before you forget 😉
#PsychologyFacts
#HumanBrain
#BrainFacts
#MindScience
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Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
January 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
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Nigel Farage called Trump a “global peacemaker” who would prevent a “endless series of foreign wars”
Boris Johnson said he would make the world "safe and stable"
Why Trump's apologists were wrong and why those warning about the grave threat he poses were right www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-ill...
Boris Johnson said he would make the world "safe and stable"
Why Trump's apologists were wrong and why those warning about the grave threat he poses were right www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-ill...
Trump's Illegal Assault on Venezuela Opens the Door to Even Darker Foreign Adventures
It's time for the President's apologists to admit that those of us warning about the grave global threat he poses were right
www.adambienkov.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Nigel Farage called Trump a “global peacemaker” who would prevent a “endless series of foreign wars”
Boris Johnson said he would make the world "safe and stable"
Why Trump's apologists were wrong and why those warning about the grave threat he poses were right www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-ill...
Boris Johnson said he would make the world "safe and stable"
Why Trump's apologists were wrong and why those warning about the grave threat he poses were right www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-ill...
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Keir Starmer's cowardly response to President Trump attacking Venezuela
"I want to establish the facts first"
"I want to speak to President Trump, to our allies"
"I always say and believe we should uphold international law"
"But at this stage, let's establish the facts"
"I want to establish the facts first"
"I want to speak to President Trump, to our allies"
"I always say and believe we should uphold international law"
"But at this stage, let's establish the facts"
January 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Keir Starmer's cowardly response to President Trump attacking Venezuela
"I want to establish the facts first"
"I want to speak to President Trump, to our allies"
"I always say and believe we should uphold international law"
"But at this stage, let's establish the facts"
"I want to establish the facts first"
"I want to speak to President Trump, to our allies"
"I always say and believe we should uphold international law"
"But at this stage, let's establish the facts"
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Didn't Trump criticise an *alleged* attack on Putin's residence? But now he's gone after Maduro personally. So to go after a leader directly is okay now, so long as it's not Putin? This is total geopolitical chaos.
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Didn't Trump criticise an *alleged* attack on Putin's residence? But now he's gone after Maduro personally. So to go after a leader directly is okay now, so long as it's not Putin? This is total geopolitical chaos.
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Nigel Farage wants to get rid of the NHS and replace it with US style insurance.
Can you afford $50,000 for a broken leg, $500,000 for a new heart, or $2,000,000 for cancer.
Or are you dying?
Can you afford $50,000 for a broken leg, $500,000 for a new heart, or $2,000,000 for cancer.
Or are you dying?
January 3, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Nigel Farage wants to get rid of the NHS and replace it with US style insurance.
Can you afford $50,000 for a broken leg, $500,000 for a new heart, or $2,000,000 for cancer.
Or are you dying?
Can you afford $50,000 for a broken leg, $500,000 for a new heart, or $2,000,000 for cancer.
Or are you dying?
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I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris.
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
January 3, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris.
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
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"Mexico strongly condemns and rejects the military actions carried out unilaterally ... by armed forces of the United States of America against targets in the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in clear violation of Article 2 of the [UN] Charter"
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
"Mexico strongly condemns and rejects the military actions carried out unilaterally ... by armed forces of the United States of America against targets in the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in clear violation of Article 2 of the [UN] Charter"
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
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Donald Trump is such a hardworking president that when he invades a sovereign country and kidnaps its leader, he can’t even address the American people from the White House, he has to do it from his country club golf course.
January 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Donald Trump is such a hardworking president that when he invades a sovereign country and kidnaps its leader, he can’t even address the American people from the White House, he has to do it from his country club golf course.
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Same people celebrating Donald Trump invading Venezuela would be celebrating Adolf Hitler invading Czechoslovakia.
And believe me it is exactly the same, next is Poland (Greenland), and then France (Canada).
And believe me it is exactly the same, next is Poland (Greenland), and then France (Canada).
January 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Same people celebrating Donald Trump invading Venezuela would be celebrating Adolf Hitler invading Czechoslovakia.
And believe me it is exactly the same, next is Poland (Greenland), and then France (Canada).
And believe me it is exactly the same, next is Poland (Greenland), and then France (Canada).
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal.
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Grok Posts Sexual Images of Minors After ‘Lapses in Safeguards’
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said “lapses in safeguards” led to the generation of sexualized images of minors that it posted to social media site X.
www.bloomberg.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:48 AM
X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal.
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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NYT: Hegseth demanded the resignation of the commander of U.S. forces in Europe and NATO, General Christopher Cavoli, who stated in a declaration submitted to the Senate committee in April that Russia poses a "chronic" and "growing" threat
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 AM
NYT: Hegseth demanded the resignation of the commander of U.S. forces in Europe and NATO, General Christopher Cavoli, who stated in a declaration submitted to the Senate committee in April that Russia poses a "chronic" and "growing" threat
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This 73 year old cartoon by Yuliy Ganf called "At This Restaurant Only One Person Is Served," is as true today as it ever was.
January 1, 2026 at 8:23 PM
This 73 year old cartoon by Yuliy Ganf called "At This Restaurant Only One Person Is Served," is as true today as it ever was.
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In 1945 billionaires in the USA would have to pay 94% tax on almost all their earnings.
In the UK it was 98%.
We can tax rich people, the rich people have just decided we can't.
In the UK it was 98%.
We can tax rich people, the rich people have just decided we can't.
January 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
In 1945 billionaires in the USA would have to pay 94% tax on almost all their earnings.
In the UK it was 98%.
We can tax rich people, the rich people have just decided we can't.
In the UK it was 98%.
We can tax rich people, the rich people have just decided we can't.
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Just a gif of the EU flag projected onto the London Eye as part of Mayor Sadiq Khan's London's New Year's Day fireworks 😀
The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd
One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️
The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd
One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️
January 1, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Just a gif of the EU flag projected onto the London Eye as part of Mayor Sadiq Khan's London's New Year's Day fireworks 😀
The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd
One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️
The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd
One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️
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This is what Wes Streeting’s fixation with health tech and online triage ends up looking like
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Totally @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social. Appt for my 80++ y.o. Dad, leaves me drained, truth-twisting trying to answer unrelated qu.s on ‘Klinik’, or waiting on 📞 20mins+, w dementia, he can’t persist to do this. I learned he’d walked 2m, country rd, unlit, no pvmt, to spk in person to reception.
January 1, 2026 at 12:08 PM
This is what Wes Streeting’s fixation with health tech and online triage ends up looking like
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⚡️ A poll by The Economist/YouGov has found that 49% of respondents in the United States "somewhat" or "strongly" disapprove of how Donald Trump is handling Russia's war against Ukraine, while 30% support his approach.
📸: GettyImages
📸: GettyImages
January 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM
⚡️ A poll by The Economist/YouGov has found that 49% of respondents in the United States "somewhat" or "strongly" disapprove of how Donald Trump is handling Russia's war against Ukraine, while 30% support his approach.
📸: GettyImages
📸: GettyImages
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The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
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Our most read article of January 2025, still as relevant now as then?
It is time to end the special relationship with Trump
Donald Trump in the White House: a relationship with a dishonest sexual predator and convicted criminal isn't a relationship. It's abuse
@chasmanthium.bsky.social
It is time to end the special relationship with Trump
Donald Trump in the White House: a relationship with a dishonest sexual predator and convicted criminal isn't a relationship. It's abuse
@chasmanthium.bsky.social
It is time to end the special relationship with Trump
Donald Trump in the White House: a relationship with a dishonest sexual predator and convicted criminal isn't a relationship. It's abuse
centralbylines.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Our most read article of January 2025, still as relevant now as then?
It is time to end the special relationship with Trump
Donald Trump in the White House: a relationship with a dishonest sexual predator and convicted criminal isn't a relationship. It's abuse
@chasmanthium.bsky.social
It is time to end the special relationship with Trump
Donald Trump in the White House: a relationship with a dishonest sexual predator and convicted criminal isn't a relationship. It's abuse
@chasmanthium.bsky.social