Patrick Andelic
@pkandelic.bsky.social
Historian of US liberalism, Congress, and the C20th Democratic Party @ Northumbria University. Trade unionist. Lanyard class warrior.
Me and the lads on the way to loot Bear Grylls' shipwrecked apocalypse boat in the irradiated desert wastelands.
January 24, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Me and the lads on the way to loot Bear Grylls' shipwrecked apocalypse boat in the irradiated desert wastelands.
I don't think it's wise to declare anything "apocalypse-proof" until you know the precise nature of the apocalypse.
Bear Grylls: ‘I’ve bought an apocalypse-proof boat, with an array of weaponry’
Bear Grylls: ‘I’ve bought an apocalypse-proof boat, with an array of weaponry’
The adventurer on his family’s escape vessel, his crush on the Princess of Wales, and a disgusting toenail habit
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I don't think it's wise to declare anything "apocalypse-proof" until you know the precise nature of the apocalypse.
I don't know how I missed this, but I've gone all in on a Faraaz victory since finding out he's from Middlesbrough. #TheTraitors
January 23, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I don't know how I missed this, but I've gone all in on a Faraaz victory since finding out he's from Middlesbrough. #TheTraitors
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Katy Perry’s Friends Skeptical Of Alleged Powerful Boyfriend Who Lives In Canada https://theonion.com/katy-perrys-friends-skeptical-of-alleged-powerful-boyfriend-who-lives-in-canada/
January 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Katy Perry’s Friends Skeptical Of Alleged Powerful Boyfriend Who Lives In Canada https://theonion.com/katy-perrys-friends-skeptical-of-alleged-powerful-boyfriend-who-lives-in-canada/
They're going to Poilievre the Albertan independence movement.
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
They're going to Poilievre the Albertan independence movement.
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UCU - Northumbria University staff vote for strike action in pay and pensions row www.ucu.org.uk/article/14383
Northumbria University staff vote for strike action in pay and pensions row
Staff at Northumbria University have voted to take industrial action over plans to pressure them to leave the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), the University and College Union (UCU) announced today .
www.ucu.org.uk
January 23, 2026 at 3:17 PM
UCU - Northumbria University staff vote for strike action in pay and pensions row www.ucu.org.uk/article/14383
Hands-down my favourite reaction to the Ross-Ellie couple revelation. #TheTraitors
January 22, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Hands-down my favourite reaction to the Ross-Ellie couple revelation. #TheTraitors
Macbeth, overcoming his tortured conscience and resolving to murder King Duncan:
January 22, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Macbeth, overcoming his tortured conscience and resolving to murder King Duncan:
Is he trying to ... neg Greenland?
Greenland is "a big, beautiful piece of ice. It's hard to call it land. It's a big piece of ice," says Trump.
January 21, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Is he trying to ... neg Greenland?
Me, marking assessments: "This essay was evidently written when you were in one of your more enigmatic and expansive moods."
sanewashing a brain-rotted lunatic by calling him ‘enigmatic’ and ‘expansive’
January 20, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Me, marking assessments: "This essay was evidently written when you were in one of your more enigmatic and expansive moods."
"The middle powers are confronting the brutal geopolitical realities of a return to great power conflict, you better not be Macron in a pair of aviators when I get there."
Me:
Me:
January 20, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"The middle powers are confronting the brutal geopolitical realities of a return to great power conflict, you better not be Macron in a pair of aviators when I get there."
Me:
Me:
He's Top Gunning.
Macron accuses US of trying to ‘subordinate’ Europe
Macron accuses US of trying to ‘subordinate’ Europe
French president hits back at Washington amid ongoing fallout of Greenland
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
He's Top Gunning.
The only appropriate escalation is for the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award the next Peace Prize to Rosie O'Donnell.
January 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The only appropriate escalation is for the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award the next Peace Prize to Rosie O'Donnell.
It's like the FIFA Peace Prize meant nothing to him.
Breaking News: President Trump told Norway’s prime minister that one reason he’s pushing to acquire Greenland is because he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland
In a text message, President Trump told Norway’s prime minister he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the world would not be secure until America controlled the island.
nyti.ms
January 19, 2026 at 1:43 PM
It's like the FIFA Peace Prize meant nothing to him.
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"I will have such revenges on you both,
That all the world shall — I will do such things,—
What they are, yet I know not: but they shall be
The terrors of the earth."
That all the world shall — I will do such things,—
What they are, yet I know not: but they shall be
The terrors of the earth."
I see that King Lear is on the Royal Exchange this year. "Lear is a searing portrait of a king unable to distinguish truth from lies. As the storm rises and night falls, language, identity and meaning break down completely." www.royalexchange.co.uk/event/king-l...
January 19, 2026 at 10:26 AM
"I will have such revenges on you both,
That all the world shall — I will do such things,—
What they are, yet I know not: but they shall be
The terrors of the earth."
That all the world shall — I will do such things,—
What they are, yet I know not: but they shall be
The terrors of the earth."
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oh it's going to be a Recession recession
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
oh it's going to be a Recession recession
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Regular reminder that you can’t just point at the Constitution and assume it will work if the people whose job it is to uphold it are unwilling to do the work expected of them
January 19, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Regular reminder that you can’t just point at the Constitution and assume it will work if the people whose job it is to uphold it are unwilling to do the work expected of them
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The good news? We’re winning universal childcare faster than anyone expected. The bad news? Ms. Rachel and I have to find some new song inspiration…
January 18, 2026 at 9:39 PM
The good news? We’re winning universal childcare faster than anyone expected. The bad news? Ms. Rachel and I have to find some new song inspiration…
A prize defector with a good and normal Wikipedia page.
January 18, 2026 at 8:27 PM
A prize defector with a good and normal Wikipedia page.
He never misses an opportunity.
January 18, 2026 at 2:06 PM
He never misses an opportunity.