Stanthorpe
@stanth0rpe.bsky.social
Dad, senior risk analyst, Anglo-Irish RPG player. German based Ecomodernist & freelance opinion-holder. Exhausted.
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Stanthorpe
@stanth0rpe.bsky.social
· Oct 14
That’s nonsense. Democracy isn’t a luxury, it’s a duty that requires the voters to decide. If you treat your vote as merely a menu choice where, if nothing is appetising you don’t eat, then you’ve misunderstood your duty as a citizen.
...huh.
You know, if Stephen King had written 2026 POTUS would be under control of some parasite. It would be head of the hive. His cabinet would all be infected. As would his doctors. There would be a huge coverup of his condition.
Many members of the US public would be infected.
1/2
Many members of the US public would be infected.
1/2
Trump has lost his mind. His speeches are insane, misspelled ravings about the 2020 election, filled with bad grammar and shotgun caps. If this guy were a mayor in Anytown, USA, he would be told politely but firmly to surrender the gavel and get medical help.
January 23, 2026 at 8:32 AM
...huh.
A joke for the history buffs:
Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Good morning. Here are the top 2 posts in my Facebook feed - I follow neither of these people yet am forced to wade through this BS. There are no posts from any of my friends - or groups that I am a member of - in the top 10 entries. #Enshitification
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Good morning. Here are the top 2 posts in my Facebook feed - I follow neither of these people yet am forced to wade through this BS. There are no posts from any of my friends - or groups that I am a member of - in the top 10 entries. #Enshitification
Trump has made me agree with Le Pen. FFS.
January 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Trump has made me agree with Le Pen. FFS.
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BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
Kids are so excited at being allowed to stay up & watch the fireworks at midnight that I had to send them to bed, just to stop them going insane with the anticipation. (Don't worry, I will wake them 30 mins to go).
December 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Kids are so excited at being allowed to stay up & watch the fireworks at midnight that I had to send them to bed, just to stop them going insane with the anticipation. (Don't worry, I will wake them 30 mins to go).
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
...is this true? Has anyone else seen this reported anywhere else?
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
...is this true? Has anyone else seen this reported anywhere else?
So, no release if Epstein Files, eh? I'm shocked, shocked I say.
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice will fail to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Chickens Out on Epstein Files Release in Violation of New Law
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
So, no release if Epstein Files, eh? I'm shocked, shocked I say.
Had enough. Now out of the office until January.
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Had enough. Now out of the office until January.
@hossenfelder.bsky.social
I had an odd thought last night - warp drives require negative energy to work, but at sea, rogue holes can be formed by the intersection of wavefronts; do these wave interactions exist in spacetime as a natural interaction of gravity waves?
I had an odd thought last night - warp drives require negative energy to work, but at sea, rogue holes can be formed by the intersection of wavefronts; do these wave interactions exist in spacetime as a natural interaction of gravity waves?
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
@hossenfelder.bsky.social
I had an odd thought last night - warp drives require negative energy to work, but at sea, rogue holes can be formed by the intersection of wavefronts; do these wave interactions exist in spacetime as a natural interaction of gravity waves?
I had an odd thought last night - warp drives require negative energy to work, but at sea, rogue holes can be formed by the intersection of wavefronts; do these wave interactions exist in spacetime as a natural interaction of gravity waves?
Sons concert last night - despite transport problems - was utterly fantastic & we went to an Italian restaurant to celebrate.
December 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Sons concert last night - despite transport problems - was utterly fantastic & we went to an Italian restaurant to celebrate.
This American National Security strategy briefing is going to join Chamberlains piece of paper on the list of "Historical documents that presaged national catastrophe". Its just weirdly & wildly at odds with reality.
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This American National Security strategy briefing is going to join Chamberlains piece of paper on the list of "Historical documents that presaged national catastrophe". Its just weirdly & wildly at odds with reality.
It just gets worse and worse.
US security guarantees guarantee that you will have to pay them for the inconvenience of being invaded
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It just gets worse and worse.
The Reuters report that Trump wants this deal signed within a week, or else is downright awful, but not unexpected. It also raises questions: assuming that Ukraine doesn't sign then... what about 3rd party purchases? If the (e.g.) the UK buys ammunition for UKR is than banned?
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Reuters report that Trump wants this deal signed within a week, or else is downright awful, but not unexpected. It also raises questions: assuming that Ukraine doesn't sign then... what about 3rd party purchases? If the (e.g.) the UK buys ammunition for UKR is than banned?
Labour party communications policy in a nutshell
Moral boosting speech to rouse the troops by going "we're f***ed, we're absolutely f***ed. we're doing awful, shameful things to hang on and they probably won't even work. it's absolutely terrible lads, you've no idea, it's so bad. anyway, until you hear different, business as usual"
November 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Labour party communications policy in a nutshell
Democratic leadership: Ahha! I roll a double 6 which means I get to play my booster card, doubling what I roll next turn!
Republican leadership: OPEN FIRE! *sound of gunfire*
Republican leadership: OPEN FIRE! *sound of gunfire*
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Democratic leadership: Ahha! I roll a double 6 which means I get to play my booster card, doubling what I roll next turn!
Republican leadership: OPEN FIRE! *sound of gunfire*
Republican leadership: OPEN FIRE! *sound of gunfire*
Sooo Democratic senators vote to reopen the government in return for a promise to hold a vote on the Affodrable care act? Pardon me if I'm wrong, but isn't that a guaranteed defeat for them, given that they're the minority & that Trump hates it?
The Dems desperately need new leadership.
The Dems desperately need new leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Sooo Democratic senators vote to reopen the government in return for a promise to hold a vote on the Affodrable care act? Pardon me if I'm wrong, but isn't that a guaranteed defeat for them, given that they're the minority & that Trump hates it?
The Dems desperately need new leadership.
The Dems desperately need new leadership.
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You’re all making a big deal out of this, but an elderly man in cognitive decline lives there, and needs this for orientation
[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
You’re all making a big deal out of this, but an elderly man in cognitive decline lives there, and needs this for orientation
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The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
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Imagine doing ANYTHING AT ALL and constantly interrupting it every two minutes to ask everyone around you “do you like me? Is this ok? Please like me! Should I do something completely different so you like me more? I will ask you again next week shall I?”
That’s what government by focus group is.
That’s what government by focus group is.
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Imagine doing ANYTHING AT ALL and constantly interrupting it every two minutes to ask everyone around you “do you like me? Is this ok? Please like me! Should I do something completely different so you like me more? I will ask you again next week shall I?”
That’s what government by focus group is.
That’s what government by focus group is.
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>> Bad week for sex pests named Andrew <<
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>> Bad week for sex pests named Andrew <<
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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>> Bad week for sex pests named Andrew <<
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>> Bad week for sex pests named Andrew <<
Very interesting
open.substack.com/pub/geoffmul...
A lot of very important points in a short post
A lot of very important points in a short post
Hollowed out: can the centre hold?
Can the centre hold and resist the far right?
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Very interesting