Tony
@tonynicol3.bsky.social
Retired Water Industry Systems Engineer, no longer torturing wood on a lathe or mounting expeditions into the garden wilderness. Soup Dragon, First Class.
Political donations are Bribes!
Please don't send me crisis appeals, I support via UNICEF
Political donations are Bribes!
Please don't send me crisis appeals, I support via UNICEF
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Swiss Jura mountains near Mont Tendre, and Alps of Bern and Fribourg in the distance. January 2006.
#photography #landscape #snowscape #trees #mountains #Jura #Alps #Vaud #Switzerland
#photography #landscape #snowscape #trees #mountains #Jura #Alps #Vaud #Switzerland
January 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Swiss Jura mountains near Mont Tendre, and Alps of Bern and Fribourg in the distance. January 2006.
#photography #landscape #snowscape #trees #mountains #Jura #Alps #Vaud #Switzerland
#photography #landscape #snowscape #trees #mountains #Jura #Alps #Vaud #Switzerland
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I am already seeing reporters parrot DHS's version of the story, which is journalistic malpractice. Every story they spun about being under threat in Chicago was either seriously undermined by subsequently revealed evidence or outright proven false in court. Lying is ALWAYS their first move.
January 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
I am already seeing reporters parrot DHS's version of the story, which is journalistic malpractice. Every story they spun about being under threat in Chicago was either seriously undermined by subsequently revealed evidence or outright proven false in court. Lying is ALWAYS their first move.
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Of course everyone’s rolling out the salad puns (they’re all in the replies to the post below, kindly spare us any more), but I just want to say: every time she declares it’s not funny to compare her to a lettuce, it becomes funnier
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Of course everyone’s rolling out the salad puns (they’re all in the replies to the post below, kindly spare us any more), but I just want to say: every time she declares it’s not funny to compare her to a lettuce, it becomes funnier
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Large numbers of US forces have arrived by air all across Europe.
Exactly the thing you would do if you were planning to invade Greenland and not lose your military bases.
Exactly the thing you would do if you were planning to invade Greenland and not lose your military bases.
January 7, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Large numbers of US forces have arrived by air all across Europe.
Exactly the thing you would do if you were planning to invade Greenland and not lose your military bases.
Exactly the thing you would do if you were planning to invade Greenland and not lose your military bases.
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Growing body of evidence suggests that Trump launched the kidnapping of Maduro simply because he thought he was being trolled by the Venezuelan dictator dancing like him.
Trump on Maduro: "He's a violent guy. He gets up there and he tries to imitate my dance a little bit."
January 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Growing body of evidence suggests that Trump launched the kidnapping of Maduro simply because he thought he was being trolled by the Venezuelan dictator dancing like him.
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An ICE agent killing a woman in Minnesota is what happens when untrained agents are recruited for a president’s personal police force, while he publicly spreads fear and false narratives about a state solely because its governor speaks up about his failures and ran against him.
January 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
An ICE agent killing a woman in Minnesota is what happens when untrained agents are recruited for a president’s personal police force, while he publicly spreads fear and false narratives about a state solely because its governor speaks up about his failures and ran against him.
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Trump is a threat to everyone
European nations must now come together and speak with one voice like never before.
European nations must now come together and speak with one voice like never before.
January 5, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Trump is a threat to everyone
European nations must now come together and speak with one voice like never before.
European nations must now come together and speak with one voice like never before.
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“MAGA does not want to make America great again. MAGA embraces what was most illiberal about the old order. The theorists of MAGA yearn for the ideas and policies that produced the worst of the 1930s. Or to put it simply: It is fascism that they yearn for.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/magas-lust...
www.thebulwark.com/p/magas-lust...
MAGA’s Lust for Fascism
Trump’s ideologues want a smaller, meaner, whiter America.
www.thebulwark.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM
“MAGA does not want to make America great again. MAGA embraces what was most illiberal about the old order. The theorists of MAGA yearn for the ideas and policies that produced the worst of the 1930s. Or to put it simply: It is fascism that they yearn for.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/magas-lust...
www.thebulwark.com/p/magas-lust...
This is a good short read on the UK's continuing marginalisation and irrelevance following Brexit, compounded by Starmer's unwillingness to take advantage of strategic partnerships that EU outsiders like Canada and Ukraine have already committed to.
Epiphany thoughts @labour4europe.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @ukandeu.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @reneweurope.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social
encompass-europe.com/comment/why-...
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Why is Starmer not a European leader?
One of the more depressing aspects of 2026 (so far) has been Keir Starmer's BBC Brexit interview (4 January). Attempting no doubt to cheer up his largely pro-European troops, the prime…
encompass-europe.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This is a good short read on the UK's continuing marginalisation and irrelevance following Brexit, compounded by Starmer's unwillingness to take advantage of strategic partnerships that EU outsiders like Canada and Ukraine have already committed to.
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Video makes clear almost every word of this is a lie.
January 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Video makes clear almost every word of this is a lie.
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It was JDVance who stopped funding to Ukraine!
⚡️ Zelenskyy says Ukraine needs US air defense missiles delivered faster as shortages persist.
Zelenskyy Appeals for Faster US Air Defense Missile Deliveries Amid Ongoing Shortages
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy urges European allies for quicker delivery of air defense missiles amid ongoing support from Norway and delays from the U.S.
united24media.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
It was JDVance who stopped funding to Ukraine!
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ICE agents finally killed someone.
This was inevitable.
I need Democrats to stand up and demand accountability, punish these rogue forces, and call for the abolishment of this modern Gestapo.
This was inevitable.
I need Democrats to stand up and demand accountability, punish these rogue forces, and call for the abolishment of this modern Gestapo.
January 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
ICE agents finally killed someone.
This was inevitable.
I need Democrats to stand up and demand accountability, punish these rogue forces, and call for the abolishment of this modern Gestapo.
This was inevitable.
I need Democrats to stand up and demand accountability, punish these rogue forces, and call for the abolishment of this modern Gestapo.
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Baa-ram-ewe! Baa-ram-ewe! To your breed, your fleece, your clan be true!
50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning.
After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
January 7, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Baa-ram-ewe! Baa-ram-ewe! To your breed, your fleece, your clan be true!
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One year ago today, brutal and racist Border Patrol raids began in Kern County, CA. They hunted down farm workers, violently detaining our union members and terrorizing our communities.
This began a year of deadly force across the US that continues today. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
This began a year of deadly force across the US that continues today. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Farm workers remember anniversary of racist Border Patrol raid in Kern County
Kern County, CA — A year ago today, beginning in the early morning hours of January 7th, 2025, a 4-day raid by Border Patrol agents from the El Centro Sector unfolded across Kern County. Without warra...
www.dailykos.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:50 PM
One year ago today, brutal and racist Border Patrol raids began in Kern County, CA. They hunted down farm workers, violently detaining our union members and terrorizing our communities.
This began a year of deadly force across the US that continues today. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
This began a year of deadly force across the US that continues today. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
January 7, 2026 at 4:28 PM
It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
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Discovered, identified, conserved, understood, contextualised and explained by historical experts and specialists. Thank you all #Skystorians
'The bronze trumpet or carnyx is only the third ever found in Britain, and the most complete example discovered anywhere in the world. Fashioned in the shape of a snarling wild animal, the object would have been mounted on a long mouthpiece high above the heads of warriors'. 1/3
‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links
Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Discovered, identified, conserved, understood, contextualised and explained by historical experts and specialists. Thank you all #Skystorians
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Alex Burghart is the latest member of the Conservatives’ shadow cabinet to claim unemployment is up “every single month” under Labour.
But that’s not quite right - here’s what the figures show:
But that’s not quite right - here’s what the figures show:
Unemployment has increased under Labour, but it hasn’t risen ‘every single month’ – Full Fact
Conservative shadow cabinet minister Alex Burghart claimed on LBC that unemployment has gone up “in every single month” under Labour, but that’s not quite right.
fullfact.org
January 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Alex Burghart is the latest member of the Conservatives’ shadow cabinet to claim unemployment is up “every single month” under Labour.
But that’s not quite right - here’s what the figures show:
But that’s not quite right - here’s what the figures show:
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Very proud to review Peter Oborne's book, 'Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza' for @bylinetimes.bsky.social.
A forensic indictment of Britain’s political and media establishment. History will judge them.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/complicit-...
A forensic indictment of Britain’s political and media establishment. History will judge them.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/complicit-...
‘Complicit’: A Forensic Look at How Britain’s ‘Blood-Soaked’ Political-Media Machine Enabled Slaughter in Gaza
Peter Oborne’s recent book on Israel’s war delivers a forcefully argued indictment of Britain’s politicians and their media allies, writes Matt Gallagher
www.bylinesupplement.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Very proud to review Peter Oborne's book, 'Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza' for @bylinetimes.bsky.social.
A forensic indictment of Britain’s political and media establishment. History will judge them.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/complicit-...
A forensic indictment of Britain’s political and media establishment. History will judge them.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/complicit-...
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It is genuinely one of the funniest bits of memory-holing the extent to which, other than a handful of dyed-in-the-wool Jenrickites, everyone to the right of Nick Clegg in British politics has forgotten that Badenoch inherited a party on the up in both the polls and local elections.
"Moving up quite impressively"
Lol.
Lol.
January 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
It is genuinely one of the funniest bits of memory-holing the extent to which, other than a handful of dyed-in-the-wool Jenrickites, everyone to the right of Nick Clegg in British politics has forgotten that Badenoch inherited a party on the up in both the polls and local elections.
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They've properly internalised 'the problem is Labour became unpopular before people were willing to trust us again', which is a really elegant theory, it's just unfortunately one that is measurably wrong!
January 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
They've properly internalised 'the problem is Labour became unpopular before people were willing to trust us again', which is a really elegant theory, it's just unfortunately one that is measurably wrong!
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I wrote this in April 2024, about why people were refusing to leave X as it became undeniably a pro-white-supremacist site
But holy hell could I not have predicted that by 2026, it would be a child abuse material production site and THAT TOO is not enough to get people to leave the fucking place
But holy hell could I not have predicted that by 2026, it would be a child abuse material production site and THAT TOO is not enough to get people to leave the fucking place
You are the fuel that energises Elon Musk’s hate machine
X is something entirely new: it has the clout and influence of Twitter, blended with the hate of 4chan and the lies of TruthSocial. And it lingers because its users don’t see themselves as th…
ketanjoshi.co
January 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
I wrote this in April 2024, about why people were refusing to leave X as it became undeniably a pro-white-supremacist site
But holy hell could I not have predicted that by 2026, it would be a child abuse material production site and THAT TOO is not enough to get people to leave the fucking place
But holy hell could I not have predicted that by 2026, it would be a child abuse material production site and THAT TOO is not enough to get people to leave the fucking place
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January 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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It's really impossible to overstate how much *everyone* is watching the US threats towards Greenland, not just Europe. If you want to break not just NATO but Five Eyes and maybe our Asian defense alliances too, taking Greenland is how you do it.
Forcibly annexing Greenland would be a strategic catastrophe—for Europe, for Canada, and perhaps most especially for the United States itself.
My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
Annexing Greenland Would Be a Strategic Catastrophe
Any attempt by the United States to claim the island would quickly spiral out of control.
foreignpolicy.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:50 AM
It's really impossible to overstate how much *everyone* is watching the US threats towards Greenland, not just Europe. If you want to break not just NATO but Five Eyes and maybe our Asian defense alliances too, taking Greenland is how you do it.
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I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
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"Imperial propaganda is always pure projection."
via Ad Sinistram
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January 7, 2026 at 7:57 AM
"Imperial propaganda is always pure projection."
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