Andy Donaldson 🏴
@triplezero.bsky.social
Trying to be better tomorrow than I am today.
Sports, especially football and cricket; movies; World War 2; politics; and whatever else catches my attention. He/him. I'm Scottish. Swearing is part of my culture.
Sports, especially football and cricket; movies; World War 2; politics; and whatever else catches my attention. He/him. I'm Scottish. Swearing is part of my culture.
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Bring him forward in time. Make him part of the Peasant's Revolt and a full on eat-the-rich, proto-communist revolutionary. The Robin Hood we need for the times we live in.
January 5, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Bring him forward in time. Make him part of the Peasant's Revolt and a full on eat-the-rich, proto-communist revolutionary. The Robin Hood we need for the times we live in.
"But doctor, I'm Pagliacci..."
January 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM
"But doctor, I'm Pagliacci..."
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Auxiliary Territorial Service searchlight operators, London, 1943, photographed by Lee Miller. Seen at Tate Britain.
January 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Auxiliary Territorial Service searchlight operators, London, 1943, photographed by Lee Miller. Seen at Tate Britain.
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
Freedom of speech is staying on the kiddie porn Nazi site, but not protesting for a free Palestine.
Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Anderson tells the Lords the Government will keep on using X.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
January 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Freedom of speech is staying on the kiddie porn Nazi site, but not protesting for a free Palestine.
My God. Liz Truss was Prime Minister longer than Nancy was Celtic manager.
January 5, 2026 at 4:59 PM
My God. Liz Truss was Prime Minister longer than Nancy was Celtic manager.
In the interest of fairness and competitive balance, all the teams that didn't get the chance to play against Nancy's Celtic should be awarded three points, IMHO.
Celtic sack manager Wilfried Nancy after eight games
Celtic sack manager Wilfried Nancy after eight games
Celtic sack manager Wilfried Nancy, with Saturday's 3-1 defeat by Rangers his sixth loss in just eight matches, with head of football operations Paul Tisdale also removed from his post.
www.bbc.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
In the interest of fairness and competitive balance, all the teams that didn't get the chance to play against Nancy's Celtic should be awarded three points, IMHO.
Via @explodingheads.bsky.social, a message to Man Utd fans.
January 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Via @explodingheads.bsky.social, a message to Man Utd fans.
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I have a hunch that if you or I were running a website doing this the "urgent contact" would involve door rams and handcuffs so I struggle to see why it can't be slightly more pugnacious than this.
Ofcom, which enforces the UK's Online Safety Act, says it is aware of "serious concerns" about Grok undressing people including children on X
“We have made urgent contact with X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal duties to protect users in the UK," it says
“We have made urgent contact with X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal duties to protect users in the UK," it says
January 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I have a hunch that if you or I were running a website doing this the "urgent contact" would involve door rams and handcuffs so I struggle to see why it can't be slightly more pugnacious than this.
Satire died when Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize, but Donald Trump's been skullfucking the corpse for years.
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Satire died when Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize, but Donald Trump's been skullfucking the corpse for years.
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How I imagined war rooms vs reality
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
How I imagined war rooms vs reality
Counterpoint:
This is just 'music was better when I was young' which is the single most boring and tired take there is.
This is just 'music was better when I was young' which is the single most boring and tired take there is.
in 2010 an apparently very hungover joanna newsom delivered this ice cold read of lady gaga, music criticism and pop culture at large, and as far as i’m concerned she was on the money then and has only gotten righter over time.
January 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Counterpoint:
This is just 'music was better when I was young' which is the single most boring and tired take there is.
This is just 'music was better when I was young' which is the single most boring and tired take there is.
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THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
Spending more time than I'd like listening to my Songs About War playlist.
January 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Spending more time than I'd like listening to my Songs About War playlist.
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Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.
January 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.
Celtic aiming for 4, maybe even 5 managers this season. That's the kind of elite-level ambition you don't see from ordinary clubs.
January 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Celtic aiming for 4, maybe even 5 managers this season. That's the kind of elite-level ambition you don't see from ordinary clubs.
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“Well, we must face a new reality. No more carefree days of chasing squirrels, running through the park, or howling at the moon. On the other hand, no more ‘Fetch the stick, boy,
fetch the stick.’”
fetch the stick.’”
January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
“Well, we must face a new reality. No more carefree days of chasing squirrels, running through the park, or howling at the moon. On the other hand, no more ‘Fetch the stick, boy,
fetch the stick.’”
fetch the stick.’”
He needs to find out if anyone involved said 'Free Palestine' before he makes a judgement.
‘Asked if he condemned the attacks, Starmer said he wanted to establish the facts and speak to Trump first’
That’s not diplomacy, that’s spineless capitulation
www.bbc.com/news/article...
That’s not diplomacy, that’s spineless capitulation
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Keir Starmer says UK 'not involved in any way' in US strike on Venezuela
The PM has not spoken to US President Donald Trump about the US seizure of President Nicolas Maduro.
www.bbc.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:53 PM
He needs to find out if anyone involved said 'Free Palestine' before he makes a judgement.
All the trump presidency does is the same shit the USA has always done, just without the fake concern for decorum and norms.
January 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
All the trump presidency does is the same shit the USA has always done, just without the fake concern for decorum and norms.
Thinking very hard about the time I heard eminent historian of Nazi Germany, Richard Evans say that Trump isn't a fascist because he's an isolationist who doesn't like war.
January 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Thinking very hard about the time I heard eminent historian of Nazi Germany, Richard Evans say that Trump isn't a fascist because he's an isolationist who doesn't like war.
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“i made this twitter account before elon started automating the on-demand mass production of child porn!” bumper sticker
January 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
“i made this twitter account before elon started automating the on-demand mass production of child porn!” bumper sticker
*cackles with glee*
January 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
*cackles with glee*