Simon Rhoades
@umlungu.bsky.social
Player of games. Enjoys refreshment. Taller than you'd expect.
Loving the way the Grauniad calls it a military build-up BETWEEN the US and Venezuela. Yeah dudes, ol' Venezuela's really ramping up the hostility here.
Quite sad what the Guardian has become.
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Quite sad what the Guardian has become.
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise
USS Gerald R Ford’s arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Loving the way the Grauniad calls it a military build-up BETWEEN the US and Venezuela. Yeah dudes, ol' Venezuela's really ramping up the hostility here.
Quite sad what the Guardian has become.
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Quite sad what the Guardian has become.
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No it bloody couldn't. The last time someone went to voicemail was 2009.
August 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
No it bloody couldn't. The last time someone went to voicemail was 2009.
It was ever thus. Sleepwalking to destruction, because the circus is so very, very entertaining.
Right wing political parties all over the world are drooling over the fascism in America.
And i just feel like people could be more concerned.
And i just feel like people could be more concerned.
August 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It was ever thus. Sleepwalking to destruction, because the circus is so very, very entertaining.
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I need someone to explain to me how Barack Obama is more African than zohran mamdani without the insinuation that skin tone belongs to specific continents
July 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I need someone to explain to me how Barack Obama is more African than zohran mamdani without the insinuation that skin tone belongs to specific continents
Very very cool indeed
June 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Very very cool indeed
Of course warmonger Hilary doesn't mention his calls to stop the genocide in Gaza. Always remember that Hilary approves of violence towards brown people she doesn't like.
April 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Of course warmonger Hilary doesn't mention his calls to stop the genocide in Gaza. Always remember that Hilary approves of violence towards brown people she doesn't like.
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The dollar crashing is great news for all of us Brits who've found the US unaffordable since Brexit, except when we try to visit we're going to be turned away at the border because we liked a tweet saying slavery was bad
April 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The dollar crashing is great news for all of us Brits who've found the US unaffordable since Brexit, except when we try to visit we're going to be turned away at the border because we liked a tweet saying slavery was bad
This is just glorious. Bravo!!
April 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is just glorious. Bravo!!
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April 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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It has now been 30 days with NO humanitarian aid getting into Gaza.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
April 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It has now been 30 days with NO humanitarian aid getting into Gaza.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.
That is barbaric. The U.S. must end our complicity in these atrocities.
Capetonian here. A more to the point Afrikaans phrase would be 'ons is bly daai poes nie meer hier woon nie', at least from my perspective.
How do you say “unelected president” in Afrikaans?
December 21, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Capetonian here. A more to the point Afrikaans phrase would be 'ons is bly daai poes nie meer hier woon nie', at least from my perspective.
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Apparently boffins are studying anti-matter because they want to understand why the universe isn't 'a simmering, empty void', and honestly I don't know what to think anymore.
Apparently boffins are studying anti-matter because they want to understand why the universe isn't 'a simmering, empty void', and honestly I don't know what to think anymore.
The most dangerous delivery truck? How a lorry-load of antimatter will help solve secrets of universe
Fantastically expensive and hard to handle, the substance holds the key to a holy grail of science. And experts at Cern now know how to transport it
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 5:02 PM
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Apparently boffins are studying anti-matter because they want to understand why the universe isn't 'a simmering, empty void', and honestly I don't know what to think anymore.
Apparently boffins are studying anti-matter because they want to understand why the universe isn't 'a simmering, empty void', and honestly I don't know what to think anymore.
True story
The great thing about playing the bagpipes is no one knows if you're good at it or not.
December 4, 2024 at 7:30 PM
True story
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Israel to the ICC: "We are a democracy with an independent judiciary capable of holding our own leaders to account!"
Also Israel: "A bill that would give near-total immunity to Members of Knesset from criminal investigations passed a preliminary vote in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday."
Also Israel: "A bill that would give near-total immunity to Members of Knesset from criminal investigations passed a preliminary vote in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday."
Knesset advances bill giving near-total criminal immunity to Israeli lawmakers
The attorney general’s office wrote in a legal opinion in November that the bill proposal “gives almost decisive weight to the freedom of action of Knesset members."
www.jpost.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Israel to the ICC: "We are a democracy with an independent judiciary capable of holding our own leaders to account!"
Also Israel: "A bill that would give near-total immunity to Members of Knesset from criminal investigations passed a preliminary vote in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday."
Also Israel: "A bill that would give near-total immunity to Members of Knesset from criminal investigations passed a preliminary vote in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday."
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When this article was first published, Feiglin was roundly condemned for calling for "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing" in Gaza. Now this exact plan is openly the policy of the government of Israel, but saying so is a "blood libel."
Even ten years ago, Feiglin's positions were viewed as vile and repulsive. Now read this and tell me if it sounds familiar.
www.israelnationalnews.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:23 PM
When this article was first published, Feiglin was roundly condemned for calling for "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing" in Gaza. Now this exact plan is openly the policy of the government of Israel, but saying so is a "blood libel."
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Tommy Robinson sent a letter to himself, he meant to log out and send it from a different account.
But he didn't.
Don't RT 🤣
But he didn't.
Don't RT 🤣
December 3, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Tommy Robinson sent a letter to himself, he meant to log out and send it from a different account.
But he didn't.
Don't RT 🤣
But he didn't.
Don't RT 🤣
December 4, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Tragic and evil...both Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Tutu condemned Israeli apartheid and violence as worse than the South African versions, and they knew a thing or two about oppression.
The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence - https://www.972mag.com/west-bank-villages-israeli-settler-violence/
The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence
Since October 7, over 50 rural Palestinian communities have been forced to abandon their homes amid intensifying settler attacks and harassment.
www.972mag.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Tragic and evil...both Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Tutu condemned Israeli apartheid and violence as worse than the South African versions, and they knew a thing or two about oppression.
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"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:12 PM
"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Prediction: If in the next 10 years China finds a way to develop better chips than the west, the US will move heaven and earth to force them to sell them to US companies.
Prediction: If in the next 10 years China finds a way to develop better chips than the west, the US will move heaven and earth to force them to sell them to US companies.
Chip war ramps up with new US semiconductor restrictions on China
Biden administration broadens limits on Chinese access to advanced microchip technology, with Donald Trump expected to go even further
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:20 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Prediction: If in the next 10 years China finds a way to develop better chips than the west, the US will move heaven and earth to force them to sell them to US companies.
Prediction: If in the next 10 years China finds a way to develop better chips than the west, the US will move heaven and earth to force them to sell them to US companies.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
So one dude threw a stinkbomb onto a whaling ship and another dude who wasn't there is on the hook for 15 years in a Japanese jail.
Ladies and gentlemen, the international rules-based order at work.
So one dude threw a stinkbomb onto a whaling ship and another dude who wasn't there is on the hook for 15 years in a Japanese jail.
Ladies and gentlemen, the international rules-based order at work.
Anti-whaling activist to learn if he will be extradited to Japan within 14 days
Paul Watson, an early Greenpeace member, says his imprisonment in Greenland is a ‘political case’
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:15 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
So one dude threw a stinkbomb onto a whaling ship and another dude who wasn't there is on the hook for 15 years in a Japanese jail.
Ladies and gentlemen, the international rules-based order at work.
So one dude threw a stinkbomb onto a whaling ship and another dude who wasn't there is on the hook for 15 years in a Japanese jail.
Ladies and gentlemen, the international rules-based order at work.
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Hello!! If you oppose NHS privatisation please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 💙🌟💙🌟
December 2, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Hello!! If you oppose NHS privatisation please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 💙🌟💙🌟
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The difference between Trump and previous US presidents is he also talks like a mafia boss. The others delivered precisely the same threats but were a little more coded in their messaging.
The difference between Trump and previous US presidents is he also talks like a mafia boss. The others delivered precisely the same threats but were a little more coded in their messaging.
Trump threat of 100% tariffs against Brics nations raises trade war fears
US president-elect threatens retaliation if emerging economies create new currency to rival US dollar
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The difference between Trump and previous US presidents is he also talks like a mafia boss. The others delivered precisely the same threats but were a little more coded in their messaging.
The difference between Trump and previous US presidents is he also talks like a mafia boss. The others delivered precisely the same threats but were a little more coded in their messaging.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Assad may well be a murderous thug, but it's just amazing that the Guardian can do a whole explainer on the situation without mentioning the US illegally building bases and occupying Syrian territory for the last 10 years
Assad may well be a murderous thug, but it's just amazing that the Guardian can do a whole explainer on the situation without mentioning the US illegally building bases and occupying Syrian territory for the last 10 years
Assault on Aleppo: who are the Syrian rebels HTS and why are they advancing?
The fast-moving offensive began on Wednesday, surprising forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad and his allies
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:20 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Assad may well be a murderous thug, but it's just amazing that the Guardian can do a whole explainer on the situation without mentioning the US illegally building bases and occupying Syrian territory for the last 10 years
Assad may well be a murderous thug, but it's just amazing that the Guardian can do a whole explainer on the situation without mentioning the US illegally building bases and occupying Syrian territory for the last 10 years