Alpine Migrant
@alpinemigrant.bsky.social
Haute-Savoie, ex-Bristol. EU and UK citizen. Crypto-sceptic.
They’re depressing. There’s
consumerism, envy and greed and precious little insight, analysis or even any sense of hope.
I buy the FT Weekend for all of those instead.
consumerism, envy and greed and precious little insight, analysis or even any sense of hope.
I buy the FT Weekend for all of those instead.
I used to absolutely love reading Sunday newspapers.
It was an indulgence to just kick back and lose myself in reading about a whole load of fascinating topics I would never have thought to explore.
Now it feels like being beaten with a bouncy castle — alarming but ultimately just a load of puff.
It was an indulgence to just kick back and lose myself in reading about a whole load of fascinating topics I would never have thought to explore.
Now it feels like being beaten with a bouncy castle — alarming but ultimately just a load of puff.
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
They’re depressing. There’s
consumerism, envy and greed and precious little insight, analysis or even any sense of hope.
I buy the FT Weekend for all of those instead.
consumerism, envy and greed and precious little insight, analysis or even any sense of hope.
I buy the FT Weekend for all of those instead.
A Labour Leader who wanted to stay in the EU would have swung the referendum.
The swing you needed was absolutely tiny.
The swing you needed was absolutely tiny.
That's not to say the experiment did not have serious costs. A serious Labour Party could have won the 2016 referendum for Remain. It might also have peeled Tory MPs away from no-deal Brexitism after 2017.
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A Labour Leader who wanted to stay in the EU would have swung the referendum.
The swing you needed was absolutely tiny.
The swing you needed was absolutely tiny.
Ottolenghi’s mustardy cauliflower cheese, honey roast parsnips and a lemon spatchcock chicken …
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Ottolenghi’s mustardy cauliflower cheese, honey roast parsnips and a lemon spatchcock chicken …
I probably phoned my parents once a week while at university.
It was 1993 so email/SMS etc were no options. Is this unusual?
It was 1993 so email/SMS etc were no options. Is this unusual?
People are very hard on young people on here, lack of critical thinking, lack of responsibility etc, and then you see something like this and it all makes a different kind of sense.
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I probably phoned my parents once a week while at university.
It was 1993 so email/SMS etc were no options. Is this unusual?
It was 1993 so email/SMS etc were no options. Is this unusual?
Took the family estate for
a winter rally earlier …
a winter rally earlier …
November 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Took the family estate for
a winter rally earlier …
a winter rally earlier …
Interested in what makes a Christmas song a banger destined for yearly repeat?
Why is Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin’ Stevens an exemplar of that while Thank God it’s Christmas by Queen just seems lame and cynical?
What’s the magic ingredient? 🎅🏼🎄🎶🎵
Why is Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin’ Stevens an exemplar of that while Thank God it’s Christmas by Queen just seems lame and cynical?
What’s the magic ingredient? 🎅🏼🎄🎶🎵
November 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Interested in what makes a Christmas song a banger destined for yearly repeat?
Why is Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin’ Stevens an exemplar of that while Thank God it’s Christmas by Queen just seems lame and cynical?
What’s the magic ingredient? 🎅🏼🎄🎶🎵
Why is Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin’ Stevens an exemplar of that while Thank God it’s Christmas by Queen just seems lame and cynical?
What’s the magic ingredient? 🎅🏼🎄🎶🎵
It strikes me that Lord Rothermere should be black-balled. And his wife too.
On every public policy committee I sat on - gambling, drugs, animal experiments, law of homicide and others - someone would ask ‘But what would the Daily Mail say about our recommendations?’ I now regret that we never gave the right answer. ‘We shouldn’t care.’
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It strikes me that Lord Rothermere should be black-balled. And his wife too.
Pre-compliance. I wonder what their staff and students think?
The vice-chancellor expects Nigel Farage to model his policies on Trump and says other Russell Group members are meeting his allies
Cambridge University cosies up to Reform
The vice-chancellor expects Nigel Farage to model his policies on Trump and says other Russell Group members are meeting his allies
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Pre-compliance. I wonder what their staff and students think?
You open it up and eat it when you have people round. This isn’t complicated.
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
You open it up and eat it when you have people round. This isn’t complicated.
I didn’t know this story but it shows how one person can make a difference in a time of depravity.
Comparisons between the Trump admin and the Nazis are overblown but it does strike me as frightening how few are willing to stand up to the former.
Comparisons between the Trump admin and the Nazis are overblown but it does strike me as frightening how few are willing to stand up to the former.
Also, I recently found out about Herman's much, much more fun and badass younger brother Albert.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_...
Albert Göring - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I didn’t know this story but it shows how one person can make a difference in a time of depravity.
Comparisons between the Trump admin and the Nazis are overblown but it does strike me as frightening how few are willing to stand up to the former.
Comparisons between the Trump admin and the Nazis are overblown but it does strike me as frightening how few are willing to stand up to the former.
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“.. At the center of President Trump’s contentious plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war isn’t peace: it’s profit.”
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-2-tri...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“.. At the center of President Trump’s contentious plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war isn’t peace: it’s profit.”
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-2-tri...
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-2-tri...
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The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
Me: Printers, like airport car rental are in desperate need of creative disruption.
Tech Bros: No, you need energy-consumptive AI with a side order of fascism.
Tech Bros: No, you need energy-consumptive AI with a side order of fascism.
Why are printers so shit
November 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Me: Printers, like airport car rental are in desperate need of creative disruption.
Tech Bros: No, you need energy-consumptive AI with a side order of fascism.
Tech Bros: No, you need energy-consumptive AI with a side order of fascism.
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Annecy Christmas Market, lads!
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Annecy Christmas Market, lads!
Annecy Christmas Market, lads!
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Annecy Christmas Market, lads!
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It’s clear to anyone paying attention that Farage won’t investigate the Russian infiltration of Reform.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It’s clear to anyone paying attention that Farage won’t investigate the Russian infiltration of Reform.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
Grotesque malevolence.
This is just revolting cruelty, done to pander to racists who won't give it the time of day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Grotesque malevolence.
"Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms... Enthusiasms... What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?"
November 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms... Enthusiasms... What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?"
Thanksgiving-related comedy
This is bullshit. I was like a ninja flitting in and out of the kitchen when it was available, and all my dishes were ready at 4 on the dot. Chuck showed up 50 minutes late, and my falafel waffle was cold
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Thanksgiving-related comedy
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Why wouldn’t you want to know? What have you got to fear? Losing your precious Brexit? Being revealed as a traitor and a liar?
Surely, anyone decent and honest who genuinely cares about our country and our democracy has nothing to lose from this. So, sign up.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Surely, anyone decent and honest who genuinely cares about our country and our democracy has nothing to lose from this. So, sign up.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Why wouldn’t you want to know? What have you got to fear? Losing your precious Brexit? Being revealed as a traitor and a liar?
Surely, anyone decent and honest who genuinely cares about our country and our democracy has nothing to lose from this. So, sign up.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Surely, anyone decent and honest who genuinely cares about our country and our democracy has nothing to lose from this. So, sign up.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Would be very interesting to hear Admiral McRaven’s take on this. I doubt he’d approve of his successor’s behaviour.
This the man who degraded his uniform by accepting and giving an order to murder men in the water.
Unsurprisingly, no seaman but another product of the murder-school that the US special forces have become.
Try, convict, degrade, imprison and shut it all down.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_M...
Unsurprisingly, no seaman but another product of the murder-school that the US special forces have become.
Try, convict, degrade, imprison and shut it all down.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_M...
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Would be very interesting to hear Admiral McRaven’s take on this. I doubt he’d approve of his successor’s behaviour.
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Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I’m an ardent pro-European and unlike most of the people replying to this, I think this represents a profound lack of flex at a time of existential crisis - on behalf of the EU.
Brexit was a dumbfuck move. EU responding in kind with the US abandoning all of us is fucking insane.
😡😡😡
Brexit was a dumbfuck move. EU responding in kind with the US abandoning all of us is fucking insane.
😡😡😡
Talks for UK to join EU defence fund collapse in blow to Starmer’s bid to reset relations
Talks for UK to join EU defence fund collapse in blow to Starmer’s bid to reset relations
UK had been pushing to join €150bn Safe fund, a loan scheme that is part of bloc’s drive to rearm Europe
Keir Starmer’s bid to reset relations with the EU suffered a major blow on Friday, after negotiations for the UK to join the EU’s flagship €150bn (£131bn) defence fund collapsed.
The UK had been pushing to join the EU’s Security Action for Europe (Safe) fund, a low-interest loan scheme that is part of the EU’s drive to boost defence spending by €800bn and rearm the continent, in response to the growing threat from Russia and cooling relations between Donald Trump’s US and the EU. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I’m an ardent pro-European and unlike most of the people replying to this, I think this represents a profound lack of flex at a time of existential crisis - on behalf of the EU.
Brexit was a dumbfuck move. EU responding in kind with the US abandoning all of us is fucking insane.
😡😡😡
Brexit was a dumbfuck move. EU responding in kind with the US abandoning all of us is fucking insane.
😡😡😡
Kicked backside!
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Kicked backside!