jorge
@baldzera.bsky.social
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We need another $20,000 to hit our next crucial milestone of making it one-third of the way to our goal. We are not The Atlantic or the NYT. We will not ever promote open race "science" guys like Richard Hanania, or abandon trans people. Please help us compete those who would gofund.me/bb5e8eaed
December 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We need another $20,000 to hit our next crucial milestone of making it one-third of the way to our goal. We are not The Atlantic or the NYT. We will not ever promote open race "science" guys like Richard Hanania, or abandon trans people. Please help us compete those who would gofund.me/bb5e8eaed
There was a counterstrike player called Coldzera and when I started playing I was already bald
Explain your username
I was hotblack.is-verified.online as a verification joke but the domain got suspended so I had an invalid handle and thought why not make it official. I also have some shitty health issues so..
I’m an invalid with a handle that was invalid so now has the handle invalid handle
I was hotblack.is-verified.online as a verification joke but the domain got suspended so I had an invalid handle and thought why not make it official. I also have some shitty health issues so..
I’m an invalid with a handle that was invalid so now has the handle invalid handle
Explain you username:
I used to be alf.schlongalaxy.space on here then I decided to get respectable because reasons and my last name is sparkles and I eventually wanna change my first name to Tyranny because of jokes where people mistakenly spell it Tranny plus “tyranny Sparkles” is a sentence yaya
I used to be alf.schlongalaxy.space on here then I decided to get respectable because reasons and my last name is sparkles and I eventually wanna change my first name to Tyranny because of jokes where people mistakenly spell it Tranny plus “tyranny Sparkles” is a sentence yaya
October 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
There was a counterstrike player called Coldzera and when I started playing I was already bald
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
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October 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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Contra this, saw someone (correctly) describe our situation as the administration wanting to skip to the steps at the end of an authoritarian consolidation when they haven’t even managed the first ones
It's pretty clear that they got their Reichstag Fire with the Kirk assassination. Democracy is dead.
We now have a fascist dictator.
We now have a fascist dictator.
September 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Contra this, saw someone (correctly) describe our situation as the administration wanting to skip to the steps at the end of an authoritarian consolidation when they haven’t even managed the first ones
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Are they showing him the popularity graphs upside down?
Keir Starmer told his Cabinet today that tackling small boats is "central" to his administration and he will now "go further and faster" to "detain and remove" people, including potentially requiring them to have digital ID cards
September 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Are they showing him the popularity graphs upside down?
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one of the most baffling things about all this is that I really can't understand why nobody in government seems to be saying "guys the strategy isn't working"
The government's net approval rating has fallen to -59, Labour's lowest score to date
Approve: 11% (-2 from 23-25 August)
Disapprove: 70% (+3)
Net: -59 (-5)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Approve: 11% (-2 from 23-25 August)
Disapprove: 70% (+3)
Net: -59 (-5)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
September 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
one of the most baffling things about all this is that I really can't understand why nobody in government seems to be saying "guys the strategy isn't working"
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Since security guarantees are back in discussion, for those interested in the requirements, tasks, and what a European deterrence force might look like - check out this piece from back in March with Jack Watling. warontherocks.com/2025/03/will...
Willpower, Not Manpower, is Europe’s Main Limitation for a Force in Ukraine - War on the Rocks
Following a dramatic meeting in the White House, U.S. military support for Ukraine is perilously uncertain. Sustaining Ukraine in this war, and
warontherocks.com
August 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Since security guarantees are back in discussion, for those interested in the requirements, tasks, and what a European deterrence force might look like - check out this piece from back in March with Jack Watling. warontherocks.com/2025/03/will...
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Tomorrow's Mail: "Huge water damage caused by Labour as they put out fire."
August 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Tomorrow's Mail: "Huge water damage caused by Labour as they put out fire."
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What happens when an unstoppable Masterful Gambit meets an immovable Art of the Deal.
June 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
What happens when an unstoppable Masterful Gambit meets an immovable Art of the Deal.
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That guy is the epitome of the student politics wonker class, politics politics and more politics, never had a proper job in his life, ungrateful beneficiary of the residual pin-a-red-rosette-on-a-monkey voting tendencies that persist in parts of Scotland.
June 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
That guy is the epitome of the student politics wonker class, politics politics and more politics, never had a proper job in his life, ungrateful beneficiary of the residual pin-a-red-rosette-on-a-monkey voting tendencies that persist in parts of Scotland.
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Iconic image. SBU Chief Malyuk during the “Spiderweb” special operation.
June 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Iconic image. SBU Chief Malyuk during the “Spiderweb” special operation.
AI doesn't live up to the hype, but I have to wonder how it's being prompted to be this bad at a trivial programming task. I've used it to program things of similar or higher complexity, and it works fine so long as you describe the task correctly. Many videos on YouTube confirm this
It can't even write baby scripts for Windows! I needed a shell script to create a bunch of folders, basically mimicking a directory I had on another disc, and that script took longer to debug than if I'd googled 'example scripts' and used that instead
May 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
AI doesn't live up to the hype, but I have to wonder how it's being prompted to be this bad at a trivial programming task. I've used it to program things of similar or higher complexity, and it works fine so long as you describe the task correctly. Many videos on YouTube confirm this
There isn't a bullying problem on Bluesky
*immediately bullies a mentally ill person off the site for bringing up trans rights in a cringe way*
*immediately bullies a mentally ill person off the site for bringing up trans rights in a cringe way*
May 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
There isn't a bullying problem on Bluesky
*immediately bullies a mentally ill person off the site for bringing up trans rights in a cringe way*
*immediately bullies a mentally ill person off the site for bringing up trans rights in a cringe way*
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🚨Murder in Helmand🚨
In this episode, I spoke to @warmatters.bsky.social about BBC Panorama allegations regarding war crimes committed by UK forces in Afghanistan. We spoke about the wider issues it raises in the field of counterinsurgency and military policy.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
In this episode, I spoke to @warmatters.bsky.social about BBC Panorama allegations regarding war crimes committed by UK forces in Afghanistan. We spoke about the wider issues it raises in the field of counterinsurgency and military policy.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Murder in Helmand
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 17/05/2025 · 46m
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May 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🚨Murder in Helmand🚨
In this episode, I spoke to @warmatters.bsky.social about BBC Panorama allegations regarding war crimes committed by UK forces in Afghanistan. We spoke about the wider issues it raises in the field of counterinsurgency and military policy.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
In this episode, I spoke to @warmatters.bsky.social about BBC Panorama allegations regarding war crimes committed by UK forces in Afghanistan. We spoke about the wider issues it raises in the field of counterinsurgency and military policy.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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rare photograph of chief of staff Morgan McSweeney
May 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
rare photograph of chief of staff Morgan McSweeney
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I recently co-authored & circulated (with @alasianuti.bsky.social ) an open letter against Starmer’s anti-immigrant rules & rhetoric.
Over 100 of my UK-based political academics & writers signed it. Read the whole thing here:
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
Over 100 of my UK-based political academics & writers signed it. Read the whole thing here:
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
OPEN LETTER: 100+ UK Academics & Writers to Keir Starmer
New anti-immigrant rules are bad policy & will only validate the far-right
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I recently co-authored & circulated (with @alasianuti.bsky.social ) an open letter against Starmer’s anti-immigrant rules & rhetoric.
Over 100 of my UK-based political academics & writers signed it. Read the whole thing here:
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
Over 100 of my UK-based political academics & writers signed it. Read the whole thing here:
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
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Whenever someone talks about AI water usage I immediately discount their opinion. Water? Like from the toilet?
May 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Whenever someone talks about AI water usage I immediately discount their opinion. Water? Like from the toilet?
American exceptionalism takes many forms - sometimes it's Trump forgetting that Denmark contributed to GWOT, and sometimes it's self-styled defence analysts on Bluesky forgetting that anyone did.
Not that I can think of, but 20 years of GWOT was an arsonist’s accelerant
May 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
American exceptionalism takes many forms - sometimes it's Trump forgetting that Denmark contributed to GWOT, and sometimes it's self-styled defence analysts on Bluesky forgetting that anyone did.
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Welcome Dr Isadora Clivatti Furigo @isadoracfurigo.bsky.social to our new JNE ECR Editorial Board!
”This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from experienced editors...and to contribute by offering fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to the Board.”
www.neuroendo.org.uk...+
”This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from experienced editors...and to contribute by offering fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to the Board.”
www.neuroendo.org.uk...+
May 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Welcome Dr Isadora Clivatti Furigo @isadoracfurigo.bsky.social to our new JNE ECR Editorial Board!
”This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from experienced editors...and to contribute by offering fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to the Board.”
www.neuroendo.org.uk...+
”This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from experienced editors...and to contribute by offering fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to the Board.”
www.neuroendo.org.uk...+
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All happy lives are alike; every ruined life is ruined in its own way. But losing your job because you threatened to kill a former Democratic primary candidate for Minnesota State House on BlueSky for saying Star Wars wasn’t politically sophisticated is fascinating even by ruined life standards.
May 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
All happy lives are alike; every ruined life is ruined in its own way. But losing your job because you threatened to kill a former Democratic primary candidate for Minnesota State House on BlueSky for saying Star Wars wasn’t politically sophisticated is fascinating even by ruined life standards.
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Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being told by British governments how dreadful immigration is. New Labour did it. The Coalition. The Brexiters. Now Starmer. All of them accusing the ones who came before them of failing to clamp down. The same old vacant mean-spirited bollocks.
May 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being told by British governments how dreadful immigration is. New Labour did it. The Coalition. The Brexiters. Now Starmer. All of them accusing the ones who came before them of failing to clamp down. The same old vacant mean-spirited bollocks.
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Neon Liberalism #25: Samantha and guest Will Stancil talk the vexed question of whether politics is driven by merely material conditions and ask why tyrants are obsessed with their own popularity. www.liberalcurrents.com/neonliberali...
Neon Liberalism #25: Does the Narrative Matter?
Join Samantha and guest Will Stancil as they talk the vexed question of whether politics is driven by merely material conditions, ask why tyrants are obsessed with their own popularity, and assess why...
www.liberalcurrents.com
May 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Neon Liberalism #25: Samantha and guest Will Stancil talk the vexed question of whether politics is driven by merely material conditions and ask why tyrants are obsessed with their own popularity. www.liberalcurrents.com/neonliberali...
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/Freakonomics/ really has been one of the most corrosive pop culture phenomena of my lifetime. "You're actually wrong and your viewpoint is simplistic. The simplified *opposite* of that is the actual immutable truth!" gets us here so many times with very bad results
i’ve kinda become a little elitist about this, because it’s an example of a thing you see a lot where stupid people take a pretty nuanced/detailed critique of the conventional Sunday school version of history, & flatten it until they have something *way* more wrong than the default narrative
This is a ridiculous oversimplification that centers American history and ignores that Nazis were Germans, tied to a literature in German, talking to other German speaking people and were not primarily concerned with the United States. Yes, they liked Jim Crow and 'Manifest Destiny'
April 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
/Freakonomics/ really has been one of the most corrosive pop culture phenomena of my lifetime. "You're actually wrong and your viewpoint is simplistic. The simplified *opposite* of that is the actual immutable truth!" gets us here so many times with very bad results
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the thing about waiting for the perfect victim is that fascists simply lie all the time. they will smear anyone. it's what they do.
The moral and legal case for Abrego Garcia is very strong—govt blatantly violated his rights without due process—but also, the claim that he’s a “bad” victim to highlight doesn’t match reality. Van Hollen visit, Joe Rogan mention, NYT homepage, and more. It’s a sympathetic human interest story now.
Let's see what the 'this site sucks folks are up to back on the other site, ah
April 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
the thing about waiting for the perfect victim is that fascists simply lie all the time. they will smear anyone. it's what they do.