Ian Black
@balmachreuchie.bsky.social
Ukraine = Europe.
citizen. supporter of progressive causes: 💉 📚 🏡 🚌 🌻 🍉 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🏴. speaker of 🇫🇷 & 🇷🇴
citizen. supporter of progressive causes: 💉 📚 🏡 🚌 🌻 🍉 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🏴. speaker of 🇫🇷 & 🇷🇴
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“I am proud to have scrapped the two-child limit,” #Starmer intoned yesterday “and lifted half a million children out of poverty.” Fascinating to hear he’s extremely proud of doing something he last year suspended seven of his MPs for voting for.”
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“I am proud to have scrapped the two-child limit,” #Starmer intoned yesterday “and lifted half a million children out of poverty.” Fascinating to hear he’s extremely proud of doing something he last year suspended seven of his MPs for voting for.”
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Today's GB News TV advertisers include *PureCremation *CelebrationOfLifeCremations *SunLife *TonicSurgery *Lebara *Boxt *WeFixLondon *XmasTreeWorld *Belgica *PolishTourismOrganisation *AllClearTravel *CandlelightUK *MetallicElephant *Moneyfactscompare *SimplyFactoring *Dormeo *TwistedGifts
Last night a GB News commentator belittled antisemitic bullying as "banter" following recent allegations against a politician
This isn't just offensive - it risks normalising anti-Jewish abuse that has no place anywhere, let alone in schools
If you advertise on GB News, this is what you align with
This isn't just offensive - it risks normalising anti-Jewish abuse that has no place anywhere, let alone in schools
If you advertise on GB News, this is what you align with
December 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *PureCremation *CelebrationOfLifeCremations *SunLife *TonicSurgery *Lebara *Boxt *WeFixLondon *XmasTreeWorld *Belgica *PolishTourismOrganisation *AllClearTravel *CandlelightUK *MetallicElephant *Moneyfactscompare *SimplyFactoring *Dormeo *TwistedGifts
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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Apart from Trump and his criminal gang being personally paid off by Russia to get Ukraine to surrender.
🇺🇸‼️🇺🇦 The US is no longer financially involved in the war between Ukraine and Russia, — Trump
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Apart from Trump and his criminal gang being personally paid off by Russia to get Ukraine to surrender.
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You’ll never guess how the IDF decided to talk about killing these two kids, 8 and 11 years old, in its official statement
Two brothers killed in Israeli drone strike on Gaza
Fadi Abu Assi, 11, and Goma Abu Assi, eight, were gathering firewood at the time, their uncle said.
news.sky.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
You’ll never guess how the IDF decided to talk about killing these two kids, 8 and 11 years old, in its official statement
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Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
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The message here to students at OU is that you can get away with anything if you just claim your religious freedom is being violated.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The message here to students at OU is that you can get away with anything if you just claim your religious freedom is being violated.
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The First Amendment gives you the right to say whatever you want in your college paper.
But it does not give you the right to a good grade for it.
But it does not give you the right to a good grade for it.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The First Amendment gives you the right to say whatever you want in your college paper.
But it does not give you the right to a good grade for it.
But it does not give you the right to a good grade for it.
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Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
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We grow smaller everyday
Sorry, what now? So not only is Labour creating one of the most anti-asylum systems going, but they're now ending the unit which helps monitor and address situations related to emerging refugee crises and displacement. What could possibly go wrong with that plan?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Fears for UK security as Foreign Office moves to scrap unit on conflict and refugee crises
MPs warn axing FCDO’s migration and conflict directorate amid staff cuts risks undermining peace work and expertise
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We grow smaller everyday
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Now in its third year the vigils in Orkney continue to meet on the Kirk Green, Kirkwall, calling for a permanent ceasefire in #Gaza
Filmed by Mike Robertson for The Orkney News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FYP...
Filmed by Mike Robertson for The Orkney News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FYP...
Orkney's Vigil, International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
YouTube video by The Orkney News
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Now in its third year the vigils in Orkney continue to meet on the Kirk Green, Kirkwall, calling for a permanent ceasefire in #Gaza
Filmed by Mike Robertson for The Orkney News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FYP...
Filmed by Mike Robertson for The Orkney News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FYP...
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South Park gave Hegseth a russian medal and what looks like an Olympian Gold medal.
November 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
South Park gave Hegseth a russian medal and what looks like an Olympian Gold medal.
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Polish cartoonist Andrzej Rysuje nails it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Polish cartoonist Andrzej Rysuje nails it.
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A huge percent of our media class are high earners and from upper class backgrounds (most surveys find that less than 20% of media is from a working class background) so the way things like the budget is discussed definitely feels like it’s coming from people and media barons with money to conserve.
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A huge percent of our media class are high earners and from upper class backgrounds (most surveys find that less than 20% of media is from a working class background) so the way things like the budget is discussed definitely feels like it’s coming from people and media barons with money to conserve.
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I have just published my weekly update on modern war and strategic competition. This week, a focus on Putin's presser, peace talks, the fall of Yermak in #Ukraine, China's military / diplomatic aggression in the Pacific, as well as my Big 5 recommended reads. mickryan.substack.com/p/peace-nego...
Peace Negotiations Stumble On, Putin Lays Down a Marker, and the Fall of Yermak: The Big Five, 30 November edition
My regular update on war and strategic competition, with a focus on Putin's presser, the fall of Yermak and China's military and diplomatic aggression, as well as my Big Five recommended reads.
mickryan.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I have just published my weekly update on modern war and strategic competition. This week, a focus on Putin's presser, peace talks, the fall of Yermak in #Ukraine, China's military / diplomatic aggression in the Pacific, as well as my Big 5 recommended reads. mickryan.substack.com/p/peace-nego...
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Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents on Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials said, in the deadliest Israeli attack since its troops seized a swath of southern Syria a year ago.
apnews.com/article/isra...
apnews.com/article/isra...
Israeli forces kill at least 13 people in southern Syria raid, officials and residents say
Israeli forces have raided a village in southern Syria, killing at least 13 people, according to Syrian officials.
apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents on Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials said, in the deadliest Israeli attack since its troops seized a swath of southern Syria a year ago.
apnews.com/article/isra...
apnews.com/article/isra...
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Two things stand out about this picture:
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
It’s not where we come from that counts, it’s about where we’re going.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Two things stand out about this picture:
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
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It’s not where we come from that counts, it’s about where we’re going.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It’s not where we come from that counts, it’s about where we’re going.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
This is a good post 👇
Everything word of this is wrong. Cancelling isn't a thing. We don't expect anything of bad people. Bad people have no "newfound clarity."
Jesus Christ shut the fuck up forever, NY media creeps.
Jesus Christ shut the fuck up forever, NY media creeps.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is a good post 👇
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We'll be needing that back soon.
I just realised there is this little souvenir located in a park in Chelmsford UK - good reminder that Russia can be defeated ( my dogs just posing there )
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We'll be needing that back soon.
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This peace deal only has 3 steps.
1. Russia gets the land
2. Trump gets a bribe
3. Ukraine gets an empty promise
1. Russia gets the land
2. Trump gets a bribe
3. Ukraine gets an empty promise
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This peace deal only has 3 steps.
1. Russia gets the land
2. Trump gets a bribe
3. Ukraine gets an empty promise
1. Russia gets the land
2. Trump gets a bribe
3. Ukraine gets an empty promise
