Ian Black
@balmachreuchie.bsky.social
Ukraine = Europe.
citizen. supporter of progressive causes: 💉 📚 🏡 🚌 🌻 🍉 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🏴. speaker of 🇫🇷 & 🇷🇴
citizen. supporter of progressive causes: 💉 📚 🏡 🚌 🌻 🍉 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🏴. speaker of 🇫🇷 & 🇷🇴
self-explanatory. we live in an age of scoundrels, and mouthpieces for scoundrels.
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
self-explanatory. we live in an age of scoundrels, and mouthpieces for scoundrels.
Just watched the 4 part Death By Lightning.
Engrossing. Will win awards, for sure.
Engrossing. Will win awards, for sure.
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Just watched the 4 part Death By Lightning.
Engrossing. Will win awards, for sure.
Engrossing. Will win awards, for sure.
Ask this guy 👇 he was paying very close attention
November 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Ask this guy 👇 he was paying very close attention
Some very pleasing news from New York, a stunning victory for Zohran Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Some very pleasing news from New York, a stunning victory for Zohran Mamdani.
Plaid Cymru 🏴 convincing win
October 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Plaid Cymru 🏴 convincing win
Why are the Mones not in prison yet? Can’t think why.
October 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Why are the Mones not in prison yet? Can’t think why.
Two things one after the other on my timeline and I am still as convinced as ever that Starmer is a dud, a void, who simply doesn’t have either the intellectual scope or strategic acuity to grasp any of that, much less do anything about it
August 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Two things one after the other on my timeline and I am still as convinced as ever that Starmer is a dud, a void, who simply doesn’t have either the intellectual scope or strategic acuity to grasp any of that, much less do anything about it
Robert Del Naja puts it very well.
August 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Robert Del Naja puts it very well.
No surprise here, interesting test of authoritarian/anti-authoritarian values.
Wondering how coherent internally some of these groups are.
Wondering how coherent internally some of these groups are.
July 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
No surprise here, interesting test of authoritarian/anti-authoritarian values.
Wondering how coherent internally some of these groups are.
Wondering how coherent internally some of these groups are.
You need the resilience of this author - spotted this on Friday
July 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
You need the resilience of this author - spotted this on Friday
That’s genius. The NYT deserves to be mocked like this on a drip feed.
July 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
That’s genius. The NYT deserves to be mocked like this on a drip feed.
this is a very good piece of writing, very strong penultimate paragraph 👇
July 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
this is a very good piece of writing, very strong penultimate paragraph 👇
Nicolae Ceauşescu was also very impressed with N. Korean authoritarianism, commemorative practices, and the cult of personality. He loved to be the centre of attention, so one year, not long after he ordered troops to shoot civilians, they made him the centrepiece of their Christmas Day festivities.
June 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Nicolae Ceauşescu was also very impressed with N. Korean authoritarianism, commemorative practices, and the cult of personality. He loved to be the centre of attention, so one year, not long after he ordered troops to shoot civilians, they made him the centrepiece of their Christmas Day festivities.
this sort of threat, from one of the party's high flyers, will encourage people, surely...
May 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
this sort of threat, from one of the party's high flyers, will encourage people, surely...
"Goodwill" - so it's "goodwill" we have to thank for governments ignoring mass murder.
May 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"Goodwill" - so it's "goodwill" we have to thank for governments ignoring mass murder.
Reading about the so-called ‘Great Leap Forward’ - no particular reason.
April 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Reading about the so-called ‘Great Leap Forward’ - no particular reason.
A lot of people today seem unduly surprised to discover that Niall Ferguson is a massive wanker. (Credit though to all the people who knew this already)
April 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A lot of people today seem unduly surprised to discover that Niall Ferguson is a massive wanker. (Credit though to all the people who knew this already)
this is a more appropriate headline
April 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
this is a more appropriate headline