DP Durlston Powell
durlstonp.bsky.social
DP Durlston Powell
@durlstonp.bsky.social
Semiretired Systems Engineer. Author of the other #Commander book - http://amzn.to/3orjYEi. Disillusioned F1 fan. Grassroots #EDH player. Wales, UK. He/Him
As a policy/procurement specialist, Lagasse's proposals can't add to the bureaucracy crippling that part of MOD, or spread it into real-time operations. Being a red card holder is already challenging enough without Vietnam War era political intervention. We need a military accountable but empowered.
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Given the FBI definition of terrorism, ICE raids conducted without a judge-signed warrant would be a terrorist act, and ICE itself would be a terrorist organisation.

It could be an interesting charge to bring on the agents waiting at courts.
August 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
August 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Pre-election he was talking about camps for the homeless. Voluntary camps that they could leave at any time. They would be arrested & thrown in jail if they left, but the camps were going to be 'voluntary'. The public didn't care then. They won't care now. US citizens sent to camps for being poor.
August 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
If you're that far across the country, you may want to drop into Lacock (lay-cock) for an hour or so. Very 1900s British village that has been kept. The home of true photography (by Fox Talbot) rather than daguerreotypes.

Lacock, Wiltshire | National Trust share.google/aYVsV0PogukY...
July 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Sorry that my post upsets you. That was never my intent. Honestly.

I used the word purposely as I have seen reports from some states on the issue where there has been no mention (& so I make no assumption) of rape. What I've seen reported more closely matches most dictionaries' primary definition:
June 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Really?

Though, I suppose this cop is in shape. The shape of a sphere.
June 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Does youth have any link to understanding "the problems affecting the generations of the working class"?

Big Balls, Musk, Shapiro, and Carson all fall in the working age, but do any of them understand the problems of the working class? I'd take Bernie over any of them.
May 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Why are representatives of genocidal countries allowed to compete in Eurovision? I thought the precedent was clearly set with the dropping of Russia in 2022. Now Israel has publicly admitted it intends to annexe Gaza, the country deserves the same treatment as Russia.
May 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I was going to buy Lie-Nielsen tools to match some that I already own. Except why would I buy from a country that has imposed arbitrary tariffs on the UK (which has a trade deficit with the US) when equally good Canadian tools are also available? #BoycottTrump #BoycottUSA
May 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As I thought. Very brownshirty.
May 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Hell, no. At least Domri got a part in the story. The dirtiest of dirty was definitely tacking Dack's name onto a random casualty list!
April 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Who cares about any other cardinal than Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa? Seriously, he could be Pope Pierbattista Pizzaballa!
April 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
When will he realise that every line on a map is artificial?
April 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"Follow live updates"? Seriously, AP. Do you think his condition is going to change?
April 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
No judge? Allow me to present...
March 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We now have @aoc.bsky.social, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social, @avindman.bsky.social on bluesky. As @cherijacobus.bsky.social is calling for, they need to stake out media ground with a daily briefing. If you want to know what that looks like, @straczynski.bsky.social showed us 30 years ago!
February 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I found that they've turned off posting for reporting errors, but you can add photo updates. 😁
February 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Of the 17.5 million people killed by the Nazis in camps, 11 million of them were not Jewish. The Jews weren't even the largest single ethnic group killed. That was the Soviets, at 8.7 million.
January 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
On this Holocaust Memorial Day, let's not choose to ignore the 11 million non-Jewish people who were also slaughtered by the Nazis. The world needs to remember that facism doesn't limit its abhorent cruelty to whoever it gets the public to hate. Europe remembers the Holocaust.
January 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I can picture it now.
January 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
That the nazis killed 1.1 million there is sickening. That it was just 1 of the death camps that killed over 17 million in 5 years is mind-bogglingly disgusting. I do wonder what the 50 survivors have to say about the shift from "Never Again" to what Israel has done to Palestinians over 70 years.
January 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The national average is level 2 (according to OECD), though 18% are at level 1 or below. For reference:
January 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The fat cats at the top never give a damn about the workers that they literally see beneath them. It's long overdue the time to unionise Santa's Grotto.
December 24, 2024 at 3:39 PM
I'm afraid my German written comprehension is poor, but the US press was printing unquestioning articles like this:
December 24, 2024 at 12:49 PM