John The Elder🦋
@j1oakley.bsky.social
John the Elder
I retired as a computer scientist 15 years ago to concentrate on worldwide events. My politics are now left of centre. I now write poetry as I'm severely disabled by a stroke, but still creative.
@j1oakley.bsky.social
I retired as a computer scientist 15 years ago to concentrate on worldwide events. My politics are now left of centre. I now write poetry as I'm severely disabled by a stroke, but still creative.
@j1oakley.bsky.social
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Gazette December 2025 - Bylines Network
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December 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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December 20, 2025
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December 20, 2025
On November 19, 2025, Congress passed H.R.
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December 20, 2025
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Political Division in Western Democracies
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Political Division in Western Democracies
Material Foundations and Media Amplification
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October 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Political Division in Western Democracies
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We Are Totally Dependent On The Internet
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We Are Totally Dependent On The Internet
The hidden Infrastructures that keeps the Internet running
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August 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We Are Totally Dependent On The Internet
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Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook
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Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook
Our New Series on How Russia Attacked the 2016 U.S. Election to Help Trump Win
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July 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook
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Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook
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Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook
Our New Series on How Russia Attacked the 2016 U.S. Election to Help Trump Win
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July 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook
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Cleo Laine has died at 97. RIP you angel.
Judith and I had the pleasure of being members of the Wavenden Allmusic Plan charity when we first got married and we gradually got more involved as Wavenden, their home, was about 25 miles from where we lived.
Judith and I had the pleasure of being members of the Wavenden Allmusic Plan charity when we first got married and we gradually got more involved as Wavenden, their home, was about 25 miles from where we lived.
July 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Cleo Laine has died at 97. RIP you angel.
Judith and I had the pleasure of being members of the Wavenden Allmusic Plan charity when we first got married and we gradually got more involved as Wavenden, their home, was about 25 miles from where we lived.
Judith and I had the pleasure of being members of the Wavenden Allmusic Plan charity when we first got married and we gradually got more involved as Wavenden, their home, was about 25 miles from where we lived.
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Actually, Elon Musk didn’t create PayPal, Tesla, or SpaceX. | Michael Gibson
Actually, Elon Musk didn’t create PayPal, Tesla, or SpaceX. That’s media mythology; carefully constructed and legally enforced.
It’s branding; it's all a lie!
PayPal was founded by Peter Thiel, ...
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July 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Nobody's talking about it on Bluesky yet, but on Twitter there are several reports that Corbyn is furious at the gun being jumped on the announcement of a new party.
Will the initiative die before it ever gets started? The next few hours and days will tell...
Will the initiative die before it ever gets started? The next few hours and days will tell...
July 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Nobody's talking about it on Bluesky yet, but on Twitter there are several reports that Corbyn is furious at the gun being jumped on the announcement of a new party.
Will the initiative die before it ever gets started? The next few hours and days will tell...
Will the initiative die before it ever gets started? The next few hours and days will tell...
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Israel and Palestine
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Israel and Palestine
et al.
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July 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Israel and Palestine
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The Great Corporate Innovation Paradox:
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The Great Corporate Innovation Paradox:
How to Save Millions, Win Awards, and Watch it All Disappear in a Boardroom
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June 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Great Corporate Innovation Paradox:
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"The head of the CIA has said US strikes "severely damaged" Iran's nuclear facilities and set them back years, diverging from a leaked intelligence report that angered President Donald Trump by downplaying the raid's impact."
June 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"The head of the CIA has said US strikes "severely damaged" Iran's nuclear facilities and set them back years, diverging from a leaked intelligence report that angered President Donald Trump by downplaying the raid's impact."
Our King in the UK is a tourist attraction with no real power. Sure, his family are rich, but that is mainly due to the laws of inheritance, not because he is King. He has no REAL power. That is vested in Parliament, a democratic political system, just like the USA and many other countries.
June 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Our King in the UK is a tourist attraction with no real power. Sure, his family are rich, but that is mainly due to the laws of inheritance, not because he is King. He has no REAL power. That is vested in Parliament, a democratic political system, just like the USA and many other countries.
Met an active duty member of the military yesterday who filed conscientious objector paperwork in response to deployment of military on U.S. soil.
Was told multiple Army have filed, unknown quantities in other branches.
Was told multiple Army have filed, unknown quantities in other branches.
June 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
June 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
June 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
But the decisisions about "security" are made by a group of MPs, most of whom would not recognise a computer if it took a bite out of their leg ( or had Microsoft on in ). "Consultants advise, Politicins decide".
June 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
But the decisisions about "security" are made by a group of MPs, most of whom would not recognise a computer if it took a bite out of their leg ( or had Microsoft on in ). "Consultants advise, Politicins decide".