marktalbot
@marktalbot.bsky.social
Leadership coach/consultant, ex-R&D scientist, father/grandfather, FFC supporter. Primary interest - the psychology of change/growth.
Son of RAF victim of Russian aggression.
Son of RAF victim of Russian aggression.
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This year, I’d like to say a special thank you to our incredible emergency services who are working hard to keep Londoners safe today and during the festive period.
You are London at its very best.
You are London at its very best.
December 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This year, I’d like to say a special thank you to our incredible emergency services who are working hard to keep Londoners safe today and during the festive period.
You are London at its very best.
You are London at its very best.
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Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
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This is Johnson talking about rejoining Erasmus. A programme he promised not to leave and then did so anyway. Slamming the door on opportunities for our young people. Now he talks of gunning down those who attempt to fix his ruinous mess. The man is an irredeemable wanker.
December 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This is Johnson talking about rejoining Erasmus. A programme he promised not to leave and then did so anyway. Slamming the door on opportunities for our young people. Now he talks of gunning down those who attempt to fix his ruinous mess. The man is an irredeemable wanker.
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Great news that won’t be reported by American mainstream press. Russia’s Black Sea fleet has nowhere to hide.
There are a lot of stories like this that seem not to effect the overall narrative of the war for some odd reason.
www.theconcis.com/p/novorossiy...
www.theconcis.com/p/novorossiy...
Novorossiysk Was Russia’s Last Sanctuary. It Just Fell.
The Black Sea Has No Safe Harbor Left for Russia
www.theconcis.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Great news that won’t be reported by American mainstream press. Russia’s Black Sea fleet has nowhere to hide.
What's the chances they add an S ......?
Imbecilic cultists.
Welcome to The Donald Trump and The John F Kennedy Center
December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What's the chances they add an S ......?
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I cannot express how dangerous DOJ's actions are to free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028. Access to and the misuse of this data is almost certain to be the central fight for the 2026 midterms. Yet, too few are paying attention and treating this as seriously as they should.
December 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I cannot express how dangerous DOJ's actions are to free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028. Access to and the misuse of this data is almost certain to be the central fight for the 2026 midterms. Yet, too few are paying attention and treating this as seriously as they should.
The bottom line in FIFA's Trumped-up World Cup - told brilliantly as always www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Welcome to the 2026 World Cup shakedown! The price of a ticket: the integrity of the game | Marina Hyde
In World Cup parlance, Qatar was Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s qualifier. Now it’s the big time for Trump’s dictator-curious protege, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The bottom line in FIFA's Trumped-up World Cup - told brilliantly as always www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
He gets 10% on all new marble sales
December 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
He gets 10% on all new marble sales
"Literally" .......... pure genius!
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"Literally" .......... pure genius!
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Let Rep. Thompson give a lesson in Reporting 101 to about half the DC press corps.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Let Rep. Thompson give a lesson in Reporting 101 to about half the DC press corps.
More blatant lies ignored .......
Trump on Zelenskyy: "He has to realistic. And I do wonder about how long is it gonna be until they have an election? 82% of Ukrainian people are demanding a settlement be made."
December 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
More blatant lies ignored .......
Have it missed it or does no journalist ever respond to Trump by saying that he is proven to lie over and over again? A simple fact that is routinely ignored just so the journalists can keep their space in the room soaking up his lies, his racism, his corruption ....
Q: What changes do you want to see at CNN under new ownership?
TRUMP: I'm not involved in that. I will be probably involved in the decision. It's imperative that CNN be sold.
TRUMP: I'm not involved in that. I will be probably involved in the decision. It's imperative that CNN be sold.
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Have it missed it or does no journalist ever respond to Trump by saying that he is proven to lie over and over again? A simple fact that is routinely ignored just so the journalists can keep their space in the room soaking up his lies, his racism, his corruption ....
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It’s going to take them “a while”?
Republicans started promising an ACA alternative in ... June 2009. tinyurl.com/3at57hmh
Republicans started promising an ACA alternative in ... June 2009. tinyurl.com/3at57hmh
Roger Marshall on Republicans replacing the ACA: "It's gonna take us a while to figure out the right way to do it"
December 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It’s going to take them “a while”?
Republicans started promising an ACA alternative in ... June 2009. tinyurl.com/3at57hmh
Republicans started promising an ACA alternative in ... June 2009. tinyurl.com/3at57hmh
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The conflation of "foreign criminals" and "illegal migrants" is disgusting.
Vile when some people don't have a safe route to flee from the utter detestation & brutality of war.
It's all grim enough without the Labour Government pushing further misinformation.
Vile when some people don't have a safe route to flee from the utter detestation & brutality of war.
It's all grim enough without the Labour Government pushing further misinformation.
The Home Office continues to use language that its own data refutes
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The conflation of "foreign criminals" and "illegal migrants" is disgusting.
Vile when some people don't have a safe route to flee from the utter detestation & brutality of war.
It's all grim enough without the Labour Government pushing further misinformation.
Vile when some people don't have a safe route to flee from the utter detestation & brutality of war.
It's all grim enough without the Labour Government pushing further misinformation.
It's notable that US commentators often talk about the cost to US taxpayers of supporting Europe/NATO without mentioning the massive US profits from US arms sales to Europe.
Americans will demand that Europe does more to rearm and then complain when Europeans ignore an America they no longer need.
It ain't just Trump, folks. NYT says it's time to pony up, U.S. allies: "A more secure world will almost certainly require more military commitment from allies like Canada, Japan, and Europe, which have long relied on American taxpayers to bankroll their protection." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's notable that US commentators often talk about the cost to US taxpayers of supporting Europe/NATO without mentioning the massive US profits from US arms sales to Europe.
Trump lives in a world of 'everybody' or 'nobody' .. the binary logic of a late-developing 6-year old
POLITICO: The Pope has called your immigration actions "inhumane." Do you take that seriously?
TRUMP: I haven't seen that. I mean, maybe he has. I mean, he also didn't like the wall.
TRUMP: I haven't seen that. I mean, maybe he has. I mean, he also didn't like the wall.
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump lives in a world of 'everybody' or 'nobody' .. the binary logic of a late-developing 6-year old
FIFA head Infantino cites 'cease-fire in Gaza' ......... NB there is no cease-fire in Gaza you corrupt disgrace of a man !!!
This is how my local paper in the swing state of Nevada covered it: Huge picture, AP story with nary a hint that this was weird or corrupt.
As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
December 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
FIFA head Infantino cites 'cease-fire in Gaza' ......... NB there is no cease-fire in Gaza you corrupt disgrace of a man !!!
Perhaps FIFA can publish the short-list of candidates that they considered for this award ... the composition of the panel involved in the assessment and the criteria they used in the decision-making process?? How about England's FIFA representative putting this out in the public domain??
It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Donald Trump: US president named inaugural Fifa Peace Prize winner
US President Donald Trump receives the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Perhaps FIFA can publish the short-list of candidates that they considered for this award ... the composition of the panel involved in the assessment and the criteria they used in the decision-making process?? How about England's FIFA representative putting this out in the public domain??
It's a first .... two (see you next) Tuesday's come together on a Friday! Everyone involved in this disgusting, immoral corrupt circus should hold their heads in shame 🤮
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It's a first .... two (see you next) Tuesday's come together on a Friday! Everyone involved in this disgusting, immoral corrupt circus should hold their heads in shame 🤮
What are the Europeans doing to sanction war criminal Russia's 'great friend' India?
Putin and Modi beam at the Russia-India business forum in Delhi. Putin calls for expanding ties beyond energy and defense “in all areas.” Modi briefly spoke about the Russian invasion and said India stands “on the side of peace”
Yet the red carpet for a war criminal says more than any speech could
Yet the red carpet for a war criminal says more than any speech could
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
What are the Europeans doing to sanction war criminal Russia's 'great friend' India?
Hegseth describes the smoke surrounding an exploded boat as the 'fog of war'. The man is an incompetent, narcissistic charlatan.
1. America is not at war in the Caribbean. 2. The “fog of war”, as Robert McNamara came to realize after the Vietnam war, is precisely the reason why you don’t let loose unrestricted violence in zones where you don’t know whether or not people are combatants. www.ft.com/content/5566...
Pete Hegseth invokes ‘fog of war’ as backlash grows over strikes on boats
US defence secretary defends legality of US attacks on alleged drug smugglers in Caribbean
www.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Hegseth describes the smoke surrounding an exploded boat as the 'fog of war'. The man is an incompetent, narcissistic charlatan.
Hegseth: I want to make it clear that Jack Nicholson -- no, I mean Admiral Bradley and his Code Red command has my full support
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Hegseth: I want to make it clear that Jack Nicholson -- no, I mean Admiral Bradley and his Code Red command has my full support
Come on The Guardian! How many times can an 'exclusive' be served up? = 'crackdown on tax avoidance'; 'more homes to be built' etc etc
EXCL: The UK is hoping to secure an agreement within weeks to rejoin the EU’s flagship student mobility programme, as part of a drive to pursue closer relations with Brussels after a setback on defence @ecourea.bsky.social & @kiranstacey.bsky.social report www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme
Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Come on The Guardian! How many times can an 'exclusive' be served up? = 'crackdown on tax avoidance'; 'more homes to be built' etc etc