JC 🇺🇦
@melodiousthunk.bsky.social
Just quietly watching the world go by, sharing the cheerful and interesting, free of Twitter nonsense.
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🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
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This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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US-Friedensplan für die Ukraine
US peace plan for Ukraine
US peace plan for Ukraine
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
US-Friedensplan für die Ukraine
US peace plan for Ukraine
US peace plan for Ukraine
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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If you’re nervous speaking in front of an audience, just imagine they’re sat there in their underwear - 13th century, Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, 2200, f. 57v
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
If you’re nervous speaking in front of an audience, just imagine they’re sat there in their underwear - 13th century, Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, 2200, f. 57v
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No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
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This is Bolt. He just learned how to speak. Thinks it works best when he uses his whole body. 12/10 (TT: gavi_570)
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is Bolt. He just learned how to speak. Thinks it works best when he uses his whole body. 12/10 (TT: gavi_570)
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This is the best email I got
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is the best email I got
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I had just published a deep dive 🧵 on X today when the transcript of the insane phone call between Steve Witkoff & Yuri Ushakov leaked today.
It did not come as a surprise for me, as I had been working on this thread for a few days already.
It’s very clear who Witkoff is.
It can find it here:
It did not come as a surprise for me, as I had been working on this thread for a few days already.
It’s very clear who Witkoff is.
It can find it here:
Thread by @IneBackIversen on Thread Reader App
@IneBackIversen: 1: Let’s talk about Steve Witkoff, because I think the narrative of him being a “useful idiot” is a dangerous trap to walk in. It’s darker than that. Witkoff has spent three decades s...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I had just published a deep dive 🧵 on X today when the transcript of the insane phone call between Steve Witkoff & Yuri Ushakov leaked today.
It did not come as a surprise for me, as I had been working on this thread for a few days already.
It’s very clear who Witkoff is.
It can find it here:
It did not come as a surprise for me, as I had been working on this thread for a few days already.
It’s very clear who Witkoff is.
It can find it here:
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Budget sketch! www.ft.com/content/903c...
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Budget sketch! www.ft.com/content/903c...
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Painting (Man with a Pipe) https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/not_detected_227983
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Painting (Man with a Pipe) https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/not_detected_227983
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Painting by Jen Orpin ‘On Thin Ice’
Oil on cradled board. Size 15 x 30cm.
Oil on cradled board. Size 15 x 30cm.
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Painting by Jen Orpin ‘On Thin Ice’
Oil on cradled board. Size 15 x 30cm.
Oil on cradled board. Size 15 x 30cm.
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Let there be light... from the Anna Ancher exhibition @dulwichgallery.bsky.social in south-east London, this is Evening Sun in the Artist's Studio at Markvej in Skagen, northern Denmark (after 1913, Skagens Museum). Read about the show on our blog: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2025/11/let-...
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Let there be light... from the Anna Ancher exhibition @dulwichgallery.bsky.social in south-east London, this is Evening Sun in the Artist's Studio at Markvej in Skagen, northern Denmark (after 1913, Skagens Museum). Read about the show on our blog: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2025/11/let-...
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Neutrality is increasingly problematic in both theory and practice since X became such a toxic platform while so many people continue to use it to consume information.
Wrote this a couple of weeks ago. Feels more relevant still after today. And it’s a deficit of self awareness which goes far beyond some members of the BBC board.
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Neutrality is increasingly problematic in both theory and practice since X became such a toxic platform while so many people continue to use it to consume information.
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Calum came in to get some cupping for his knee,
And ended up with a cup in a place no cup should be.
15th century, British Library, Sloane MS 6, f. 177r
And ended up with a cup in a place no cup should be.
15th century, British Library, Sloane MS 6, f. 177r
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Calum came in to get some cupping for his knee,
And ended up with a cup in a place no cup should be.
15th century, British Library, Sloane MS 6, f. 177r
And ended up with a cup in a place no cup should be.
15th century, British Library, Sloane MS 6, f. 177r
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'The Harp' by Augusta Savage, US sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Her sculpture was displayed at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City #womensart
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
'The Harp' by Augusta Savage, US sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Her sculpture was displayed at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City #womensart
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It is significant that Martin Lewis (and not, say, Richard Tice) is blaming government 'policy costs' for energy price rises.
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
It is significant that Martin Lewis (and not, say, Richard Tice) is blaming government 'policy costs' for energy price rises.
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The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
Thirty years ago, an entire section of the Northern line had to be replaced because it was under attack from acid, and hardly anyone noticed that it was happening.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
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