Chris Kendall 👊🇪🇺🧶
@ottocr.at
Anglo-Schwäbisch eurocrat | maker of EU foreign policy & spätzle | guerrilla knitter | cross-Channel commuter | was once @ottocrat | currently clean on OPSEC
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Chris Kendall 👊🇪🇺🧶
@ottocr.at
· Nov 18
In case any recent arrivals are wondering what happened to my long-standing Twitter avatar, here’s why I changed it.
Most people weren’t here or don’t remember 50 years ago
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Most people weren’t here or don’t remember 50 years ago
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
Now why would the President of Peace possibly want to start a war just at this particular moment? 🤔
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Now why would the President of Peace possibly want to start a war just at this particular moment? 🤔
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The clever thing about going for stuff like the cycle for work scheme is it’s really noticeable, affects people with lots of media access and platforms, annoys green groups, and raises almost no revenue at the same time. Real win/win/win there.
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The clever thing about going for stuff like the cycle for work scheme is it’s really noticeable, affects people with lots of media access and platforms, annoys green groups, and raises almost no revenue at the same time. Real win/win/win there.
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Re: Epstein’s emails
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Re: Epstein’s emails
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Oh, look! No one from the Lib Dems, no one from the Greens. And Reform get their regular seat. 🙄
Please, I beg of you, boycott this.
Please, I beg of you, boycott this.
Question Time is in London
Joining Fiona on the panel are Alex Davies-Jones, Ken Clarke, Zarah Sultana and Danny Kruger
9pm on the BBC News channel, #BBCiPlayer and #BBCSounds, or #BBCOne at 10:40pm
#bbcqt
Joining Fiona on the panel are Alex Davies-Jones, Ken Clarke, Zarah Sultana and Danny Kruger
9pm on the BBC News channel, #BBCiPlayer and #BBCSounds, or #BBCOne at 10:40pm
#bbcqt
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Oh, look! No one from the Lib Dems, no one from the Greens. And Reform get their regular seat. 🙄
Please, I beg of you, boycott this.
Please, I beg of you, boycott this.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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Let's face it, this was bound to happen. It's the washing basket in the back of shot which ratchets up the authenticity...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
Has the New Yorker been duped by a 30-year-old British comedy?
A new documentary from the magazine examines the British broadcasting ban on Sinn Féin leaders’ voices. But one figure looks oddly familiar
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Let's face it, this was bound to happen. It's the washing basket in the back of shot which ratchets up the authenticity...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
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brb, invading Poland #ancestralvoices
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
brb, invading Poland #ancestralvoices
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We're so close to having the ultimate vehicle on our roads
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We're so close to having the ultimate vehicle on our roads
Hooray it’s COP time again, that season of terrifying news features and social media posts that you glimpse before scrolling quickly past but not quickly enough to escape a chest tightening sense of doom and panic
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Hooray it’s COP time again, that season of terrifying news features and social media posts that you glimpse before scrolling quickly past but not quickly enough to escape a chest tightening sense of doom and panic
Ploliticlol breaking the real big story here
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Ploliticlol breaking the real big story here
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Due to an admin error, we have lost our @oxfordforeurope.bsky.social account. (As you can see that account hasn’t posted for a while). So - after many attempts with the Bluesky team to regain the account - this is the new account.
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Due to an admin error, we have lost our @oxfordforeurope.bsky.social account. (As you can see that account hasn’t posted for a while). So - after many attempts with the Bluesky team to regain the account - this is the new account.
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
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We live with the consequences of Cameron’s reckless referendum & the dishonest Brexit house of cards which followed.
The fact that Farage - that populist charlatan & trouble maker in chief - may be the beneficiary of this abysmal miscalculation… well that really would be a disaster too far.
The fact that Farage - that populist charlatan & trouble maker in chief - may be the beneficiary of this abysmal miscalculation… well that really would be a disaster too far.
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We live with the consequences of Cameron’s reckless referendum & the dishonest Brexit house of cards which followed.
The fact that Farage - that populist charlatan & trouble maker in chief - may be the beneficiary of this abysmal miscalculation… well that really would be a disaster too far.
The fact that Farage - that populist charlatan & trouble maker in chief - may be the beneficiary of this abysmal miscalculation… well that really would be a disaster too far.
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If you would like a refreshing alternative to the witterings of Daniel Hannan, here is a speech given by his near namesake David Hannay, a far more noteworthy person in every sense. It is well worth a read.
www.eiag.org.uk/david-hannay...
www.eiag.org.uk/david-hannay...
David Hannay’s personal remarks at a dinner in Brussels celebrating his 90th birthday
I remain convinced that European integration remains in Britain’s interest. The EU is here to stay – and to prosper and to grow.
www.eiag.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
If you would like a refreshing alternative to the witterings of Daniel Hannan, here is a speech given by his near namesake David Hannay, a far more noteworthy person in every sense. It is well worth a read.
www.eiag.org.uk/david-hannay...
www.eiag.org.uk/david-hannay...
Male dolphins found to carry sponges on their heads in an attempt to impress females
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Male dolphins found to carry sponges on their heads in an attempt to impress females
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“More than 90% of vegetation cover in the Gaza Strip has been destroyed”.
“80 percent of the water in the Gaza Strip is completely contaminated.”
"We are facing a real catastrophe that will result in the spread of diseases and epidemics.”
This was always the plan, wasn’t it.
“80 percent of the water in the Gaza Strip is completely contaminated.”
"We are facing a real catastrophe that will result in the spread of diseases and epidemics.”
This was always the plan, wasn’t it.
Everything in Gaza destroyed systematically by Israel, says Khan Younis mayor - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/everything-gaza-destroyed-systematically-israel-says-khan-younis-mayor
Everything in Gaza destroyed systematically by Israel, says Khan Younis mayor
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Mayor of Khan Younis, Alaa Al Din Al Batta, on Thursday said that everything in Gaza, including the vegetation, has been destroyed by Israel in a deliberate and systematic manner, Al Jazeera reported. </p>
<p>"Access to landfills is difficult due to the destruction. More than 90% of the vegetation cover in the Gaza Strip has been destroyed," he said. </p>
<p>"We are facing a real catastrophe that will result in the spread of diseases and epidemics," he added. </p>
<p>On Tuesday, Bashar Murad, the director of health programmes at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, said that 80 percent of the water in the Gaza Strip is completely contaminated. </p>
<p>On 3 November, the United Nations said more than 81 percent of all buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed by Israel’s relentless bombardment.</p>
<p>Entire neighbourhoods across Gaza have been reduced to rubble, leaving families displaced and essential infrastructure obliterated.</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
“More than 90% of vegetation cover in the Gaza Strip has been destroyed”.
“80 percent of the water in the Gaza Strip is completely contaminated.”
"We are facing a real catastrophe that will result in the spread of diseases and epidemics.”
This was always the plan, wasn’t it.
“80 percent of the water in the Gaza Strip is completely contaminated.”
"We are facing a real catastrophe that will result in the spread of diseases and epidemics.”
This was always the plan, wasn’t it.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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These fights are *normal* to get the help people need.
No one is getting diagnosed without similar horror stories.
So when I hear about over diagnosis?
These are the children I think of:
No one is getting diagnosed without similar horror stories.
So when I hear about over diagnosis?
These are the children I think of:
A family I know just got an autism diagnosis for their son. It came after a four year wait that itself came after years of fighting to even get on the list.
I don't know how the people in charge of this country sleep at night.
I don't know how the people in charge of this country sleep at night.
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
These fights are *normal* to get the help people need.
No one is getting diagnosed without similar horror stories.
So when I hear about over diagnosis?
These are the children I think of:
No one is getting diagnosed without similar horror stories.
So when I hear about over diagnosis?
These are the children I think of:
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7/
"Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer”
Robert Louis Stevenson
"Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer”
Robert Louis Stevenson
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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"Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer”
Robert Louis Stevenson
"Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer”
Robert Louis Stevenson
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"Everyone, at some time or another, sits down to a banquet of consequences.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
"Everyone, at some time or another, sits down to a banquet of consequences.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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"Everyone, at some time or another, sits down to a banquet of consequences.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
"Everyone, at some time or another, sits down to a banquet of consequences.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
only had one ball?
Exclusive: Adolf Hitler’s DNA has been sequenced by scientists
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
Hitler had hidden genetic sexual disorder, DNA analysis reveals
The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
only had one ball?
You mean all we had to do was say it and it would go away?
Hegseth: “No more identity months. No more DEI offices. No more dudes in dresses. No more climate change.”
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
You mean all we had to do was say it and it would go away?