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
“…and we want to assure those dark forces: we hear you, you have our full attention, we’ve got your backs. You can count on us.”
November 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“…and we want to assure those dark forces: we hear you, you have our full attention, we’ve got your backs. You can count on us.”
Robbie Williams is “an old man.” Fact check: Robbie Williams is 51. 😭⚰️💀
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Robbie Williams is “an old man.” Fact check: Robbie Williams is 51. 😭⚰️💀
I recently digitised some old audio tape recordings my dad made. Here is a clip from Christmas 1974 with my reaction to my new train set. What I find particularly uncanny is that I sound *exactly* like my 7yo does now; he laughs exactly the same way when he is surprised and excited. 🥰
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I recently digitised some old audio tape recordings my dad made. Here is a clip from Christmas 1974 with my reaction to my new train set. What I find particularly uncanny is that I sound *exactly* like my 7yo does now; he laughs exactly the same way when he is surprised and excited. 🥰
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
In 250 million years, the Boston-Lagos train line will be the new TransPennine Express
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In 250 million years, the Boston-Lagos train line will be the new TransPennine Express
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I don’t find it very fine nor super flexible tbh, but I heard it might become softer over time. I would say it’s not massively different to my other (‘non-flex’) pens though the ink flow is on the heavier side. It feels terrific on the page. I love it (already) but ymmv.
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I don’t find it very fine nor super flexible tbh, but I heard it might become softer over time. I would say it’s not massively different to my other (‘non-flex’) pens though the ink flow is on the heavier side. It feels terrific on the page. I love it (already) but ymmv.
It came! ✒️ suck it, AI
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
It came! ✒️ suck it, AI
Woah I’m sharing a ferry with their tour bus 😂
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Woah I’m sharing a ferry with their tour bus 😂
I’m a grounded grown up guy who does not fall for advertising pitches and thinks carefully before laying down hard earned cash on luxuries, hey no impulse buys here before breakfast nope not me also I don’t need another fountain pen I have like nine already 🖋️
November 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I’m a grounded grown up guy who does not fall for advertising pitches and thinks carefully before laying down hard earned cash on luxuries, hey no impulse buys here before breakfast nope not me also I don’t need another fountain pen I have like nine already 🖋️
A Taste of Aggro by the Barron Knights. Purchased from Woolworths New Milton in 1978, during a visit to my Nanna. I had heard it played by Ed Stewpot Stewart on Junior Choice and thought it was hilariously funny. I later swapped it for my friend Barry’s copy of Mull of Kintyre.
November 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A Taste of Aggro by the Barron Knights. Purchased from Woolworths New Milton in 1978, during a visit to my Nanna. I had heard it played by Ed Stewpot Stewart on Junior Choice and thought it was hilariously funny. I later swapped it for my friend Barry’s copy of Mull of Kintyre.
Happy Halloween to those who celebrate! 🎃 👻 🇪🇺
October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Happy Halloween to those who celebrate! 🎃 👻 🇪🇺
Sampling the regional variations of plov was always a highlight of my trips to Central Asia.
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Sampling the regional variations of plov was always a highlight of my trips to Central Asia.
Only once been to Jamaica, on the south coast precisely where #HurricaneMelissa is making landfall, and it’s terrifying to think what is happening to those communities.
October 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Only once been to Jamaica, on the south coast precisely where #HurricaneMelissa is making landfall, and it’s terrifying to think what is happening to those communities.
Anyway had bloody loads of fun 🚲 🇳🇱
October 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Anyway had bloody loads of fun 🚲 🇳🇱
Fabulous late afternoon light in Brussels today
October 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Fabulous late afternoon light in Brussels today
capitalism has brought us to the edge of planetary extinction, but in its defence it has also brought us truffle marmite and that does make up for quite a lot
October 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
capitalism has brought us to the edge of planetary extinction, but in its defence it has also brought us truffle marmite and that does make up for quite a lot
Of all the thousands of kilometres of copy written about Brexit, this is probably the neatest encapsulation I’ve seen of why it happened.
‘…what Cameron was actually doing was giving the British public a fuck-you button, and asking: "Do you want to press it?"’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘…what Cameron was actually doing was giving the British public a fuck-you button, and asking: "Do you want to press it?"’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Of all the thousands of kilometres of copy written about Brexit, this is probably the neatest encapsulation I’ve seen of why it happened.
‘…what Cameron was actually doing was giving the British public a fuck-you button, and asking: "Do you want to press it?"’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘…what Cameron was actually doing was giving the British public a fuck-you button, and asking: "Do you want to press it?"’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Well I would have put money on neither of the kids deriving much enjoyment from a home defeat for the local lower league side on a cold and wet Tuesday night in October but somehow they both really did which warms the cockles of my heart if I’m honest ⚽️
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Well I would have put money on neither of the kids deriving much enjoyment from a home defeat for the local lower league side on a cold and wet Tuesday night in October but somehow they both really did which warms the cockles of my heart if I’m honest ⚽️
We are connected, BIL is a vicar and the chairman is one of his parishioners, so we got to taste the decadent luxury of the Chesham Directors’ Box. However said chairman did not take it well when he saw my VfB scarf, he muttered something about not mentioning the war. 🙄
October 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We are connected, BIL is a vicar and the chairman is one of his parishioners, so we got to taste the decadent luxury of the Chesham Directors’ Box. However said chairman did not take it well when he saw my VfB scarf, he muttered something about not mentioning the war. 🙄
Taking the 7yo and 17yo to see the mighty Chesham United take on Worthing at home in one of the great fixtures of world football #Generals
October 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Taking the 7yo and 17yo to see the mighty Chesham United take on Worthing at home in one of the great fixtures of world football #Generals