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Chris Kendall 👊🇪🇺🧶
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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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ottocr.at
We present … Russiabot!
a man with a long beard is standing in front of a table with the words nailed it .
ALT: a man with a long beard is standing in front of a table with the words nailed it .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
ottocr.at
“Weremember” - monstrous indeed
a werewolf with sharp teeth is looking at the camera in a dark room .
ALT: a werewolf with sharp teeth is looking at the camera in a dark room .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
ottocr.at
Ugh. That sounds like a failure of regulation.
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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localnotail.bsky.social
May 2018, Marcus Moore wrote this detailed summary of the Conservative Party's capture of the BBC on so many levels after Cameron was elected

"This means they can not only dictate what information is made available to the public, but also the manner in which it is presented"
Marcus Moore With apologies for the length of this comment, but I used to write for the BBC and have a lingering fondness for the place, which is one of the reasons I've been paying very close attention to what's been happening behind the scenes. A number of changes made during the last seven years or so, spearheaded by David Cameron, have led to the corporation's news and politics departments becoming little more than ventriloquists' dummies. Of particular note are the following: a) important posts at the BBC being filled by pro-government figures from the private sector (Rona Fairhead, David Clementi, James Harding, Robbie Gibb etc) b) direct links with the manipulative tabloid press being strengthened by Downing Street giving important positions to dubious characters like Andy Coulson and Craig Oliver c) the subsequent recruitment of people like Alison Fuller Pedley (of Mentorn Media), who is responsible for choosing who gets to be in the Question Time audience, and Sarah Sands (formerly of the Telegraph, Mail and Evening Standard) who now edits Radio 4's Today programme d) all of the above follows Cameron's appointment, in June 2010, of John Browne (Baron Browne of Madingley) to the post of 'Lead Non-Executive Director' for Downing Street, his role being that of 'recruiting business leaders to reformed departmental boards' - Browne's questionable history at BP notwithstanding (remember Deep Horizon!) e) how all of this quiet, underhand activity has been largely unreported, but has given the current Conservative government immense power within fashionable and influential circles. This means they can not only dictate what information is made available to the public, but also the manner in which it is presented. You don't need to read many pages of that book by George Orwell to grasp how easy it is to control the populace once you have control of the means of communication.
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
ottocr.at
I don’t know, he has some footage of himself when he first arrived when he looked very American, now he looks like a typical Hackney hipster I think
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
ottocr.at
The price is hidden because of good manners. The price is hidden because what I choose to spend my money on is none of your business. The price is not in dollars.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
ottocr.at
Yes it’s colourful! It’s a present for someone I hope will appreciate it 😅
November 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Reposted by Chris Kendall 👊🇪🇺🧶
moorishgarden.bsky.social
Eleven of the parties in the provincial parliament of Limburg have now requested the Limburg government to look into the possibility of creating a (temporary) memorial for our Black American liberators in cooperation with Eijsden-Margraten (where the cemetery is located).

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Limburgse Statenleden willen tijdelijke herdenkingsplek voor zwarte bevrijders
Statenleden willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders nu hun informatiepanelen in Margraten zijn verwijderd
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Reposted by Chris Kendall 👊🇪🇺🧶
flyingrodent.bsky.social
It’s too late baby, now it’s too late. When I was a kid, it was a sombre and dignified reflection on us getting hundreds of thousands of guys killed in an insane war. Now, the Sensible Moderates have turned it into War Christmas to boost their crackpot politics, and there’s no going back.
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.b... • 1h Some thoughts on why Remembrance is so important, and why attempts to police it should be resisted.
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
ottocr.at
I have done this. Taken the kettle and poured hot water into the big tin of coffee instead of the coffee pot. 😑
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
ottocr.at
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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localnotail.bsky.social
Strong contender for graph of the year 2025 from the FT with this Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas research paper.

"Al could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points"

🤷

www.ft.com/content/60df...
s/s from Financial Times article in link Al could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points Graph of US real GDP per capita (1990 $), log scale Real GDP per capita Trend, 1870-2024 Plot of line showing a gradual increase at 45° angle over time 1. central forecast was that AI might boost the trend growth of US GDP per capita to 2.1 per cent for 10 years from now (basically continuing existing trend) 2. Optimistic forecast for a Tech singularity: end of scarcity. Rapid increase, almost straight up from GDP per capita from $45K to $500K 3. Negative forecast for a Tech singularity: human extinction. Rapid decline, almost straight down to zero. Source: Wynne & Derr, 'Advances in Al will boost productivity, living standards over time' (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2025). Trend 1870-20241.9% pa. Al-boosted path = 2.1% for ten years, then trend
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM