Pawel Swidlicki
@pswidlicki.bsky.social
Currently clean on OPSEC
I see this also chimes with @samfr.bsky.social assessment
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I see this also chimes with @samfr.bsky.social assessment
Tyler Durden voice: Is that what a real man looks like?
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tyler Durden voice: Is that what a real man looks like?
Joyce Carol Oates' assessment of Musk also reminds me of this brutal Stephen Collins cartoon
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Joyce Carol Oates' assessment of Musk also reminds me of this brutal Stephen Collins cartoon
Found it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Found it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I get the underlying point here, but interesting to apply it, for example to the Cambridge Five. They are considered traitors, but haven't seen anyone argue they weren't really British because they chose loyalty to a foreign nation/ideology over the country of their birth.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I get the underlying point here, but interesting to apply it, for example to the Cambridge Five. They are considered traitors, but haven't seen anyone argue they weren't really British because they chose loyalty to a foreign nation/ideology over the country of their birth.
What the hell have I just read? www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
October 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
What the hell have I just read? www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
I am genuinely fascinated by how these people would articulate what 'the value of America's relationship with Israel' is from a centre-left/centre/liberal perspective. I suspect its one of these things that has just become rote, unmoored from real-world events.
October 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I am genuinely fascinated by how these people would articulate what 'the value of America's relationship with Israel' is from a centre-left/centre/liberal perspective. I suspect its one of these things that has just become rote, unmoored from real-world events.
Reeves should say this in her budget speech
October 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Reeves should say this in her budget speech
Like if you're the leader of the Tory party and you've said stuff like this, it's fair to ask why your party's rhetoric and policies are premised on this kind of thing being bad and undesirable actually
October 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Like if you're the leader of the Tory party and you've said stuff like this, it's fair to ask why your party's rhetoric and policies are premised on this kind of thing being bad and undesirable actually
I've always struggled to reconcile what Ben Wallace says with his strong support for Boris Johnson (he was his campaign manager in the initial, aborted post-referendum bid)
October 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I've always struggled to reconcile what Ben Wallace says with his strong support for Boris Johnson (he was his campaign manager in the initial, aborted post-referendum bid)
Feel like this is very on brand for him
October 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Feel like this is very on brand for him
What on earth does 'culturally coherent' even mean?
October 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What on earth does 'culturally coherent' even mean?
2016: We need to leave the EU to stop all the Poles coming here.
2036: We need to rejoin the EU to have access to the dynamic Polish economy and labour market
2036: We need to rejoin the EU to have access to the dynamic Polish economy and labour market
October 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
2016: We need to leave the EU to stop all the Poles coming here.
2036: We need to rejoin the EU to have access to the dynamic Polish economy and labour market
2036: We need to rejoin the EU to have access to the dynamic Polish economy and labour market
They have to be able to write 1000 words on how The Tempest is a critique of Colonialism?
October 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
They have to be able to write 1000 words on how The Tempest is a critique of Colonialism?
Our principled leadership, their elitist disdain for popular opinion etc
October 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Our principled leadership, their elitist disdain for popular opinion etc
When it comes to foreign policy, the Irish hard left always bring to mind this meme
September 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
When it comes to foreign policy, the Irish hard left always bring to mind this meme
Aaron Banks now squats like a giant toad across British politics. He has expanded the Overton window in both directions. Praising bolsheviks and Liz Truss...
September 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Aaron Banks now squats like a giant toad across British politics. He has expanded the Overton window in both directions. Praising bolsheviks and Liz Truss...
Why is my gym in the business of wishing happy birthday to foreign autocrats?
September 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Why is my gym in the business of wishing happy birthday to foreign autocrats?
Inspired by this case study
September 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Inspired by this case study
Yes! Such an underappreciated phenomenon
September 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Yes! Such an underappreciated phenomenon
This is a 10/10 quote
September 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is a 10/10 quote