Riaan Kruger
@riaanthekruger.bsky.social
Human, curious. Not sure about anything other than loving my family. Have moved about a bit.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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I swear, someone *always* resigns when I go on holiday:
To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash
Corporation fails to learn from criticism, while politicians have consciously reduced its scope for quality journalism
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I swear, someone *always* resigns when I go on holiday:
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Mad
This (not from that piece) is one of those charts where I am completely aware of the data but my mental map of how the global economy works still almost refuses to update to the new reality. Because the pace of change has been so rapid.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Mad
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This is obscene.
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
This is obscene.
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I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
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Imagine an EU-wide government shut down in its 6th week leading to serious disruption of air traffic. We would not hear the end of it in Anglophone media.
Look forward to more grand declations about how Europeans must emulate an America whose government is in the sixth week of shutdown and now can't provide safe air travel
✈️ FAA Ops Summary - 09/0300 ✈️
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ADDITI0NAL STAFFING TRIGGERS ISSUED. LGA GROUND DELAY PROGRAM TIMED
OUT. DFW, IAH AND HOU GROUND DELAY PROGRAMS WERE CA... More info in image.
FAA Details. #AvGeek
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ADDITI0NAL STAFFING TRIGGERS ISSUED. LGA GROUND DELAY PROGRAM TIMED
OUT. DFW, IAH AND HOU GROUND DELAY PROGRAMS WERE CA... More info in image.
FAA Details. #AvGeek
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Imagine an EU-wide government shut down in its 6th week leading to serious disruption of air traffic. We would not hear the end of it in Anglophone media.
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This is quite the graph and reinforces my view that Bluesky is actually quite revolutionary.
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is quite the graph and reinforces my view that Bluesky is actually quite revolutionary.
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The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
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‘Al could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
‘Al could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
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CURRY MATCH
October 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
CURRY MATCH
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
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Ok, but Tesla is currently at 7.2 million sales in 9 years, sales have slowed down and to make the first step towards his trillion dollar salary he needs to sell 20 million cars. I don’t think any of this is going to happen.
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Ok, but Tesla is currently at 7.2 million sales in 9 years, sales have slowed down and to make the first step towards his trillion dollar salary he needs to sell 20 million cars. I don’t think any of this is going to happen.
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“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
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Christ, he is supernaturally good at this.
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Christ, he is supernaturally good at this.
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Oh and also JD Vance's brother lost the Cincinnati mayor race.
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Oh and also JD Vance's brother lost the Cincinnati mayor race.
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Republicans threw tens of millions of dollars at winning those votes and lost each one by over 20 points. In a state Trump won.
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Republicans threw tens of millions of dollars at winning those votes and lost each one by over 20 points. In a state Trump won.
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Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
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The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
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Music is everything. Here's the John Lewis advert but his son gives him Barbie Girl. Offf, right in the nostalgia.
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Who knew? South Lanarkshire Council HQ, originally Lanark County Buildings (1963) was in part modelled on the United Nations secretariat building in New York City, designed by a team that included Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer (1952).
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Who knew? South Lanarkshire Council HQ, originally Lanark County Buildings (1963) was in part modelled on the United Nations secretariat building in New York City, designed by a team that included Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer (1952).
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Serious material. Light touch. Fresh analysis. Nuanced conversation. Human warmth.
In short, all the stuff that is sorely lacking from most political programmes.
In short, all the stuff that is sorely lacking from most political programmes.
SUNDAY SCHOOL: HOUSE(S) OF HORROR
🏛️ Buck House finally faces facts
🏠 The Rachel Reeves house grouse
🌷Right takes a beating in Dutch house
😱 Films that left us cowering at home
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/08uy...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
🏛️ Buck House finally faces facts
🏠 The Rachel Reeves house grouse
🌷Right takes a beating in Dutch house
😱 Films that left us cowering at home
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/08uy...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Sunday School: Halloween House(s) of Horror
open.spotify.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Serious material. Light touch. Fresh analysis. Nuanced conversation. Human warmth.
In short, all the stuff that is sorely lacking from most political programmes.
In short, all the stuff that is sorely lacking from most political programmes.
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'Populism has peaked' – another straw in the wind?
This is so obviously insincere, in such flagrant contradiction with what he said yesterday, that you have to assume Heritage's PR team wrote it for him
November 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
'Populism has peaked' – another straw in the wind?
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Are you looking for some mid-late 90s vaguely-maudlin-yet-still metal tunes for your Halloween dusk pre-party vibe?
You're welcome
You're welcome
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Are you looking for some mid-late 90s vaguely-maudlin-yet-still metal tunes for your Halloween dusk pre-party vibe?
You're welcome
You're welcome