Colin J. Blair
@sgt-r0ck.bsky.social
Here's tae us Wha's like us Damn few, And they're a' deid -Robert Burns
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Brutal read but there is a very postive & beautiful development growing out of this tragedy. Rhian Mannings an incredible woman & credit where due; William could spend his days 1000 other ways. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Prince William visibly moved as widow tells of husband's suicide
Prince William's foundation is giving £1m to set up a suicide prevention network.
www.bbc.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Brutal read but there is a very postive & beautiful development growing out of this tragedy. Rhian Mannings an incredible woman & credit where due; William could spend his days 1000 other ways. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I don’t know who will turn out to be right but I think the “it’s just autocomplete” AI Luddites are far more likely to remain sane than the “ChatGPT is my special friend” people
August 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I don’t know who will turn out to be right but I think the “it’s just autocomplete” AI Luddites are far more likely to remain sane than the “ChatGPT is my special friend” people
Seems like a long time ago…… We could certainly do with R.E.M. these days…
👋 The band’s 15th and final studio album, Collapse Into Now, produced by Jacknife Lee, was released on this day, March 7th, 2011. It included the singles “It Happened Today”, “Mine Smell Like Honey”, “Überlin” and “Oh My Heart”. What’s your favorite CIN track?
March 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Seems like a long time ago…… We could certainly do with R.E.M. these days…
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Nigel Farage is vulnerable
What two rows vs Kemi Badenoch and Wes Streeting reveal about the Reform leader's political strengths — and his rarely remarked upon, but copious, weaknesses
Latest long-read for @politics-co-uk.bsky.social 👇
www.politics.co.uk/5-minute-rea...
What two rows vs Kemi Badenoch and Wes Streeting reveal about the Reform leader's political strengths — and his rarely remarked upon, but copious, weaknesses
Latest long-read for @politics-co-uk.bsky.social 👇
www.politics.co.uk/5-minute-rea...
Nigel Farage is vulnerable - Politics.co.uk
It’s a question successive Conservative premiers proved unable, or unwilling, to answer: what is Nigel Farage’s political kryptonite, his soft underbelly — his Achilles heal? The now-Reform UK leader...
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January 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Nigel Farage is vulnerable
What two rows vs Kemi Badenoch and Wes Streeting reveal about the Reform leader's political strengths — and his rarely remarked upon, but copious, weaknesses
Latest long-read for @politics-co-uk.bsky.social 👇
www.politics.co.uk/5-minute-rea...
What two rows vs Kemi Badenoch and Wes Streeting reveal about the Reform leader's political strengths — and his rarely remarked upon, but copious, weaknesses
Latest long-read for @politics-co-uk.bsky.social 👇
www.politics.co.uk/5-minute-rea...
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The Awful History of Real Life Suicide Squads
The Awful History of Real Life Suicide Squads
This was the Nazi Dirlewanger Brigade
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January 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The Awful History of Real Life Suicide Squads
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The accuracy of this…
January 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The accuracy of this…
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Let's see how long Meta's "no fact checking" policy lasts.
January 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Let's see how long Meta's "no fact checking" policy lasts.
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Truth & Lies.
Mix Musk's interventions with Starmer's unpopularity, is it possible to separate the truth from the lies?
(Strong language and adult themes.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R19...
Mix Musk's interventions with Starmer's unpopularity, is it possible to separate the truth from the lies?
(Strong language and adult themes.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R19...
Truth & Lies
YouTube video by Jonathan Pie
www.youtube.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Truth & Lies.
Mix Musk's interventions with Starmer's unpopularity, is it possible to separate the truth from the lies?
(Strong language and adult themes.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R19...
Mix Musk's interventions with Starmer's unpopularity, is it possible to separate the truth from the lies?
(Strong language and adult themes.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R19...
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Serious question. Have any clinical facilities with nuclear medicine sources gone up in the LA fires?
January 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Serious question. Have any clinical facilities with nuclear medicine sources gone up in the LA fires?
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It was and is fundamentally bad politics for Kemi Badenoch to engage so forcefully in the row over historical child sexual exploitation
This argument, which Farage and Labour can lead on, just undermines her whole approach:
This argument, which Farage and Labour can lead on, just undermines her whole approach:
January 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It was and is fundamentally bad politics for Kemi Badenoch to engage so forcefully in the row over historical child sexual exploitation
This argument, which Farage and Labour can lead on, just undermines her whole approach:
This argument, which Farage and Labour can lead on, just undermines her whole approach:
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He’ll keep pushing norms until he’s stopped. And the response to being stopped will depend on how hard he’s stopped. If gently, he’ll whine & send his cult to make life miserable for everyone, but if it’s without nonsense & the law is behind it, he’ll shut up like Xi just gave him a dirty look.
No one should have this much power!
Elon Musk is diving into European politics, backing far-right parties & accusing UK PM Starmer of enabling grooming gangs. He even posted, “America should liberate Britain from its tyrannical government.”
EU leaders need to push back hard—before it’s too late.
Elon Musk is diving into European politics, backing far-right parties & accusing UK PM Starmer of enabling grooming gangs. He even posted, “America should liberate Britain from its tyrannical government.”
EU leaders need to push back hard—before it’s too late.
January 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
He’ll keep pushing norms until he’s stopped. And the response to being stopped will depend on how hard he’s stopped. If gently, he’ll whine & send his cult to make life miserable for everyone, but if it’s without nonsense & the law is behind it, he’ll shut up like Xi just gave him a dirty look.
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24 years ago today:
Two criminals make a very poor decision. And Big Dunc became the first homeowner to drag a burglar back INSIDE his house.
Bring yer dinner.
Two criminals make a very poor decision. And Big Dunc became the first homeowner to drag a burglar back INSIDE his house.
Bring yer dinner.
January 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
24 years ago today:
Two criminals make a very poor decision. And Big Dunc became the first homeowner to drag a burglar back INSIDE his house.
Bring yer dinner.
Two criminals make a very poor decision. And Big Dunc became the first homeowner to drag a burglar back INSIDE his house.
Bring yer dinner.
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People say that many Americans have absolutely NO grasp of British politics.
Feel that Eric here disproves that
Feel that Eric here disproves that
January 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
People say that many Americans have absolutely NO grasp of British politics.
Feel that Eric here disproves that
Feel that Eric here disproves that
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Just going to reiterate -
We are on this bot problem. We shall fight them on the beaches. We shall fight them in the signup process, we shall fight them in the notifications
We are on this bot problem. We shall fight them on the beaches. We shall fight them in the signup process, we shall fight them in the notifications
January 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Just going to reiterate -
We are on this bot problem. We shall fight them on the beaches. We shall fight them in the signup process, we shall fight them in the notifications
We are on this bot problem. We shall fight them on the beaches. We shall fight them in the signup process, we shall fight them in the notifications
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Emmanuel Macron denounces Elon Musk's "unacceptable interference" in European democracies by supporting "a new reactionary international".
Macron is the 4th European leader in the last 24 hours to speak against Musk, following Olaf Scholz, Keir Starmer & Jonas Gahr Støre.
Action must follow words.
Macron is the 4th European leader in the last 24 hours to speak against Musk, following Olaf Scholz, Keir Starmer & Jonas Gahr Støre.
Action must follow words.
January 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Emmanuel Macron denounces Elon Musk's "unacceptable interference" in European democracies by supporting "a new reactionary international".
Macron is the 4th European leader in the last 24 hours to speak against Musk, following Olaf Scholz, Keir Starmer & Jonas Gahr Støre.
Action must follow words.
Macron is the 4th European leader in the last 24 hours to speak against Musk, following Olaf Scholz, Keir Starmer & Jonas Gahr Støre.
Action must follow words.
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When Nigel Farage met Donald Trump Jr.
January 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
When Nigel Farage met Donald Trump Jr.
Fun fact…. Elmo has a half sister, whose mother used to be his stepsister…..
Elon Musk's father, "Farage is not strong enough to be the leader of the UK"
"I can see that. It's quite clear to me"
"He speaks sense, but he doesn't have the strength for that, in my opinion"
"And subsequently now we've had this tweet from Elon. I haven't spoken with Elon but I agree with him"
"I can see that. It's quite clear to me"
"He speaks sense, but he doesn't have the strength for that, in my opinion"
"And subsequently now we've had this tweet from Elon. I haven't spoken with Elon but I agree with him"
January 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Fun fact…. Elmo has a half sister, whose mother used to be his stepsister…..
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Speaking on LBC earlier today, Tory MP Suella Braverman claimed that Italy has built a wall “on the land border between Italy and Turkey” and that she’s been “to see that wall”. Really? Here’s a map showing how unlikely a tale this is.
January 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Speaking on LBC earlier today, Tory MP Suella Braverman claimed that Italy has built a wall “on the land border between Italy and Turkey” and that she’s been “to see that wall”. Really? Here’s a map showing how unlikely a tale this is.
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But WAIT, we’re supposed to be worried about TikTok!!!
🚨 Retired General Russell Honoré sounds the alarm about Elon Musk. “Mr. Musk’s relationship with China’s leaders could be a major problem for America’s national security…”
🚨 Retired General Russell Honoré sounds the alarm about Elon Musk. “Mr. Musk’s relationship with China’s leaders could be a major problem for America’s national security…”
December 31, 2024 at 3:09 PM
But WAIT, we’re supposed to be worried about TikTok!!!
🚨 Retired General Russell Honoré sounds the alarm about Elon Musk. “Mr. Musk’s relationship with China’s leaders could be a major problem for America’s national security…”
🚨 Retired General Russell Honoré sounds the alarm about Elon Musk. “Mr. Musk’s relationship with China’s leaders could be a major problem for America’s national security…”
That was a brilliant Christmas episode of Doctor Who…. The next series should be absolutely brilliant
a man wearing a brown leather jacket is smiling in front of a disney+ logo
ALT: a man wearing a brown leather jacket is smiling in front of a disney+ logo
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December 25, 2024 at 6:27 PM
That was a brilliant Christmas episode of Doctor Who…. The next series should be absolutely brilliant
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Happy Christmas, and here is a Christmas story
And if you want to chat about it, replies are open
Gods rest you merry, merry followers
And if you want to chat about it, replies are open
Gods rest you merry, merry followers
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
December 25, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Happy Christmas, and here is a Christmas story
And if you want to chat about it, replies are open
Gods rest you merry, merry followers
And if you want to chat about it, replies are open
Gods rest you merry, merry followers
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he’s done it again
December 18, 2024 at 12:59 AM
he’s done it again