Shaun Mitchem
@svpmitchem.bsky.social
Why are there so many pictures of squirrels in my feed?
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Monbiot is right to point out how “the centre” has been redefined. This isn’t just political drift, it’s what happens when discourse is shaped by systems that reward outrage and performance over verification.
I see people bleating yet again that "elections are won from the centre". Let's examine this claim.
1. Not long ago, the current Labour government, with its grovelling to corporations and oligarchs, extreme deregulation, island of strangers rhetoric etc, would have been classed as radical right. 🧵
1. Not long ago, the current Labour government, with its grovelling to corporations and oligarchs, extreme deregulation, island of strangers rhetoric etc, would have been classed as radical right. 🧵
September 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Monbiot is right to point out how “the centre” has been redefined. This isn’t just political drift, it’s what happens when discourse is shaped by systems that reward outrage and performance over verification.
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‼️URGENT REQUEST
Our heroes from 225th Separate Assault Regiment need two cars to save lives! But for the first let’s get one car and then the second car for them!
‼️One good car
✏️Write your name on the car -$50 or more
🎯: $8500
🅿️: drobotunVVV@gmail.com
®️&🍏: revolut.me/drobotunv
#donatetoukraine
Our heroes from 225th Separate Assault Regiment need two cars to save lives! But for the first let’s get one car and then the second car for them!
‼️One good car
✏️Write your name on the car -$50 or more
🎯: $8500
🅿️: drobotunVVV@gmail.com
®️&🍏: revolut.me/drobotunv
#donatetoukraine
June 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
‼️URGENT REQUEST
Our heroes from 225th Separate Assault Regiment need two cars to save lives! But for the first let’s get one car and then the second car for them!
‼️One good car
✏️Write your name on the car -$50 or more
🎯: $8500
🅿️: drobotunVVV@gmail.com
®️&🍏: revolut.me/drobotunv
#donatetoukraine
Our heroes from 225th Separate Assault Regiment need two cars to save lives! But for the first let’s get one car and then the second car for them!
‼️One good car
✏️Write your name on the car -$50 or more
🎯: $8500
🅿️: drobotunVVV@gmail.com
®️&🍏: revolut.me/drobotunv
#donatetoukraine
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Ukraine was just knifed in the back.
Essential reading on yesterday's deal
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Essential reading on yesterday's deal
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Ukraine Was Just Knifed In The Back
And The Ukrainians Know It
open.substack.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Ukraine was just knifed in the back.
Essential reading on yesterday's deal
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Essential reading on yesterday's deal
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge sprayed on to farmland? The answer won’t make you happy | George Monbiot
Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‼️REQUEST BY MY BIRTHDAY -12.04
I don’t need any gifts, I want to make gifts for our heroes
One good jeep 4x4
Two anti-drones systems
Fiver sets of tires
One drone DJI Mavic 3
Tools for car repair
Two laptops to set drones
Fix one car
🎯: $23000
🅿️: drobotunVVV@gmail.com
®️&🍏: revolut.me/drobotunv
I don’t need any gifts, I want to make gifts for our heroes
One good jeep 4x4
Two anti-drones systems
Fiver sets of tires
One drone DJI Mavic 3
Tools for car repair
Two laptops to set drones
Fix one car
🎯: $23000
🅿️: drobotunVVV@gmail.com
®️&🍏: revolut.me/drobotunv
March 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
‼️REQUEST BY MY BIRTHDAY -12.04
I don’t need any gifts, I want to make gifts for our heroes
One good jeep 4x4
Two anti-drones systems
Fiver sets of tires
One drone DJI Mavic 3
Tools for car repair
Two laptops to set drones
Fix one car
🎯: $23000
🅿️: drobotunVVV@gmail.com
®️&🍏: revolut.me/drobotunv
I don’t need any gifts, I want to make gifts for our heroes
One good jeep 4x4
Two anti-drones systems
Fiver sets of tires
One drone DJI Mavic 3
Tools for car repair
Two laptops to set drones
Fix one car
🎯: $23000
🅿️: drobotunVVV@gmail.com
®️&🍏: revolut.me/drobotunv
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Europe’s disarmed state is …
(also) an advantage
✅… IF we use it right - by stepping up, NOW, to arm ourselves, for the ST, MT & LT future in a smart way
❌not slowly spending a fortune trying to replace US capabilities & arming ourselves to fight the last war, not the next one.
🧵
(also) an advantage
✅… IF we use it right - by stepping up, NOW, to arm ourselves, for the ST, MT & LT future in a smart way
❌not slowly spending a fortune trying to replace US capabilities & arming ourselves to fight the last war, not the next one.
🧵
a tank is driving down a snowy road in the woods
ALT: a tank is driving down a snowy road in the woods
media.tenor.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Europe’s disarmed state is …
(also) an advantage
✅… IF we use it right - by stepping up, NOW, to arm ourselves, for the ST, MT & LT future in a smart way
❌not slowly spending a fortune trying to replace US capabilities & arming ourselves to fight the last war, not the next one.
🧵
(also) an advantage
✅… IF we use it right - by stepping up, NOW, to arm ourselves, for the ST, MT & LT future in a smart way
❌not slowly spending a fortune trying to replace US capabilities & arming ourselves to fight the last war, not the next one.
🧵
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To the people claiming the Russian military is winning:
Russia has 3 stated objectives.
1: To Defeat and disband the Ukrainian military.
2: To arrest the political enemies of Putin within Ukraine
3: To create a new government.
Which of these has their military achieved?
Russia has 3 stated objectives.
1: To Defeat and disband the Ukrainian military.
2: To arrest the political enemies of Putin within Ukraine
3: To create a new government.
Which of these has their military achieved?
February 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
To the people claiming the Russian military is winning:
Russia has 3 stated objectives.
1: To Defeat and disband the Ukrainian military.
2: To arrest the political enemies of Putin within Ukraine
3: To create a new government.
Which of these has their military achieved?
Russia has 3 stated objectives.
1: To Defeat and disband the Ukrainian military.
2: To arrest the political enemies of Putin within Ukraine
3: To create a new government.
Which of these has their military achieved?
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Here is the Issue for Putin:
Putin invaded Ukraine for 2 reasons.
1: as punishment for rebelling against him, to send a signal to everyone else that he is the leader and cannot be questioned
2: To keep the west out of Ukraine at all costs
Putin invaded Ukraine for 2 reasons.
1: as punishment for rebelling against him, to send a signal to everyone else that he is the leader and cannot be questioned
2: To keep the west out of Ukraine at all costs
January 13, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Here is the Issue for Putin:
Putin invaded Ukraine for 2 reasons.
1: as punishment for rebelling against him, to send a signal to everyone else that he is the leader and cannot be questioned
2: To keep the west out of Ukraine at all costs
Putin invaded Ukraine for 2 reasons.
1: as punishment for rebelling against him, to send a signal to everyone else that he is the leader and cannot be questioned
2: To keep the west out of Ukraine at all costs
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This fragmentary small ivory figurine was discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France in 1892. Gravettian, about 25,000 years old, it is one of the earliest known realistic representations of a human face
December 10, 2024 at 8:25 AM
This fragmentary small ivory figurine was discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France in 1892. Gravettian, about 25,000 years old, it is one of the earliest known realistic representations of a human face
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One of the biggest lessons from Syria is that, just a month ago, almost no one could have predicted the Assad regime would fall today. The "realities on the ground" crowd would have denied such a possibility. A reminder of why people in Ukraine fight rather than surrender.
December 8, 2024 at 3:31 AM
One of the biggest lessons from Syria is that, just a month ago, almost no one could have predicted the Assad regime would fall today. The "realities on the ground" crowd would have denied such a possibility. A reminder of why people in Ukraine fight rather than surrender.
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A fundamental challenge for liberal democracies.
During the Cold War, the openness of Western information systems was a massive asset, that contributed to the weakening of the USSR.
Today that openness has been Trojan horsed by Western and non-Western social media.
www.ft.com/content/9c88...
During the Cold War, the openness of Western information systems was a massive asset, that contributed to the weakening of the USSR.
Today that openness has been Trojan horsed by Western and non-Western social media.
www.ft.com/content/9c88...
TikTok says it took down ‘cluster’ of pro-Russian influencers in Romania
Social media accounts promoted Călin Georgescu without flagging political ads, MEPs hear
www.ft.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:43 AM
A fundamental challenge for liberal democracies.
During the Cold War, the openness of Western information systems was a massive asset, that contributed to the weakening of the USSR.
Today that openness has been Trojan horsed by Western and non-Western social media.
www.ft.com/content/9c88...
During the Cold War, the openness of Western information systems was a massive asset, that contributed to the weakening of the USSR.
Today that openness has been Trojan horsed by Western and non-Western social media.
www.ft.com/content/9c88...
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Reading the pardon coverage...I don't think the significance of the Gaetz/Patel/Bondi nominations has sunk in. People still aren't getting what a politicized DOJ and FBI, with the power to arrest/bug/harass anyone for any reason, would be able to do.
December 3, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Reading the pardon coverage...I don't think the significance of the Gaetz/Patel/Bondi nominations has sunk in. People still aren't getting what a politicized DOJ and FBI, with the power to arrest/bug/harass anyone for any reason, would be able to do.
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Another excellent Living History photography thread with pictures taken at the Fränkisches Freilandmuseum Bad Windsheim.
Group of history enthusiasts portraying the past.
freilandmuseum.de
Look, people wearing colours!
Photos ©Susan Sümer
Group of history enthusiasts portraying the past.
freilandmuseum.de
Look, people wearing colours!
Photos ©Susan Sümer
December 1, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Another excellent Living History photography thread with pictures taken at the Fränkisches Freilandmuseum Bad Windsheim.
Group of history enthusiasts portraying the past.
freilandmuseum.de
Look, people wearing colours!
Photos ©Susan Sümer
Group of history enthusiasts portraying the past.
freilandmuseum.de
Look, people wearing colours!
Photos ©Susan Sümer
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Ukrainian wartime art: "Blackout"
🖼️ by Anna Katayan
🖼️ by Anna Katayan
December 1, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Ukrainian wartime art: "Blackout"
🖼️ by Anna Katayan
🖼️ by Anna Katayan
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Fellas, this account is a huge hazard to ukrainian volunteers and NAFO!
Please help and REPORT!
*mustachepete*
#NAFOarticle5
#NAFO #donatetoukraine
⚠️ It is also connected to ukrainian-squad on bluesky (!), which is a russian operation and NOT the one from X.
Please help and REPORT!
*mustachepete*
#NAFOarticle5
#NAFO #donatetoukraine
⚠️ It is also connected to ukrainian-squad on bluesky (!), which is a russian operation and NOT the one from X.
⛔️ This account is part of a smear campagne to Ukrainian volunteers.
@ mustachepete0 .bsky.social
Harassing and reporting their accounts and PayPal!!!!
REPORT, BLOCK
#NAFO #NAFOarticle5
#donatetoukraine
@ mustachepete0 .bsky.social
Harassing and reporting their accounts and PayPal!!!!
REPORT, BLOCK
#NAFO #NAFOarticle5
#donatetoukraine
November 30, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Fellas, this account is a huge hazard to ukrainian volunteers and NAFO!
Please help and REPORT!
*mustachepete*
#NAFOarticle5
#NAFO #donatetoukraine
⚠️ It is also connected to ukrainian-squad on bluesky (!), which is a russian operation and NOT the one from X.
Please help and REPORT!
*mustachepete*
#NAFOarticle5
#NAFO #donatetoukraine
⚠️ It is also connected to ukrainian-squad on bluesky (!), which is a russian operation and NOT the one from X.
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For those interested in the Syrian rebel group that has captured Aleppo. “Today, HTS can be thought of as a relatively localized Syrian terrorist organization, which retains a Salafi-jihadist ideology despite its public split from al-Qaeda in 2017” www.csis.org/programs/for...
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) | Terrorism Backgrounders | CSIS
TNT Terrorism Backgrounder
www.csis.org
November 30, 2024 at 11:36 AM
For those interested in the Syrian rebel group that has captured Aleppo. “Today, HTS can be thought of as a relatively localized Syrian terrorist organization, which retains a Salafi-jihadist ideology despite its public split from al-Qaeda in 2017” www.csis.org/programs/for...
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This is what the good people of Georgia are going through tonight to oust the Russians from their government while dumbasses like disinformation casualty Joe Rogan invite them in.
November 29, 2024 at 7:43 PM
This is what the good people of Georgia are going through tonight to oust the Russians from their government while dumbasses like disinformation casualty Joe Rogan invite them in.
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The condition of fabrics from pile dwelling and wetland settlements is amazing. This charred ball of thread was found at the site of Marin-Epagnier/Préfargier. It was made of hemp or lime fibres, and dates about 3900-3300BC. The thread measures a total of ca. 10m in length.
📷Laténium
🏺 #archaeology
📷Laténium
🏺 #archaeology
November 28, 2024 at 8:05 AM
The condition of fabrics from pile dwelling and wetland settlements is amazing. This charred ball of thread was found at the site of Marin-Epagnier/Préfargier. It was made of hemp or lime fibres, and dates about 3900-3300BC. The thread measures a total of ca. 10m in length.
📷Laténium
🏺 #archaeology
📷Laténium
🏺 #archaeology
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When iron was introduced during the Later Bronze Age of Central Europe, it was first used for ornaments and decorative purposes. Hilt of a bronze swords with dark iron inlays, 9th century BC, found in a well at Unterkrumbach. Naturhistorisches Museum Nürnberg. #archaeology
November 28, 2024 at 5:03 AM
When iron was introduced during the Later Bronze Age of Central Europe, it was first used for ornaments and decorative purposes. Hilt of a bronze swords with dark iron inlays, 9th century BC, found in a well at Unterkrumbach. Naturhistorisches Museum Nürnberg. #archaeology
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Ouch. China is running out of working age Chinese.
November 27, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Ouch. China is running out of working age Chinese.
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I thought I’d contrast the photos I posted yesterday (of some small fragments of 13th century wall paintings from a church in Suffolk) with this amazing and much more complete scheme, dating from the 12th century, which still adorns the walls of St. Mary’s Church, Ickleton, Cambridgeshire 🤩❤️
November 27, 2024 at 3:49 PM
I thought I’d contrast the photos I posted yesterday (of some small fragments of 13th century wall paintings from a church in Suffolk) with this amazing and much more complete scheme, dating from the 12th century, which still adorns the walls of St. Mary’s Church, Ickleton, Cambridgeshire 🤩❤️
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I usually ban myself for posting this stone as it’s so ubiquitous but it’s also the stone I’m asked most often to identify. It’s called Jura Marble, a limestone from the Jurassic Treuchtlingen Formation of the Bavarian Jura. Used everywhere! #urbangeology
November 26, 2024 at 3:13 PM
I usually ban myself for posting this stone as it’s so ubiquitous but it’s also the stone I’m asked most often to identify. It’s called Jura Marble, a limestone from the Jurassic Treuchtlingen Formation of the Bavarian Jura. Used everywhere! #urbangeology
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Celebrate and rejoice with me. The buffalo population is slowly coming back. 🪶🦬
November 26, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Celebrate and rejoice with me. The buffalo population is slowly coming back. 🪶🦬
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www.freshplaza.com/north-americ... a particularly sexy article (readable)
Ruble devaluation triggers fruit export cancellations to Russia amid soaring inflation
Recent reports from EastFruit highlight a series of cancellations for previously agreed shipments of fruits and vegetables to Russia from Turkey, Egypt, and Iran. These cancellations are…
www.freshplaza.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:37 AM
www.freshplaza.com/north-americ... a particularly sexy article (readable)