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@seymourstrangely
Ex-bookseller, writer, anarcho-Buddhist-Epicurean. Lefty, Scottish not British. Curiosity, perspective and humour are what keep us from despair or ennui. Fascism is a very Bad Thing. I will block any "followers" who have zero posts.
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βThe idea that a civilization might destroy itself is both ludicrous and likely.
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We are pathetically inadequate at long-term planning, idiotically primitive in our destructive urges and pathologically incapable of simply getting along."
- Brian Cox
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Trump: βWatch what happens to these deranged scumbags todayβ in reference to the Iranian regime. βTheyβve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, & now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so!β
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"Sian Berry was not given room to speak for more than 11 seconds after being asked to clarify what the Greens' position was on the defensive alliance."
www.thenational.scot/news/2593332...
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if Iran attacks, damages or sinks maybe 1% of the oil tankers going through the Strait of Hormuz,
no oil tankers will then be insurable.
tanker traffic will cease.
& the world economy will implode.
but there is a non-zero risk that Trump (who CANNOT STAND TO BE BEATEN EVER) will respond with nukes.
I also drank some coffee recently. it was quite nice. should I send in a video?
yes, surely this has been blindingly obvious for a long time. why have politicians been so slow and stupid about this?
Trump is not a normal President. he is not even a normal human being.
he is deeply and malignantly narcissistic.
he is desperate to escape jail.
and he has nuclear f*ing weapons.
π¨ @pimlicat.bsky.social: "After more than 18,000 of our supporters wrote to Ofgem highlighting real public concern over Muskβs powergrab, Best for Britain are calling on the energy secretary to step in and urgently reverse Ofgemβs misguided decision. Itβs not too late to do the right thing.β
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100,000 trans people & allies fill central London for Trans Pride.
Mainstream media: nothing
Thousands of trans people & allies fill Wembley Arena for pro-trans gig with massive names like Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Sugarbabes.
Mainstream media: nothing.
This is what extreme media bias looks like.
oh?
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"The Dahiya doctrine: if an insurgency cannot be ended or the leadership of a state cannot be subdued, the route to victory lies with the relentless punishing of the civilian population..it is almost certainly unworkable."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Detailed breakdown of how Westminster has powergrabbed devolved powers from Scotland.
Here's the process history that I designed back in 2018. Frustrating that sooo many Scots didn't seem to notice what was going on and are still oblivious today. Mundell and 'Scottish' Tories' conduct was especially shameful #Scotland #Holyrood26 #SNP1SGP2
5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.
Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.
4/ Ok, so what ARE the goals? It seems, primarily, destroying lots of missiles and boats and drone factories.
But the question that stumped them: what happens when you stop bombing and they restart production?
They hinted at more bombing. Which is, of course, endless war.
In the Senedd on Tuesday, Plaid's ap Iorwerth said the memo showed "Keir Starmer's own version of Boris Johnson's muscular unionism, not only dealing with devolution in bad faith, but undertaking a direct assault on the democratic views of devolved governments".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Mottram's team notes that Antarctic ice shelves have already had a net loss of 36,700 square kilometers from 1997 to 2021, slightly more than the total area of Maryland."
phys.org/news/2026-03...
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He literally said Scotland should never exist. Then blames Scots for anti-English bias against him..
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the phrase "the current lifetime of the universe" should presumably read "the lifetime of the universe up until now."
βHe canβt articulate a plan or a vision because he has no plan or vision. He canβt even decide whether or not the country is at war. Heβs risking the world economy and the lives of millions on whims and vibes.β
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
good to know that, according to Trump, the Iran war is now very completely not quite almost absolutely and totally within some time of being in the final stages of ending its beginning.