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He/him. UK. Tech. I post trite opinions on global events. Big fan of freedom.

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The Trump admin keeps boasting that the war with Iran is already over and yet today mobilised additional forces including another aircraft carrier (America-class) and 2500 marines - sending them from Japan.

Doesn't seem over to me.

13.03.2026 18:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Christian fundamentalist who believes that Jews will convert en-masse during the end of days (which he is helping to precipitate) says what now?

13.03.2026 13:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ukrainian resilience in the face of constant terrorism

13.03.2026 13:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We all see where this is going right?

13.03.2026 11:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
President Trump & The First Lady Attend the Dignified Transfer of U.S. Service Members at Dover
President Trump & The First Lady Attend the Dignified Transfer of U.S. Service Members at Dover YouTube video by The White House

There is simultaneously no war (Wii Sports, it's completely finished etc), and also war (grey colour grading, sombre music, telling the markets ships will be escorted). What a time
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw3p...

13.03.2026 11:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"in solitude my imagination dances, filling my mind with originality"... erm this was clearly 'written' by an LLM!

13.03.2026 11:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trumpโ€™s military excursion, into an abyss The evident fact is that the president is nuts.

"Experience teaches that Trump bristling from a failure makes him more, not less, likely to do something equally stupid, and to do so soon."

A good article on why this year is only going to get worse.

www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-excu...

13.03.2026 10:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well if you're going to get into the detail of say wartime trade relations then you would also need to analyse the different military industrial strategies at play. Iran is fighting asymmetrically for a reason so in my opinion using a GDP multiplier to predict outcomes doesn't work. E.g. Afghanistan

12.03.2026 17:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I smell a false flag coming which conveniently doesn't hurt him at all given he now has Russian advisors in the country. Pathetic man.

12.03.2026 17:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

America has around 16.5 the GDP of Iran? (I'm assuming PPP is the relevant question in warfighting)

12.03.2026 17:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Perhaps it's fitting that Iran, the birthplace of Zoroastrianism, is central to modern-day eschatological convergence between all Abrahamic faiths.

God help us all. Wait, scratch that.

12.03.2026 14:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm looking forwards to Trump explaining how high oil prices are good actually when US inflation kicks off and pump prices go up

12.03.2026 14:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good news, especially with Hungary and Slovakia as neighbours

12.03.2026 14:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My phone contents were shared with the police colleague I accused of rape Police Scotland has been fined ยฃ66,000 by a watchdog after it failed to protect sensitive personal information.

They hand victim's data over to the perpetrator (if they're in the police).

These aren't mistakes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

12.03.2026 14:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Spying on Jean Charles de Menezes family 'invasive', inquiry told Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, was shot and killed by police outside Stockwell Tube station in 2005.

Why don't people trust the police?

I've sat in a courtroom and watched a police officer commit perjury. They tampered with evidence in this case. They spied on the victim's family
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

12.03.2026 14:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They tacitly accept that they are at war... with the American people

12.03.2026 13:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm merely quoting the Defence Secretary, who I believe is yet to apologise:

"What is normally six weeks of work was completed in just six days - a remarkable effort delivered around the clock. They are the very best of Britain in action." 10th March

12.03.2026 11:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just stumbling around trying to figure out how the world works.

12.03.2026 07:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 2631 ๐Ÿ” 937 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 117 ๐Ÿ“Œ 77

Everyone is 12, exhibit 5000. Like they do realise there's a pipeline already across the Arabian peninsula? With limited capacity far exceeding the magic fleet of a million trucks that they're imagining

12.03.2026 10:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Meanwhile merchant ships are sinking in the Persian gulf, Dubai skyscrapers are ablaze, the US is having to lie about casualties as if it's Russia or something and everyone is tapping emergency fuel reserves to stabilise markets. So much winning
bsky.app/profile/ship...

12.03.2026 00:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump says here they've won and they won in the first hour...

12.03.2026 00:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Randoms like me were asking it a month ago and yet UK gov somehow surprised?

bsky.app/profile/will...

11.03.2026 20:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I definitely agree about the underfunding - but the inability to see this coming is also unbelievable. They finally managed to shorten Dragon's prep time from 6 weeks to 6 days and get her out to sea... so why didn't that happen a month ago?

11.03.2026 20:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why do we have to put up with every government in this country being so mediocre?

11.03.2026 20:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Two reasons it took so long to deploy HMS Dragon - and former Navy commander says 'neither are good' The warship and its 200-strong crew are heading to the Med - but it could take up a week and a half and there's a chance it might end up being somewhat surplus to requirements.

France is sending an entire fleet of more than 10 ships to the middle east on a defensive mission. The UK is struggling to mobilise two.

Yes the Tories started this but 4 years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion Labour still haven't taken defense seriously.

news.sky.com/story/two-re...

11.03.2026 20:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Imagine if she was prime minister. Denser than tungsten

10.03.2026 21:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah the US fully expected and planned for energy disruption... and their plan was made by chatgpt. Wait, sorry, Claude

10.03.2026 20:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Meanwhile half of Europe already has ships parked off of Cyprus. It's not particularly clear why the UK government has been caught so flat-footed. Incompetence or by design?

10.03.2026 20:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The geniuses in the White House are about to discover that the other side has a vote in when this war ends. And that Israel has half the oil consumption of the US per capita

10.03.2026 20:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The reason this is everyday life for Ukrainians is because Europe is divided, weak and foolish (and don't get me started on the US)

10.03.2026 19:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0