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Husband, dad, grandad, Freemason, Computer tech , you can expect posts about punching Nazis, equality in all forms, politics, trying to drag the Overton Window back to centre, books, films, tv, and anything that crosses my sometimes whimsical mind.

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Not that I’ve noticed.

21.09.2025 21:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Only if you’ve finished writing the Corsac Fox series.

14.09.2025 01:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Geez, Nance, you can give yourself whiplash spinning that fast.

13.09.2025 04:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.09.2025 21:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Preparing? It's already happened. What you're seeing is consolidation.

26.08.2025 10:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dumping Google’s enshittified search for Kagi Enough is enough: I’ve jettisoned Google in favor of a search engine that doesn’t treat me like a product.

Enough is enoughβ€”I dumped Google’s worsening search for Kagi arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

05.08.2025 15:06 πŸ‘ 163 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 16

How do you address a rapist?

1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC

19.07.2025 20:21 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1

β€œSo, ya wanna be a Goodfeather.”

23.06.2025 01:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Allies Need You!!!

The Allies Need You!!!

#TheAlliedForces
#FightLikeAGirl_bsky

19.06.2025 06:27 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

TIL

12.06.2025 03:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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03.06.2025 10:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another term for it is Salami Tactics, a gradual achievement of a goal by small slices. See the first episode of Yes, Prime Minister, Hacker’s Grand Design for a brilliant breakdown of it used militarily.

27.05.2025 20:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When I was doing PolSci over 40 years ago we called it political drift. The desire to achieve power over-riding the principles on which the Party was founded.

27.05.2025 20:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Overton window - Wikipedia

This is a good explanation

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton...

27.05.2025 07:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Love it.

27.05.2025 07:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s okay, I speak ginger floof.

21.05.2025 21:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe’re gonna get a big beautiful dome. It’s gonna be gold. And the best bit is we’re gonna make the Martians pay for it.”

21.05.2025 21:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone’s a critic.

16.05.2025 08:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve got one, just needs a sharpen.

08.05.2025 23:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Could we just hack Musk?

08.05.2025 06:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is OBSCENE.

25.04.2025 22:18 πŸ‘ 3445 πŸ” 1064 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 43

Can we just fast forward to the liberation of DC and the bunker scene please?

26.04.2025 00:35 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Vance has now achieved made man status in the Trump Family.

21.04.2025 21:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would watch

21.04.2025 07:48 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I watched his awkward walk through a SpaceX facility yesterday. I think I’d pay folding money to watch him attempt to disco roller dance.

17.04.2025 22:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Can Elon roller skate?

17.04.2025 22:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’d say intent more than incompetence.
They’re thinning the herd.
If the people who received these letters are still in the US in 7 days they’ll join the ranks of the 803 who are currently disappeared.
I wonder how many lawyers &judges have received this email
The coup’s going exactly as planned.

12.04.2025 05:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―

12.04.2025 00:21 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œMr President, how will the tariffs affect our relationship with the Grand Duchy of Fenwick? their Prime Minister Tully Bascomb has held a press conference saying that the Grand Duchess Gloriana wishes to assure the world that the Q bomb will not be used in retaliation.

06.04.2025 21:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I give her a month at best before she is disappeared.

30.03.2025 11:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0