History Scientist

Iran is on the ropes again like it was during the Iran-Iraq war when they gave up after only 8 years.

In general politicians don't have a button they can press to make things better. But I think Trump may have one. He could resign.

I don’t have any market research to back this up. But I think horse lovers are probably more common than battery lovers.

All changed, changed utterly: A terrible gormlessness is born

If the war against Iran is a holy one, shouldn't they try praying before bombing?

'Taking hostages and stealing money' — Sybiha says Hungary detained Ukrainian banks employees with cash shipments "We are talking about Hungary taking hostages and stealing money. If this is the “force” announced earlier today by Mr. Orban, then this is a force of a criminal gang. This is state terrorism and rack...

⚡️'Taking hostages and stealing money' — Sybiha says Hungary detained Ukrainian bank employees with cash shipments.

"We are talking about Hungary taking hostages and stealing money... This is state terrorism and racketeering," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote in a statement on March 5.

Germany didn't surrender unconditionally until armies had overrun most of it. Japan didn't surrender unconditionally.

It's a shame that ships aren't insured in coffee shops in London any more.

US grants waiver to allow India to buy Russian oil amid Iran war ‘Stopgap measure’ designed to keep oil flowing into global market as Middle East crisis disrupts crude shipments

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

So far the war in the Middle East, Iran and Lebanon are paying a big cost in lives and the US is paying a big cost in costs.

Neither side is getting anything good out of it.

It's maybe fortunate for us in the UK that the North Sea oil reserves are nearly exhausted.

This Country Voted to Keep Oil in the Ground. Will It Happen? - Inside Climate News More than 10 million Ecuadorians voted last year to ban oil operations in part of the Amazon rainforest. But heavy crude has continued to flow from the region, which is home to uncontacted Indigenous ...

US troops are just moving into Equador.

insideclimatenews.org/news/2108202...

Relatable.

Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right thing. There doesn't seem to be a name for whatever it is I'm doing.

Even if burning oil and gas had no environmental effects, it would still be worth switching to alternatives to avoid the wars they cause.

Frankly, it is putting me off being ill.

Is there book open on Polymarkets where you can bet on how much the US attack on Iran is going to end up costing?

History. History. History.

Sorry about that. I ignored history.

You know the drill.

I think the Trump regime can be defeated by an alliance of people with liberal values, people who feel respecting constitutional norms is important and people who are fed up of half-wits fucking everything up.

Do you remember the fashion for blue seude shoes? It was Elvis wasn't it?

Shush. You don't want to let the Chinese know they have a free hand in Taiwan.

My ideal would be for the UK not to get involved at all. But I suppose if our bases in Cyprus have the ability to intercept missiles aimed at civilians in Israel or Lebanon, then to save lives maybe they should.

I've no idea if this is true. But it's pretty bad if it is.

Carpet bombing Tehran wouldn't be justifiable morally under any circumstances. But leaving that aside, historically bombing civilians doesn't help win wars. London, Dresden, Hanoi, Kyev etc

A purely missile based war doesn't have the narrative flow of one where one side is trying to contact the other. All you get is a list of things that have blown up. Unless the sides can gradually increase the size or significance of the strikes it's going to get very dull.

Watching Trump live. He's got boring.

I'm old enough to be bifocal curious.

A foreign policy success to distract from domestic failures is a tried and trusted political tactic. It does need to be a success though.

It's not very woke to mock people just because they are stupid and do stupid things.

If you ladies leave from platform 3, you will be a weapon.