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Matthew Redhead

@matthewrr.bsky.social

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National & financial security. Former UK civil servant and financial intelligence professional. Senior Associate Fellow @rusi.bsky.social CFS. Loves ideas, cult fiction, anomalous stuff and landscapes. Views own.

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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 28d

“People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilisation. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial…they are bored by civilisation; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater.”

Kenneth Clark, ‘Civilisation’.

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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 13h

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MADNESS. I MEAN MATTER.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 13h

There is perverse thinking, and a step below that is thinking that a president that is illegally sending US military units into US cities should be awarded the Nobel Peace prize.

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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 14h

😆👏🏻

Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 14h

…as you go along…

Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 14h

It is I! Lecornu!

Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 15h

a man wearing glasses is peeking out of a tent and saying oooooooh !

ALT: a man wearing glasses is peeking out of a tent and saying oooooooh !

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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 18h

“Technically brilliant man more than a little unhinged” shocker.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19h

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 18h

Dainty has much better foot work.

Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 18h

🤪🤪🤪

Beyond parody.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 18h

Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 18h

This reminds me of the time Tom Paulin was on 'The Late Review' and declared that 'The Phantom Menace' was "all about Palestine".

Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 18h

I have spent a good part of the day reading sanctions-related press releases from the US, UK, EU, Australia and Canada. Hardly a day to stir emotion, but if I see another FCDO statement talking about "unleashing" new sanctions, or "ratcheting up" or "cranking up the pressure", I might scream.

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 23h

Breaking: Trump bans ABBA and declares war on Sweden.

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Chris Orton @chriso1.bsky.social · 1d

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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 1d

“A rally not for any old change, lads. REAL change.”

Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 1d

“Back together, after all those tears.”

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 2d

Coverage of Badenoch's speech was one of the worst examples ever of Westminster Brain and Lobbythink. A litany of nonsense applauded by a policy elite that can't even think three moves ahead. (1/3)

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Profolus @profolus.com · 2d

A study reveals that the biggest predictor of war support is not politics—but masculinity. Cultural ideals linking manhood with violence make people more likely to support militarization and war.

Beliefs About Violent Masculinity May Predict Readiness for War - Profolus

Beliefs linking masculinity with violence are the strongest driver of pro-war attitudes.

www.profolus.com

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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 2d

If he doesn’t want to pigeon-holed as a Tory, why did he write about it in a national newspaper? And speak at the Tory conference? Give me a break.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2d

A senior Iranian lawmaker said on Wednesday that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had lifted all limits to the range of Iran’s missiles, signaling a potential major shift to Tehran's defense posture after a punishing June war.
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Khamenei lifted all limits on missile range, senior Iranian MP says

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 2d

"The future they are building is one in which states cooperate in a global condominium to suppress transnational dissent...one in which a fundamental means of continuing the struggle against dictatorships—fleeing to a more democratic country and advocating from there—is foreclosed."

Important read:

Trump Is Supporting Transnational Repression

Instead of sheltering pro-democracy dissidents, America is now returning them for arrest.

foreignpolicy.com

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François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social · 2d

Grey zone ops

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 3d

One of Europe’s biggest air defense companies is warning that its top secret factories are being overflown by increasing numbers of drones.

And it wants clear rules on how to jam or bring them down.

Top EU weapons firm warns of drone threat to production lines

Thales Belgium says its factory making 70 mm rockets is being buzzed by drones.

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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 2d

Rip off degrees:

Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 2d

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 3d

Incidentally English graduates are in demand by tech companies who need to translate what they do into understandable language for their business customers in particular.

But why let facts get in the way of a stupid soundbite?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 3d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 2d

That two hander with Guinness and Bannen. Beautiful, sad, bitter.

Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 2d

I seem to be seeing more random posts from accounts I don’t follow. I just had one telling me “not to forget to trace and kiss her tattoos today”.

Like, what? WHAT?