Gavin Lenaghan
@gavinlenaghan.bsky.social
Artist, writer, vinyl collector, Prince fan, and all-round creator.
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Ben Riley-Smith, Pol Ed Telegraph: ‘Coded #Greenland message from the #Danish #PrimeMinister's comments in the visitors book at #Chequers, where she was hosted by #KeirStarmer today.
"We'll get by with a little help from our friends."’ [Maybe not so coded?]
"We'll get by with a little help from our friends."’ [Maybe not so coded?]
![Ben Riley-Smith, Pol Ed Telegraph: ‘Coded #Greenland message from the #Danish #PrimeMinister's comments in the visitors book at #Chequers, where she was hosted by #KeirStarmer today.
"We'll get by with a little help from our friends."’ [Maybe not so coded?]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:44vryxuypemvgsck5xkhppf3/bafkreiekvv2uiuqls5rydzsex24hnyncdfqv3szodcyu6tfcqas2alpkme@jpeg)
January 22, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Ben Riley-Smith, Pol Ed Telegraph: ‘Coded #Greenland message from the #Danish #PrimeMinister's comments in the visitors book at #Chequers, where she was hosted by #KeirStarmer today.
"We'll get by with a little help from our friends."’ [Maybe not so coded?]
"We'll get by with a little help from our friends."’ [Maybe not so coded?]
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Letter: The fact that our allies are seriously wondering whether the U.S. is turning into 1930s Germany should be our wake-up call.
Letter: I am no longer confident that we are the good guys. Are you?
Letter: The fact that our allies are seriously wondering whether the U.S. is turning into 1930s Germany should be our wake-up call.
www.sltrib.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Letter: The fact that our allies are seriously wondering whether the U.S. is turning into 1930s Germany should be our wake-up call.
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In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
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Tell you what. Not a great time to be a mid-sized nation going it alone
January 20, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Tell you what. Not a great time to be a mid-sized nation going it alone
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in a world with "I want more", I want less...less noise, less dramas, less stress, less comparisons & less consumption
January 20, 2026 at 6:08 AM
in a world with "I want more", I want less...less noise, less dramas, less stress, less comparisons & less consumption
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There are literally only two ways forward: the American people deal with a clearly unwell president using the constitutional means at their disposal; the rest of the world deals with it by putting the strongest mitigation measures available. And you hope the US military won’t follow a nuclear order.
Trump posts what appears to be a private text message sent to him by Macron
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 AM
There are literally only two ways forward: the American people deal with a clearly unwell president using the constitutional means at their disposal; the rest of the world deals with it by putting the strongest mitigation measures available. And you hope the US military won’t follow a nuclear order.
In the improbable event that I'm ever a world leader, there's no way I'm ever sharing any life secrets in a text to D*nald Tr*mp, lol
BREAKING
President Trump has posted what appears to be a private message from President Macron of France where Macron says:
“I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland.”
President Trump has posted what appears to be a private message from President Macron of France where Macron says:
“I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland.”
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 AM
In the improbable event that I'm ever a world leader, there's no way I'm ever sharing any life secrets in a text to D*nald Tr*mp, lol
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As has been mentioned in the replies, the current US admin signed off the Chagos deal in May last year www.state.gov/u-s-support-...
U.S. Support for UK and Mauritius Agreement on Chagos Archipelago - United States Department of State
Today, the United States welcomed the historic agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory—specifically, the Chagos Archipela...
www.state.gov
January 20, 2026 at 7:25 AM
As has been mentioned in the replies, the current US admin signed off the Chagos deal in May last year www.state.gov/u-s-support-...
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On MLK Day, we’ll hear a lot of quotes from people actively dismantling his legacy, including the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
Dr. King’s work was never finished. It was interrupted.
Dr. King’s work was never finished. It was interrupted.
January 19, 2026 at 4:36 PM
On MLK Day, we’ll hear a lot of quotes from people actively dismantling his legacy, including the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
Dr. King’s work was never finished. It was interrupted.
Dr. King’s work was never finished. It was interrupted.
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... more than ever by people who share his disordered personality traits and don't give a damn about (or indeed relish) the harm he causes to the nation and the world.
That said, I'm willing to indulge the fantasy that he has suddenly lost his mind—if that's what it takes to get rid of him.
That said, I'm willing to indulge the fantasy that he has suddenly lost his mind—if that's what it takes to get rid of him.
January 19, 2026 at 7:31 PM
... more than ever by people who share his disordered personality traits and don't give a damn about (or indeed relish) the harm he causes to the nation and the world.
That said, I'm willing to indulge the fantasy that he has suddenly lost his mind—if that's what it takes to get rid of him.
That said, I'm willing to indulge the fantasy that he has suddenly lost his mind—if that's what it takes to get rid of him.
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He hasn't lost his mind, at least not recently.
He has always been demonstrably psychologically disordered. His mental illnesses and their effects have gotten worse, because that's what happens to malignant narcissists and narcissistic psychopaths with age, and also because he is surrounded ...
He has always been demonstrably psychologically disordered. His mental illnesses and their effects have gotten worse, because that's what happens to malignant narcissists and narcissistic psychopaths with age, and also because he is surrounded ...
January 19, 2026 at 7:31 PM
He hasn't lost his mind, at least not recently.
He has always been demonstrably psychologically disordered. His mental illnesses and their effects have gotten worse, because that's what happens to malignant narcissists and narcissistic psychopaths with age, and also because he is surrounded ...
He has always been demonstrably psychologically disordered. His mental illnesses and their effects have gotten worse, because that's what happens to malignant narcissists and narcissistic psychopaths with age, and also because he is surrounded ...
#np #Plush - “Free and Easy” from the LP Plush (1982) 💿 🎵
It’s sort of curious to me that Rene & Angela-produced projects have received so little reissue love since the whole #vinyl revival started. This one’s a nice exception, tho’.
#PostDisco #SiedahGarrett #ReneMoore #AngelaWinbush #NowPlaying
It’s sort of curious to me that Rene & Angela-produced projects have received so little reissue love since the whole #vinyl revival started. This one’s a nice exception, tho’.
#PostDisco #SiedahGarrett #ReneMoore #AngelaWinbush #NowPlaying
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
#np #Plush - “Free and Easy” from the LP Plush (1982) 💿 🎵
It’s sort of curious to me that Rene & Angela-produced projects have received so little reissue love since the whole #vinyl revival started. This one’s a nice exception, tho’.
#PostDisco #SiedahGarrett #ReneMoore #AngelaWinbush #NowPlaying
It’s sort of curious to me that Rene & Angela-produced projects have received so little reissue love since the whole #vinyl revival started. This one’s a nice exception, tho’.
#PostDisco #SiedahGarrett #ReneMoore #AngelaWinbush #NowPlaying
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1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
January 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM
1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
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Just a month ago the UK agreed to a deal in which the NHS has to pay £3bn a year more for US drugs.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
January 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Just a month ago the UK agreed to a deal in which the NHS has to pay £3bn a year more for US drugs.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
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I'm honestly less mad at the President, who is clearly not well, that I am at his outriders and enablers.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
January 19, 2026 at 7:38 AM
I'm honestly less mad at the President, who is clearly not well, that I am at his outriders and enablers.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
Turns out that flattering, fellating, and grovelling before an abuser just empowers them to intensify their abuse.
The present US isn't worthy of being considered any type of "ally" to the UK and Europe at this point, even a "difficult/problematic" one 🙄
The present US isn't worthy of being considered any type of "ally" to the UK and Europe at this point, even a "difficult/problematic" one 🙄
January 19, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Turns out that flattering, fellating, and grovelling before an abuser just empowers them to intensify their abuse.
The present US isn't worthy of being considered any type of "ally" to the UK and Europe at this point, even a "difficult/problematic" one 🙄
The present US isn't worthy of being considered any type of "ally" to the UK and Europe at this point, even a "difficult/problematic" one 🙄
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Yet again, the world is tiptoeing over eggshells to placate an aggy man's big feelings and his need to feel like he's won an argument. It's exhausting. It's so exhausting.
#Greenland
#Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Yet again, the world is tiptoeing over eggshells to placate an aggy man's big feelings and his need to feel like he's won an argument. It's exhausting. It's so exhausting.
#Greenland
#Greenland
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De Gaulle would be absolutely insufferable if he could see what was happening today.
January 17, 2026 at 8:53 PM
De Gaulle would be absolutely insufferable if he could see what was happening today.
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American commentators and right wing politicians are expressing shock that countries they have repeatedly threatened with invasion, disrespected on the international stage, and economically bullied are forging new alliances.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
American commentators and right wing politicians are expressing shock that countries they have repeatedly threatened with invasion, disrespected on the international stage, and economically bullied are forging new alliances.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
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Not many Canadian citizens even consider the US an ally at all at this point. The US is causing more damage to our country and is now a bigger threat than anyone else. Our federal government is being far more diplomatic than the average Canadian.
January 17, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Not many Canadian citizens even consider the US an ally at all at this point. The US is causing more damage to our country and is now a bigger threat than anyone else. Our federal government is being far more diplomatic than the average Canadian.
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Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
French troops deploying to Greenland because the United States might try to take it over.
Today in 2026 sentences.
Today in 2026 sentences.
❗️An initial group of 🇫🇷French mountain troops has arrived in 🇬🇱Greenland to prepare for the reception and deployment of the main contingent. French authorities have stated that additional land, aviation, and naval units will be dispatched in the coming days.
January 17, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
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That there’s not a massive, credible, instant, bipartisan impeachment/25th Amendment move over these senseless and destructive Greenland threats is a sign of how broken our politics are — and especially how broken the Republican Party is.
It's really impossible to overstate how much *everyone* is watching the US threats towards Greenland, not just Europe. If you want to break not just NATO but Five Eyes and maybe our Asian defense alliances too, taking Greenland is how you do it.
Forcibly annexing Greenland would be a strategic catastrophe—for Europe, for Canada, and perhaps most especially for the United States itself.
My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
January 7, 2026 at 9:51 AM
That there’s not a massive, credible, instant, bipartisan impeachment/25th Amendment move over these senseless and destructive Greenland threats is a sign of how broken our politics are — and especially how broken the Republican Party is.
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If you listen very carefully, you can hear Charles de Gaulle screaming I BLOODY TOLD YOU SO from some rural French cemetery.
January 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
If you listen very carefully, you can hear Charles de Gaulle screaming I BLOODY TOLD YOU SO from some rural French cemetery.
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I am wondering at what point some variant of "it would be good for Beitain to move closer to Europe" becomes a significant strain of thought in Europe again. I understand why there is caution - but it still feels like there must come a point where the advantages outweigh the bullshit
January 17, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I am wondering at what point some variant of "it would be good for Beitain to move closer to Europe" becomes a significant strain of thought in Europe again. I understand why there is caution - but it still feels like there must come a point where the advantages outweigh the bullshit
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First, he threatens to take Greenland by force, now he is threatening to tariff anyone who stands in his way.
First, he claimed tariffs were a way to fix the so-called trade imbalance.
Now he’s openly using them to bully the free world.
First, he claimed tariffs were a way to fix the so-called trade imbalance.
Now he’s openly using them to bully the free world.
January 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM
First, he threatens to take Greenland by force, now he is threatening to tariff anyone who stands in his way.
First, he claimed tariffs were a way to fix the so-called trade imbalance.
Now he’s openly using them to bully the free world.
First, he claimed tariffs were a way to fix the so-called trade imbalance.
Now he’s openly using them to bully the free world.