Ian
@highroads.bsky.social
Engineer, science fiction fan. he / him
Interests: nature, environment, photography, transportation, science.
Let's put our heads together
And start a new country up
Up underneath the river bed
We'll burn the river down
Interests: nature, environment, photography, transportation, science.
Let's put our heads together
And start a new country up
Up underneath the river bed
We'll burn the river down
Pinned
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oopsie doodle
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
December 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
oopsie doodle
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alexandra Devrient and Russel Tovey in "The war between the land and the sea" BBC1 tonight.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alexandra Devrient and Russel Tovey in "The war between the land and the sea" BBC1 tonight.
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"[I]n February, they were on track to wipe out 90% of USAID's work."
"They traded congratulatory speeches and cut into a sheet cake."
"Officially, the death count in South Sudan is nearly 1,600, making it the worst cholera epidemic in the country's history."
#USA #SouthSudan #Aid #Healthcare
"They traded congratulatory speeches and cut into a sheet cake."
"Officially, the death count in South Sudan is nearly 1,600, making it the worst cholera epidemic in the country's history."
#USA #SouthSudan #Aid #Healthcare
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a result.
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"[I]n February, they were on track to wipe out 90% of USAID's work."
"They traded congratulatory speeches and cut into a sheet cake."
"Officially, the death count in South Sudan is nearly 1,600, making it the worst cholera epidemic in the country's history."
#USA #SouthSudan #Aid #Healthcare
"They traded congratulatory speeches and cut into a sheet cake."
"Officially, the death count in South Sudan is nearly 1,600, making it the worst cholera epidemic in the country's history."
#USA #SouthSudan #Aid #Healthcare
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Zootopia 2 is the highest grossing Hollywood movie of the year & Kpop Demon Hunters was Netflix's most popular movie of all time, but fuck animators, am I right? I hate reading about how huge & beloved this stuff is while knowing how hard creators have it & how it still isn't broadly taken seriously
December 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Zootopia 2 is the highest grossing Hollywood movie of the year & Kpop Demon Hunters was Netflix's most popular movie of all time, but fuck animators, am I right? I hate reading about how huge & beloved this stuff is while knowing how hard creators have it & how it still isn't broadly taken seriously
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Staying in a pub at the moment with a guy we met on the plane.
December 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Staying in a pub at the moment with a guy we met on the plane.
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'Switzerland in Winter.' John Lavery visited the fashionable resort of Wengen in Switzerland in 1912-13 producing mountain landscapes which favourably compare with John Singer Sargent's alpine scenes of the period.
December 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
'Switzerland in Winter.' John Lavery visited the fashionable resort of Wengen in Switzerland in 1912-13 producing mountain landscapes which favourably compare with John Singer Sargent's alpine scenes of the period.
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12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
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A thread about the introduction of quanta, the secret origin of Boltzmann’s constant, and the disastrous impact of quantum mechanics on one man’s appearance. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢
December 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A thread about the introduction of quanta, the secret origin of Boltzmann’s constant, and the disastrous impact of quantum mechanics on one man’s appearance. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢
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Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
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Brilliant job, well done!
Thanks to everyone (especially @adambarnett.bsky.social) for the suggestions. There were so many pro-Putin statements by Farage, we turned them into a Griftmas Advent Calendar bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Brilliant job, well done!
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I shouldn’t have to share this article as much as I do. Sending condolences to all friends and family and loved ones from the Brown Shooting today.
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
Why Flavor Flav says the US must ban firearms now | Opinion
The lack of U.S. gun laws has created a violence epidemic unlike anywhere else on Earth. This is domestic errorism
www.newsweek.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I shouldn’t have to share this article as much as I do. Sending condolences to all friends and family and loved ones from the Brown Shooting today.
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
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so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
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Happy 100th Birthday to my childhood inspiration, who made it Ok for lanky kids like me to find hope in our own future. God Bless You, Dick Van Dyke ❤️.
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#dickvandyke #happy100thbirthday
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#dickvandyke #happy100thbirthday
December 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Happy 100th Birthday to my childhood inspiration, who made it Ok for lanky kids like me to find hope in our own future. God Bless You, Dick Van Dyke ❤️.
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#dickvandyke #happy100thbirthday
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#dickvandyke #happy100thbirthday
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I deeply disagree with Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, convicted criminal who uses the name "Tommy Robinson" on basically everything. But trying to use Christmas, Jesus, and Christmas carols to be mean to people is awful.
December 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I deeply disagree with Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, convicted criminal who uses the name "Tommy Robinson" on basically everything. But trying to use Christmas, Jesus, and Christmas carols to be mean to people is awful.
Nice interview here. That with the breasts I have too.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Guz Khan: ‘What do I most dislike about my appearance? My breasts’
The actor, writer and comedian on turning his life around, fancying Cilla Black and his secret nose-picking
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Nice interview here. That with the breasts I have too.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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December 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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yet another crummy thing about capitalism is that being a piece of shit often comes with great material rewards, while having morals and values will see you banished from the public stage
December 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
yet another crummy thing about capitalism is that being a piece of shit often comes with great material rewards, while having morals and values will see you banished from the public stage
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So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
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So is this what happened over Ireland?
"Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases."
Well done by the students. How come the authorities didn't figure this out? Or did they just not tell us about it?
Well done by the students. How come the authorities didn't figure this out? Or did they just not tell us about it?
They Droned Back
Young journalists expose Russian-linked vessels circling off the Dutch and German coast
www.digitaldigging.org
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
So is this what happened over Ireland?
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New today on the site!
Better a Pig: How Miyazaki's PORCO ROSSO Dismantles the Aesthetics of Fascism
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Better a Pig: How Miyazaki's PORCO ROSSO Dismantles the Aesthetics of Fascism
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Porco Rosso and the Aesthetics of Fascism
Porco Rosso creates a visual language for the anti-fascist politics at its center, undermining key components of the fascist aesthetic.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
New today on the site!
Better a Pig: How Miyazaki's PORCO ROSSO Dismantles the Aesthetics of Fascism
- @aeneas-nin.bsky.social
Better a Pig: How Miyazaki's PORCO ROSSO Dismantles the Aesthetics of Fascism
- @aeneas-nin.bsky.social
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Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests
A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
centralbylines.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests
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Steve Bannon’s close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein deserves even more scrutiny.
Every day.
Bannon has manipulated press coverage for years, even while being a superspreader for rightwing extremism and idiotic conspiracy theories.
Reporting every day. Bannon + Epstein.
Every day.
Bannon has manipulated press coverage for years, even while being a superspreader for rightwing extremism and idiotic conspiracy theories.
Reporting every day. Bannon + Epstein.
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Steve Bannon’s close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein deserves even more scrutiny.
Every day.
Bannon has manipulated press coverage for years, even while being a superspreader for rightwing extremism and idiotic conspiracy theories.
Reporting every day. Bannon + Epstein.
Every day.
Bannon has manipulated press coverage for years, even while being a superspreader for rightwing extremism and idiotic conspiracy theories.
Reporting every day. Bannon + Epstein.