OCB1640
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OCB1640
@ocb1640.bsky.social
Hello world.

I’m @ocb70 on Xitter, where I bonk vatniks, support Ukraine, annoy MAGAts, hang out with atheists + fellow neurodivergents, & enjoy silly (especially British) humour.

Oh, and like reading interesting history & science stuff.
My optimistic take is we see another undeniable indicator that the Russian Federation is one step closer to implosion.

Like Shaun @olddogua.bsky.social, I'm a Cold War 70s kid, remember the collapse of the Soviet Union - which *absolutely* would *never* happened, until it did.

Role on Swan Lake!
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February 11, 2026 at 8:01 AM
You are 💯 correct. Bravo.

I never claimed anything other.
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
@gtconway.bsky.social - it’s the entire civilised world whose had enough of Trump & MAGA.

Posting the Obamas as chimps is level 1000 alert.

We fully expect Trump & Co to try &
steal the Nov elections. Trump can *clearly* not avoid jail, he will burn American democracy to the ground
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Yeah, many folks today are too thick to read a history book. Typical Irish to emigrate & “get stuck in”. Scots are the same, but without the Guinness & blarny stone…

Very few realise that the Declaration of Independence was only for a small part of east coast America.
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
A dispassionate academic would have qualified their point by acknowledging that Spanish was the dominant foreign language.

That’s my entire point.

Spanish was the dominant invader language in N.America 1513-1820s. English then took over. Nobody can erase 300yrs of Spanish.
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Indeed. For more than 300 years, the dominant *colonial* language of what is now North America was Spanish. After that it was French.

English was a *far* third.

As an archaeologist & historian, I find debates on this matter hilarious.

It’s like folks desperately desire to change history!

WTF
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February 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Yeah, I know.I’ve had “First Nation” friends for decades. I’m a “native Scot” who has more in common with US/Canadian/Mexican tribes than the suited invader WASP twats in Washington.

First of all, we need to demolish their illusion that “white is right”, that somehow they *own* America. Nope…
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
You could well be right, typo on my part me thinks. Then again, 2/3 of the 108 English speakers were dead by 1608.

Simple fact is that English wasnt spoken in the vast majority of USA until 1830s. Spanish & even French were more prevalent.

Calling Spanish speakers “foreign” in USA=illiterate
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February 9, 2026 at 12:49 PM
De nada.

I’m Scots, like Trump’s mither,who also emigrated.FFS,English isne ower fairst leid!

I speak 1 o’ th 2 major local languages in Belgium, understand the other well. Learned Spanish for fun at one point in my early 20s, after doing Latin.

Facts are facts. English=invader language in USA
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February 9, 2026 at 12:26 PM
🤣 USA repealed slavery, brought it back via labor laws.

US workers:legally, 0 paid days vacation/holiday. Forget maternity/paternity leave.

Europe; minimum 20-often 30+ days PTO. Maternity/paternity leave that reflect social wellbeing-not corporate greed.

USA needs revolt against corp.greed
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February 9, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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February 9, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Shame Reaganite GOP are extinction list;this is 180 degree diametrically opposed to how GOP AND Dems saw the USA not long ago.

It’s how we saw the USSR; thought control with Big Brother listening into every thought & conversation.

It’s only States who are afraid of free will who control thought
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February 9, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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Agree 💯% With Alex Cole.......
February 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Spanish was first recorded as spoken in N.America in 1513.

English didn’t arrive until 1617, & it wasn’t until the 1820s/30s that English became the dominant language.

So; to conclude.

Spanish was the dominant language for 300 years, has grandfather rights.

English has only been dominant 200yrs
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February 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Scotland voted convincingly (62%)to stay in EU back in 2016.

Even more now, nearly 75%, want to rejoin.

I’m convinced that if Farage gets into power in London, Scotland will secede from the Union & rejoin the EU.
February 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Every civilised country should boycott the 2026 World Cup in the USA.

It’s the fact that there’s Trump donors/bribe-givers making a *fortune* out of detaining people for *as long as possible* that’s just mind-blowingly corrupt.
February 9, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”

What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I’d be utterly overjoyed to see Bitcoin drop to ZERO.

It’s a ludicrous financial experiment that’s an environmental disaster due to “mining”.

I used to trade commodities. The price of a cow or sugar will *always* have value. The value to humanity of Bitcoin?

Absolutely NOTHING.

Worse than zero
February 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
There’s no photos of Nicola Sturgeon in her kegs.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
“Flooding the zone” is exactly what they want.

Shit-steaming.

They seem to think they can overwhelm European democracy with right-wing bullshit.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Best defence against such nastiness is simply to let them record a frustratingly sexless relationship.

Then the headline would be “we still didn’t have sex after 23 years, even though the hotel staff made a huge effort with romantic petal artwork etc”

Damn, my wife would make an amazing spy.
February 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Day 6438 since Biden, Obama etc *didnt* turn up in court cases related to pedophelia, but Trump etc did.
February 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
27b/6

Stickler for paperwork, apparently
February 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
@maryltrump.bsky.social - my 105 yr old neighbour,Victor,spent WWII evading the Gestapo, if caught-he & those with him would have been executed.

This is *not* a joke. It’s real.
Americans are *so* arrogant they think they’re immune to fascism, but have a fascist govt owned by Broligarchs.
February 6, 2026 at 1:47 PM