Seeadler
@seeadler.bsky.social
Ex-RM from NI with a PhD. Author and professional editor. "Bluesky elder," apparently. #BSMRGUK
To my Ukrainian friends: вдачi і вдалого полювання
To my Ukrainian friends: вдачi і вдалого полювання
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Seeadler
@seeadler.bsky.social
· Nov 19
I spent a decade arguing with antivaxxers on X. Showing them papers. Explaining their errors. Correcting their disinformation.
I've done my bit for "dialogue with people I disagree with".
I'm here to hang out with people I like. For everyone else, I have no guilt about using the block button.
I've done my bit for "dialogue with people I disagree with".
I'm here to hang out with people I like. For everyone else, I have no guilt about using the block button.
I believe he now calls himself the "Secretary of Raw".
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I believe he now calls himself the "Secretary of Raw".
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I love this element because it a) makes Vader's murderous rage make even more sense and b) it's very funny
the end of Rogue One means that at the start of Star Wars, Leia's going "oh wow can't believe you're raiding my innocent ship" to a guy who saw & she knows saw her fly away from the battle, like she's trying to lie so blatantly he'll question himself because SURELY nobody would
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I love this element because it a) makes Vader's murderous rage make even more sense and b) it's very funny
I think this is important, and should be shared widely.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I think this is important, and should be shared widely.
With my professional Academic Editor hat on, the appropriate editorial response is to inform Reviewer Two that their services will no longer be required on this or any other paper, as they are incapable of interpreting plain meanings correctly.
So, a reviewer in Germany wrote to an editor, about a draft of mine. I wrote that "Italians and Russians died from chemical attacks in WW1 more readily than French, Germans, or Brits, because they were not as well equipped with useful gas masks". This got flagged for "racial or ethnic bias". FFS
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
With my professional Academic Editor hat on, the appropriate editorial response is to inform Reviewer Two that their services will no longer be required on this or any other paper, as they are incapable of interpreting plain meanings correctly.
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
"Quiet, piggy."
Well, now we know what the BBC's response to any further legal threats from Trump should be.
Well, now we know what the BBC's response to any further legal threats from Trump should be.
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Quiet, piggy."
Well, now we know what the BBC's response to any further legal threats from Trump should be.
Well, now we know what the BBC's response to any further legal threats from Trump should be.
Imagine posting this (from behind a block, naturally) to someone whose bio begins with "ex-Royal Marine from Northern Ireland".
Clearly, Ivan here is not one of nature's readers, and both logic and inference are skills that also elude his grasp.
Clearly, Ivan here is not one of nature's readers, and both logic and inference are skills that also elude his grasp.
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Imagine posting this (from behind a block, naturally) to someone whose bio begins with "ex-Royal Marine from Northern Ireland".
Clearly, Ivan here is not one of nature's readers, and both logic and inference are skills that also elude his grasp.
Clearly, Ivan here is not one of nature's readers, and both logic and inference are skills that also elude his grasp.
Lmao
very excited to announce my new startup "Project Liver-Hungry Eagles"
Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Lmao
The 2025 social media experience:
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The 2025 social media experience:
There is not a single thing on this list that anyone seeking fundamental improvement in American policing could (or should) disagree with.
End the Drug War.
Recommit to targeting Violence as the fundamental priority for American law enforcement.
End Mass Arrest.
Demilitarize Law Enforcement.
Police the police externally, with established civilian review.
Recommit to targeting Violence as the fundamental priority for American law enforcement.
End Mass Arrest.
Demilitarize Law Enforcement.
Police the police externally, with established civilian review.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There is not a single thing on this list that anyone seeking fundamental improvement in American policing could (or should) disagree with.
I'm not dunking on Dan - whom I respect tremendously, and who has done and continues to do an enormous amount of good in the world - but it is worth pointing out that *a tradition* can be a national one even if the components of that tradition are not native.
But also: Reform are twats.
But also: Reform are twats.
FFS, turkeys are literally American not British. These assclowns are confused
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I'm not dunking on Dan - whom I respect tremendously, and who has done and continues to do an enormous amount of good in the world - but it is worth pointing out that *a tradition* can be a national one even if the components of that tradition are not native.
But also: Reform are twats.
But also: Reform are twats.
I've just learned this post has been read by local labour officials deep in Reform territory. Let us hope it makes them think a bit.
Have you read this, Labour?
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I've just learned this post has been read by local labour officials deep in Reform territory. Let us hope it makes them think a bit.
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This is, quite literally, the concluding chapter from years of vice signaling as politics. There is no better evidence for how putting Trump, a charlatan and moral void, at the center of our politics for a decade has resulted in the literal rotting of the soul and character this nation.
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 17, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This is, quite literally, the concluding chapter from years of vice signaling as politics. There is no better evidence for how putting Trump, a charlatan and moral void, at the center of our politics for a decade has resulted in the literal rotting of the soul and character this nation.
Have you read this, Labour?
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Have you read this, Labour?
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A quarter of the entire deployed US Navy is now stationed in the Caribbean.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A quarter of the entire deployed US Navy is now stationed in the Caribbean.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
"Siri, what is 'institutional memory'?"
An Irish bomb disposal team recently took part in the world's largest EOD competition in Iceland. It was the first time an Irish team had taken part. They finished first out of 18 countries. Incredible achievement.
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Siri, what is 'institutional memory'?"
Three days ago – three days! – I was mourning the friends I lost when, in response to the USA's cry for help, British forces joined the Global War on Terror.
I suspect Bluesky would suspend me if I told you what I really think of this 5'9" heap of shite in a cheap suit.
I suspect Bluesky would suspend me if I told you what I really think of this 5'9" heap of shite in a cheap suit.
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Three days ago – three days! – I was mourning the friends I lost when, in response to the USA's cry for help, British forces joined the Global War on Terror.
I suspect Bluesky would suspend me if I told you what I really think of this 5'9" heap of shite in a cheap suit.
I suspect Bluesky would suspend me if I told you what I really think of this 5'9" heap of shite in a cheap suit.
. @johnfinnemore.bsky.social have you seen this?
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
. @johnfinnemore.bsky.social have you seen this?
"Dear Mr Hymas,
Your respondents may be delighted to learn that I possess a time machine that will allow them to live in the UK in 1975.
Unfortunately, it is only able to send people to Belfast.
I look forward to seeing how many Telegraph readers take advantage of this offer.
Yours sincerely..."
Your respondents may be delighted to learn that I possess a time machine that will allow them to live in the UK in 1975.
Unfortunately, it is only able to send people to Belfast.
I look forward to seeing how many Telegraph readers take advantage of this offer.
Yours sincerely..."
Absolute nonsense. Anyone who lived through the period, or who has studied the period, will know how daft, how dangerously silly, this kind of rot is. If I may, I was there. It was FAR more grey, tough, poor, bigoted, boring, terrifying, violent & frequently flat-out insane than nostalgia insists.
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Dear Mr Hymas,
Your respondents may be delighted to learn that I possess a time machine that will allow them to live in the UK in 1975.
Unfortunately, it is only able to send people to Belfast.
I look forward to seeing how many Telegraph readers take advantage of this offer.
Yours sincerely..."
Your respondents may be delighted to learn that I possess a time machine that will allow them to live in the UK in 1975.
Unfortunately, it is only able to send people to Belfast.
I look forward to seeing how many Telegraph readers take advantage of this offer.
Yours sincerely..."
Youtube flung up some pseudo-Celtic music sung by some breathy woman who sounds like she's dying of consumption, so listen up, Americans: inferior copies of Enya will not endear you to the Irish, who know that she is a marine biology experiment that got out of hand: we were trying to talk to whales.
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Youtube flung up some pseudo-Celtic music sung by some breathy woman who sounds like she's dying of consumption, so listen up, Americans: inferior copies of Enya will not endear you to the Irish, who know that she is a marine biology experiment that got out of hand: we were trying to talk to whales.
Casting director: "And for the senior academic in Basic Instinct 2, I thought maybe Charlotte Rampling?"
Director: "Why would I want Char-"
Casting director: *slides photo across table*
Director: "Why would I want Char-"
Casting director: *slides photo across table*
This Helmut Newton photograph of Charlotte Rampling doesn't really have any nudity but still manages to be about the naughtiest thing I've ever seen.
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Casting director: "And for the senior academic in Basic Instinct 2, I thought maybe Charlotte Rampling?"
Director: "Why would I want Char-"
Casting director: *slides photo across table*
Director: "Why would I want Char-"
Casting director: *slides photo across table*
So Sarah Kendzior was suspended for paraphrasing the lyrics of Folsom Prison Blues in response to an article *about Johnny Cash*?
LeithMotive's assessment here appears to be the correct one.
LeithMotive's assessment here appears to be the correct one.
Lol. They've absolutely fucked it. Well done.
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
So Sarah Kendzior was suspended for paraphrasing the lyrics of Folsom Prison Blues in response to an article *about Johnny Cash*?
LeithMotive's assessment here appears to be the correct one.
LeithMotive's assessment here appears to be the correct one.
Reminds me of that marvellous image in The Kraken Wakes when someone passes the drowned Palace of Westminster (on the landward side!) in a speedboat and the wake washes against the windows.
the Barrier failing is going to be the worst thing to hit London since the Blitz, and before that since the fire. and i don't want to discount how it's gonna fuck actual people's lives, because it will, but also it is going to ruin a number of significant London heritage sites
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Reminds me of that marvellous image in The Kraken Wakes when someone passes the drowned Palace of Westminster (on the landward side!) in a speedboat and the wake washes against the windows.
I am sure I am not alone in enjoying a letter that makes me punch the air and go "YES!"
Do read it. It is the legal equivalent of the speech in the film Independence Day.
Do read it. It is the legal equivalent of the speech in the film Independence Day.
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I am sure I am not alone in enjoying a letter that makes me punch the air and go "YES!"
Do read it. It is the legal equivalent of the speech in the film Independence Day.
Do read it. It is the legal equivalent of the speech in the film Independence Day.
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I don’t think people are paying enough attention to the fact that the North Carolina court of appeals just ruled that 65,000 votes don’t count, and that the Republican Supreme Court candidate who lost actually won.
This will be appealed, but make no mistake: they’re trying to steal this election.
This will be appealed, but make no mistake: they’re trying to steal this election.
April 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I don’t think people are paying enough attention to the fact that the North Carolina court of appeals just ruled that 65,000 votes don’t count, and that the Republican Supreme Court candidate who lost actually won.
This will be appealed, but make no mistake: they’re trying to steal this election.
This will be appealed, but make no mistake: they’re trying to steal this election.