Tony
@tonynicol3.bsky.social
Retired Water Industry Systems Engineer, no longer torturing wood on a lathe or mounting expeditions into the garden wilderness. Soup Dragon, First Class.
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In fact it's unambiguous from the email correspondence that Musk was desperate for an invite to the island
Elon attempts to explain away being all up in the Epstein files…
Reminder: he knew Trump was all over them too, and he helped make him president
Reminder: he knew Trump was all over them too, and he helped make him president
January 31, 2026 at 2:02 PM
In fact it's unambiguous from the email correspondence that Musk was desperate for an invite to the island
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I’m told by those who should know that the most dangerous nexus of all these Epstein revelations is the Russian-Israeli connection, and could have been lethal to Epstein himself
NEW: Epstein’s Kremlin Pipeline: Barak, Putin, SPIEF and the Russia-Israel Backchannel
Newly released emails place the disgraced financier and sex trafficker in Putin’s private circle even prior to his sanctions busting attempts after the annexation of Crimea
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
Newly released emails place the disgraced financier and sex trafficker in Putin’s private circle even prior to his sanctions busting attempts after the annexation of Crimea
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
Epstein’s Kremlin Pipeline: Barak, Putin, SPIEF and the Russia-Israel Backchannel
Newly released emails place the disgraced financier and sex trafficker in Putin’s private circle even prior to his sanctions busting attempts after the annexation of Crimea
open.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I’m told by those who should know that the most dangerous nexus of all these Epstein revelations is the Russian-Israeli connection, and could have been lethal to Epstein himself
Hell of a jigsaw! 😍
There are few Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa 花脸鸭 Huāliǎn yā) wintering at the Yellow River estuary in Shandong Province. Photo by "菜小hua". #birds #china #yellowriver
January 31, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Hell of a jigsaw! 😍
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I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 PM
I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
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I also sense that the Beeb doesn’t care. These individuals’ behaviour is not surprising. There are long documented histories available online. There’s just a decision that these people are now part of the accepted mainstream and do have to be platformed.
The BBC is getting played here: if a contributor gets to flat out deny having his own words quoted to him on television (with the viewer not told the denial is untrue) then post about "dropping truth bombs". The mission to inform & counter misinformation is flailing if the editorial controls so weak
Konstantin Kisin has since posted on his own Youtube channel saying he 'dropped truth bombs on Question Time'.
Clearly 'alternative truth' bombs.
The video has had over 400k views and counting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AN1...
Clearly 'alternative truth' bombs.
The video has had over 400k views and counting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AN1...
January 31, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I also sense that the Beeb doesn’t care. These individuals’ behaviour is not surprising. There are long documented histories available online. There’s just a decision that these people are now part of the accepted mainstream and do have to be platformed.
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Very much enjoyed meeting Matt Goodwin and his surprisingly honest supporters.
January 30, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Very much enjoyed meeting Matt Goodwin and his surprisingly honest supporters.
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⚒️🧪Fiery Mud Volcano Eruption!
The Daşmərdan (Dashmardan) mud volcano in Azerbaijan erupted ~16:50 on the 30th Jan 2026. The eruption lasted ~15 mins and was accompanied by a pillar of flame several hundred meters high. Daşmərdan had previous documented eruptions in 1866, 1954, 1976, 1986 and 2011.
The Daşmərdan (Dashmardan) mud volcano in Azerbaijan erupted ~16:50 on the 30th Jan 2026. The eruption lasted ~15 mins and was accompanied by a pillar of flame several hundred meters high. Daşmərdan had previous documented eruptions in 1866, 1954, 1976, 1986 and 2011.
January 31, 2026 at 2:07 PM
⚒️🧪Fiery Mud Volcano Eruption!
The Daşmərdan (Dashmardan) mud volcano in Azerbaijan erupted ~16:50 on the 30th Jan 2026. The eruption lasted ~15 mins and was accompanied by a pillar of flame several hundred meters high. Daşmərdan had previous documented eruptions in 1866, 1954, 1976, 1986 and 2011.
The Daşmərdan (Dashmardan) mud volcano in Azerbaijan erupted ~16:50 on the 30th Jan 2026. The eruption lasted ~15 mins and was accompanied by a pillar of flame several hundred meters high. Daşmərdan had previous documented eruptions in 1866, 1954, 1976, 1986 and 2011.
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#OnThisDay, 31 Jan 2013, women in Paris are officially allowed to wear trousers.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, France's minister of women's rights, lifted the ban as “incompatible with the principles of equality between women and men”.
The 1799 law had been widely ignored.
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Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, France's minister of women's rights, lifted the ban as “incompatible with the principles of equality between women and men”.
The 1799 law had been widely ignored.
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January 31, 2026 at 9:30 AM
#OnThisDay, 31 Jan 2013, women in Paris are officially allowed to wear trousers.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, France's minister of women's rights, lifted the ban as “incompatible with the principles of equality between women and men”.
The 1799 law had been widely ignored.
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Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, France's minister of women's rights, lifted the ban as “incompatible with the principles of equality between women and men”.
The 1799 law had been widely ignored.
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I love everything about this story, not least the care and interest shown by the lorry driver.
In a remarkable story from Slovenia, a breeding pair of White Wagtails travelled all over the country in a lorry last summer, successfully raising young:
Nesting on the go: incubating White Wagtail travels 2,000 km
A breeding pair of White Wagtails travelled all over Slovenia in a lorry in June 2025.
bit.ly
January 31, 2026 at 10:01 AM
I love everything about this story, not least the care and interest shown by the lorry driver.
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Here I argue that Ukraine cannot wait for the EU’s slow accession process; I advocate fast-tracking membership as a security imperative, and revising the Copenhagen criteria and enlargement rules. The EU must reform its decision-making to anchor Ukraine and salvage its sovereign integrity.
Ukraine cannot wait for the EU’s slow accession process 🇺🇦🇪🇺
ANDREW DUFF (@andrewduffeu.bsky.social) argues for fast-tracking membership as a security imperative — rethinking the Copenhagen criteria, enlargement rules, and EU decision-making to anchor Ukraine now.
verfassungsblog.de/how-ukraine-...
ANDREW DUFF (@andrewduffeu.bsky.social) argues for fast-tracking membership as a security imperative — rethinking the Copenhagen criteria, enlargement rules, and EU decision-making to anchor Ukraine now.
verfassungsblog.de/how-ukraine-...
January 31, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Here I argue that Ukraine cannot wait for the EU’s slow accession process; I advocate fast-tracking membership as a security imperative, and revising the Copenhagen criteria and enlargement rules. The EU must reform its decision-making to anchor Ukraine and salvage its sovereign integrity.
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Are subpostmasters that suffered at the hands of Post Office after unexplained shortfalls while using the Capture system being treated as second class claimamts? #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666382...
History repeats itself in Post Office Capture redress scheme with low-ball offers made | Computer Weekly
Early signs show that former Post Office Capture users face derisory initial compensation offers and face impossible appeals process
www.computerweekly.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Are subpostmasters that suffered at the hands of Post Office after unexplained shortfalls while using the Capture system being treated as second class claimamts? #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666382...
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Kyiv is in total blackout,
as are many parts of Ukraine.
No water, no heating, no electricity.
Severe frost outside.
This is the result of constant russian attacks.
Thank you to those few who still care.
as are many parts of Ukraine.
No water, no heating, no electricity.
Severe frost outside.
This is the result of constant russian attacks.
Thank you to those few who still care.
January 31, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Kyiv is in total blackout,
as are many parts of Ukraine.
No water, no heating, no electricity.
Severe frost outside.
This is the result of constant russian attacks.
Thank you to those few who still care.
as are many parts of Ukraine.
No water, no heating, no electricity.
Severe frost outside.
This is the result of constant russian attacks.
Thank you to those few who still care.
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EPSTEIN: The 3 mill page document dump might seem large but it still is only half of the 6mill page documents held by the DoJ. This matters. documents have been released claiming that Bill Gates caught STDs from Russian girls and that he intended to ply his wife, Melinda, with antibiotics secretly
January 31, 2026 at 10:07 AM
EPSTEIN: The 3 mill page document dump might seem large but it still is only half of the 6mill page documents held by the DoJ. This matters. documents have been released claiming that Bill Gates caught STDs from Russian girls and that he intended to ply his wife, Melinda, with antibiotics secretly
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It’s always the ones you most expect.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show
Newly released files from DoJ show the pair making plans in 2012 and 2013 for the Tesla CEO to visit Epstein’s island
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:04 AM
It’s always the ones you most expect.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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FM Budrys: “Lithuanian government has formally requested the International Criminal Court to investigate Russia’s systematic attacks on Ukraine’s power grid as an act of genocide.”
January 31, 2026 at 5:29 AM
FM Budrys: “Lithuanian government has formally requested the International Criminal Court to investigate Russia’s systematic attacks on Ukraine’s power grid as an act of genocide.”
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Within half an hour of when Deputy AG Blanche told reporters that DOJ "complied with the statute...we did not protect President Trump," DOJ deleted multiple documents from the database with damning information about Trump. Among those deleted were first-person accounts of Trump raping kids.
January 31, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Within half an hour of when Deputy AG Blanche told reporters that DOJ "complied with the statute...we did not protect President Trump," DOJ deleted multiple documents from the database with damning information about Trump. Among those deleted were first-person accounts of Trump raping kids.
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It's six years today since Britain left the EU.
I wrote this on Brexit day in 2020, about the strategic dilemmas to which European membership had once been the answer and that would now reopen once Britain left.
I'd stand by most of it today.
gladstonediaries.blogspot.com/2020/01/brex...
I wrote this on Brexit day in 2020, about the strategic dilemmas to which European membership had once been the answer and that would now reopen once Britain left.
I'd stand by most of it today.
gladstonediaries.blogspot.com/2020/01/brex...
Brexit in Historical Perspective: The Age of Britain in Europe
When the bell tolls at eleven o’clock tonight, ringing out Britain’s membership of the EU, an entire phase of British history will ...
gladstonediaries.blogspot.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:01 PM
It's six years today since Britain left the EU.
I wrote this on Brexit day in 2020, about the strategic dilemmas to which European membership had once been the answer and that would now reopen once Britain left.
I'd stand by most of it today.
gladstonediaries.blogspot.com/2020/01/brex...
I wrote this on Brexit day in 2020, about the strategic dilemmas to which European membership had once been the answer and that would now reopen once Britain left.
I'd stand by most of it today.
gladstonediaries.blogspot.com/2020/01/brex...
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The Express… and Farage… want Brexit to be even worse than this…
Even more cost. More losses. More red tape. More queues. More businesses failing. Less tax revenue. Less investment. Less protection. Fewer rights. Less security.
But more white.
Their racism ruins us.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Even more cost. More losses. More red tape. More queues. More businesses failing. Less tax revenue. Less investment. Less protection. Fewer rights. Less security.
But more white.
Their racism ruins us.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Where's the £350 million a year Brexiters claimed we'd gain...?
January 31, 2026 at 9:12 AM
The Express… and Farage… want Brexit to be even worse than this…
Even more cost. More losses. More red tape. More queues. More businesses failing. Less tax revenue. Less investment. Less protection. Fewer rights. Less security.
But more white.
Their racism ruins us.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Even more cost. More losses. More red tape. More queues. More businesses failing. Less tax revenue. Less investment. Less protection. Fewer rights. Less security.
But more white.
Their racism ruins us.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
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A 3 part thread 🧵 demonstrating how utterly devoid of morals Trump is, and how terrified he is of people having full details of his personal financial affairs.
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Gift link.
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Gift link.
Trump’s Lawsuit Against I.R.S. Creates ‘Enormous Conflict of Interest’
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:19 AM
A 3 part thread 🧵 demonstrating how utterly devoid of morals Trump is, and how terrified he is of people having full details of his personal financial affairs.
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Gift link.
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Gift link.
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Every president and vice president since Nixon has made years of their tax returns public, they are all available through the link below.
The only publicly available tax returns of Trump were not released by him.
See ‘1. Do you have President Trump’s tax returns?’
Every president and vice president since Nixon has made years of their tax returns public, they are all available through the link below.
The only publicly available tax returns of Trump were not released by him.
See ‘1. Do you have President Trump’s tax returns?’
www.taxnotes.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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Every president and vice president since Nixon has made years of their tax returns public, they are all available through the link below.
The only publicly available tax returns of Trump were not released by him.
See ‘1. Do you have President Trump’s tax returns?’
Every president and vice president since Nixon has made years of their tax returns public, they are all available through the link below.
The only publicly available tax returns of Trump were not released by him.
See ‘1. Do you have President Trump’s tax returns?’
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Trump has claimed dozens of times, going back many years, that he would release his tax returns.
Unsurprisingly, he lied.
edition.cnn.com/2017/04/17/n...
Trump has claimed dozens of times, going back many years, that he would release his tax returns.
Unsurprisingly, he lied.
edition.cnn.com/2017/04/17/n...
All the things Donald Trump has said about releasing his tax returns | CNN Business
President Trump has so far refused to release his tax returns while in office, breaking with a tradition that has stood for 40 years.
edition.cnn.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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Trump has claimed dozens of times, going back many years, that he would release his tax returns.
Unsurprisingly, he lied.
edition.cnn.com/2017/04/17/n...
Trump has claimed dozens of times, going back many years, that he would release his tax returns.
Unsurprisingly, he lied.
edition.cnn.com/2017/04/17/n...
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The new Epstein files production features numerous allegations made against Donald Trump and others.
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The new Epstein files production features numerous allegations made against Donald Trump and others.