Charles Stewart
@charlescharles.bsky.social
Former research engineer, former corporate treasurer, recent MA Classics and Ancient History. I block for rudeness, idiocy and whataboutery, even if it's not directed at me.
South Oxfordshire, UK
South Oxfordshire, UK
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Called in to my local [insert brand of car] main dealer to book a service. Lady at reception told me I could only do it by phone. She did offer me a seat while I phoned the actual building I was in.
We went to a Parisian museum the other day where the staff could only check tickets but not sell tickets so we had to buy them on our phones outside in the rain (and of course you had to create an account etc etc) and I really thought I was going crazy.
today in We Live In The Future And The Future Is Stupid: went to a pub to inquire about a potential room booking but the staff aren't allowed to process those in person so I am now sitting in the pub, writing them an email to inquire about a potential room booking
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Called in to my local [insert brand of car] main dealer to book a service. Lady at reception told me I could only do it by phone. She did offer me a seat while I phoned the actual building I was in.
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"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark
For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.
www.theatlantic.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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October 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Please consult your outrage calendars for the correct type of fury to display, everyone.
I want you all to be limbering up for poppy outrage, just a few weeks away now.
I want you all to be limbering up for poppy outrage, just a few weeks away now.
September 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Please consult your outrage calendars for the correct type of fury to display, everyone.
I want you all to be limbering up for poppy outrage, just a few weeks away now.
I want you all to be limbering up for poppy outrage, just a few weeks away now.
Whether or not you agree with the suggested action (I'm inclined to) this is an excellent exposition of just how bad things have got www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Whether or not you agree with the suggested action (I'm inclined to) this is an excellent exposition of just how bad things have got www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Far be it from me to be a Conspiracy Theorist, but WHERE ARE the Random Capitalisations???
Trump goes on rant about how the limestone he selected for the White House was damaged and how he looked up video surveillance footage to blame a contractor. Trump says he will now charge the contractor for the damage.
August 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Far be it from me to be a Conspiracy Theorist, but WHERE ARE the Random Capitalisations???
I know it's a critical meeting but ... the bling. Sums up the man and his attitude to the office.
August 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I know it's a critical meeting but ... the bling. Sums up the man and his attitude to the office.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more.
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more.
Our life is like a play. In our 20s and 30s we’re hoping to make a grand entrance. In our 40s and 50s trying to stay on stage. And in our 60s and 70s hoping to make a graceful exit
August 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more.
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more.
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I HAVE NOW RESTORED THE ROMAN EMPIRE. THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL CEASEFIRE IN ITALY THERE IS NO WAR WITH THE GOTHS AND THERE IS UNIVERSAL PROSPERITY, ANYBODY SPREADING RUMOURS ABOUT A plague IS WRONG, THER IS ALSO NO HERESY ANYMORE ALL IS ORTHODOX
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, YOUR EMPEROR
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, YOUR EMPEROR
June 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I HAVE NOW RESTORED THE ROMAN EMPIRE. THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL CEASEFIRE IN ITALY THERE IS NO WAR WITH THE GOTHS AND THERE IS UNIVERSAL PROSPERITY, ANYBODY SPREADING RUMOURS ABOUT A plague IS WRONG, THER IS ALSO NO HERESY ANYMORE ALL IS ORTHODOX
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, YOUR EMPEROR
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, YOUR EMPEROR
Another excellent visualisation from Prof Hawkins
Wherever you live in the world, your climate is getting warmer.
21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences.
Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info
21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences.
Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info
June 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Another excellent visualisation from Prof Hawkins
The curious thing about this is that, unlike many of Trump's claims, every true believer with a MAGA cap and F-150 pickup must be able to see for him/herself that this is untrue. Are they willing to deny the evidence of their own eyes and ears?
Last week, Trump triumphantly announced, "Gasoline just broke $1.98 a Gallon" even as the average price at the pump was $3.18.
Fact check: Gasoline did touch $1.98 briefly in April, but not at any gas station in the country.
Fact check: Gasoline did touch $1.98 briefly in April, but not at any gas station in the country.
Trump touts $1.98 gas but this is where that number comes from
Gasoline did touch $1.98 in April but not at any retail pump in the nation.
www.axios.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The curious thing about this is that, unlike many of Trump's claims, every true believer with a MAGA cap and F-150 pickup must be able to see for him/herself that this is untrue. Are they willing to deny the evidence of their own eyes and ears?
"the Americans who had tickets" www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
April 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"the Americans who had tickets" www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
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I googled "houses that look surprised" and I'm glad I did.
April 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I googled "houses that look surprised" and I'm glad I did.
Ribbentrump-Molotovlad pact coming up…
Trump and Putin expected to speak this week about ceasefire terms, envoy says
Trump and Putin expected to speak this week about ceasefire terms, envoy says
Steve Witkoff says US discussions with Russian president ‘positive’ and ‘solution-based’ and leaders likely to speak
Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday that he expected the US president to speak with Vladimir Putin this week, saying that…
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ribbentrump-Molotovlad pact coming up…
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All I saw was sandwich for at least 15 seconds
February 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
All I saw was sandwich for at least 15 seconds
Also a significant ethical issue in software design for self-driving cars, in situations where a choice has to be made between (say) injuring a child in the road and injuring the driver by swerving and colliding with a wall.
Interesting to see that US safety standards focus on what happens to people inside the car on collision, whereas in the UK there’s a much greater focus on pedestrian safety and that of people in the cars you collide with.
Cyber truck seized in UK. It doesn't meet standards for driving in the country & is not permitted on the streets.
www.forbes.com/sites/peterl...
www.forbes.com/sites/peterl...
February 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Also a significant ethical issue in software design for self-driving cars, in situations where a choice has to be made between (say) injuring a child in the road and injuring the driver by swerving and colliding with a wall.
A 21st century Melian dialogue: the strong do what they will, and the weak do what they must. fs2.american.edu/dfagel/www/C...
February 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A 21st century Melian dialogue: the strong do what they will, and the weak do what they must. fs2.american.edu/dfagel/www/C...
It is legitimate to argue against net zero. It is entirely wrong to assert that a majority of scientists deny man-made climate change. Tice can only be doing this because he thinks it will get him votes, and he cares not a jot about truth or integrity. Dangerous and irresponsible political behaviour
Reform UK’s Richard Tice says it’s ‘absolute garbage’ to say human activities are the main cause of climate change
Heaven help us
Heaven help us
February 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It is legitimate to argue against net zero. It is entirely wrong to assert that a majority of scientists deny man-made climate change. Tice can only be doing this because he thinks it will get him votes, and he cares not a jot about truth or integrity. Dangerous and irresponsible political behaviour
Odds of Trump declaring he wants to make the UK 52nd/53rd/54th state by the end of the year?
February 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Odds of Trump declaring he wants to make the UK 52nd/53rd/54th state by the end of the year?
World politics at the moment seems, depressingly, to be turning into a collection of Melian dialogues.
i keep thinking about how much of western diplomacy/defence policy rests on assuming that America will kind of graciously not use the ability it has to win every argument, or if it does will do so ..nicely. & how there isn't a strategy for if they just steamroll everything because they can
February 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
World politics at the moment seems, depressingly, to be turning into a collection of Melian dialogues.
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just discovered that the quickest path from London to Auckland involves heading north and I'm not going to lie, I'm not happy about it
January 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
just discovered that the quickest path from London to Auckland involves heading north and I'm not going to lie, I'm not happy about it
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To mark the shortest day of the year, Soulton Long Barrow is aligned so that solstice sunset shines straight through the grand chamber, and stained glass door by Annette Jackson turns sunset to a rainbow
December 21, 2024 at 8:20 AM
To mark the shortest day of the year, Soulton Long Barrow is aligned so that solstice sunset shines straight through the grand chamber, and stained glass door by Annette Jackson turns sunset to a rainbow
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OK. Every single Scandinavian crime drama:
November 28, 2024 at 12:25 PM
OK. Every single Scandinavian crime drama:
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Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed...
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed...
December 8, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed...
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed...