Chloe
@clbzyxxx.bsky.social
Northerner. History, Politics and Taylor Swift (not necessarily in that order).
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Being alive for the "find out" portion of history is really tiring when I wasn't doing the fucking around 😭
June 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Being alive for the "find out" portion of history is really tiring when I wasn't doing the fucking around 😭
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Donald Trump, "The USA wasn't involved," also Donald Trump, "the next attack will be even more brutal."
You realize it can't be both.
You realize it can't be both.
June 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Donald Trump, "The USA wasn't involved," also Donald Trump, "the next attack will be even more brutal."
You realize it can't be both.
You realize it can't be both.
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🚨🚨"It is hard to predict how this will end, other than badly. It will take years to rebuild America’s constitutional checks and balances, institutions, and international standing, but possibly decades to restore political trust." Excellent by @alexhh.bsky.social on the #LA military deployment:
June 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🚨🚨"It is hard to predict how this will end, other than badly. It will take years to rebuild America’s constitutional checks and balances, institutions, and international standing, but possibly decades to restore political trust." Excellent by @alexhh.bsky.social on the #LA military deployment:
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From my undergraduate lecture notes on the Weimar Republic's collapse
June 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
From my undergraduate lecture notes on the Weimar Republic's collapse
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Candidly, as a civ-mil watcher, this scene at Bragg is freaking me out more than anything else that's happened so far. Just an absolute collapse of professional military norms.
June 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Candidly, as a civ-mil watcher, this scene at Bragg is freaking me out more than anything else that's happened so far. Just an absolute collapse of professional military norms.
Omg if the JFK files were out whilst I was writing my dissy I'd have had a field day
March 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Omg if the JFK files were out whilst I was writing my dissy I'd have had a field day
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We live in Britain, and there are now profound questions to ask our government. There's no conceivable bridge between Europe & this US administration. Whether we escape tariffs is a laughably parochial question. Yesterday is now an awfully long time ago.
February 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We live in Britain, and there are now profound questions to ask our government. There's no conceivable bridge between Europe & this US administration. Whether we escape tariffs is a laughably parochial question. Yesterday is now an awfully long time ago.
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Almost 20 European leaders, incl Emmanuel Marcon & Friedrich Merz, plus VDL, have posted in support of @ZelenskyyUa after White House showdown.
Notably, Keir Starmer has not. No 10 is referring reporters to PM’s comments this week on a just & lasting peace, with Ukraine at heart of talks.
Notably, Keir Starmer has not. No 10 is referring reporters to PM’s comments this week on a just & lasting peace, with Ukraine at heart of talks.
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Almost 20 European leaders, incl Emmanuel Marcon & Friedrich Merz, plus VDL, have posted in support of @ZelenskyyUa after White House showdown.
Notably, Keir Starmer has not. No 10 is referring reporters to PM’s comments this week on a just & lasting peace, with Ukraine at heart of talks.
Notably, Keir Starmer has not. No 10 is referring reporters to PM’s comments this week on a just & lasting peace, with Ukraine at heart of talks.
Good grief, is there anything more vomit inducing than watching Keir Starmer suck up to Trump 🤮
February 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Good grief, is there anything more vomit inducing than watching Keir Starmer suck up to Trump 🤮
I absolutely hate it when people walk really closely behind me. There's literally room to go round me, or tell me to speed up, whatever, just get out of my arse. fgs 🫠🫠🫠
a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:02 PM
I absolutely hate it when people walk really closely behind me. There's literally room to go round me, or tell me to speed up, whatever, just get out of my arse. fgs 🫠🫠🫠
In other news - onwards to Leeds to watch The Courteeners 🎸
November 21, 2024 at 3:10 PM
In other news - onwards to Leeds to watch The Courteeners 🎸
Running through Birmingham New Street Station to catch a train, with a suitcase and my tights falling down was not my finest hour.
November 21, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Running through Birmingham New Street Station to catch a train, with a suitcase and my tights falling down was not my finest hour.
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There's nothing quite like a good visualisation. This one beats a line on a chart.
Last year's 0.75 cm rise was the largest year over year increase in global mean sea level during NASA's 31 year record of satellite based measurements. Viz by AJ Christensen.
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5235/
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5235/
November 17, 2024 at 9:27 AM
There's nothing quite like a good visualisation. This one beats a line on a chart.
Every single appointment is more boggling than the last!
Latest Trump cabinet pick is Chris Wright for Energy Secretary, an oil executive. He has:
-Described net zero as "sinister."
-Last year said: “There is no climate crisis and we’re not in the midst of an energy transition either.”
-Claimed we've seen no increase in extreme weather events.
-Described net zero as "sinister."
-Last year said: “There is no climate crisis and we’re not in the midst of an energy transition either.”
-Claimed we've seen no increase in extreme weather events.
November 17, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Every single appointment is more boggling than the last!
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This X account has been given a grey checkmark, verifying it as an official government account.
It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.
This level of corruption is staggering.
It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.
This level of corruption is staggering.
November 14, 2024 at 6:10 PM
This X account has been given a grey checkmark, verifying it as an official government account.
It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.
This level of corruption is staggering.
It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.
This level of corruption is staggering.
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse...
Trump is reportedly expected to nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services
Trump expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS
The choice will roil many public health experts after his years of touting debunked claims that vaccines cause autism.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse...
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Trump is reportedly expected to nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services
Trump expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS
The choice will roil many public health experts after his years of touting debunked claims that vaccines cause autism.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Trump is reportedly expected to nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services
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Morning Bluesky.
The EU needs to move fast.
German MPs have been briefed by the Federal Civil Protection Agency that if Ukraine falls within the next six months, millions of Ukrainians will head West. Official estimate: 10 million. Unofficial: up to 18 million.
The EU needs to move fast.
German MPs have been briefed by the Federal Civil Protection Agency that if Ukraine falls within the next six months, millions of Ukrainians will head West. Official estimate: 10 million. Unofficial: up to 18 million.
November 14, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Morning Bluesky.
The EU needs to move fast.
German MPs have been briefed by the Federal Civil Protection Agency that if Ukraine falls within the next six months, millions of Ukrainians will head West. Official estimate: 10 million. Unofficial: up to 18 million.
The EU needs to move fast.
German MPs have been briefed by the Federal Civil Protection Agency that if Ukraine falls within the next six months, millions of Ukrainians will head West. Official estimate: 10 million. Unofficial: up to 18 million.
Never take the autosave function for granted. Sometimes it just doesn't work and an hour's worth of work just ✨dissapears✨
a woman is sitting in front of a microphone and making a funny face
ALT: a woman is sitting in front of a microphone and making a funny face
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Never take the autosave function for granted. Sometimes it just doesn't work and an hour's worth of work just ✨dissapears✨
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We’re about to find out whether there are any patriots among Republican Senators, or whether they’ll make excuses for the foreign-backed demolition of our Republic that is now plainly underway.
November 13, 2024 at 11:01 PM
We’re about to find out whether there are any patriots among Republican Senators, or whether they’ll make excuses for the foreign-backed demolition of our Republic that is now plainly underway.
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Labour’s Bill to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords reaches Committee Stage soon. These titles—passed down by family lineage—mean unelected power in Parliament, largely for wealthy white men. Jenny Rhodes reports.
The truth about an archaic tradition Labour wants to abolish
For centuries, Parliament has had ‘noblemen’ sitting in the House of Lords, solely due to their ancestral lineage – but their days are numbered
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 14, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Labour’s Bill to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords reaches Committee Stage soon. These titles—passed down by family lineage—mean unelected power in Parliament, largely for wealthy white men. Jenny Rhodes reports.
This is heartbreaking 😭 I have long said fireworks shouldn't be sold to the general public - they should only be allowed at licensed areas away from communities. The poor thing 😢
This sad incident at Edinburgh Zoo shows the horrible effect fireworks have on animals, domesticated or wild. 💔
Ad-hoc displays that pop up from members of the public being able to buy explosives are a real risk to animals - and shows why we need my Fireworks Bill to tighten trading laws on sales.
Ad-hoc displays that pop up from members of the public being able to buy explosives are a real risk to animals - and shows why we need my Fireworks Bill to tighten trading laws on sales.
Baby red panda dies from firework stress, says Edinburgh Zoo
Three-month-old Roxie choked on her own vomit as fireworks were being set off across Edinburgh on Bonfire Night.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2024 at 9:59 AM
This is heartbreaking 😭 I have long said fireworks shouldn't be sold to the general public - they should only be allowed at licensed areas away from communities. The poor thing 😢
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The excellent @snellarthur.bsky.social on Trump's latest appointments. Two extraordinary paragraphs that barely seem possible open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
November 14, 2024 at 8:30 AM
The excellent @snellarthur.bsky.social on Trump's latest appointments. Two extraordinary paragraphs that barely seem possible open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...