Cliff Ashford
@cliffashford.bsky.social
A disruptive influence. A socialist Scotsman in Australia, working in tertiary education and information technology.
I've just rewatched the original Bond film, Dr. No, and shockingly it was right on the money. The villains of the world are cartoonish, while being insecure and petty. We need more "drop them into boiling swimming pools", and less "quote them on the national news as if they were rational people".
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 AM
I've just rewatched the original Bond film, Dr. No, and shockingly it was right on the money. The villains of the world are cartoonish, while being insecure and petty. We need more "drop them into boiling swimming pools", and less "quote them on the national news as if they were rational people".
Can the uncorrupted mainstream media outlets please stop broadcasting the obvious lies from the Trump administration. Just a quick statement to say "and on this subject (insert criminal here) said a few more probable lies", and move on.
January 25, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Can the uncorrupted mainstream media outlets please stop broadcasting the obvious lies from the Trump administration. Just a quick statement to say "and on this subject (insert criminal here) said a few more probable lies", and move on.
Israeli settlers consume seven times more water than Palestinians | Water | Al Jazeera share.google/0HvjjO3hikb8...
Israeli settlers consume seven times more water than Palestinians
A Palestinian water expert says settlers are using an 'apartheid' tactic to force Palestinians out of their land.
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January 10, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Israeli settlers consume seven times more water than Palestinians | Water | Al Jazeera share.google/0HvjjO3hikb8...
Horrifying leopard attack in Vietnam
December 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Horrifying leopard attack in Vietnam
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December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Donald Trump is the opposite of a Tall Poppy to his followers. Rather than being challenged by someone being exceptional, it is comforting that he is fatter, lazier, more petty, more racist, more ignorant, and dumber than they are. If he can be stick it to the establishment, then in so can they.
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Donald Trump is the opposite of a Tall Poppy to his followers. Rather than being challenged by someone being exceptional, it is comforting that he is fatter, lazier, more petty, more racist, more ignorant, and dumber than they are. If he can be stick it to the establishment, then in so can they.
Only "One America News" had signed up to formal censorship by the Trump Administration:
Only one news outlet has signed on to Hegseth’s media loyalty oath — even Trump-favoring Fox News is boycotting it | The Independent share.google/SD3WJCHHdoq4...
Only one news outlet has signed on to Hegseth’s media loyalty oath — even Trump-favoring Fox News is boycotting it | The Independent share.google/SD3WJCHHdoq4...
Only one news outlet has signed on to Hegseth’s media loyalty oath
Hegseth’s former TV home of Fox News is latest to sign on with other major media outlets and reject his mandate requiring them to cease gathering any information that the Pentagon hasn’t cleared in ad...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Only "One America News" had signed up to formal censorship by the Trump Administration:
Only one news outlet has signed on to Hegseth’s media loyalty oath — even Trump-favoring Fox News is boycotting it | The Independent share.google/SD3WJCHHdoq4...
Only one news outlet has signed on to Hegseth’s media loyalty oath — even Trump-favoring Fox News is boycotting it | The Independent share.google/SD3WJCHHdoq4...
Watchmen:
"What's the difference between a cop in a mask and a vigilante?"
"I don't know."
"No, neither do I."
"What's the difference between a cop in a mask and a vigilante?"
"I don't know."
"No, neither do I."
October 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Watchmen:
"What's the difference between a cop in a mask and a vigilante?"
"I don't know."
"No, neither do I."
"What's the difference between a cop in a mask and a vigilante?"
"I don't know."
"No, neither do I."
When we finally get into space, Singapore should run the space stations. Changi Airport is a perfect model of a well run operation.
October 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
When we finally get into space, Singapore should run the space stations. Changi Airport is a perfect model of a well run operation.
I was listening to the latest episode of the BBC's Americast about the latest crazy shit to come out of the Trump clown show; the Tylanol farce? It occurred to me that it's just about power; they resent anyone outside their own group having power - in this case, experts, doctors, scientists, etc.
September 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I was listening to the latest episode of the BBC's Americast about the latest crazy shit to come out of the Trump clown show; the Tylanol farce? It occurred to me that it's just about power; they resent anyone outside their own group having power - in this case, experts, doctors, scientists, etc.
(1/4) It's interesting how we are always surprised and scandalised when a member of a minority aligns with the right wing and treats people of a similar background to themselves just like any other vicious parasite.
September 21, 2025 at 5:06 AM
(1/4) It's interesting how we are always surprised and scandalised when a member of a minority aligns with the right wing and treats people of a similar background to themselves just like any other vicious parasite.
Unpopular Opinion: The USA has always been this bad - it's just that it was usually exported rather than keeping it onshore. The population has been gaslit for the last two hundred years into believing they live in "the land of the free", rather than "the land of you have to be rich to be free".
September 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Unpopular Opinion: The USA has always been this bad - it's just that it was usually exported rather than keeping it onshore. The population has been gaslit for the last two hundred years into believing they live in "the land of the free", rather than "the land of you have to be rich to be free".
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This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.
March 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.