Robert Weston
@hemissroad.bsky.social
U.S. East Coast. Not the slightest interest in the survival of the U.S. empire, so I wouldn't be sorry to see it gone, a process that's likely to take a generation at least. Of course, it's not clear that whatever follows would be any better.
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Robert Weston
@hemissroad.bsky.social
· Sep 28
Just a head’s up that I’ve continued making updates to this guide: most recently, to remove the caveat on Here WeGo for not having CarPlay, adding Citymapper, and a suggestion to try the DVD/Blu-ray section at your local library as a streaming alternative. More to come!
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
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So many. Just so many powerful men. It’s mind-blowing.
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is named on a flight manifest found among millions of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that have been released in recent months. https://cnn.it/4kpXml1
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
So many. Just so many powerful men. It’s mind-blowing.
Don’t know if this was meant in jest, but a broadcasting entity specifically aimed at the U.S. may well be needed before too long.
First 60 Minutes, now the Olympics. How soon before Canada sets up Radio Free America?
This video is from the Canadian (CBC) broadcast. The commentators of the NBC live broadcast on Peacock (Mary Carillo, Terry Gannon, plus Shaun White specifically for the Parade of Nations) ignored the booing and kept talking. I’m wondering if it seems NBC turned the sound down on the boos too?
February 6, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Don’t know if this was meant in jest, but a broadcasting entity specifically aimed at the U.S. may well be needed before too long.
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International travel to the US has plunged in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term, as the president has overseen a dramatic expansion of immigration enforcement, mounting scrutiny at the border and global tariffs. ft.trib.al/qS5dOcd
February 6, 2026 at 6:58 AM
International travel to the US has plunged in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term, as the president has overseen a dramatic expansion of immigration enforcement, mounting scrutiny at the border and global tariffs. ft.trib.al/qS5dOcd
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Think the Uk should just found a bbc outpost in America with a radio channel dedicated to reporting on trumps attacks on free expression and the constitution. The default response to all this stuff should be to respond in kind and then negotiate jointly walking it back.
February 6, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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So often the story told of China's industrial success is one of state directed overthrow of the west.
There's a completely different one of entrepreneurs trying to find their spaces in crowded but growing markets.
This latter story is largely being ignored. www.ft.com/content/15e2...
There's a completely different one of entrepreneurs trying to find their spaces in crowded but growing markets.
This latter story is largely being ignored. www.ft.com/content/15e2...
Leapmotor: China’s no-frills EV maker aiming to become the next BYD
Low-cost carmaker harbours ambitions to go global and rank among world’s top 10 auto groups
www.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
So often the story told of China's industrial success is one of state directed overthrow of the west.
There's a completely different one of entrepreneurs trying to find their spaces in crowded but growing markets.
This latter story is largely being ignored. www.ft.com/content/15e2...
There's a completely different one of entrepreneurs trying to find their spaces in crowded but growing markets.
This latter story is largely being ignored. www.ft.com/content/15e2...
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It is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.
February 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
It is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.
An episode of Galaxy Quest, of course.
Do you know what a "historical document" is?
February 6, 2026 at 12:07 AM
An episode of Galaxy Quest, of course.
Me, I'd go for the concrete at Giants/MetLife Stadium. At least I'd have some enjoyable company.
If I die, I want my remains to be scattered at the US Capitol. Do not cremate me.
February 5, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Me, I'd go for the concrete at Giants/MetLife Stadium. At least I'd have some enjoyable company.
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Ironically, the first major political victim of the Epstein files will not be Donald Trump or Ehud Barak, but... Keir Starmer... who never met Epstein.
The question now is not whether Starmer will be replaced as Prime Minister, but when.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The question now is not whether Starmer will be replaced as Prime Minister, but when.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour MPs say Starmer’s days as PM are numbered amid fury over Mandelson
MPs say release of papers on Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador could trigger leadership challenge
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Ironically, the first major political victim of the Epstein files will not be Donald Trump or Ehud Barak, but... Keir Starmer... who never met Epstein.
The question now is not whether Starmer will be replaced as Prime Minister, but when.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The question now is not whether Starmer will be replaced as Prime Minister, but when.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Right?
Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening
February 5, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Right?
Lot of speculation here.
Starmer had the chance to help bring about a bipartisan soft Brexit and sabotaged it to ensure Corbyn's eventual destruction. I'm pretty certain that treachery was based on a plan by Mandelson, conceivably after talking to Epstein or even Bannon.
February 5, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Lot of speculation here.
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My ancestors were a part of some of the first free Black colonies to settle in Washington, D.C., in the 1800s. This city is a part of me. And, what I've witnessed over the last year has been devastating.
With the closing of the Kennedy Center and the cuts at the Post, the Washington, DC metro area has lost its biggest arts institution and of its largest local journalism outlet.
February 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM
My ancestors were a part of some of the first free Black colonies to settle in Washington, D.C., in the 1800s. This city is a part of me. And, what I've witnessed over the last year has been devastating.
Indeed.
Not enough. Every single ICE and CBP agent should be out of Minnesota. The terror campaign must stop.
ICE must be abolished.
ICE must be abolished.
February 4, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Indeed.
That's pretty much their whole political strategy, isnt it?
It's like they stay up late at night just scheming for new ways to insult and disrespect people.
New @washingtonpost.com:
Trump is planning to install a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the White House
Officials are eying a spot by E St, north of the Ellipse
with the terrific @oliviacgeorge.bsky.social
Trump is planning to install a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the White House
Officials are eying a spot by E St, north of the Ellipse
with the terrific @oliviacgeorge.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 2:55 PM
That's pretty much their whole political strategy, isnt it?
Rules in any competent firearm training, in fact.
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Rules in any competent firearm training, in fact.
This is sad news. Shambala remains my favourite TDN song.
Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night dies at 83
One of the band's three lead vocalists, Negron sang "One" and "Joy to the World," among other hits.
www.latimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
This is sad news. Shambala remains my favourite TDN song.
Very interesting indeed.
There’s a wall slowly being built around the US, from the outside.
International companies cut off business in the U.S. because of ICE — The Washington Post
French multinational Capgemini moved to distance itself “immediately” from ICE after criticism from French officials; a Canadian company has also canceled a sale to the agency.
apple.news
February 3, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Very interesting indeed.
Do you, now?
February 3, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Do you, now?
Leading thinker of the age, you know?
February 2, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Leading thinker of the age, you know?
Dawg.
February 2, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Dawg.
That is key.
And finally, all of that needs to be steadily communicated to pro-democracy Americans so that they have a sense when it comes time to 'do something!' what the something is to do.
For political reasons, that communication is going to have to happen mostly outside official Democratic Party channels.
For political reasons, that communication is going to have to happen mostly outside official Democratic Party channels.
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
That is key.
Can't say I blame them.
February 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Can't say I blame them.
Bonne chose. Sans doute la meilleure First Lady que ce pays ait eu sous la Cinquième.
Macron a décoré Bernadette Chirac des insignes d’officier de la Légion d’honneur. Une cérémonie à l'Elysée en tout petit comité, relate La Tribune du dimanche. A 92 ans, "Bernie" serait très affaiblie, et n'apparaît plus en public. Sa fille, Claude, et son petit-fils, Martin, étaient présents.
February 1, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Bonne chose. Sans doute la meilleure First Lady que ce pays ait eu sous la Cinquième.
Albert Speer territory, y'all.
Trump now wants his triumphal arch to be 250 ft tall, dwarfing other DC monuments
President said in December he hoped to start building within two months at Memorial Circle
www.independent.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Albert Speer territory, y'all.
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Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 31, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.