@hermionicki.bsky.social
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Lots of talk again about China, the US, and Russia dividing the world into spheres of influence. One problem with this idea is that after 30 years of trying, Russia's sphere is limited to Belarus, Georgia, and 20% of Ukraine. Another is that if China has a sphere, it includes Russia.
January 7, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Lots of talk again about China, the US, and Russia dividing the world into spheres of influence. One problem with this idea is that after 30 years of trying, Russia's sphere is limited to Belarus, Georgia, and 20% of Ukraine. Another is that if China has a sphere, it includes Russia.
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"if you are pronouncing a new law that wherever Communism reigns against the will of the people, even though it's happened internally, there the United States shall enter, then we are going to have really terrible wars in the world".
Margaret Thatcher, 1983.
www.margaretthatcher.org/document%2F1...
Margaret Thatcher, 1983.
www.margaretthatcher.org/document%2F1...
January 3, 2026 at 11:19 AM
"if you are pronouncing a new law that wherever Communism reigns against the will of the people, even though it's happened internally, there the United States shall enter, then we are going to have really terrible wars in the world".
Margaret Thatcher, 1983.
www.margaretthatcher.org/document%2F1...
Margaret Thatcher, 1983.
www.margaretthatcher.org/document%2F1...
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Poem with a subliminal message.
January 1, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Poem with a subliminal message.
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Out of Christmas gift ideas and/or money? Get your kid a Tariff Tilly, the perfect doll to ride out Trump's trade war
December 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Out of Christmas gift ideas and/or money? Get your kid a Tariff Tilly, the perfect doll to ride out Trump's trade war
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🧵1/ The Christmas @bmj.com is always an opportunity to use satire as a vehicle for serious health messaging. Borrowing from Jonathan Swift, I ask, if public health is to “work with industry,” why stop at alcohol and gambling? Why not go all the way… and collaborate with organised crime?
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🧵1/ The Christmas @bmj.com is always an opportunity to use satire as a vehicle for serious health messaging. Borrowing from Jonathan Swift, I ask, if public health is to “work with industry,” why stop at alcohol and gambling? Why not go all the way… and collaborate with organised crime?
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Good luck to all the children taking part in their school’s nativity play this week. You’re all stars, no matter what your role.
December 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Good luck to all the children taking part in their school’s nativity play this week. You’re all stars, no matter what your role.
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What if the US National Security Strategy is actually less important than we think?
Since Waltz' departure, NSC-job is done by Rubio, on top of his role as SoS
NSC seems less powerful in this WH
And Trump is Trump. He won't allow himself to be guided by documents
What if it's just trolling?
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Since Waltz' departure, NSC-job is done by Rubio, on top of his role as SoS
NSC seems less powerful in this WH
And Trump is Trump. He won't allow himself to be guided by documents
What if it's just trolling?
🤷🏻♂️
December 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
What if the US National Security Strategy is actually less important than we think?
Since Waltz' departure, NSC-job is done by Rubio, on top of his role as SoS
NSC seems less powerful in this WH
And Trump is Trump. He won't allow himself to be guided by documents
What if it's just trolling?
🤷🏻♂️
Since Waltz' departure, NSC-job is done by Rubio, on top of his role as SoS
NSC seems less powerful in this WH
And Trump is Trump. He won't allow himself to be guided by documents
What if it's just trolling?
🤷🏻♂️
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2018, Russia: "Fuck this, I'm not watching a World Cup in a fascist country. I'll just wait four years."
2022, Qatar: "Fuck this, I'm not watching a World Cup in a fascist country. I guess I'll wait another four years..."
2026: So I guess the joke is on me.
2022, Qatar: "Fuck this, I'm not watching a World Cup in a fascist country. I guess I'll wait another four years..."
2026: So I guess the joke is on me.
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
2018, Russia: "Fuck this, I'm not watching a World Cup in a fascist country. I'll just wait four years."
2022, Qatar: "Fuck this, I'm not watching a World Cup in a fascist country. I guess I'll wait another four years..."
2026: So I guess the joke is on me.
2022, Qatar: "Fuck this, I'm not watching a World Cup in a fascist country. I guess I'll wait another four years..."
2026: So I guess the joke is on me.
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Got a close up look at Trump’s medal
December 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Got a close up look at Trump’s medal
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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Summary of Governor Gavin C. Newsom’s Advanced Imaging Results
December 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Summary of Governor Gavin C. Newsom’s Advanced Imaging Results
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
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My carefully considered, nuanced and balanced policy view is that we should tax gambling profits, including sports betting, at like 98% and one executive's kidney per quarter.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My carefully considered, nuanced and balanced policy view is that we should tax gambling profits, including sports betting, at like 98% and one executive's kidney per quarter.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
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"Russia is an undefeatable juggernaut against which Ukraine could never hope to score victories. That's why it's imperative we limit Ukraine's military size so as to give Russia confidence Ukraine won't attack it."
Do these people fucking hear themselves?
Do these people fucking hear themselves?
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"Russia is an undefeatable juggernaut against which Ukraine could never hope to score victories. That's why it's imperative we limit Ukraine's military size so as to give Russia confidence Ukraine won't attack it."
Do these people fucking hear themselves?
Do these people fucking hear themselves?
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45 years ago I made a pitch for the Director-General job. Didn’t get it – mind you, I was only 13. But I did get a reply from Ian Trethowan, who was DG at the time. All these years later I’m proud to work for the BBC.
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
45 years ago I made a pitch for the Director-General job. Didn’t get it – mind you, I was only 13. But I did get a reply from Ian Trethowan, who was DG at the time. All these years later I’m proud to work for the BBC.
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This "security guarantee" provides no guarantee of security whatsoever. It's nothing like Article 5 of the NATO treaty, it's the antithesis of the spirit of NATO - which isn't surprising when you consider the source.
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This "security guarantee" provides no guarantee of security whatsoever. It's nothing like Article 5 of the NATO treaty, it's the antithesis of the spirit of NATO - which isn't surprising when you consider the source.
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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The UK media is overstating the benefits of prostate specific antigen tests, which can result in risk without benefit.
Men need fair information about screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Men need fair information about screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The UK media is overstating the benefits of prostate specific antigen tests, which can result in risk without benefit.
Men need fair information about screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Men need fair information about screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Apparently, the only thing these people are more desperate to see cut than the interest rate is the age of consent.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Apparently, the only thing these people are more desperate to see cut than the interest rate is the age of consent.
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Fox News is VERY upset with politicians who make unrealistic promises
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Fox News is VERY upset with politicians who make unrealistic promises
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Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Yeah, well, she hopes you'll stop fucking the living room furniture, but you know...
Vance Says He Hopes His Wife Embraces Christianity, Setting Off Backlash
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Yeah, well, she hopes you'll stop fucking the living room furniture, but you know...
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A groundbreaking study reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically longer than those who didn’t.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Cancer patients who got a COVID vaccine lived much longer
A groundbreaking study reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically longer than those who didn’t. Researchers from the...
www.sciencedaily.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A groundbreaking study reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically longer than those who didn’t.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...