Ian Ford 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
@ianford.bsky.social
Recent emigrant from the Other Place.
And when the German Admiralty finally tried to deploy the High Seas Fleet on a final, last-gasp suicide run against the British fleet in the closing days of the war, it caused a mutiny which led directly to the downfall of the Kaiser. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_mu...
Kiel mutiny - Wikipedia
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November 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
And when the German Admiralty finally tried to deploy the High Seas Fleet on a final, last-gasp suicide run against the British fleet in the closing days of the war, it caused a mutiny which led directly to the downfall of the Kaiser. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_mu...
Precisely - the reason the Germans had to go all-in on U-Boats was *because* the continued presence of the British Grand Fleet meant that they didn't dare risk the rest of the High Seas Fleet after Jutland - which spent the rest of the war sitting in Kiel.
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Precisely - the reason the Germans had to go all-in on U-Boats was *because* the continued presence of the British Grand Fleet meant that they didn't dare risk the rest of the High Seas Fleet after Jutland - which spent the rest of the war sitting in Kiel.
In a statement today, the leadership of the Real Your Party vowed to continue the struggle against their mortal enemies in the Provisional Your Party, not to be confused with the New Your Party, a breakaway splinter group formed from the neo-Corbynitist faction within the Real Your Party...
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Everybody being dressed in Nazi uniforms should have been another big clue...
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Everybody being dressed in Nazi uniforms should have been another big clue...
Also: he's 79. With multiple health issues. And a lifetime diet of McDonalds.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Also: he's 79. With multiple health issues. And a lifetime diet of McDonalds.
And that's the best case scenario.
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
And that's the best case scenario.
Brexit Hezbollah. With chips.
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Brexit Hezbollah. With chips.
Running a hand through her lustrous hair, she gazed at the rolling surf below, a small wistful smile curling at the edges of her lips as she pondered the set of extraordinary circumstances that had led to her becoming the most respected and famous reporter in the entire world...
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Running a hand through her lustrous hair, she gazed at the rolling surf below, a small wistful smile curling at the edges of her lips as she pondered the set of extraordinary circumstances that had led to her becoming the most respected and famous reporter in the entire world...
More than 600 British service personnel died fighting in American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Yeah - I read this book last Christmas and it pretty much outlines all the problems that long term life on Mars (and other planets involves).
TLDR: *everything* is trying to kill you.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_City_...
TLDR: *everything* is trying to kill you.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_City_...
A City on Mars - Wikipedia
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November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Yeah - I read this book last Christmas and it pretty much outlines all the problems that long term life on Mars (and other planets involves).
TLDR: *everything* is trying to kill you.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_City_...
TLDR: *everything* is trying to kill you.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_City_...
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The Starmer re-elect is dead. The souffle does not rise twice, the prime minister does not come back from that kind of approval rating, or indeed the level of hatred he inspires in the country now.
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Starmer re-elect is dead. The souffle does not rise twice, the prime minister does not come back from that kind of approval rating, or indeed the level of hatred he inspires in the country now.
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A great example of how when you give the bully any daylight, they will go for the sun. The number of people who have believed this admin was operating in good faith and they were just making moderate concessions only to find the admin won't back down when they smell blood is shocking. Peak naivete.
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A great example of how when you give the bully any daylight, they will go for the sun. The number of people who have believed this admin was operating in good faith and they were just making moderate concessions only to find the admin won't back down when they smell blood is shocking. Peak naivete.