Mark B
@namwob.bsky.social
Lover of nature, hiking, and all things outdoors 🌲. Exploring the beauty of the countryside while pondering the mysteries of consciousness through a non-dual lens.
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The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
January 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
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We now rent our trains at a cost of nearly £2bn a year.
Even though they are only worth £6-7bn.
The wonders of privatisation.
Even though they are only worth £6-7bn.
The wonders of privatisation.
August 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We now rent our trains at a cost of nearly £2bn a year.
Even though they are only worth £6-7bn.
The wonders of privatisation.
Even though they are only worth £6-7bn.
The wonders of privatisation.
Starmer doesn’t pander to Farage fans because he thinks they’ll vote Labour. He does it because he wants to shift the Overton window right. He’s not clueless—he’s an establishment figure ensuring Labour can’t threaten the status quo.
May 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Starmer doesn’t pander to Farage fans because he thinks they’ll vote Labour. He does it because he wants to shift the Overton window right. He’s not clueless—he’s an establishment figure ensuring Labour can’t threaten the status quo.
Isn’t this because the UK is a right-wing political entity by default? You only have to look at its actions around the globe to see what it wants to be like at home.
May 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Isn’t this because the UK is a right-wing political entity by default? You only have to look at its actions around the globe to see what it wants to be like at home.
Maybe he knows, after all he’s already intentionally forced the party to the right…
May 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Maybe he knows, after all he’s already intentionally forced the party to the right…
It’s remarkable how hard it is to convince people that a Western society could commit genocide, given its long history—from the extermination of Indigenous peoples in the Americas and Australia, to the Congo under Belgian rule, and famines under British imperialism in India and Ireland.
May 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
It’s remarkable how hard it is to convince people that a Western society could commit genocide, given its long history—from the extermination of Indigenous peoples in the Americas and Australia, to the Congo under Belgian rule, and famines under British imperialism in India and Ireland.