Niall
@niallp.bsky.social
Frustrated centrist, politics and finance nerd lurking at the fringes of your timeline.
Pioneer of the appendix transplant
Pioneer of the appendix transplant
There is also another possibility (and more likely IMV), that these people are less interested in effectiveness of policy and are acting based on their political currents.
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 AM
There is also another possibility (and more likely IMV), that these people are less interested in effectiveness of policy and are acting based on their political currents.
I don’t that the misreading of local politics is unique to MAGA. Look at the Labour government in the UK who are haemorrhaging voters on the left to pursue uninterested Reform backers. Politics is hard and politicians often get it wrong! If they struggle, what chance do sec leaders have!?
February 13, 2026 at 11:20 AM
I don’t that the misreading of local politics is unique to MAGA. Look at the Labour government in the UK who are haemorrhaging voters on the left to pursue uninterested Reform backers. Politics is hard and politicians often get it wrong! If they struggle, what chance do sec leaders have!?
The key thing about Epstein is that he procured (underage) girls for friends.
Those close to him aren’t primarily being condemned for the friendship but because it raises questions of whether they were involved in the crimes!
Those close to him aren’t primarily being condemned for the friendship but because it raises questions of whether they were involved in the crimes!
February 12, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The key thing about Epstein is that he procured (underage) girls for friends.
Those close to him aren’t primarily being condemned for the friendship but because it raises questions of whether they were involved in the crimes!
Those close to him aren’t primarily being condemned for the friendship but because it raises questions of whether they were involved in the crimes!
His death squads are not going to be happy with me
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
His death squads are not going to be happy with me
Gonna save this tweet for 25.5 years time when we are celebrating the silver jubilee of Al Cairns glorious leadership
February 7, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Gonna save this tweet for 25.5 years time when we are celebrating the silver jubilee of Al Cairns glorious leadership
But I control +c’d so many of those apes! FML!
February 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
But I control +c’d so many of those apes! FML!
He’s definitely right that those on the list would have been shot but think it’s 50/50 whether it would have been the Epstein victim list or the Epstein culprit list.
February 1, 2026 at 11:59 AM
He’s definitely right that those on the list would have been shot but think it’s 50/50 whether it would have been the Epstein victim list or the Epstein culprit list.
Why should I, a high earning tax payer who went to university, have to fund the healthcare of people who didn’t?
Is it because maybe as a society we should fund the things that add value to a society?
Is it because maybe as a society we should fund the things that add value to a society?
January 29, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Why should I, a high earning tax payer who went to university, have to fund the healthcare of people who didn’t?
Is it because maybe as a society we should fund the things that add value to a society?
Is it because maybe as a society we should fund the things that add value to a society?
I think it’s just an incredibly tasteless joke for maga types/trolling the libs. I would bet that the person who writes those emails is nowhere near power.
January 29, 2026 at 8:02 AM
I think it’s just an incredibly tasteless joke for maga types/trolling the libs. I would bet that the person who writes those emails is nowhere near power.
Hard disagree. Would switch “source” for “author”. Then maybe we might find agreement.
January 27, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Hard disagree. Would switch “source” for “author”. Then maybe we might find agreement.
The only thing that’s stopped a bunch of bad guys with guns is the death of a good guy with a gun. Bleak.
January 27, 2026 at 6:16 AM
The only thing that’s stopped a bunch of bad guys with guns is the death of a good guy with a gun. Bleak.
Surely events in Minnesota must make them realise they could easily lose it!?
January 26, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Surely events in Minnesota must make them realise they could easily lose it!?
And can’t see any more beyond potentially Canopius joining them in the near future
January 19, 2026 at 5:34 PM
And can’t see any more beyond potentially Canopius joining them in the near future
The suppress the vote mid terms thing doesn’t work on these numbers before you even consider the voter mobilisation aspect. I appreciate its anecdote but there are a lot of stories of apolitical people mobilising against ICE. A vote suppression attempt could have the same unintended effect
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The suppress the vote mid terms thing doesn’t work on these numbers before you even consider the voter mobilisation aspect. I appreciate its anecdote but there are a lot of stories of apolitical people mobilising against ICE. A vote suppression attempt could have the same unintended effect
Neither could Geronimo but still Paddington gently ushered his soul onward
January 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Neither could Geronimo but still Paddington gently ushered his soul onward
Paddington only shepherds the souls of British people. And the occasional alpaca
January 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Paddington only shepherds the souls of British people. And the occasional alpaca
That said, I think given the scale of several prior Mediterranean/Middle Eastern empires, the importance of supply chains was very well understood
January 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
That said, I think given the scale of several prior Mediterranean/Middle Eastern empires, the importance of supply chains was very well understood
Given both the refusal to negotiate peace after Cannae and the Fabian strategy that was followed (but abandoned) prior to the battle, I think you are right.
January 12, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Given both the refusal to negotiate peace after Cannae and the Fabian strategy that was followed (but abandoned) prior to the battle, I think you are right.
How does Sicario end? They win and war on drugs is over right? The bad guys go away yeah?
January 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
How does Sicario end? They win and war on drugs is over right? The bad guys go away yeah?
I’ve watched that episode more times than my kids have…
December 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I’ve watched that episode more times than my kids have…
Michael Tracey accidentally posting another Rob Reiner win
December 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Michael Tracey accidentally posting another Rob Reiner win
And I thought trigger warnings were only for snowflake libs?
December 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And I thought trigger warnings were only for snowflake libs?