Richard Knocker
@richardonsafari.bsky.social
Guide. Tanzania. “Blessed are the Cheesemakers” : Life of Brine.
Doomer… but oddly cheerful!
Doomer… but oddly cheerful!
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We have some dangerous years ahead in terms of world security, writes Alexander With, a regular contributor to Logic of War. The war in Ukraine is still escalating, pressure on Putin is growing, and a conflict with China is on the horizon. (no paywall)
The coming years will be even more dangerous than 2025
By Alexander With
The war in Ukraine is escalating. While the front line is mostly static, both sides have ramped up their ability to conduct strategic bombing with drones and missiles. The cost of w...
www.logicofwar.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We have some dangerous years ahead in terms of world security, writes Alexander With, a regular contributor to Logic of War. The war in Ukraine is still escalating, pressure on Putin is growing, and a conflict with China is on the horizon. (no paywall)
Happy holidays to one and all!
My all time favourite metaphor for how badly we're messing things up:
Environmental Impact of Toilet Paper share.google/zZfGrzpZAd8b...
My all time favourite metaphor for how badly we're messing things up:
Environmental Impact of Toilet Paper share.google/zZfGrzpZAd8b...
The World Counts
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December 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Happy holidays to one and all!
My all time favourite metaphor for how badly we're messing things up:
Environmental Impact of Toilet Paper share.google/zZfGrzpZAd8b...
My all time favourite metaphor for how badly we're messing things up:
Environmental Impact of Toilet Paper share.google/zZfGrzpZAd8b...
"Republicans and Democrats shared a faith that a world built on American values would be better for America"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump and Putin share a craving for status. That’s why they both want to destroy Europe | Henry Farrell and Sergey Radchenko
Liberal democracies view Putin’s Russia as a bully – and Trump’s US as an angry drunk with a bazooka. The response is pure venom, say Henry Farrell and Sergey Radchenko of Johns Hopkins
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
"Republicans and Democrats shared a faith that a world built on American values would be better for America"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Europe's great power move: EU secures Ukraine funding
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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DEC 13–15: Ukraine Rejects Concessions in Berlin, EU Confronts Orban and Shadow Fleet, U.S. Faces Domestic Security Shifts, and Global Crises Deepen from Gaza to Myanmar
open.substack.com/pub/onest/p/...
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DEC 13–15: Ukraine Rejects Concessions in Berlin, EU Confronts Orban and Shadow Fleet, U.S. Faces Domestic Security Shifts, and Global Crises Deepen from Gaza to Myanmar
Factual information is our love language.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
DEC 13–15: Ukraine Rejects Concessions in Berlin, EU Confronts Orban and Shadow Fleet, U.S. Faces Domestic Security Shifts, and Global Crises Deepen from Gaza to Myanmar
open.substack.com/pub/onest/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/onest/p/...
"It from bit".
What an intriguing idea...
Physicist John Wheeler and the “It from Bit” — John Horgan (The Science Writer) johnhorgan.org/cross-check/...
What an intriguing idea...
Physicist John Wheeler and the “It from Bit” — John Horgan (The Science Writer) johnhorgan.org/cross-check/...
Physicist John Wheeler and the “It from Bit” — John Horgan (The Science Writer)
June 29, 2023. Is quantum mechanics weird if no one is paying attention to it? Lots of people are paying attention to it now, including me . Two physicists often cited in debates about the theor...
johnhorgan.org
December 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"It from bit".
What an intriguing idea...
Physicist John Wheeler and the “It from Bit” — John Horgan (The Science Writer) johnhorgan.org/cross-check/...
What an intriguing idea...
Physicist John Wheeler and the “It from Bit” — John Horgan (The Science Writer) johnhorgan.org/cross-check/...
"Sad and hilarious '.
But mainly hilarious!
BBC News - www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rubio orders return to Times New Roman font over 'wasteful' Calibri
But mainly hilarious!
BBC News - www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rubio orders return to Times New Roman font over 'wasteful' Calibri
Rubio orders return to Times New Roman font over 'wasteful' Calibri
The US State Department will be required to use Times New Roman instead of Calibri for official documents, starting 10 December.
www.bbc.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Sad and hilarious '.
But mainly hilarious!
BBC News - www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rubio orders return to Times New Roman font over 'wasteful' Calibri
But mainly hilarious!
BBC News - www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rubio orders return to Times New Roman font over 'wasteful' Calibri
Russia approves. Yay.
@markhertling.bsky.social on the White House's new National Security Strategy: "Russia said this is a great document that does everything we need to do. That should sum it up in a nutshell when you have a competitor, a foe, saying you've great strategic approach."
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Russia approves. Yay.
Excellent piece
The line between law enforcement and war is there for a reason. Blurring it invites legal and strategic fallout.
Attacking Drug Boats: Bending or Breaking the Law?
U.S. attacks on alleged narcotics trafficking boats continue unabated with little apparent concern for near-unanimous legal condemnation. The Trump
warontherocks.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Excellent piece
In 1939 there was a Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden
YouTube video by Hasan Minhaj
youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
In 1939 there was a Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden
YouTube video by Hasan Minhaj
youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
youtube.com/shorts/-xIuf...
In the Cuban Missile Crisis, what was more dangerous - the cubes or the missiles?
In the Cuban Missile Crisis, what was more dangerous - the cubes or the missiles?
Philomena Cunk is Pure Genius
YouTube video by WatchMojoUK
youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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In the Cuban Missile Crisis, what was more dangerous - the cubes or the missiles?
In the Cuban Missile Crisis, what was more dangerous - the cubes or the missiles?
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Concepts of a peace plan lnk.thebulwark.com/49SYSsL
As Putin Threatens Europe, Failure of Trump Peace Plan Laid Bare
Peace games from the Russian dictator, who can’t win but can’t afford to stop fighting.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Concepts of a peace plan lnk.thebulwark.com/49SYSsL
#Biodiversity and #Kilimanjaro.
Homo sapiens the ecovore, destroying nature everywhere.
theconversation.com/75-of-kilima...
Homo sapiens the ecovore, destroying nature everywhere.
theconversation.com/75-of-kilima...
75% of Kilimanjaro’s natural plants have been wiped out – and climate change isn’t the biggest threat
75% of Mount Kilimanjaro’s indigenous plants have been wiped out over the last century.
theconversation.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#Biodiversity and #Kilimanjaro.
Homo sapiens the ecovore, destroying nature everywhere.
theconversation.com/75-of-kilima...
Homo sapiens the ecovore, destroying nature everywhere.
theconversation.com/75-of-kilima...
HIGHLY recommend this episode!
🚨 NEW LEADING EPISODE 🚨
Rory and Alastair sit down with campaigner Jacob Dunne and playwright James Graham - the team behind the award-winning play The Punch.
They dive into restorative justice, masculinity, and how we can rethink the criminal justice system.
Link in the replies 👇
Rory and Alastair sit down with campaigner Jacob Dunne and playwright James Graham - the team behind the award-winning play The Punch.
They dive into restorative justice, masculinity, and how we can rethink the criminal justice system.
Link in the replies 👇
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
HIGHLY recommend this episode!
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Wherever you get your podcasts … two today … last night’s @therestpolitics.bsky.social LIVE on Ukraine; and today’s LEADING with playwright James Graham and Jacob Dunne, whose single Punch led to the death of a young man whose parents now campaign with Jacob on restorative justice
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Wherever you get your podcasts … two today … last night’s @therestpolitics.bsky.social LIVE on Ukraine; and today’s LEADING with playwright James Graham and Jacob Dunne, whose single Punch led to the death of a young man whose parents now campaign with Jacob on restorative justice
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“Last January, Trump gave a full pardon to…Ross Ulbricht, who played a central role in the digitalization of the international drug trade ***According to news accounts, from 2011-2013, Ulbricht facilitated more than $200M in transactions for weapons, stolen credit cards, & mostly illicit drugs.” 1/
Trump is killing suspected drug-runners while pardoning those enabling the trade: T. Nelson Thompson
President Trump, arguably, has made drug trafficking easier, rather than harder. Cryptocurrencies have become the lifeblood of the narcotics economy. The modern drug trafficker operates in a digital e...
www.cleveland.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
“Last January, Trump gave a full pardon to…Ross Ulbricht, who played a central role in the digitalization of the international drug trade ***According to news accounts, from 2011-2013, Ulbricht facilitated more than $200M in transactions for weapons, stolen credit cards, & mostly illicit drugs.” 1/
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Ross Ulbricht facilitated millions of dollars of drugs entering the US via his Silk Road darknet website.
Ulbicht was sentenced to 2x life sentences plus 40 years.
Trump pardoned Ross.
It's not about drugs.
Ulbicht was sentenced to 2x life sentences plus 40 years.
Trump pardoned Ross.
It's not about drugs.
December 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ross Ulbricht facilitated millions of dollars of drugs entering the US via his Silk Road darknet website.
Ulbicht was sentenced to 2x life sentences plus 40 years.
Trump pardoned Ross.
It's not about drugs.
Ulbicht was sentenced to 2x life sentences plus 40 years.
Trump pardoned Ross.
It's not about drugs.
@therestpolitics.bsky.social greetings from Tanzania! Loved the leading episode with Zack Polanski. While I was concerned by his lack of grasp of the details, the point I believe he was trying to make is valid. Economics will be utterly irrelevant if we fail to address the polycrisis we are facing.
December 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@therestpolitics.bsky.social greetings from Tanzania! Loved the leading episode with Zack Polanski. While I was concerned by his lack of grasp of the details, the point I believe he was trying to make is valid. Economics will be utterly irrelevant if we fail to address the polycrisis we are facing.
@therestpolitics.bsky.social
On the plan to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, what do you think of Belgium's concern that they have a contractual obligation to pay back the money as soon as sanctions are lifted?
On the plan to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, what do you think of Belgium's concern that they have a contractual obligation to pay back the money as soon as sanctions are lifted?
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
@therestpolitics.bsky.social
On the plan to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, what do you think of Belgium's concern that they have a contractual obligation to pay back the money as soon as sanctions are lifted?
On the plan to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, what do you think of Belgium's concern that they have a contractual obligation to pay back the money as soon as sanctions are lifted?
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