Scott Pollok
@scottpollok.bsky.social
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historically speaking Russia is a Ukraine DLC not vice versa
December 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
historically speaking Russia is a Ukraine DLC not vice versa
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Russia violates:
UN Charter
Nuclear NPT
Helsinki Accords
Belovezha Accords
Paris Charter
Budapest Memo
Black Sea Fleet Treaty
Ukr-Ru Friendship Treaty
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait
Karkiv pact
Etc
But Russia we will sign a legal document that we won't attack EU...
UN Charter
Nuclear NPT
Helsinki Accords
Belovezha Accords
Paris Charter
Budapest Memo
Black Sea Fleet Treaty
Ukr-Ru Friendship Treaty
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait
Karkiv pact
Etc
But Russia we will sign a legal document that we won't attack EU...
December 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Russia violates:
UN Charter
Nuclear NPT
Helsinki Accords
Belovezha Accords
Paris Charter
Budapest Memo
Black Sea Fleet Treaty
Ukr-Ru Friendship Treaty
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait
Karkiv pact
Etc
But Russia we will sign a legal document that we won't attack EU...
UN Charter
Nuclear NPT
Helsinki Accords
Belovezha Accords
Paris Charter
Budapest Memo
Black Sea Fleet Treaty
Ukr-Ru Friendship Treaty
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait
Karkiv pact
Etc
But Russia we will sign a legal document that we won't attack EU...
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When dealing with this mafia version of Realism, coming from a state whose leadership's survival is now tied to perpetual enmity with the UK, opting out is not possible - it's not something we can do anything to change. All the UK can do is to protect itself, together with allies.
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
When dealing with this mafia version of Realism, coming from a state whose leadership's survival is now tied to perpetual enmity with the UK, opting out is not possible - it's not something we can do anything to change. All the UK can do is to protect itself, together with allies.
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They didn't really. For some reason whenever US bombs a place no one says the victims should give up in case a humiliated USA uses nukes & ends humanity. That only applies to Kremlin, tho we are also reasonable partners who will honor a peace treaty.
Looking at you Venezuela
Looking at you Venezuela
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
They didn't really. For some reason whenever US bombs a place no one says the victims should give up in case a humiliated USA uses nukes & ends humanity. That only applies to Kremlin, tho we are also reasonable partners who will honor a peace treaty.
Looking at you Venezuela
Looking at you Venezuela
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The Ru opposition's level of disconnect from reality is off the charts. They live in their own world where only Pu is to blame and as soon as the shooting stops for 2 secs, Ru would be forgiven and welcomed back w open arms, in Europe, even in Ukr. There's no point in interviewing/engaging w them.
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Ru opposition's level of disconnect from reality is off the charts. They live in their own world where only Pu is to blame and as soon as the shooting stops for 2 secs, Ru would be forgiven and welcomed back w open arms, in Europe, even in Ukr. There's no point in interviewing/engaging w them.
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Scoop: A prospective offshore wind developer has announced it will shut its operations in New Zealand by the end of the year, making it the third firm to exit in the past 14 months.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/12/o...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/12/o...
Offshore wind firm exits NZ as seabed mine seeks consent
An offshore wind developer warned the Taranaki seabed mine would render its planned farm unviable. Now it is closing up shop in NZ.
newsroom.co.nz
December 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Scoop: A prospective offshore wind developer has announced it will shut its operations in New Zealand by the end of the year, making it the third firm to exit in the past 14 months.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/12/o...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/12/o...
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It's frustrating how Russia has built this entire myth of invincibility around itself. It lost the Crimean war, a war with Japan in 1905, the first world war, an invasion of Poland in 1920, and in Afghanistan. It won the second world war only with Allied logistical support.
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It's frustrating how Russia has built this entire myth of invincibility around itself. It lost the Crimean war, a war with Japan in 1905, the first world war, an invasion of Poland in 1920, and in Afghanistan. It won the second world war only with Allied logistical support.
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Trump has issued 1500+ pardons and counting…a who’s who of drug kingpins, crypto scammers, violent insurrectionists, terrorism financiers & corrupt politicians.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Trump has issued 1500+ pardons and counting…a who’s who of drug kingpins, crypto scammers, violent insurrectionists, terrorism financiers & corrupt politicians.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
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What would it take to meet the NDC domestically? Emissions would need to fall 12% every year to 2030 – more than twice the one-off Covid-19 dip, about equal to the one-off GFC decline. So... five GFCs' worth of emissions cutting.
By 2030, NZ would need net zero CO2 and ~30% decline in methane.
By 2030, NZ would need net zero CO2 and ~30% decline in methane.
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What would it take to meet the NDC domestically? Emissions would need to fall 12% every year to 2030 – more than twice the one-off Covid-19 dip, about equal to the one-off GFC decline. So... five GFCs' worth of emissions cutting.
By 2030, NZ would need net zero CO2 and ~30% decline in methane.
By 2030, NZ would need net zero CO2 and ~30% decline in methane.
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The only people who endlessly complain about color revolutions are dipshit leftie campists and Q-pilled right-wingers and the thing they have in common is they're both huffing Russian propaganda
Sen. Eric Schmitt: "This is the language of a color revolution where you're calling on military men and women to disobey orders."
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The only people who endlessly complain about color revolutions are dipshit leftie campists and Q-pilled right-wingers and the thing they have in common is they're both huffing Russian propaganda
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There it is. We just reneged on Paris. FYI @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukparliament.parliament.uk
“Under questioning in the meeting, Willis also confirmed the government had no intention of buying offshore carbon credits to meet the 2030 Paris agreement as part of a "performative awards ceremony" even if that meant it would breach its commitment.”
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
'A bit tired, a bit ratty': Heated exchange between Willis and Labour MPs at Parliament
The Finance Minister has called the opposition's behaviour "unbecoming" after accusations of name-calling and conspiracy-thinking.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
There it is. We just reneged on Paris. FYI @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukparliament.parliament.uk
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Things that Labour will say 'yes' to:
1. We need 120,000 people unemployed (at least) to stop wages going up by too much.
2. Banks can extract $8bn a year in profits, because that's the price we should pay.
3. The market will eventually deliver affordable energy / food / rent - be patient comrades.
1. We need 120,000 people unemployed (at least) to stop wages going up by too much.
2. Banks can extract $8bn a year in profits, because that's the price we should pay.
3. The market will eventually deliver affordable energy / food / rent - be patient comrades.
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Things that Labour will say 'yes' to:
1. We need 120,000 people unemployed (at least) to stop wages going up by too much.
2. Banks can extract $8bn a year in profits, because that's the price we should pay.
3. The market will eventually deliver affordable energy / food / rent - be patient comrades.
1. We need 120,000 people unemployed (at least) to stop wages going up by too much.
2. Banks can extract $8bn a year in profits, because that's the price we should pay.
3. The market will eventually deliver affordable energy / food / rent - be patient comrades.
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One of whom presented a Russian capitulation document as a US peace plan. That’s the headline. We need headlines that are true and not news jargon that washes out the basic facts.
President Donald Trump’s demand that Ukraine sign a deal by Thanksgiving appears to have softened as he leaves some of the most important details of the peace plan in the hands of his envoys, one of whom was just embroiled in a high-profile phone leak. https://wapo.st/481ZdYG
Trump steps back from Ukraine peace process, sends out envoys
Envoy Steve Witkoff, who in new phone leaks appears to have advised Russia on negotiations, heads to Moscow next week to discuss the peace plan.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
One of whom presented a Russian capitulation document as a US peace plan. That’s the headline. We need headlines that are true and not news jargon that washes out the basic facts.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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It produces a performative ecosystem. Actors aren’t communicating; they’re staging provocations for yield. The result is disordered discourse: signals detached from truth, identity shaped by escalation, and a feedback loop where the performance eclipses reality itself.
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It produces a performative ecosystem. Actors aren’t communicating; they’re staging provocations for yield. The result is disordered discourse: signals detached from truth, identity shaped by escalation, and a feedback loop where the performance eclipses reality itself.
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I don't repost videos or screenshots of POW executions, but this is such an important point.
russia r*pes, c*strates, and b*heads Ukrainian POWs on camera. Any "peace" plan that ignores or normalizes that is absolutely worthless.
russia r*pes, c*strates, and b*heads Ukrainian POWs on camera. Any "peace" plan that ignores or normalizes that is absolutely worthless.
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I don't repost videos or screenshots of POW executions, but this is such an important point.
russia r*pes, c*strates, and b*heads Ukrainian POWs on camera. Any "peace" plan that ignores or normalizes that is absolutely worthless.
russia r*pes, c*strates, and b*heads Ukrainian POWs on camera. Any "peace" plan that ignores or normalizes that is absolutely worthless.
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We live in an age where there's a glut of information and scarcity of attention, mediated through platforms that prioritise engagement over accuracy, and emotion captures attention more readily than reason.
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We live in an age where there's a glut of information and scarcity of attention, mediated through platforms that prioritise engagement over accuracy, and emotion captures attention more readily than reason.
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You've all forgotten I said I can't sign a deal with Zelensky cos I said he's illegitimate.
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
You've all forgotten I said I can't sign a deal with Zelensky cos I said he's illegitimate.
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The "art of the deal" is to just give me everything I want and assume it means I won't come back for more.
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The "art of the deal" is to just give me everything I want and assume it means I won't come back for more.
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Soon enough Hegseth will include someone from the NYT in a group signal chat about this deal's secret clause to carve up Poland.
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Soon enough Hegseth will include someone from the NYT in a group signal chat about this deal's secret clause to carve up Poland.
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It’s not a “peace proposal”. It’s an aggressor’s charter, with the US facilitating the demands of the invader.
It’s very surprising that some people are still calling the Trump peace plan the Witkoff plan. Nothing could be further from the truth. The White House has come out and claimed the plan for its own and said it wants it implemented. www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
Trump’s 28-point peace proposal for Ukraine would require land concessions and military reduction | CNN Politics
A new Trump administration plan for the end of the war in Ukraine would see Kyiv cede territory to Russia, US “de facto” recognition of Crimea and other Ukrainian territory forcibly seized by the Krem...
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It’s not a “peace proposal”. It’s an aggressor’s charter, with the US facilitating the demands of the invader.
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How many more kids must I accidentally murder before you realise it's deliberate?
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
How many more kids must I accidentally murder before you realise it's deliberate?
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?