Stanthorpe
@stanth0rpe.bsky.social
Dad, senior risk analyst, Anglo-Irish RPG player. German based Ecomodernist & freelance opinion-holder. Exhausted.
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Stanthorpe
@stanth0rpe.bsky.social
· Oct 14
That’s nonsense. Democracy isn’t a luxury, it’s a duty that requires the voters to decide. If you treat your vote as merely a menu choice where, if nothing is appetising you don’t eat, then you’ve misunderstood your duty as a citizen.
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Time to fight fire with fire.
Stop all €€ to Hungary, illegality be damned. Do it today and then tangle it up in court until Orban is history. Do the same with Fico. And tell all others: FAFO.
Enough is enough.
Stop all €€ to Hungary, illegality be damned. Do it today and then tangle it up in court until Orban is history. Do the same with Fico. And tell all others: FAFO.
Enough is enough.
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Time to fight fire with fire.
Stop all €€ to Hungary, illegality be damned. Do it today and then tangle it up in court until Orban is history. Do the same with Fico. And tell all others: FAFO.
Enough is enough.
Stop all €€ to Hungary, illegality be damned. Do it today and then tangle it up in court until Orban is history. Do the same with Fico. And tell all others: FAFO.
Enough is enough.
It just gets worse and worse.
US security guarantees guarantee that you will have to pay them for the inconvenience of being invaded
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It just gets worse and worse.
The Reuters report that Trump wants this deal signed within a week, or else is downright awful, but not unexpected. It also raises questions: assuming that Ukraine doesn't sign then... what about 3rd party purchases? If the (e.g.) the UK buys ammunition for UKR is than banned?
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Reuters report that Trump wants this deal signed within a week, or else is downright awful, but not unexpected. It also raises questions: assuming that Ukraine doesn't sign then... what about 3rd party purchases? If the (e.g.) the UK buys ammunition for UKR is than banned?
Labour party communications policy in a nutshell
Moral boosting speech to rouse the troops by going "we're f***ed, we're absolutely f***ed. we're doing awful, shameful things to hang on and they probably won't even work. it's absolutely terrible lads, you've no idea, it's so bad. anyway, until you hear different, business as usual"
November 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Labour party communications policy in a nutshell
Democratic leadership: Ahha! I roll a double 6 which means I get to play my booster card, doubling what I roll next turn!
Republican leadership: OPEN FIRE! *sound of gunfire*
Republican leadership: OPEN FIRE! *sound of gunfire*
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Democratic leadership: Ahha! I roll a double 6 which means I get to play my booster card, doubling what I roll next turn!
Republican leadership: OPEN FIRE! *sound of gunfire*
Republican leadership: OPEN FIRE! *sound of gunfire*
Sooo Democratic senators vote to reopen the government in return for a promise to hold a vote on the Affodrable care act? Pardon me if I'm wrong, but isn't that a guaranteed defeat for them, given that they're the minority & that Trump hates it?
The Dems desperately need new leadership.
The Dems desperately need new leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Sooo Democratic senators vote to reopen the government in return for a promise to hold a vote on the Affodrable care act? Pardon me if I'm wrong, but isn't that a guaranteed defeat for them, given that they're the minority & that Trump hates it?
The Dems desperately need new leadership.
The Dems desperately need new leadership.
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You’re all making a big deal out of this, but an elderly man in cognitive decline lives there, and needs this for orientation
[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
You’re all making a big deal out of this, but an elderly man in cognitive decline lives there, and needs this for orientation
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The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
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November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
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Imagine doing ANYTHING AT ALL and constantly interrupting it every two minutes to ask everyone around you “do you like me? Is this ok? Please like me! Should I do something completely different so you like me more? I will ask you again next week shall I?”
That’s what government by focus group is.
That’s what government by focus group is.
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Imagine doing ANYTHING AT ALL and constantly interrupting it every two minutes to ask everyone around you “do you like me? Is this ok? Please like me! Should I do something completely different so you like me more? I will ask you again next week shall I?”
That’s what government by focus group is.
That’s what government by focus group is.
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US
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>> Bad week for sex pests named Andrew <<
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>> Bad week for sex pests named Andrew <<
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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>> Bad week for sex pests named Andrew <<
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>> Bad week for sex pests named Andrew <<
Very interesting
open.substack.com/pub/geoffmul...
A lot of very important points in a short post
A lot of very important points in a short post
Hollowed out: can the centre hold?
Can the centre hold and resist the far right?
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Very interesting
I feel seen. This is both weird & uncomfortable.
I am an extremely lapsed Catholic, almost entirely out of laziness, and I can’t get my head around the adult converts AT ALL
People born Catholic: I swear, if Ginny DiMinico makes baked ziti one more time.
Adult Catholic converts:
Adult Catholic converts:
November 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I feel seen. This is both weird & uncomfortable.
Well, despite all the doom & gloom, I am overjoyed to be able to report that my niece - my only niece! - Una Elisabeth was born early this morning. It was not an easy delivery, but mother & child are reported to be doing well.
October 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Well, despite all the doom & gloom, I am overjoyed to be able to report that my niece - my only niece! - Una Elisabeth was born early this morning. It was not an easy delivery, but mother & child are reported to be doing well.
Putins massive grin says it all, I guess.
August 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Putins massive grin says it all, I guess.
Ok, my kids are describing a fight between Dr Leftovers & The Magnet and it's just hilarious.
August 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Ok, my kids are describing a fight between Dr Leftovers & The Magnet and it's just hilarious.
Of course the day I go on holiday my youngest child comes down with a D&V bug. Naturally. Why would I expect anything else?
August 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Of course the day I go on holiday my youngest child comes down with a D&V bug. Naturally. Why would I expect anything else?
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Spent a few minutes digging through the dragon magazine archive in search of this cartoon, which was always one of my favourites.A
July 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Spent a few minutes digging through the dragon magazine archive in search of this cartoon, which was always one of my favourites.A
The US is so overwhelmingly powerful that international geopolitics today be like:
Superman vs Justice League | Justice League (4k. HDR)
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July 4, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The US is so overwhelmingly powerful that international geopolitics today be like:
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“experts warn these [1-2 week] breaks could come with long-term financial and career tradeoffs. Is unplugging worth the risk?”
tell me an article is American without saying an article is American
tell me an article is American without saying an article is American
July 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“experts warn these [1-2 week] breaks could come with long-term financial and career tradeoffs. Is unplugging worth the risk?”
tell me an article is American without saying an article is American
tell me an article is American without saying an article is American
Starmers welfare reforms "in tatters" according to Sky News, which feels really idiotic to me on so many levels. Firstly, being forced to listen & take into account other peoples opinions is not a sign of weakness no matter how much the media wants to portray this as a defeat. 1/
July 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Starmers welfare reforms "in tatters" according to Sky News, which feels really idiotic to me on so many levels. Firstly, being forced to listen & take into account other peoples opinions is not a sign of weakness no matter how much the media wants to portray this as a defeat. 1/
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Peter Thiel Shows Trump How To Sort Spreadsheet Of Americans By Ethnicity
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July 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Peter Thiel Shows Trump How To Sort Spreadsheet Of Americans By Ethnicity
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Poorly youngest son this morning - probably because of the heat. No school for him today & we're trying to get fluids into him (unsuccessfully so far). Still, the house is now set up to start cooling down, so fingers crossed.
Brace yourselves everyone.
Brace yourselves everyone.
a man in a yellow shirt is saying shields up red alert .
ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is saying shields up red alert .
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July 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Poorly youngest son this morning - probably because of the heat. No school for him today & we're trying to get fluids into him (unsuccessfully so far). Still, the house is now set up to start cooling down, so fingers crossed.
Brace yourselves everyone.
Brace yourselves everyone.