Stephen Hancock
@stephenhancock.bsky.social
Probably marking. Or thinking about marking at least…
I am trying to think what attacking Venezuela actually IS. The regime is unpleasant - yes - but bombing is not going to topple it. To gain access to oil, you need a considerable number of troops on the ground, and that will lead to American deaths, inevitably, which Trump will wish to avoid.
January 3, 2026 at 8:45 AM
I am trying to think what attacking Venezuela actually IS. The regime is unpleasant - yes - but bombing is not going to topple it. To gain access to oil, you need a considerable number of troops on the ground, and that will lead to American deaths, inevitably, which Trump will wish to avoid.
As I am recovering (still!) from a nasty bout of flu, I am off to bed. I wish anyone who sees this message a happy new year. May it bring you and yours hope and peace.
December 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
As I am recovering (still!) from a nasty bout of flu, I am off to bed. I wish anyone who sees this message a happy new year. May it bring you and yours hope and peace.
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The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
Remembering those who died on this day in 1981 in the Penlee Lifeboat disaster, especially the volunteer crew of the Solomon Browne, who set out in awful seas to rescue the crew of the Union Star. All hands of both ships were lost. In gratitude to those who work to save those in peril on the seas.
December 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Remembering those who died on this day in 1981 in the Penlee Lifeboat disaster, especially the volunteer crew of the Solomon Browne, who set out in awful seas to rescue the crew of the Union Star. All hands of both ships were lost. In gratitude to those who work to save those in peril on the seas.
Because nothing says Christmas more than a 17th Century Plague doctor and a coffin.
December 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Because nothing says Christmas more than a 17th Century Plague doctor and a coffin.
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Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
December 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
I was today years old, when I discovered the Tassled Wobbegong is a real animal. There might be better named animals, but I have yet to hear of one…
December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I was today years old, when I discovered the Tassled Wobbegong is a real animal. There might be better named animals, but I have yet to hear of one…
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
Wrote the following as a reply to a post, but feel it is right to post here too: Stoppard is a huge loss - not afraid of being intelligent, and never patronising his audience, his writing was profound, warm, kind and humane. Arcadia is wonderful, but The Invention of Love is up there too.
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Wrote the following as a reply to a post, but feel it is right to post here too: Stoppard is a huge loss - not afraid of being intelligent, and never patronising his audience, his writing was profound, warm, kind and humane. Arcadia is wonderful, but The Invention of Love is up there too.
Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating today! Am looking forward to a lovely evening with my wonderful wife and parents, all of whom I am incredibly thankful for.
a cartoon of snoopy , charlie brown , and woodstock saying happy thanksgiving .
ALT: a cartoon of snoopy , charlie brown , and woodstock saying happy thanksgiving .
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November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating today! Am looking forward to a lovely evening with my wonderful wife and parents, all of whom I am incredibly thankful for.
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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This is good news
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
www.nature.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is good news
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
To all those decrying migration and suggesting that it is universally a bad thing and that we need to keep our culture white and ‘pure’, may I humbly point out that the heroic conductor who stood up to the potentially murderous attack on the train was called Samir Zitouni - a name of Saudi origin.
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
To all those decrying migration and suggesting that it is universally a bad thing and that we need to keep our culture white and ‘pure’, may I humbly point out that the heroic conductor who stood up to the potentially murderous attack on the train was called Samir Zitouni - a name of Saudi origin.
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Could someone let Claudia Winkleman know that she's left her fringe in our museum, and can she come and pick it up ASAP?
#TheTraitors
#TheTraitors
October 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Could someone let Claudia Winkleman know that she's left her fringe in our museum, and can she come and pick it up ASAP?
#TheTraitors
#TheTraitors
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But if educate that 40% where then will we get our seaside entertainment? 🤨
October 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
But if educate that 40% where then will we get our seaside entertainment? 🤨
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A band of pirate cats led by a tailless cat called Wang terrorises a neighbourhood. New York Times, 1916.
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www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
October 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A band of pirate cats led by a tailless cat called Wang terrorises a neighbourhood. New York Times, 1916.
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I am really not. I spent today discussing Ekphrasis in modernist poetry, how tension is built in ‘The Woman in Black’ , and how Shakespeare presents the initial meeting between Romeo and Juliet. I keep having to look up what Cultural Marxism IS!
I am really not. I spent today discussing Ekphrasis in modernist poetry, how tension is built in ‘The Woman in Black’ , and how Shakespeare presents the initial meeting between Romeo and Juliet. I keep having to look up what Cultural Marxism IS!
Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM
Exclusive: Reform UK leader, speaking at event for private US college, also claimed the ‘Marxist left’ controls education
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I am really not. I spent today discussing Ekphrasis in modernist poetry, how tension is built in ‘The Woman in Black’ , and how Shakespeare presents the initial meeting between Romeo and Juliet. I keep having to look up what Cultural Marxism IS!
I am really not. I spent today discussing Ekphrasis in modernist poetry, how tension is built in ‘The Woman in Black’ , and how Shakespeare presents the initial meeting between Romeo and Juliet. I keep having to look up what Cultural Marxism IS!
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Regardless of what you think about Kirk or Turning Point, why would ANYONE want to be a teacher in Oklahoma after this statement?
Regardless of what you think about Kirk or Turning Point, why would ANYONE want to be a teacher in Oklahoma after this statement?
Oklahoma official says all high schools will have Turning Point chapters after Charlie Kirk killing
Conservative youth group chapters will counter ‘woke indoctrination’, says Ryan Walters
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Regardless of what you think about Kirk or Turning Point, why would ANYONE want to be a teacher in Oklahoma after this statement?
Regardless of what you think about Kirk or Turning Point, why would ANYONE want to be a teacher in Oklahoma after this statement?
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We get it now! USA is playing a kind of “Opposite Day” this week to confuse its opponents. ie:
Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who badmouths him will be fired.
The frivolous lawsuits and weaponization of the fbi still needs to stop, right after we sue NYT and raid Chicago, et al
Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who badmouths him will be fired.
The frivolous lawsuits and weaponization of the fbi still needs to stop, right after we sue NYT and raid Chicago, et al
September 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We get it now! USA is playing a kind of “Opposite Day” this week to confuse its opponents. ie:
Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who badmouths him will be fired.
The frivolous lawsuits and weaponization of the fbi still needs to stop, right after we sue NYT and raid Chicago, et al
Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who badmouths him will be fired.
The frivolous lawsuits and weaponization of the fbi still needs to stop, right after we sue NYT and raid Chicago, et al
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Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
September 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
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@Iandunt first of all, I am so sorry that you spent yesterday so fearful for someone you love. No-one should scared for those you care for - especially in one of the great cities of the world (and great because of its multi-cultural nature!) This is a vital and
@Iandunt first of all, I am so sorry that you spent yesterday so fearful for someone you love. No-one should scared for those you care for - especially in one of the great cities of the world (and great because of its multi-cultural nature!) This is a vital and
Encountering the fascists outside Waterloo
It's clear now that we are in a battle of terrible proportions.
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September 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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@Iandunt first of all, I am so sorry that you spent yesterday so fearful for someone you love. No-one should scared for those you care for - especially in one of the great cities of the world (and great because of its multi-cultural nature!) This is a vital and
@Iandunt first of all, I am so sorry that you spent yesterday so fearful for someone you love. No-one should scared for those you care for - especially in one of the great cities of the world (and great because of its multi-cultural nature!) This is a vital and
Americans are great. They are some of the kindest, most polite, thoughtful, decent and helpful people I know. I married an American. My parents in law are two of the most considerate people I know. American politics and discourse is very troubled, but anti-Americanism is thoughtless and based in
September 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Americans are great. They are some of the kindest, most polite, thoughtful, decent and helpful people I know. I married an American. My parents in law are two of the most considerate people I know. American politics and discourse is very troubled, but anti-Americanism is thoughtless and based in
So there are around 125 gun deaths a day in America, and they seem to be making no effort to prevent those, so I am sure the vaccines will be safe and continue to be available….right?
Vaccines are a miracle of medicine - we cannot forget this!
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Vaccines are a miracle of medicine - we cannot forget this!
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Trump officials to link covid shots to child deaths, alarming career scientists
The move to link coronavirus vaccines to 25 child deaths alarms career scientists who say the shots have been extensively studied.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
So there are around 125 gun deaths a day in America, and they seem to be making no effort to prevent those, so I am sure the vaccines will be safe and continue to be available….right?
Vaccines are a miracle of medicine - we cannot forget this!
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Vaccines are a miracle of medicine - we cannot forget this!
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...