TonyMc
@tonymc47.bsky.social
I must get around to doing a bio thingy.....
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it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
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Once again, the ads in the print edition of @theonion.com are worth the price alone
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Once again, the ads in the print edition of @theonion.com are worth the price alone
The new poster for the World Cup just dropped.
Pretty much as expected. A 1936 Olympics kind of vibe.
Pretty much as expected. A 1936 Olympics kind of vibe.
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The new poster for the World Cup just dropped.
Pretty much as expected. A 1936 Olympics kind of vibe.
Pretty much as expected. A 1936 Olympics kind of vibe.
See the 1971 book 'Low Intensity Operations' by Frank Kitson - then serving in NI. See in particular his 'Counter Gangs' covert tactical option (developed primarily in Kenya to 'poison the water'. A repost to Maos 'guerillas swimming amongst the people').
*** They wrote it down.***
*** They wrote it down.***
"Between" indicates two discreet sets of people. Dozens of them WERE serving members of the British army and police. If nobody in their chain of command or the government knew what they were doing then there'd have been no need to spend decades covering it up and out of the UK courts and press.
Lawyers acting for victims of the so-called “Glenanne gang” say they disagree with a report’s conclusion that collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and state actors was not systemic.
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
See the 1971 book 'Low Intensity Operations' by Frank Kitson - then serving in NI. See in particular his 'Counter Gangs' covert tactical option (developed primarily in Kenya to 'poison the water'. A repost to Maos 'guerillas swimming amongst the people').
*** They wrote it down.***
*** They wrote it down.***
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"Between" indicates two discreet sets of people. Dozens of them WERE serving members of the British army and police. If nobody in their chain of command or the government knew what they were doing then there'd have been no need to spend decades covering it up and out of the UK courts and press.
Lawyers acting for victims of the so-called “Glenanne gang” say they disagree with a report’s conclusion that collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and state actors was not systemic.
Families believe collusion wider than acknowledged in Glenanne gang review
Lawyers acting for victims of the so-called “Glenanne gang” say they disagree with a report’s conclusion that collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and state actors was not systemic.
www.irishlegal.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Between" indicates two discreet sets of people. Dozens of them WERE serving members of the British army and police. If nobody in their chain of command or the government knew what they were doing then there'd have been no need to spend decades covering it up and out of the UK courts and press.
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Kushner founded Affinity Partners in 2021 after leaving the White House, backed by about 2 billion dollars from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The tactic is brutal. Control the lens and you control reality. Once audiences trust the voice, you can remake the world frame by frame.
Jared Kushner Is Quietly Steering a Massive Media Takeover
The president’s son-in-law is getting in on the scramble to make billions from Warner Bros.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Kushner founded Affinity Partners in 2021 after leaving the White House, backed by about 2 billion dollars from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The tactic is brutal. Control the lens and you control reality. Once audiences trust the voice, you can remake the world frame by frame.
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‼️ 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Intel, AMD and Texas Instruments are being sued in Texas by Ukrainian civilians who claim the chipmakers failed to prevent their components from ending up in Russian missiles and drones used in attacks on civilians, - Bloomberg
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
‼️ 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Intel, AMD and Texas Instruments are being sued in Texas by Ukrainian civilians who claim the chipmakers failed to prevent their components from ending up in Russian missiles and drones used in attacks on civilians, - Bloomberg
They're consistent, I'll give them that.
Ex-Tory candidate accused of sending unsolicited image of his 'private parts'
Jaymey McIvor, Reform UK's first Essex councillor, was suspended from Conservatives last year amid claims.
Jaymey McIvor, Reform UK's first Essex councillor, was suspended from Conservatives last year amid claims.
December 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
They're consistent, I'll give them that.
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Great speech by @alpinkerton.bsky.social in support of a new Customs Union with the EU. He also clearly set out the immense damage Brexit has caused.
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Great speech by @alpinkerton.bsky.social in support of a new Customs Union with the EU. He also clearly set out the immense damage Brexit has caused.
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CENTURIES-LONG GLOBAL HOME INVASION SPREE FINALLY ENDS
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
CENTURIES-LONG GLOBAL HOME INVASION SPREE FINALLY ENDS
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"The big question for Europe is: when are you gonna fight back, guys?" ask former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes.
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
December 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"The big question for Europe is: when are you gonna fight back, guys?" ask former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes.
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
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There's a reason the ECHR is a core obligation in the GFA. You'd think a minister in Dublin would know what that reason is, and have the wit not to aid the narratives that will be used to undermine or renege on the GFA if/when a belligerent Faragist government emerges over the water.
The Minister thinks that the prohibition on torture and inhuman and degrading treatment is being interpreted too broadly. So, he's fine with a bit of light torture? Moderate degradation? Maybe if it's only *slightly* inhuman.
He's a moral vacuum.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
He's a moral vacuum.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
European court stance limits Ireland’s ability to deport criminals, O’Callaghan says
Ireland shares concerns over challenges posed by convention on human rights in relation to migration and deporting criminals, Minister tells meeting
www.irishtimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
There's a reason the ECHR is a core obligation in the GFA. You'd think a minister in Dublin would know what that reason is, and have the wit not to aid the narratives that will be used to undermine or renege on the GFA if/when a belligerent Faragist government emerges over the water.
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Today's quick update [Dec 4]:
- Sudan Doctors Network: 9 people killed in RSF/SPLM-N (Alhilu) drone attack on kindergarten and hospital in Kalogi, South Kordofan.
- SAF airstrikes on RSF positions in Nyala, South Darfur.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Sudan Doctors Network: 9 people killed in RSF/SPLM-N (Alhilu) drone attack on kindergarten and hospital in Kalogi, South Kordofan.
- SAF airstrikes on RSF positions in Nyala, South Darfur.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Today's quick update [Dec 4]:
- Sudan Doctors Network: 9 people killed in RSF/SPLM-N (Alhilu) drone attack on kindergarten and hospital in Kalogi, South Kordofan.
- SAF airstrikes on RSF positions in Nyala, South Darfur.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Sudan Doctors Network: 9 people killed in RSF/SPLM-N (Alhilu) drone attack on kindergarten and hospital in Kalogi, South Kordofan.
- SAF airstrikes on RSF positions in Nyala, South Darfur.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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This is how the president of the US regards European countries.
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This is how the president of the US regards European countries.
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According to Britain there's no evidence that a death squad composed of British loyalists, British Army and British police had anything to do with Britain.
A major report dealing with some of the most controversial aspects of the Troubles has found no evidence of collusion on the part of the British state in the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bombings.
No evidence of collusion in Dublin-Monaghan bombings
A major report dealing with some of the most controversial aspects of the Troubles has found no evidence of collusion on the part of the British state in the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bombings.
www.rte.ie
December 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
According to Britain there's no evidence that a death squad composed of British loyalists, British Army and British police had anything to do with Britain.
Details of IRA double agent's recruitment revealed as police chief admits MI5’s relationship with NI is ‘a challenge’
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
two spidermans are standing in front of a nypd vehicle
ALT: two spidermans are standing in front of a nypd vehicle
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Details of IRA double agent's recruitment revealed as police chief admits MI5’s relationship with NI is ‘a challenge’
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
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A rainforest was sacrificed to print weeks of hysteria in Britain about Kneecap waving a flag thrown on to the stage at a gig, with government ministers and opposition competing in the Commons to get in on the act and acres of po-faced commentariat handwringing.
This? Radio silence.
This? Radio silence.
SE Antrim UDA who were behind the Ballymena white supremacist violence - £1,000,000 of public funding was allocated to them three weeks ago. [6/n]
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/...
Anger as UDA crime gang given £1million 'reward' for 'good behaviour’ using taxpayer money
More than £1m of public money is to be spent on helping South East Antrim UDA ex-prisoners find jobs and make a “positive civic contribution”.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A rainforest was sacrificed to print weeks of hysteria in Britain about Kneecap waving a flag thrown on to the stage at a gig, with government ministers and opposition competing in the Commons to get in on the act and acres of po-faced commentariat handwringing.
This? Radio silence.
This? Radio silence.
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🇸🇩 please keep focusing on sudan.
60,000 Believed Dead as Sudan Killings Continue
YouTube video by Preston Stewart
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
🇸🇩 please keep focusing on sudan.
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Labour are attacking Greens. Fine. I have yet to see any party that has entirely affordable aspirations.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Labour are attacking Greens. Fine. I have yet to see any party that has entirely affordable aspirations.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
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Newshound Chris Mason has seemingly lost his sense of smell at the revelations of Farage's alleged election law breaking.
Strange that...
Strange that...
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Newshound Chris Mason has seemingly lost his sense of smell at the revelations of Farage's alleged election law breaking.
Strange that...
Strange that...
"We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within."
Nikita Krushchev
Nikita Krushchev
I turned off the news for 1 day to give myself a break, and came back to this. wtf is going on now?
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within."
Nikita Krushchev
Nikita Krushchev
An expensive way to gauge support and identify where to stand up candidates.
Obviously Reform are VERY well financed.
Obviously Reform are VERY well financed.
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
An expensive way to gauge support and identify where to stand up candidates.
Obviously Reform are VERY well financed.
Obviously Reform are VERY well financed.
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Gaza dominates the Doha Forum as experts warn political pressure from nation states undermines international law.
‘We need to make it work’: Can international law deliver justice?
Gaza dominates the Doha Forum as experts warn political pressure from nation states undermines international law.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Gaza dominates the Doha Forum as experts warn political pressure from nation states undermines international law.