aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 6hCan't believe BBC is still talking to Markov He has in the past admitted he was sent by Putin to Ukraine to fix elections and get corrupt clients of Putin elected #Newsnight #Ukraine #RussiaReport 000
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 21hZia Yusuf alleging the problems with the NHS and youth unemployment are all down to asylum seekers Simplistic assumptions do not solve complex problems Desperation for racist vote ? #BBCR4Today #Reform 010
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 11/10/2026With increasing inequality one questions the assumption/ economic model that identifies the proportion of people being subject to inheritance tax as rising from 1 in 20 to 1 in 6 #BBCLauraK #Tories 020
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The rich have more to lose in material terms from war, so maybe they should contribute a little more to funding defence rather than slashing social provision and slashing social cohesion ? #BBCLauraK #Defence #Taxation 010
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Since stupidly getting involved in Netanyahu's failed attempt to bring down the Iranian regime Ukraine has become inconvenient to Trump Trump forgets that Iran and Putin cooperate; Putin is not his friend Putin will drag this war out to hang on to power #BBCLauraK #Ukraine #Putin #Trump 020
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Hogsbreath was the only one in favour of attacking Iran in Trump's 'cabinet' A public execution is 'willy waving' by the incompetent, inadequate and out of his depth Hogsbreath #BBCLauraK #Hegseth #Trump #Iran #USA 032
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I do not know how you can do a podcast episode with Gove, sorry I should use his title 'Thane of Cawdor' 060
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Russia has a GDP equivalent to Italy Putin demanding that Ukraine become part of Russia or a client state is like Italy demanding Libya become part of Italy or a client state of Italy #Putin #Ukraine #Russia #Zelensky 000
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"It's my party and I'll be (selectively) nasty if I want to" #Badenoch #Tories #BBCLauraK 000
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Kemi Badenoch indulging in Tory Neoliberal wishful thinking that if benefits are cut jobs will magically appear Meanwhile more money for better off Judging who is worthy and unworthy; how Victorian ? What next eugenics ? #Badenoch #BBCLauraK 042
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Tories determined to punish the poor for being poor There may be a few who choose to live on 'benefits', but this is not a lifestyle choice for most And reward the better off; more childcare help for those on huge salaries #Tories #ToryPartyConference 000
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A decade or so I learned of the 80 : 20 rule 20% of people own 80% of the wealth is a norm But that has shifted with wealth becoming more and more concentrated Too concentrated ! This is now a danger to democracy and social cohesion #BBCLauraK 020
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Chris Philp's word salad translated: Allegation that Labour = tax increases Tories would take money from poor people and make UK friendlier to rich people ? Savings, savings, but vague on where from and how much After 14 years of Austerity? #BBCLauraK #Tories #ChrisPhilp 020
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Chris Philp attempts a smile and epicfails #BBCLauraK #WoW #Tories 010
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026@itswilwheaton.bsky.social Is this 'the Wil Wheaton' ? You being a player of Games you may be interested in the pod cast 'War With a Mate' where two guys are trying to work their way through the famous 'The Campaign in North Africa' 010
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Hmm Trump claims Charlie Kirk was killed by the radical left I thought all the evidence presented pointed at a different flavour of the radical right Suspicions also of Mossad Trump's self interest trumps the truth ? #CharlieKirk #Trump #Midterms 000
Reposted by @aegeanobsessed.bsky.socialCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner. 8551051298
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Jenrick looking more strained as the evil within him eats his soul #BBCLauraK 061
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Democracy was invented in Ancient Athens to limit the power of the wealthy Reform is being funded to reform the UK and give power to the wealthy Look at the US #BBCLauraK #Reform #Democracy #Farage 021
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026@instantclassicspod.bsky.social There is a mis-attributed Thucydides quote, from a biography of Gen. Gordon by William Francis Butler; quoted in reference to current circumstances A pod on such quotes, or on the real Thucydides ? 000
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Artificial Intelligence is mostly Artificial Stupidity. Discuss. #RestisPolitics @therestpolitics.bsky.social 000
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I worked in careers education and guidance for many years Latter part Specialised in understanding labour market change and informing careers advisers and teachers We also ysed to analyse the NEET and the xauses of NEET But Mr Gove didn't like experts . . . #BBCLauraK 030
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Remember when Farage claimed he barely knew the Reform bloke in Wales who was taking Kremlin cash Now does he barely know two of his closest advisers ? Man who banked with Coutts claims not part of establishment . . . #BBCLauraK #Farage #Reform 020
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Farage is either corrupt or too lackadaisical to be trusted in Government Reform's conference revealling what a clown cart the party (limited company) is Bulked out with incompetent former Tories #BBCLauraK #Farage #Reform #Braverman #Jenrick #ZiaYusuf #Tice 040
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Braverman wants schools to 'fly the flag' and sing the National Anthem How American Makes you wonder where Reform get their funding from @restispolitics.bsky.social #Reform #Braverman 020
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The current state of UK / US dialogue: US "You're a basket case" UK "I don't think the evidence supports that, actually you're the basket case" US "You're a basket case" UK "I think that's disinformation and you're the basket case" #USA #UK #MAGA #Trump #GOP #UKGovernment 000
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Why are MAGA folk worried that people can be turned gay or communist by literature ? The same people believe people can be say turned straight by literature Are they projecting their own susceptibility? #RestispoliticsUS #MAGA #USA 000
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The US Right think decadence is equal rights and what they label as 'liberalism', 'woke' Decadence in reality is idiots in Government, inward thinking and external ignorance, political and military overreach @restispoliticsus.bsky.social #Trump #Hegseth #MAGA #GOP 000
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The rest of the world is thinking: The Gulf of Epstein Files Lake Counterproductive (War on Iran) #Trump #USA #MAGA #GOP 000
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Channelling Saddam Hussein there methinks 000
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Free to buy guns to salve collective paranoia induced by divisive politics Not free from a Techbro surveillance state ? 000
Reposted by @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This is what a real leader says. 316242425723
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026How do Empires fall ? Slowly and then suddenly . . . 140
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026How many, or rather few, Trans women are in sport ? How many of the above display a significant advantage based on their physical build, historic testosterone levels ? 'Moral panic' whipped up to keep people's attention off how money not the electorate decide who runs the US ? 110
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 16/08/2026@restispolitics.bsky.social What impact would Reform's announced policy of Benefits change have on the people of Clacton and their economy ? Anyone know ? 000
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 14/08/2026@restispolitics.bsky.social Why are Farage etc. called populist ? They represent money not people . . . Should they be called moneyists ? And so much of the money comes from the US where politics is about money not people 020
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Rupert Lowe, Member of Parliament for the constituency of Elon Musk ? 010
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The Arc de Trump justified by being bounced foolishly into war with Iran ? Perhaps his FIFA Peace Prize is a better symbol of his foreign policy success ? 010
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I read Bari Weiss, but in my head I hear Barry White . . . 020
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Rupert Lowe, Member of Parliament for Elon Musk ? 110
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 06/08/2026If Rupert Lowe comes on and doesn't answer questions but goes into propaganda mode then just terminate the interview and cut him off Talking points written by American funding (DEI etc) #BBCR4Today 110
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I understand Emily Watson's objectives, but US 'complicated' the best way of translating πολύτροπον in the first sentence of the Odyssey ? Surely the task of the first line of an orally delivered poem is to draw the reader in; would 'complicated do that ? @instantclassicspod.bsky.social 000
Reposted by @aegeanobsessed.bsky.socialAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Evonne Goolagong Cawley (b. #OTD in 1951) broke systemic barriers as one of the most prominent #Indigenous Australian athletes in history. #tennis + 14 Grand Slam titles (1971-1980) + World No. 1 ranking, 1976 + First mother to win Wimbledon in the Open Era, 1980 #WomenInSport 793747564
Reposted by @aegeanobsessed.bsky.socialGroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 31/07/2026What does Anthony Fauci have in common with Jeffrey Epstein? Whatever they came up with, Donald Trump took the first shot. 1244
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 30/07/2026@therestpolitics.bsky.social The Rest is Politics community are desperate for Rory's response to the crisis in Football 000
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Suella Braverman being the Reform attack dog Rival politician mistakes unforgivable Reform corruption; no story here Reform hypocrisy and deflection from dodgy funding #BBCR4Today #Reform #SuellaBraverman #Farage 010
Reposted by @aegeanobsessed.bsky.socialLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Here we are in 2026 and this song is just as relevant now as it was when it was created. ‘Stop, Hey What's That Sound’ Buffalo Springfield Released December, 1966 57991472549
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 22/07/2026See above BTW I have not seen Nolan's Odyssey; his treatment of Dunkirk compared with the 1957 film by Leslie Norman put me off his work #ElonMusk #Grok #Homer #Odyssey 000
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 22/07/2026@instantclassicspod.bsky.social Elon Musk says Grok will make "historically accurate" adaptation of Odyssey Myth and Prehistory . . . Based of which chosen translation/s AI 'videos' tend to inaccuracy in clothing, etc. Vanity project to meet the prejuduces of the 'richest boy in the world' ? 100
aegeanobsessed.bsky.social @aegeanobsessed.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The US now clearly a feudal state where titles are inherited 010
