Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I recommend John Higgs’ book Love and Let Die, which tells the story of both cultural phenomena. 000
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Most countries can only dream of a cultural export becoming a worldwide phenomenon on this scale. For Britain to produce two on the same day is unprecedented. 100
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Beatles are the most influential band there has ever been. James Bond is the single most successful movie character of all time. 100
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Dr No, the first Bond film, and 'Love Me Do', the first Beatles record, were both released on the same day 64 years ago. 100
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In 44 BC Cicero was already discussing the stereotype of the foolish old man characterised by credulity, forgetfulness and carelessness (“credulitas, oblivio, dissolutio”), though Cicero argued these were faults of character, not inevitable consequences of age. 081
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There’s plenty to criticise Osborne for, but he advised Cameron against the Brexit referendum 230
Reposted by YorkieEddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is. 2111929739
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I’m from London, UK, I wouldn’t have put Boston as the most similar accent 000
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The moon's orbit isn't going to be affected, it's more about uncontrolled space debris, possible danger from ejecta to nearby spacecraft, contamination of scientifically valuable sites, and the precedent for leaving large rocket stages in unpredictable lunar orbits. 020
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Scientists: water is H₂O. Structured water crowd: ok but what if it had vibes though daveasprey.com/reasons-to-d...daveasprey.com3 Reasons to Drink Structured Water (and How to Make it at Home)Your body is about 70% water. You have water in every single cell in your body, and according to a growing body of research, the water you drink has a 000
Reposted by YorkieBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose. 840260178174
Reposted by YorkieHugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I think the White House badly underestimates the strength of the pan-European folk memory of 1930s appeasement, and how deep it still cuts. I suppose this is what happens when you learn in school that WW2 started in 1941 in Hawaii. 542341542
Reposted by YorkieAdam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 08/01/2026Simple amendments that IMO would have a decent chance of getting ratified: 53915228
Reposted by YorkieDr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 08/01/2026🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7 10271182457
Reposted by YorkieAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/01/2026Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment." 500232896994
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 09/01/2026The problem is that the Constitution remains revered. A system designed to distrust power now entrenches it, protects it from accountability, and makes reform so arduous that stagnation and decay are inevitable 000
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 09/01/2026The presidency can be won while losing the popular vote because of the Electoral College. This is not an accident or a bug; it is a deliberate eighteenth century compromise that entrenches minority rule. 100
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 09/01/2026The Constitution is obsessed with limiting government but is largely indifferent to outcomes. There is little constitutional commitment to administrative effectiveness. The system incentivises obstruction rather than governance. 100
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Judicial supremacy compounds the problem. Nine unelected justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, appointed for life and insulated from democratic correction, now determine the meaning of vague eighteenth century language on abortion, voting rights, campaign finance, and executive power. 100
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 09/01/2026The Bill of Rights contains principles that seem laudable but are deeply problematic. The Second Amendment, for example, has produced gun laws that would be politically unthinkable in any other developed democracy. The Constitution offers no realistic mechanism for change, despite a clear need 100
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 09/01/2026The US Constitution was created in good faith, but it was drafted for a small agrarian republic of about 4 million people, not a continental superpower of more than 330 million. Outdated compromises are treated as sacred text, even when they plainly no longer serve a modern society. 100
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 09/01/2026America was founded on a bedrock of religious lunacy, racism, slavery and slaughter of indigenous people. The USA has never been a safe place for certain groups of people. There was a period post WW2 when things looked to be moving in the right direction but current events seem to echo 1930s Germany 100
Reposted by YorkieDaily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 08/01/2026When he was chasing a headline, Nigel Farage said he’d scrap the two child limit. Now Labour’s actually doing it, he’s going to vote against. You’re a fraud Nigel Farage. 961848715
Reposted by YorkieGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 07/12/2025This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents. 872373669
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 23/10/2025The White House before and after replacement of the east wing 142
Reposted by YorkieSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13/08/2025This May 2014 editorial in The Sun about Nigel Farage said is not racist" to worry about the scale of immigration but it is "racist" to smear Romanians to say you wouldn't want to live next door to a Romanian & "you know the difference" [between a German and a Romanian neigbour] 410627
Reposted by YorkieMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25. 647249378241
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 24/09/2025This is AI though. What’s going on with the bench on the right? 000
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025So the question is simple: if the checks were properly done, where’s the evidence Ferrari had the means to pay cash? Transparency matters when a politician’s partner buys his constituency home. 020
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025If the money trail looked suspicious, the solicitor had to file a SAR with the National Crime Agency. If the solicitor didn’t do the checks properly, the SRA could and should take action against them. 100
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025By law, her conveyancing solicitor had to check the source of funds under anti-money laundering rules. That means bank statements, inheritance papers, sale contracts etc. This isn’t optional. 100
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025When a property is bought in the UK, there are mandatory checks under anti-money laundering (AML) and source of funds regulations. For a cash purchase of nearly £900,000, those checks should have been particularly robust. 100
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025If Nigel Farage’s partner owns his constituency home outright, don’t voters deserve a transparent explanation of how it was funded? 131
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025How does a person with no obvious assets or high-earning career buy a near-million-pound property outright? 120
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025So where did the cash come from? Savings from modest political jobs? An inheritance no one’s reported? A gift or loan from someone else? Farage denies giving her the money. 110
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Ferrari herself has worked as a political aide, then ran the Eurosceptic think-tank IDDE. Later, she set up a consultancy, but the latest filings show assets of about £1,000. 131
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Farage says Ferrari “comes from a very successful French family.” But public records tell a different story. Her family haulage business was liquidated in 2020 with more liabilities than assets. 120
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Nigel Farage’s partner, Laure Ferrari, is listed as the sole owner of a £885,000 Clacton house with no mortgage. But how could a former Strasbourg waitress afford to buy it outright? 🧵 1128
Reposted by YorkieJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 16/09/2025WH has struck another vessel, killing three in Intl. waters, claiming it was transporting illegal drugs to the U.S. If the U.S. can blow up boats in Intl. waters claiming they “might” be drug traffickers, then other nations (China, Russia..) could claim the same to attack vessels they don’t like. 48173542279
Reposted by YorkieJesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Hey Podcast Goebbels don’t quit your day job of constantly being on vacation in places where everybody hates you 424646
Reposted by YorkieAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 02/09/2025The Aussie press not holding back when it comes to its coverage of neo-Nazis. 442159531
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 07/08/2025In 1633 Galileo was found guilty by the Inquisition of heresy "for holding as true the false doctrine…that the sun is the center of the world". Threatened with torture, he was required to "abjure, curse, and detest" his belief. His books were banned and he was kept under house arrest until he died 100
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Quite right. There's a few examples. The Catholic church agreed that the Earth goes round the Sun in 1992, following its 1633 condemnation of Galileo, and unbaptised infants haven't been excluded from heaven since 2007. 370
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Seems like the more literal translation of Älg would be elk? Eurasian/European elk are the same species as North American moose (Alces alces), but there’s also a North American elk, which is a different species (Cervus canadensis). So calling it moose prevents confusion I guess 270
Yorkie @ajcis.bsky.social · 05/06/2025I can think of North Korea, which uses barely any oil. Any other communist countries? 200
