Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 20/10/2025I think from now on whenever anyone tries to ask me about politics, I won’t tell them outright what I believe. But I will say this: I have friends everywhere. 3202
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 06/10/2025I don’t talk about the art that moves me too often, but I have to sing praise for this movie. It is absolutely perfect in everything it tries to do. It’s a life-affirming, heartwarming story that inspires you to follow your joy, and to share it with others. It’s my movie of the year. 0140
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 29/09/2025I am currently making a video. That feels good to say. 3210
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 18/07/2025And they hated him for he spoke the truth (I have been saying this since TFS) 040
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 07/07/2025You can be left wing or right wing, but the rich are flying the plane. And I hear they pair nicely with a Bordeaux. 🍴🍷 0151
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Make no mistake, we will get things wrong, we will continue to trial and error as we always have done in the course of human history. And we’ll find a way forward. I empathize with those who are scared. We all are. But those who seek to know more will always prevail. 090
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 01/07/2025A core emotional tenet of it all feels based on this need for certainty. Everything has to be the way it was, when things were simpler, less complicated, less connected. Ironically at the most beautifully uncertain time where the possibilities are endless, some want to drag us back to the darkness. 160
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Modern conservatism feels like a primal rebuke of the overwhelming technological and social progress of the last 50 years. It’s like one final tantrum from those who refuse to adapt knowing they will die out, and afterwards the leaps forward will continue unabated. 1172
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Surely Americans can find someone to simply eat Trump. There’s always someone bigger isn’t there? Jokes aside: what the fuck? 2170
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 12/06/2025We need a master reset on western civilization. Misinformation has torn people apart. Democracy is being hijacked and sold to the highest bidder. Immigrants are being blamed for the fires politicians stoke. This will end in violent bloodshed. And they will have the nerve to be surprised. 3161
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Your continued presence enriches everyone else’s. Never forget that. Happy birthday! 🎊 090
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Artists who follow me - I want to learn to draw. I have an interest in landscapes, architecture and vehicles, though I reckon I should also master character design too. Any resources you recommend? 071
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Partially, but also a lot of disbelief over how much of our collective gut feeling is ending up proven right It’s vindicating feeling like you were never crazy but also heartbreaking to see all of this 050
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Like the last truly new and unique shooter that’s come out was The Finals, and that leans into class-based gameplay that you could make an argument is very hero-esque with different abilities etc 020
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 20/05/2025I think it’s genre fatigue that’s the main issue not necessarily the “hero” aspect of it. Since most are F2P the monetization of said games has become hyper aggressive It used to be unique gameplay experiences keeping these separate, now it’s about skins and customization 130
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 12/05/2025They’ve actively gotten more brazen to keep up with their aging demographic. As they become older, they need to come up with more sensationalist pieces to keep their readers energized, angry and (most importantly) voting. By comparison, we don’t have a unifying authority to tell us how to feel 100
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 12/05/2025This Gen X cohort of politicians are so so close to getting it. One can only hope that they’re listening to millennials, Gen Z and the hard data that supports what we’ve all known for a very long time - immigration is only one part of the bigger problem with Western societies. 030
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 12/05/2025If you keep your young people, offer them a better future with attractive salaries and infrastructure that actively works for its own people, you’ll organically reduce the necessity and impact of immigration on your own country. You’ll celebrate newcomers easier rather than fear them. 120
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Supposedly 9 million of the kingdom’s 68.35 million people are not working. That’s 13%, and whilst those who cannot work legally or medically should be cared for that percentage is way too high to be sustainable. A more robust welfare system that cannot easily be abused - hello? 120
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Immigration adds strain to an already strained system. That’s true enough. Turn the tap off, the glass stops overflowing. But the systems that work for the country need to be more robust. Better NHS, better rail and transport, better roads and infrastructure are all badly needed 210
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 12/05/2025The UK has been reliant on immigration to replace the droves and droves of young people who leave for Canada, Australia and America in search of better opportunities. And yet politicians love to focus on immigrants for things being worse. Where’s the white paper to help retain your own? 140
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 12/05/2025As the UK raises the bar for legal immigration today, I can’t help but wonder if they’re only doing this because it’s the easiest thing to do. As an immigrant myself I do think it should be sustainable and based on merit, but the problems facing the country can’t all be solved by closing the border 290
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 11/05/2025But when the gap between what is said and what is known to be true becomes an abyss, there is only one course of action: Speak up for your own truth. It’s the only one that counts. 050
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 11/05/2025It is a dangerous thing to encourage individualism and exceptionalism over the health of the collective. A collective functions well when its citizens are well informed and full of their own truths, but respectful of others and their truths. They want to move forward together. As allies. 130
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 11/05/2025You ask. You sit down and ask yourself how you feel. You check in with yourself and think through the issues that concern you. The more you do it, the faster it becomes. The faster it becomes, the more you can take on. Before long, you become impenetrable. 120
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 11/05/2025When your head becomes full of noise, or if your head has no noise whatsoever, you become a prime target for bad actors. Sadly, both think they’re immune but they’re the most susceptible to the right messaging. The right truths. The only truth that matters is your own. How do you find it? 130
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 11/05/2025The only way to stop it is to disconnect entirely. It’s the only real way to stop it. To separate yourself from the those who want to tell you what to think and go your own way. If it comes at a cost, so be it. Your own truth cannot be compromised by someone who just wants a vote at the ballot box. 130
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 11/05/2025And in all of this is you. Being thrown left right and center by the left right and center. Being told what to feel and what to think about this group or that. Our media has caught up and replaced downtime with more thoughts for you to occupy with. Maybe a cat video or two so it’s not too much. 😊 130
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 11/05/2025The distractions accumulate over time, changing frequently enough to keep us all distracted, detaching us further from the true reality of what’s actually happening. All the while new leaders start to see what’s happening and promise vague fixes to a problem that cannot be fixed by an election. 140
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Demagogues will claim to be the savior. They know the REAL truth! They see through the lies of the elite! They have the solution to everything! Close the borders! Tariff our allies! Blame the immigrants! Make our country great again! Their truth will make fools out of your own. 160
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Soon, this abyss will swallow all those who dare to cross it. Anyone who dares to bring together each side will be torn asunder by factions on either side of the chasm. There will be no reconciliation, only tribalism of personal truths. 150
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 11/05/2025And when we can’t trust each other, when our personal truths supersede the collective, the erosion of the social contract begins. From simple formalities to bigger systems, the fabric of society slowly unravels. The gap between the intellectual and the common man widens. It will become an abyss. 160
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Any person can declare their truth to be the objectively correct one - that’s the beauty of freedom of speech. But when leaders emerge and shape legislation based on their own truths, the objective reality is threatened. The established safety net of common values, sense and beliefs is under siege. 140
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Andor Season 2 Episode 9 is about truth. The importance of truth, big or small, galaxy-defining or deeply personal. Truth will always guide us to where we need to be. But in societies that have weaponized misinformation and prize chaos and disorder, how do we trust ourselves to do the right thing? 2163
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 09/05/2025And as long as the very worst of us continue to win, we must always remember to do what we can to fight against it. Big or small. Slow or fast. Everyone has their own rebellion. Find yours and stand up. 080
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Two lines have stood out during this show. “It’s easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than just a single incident.” “They don’t even bother to lie badly anymore” These truths hit home today, but they speak to a playbook that has been used and abused by the very worst of us for generations. 160
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 09/05/2025The parallels between this show and what is happening today, in front of our very eyes and screens, cannot be overstated. Andor’s Empire operates in a world of post-truth, and we are living the exact same reality. A loosening of the importance of truth allows cruelty to grow unchecked. 160
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Andor Season 2 Episode 8 is a story about courage. To actively revolt as the hand of the oppressor starts to form into a fist. About how fighting to keep a hold of the truth is as important as having the courage to fight back when there’s no way out. It’s a story about today. Yesterday. Tomorrow. 1140
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Fucking love Swiss Design and Swiss Design accessories 110
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Bluesky is so fucking boring. On the plus side, I haven’t been called a single name or slur yet on here so give me a pint of boring please 8460
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 14/04/2025I have interviews lined up for jobs related to my field of study next month. In the meantime, major life event about to happen so I’m going to take my time and enjoy it. 🙂 100
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Lando Norris isn’t championship material. Golden retrievers don’t make champions. 160
Nomad @ascendantnomad.bsky.social · 12/04/2025No longer working in retail. Onwards and upwards. 🥂 5500
