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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026

No further comment needed... Original post: fed.brid.gy/r/https://bs...

If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026

Got my copy in the post this morning, from @bookshop.org here in the UK. Looking forward to it.

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 27/05/2026

As part of my "I'm not having any part in MAGA" have bought this from @bookshop.org Do you actually earn anything from a £0.99 sale?

Screenshot of paperback version of "Indian Summer" at bookshop.org

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 14/02/2026

That shows the age of the WoW players... calvinandhobbes.fandom.com/wiki/Transmo...

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 22/01/2026

This is a incredibly important point for our future And seems to hark back to what Shoshana Zuboff’s idea of surveillance capitalism describes www.schneier.com/blog/archive...

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 08/01/2026

Think this is going to become the defining text for years to come...

The five laws of human stupidity were outlined by economist Carlo M. Cipolla in his satirical 1976 essay. These laws categorize human behavior into types like intelligent, bandit, helpless, and stupid, using a simple grid of self-interest versus harm to others. They highlight stupidity's irrational damage to society.

Law 1

Everyone always underestimates the number of stupid people around them. Assumptions based on education, status, or wealth create bias, leading to constant surprise at stupidity's prevalence.

Law 2

Stupidity's probability stays constant across all groups, regardless of traits like profession or background. Professors, leaders, and average folks share the same fixed risk.

Law 3

A stupid person harms others without gaining anything themselves, often losing too—this defines the "golden law." Unlike bandits (who gain at others' expense) or the intelligent (who benefit all), stupids act irrationally.

Law 4

Non-stupid people underestimate stupidity's damage and forget that any interaction with stupids costs dearly. This error repeats across history, amplifying losses.

Law 5

Stupid people pose the greatest danger, more than bandits, as their unpredictability defies rational defense. Societies thrive only if the intelligent outpace stupid losses.

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 24/05/2025

Google starting to charge for AI search is indicative of the way the whole web is going... We've seen newspapers decline as news sources for most, with the best content creators setting up independently, @iandunt.bsky.social, @nixonsimon.bsky.social, @lewisgoodall.com

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 20/05/2025

Well that was a slightly unexpected benefit of the new deal... (from the newsletter email... Has been amended in the online version nixons.substack.com/p/burying-br...)

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 12/05/2025

This is a ket point, and one of the best aspects of the EU... All being part of a club stops one member causing havoc if they go off the rails... Although Hungary is causing some issues...

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 08/05/2025

@alanbeattie.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy Evening... Did you know you had an imposter?

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 28/04/2025

What a great visualisation... Original post: bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bs...

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 23/04/2025

Some data to discredit Farage's latest bloviating... Original post: mastodon.energy/@drsimevans/...

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 12/04/2025

www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... Original post: cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 09/04/2025

The UK really needs to get over its wrong-headed exceptionalism, in everything, to be able to better interact with the rest of the world...

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 07/04/2025

Mr Carney isn't the only one dripping in contempt in this latest from @nixonsimon.bsky.social One choice extracts: "egged on by the the myopic advice of the right-wing media to whom it consistently shows baffling deference" nixons.substack.com/p/what-can-s...

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 04/04/2025

What have those poor penguins done to anyone...? 😂 Original post: fed.brid.gy/r/https://bs...

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 03/04/2025

What a lucky man I am, gaining new followers for my insightful posts...

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 03/04/2025

Who thought this time six months ago, serious political commentators in serious newspaper would end up having to write these words about trade policy... inews.co.uk/opinion/trum... @iandunt.bsky.social @davidheniguk.bsky.social

That’s unfortunate because Trump’s manchild minion Elon Musk has been setting fire to the American state while his boss sits in the White House playing with fantasy trade numbers.

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 01/12/2024

So, sounds as though this was the winning option. Easy to set up / use? I'm looking at moving away from WordPress hosting a static photoblog and had been thinking about an AWS hosted version...

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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 13/11/2024

Yet another great piece from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social on the strategic dilemma the UK finds itself in after #Brexit and #Trump www.theguardian.com/co%E2%80%A6

The abrasive reality of a post-west America will take some getting used to. It represents an acute crisis for Britain, which counts the US as its paramount defence and security partner, while relying on European trade for its prosperity.

Once upon a time, that was a geopolitical balance with huge benefits. The UK was Washington’s best friend in Brussels and Europe’s hotline to the White House. Surrendering that status made Brexit a terrible idea in 2016. It hasn’t aged well.

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