Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 33mThis sort of Commentary has been going on since, what, the 1960s? Turns out though that people like supermarket chains and uniform professionalised produce 050 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 52mAiui 'Kremlinology' as a term originated from examining like who was sat next to who at a Moscow conference etc , because the jostling of elites within the highest ranks of Moscow had enormous consequences for the whole world! That's what being a global power means! 061 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 1hEven apart from the capital P politics, every now and again you'll read an article which is like 'jefferson county, Minnesota is having a poor harvest which might pose a problem for Mauritania for which they provide 40% of their wheat and dairy imports' 271 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 1hAmericans often don't seem to understand that they are the global hegemon, their politics and society *deeply* affects us 2152 0
Reposted by DanielDaniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 15/10/2026[Slams post on table ]: this is what we believe 0111 0
Reposted by DanielDaniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 17h'So we search on Facebook to see if anyone has any complaints about the new location of the Greggs' 'We're not reading any poncy books about faces you berk. Let's pay the cops for Greg's rap sheet' 062 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 17h'So we search on Facebook to see if anyone has any complaints about the new location of the Greggs' 'We're not reading any poncy books about faces you berk. Let's pay the cops for Greg's rap sheet' 062 0
Reposted by DanielDaniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 17hPitch: Life on Mars but it's sending a hack back to 1992 171 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 12hTo take an example: Harvey Weinstein is a notorious erratic individual with vast resources, and health conditions. Imagine if he could have used threat of self harm to stifle reporting 150 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 12hQuite! And the scope for malicious actors to abuse this is enormous 2100 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 12hFabulous interview and story! I'm captivated Suggestion for the next one: a POV from the other side? A bumbling fed trying to make contacts in an envelope he's really unsuited for, like a Stasi agent at Berlin clubs, or KGB attache in Memphis etc 020 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 14hLook boys hit each others but teenage girls come up with ever more inventive forms of psychological torture 120 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 15hAlso iirc the average Brit now spends the same amount on healthcare (after tax!) as Americans, because waiting lists for anything not life threatening are so bad bsky.app/profile/opin... 121 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 15hThere was a funny American article about how dreadful it is that doctors in the UK get paid so little, as if that isnt the point of the system 150 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 15hThis could only be a more Marie Story had you gotten no sleep because you'd been at a indie music gig the night before 080 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 15h1.5 million people work for the nhs tbf. Only takes a couple of idiots 100 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 15hYeah I think this is v likely. Especially as it happens allll the time (e.g. the Nottingham stabbing victims) 120 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 15hI like the speculation that people *think* they can sell it to the press (alas people don't follow industry trends) 240 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 18hNo?? As per #11, you participate in mocking people from Naperville, the true sport of Chicago? 1150 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 18hRelatedly: watching Broadchurch because I'm that up to date with TV, and hilarious how antiquated its approach to the 'nasty tabloids hounding an innocent man' subplot is! Just not something they can do anymore! 270 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 18hWasn't there a supreme court case in America of an employer demanding a moral right not to fund contraception as part of health insurance for their workers 110 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 18hMy theory is that this happens on basically every case, pre and post data protection legislation, and its just noticed in high profile cases 3190 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 19hen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_B...en.wikipedia.orgQueen Bees and Wannabes - Wikipedia 130 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 19hHmm ok but Tina Fey didnt update Mean Girls (2024), for changing times, at all lmao 020 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 19hGonna pigeonhole in here the tidbit that Mean Girls is based on a serious advisory book, for parents about teenagers And someone was like 'this is ridiculous and therefore hilarious' 2224 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 19hRailing against NAFTA was a hobbu of this B Sanders guys? No let's call him Bernie S 010 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 20hGavin newsom also went on CNN and said that Democrats would drop annexation talk but tarriffs would be up for debate Obviously the canadians don't trust them 260 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 20h'Our state didn't vote for him!' K but you understand the union right 3200 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 20hKinda telling how many online 'jokes' there were about 'lol lmao if Trump annexes Canada that'll add loads of Democratic senators!!' Other countries are real, Yankees! bsky.app/profile/docs... 0183 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 20h'We'll oppose debilitating tarriffs that blow up the Western Order, if its convenient in a 12-18 month electoral timescale' 2232 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 20hUltimately its American parochialism at its finest: you get a feeling that a Democratic president in 2029 would rock up to Ottawa and go 'yeah we good now right? We're the goodies (but we're keeping some tarriffs we like)' 2373 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 20hI get that he's a californian Senator but it does really feel like Dems don't understand the weight of the anger and betrayal felt by Canadians at the full weight of the US federal government being waged to try and hobble them, while threatening annexation 71068 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 21hThe drugs cartels meanwhile, just want money and a way of evading the authorities.. 021 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 21hThe thing about the iranian regime aiui, is that its truly a *revolutionary* state a la the Soviet Union, and sees itself in a global struggle, and obviously thinks nothing of ordering hits against dissidents etc 131 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 21hLinked to the so-called Kinahan cartel, and obviously routed through Dubai BBC News - From Dubai to a Dublin court - how alleged cartel boss Daniel Kinahan returned to Ireland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHow alleged cartel leader Daniel Kinahan returned to IrelandLaw enforcement agencies in Ireland and the US believe he is a leading figure in the Kinahan Organised Crime Group. 131 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 21hThe FT Hot Money podcast did a stunning series on this sort of thing - a sprawling collaboration between Irish drugs gangs, Hezbollah money laundering and the Iranian state etc etc 171 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Works even for 9/11: iirc 14 out of 18 terrorists were dumb muscle and didnt have much going on up there. Only the four trained pilots had any brains 071 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 15/10/2026'In praise of Picky Bits: a 21st century reevaluation of Croslandism' coming to a Renewal Statesman journal of books near you 010 0
Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Convenience stores, like Metros or Sainsbury's locals have a totally different rubric and pricing regime 110 0
