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@durlstonp.bsky.social
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Semiretired Systems Engineer. Author of the other #Commander book - amzn.to/3orjYEi. Disillusioned F1 fan. Grassroots #EDH player. Wales, UK. He/Him

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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 15h
Kim's a strongman leader and he can't afford to tarnish that image by hanging out with lovers.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 16h
He really, really doesn't want to go to jail. 😂 Sooner or later, though, the law's gonna catch up with him. 😁
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Council-led book bannings?
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Madonna. To this day, she refuses to watch the Evita film despite being a huge fan of musicals.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It's just like declassified documents that he steals - he just has to think it and it's done.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Defeat into Victory by Slim and Longitude by Dava Sobel are 2 non-fiction I keep going back to.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Maybe he was told that Columbus "found the Americas" & assumes that's the same as "founding the USA."
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The ultimate test is Josh over at @letsgameitout.tv - I've bought several great games having watched him abuse them first.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Will the Justice Ctte want to interview anyone over this like they interview Jack Smith over phone metastatic?
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Magats believe that China paid the tarrifs just like they still believe that Mexico paid for the wall.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Not surprising. One of the most successful warrior-based cultures in history. Shaped European culture, founded Russia, were the imperial bodyguards in Constantinople, probably reached Canada, definitely discovered Iceland & Greenland. Britain doesn't do enough to recognise that part of itself.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Is he still as serious-looking now that he's 8? 😁
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Britain's history is all about waves of immigration from Europe. That's what makes all the "patriots" attacking the RNLI look even more pathetic. The prodigy of European immigrants attacking life-saving volunteers, over saving the lives of immigrants crossing from Europe.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Britain, like everywhere outside Africa, only had immigrants. Some of them got stuck when the sea levels rose & flooded Doggerland. They long preceded the Celts(FR) who (somehow) consider themselves to be indigenous. Then came waves of Danes(DK), Romans(IT), Saxons(DE), Vikings(NO), Normans (FR).
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The myth of Colombus was made by Italian immigrants as a way of increasing their legitimacy. By the 1930s, Italian immigrants were living in poverty & near unrest. Congressional recognition of "Italian contributions" was intended to quieten them down, same as the National recognition in my lifetime.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
To be fair, history is full of other (non-European) cultures showing themselves to be genocidal lunatics and dumb f**cks, too. But it was mainly the worst of the Europeans exploiting the Americas that the USA built its culture from.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Only a percentage of people in Africa can truly claim to be indigenous. Everywhere else in the world, we are technically an invasive species. That said, first nations are just that - the first. Every other USian is second or third nation (depending on how you count colonisation pre-1777).
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
One optional card with less info on it than a Tesco Club card, but with the ability to prove who you are in person and online. Convenient, better online security (a scamming defence) & all you do is swipe it and type your passphrase. I'd buy one for a tenner. Make it too useful to not have it. 3/3
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Imagine: - In an emergency, medics could use it to confirm your ID and check medical records. - When submitting a tax return, using the card with your phone acts as your signature. - Banks accept it as proof that it's really you applying for a loan. - It could double as a driving license. 2/3
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Making it required for people to get a job, made it effectively compulsory for every adult except pensioners. What we need is a card with NFC that contains a unique key for digital services. No other data is needed on it, but it would be a digital ID to unlock easy access to government services. 1/?
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
See? I said you were reasonable. 😉😄 I agree we should have digital ID. The delivery plan was terrible. Instead of making it mandatory straight off, they should have introduced it as a plus to govt services that you paid £10 for. Make it useful, valuable & popular. Then make it mandatory.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
He's already switched it off for Ukraine over Russian territory.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ah. But she's blonde and lies, so Trump's happy.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
And there in lays the rub. Burnham is a viber. He does far less than he speaks about. It makes for a headline that tells those who knew they were right, doesn't dissuade the Brexit idiots, and make people say how great Burnham is for speaking the truth. Yet it does nothing to correct the mess.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And they didn't start being a problem until Brexit.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
That last sentence is the core of Tory policies.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
That's the thing. He didn't right this for what they paid him. Either he is an idiot who believes this or (more likely imo) there's lots more money to be made from the scheme than we think.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Yes. But is Burnham going to do anything more than talk about it? Words without action are pointless.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The policing of the protests did seem to be particularly violent, judging by the footage I've seen. But even when showing the same footage, BBC only mentioned that it was, "...heavy-handed at times." Just like a nuclear bomb going off would be "...concerning."
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
He can agree because he knows that Russia won't. Hitting Russian refineries is really squeezing Putin. Ukraine needs to double down, not pull back.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
If only it was just the IMA that was silent about it. Global mainstream media has largely avoided mentioning the IDF's strategy of directly targeting medical facilities & personnel including clearly marked ambulances.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Thank you. We see so many bloated post these days & it's nice to see someone sum up the insanity so succinctly in a single sentence. Bravo.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump's ceasefires will never work because Russia doesn't want a ceasefire. Zelensky was trying to prove (yet again) that the problem is Russia but Trump refuses to understand. I don't think it will be long before European countries have to actively fight alongside you.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It's going to take decades to fix what Trump did and that's assuming that the populace isn't stupid enough to vote for it again.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
To be fair, the Bible is full of it. What is the old Testament other than "the chosen people of the imaginary sky being" committing acts of violence because they believe they are chosen to do so?
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Ever.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The USA couldn't lose what it never had. It can never sort out the path it's on until it realises that.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
You were never that. That you believe the BS is part of why the USA has always been an awful country. You had the most powerful military (once), the most wealth (in the hands of a few) and the most influence (through allies). But by every other metric, you were mid at best.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The US was never the greatest country. What people seem to be lamenting is that it used to be the most powerful country and had built a myth of exceptionalism that its population swallowed without thought, and now it's lost both.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Especially as it never was.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Don't worry. The US was never that.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Sadly, just like lots of USians voted for him, there will be millions who tune in "just to see something different."
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
America never broke into the top 10, let alone reach the No.1 slot.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And back to barbarism again.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
But when 329,999,501 are sat saying "somebody should do something" or are waiting for the normal handover of power, the regime has the greater numbers where it counts.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It's about enriching the few at the cost of the many. Reagan would not only recognise it, he'd be proud of have put the foundations in place.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
With only Nigel Far(rightout)rage greedy enough to plunder the pot a second time.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Crimeports.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Unfortunately, having politicians in the pay of the Middle East rather than Russia isn't going to make a huge difference to the country.
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Let's end the corruption @durlstonp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
An agenda now totally shared by the US.
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