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The USSR basically robbed Russia of more than 7 decades of societal development. It's still the early 20th century there, when imperial powers behaved exactly as Putin does now. It's destined to stay in the same place if it doesn't undergo a reckoning to change that.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 19h

Eurostar does this thing of being too cool for school to be a train but it just means you can't get updates from the usual places about how it's running

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 19h

This is useless. I'm meeting someone at St Pancras. The train was due in at 21:30 but a much earlier arrival is entirely doable. So I've no idea which of these it is...

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Flying the flag for John Hughes, the Welsh founder of Donetsk, at the Shakhtar game at Stamford Bridge

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Thomawak @thomawak.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Now we know what kind of aid the US was still providing. Trump is a murderer. bsky.app/profile/phil...

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

John Hannah in Sliding Doors asking Gwyneth Paltrow if she's getting off at the next stop knowing they were on the Waterloo & City line which has no intermediate stations.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I think the biggest issue was whether Russia was putting up the money. Whether they had anything to do with the money that went through Northern Ireland for example.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

European integration has always been crisis-driven at root

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

But going forward this means not buying US weapons

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Just as with Swiss arms, European countries aren't going to buy US weapons if they come with the prior restraint that they can't be used against the largest European aggressor

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Or, in another sense, the nation of Ireland exists on both ROI and UK territory.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Russia gets out of Ukraine. Ukraine has elections. Most likely gets a new leader. There you go. Or: fund Russia and prolong the war so Ukraine can't hold elections... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

'Time for Ukraine to get new president,' says Trump after Zelensky condemns diesel deal

Ukraine's leader had said the deal with Russia to release diesel into the US would help Moscow fund the war.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Interestingly Swinney on tv this morning was using the correct term i.e. nations

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's not an opinion. In fairness though, a lot of people make this error. What you're really saying is Scotland *should* be a country, and that I can very much get on board with. Perhaps saying it already is is a way to make that happen.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

All true but doesn't alter the facts here even one bit. Westphalian states is a match newer concept but that's what countries are.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A country is a UN member state. This is not a statement of preference but a statement of fact. Nation is the correct term.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ukraine getting on with this quickly before Trump's people come up with a response? @osinttechnical.bsky.social

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

- Why is this diesel red? - Cos there's some Ukrainian blood in it.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ukraine might be put in a position now where by hitting Russian refineries they come into direct conflict with Trump's interests. I tend to think 'so what?' as America has little leverage over Ukraine now, and that was their own choice.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Not sure how much Ukraine will be deterred from striking Russian refineries, because US has very little leverage now that it no longer supplies Ukraine with anything. No assurance that they're even getting that Patriot licence. What will be interesting is whether it in fact incentivises strikes

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

New primer about the news from the last few hours that the US is getting back to business with Russia. This is not Trump being erratic, it is not about diesel, it is not a small move. It is about the US moving to a more active position of helping Putin. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/this-is-ab...

phillipspobrien.substack.com

This Is About Much More Than Just Diesel

What Really Matters From The Last Few Hours

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Just another day of the government trying to put me out of a job in higher education. First it was keeping out the foreign students I was preparing for UK study programmes. Now it'll be those from disadvantaged backgrounds who we're trying to give a 2nd chance to access a university education.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is a big caveat to the 'Brits don't speak other languages' generalisation. Getting the chance to actually practice or maintain what you've learned can be hard.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Might be an opportune moment to pass votes at 16. I doubt Le Pen's programme offers much for these kids.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Might be an opportune moment to pass votes at 16. I doubt Le Pen's programme offers much for these kids.

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Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oleshky is why Ukraine cannot surrender an inch of territory. It’s a European town where civilians are starving to death & being hunted by russian drones. Now imagine condemning millions more Ukrainians to that fate. That’s what would happen.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Politically very interesting that the events in France are driven by people that mostly aren't of voting age.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Was always hoping Lumo or similar might look at a SW-NE service that just skips the stops in the middle. An Exeter/Bristol-Newcastle/Edinburgh service would compete with several domestic flights. It would also allow them to sell competitive long distance fares. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4wu...

youtube.com

CrossCountry Trains Cannot Be Saved | #Railnatter 318

YouTube video by Gareth Dennis

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I like the term used by the Sahaidachnyi Security Center in Kyiv (not on Bluesky, I think): 'The Everywhere War': sahasec.org/tracker/. Russian officials keep telling us that Russia is at war with the West; Western officials seem very slow to believe them, in spite of the evidence.

sahasec.org

The Everywhere War – Sub-Threshold Warfare Tracker

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One reason why I am a nut for devolution is this: central government ministers shouldn't spend their working hours thinking about the correct design of bus stops.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Always remember a guy on Facebook who was incredulous at the idea that if you needed to bring a lot of shopping home you could just get an Uber.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Interesting counterpoint to those here arguing that Britain shouldn't be saying what it wants because that would be exceptionalist.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well exactly. If you could upend Israel because of what was done in the 1940s you could also force Poles out of Wroclaw and so on. The problem is what Israel does now, not what it did then.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Custom House station is a rare or even unique example of a station that closed, and when it reopened was between two completely different stations to what it was previously.

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Very grateful that Powys/the Welsh Government decided a year ago to provide Sunday buses to Montgomery. Makes getting home with the baby so much easier. But it is hilarious that Monty (pop 1,200) has a bus every 2hrs, while just across the border Shrewsbury (pop 76,000) has no Sunday buses at all.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I still want to know: -why a jury needs to be 12 people when it could surely just as well be...5? Or 7? -how can a worker on an hourly paid/zero hours contract legitimately be called up for jury service when it can cripple that person financially?

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This was a two act play by the Russians. It’s both a tragedy and a comedy.

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Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Byline Times has an unusual distinction: sanctioned by the Kremlin and banned from Reform’s conference. Watch Farage say: “I’ve never met the Russian Ambassador.” He had. There’s a Russian Foreign Ministry photograph of Farage meeting Ambassador Yakovenko in 2013.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When you open a jacket pocket and there's an old 2 hryvna in there 😢

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Most unfunny street in London

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Nick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Niall you are seems to act like im trying to trick or smuggle something through. Im literally extreme hardcore pro rejoin. No wonder you are so anti UK govt. If you cant trust a euro-pussy cat like me you probably cant trust a single Brit ever. Read the post again.

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Nick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ive never believed the EU has to cave in to UK. More that UK is a different prospect for EU enlargement than say Moldova or Norway - in both good & bad senses. UK's chunk of Defence/security makes a huge difference to EU capability. The EU + UK wants this - both sides can find a way for 1st step.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think Man City are missing the window to escape with a lighter punishment tbh. If they put their hands up now they could probably get away with a season in the Championship. Because they're digging their heels in, the outcome for them could end up worse.

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Premier League News @plnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

David Ornstein reports that the legal battle is expanding beyond top-flight teams. Lower-tier clubs are active, appointing lawyers and discussing a potential unprecedented CLASS ACTION lawsuit against Manchester City. If realized, this would be a first in English, European, and world sports history.

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Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The point is that the immigration debate is not about having a reciprocal right. Yes Britain was less protectionist than most of the EU was in 2004, and is never given any credit for it.

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