Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 11hAwful www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNorth Wales Police search for mother after body of baby found in BangorThe body of the newborn was found near Siliwen Road near the Menai Strait on Sunday. 171
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 15hIt's clearly this guy👇static.klipy.comMonty Python Holy Grail: French Knight's TauntsALT: Monty Python Holy Grail: French Knight's Taunts 3708
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 15hFunny thing I recall the debate back when it was linked to inflation not earnings which was seen as unfair and at the time I thought "link to inflation seems a fair basis for a state benefit" and now that earnings rarely keep track with inflation of course the distinction has switched the other way. 2258
Reposted by Arthur SnellMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15hEstonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna: “Based on the information collected by the Estonian Internal Security Service we can conclude with certainty that the arson attack on Milrem Robotics premises that took place on the night of 14–15 august in Tallinn… 321769
Reposted by Arthur SnellParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I must say I’m very disappointed in the police over their dealing with the RAF Fairford incident. By announcing that the suspects are British nationals, they have completely undermined the stream of made up bollocks from myself and every other right wing gobshite on Twitter. 201475343
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 18hOdd to think that this headline might have appeared decades ago because he was deep in the jungle or polar wastes but now it’s just a sad case of elder abuse. 47210
Reposted by Arthur SnellGlostermeteor 🔶 @glostermeteor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Without local news the reality is you have no local democracy. Elections dont hold politicians to account, the media does. 1184
Reposted by Arthur SnellTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There's never an ask for Russia. Ukraine are going after the refineries to bring their economy and war economy to a halt so that they stop killing Ukranians and leave Ukraine. 43878178
Reposted by Arthur SnellSpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Grinds teeth in anger. 1534
Reposted by Arthur SnellAndy Carvin @acarv.in · 28/09/2026"Netanyahu asked the Emirati president to deny reports of their phone conversation as well as details concerning the events leading up to October 7 that could embarrass him, according to the sources. He also asked bin Zayed for what the source described as 'moral support.'" 112656
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Maybe the "very English" aspect of it all is that the entire thing turns out to be an embarrassing mistake. 1116120
Reposted by Arthur SnellDisappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Imagine you are participating a light bit of dogging in a quiet farmers field in the Cotswolds & the next thing happening is the President of America is claiming credit for catching you in the international news & there’s now a photo of you on every major news outlet in the world? 1428573
Reposted by Arthur SnellMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Fairford suspects out on bail already. This is a very intriguing situation. 2212614
Reposted by Arthur SnellAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My God. This is the center of Kyiv. A civilian building, a historic one, built in the 1850s. Russian terror knows no bounds. They are attacking and killing Ukrainian civilians just because they can. If Russia is not stopped, it will expand its terror and violence. 17479179
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I don’t understand this “very British/very English” framing. According to the Today programme it was “very English” that a member of the public called the police on seeing something dodgy. I’d no idea this is a specifically English thing. Perhaps we can encourage other countries to adopt this idea? 3262875
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026As if he had any idea. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...bbc.co.ukTrump says men arrested over RAF Fairford incident had been 'under view for a long time' - follow liveFive men were arrested on suspicion of preparation of a terrorist act after three suspicious vehicles were reported to be travelling towards the RAF base. 1313014
Reposted by Arthur SnellEddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵On Feb. 26, 1931, the INS under the orders of Herbert Hoover deported up to 1.8 million people to Mexico. An investigation in 2004 revealed 60% were U.S. citizens. Pull up a seat🪑. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.history.com/articles/the...history.comThe Long History of Anti-Latino Discrimination in America | HISTORYSchool segregation, lynchings and mass deportations of Spanish-speaking U.S. citizens are just some of the injustices... 731084724
Reposted by Arthur SnellAlina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🇱🇻 Latvia’s eastern border surveillance gear is being deliberately sabotaged – cables cut, cabinets smashed and camera supports damaged to slow the rollout of automated border control, the Latvian State Border Guard reports. Officials link the tactics to Russia and Belarus. 9331170
Reposted by Arthur SnellThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 27/09/2026Police evacuated homes near RAF Fairford, a U.S. air base in England, and arrested several men over suspected explosive offenses. The base is used by the American forces during the war with Iran.bit.lyPolice evacuate homes near US air base in England and detain men on suspected explosives offensivesPolice have evacuated homes near a U.S. air base in England and arrested several men over suspected explosives offenses. 611769
Reposted by Arthur SnellTom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here is the trailer for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ launch on 9October that has been banned by YouTube, TikTok and Meta, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFTf...youtube.comMUSK | Official Trailer HDYouTube video by Elevation Pictures 24028
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Amazing detail of lickspittle @telegraph.co.uk “journalism” in this week’s @privateeyenews.bsky.social 310332
Reposted by Arthur Snellchiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026I'm halfway through this, it's very good. #Elemental 1122
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026theonion.com/dog-cant-bel...theonion.comDog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBIWASHINGTON—Reflecting on the past fling and remarking how time had flown by, local golden retriever Daisy told reporters Thursday that she could not believe the guy she hooked up with 10 years ago was... 24916
Reposted by Arthur SnellPeter Coles 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I propose that the flag of a United Ireland should be one-third orange to represent the Protestants. Oh wait. 514124
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is a brilliant book and super timely. I have an interview with @katjabego.bsky.social coming out next week. 2238
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Yemen's internationally recognised government" is a fiction. It doesn't govern Yemen, it isn't a government and, increasingly, it lacks any international credibility. I have no idea why it continues to be described in this misleading way. 23311
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026And if you find this subject interesting and important, there's a book, hailed as a "masterpiece" by Rory Stewart, waiting for your attention: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/elem...uk.bookshop.orgElemental: The New Geography of Climate Change and How We Survive it: The first comprehensive account of the geopolitics of climate change'An extraordinary mastery of geopolitics, combining years on the ground in the most challenging places, a raw instinct for politics and a deep ethical concern for the world in the face of climate cata... 33216
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026At risk of making blanket assumptions, I think I am fairly likely to have followers within easy reach of Wimbledon, so come along on Sunday 25 October at 2.30pm. I'll be appearing with @jeevanvasagar.bsky.social www.wimbledonbookfest.org/events/jeeva...wimbledonbookfest.orgJeevan Vasagar & Arthur Snell | Wimbledon BookFestTwo leading climate writers come together for a discussion that ranges from the rising seas along our coastlines to the shifting geopolitics of a warming world. There are no easy answers, but engaging... 2155
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 25/09/20266pm tonight in Budleigh Salterton! 👇 budlitfest.org.uk/event/arthur...budlitfest.org.ukArthur Snell: Elemental | Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival 041
Reposted by Arthur SnellQuiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🗽When Andy Met Donny ❤️ 🇺🇳 Burnham and Trump at UN 🌎 @snellarthur.bsky.social on latest global turmoil 🤖 AI regulation; a very British dream 🧠 How many brains do YOU have? With @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/s/tS5uHii 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...podcasts.apple.comWhen Andy Met DonnyPodcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 24 September · 1hr 2min 7288
Reposted by Arthur Snelldaughterofmrandmrss @nosregis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Listening to @quietriotpod.bsky.social is always a joy, never more so than hearing @snellarthur.bsky.social say "morning boner" in this episode, lah-de-dah :) Absolutely spectacular people @sturdyalex.bsky.social @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social thank you x 1246
Reposted by Arthur SnellBrian Wernham C.Eng. @brianwernham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"explosive report suppressed by Keir Starmer" www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under StarmerEl Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers 02415
Reposted by Arthur SnellGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 23/09/2026hahahahaha INCREDIBLE *CHINA IS HOLDING SENSITIVE F-35 PARTS DIVERTED TO HONG KONG *PENTAGON SAYS IT'S WORKING TO RETRIEVE STEALTHY JET PARTS *UPS FLIGHT WTH PARTS WAS HEADED TO US BEFORE BEING DIVERTED 942057362
Reposted by Arthur SnellArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In the dispiriting debate around migration the focus is almost exclusively on illegal migration. But legal migration can be haphazard and unjust. Here's one person's lived experience - someone who worked with UK law enforcement, now banned from returning. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...podcasts.apple.comBanned from Britain: One Man's Migration StoryPodcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 23 September · 40min 06924
Reposted by Arthur SnellAndrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 23/09/2026At 24, she discovered pulsars. The Nobel Prize went to her male supervisor. Jocelyn Bell Burnell spotted the signals that changed astronomy. Decades later, she received a $3 million physics prize. She gave it all away to help underrepresented students become scientists. #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance 16681296
Reposted by Arthur SnellOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23/09/2026Crimea Platform at UNHQ 515531
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In the dispiriting debate around migration the focus is almost exclusively on illegal migration. But legal migration can be haphazard and unjust. Here's one person's lived experience - someone who worked with UK law enforcement, now banned from returning. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...podcasts.apple.comBanned from Britain: One Man's Migration StoryPodcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 23 September · 40min 06924
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I really don’t think the Chagos “dispute” is rocketing anywhere. It’s clear that REFUK and their little helpers @telegraph.co.uk were desperate to get Trump to say something about it, so they prompted him. He mumbled about a bad deal but it was hardly front of Trump’s disordered mind. 3399
Reposted by Arthur SnellGeoffrey Harris @geoffreyharris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026And climate change is the thing we must act on extensively and drastically. Because the projected population growth & its peak well north of 10 billion mid century is going to happen. We can't avoid that part. Only how much climate change we get, is a choice. And it's what will make or break it all 171
Reposted by Arthur SnellGeoffrey Harris @geoffreyharris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I remember reading of this issue in 2004, in Edward O. Wilson's book, "The Future of Life". "The Bottleneck", he called it: human population will be higher than ever, mid century, just as, for the first time, our ability to increase food production falters because of climate change 162
Reposted by Arthur SnellPaul Stenton @paulstenton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Not helped by the fertiliser shortages that will hit the world next year through 2030; Ukraine ≈16%, the straits around Suadi ≈30%, with some as much as 45%. Food production 🤷♂️ India and Africa will be hit hardest. 032
Reposted by Arthur SnellSven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Now we are talking. What a limited Nato incursion into russia might look like. A Gulf of Finland scenario and the problem of reciprocal vulnerability around St. Petersburg. #FliptheNarrative deterrence.online/articles/gul...deterrence.onlineWhat a Limited NATO Incursion Into Russia Might Look Like: A Gulf of Finland ScenarioA hypothetical Gulf of Finland scenario examining reciprocal vulnerability, limited aims, and escalation risk around St. Petersburg. 25614
Reposted by Arthur SnellOSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In the skies over Odesa, a Ukrainian STING interceptor drone destroyed a Russian Shahed-type kamikaze drone. 1979
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026For centuries, humans have done a brilliant job of increasing agricultural productivity, confounding Malthusians and other pessimists. The climate crisis makes that a lot harder. arthursnell.substack.com/p/the-coming...arthursnell.substack.comThe Coming Food CrisisDue to climate breakdown, falling agricultural productivity growth might be the new normal. This will feed a chaotic world order. 23211
Reposted by Arthur SnellIan Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Absolutely right. The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine have been raising this with the administration for ages; they have got nowhere. 116147
Reposted by Arthur SnellCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026literally thousands of jobs in higher education were cut *last year alone* and there's been almost no media coverage and no government action 8698219
Reposted by Arthur SnellJames Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Just had a quick read of the US-Greenland-Denmark agreement and it seems like a complete non-event. Trump threatened the territorial integrity of a NATO ally and got nothing.stm.dkAftale mellem Grønland, Danmark og USA 1419867