I actually moved to the UK for work and do see a lot of the self inflicted wounds (I work in higher ed) But Toomi Oakshott eta all I donβt think have the solutions
04.08.2025 11:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@jhawn.bsky.social
Doctor of History at LSE International History. Book on the Russian Constitutional Crisis of 1993 forthcoming. I use to live in DC and do public policy, geopolitics, and anti-extremism. Dyslexic Academic. Find a way or make one! he/him
I actually moved to the UK for work and do see a lot of the self inflicted wounds (I work in higher ed) But Toomi Oakshott eta all I donβt think have the solutions
04.08.2025 11:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yeah mate Iβm making fun of the Torygraph prattlers who write dystopian screeds about the UK blaming anyone but themselves from their luxury villas in Dubai and Florida
04.08.2025 11:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It used to be you got more shares for high-performance, not driving the company into the ground
04.08.2025 10:36 β π 16 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Counterpointβ¦no
04.08.2025 10:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Depends on how you are slagging them. Legitimate criticism over policy but I still love my home and my adopted home. Fair fine welcome even (I do the same with the US) Isabel bloody Oakenshot I fled to Dubai to escape Labours multi culture VAT hellscapeβ¦get bent
04.08.2025 09:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0My attempt at a joke βPrat attitudeβ the degree to which one can be described as a prat tosser or bellend. I find people who move overseas then slag off their home country to be prats
04.08.2025 08:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Even in China people are quite chatty just nobody writes anything down once you write something down it becomes official so if you donβt write it down, itβs not official
04.08.2025 08:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Incidentally I know youβre a Desert War expert but I was there a few years ago and enjoyed visiting the old Ford factory. The cities role in World War II is really quite fascinating.
04.08.2025 08:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I think also just measurable level of pratarude. We all know those sorts who get their nose bent out of shape when they hear foreign accent in the pub.
04.08.2025 08:09 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Just based on personal experience while colleagues who have family in China are more cautious what they publish I have never actually seen anyone in discussion shy away from sensitive topics
04.08.2025 08:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I have been told by many of Singaporean itβs actually quite dull. Funnily enough one of my Singaporean students said she really wants to move to London because itβs so much more exciting and grimy π
04.08.2025 08:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0And it will produce the most valuable tulip bulbs ever seen in all of these South Seas
04.08.2025 07:23 β π 84 π 29 π¬ 2 π 1So English people tell me how much damage could Reform do? Seems like the Toryβs already went to town with a axe
03.08.2025 23:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Cracking good podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
03.08.2025 23:16 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Of course itβs been officially denied. Which is why we know itβs absolutely true. π
03.08.2025 23:08 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Considering how Putin has brutally murdered every aspect of Russias future. Seems appropriate
03.08.2025 23:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@fakehistoryhunter.net Listening to a amatuer history podcast this week explaining medival people liked to wash and keep clean as much as moderns. Sucess comrade :)
03.08.2025 23:02 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Advertise your account with one gif
03.08.2025 22:59 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Hey good for you glad your happy.
03.08.2025 22:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0New rule. All PhDs keep a physical copy of their thesis on hand, when we are acused of being a fraud by randos on the internet. Rando presents themselves at the University quad to recive a blow across the face with our physical thesis. If it doesnt exist it wont hurt..otherwise it will hurt a lot ;)
03.08.2025 22:51 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Having read through this rubbed my eyes in shock and horror I must hope you have been arguing some sort of odd robot.
03.08.2025 22:49 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That would take discipline work and the ability to think critically...evidence of this currently illusive
03.08.2025 22:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Whatever did happen to Ernst RΓΆhm (sarcasm)
03.08.2025 22:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0All very offical now....I feel....good :)
03.08.2025 22:38 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0So, this has been a lot of fun, and really good for my thought process on a bunch of things. I will add a few more probably as they occur to me but I am not going to hit 200+ posts, I apologize.
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03.08.2025 20:09 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0London wildlife
03.08.2025 19:09 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0πβ¦Trump has made me agree with Larry Summers..I am not fond of this
03.08.2025 18:08 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Ah Yes, I see the confusion. My apologies I was an Open Source Intel analyst part of my remit was violent crime in Europe. The censoring of TMNT no doubt follows a long British phobia of all things ninja related truly fascinating. π
03.08.2025 17:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I believe Mr Bouie an American was asking about the August 1 ban
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