As @snellarthur.bsky.social said

What came before was calculated. Even the enrichment of Moscow, and what that means for Ukraine. China’s moves are simply down to preparation & advantageous timing, as well as sheer incompetence within the US. You have to think 50 steps ahead. When you’re too dim & you stop at 10, it goes wrong.

Truly weird listening to/watching so many cretins argue the activities of Tice/Farage etc are irrelevant and a misleading comparison because they’re ‘legal’. Avoidance schemes remain legal not because they’re morally sound, but rather due to the weight of influence behind the money invested in them.

So, is he actually dead…?

Chilling.

So he’s presumably going to bomb something to deflect from recent news.

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A remarkable series. All the more so given how little political action these events have seemed to provoke.

Unfortunately(?!?), with a population now living longer, almost all of whom have traditionally had little other to do on polling day than vote, we’re rather tied in. Doubly so given previous election efforts have targeted them & therefore helped communicate to activist groups the weight they carry.

Honestly, I wish Russia would just behave itself so we could all just enjoy random interactions on social media again.

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It would likely be noticeable most days if you cared to compare. But on days like today, where it’s being purposefully amplified, the difference in levels of hatred & bile between here & X is truly something.