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Klaes Ashford

@iapetusrising.bsky.social

The Ghost Knife himself. Memes. Politics, history, Belfast Giants. NAFO. Liberal/Green. European Federalist. Sci-fi.

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โ€œTough Belfast upbringingโ€? Youโ€™re joking surely? ๐Ÿ˜‚

26.10.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jaysus thatโ€™s wild

24.10.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A grey blue washed image of a bearded young ish white guy looking into the mirror all serious with his palm pressed against it.

A serif font title reads: DID I JUST ARGUE WITH A JOKE?

A semi opaque navy snoot near the bottom bears the bluesky logo and the text PART OF A BLUESKY EDUCATIONAL SERIES

A grey blue washed image of a bearded young ish white guy looking into the mirror all serious with his palm pressed against it. A serif font title reads: DID I JUST ARGUE WITH A JOKE? A semi opaque navy snoot near the bottom bears the bluesky logo and the text PART OF A BLUESKY EDUCATIONAL SERIES

23.10.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29026    ๐Ÿ” 5928    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 347    ๐Ÿ“Œ 332
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โ€˜Stop blaming the Britsโ€™: United Ireland would pose threat to Britain from Russia, says ex-Nato commander Military alliance should carry out operations in Irish seas even if Dublin objects, says Falklands veteran

Weโ€™ve come a long way from โ€œno selfish strategic interestโ€

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

23.10.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŒฎ ๐ŸŒฎ ๐ŸŒฎ

19.10.2025 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

GST

17.10.2025 09:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod โ€ข 22h โ€ข
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text: Episcopalians on Facebook Elizabeth Rose Elrod โ€ข 22h โ€ข Exodus 8:2-6 "But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs... The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

15.10.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35060    ๐Ÿ” 9804    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 557
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a man with a beard and mustache is smiling and looking at the camera . ALT: a man with a beard and mustache is smiling and looking at the camera .
14.10.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wonder how the tankies who didnโ€™t support Harris are feeling now

Biden had a ceasefire deal, 100 hostages released. Didnโ€™t hold or even talk about it much.

Trump gets ceasefire deal, 20 hostages released, Gaza obliterated and listening to the media heโ€™s the greatest diplomat since Metternich

13.10.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I thought the idea behind the scheme was that peopleโ€™s communities were a better reflection of their identity.

What was the angle grinder incident?

13.10.2025 10:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not doing something as small as street signs because another small minority might throw their toys out of the pram seems more inappropriate.

13.10.2025 10:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

15% is too small a minority to be represented?

13.10.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We could just celebrate a Nobel laureateโ€™s own achievements and contributions to their field on their own merit.

Instead of linking it and absolutely everything back to someone who didnโ€™t win, didnโ€™t deserve to win and frankly was never going to win.

10.10.2025 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did it ever? The ICC may want a word if your leaders ever sign up to the "laws of war"

30.09.2025 22:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Patrick Bateman in American Psycho

Patrick Bateman in American Psycho

Seeing a Brit Card for the first time:

โ€œLook at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark...โ€

25.09.2025 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Starmer can shove his Brit Card up his hole

25.09.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When America inevitably burns I'm going to think of this very moment and smile.

23.09.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#mondayvibe

22.09.2025 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why do you platform the insufferably stupid?

19.09.2025 11:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Why did South Africa Give up its Nukes? (Short Animated Documentary)
YouTube video by History Matters Why did South Africa Give up its Nukes? (Short Animated Documentary)

Ah no bother. History Matters has a great video about it

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAo0...

18.09.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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South Africa and weapons of mass destruction - Wikipedia

It was pretty rogue and had nuclear weapons. Unless apartheid isn't sufficiently rogue for you?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_A...

18.09.2025 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

South Africa

18.09.2025 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fuck do you mean "potentially"

17.09.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Seeing as so many people are making claims about the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the ECHR, here's a short but comprehensive explainer from people who have been thinking, writing and talking about this for longer than most ๐Ÿ˜Š

16.09.2025 11:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I bet you're the type of person who makes a grand show of proclaiming themselves an ally when pride month rolls around

13.09.2025 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Irish citizen detained one month in barbaric ICE facility because: "You look Mexican" Lee Stinton is a 45-year-old Northern Irish hairdresser. He once lived in the US as a legal resident with a work permit. The Social Security Administration had checked his bona fides and given him a S...

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

13.09.2025 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A republic if you can keep it

13.09.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Simpsons meme. Kash Patel "sir, the shooter wasn't a left wing trans minority"

Reply "there'll be no civil war then I'll tell the president"

Simpsons meme. Kash Patel "sir, the shooter wasn't a left wing trans minority" Reply "there'll be no civil war then I'll tell the president"

13.09.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0