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Martin Veart

@martinveart.bsky.social

Human Factors practitioner, former geophysical engineer and recovering political candidate. Still passionate about the state of the world, not so much about party politics. Seeker of consensus, starting with fascism is A Bad Thing. Married.

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Some folk are really into goats. Should they be judged on that? www.facebook.com/share/r/1CKe...

14.02.2026 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No thank you Marco Rubio. Europe has been fascist once. We should never return to what Churchill called β€œthat perverted philosophy” just to please the USA.
Never again.

14.02.2026 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This! #Superbowl #Halftimeshow

09.02.2026 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Damn. 911. QB Maye has just been mugged. #superbowl

09.02.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

MayeDay signal picked up from New England. Sinking fast. #superbowl

09.02.2026 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

MayeDay signal picked up from New England. #SB26

09.02.2026 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The New England Patriot’s QB has been sacked more times than Peter Mandelson and Boris Johnson combined. #sb26

09.02.2026 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What’s the fuss about Bad Bunny? Seems to be a lovely Cuban / Latin style show.

Just an opinion but shouldn’t the USA be about the best of all the Americas? #sb26 #halftimeshow.

09.02.2026 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pentagon ends academic ties with Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will end all graduate-level military training, fellowships and certificate programs at the school.

Harvard turns America's soldiers into gay pansies, says Warrior Whiskey Pete.

07.02.2026 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. Military intelligence was always a misnomer. American fascism needs obedience, not education.

07.02.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWill my husband be strong, handsome, love me, be kind and caring and devoted to me?”
β€œSorry kid. You only got three wishes.”

30.01.2026 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI want to be rich. Really rich!”
β€œYou shall be rich. Really rich.”
β€œAnd I want to marry the ruler of the most powerful country in the world!”
β€œIt shall be so! You will marry the ruler of the most powerful country in the world.”

30.01.2026 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One is betting that Melania The Story cuts the scene where, as a little girl, she finds an old lamp and rubs it, only to produce an evil djinn.
β€œYou have freed me child. I grant you three wishes.”
β€œWhen I grow up, I want to be beautiful.”
β€œIt shall be so.”

30.01.2026 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

An Iranian told me that the death toll is probably double the official figure of 30,000. Many not involved in the protests have been wounded and killed.
The Iranians long for freedom and need foreign help. They also know that those willing to attack the country have no interest in their freedom.

29.01.2026 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

True but not penguins. And as one recalls, the demise of the great auk illustrates the perils of blindly following leaders.

25.01.2026 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ain’t no penguins in #Greenland

24.01.2026 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Listening to Trump is like trying to pick peanuts out of the poo of someone who has a nut allergy. #Davos #Trump

21.01.2026 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Iranian-linked Scottish accounts fall silent again A network of social media accounts posing as Scottish independence supporters has fallen silent once again, closely mirroring a fresh shutdown of internet access inside Iran.

1500 bot identities pushing Scottish Independence fall silent in line with Iranian shutdown of their Internet. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/iranian-link...

18.01.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Either that or reroute the cable as part of the planning conditions. In other words, the real story is anti-Chinese sentiment being whisked up in certain quarters.

17.01.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Blair and Rubio named on senior executive of Gaza 'Board of Peace' The former UK prime minister and US secretary of state will sit on the

I guess one know folk by the company they keep. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

17.01.2026 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On Wednesday morning I was listening to the parliamentary harrumphing over the proposed Chinese embassy.
Apparently it will be sited a metre away from a major communications cable.
One is somewhat surprised that, if the security concerns are genuine, no one suggested that the cable should be moved.

14.01.2026 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.

GoFundMe reveals which side is the fence it is taking. [Hint - it isn’t ours] www.wired.com/story/gofund...
#LessGoFundMeMoreGoFuckYou

12.01.2026 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.

NEW: GoFundMe strictly bans fundraisers for β€œthe legal defense of financial and violent crimes,” yet is currently running one β€œto help pay for any legal services” for the ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good. Its conflict is not even the least bit contestable.

12.01.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3560    πŸ” 1486    πŸ’¬ 109    πŸ“Œ 104
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US protests condemn ICE killing of Renee Good and β€˜a regime that is willing to kill its own citizens’ In Philadelphia, protesters demanded ICE leave US communities and Trump end warmongering in Venezuela

More than a thousand protests held across America over ICE killing of Renee Good. With planned actions in all 50 states, events will continue into Sunday

11.01.2026 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Particularly for my friends in the #USA

09.01.2026 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. Before the Trumprinzip arises. We are not there yet but it comes closer every day US politicians fail to act.

07.01.2026 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When Trump and his minions claim that international law does not apply to the USA, what they really mean is that the law does not apply to them.
Soon, national law too will not apply. If only there was a name for it…..
Trumprinzip perhaps? #trump

07.01.2026 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excuse me, but where the feck are the Democrats saying if the Trump administration acts illegally in Venezuela, in Greenland, they will reverse any actions and reinstate the rule of international law and cooperation?

06.01.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Much rubbished by the UK before Brexit and given as a reason for leaving, is it now time for a European army?

06.01.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A line has been crossed. It has to be challenge.
A friend of mine pointed out that, if the world (and especially Europe and the UK) is not strong in condemning the #US action in #Venezuela, #Greenland will be next.

04.01.2026 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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