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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 1h

Morning

A table top in a coffeeshop. On it are a plate of scrambled eggs and salmon, a black Americano, and a copy of Ashes of Our Fathers: Inside the Fall of Nagorno-Karabakh

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 19h

New ep! I talk to @gesineweber.bsky.social about Europe’s geopolitical balancing act, if there really is an axis of authoritarianism - and how European leaders have finally learnt to charm Trump

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eli yudin @eliyudin.com · 6h

finally AI comes for my job, a guy who writes erotica containing heavy use of the phrase “as a result”

The Verge @theverge.com · 17h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 14h

Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one

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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 17h

Screaming at how queeny this photo of Mikhail Khodorkovsky from 2004 is

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 19h

“We need to defang immigration,” says the government, as it slides a file back and forth across its fangs, sharpening the points

Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 19h

Check out @gesineweber.bsky.social and I on:

Spotify

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YouTube

youtu.be/XlbgfPnKb-A?...

Apple Podcasts

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 19h

New ep! I talk to @gesineweber.bsky.social about Europe’s geopolitical balancing act, if there really is an axis of authoritarianism - and how European leaders have finally learnt to charm Trump

linktr.ee/strategyaaron

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 1d

I mention this in my pod with John, but I remember in late 2016 having a back’n’forth with a serial parliamentary candidate I knew - who’d supported Remain in the referendum - and he called me a “socialist” because I felt we should stay in the Single Market.

That’s when I thought, I need to go.

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 1d

Multivitamins. Water. Exercise.

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 1d

Ironically, he has glowed up even better than me

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 1d

Fortunately, am one of those gays who’re on an upward trajectory of hotness as they age.

Me in 2024, handsome and bearded and slimmer

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 1d

Am watching BABY BOOM (1987) in honour of Diane Keaton, as I haven’t seen it before.

But tbh, I’m mortified to discover there’s still another full hour to go…

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 1d

At least he’s self-aware

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 2d

The immense disappointment I felt when I finished reading James’ Children of Men, then started watching the film. Barely any relation to what is a phenomenal book.

Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh fun.

- Hard boiled eggs (can’t explain, just no)
- Children of Men (relentless)
- Sweet Caroline (does not require explaining)

Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 3d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 2d

Had this saved in my phone for years

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 2d

Emphasis on “oral”

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 4d

Just discovered the Folgers “incest” commercial - and the comments 💀💀

youtu.be/uMwFWDIFVCU?...

Folgers Coffee Brother & Sister Home For Christmas 2009 Christmas TV Commercial HD

YouTube video by FM1156

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 3d

I mean, I’m taking guests on my podcast 👋🏻

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Aaron H. Ellis @aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 5d

ICYMI: @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk and I talk about the art of knife-fighting in local associations, why the Tories don’t seem to care about the middle class anymore, and how they might take on Reform

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