Ian Black
@balmachreuchie.bsky.social
Ukraine = Europe.
citizen. supporter of progressive causes: 💉 📚 🏡 🚌 🌻 🍉 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🏴. speaker of 🇫🇷 & 🇷🇴
citizen. supporter of progressive causes: 💉 📚 🏡 🚌 🌻 🍉 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🏴. speaker of 🇫🇷 & 🇷🇴
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Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents on Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials said, in the deadliest Israeli attack since its troops seized a swath of southern Syria a year ago.
apnews.com/article/isra...
apnews.com/article/isra...
Israeli forces kill at least 13 people in southern Syria raid, officials and residents say
Israeli forces have raided a village in southern Syria, killing at least 13 people, according to Syrian officials.
apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents on Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials said, in the deadliest Israeli attack since its troops seized a swath of southern Syria a year ago.
apnews.com/article/isra...
apnews.com/article/isra...
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Two things stand out about this picture:
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
It’s not where we come from that counts, it’s about where we’re going.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Two things stand out about this picture:
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
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It’s not where we come from that counts, it’s about where we’re going.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It’s not where we come from that counts, it’s about where we’re going.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
This is a good post 👇
Everything word of this is wrong. Cancelling isn't a thing. We don't expect anything of bad people. Bad people have no "newfound clarity."
Jesus Christ shut the fuck up forever, NY media creeps.
Jesus Christ shut the fuck up forever, NY media creeps.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is a good post 👇
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We'll be needing that back soon.
I just realised there is this little souvenir located in a park in Chelmsford UK - good reminder that Russia can be defeated ( my dogs just posing there )
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We'll be needing that back soon.
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This peace deal only has 3 steps.
1. Russia gets the land
2. Trump gets a bribe
3. Ukraine gets an empty promise
1. Russia gets the land
2. Trump gets a bribe
3. Ukraine gets an empty promise
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This peace deal only has 3 steps.
1. Russia gets the land
2. Trump gets a bribe
3. Ukraine gets an empty promise
1. Russia gets the land
2. Trump gets a bribe
3. Ukraine gets an empty promise
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Xmas sale for Prez's books. Learn how to be loyal anti imperialist, especially in the run up to special military operation - Venezuela edition.
Donations to Ukraine for each copy sold.
darths-eu-webshop-shop.fourthwall.com/promo/MERRYX...
Donations to Ukraine for each copy sold.
darths-eu-webshop-shop.fourthwall.com/promo/MERRYX...
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Xmas sale for Prez's books. Learn how to be loyal anti imperialist, especially in the run up to special military operation - Venezuela edition.
Donations to Ukraine for each copy sold.
darths-eu-webshop-shop.fourthwall.com/promo/MERRYX...
Donations to Ukraine for each copy sold.
darths-eu-webshop-shop.fourthwall.com/promo/MERRYX...
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Thomas Massie now openly accusing the regime of threatening investigations into *his* staff if they don’t play ball on the Epstein stuff.
Another data point for “coalition fracturing”.
The regime is using coercive resources on enforcing intraparty loyalty with diminishing returns.
Another data point for “coalition fracturing”.
The regime is using coercive resources on enforcing intraparty loyalty with diminishing returns.
MASSIVE: Massie Says FBI Official Linked to Kash Patel Threatened His Staff
TikTok video by Tony Michaels
www.tiktok.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thomas Massie now openly accusing the regime of threatening investigations into *his* staff if they don’t play ball on the Epstein stuff.
Another data point for “coalition fracturing”.
The regime is using coercive resources on enforcing intraparty loyalty with diminishing returns.
Another data point for “coalition fracturing”.
The regime is using coercive resources on enforcing intraparty loyalty with diminishing returns.
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”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
Reform UK’s barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don’t play the bully’s game
My news organisation, Nation.Cymru, was threatened with legal action over a story involving Nigel Farage’s party in the Senedd. Instead of hiring our own lawyer, we simply told them to go away, writes...
www.thenerve.news
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
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"My illegal occupation has made the locals angry, and then I shot the locals, and now the locals are angrier, and now I will expand my illegal occupation, and for some reason they're even angrier!"
What actually happened, with supporting detail. Also read the linked story.
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
IDF said mulling expanded op in Syria if it finds Sharaa’s forces fired on troops
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www.timesofisrael.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"My illegal occupation has made the locals angry, and then I shot the locals, and now the locals are angrier, and now I will expand my illegal occupation, and for some reason they're even angrier!"
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Reform Leader in Derbyshire Alan Graves before being elected: “Makes you wonder where the Conservatives in Derbyshire are going to find the money for this new highly expensive person.”

After being elected… Alton Towers boss chosen as CEO (with bonus options).

After being elected… Alton Towers boss chosen as CEO (with bonus options).
Alton Towers boss chosen as next CEO of Reform UK-run council - BBC News
Neil Crittenden is set to take on the role of chief executive at Derbyshire County Council.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Reform Leader in Derbyshire Alan Graves before being elected: “Makes you wonder where the Conservatives in Derbyshire are going to find the money for this new highly expensive person.”

After being elected… Alton Towers boss chosen as CEO (with bonus options).

After being elected… Alton Towers boss chosen as CEO (with bonus options).
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
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Nigel Farage: "The Putin stuff is nonsense
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Nigel Farage: "The Putin stuff is nonsense
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Very good thread 🧵
🧵I often get mobbed when I say this, but it was a mistake for liberals & leftists to cede "western civilization" to the fascists. "The West" and "Western" are important political identities. Abandoning them is no smarter than refusing to offer a positive vision of American national identity.
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Very good thread 🧵
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Hungary, Publicus poll:
TISZA-EPP: 48% (+3)
Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 39% (+1)
DK-S&D: 6% (-1)
MH-ESN: 4% (-1)
MKKP→G/EFA: 3% (-1)
+/- vs. 06-13 October 2025
Fieldwork: 10-18 November 2025
Sample size: 1002
➤ europeelects.eu/hungary
TISZA-EPP: 48% (+3)
Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 39% (+1)
DK-S&D: 6% (-1)
MH-ESN: 4% (-1)
MKKP→G/EFA: 3% (-1)
+/- vs. 06-13 October 2025
Fieldwork: 10-18 November 2025
Sample size: 1002
➤ europeelects.eu/hungary
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Hungary, Publicus poll:
TISZA-EPP: 48% (+3)
Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 39% (+1)
DK-S&D: 6% (-1)
MH-ESN: 4% (-1)
MKKP→G/EFA: 3% (-1)
+/- vs. 06-13 October 2025
Fieldwork: 10-18 November 2025
Sample size: 1002
➤ europeelects.eu/hungary
TISZA-EPP: 48% (+3)
Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 39% (+1)
DK-S&D: 6% (-1)
MH-ESN: 4% (-1)
MKKP→G/EFA: 3% (-1)
+/- vs. 06-13 October 2025
Fieldwork: 10-18 November 2025
Sample size: 1002
➤ europeelects.eu/hungary
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Stephen Miller is doing raw, open white supremacy. The logics of Andrew Jackson and Adolph Hitler and every Jim Crow lynch mob.
And also, even the Wall Street Journal opinion page thinks the racism has gone too far, which is really saying a lot about exactly how extreme it is 🙃
And also, even the Wall Street Journal opinion page thinks the racism has gone too far, which is really saying a lot about exactly how extreme it is 🙃
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Stephen Miller is doing raw, open white supremacy. The logics of Andrew Jackson and Adolph Hitler and every Jim Crow lynch mob.
And also, even the Wall Street Journal opinion page thinks the racism has gone too far, which is really saying a lot about exactly how extreme it is 🙃
And also, even the Wall Street Journal opinion page thinks the racism has gone too far, which is really saying a lot about exactly how extreme it is 🙃
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Look forward to Bari Weiss asking "has identity politics gone too far?" while studiously ignoring the most virulent identity politics driving American government
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Look forward to Bari Weiss asking "has identity politics gone too far?" while studiously ignoring the most virulent identity politics driving American government
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It's hard to over-state how important Trump admin subordination is to Putin, and not just because it hugely increases the pressure on Europe, above all on Ukraine. It's also because it gives Russia much more great power credibility, for which the Kremlin is absolutely desperate. 🧵
Both the Trump and Putin administrations like to think of themselves as hard-nosed realists - leaders in a world where great powers are the only stars that count. But Russia is China's dependent and Trump's US looks increasingly like Russia's junior partner. That's not very great power-like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It's hard to over-state how important Trump admin subordination is to Putin, and not just because it hugely increases the pressure on Europe, above all on Ukraine. It's also because it gives Russia much more great power credibility, for which the Kremlin is absolutely desperate. 🧵
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🥺🇺🇦 A video of a man taking all his pets — including a raccoon — to a shelter is going viral online
According to local residents, it was filmed a few days ago in Kyiv.
According to local residents, it was filmed a few days ago in Kyiv.
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
🥺🇺🇦 A video of a man taking all his pets — including a raccoon — to a shelter is going viral online
According to local residents, it was filmed a few days ago in Kyiv.
According to local residents, it was filmed a few days ago in Kyiv.
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I don’t get it, why does making art become unsatisfying when you remove the part where your brain works and is rewarded with a sense of accomplishment
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I don’t get it, why does making art become unsatisfying when you remove the part where your brain works and is rewarded with a sense of accomplishment
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"his family likely would have been murdered by the Nazis along with all but seven of the 2,000 Jews who remained in Antopol."
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"his family likely would have been murdered by the Nazis along with all but seven of the 2,000 Jews who remained in Antopol."
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‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse