Ian
@ianpatterson.com
We live in a funny world: just making the most of it, one day at a time. Tweeter. Liberaler. Quiddler. Un buveur d’encre. A recovering frog after slowly cooking in Musks cauldron for too long.
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Ian
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· Nov 17
Mt current wish list for @bsky.app new features - when they can find the time:
- draft posts, that work cross device. Let me save tweets and come back to them
- bookmarks
- ability to mute reposts selectively ie per account. Some people post a lot of RTs, but I dont want to mute them entirely
- draft posts, that work cross device. Let me save tweets and come back to them
- bookmarks
- ability to mute reposts selectively ie per account. Some people post a lot of RTs, but I dont want to mute them entirely
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Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.
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If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
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‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
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February 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.
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Balloons from Belarus cross into Polish airspace for a third night
Balloons from Belarus cross into Polish airspace for a third night
Balloons from Belarus cross into Polish airspace for a third night
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Balloons from Belarus cross into Polish airspace for a third night
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Requiem for a film-maker: Darren Aronofsky’s AI revolutionary war series is a horror
Requiem for a film-maker: Darren Aronofsky’s AI revolutionary war series is a horror
The once-lauded director of Black Swan and The Wrestler has drowned himself in AI slop with an embarrassing new online series
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Requiem for a film-maker: Darren Aronofsky’s AI revolutionary war series is a horror
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Setting aside the deeply wacky window dressing, Qanon essentially just mislabeled the pedophile elites as "the left" instead of...themselves.
Reactionaries projecting their dreams onto their enemies like an 8K IMAX theater.
Reactionaries projecting their dreams onto their enemies like an 8K IMAX theater.
Imagine we’ve all been laughing at conspiracy theorists for years but it turns out a massive paedophile ring *is* running the world, actually, and the “elites” are all part of it. Next you’ll be telling me they’re lizards
Newly released documents show British Labour peer Peter Mandelson kept sex trafficking paedophile Jeffrey Epstein informed about the campaign against Kevin Rudd's proposed mining tax.
February 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Setting aside the deeply wacky window dressing, Qanon essentially just mislabeled the pedophile elites as "the left" instead of...themselves.
Reactionaries projecting their dreams onto their enemies like an 8K IMAX theater.
Reactionaries projecting their dreams onto their enemies like an 8K IMAX theater.
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The Greens’ defence problem: Why Zack Polanski will have to abandon his opposition to Nato
By @georgeeaton.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politi...
By @georgeeaton.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politi...
February 2, 2026 at 12:34 PM
The Greens’ defence problem: Why Zack Polanski will have to abandon his opposition to Nato
By @georgeeaton.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politi...
By @georgeeaton.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politi...
Cute - realised earlier there’s a cat cafe in Westfield Shepherds Bush. Also V much how I felt seeing them 😍🤣
February 2, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Cute - realised earlier there’s a cat cafe in Westfield Shepherds Bush. Also V much how I felt seeing them 😍🤣
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absolutely slammed with meetings today
February 2, 2026 at 12:23 PM
absolutely slammed with meetings today
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A UAE royal sent $187 million to the trump crypto business the night before he took office
They’ve raked in $5 billion from it
Nothing to see here, folks
They’ve raked in $5 billion from it
Nothing to see here, folks
February 2, 2026 at 5:08 AM
A UAE royal sent $187 million to the trump crypto business the night before he took office
They’ve raked in $5 billion from it
Nothing to see here, folks
They’ve raked in $5 billion from it
Nothing to see here, folks
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If this is what's going on now, just imagine the levels of corruption we'd descend into if the Farage cult got anywhere near Number 10.
Reform UK Ltd. are basically a front for foreign and offshore wealth and oligarchy.
Britain would become nothing more than an ATM.
Reform UK Ltd. are basically a front for foreign and offshore wealth and oligarchy.
Britain would become nothing more than an ATM.
It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 9:12 AM
If this is what's going on now, just imagine the levels of corruption we'd descend into if the Farage cult got anywhere near Number 10.
Reform UK Ltd. are basically a front for foreign and offshore wealth and oligarchy.
Britain would become nothing more than an ATM.
Reform UK Ltd. are basically a front for foreign and offshore wealth and oligarchy.
Britain would become nothing more than an ATM.
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Protest groups need to train volunteers on how to recognize & deter infiltrators, imposters, agitators & accelerationists.
This is CRUCIAL.
Protest groups need to train volunteers on how to recognize & deter infiltrators, imposters, agitators & accelerationists.
This is CRUCIAL.
Trump is always telling on himself. He plans to send proud boys dressed as black bloc to vandalize federal buildings in liberal cities, so he can declare martial law and thus indefinitely suspend elections. So obvious.
February 2, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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Protest groups need to train volunteers on how to recognize & deter infiltrators, imposters, agitators & accelerationists.
This is CRUCIAL.
Protest groups need to train volunteers on how to recognize & deter infiltrators, imposters, agitators & accelerationists.
This is CRUCIAL.
Another day another hospital appointment. Annual checkup time for something, the 10th time (I think). Genetic screening does trigger action.
February 2, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Another day another hospital appointment. Annual checkup time for something, the 10th time (I think). Genetic screening does trigger action.
Much comment about how the Assisted Dying bill is likely to die in the Lords, filibustered out this session. Some talk of using the Parliament Act to push it through in the next session. That would be legal if perhaps dubious. That said, the one death being brought forward by the Lords is their own
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Much comment about how the Assisted Dying bill is likely to die in the Lords, filibustered out this session. Some talk of using the Parliament Act to push it through in the next session. That would be legal if perhaps dubious. That said, the one death being brought forward by the Lords is their own
Controversial opinion #bbcr4today So far as we know, Mandelson hasnt done anything illegal, as opposed to utterly distasteful etc. Calls for a variety of punishments are about prior judgement of him and others, but not (yet) that reach a criminal bar.
February 2, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Controversial opinion #bbcr4today So far as we know, Mandelson hasnt done anything illegal, as opposed to utterly distasteful etc. Calls for a variety of punishments are about prior judgement of him and others, but not (yet) that reach a criminal bar.
Does Reform get any money from people who actually live in Britain and make their £ here? The largest donation Farage got was from a Brit who lives in Thailand making it on crypto. Why is democracy being sold to such foreign interests?
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February 2, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Does Reform get any money from people who actually live in Britain and make their £ here? The largest donation Farage got was from a Brit who lives in Thailand making it on crypto. Why is democracy being sold to such foreign interests?
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Why isn't this a major news story?
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Why isn't this a major news story?
Get ready for ordinary mobile phones talking to satellites for connectivity just as part of everyday life. SpaceX's Starlink has launched the service - though it needs country specific authorisation by regulators and probably a deal with incumbent mobile cos. Its possible it might ...
February 2, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Get ready for ordinary mobile phones talking to satellites for connectivity just as part of everyday life. SpaceX's Starlink has launched the service - though it needs country specific authorisation by regulators and probably a deal with incumbent mobile cos. Its possible it might ...
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John Birch Society levels of paranoia.
Michele Tafoya pledges that if elected to the US Senate she will investigate who is paying the protesters in Minnesota
February 2, 2026 at 7:37 AM
John Birch Society levels of paranoia.
So there’s a social network supposedly for ai bots to chat to each other. How do they login? Is that a ‘proof of robot’ test? 🤭 #bbcr4today
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM
So there’s a social network supposedly for ai bots to chat to each other. How do they login? Is that a ‘proof of robot’ test? 🤭 #bbcr4today
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Tight Fit
A train squeezes out of the tunnel and arrives at Maida Vale London Underground Station.
A train squeezes out of the tunnel and arrives at Maida Vale London Underground Station.
February 2, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Tight Fit
A train squeezes out of the tunnel and arrives at Maida Vale London Underground Station.
A train squeezes out of the tunnel and arrives at Maida Vale London Underground Station.
Im somewhat surprised that, given all the events of last few years, that this govt hasnt rushed legislation through parliament to give military and police the authority to shoot (and otherwise bring down) drones over/near prohibited areas. There's now about 5 drones over military sites every 7 days
February 2, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Im somewhat surprised that, given all the events of last few years, that this govt hasnt rushed legislation through parliament to give military and police the authority to shoot (and otherwise bring down) drones over/near prohibited areas. There's now about 5 drones over military sites every 7 days
Much of the Epstein files stuff begs the question 'where did his money come from? was it all 'earnt'?'
Like with Farage and how his supposedly assetless girlfriend bought his Clacton home for him, dont let the loose ends and legitimate questions go unanswered.
Like with Farage and how his supposedly assetless girlfriend bought his Clacton home for him, dont let the loose ends and legitimate questions go unanswered.
February 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Much of the Epstein files stuff begs the question 'where did his money come from? was it all 'earnt'?'
Like with Farage and how his supposedly assetless girlfriend bought his Clacton home for him, dont let the loose ends and legitimate questions go unanswered.
Like with Farage and how his supposedly assetless girlfriend bought his Clacton home for him, dont let the loose ends and legitimate questions go unanswered.
Im amazed there isnt more focus on the deportations from the US Trump is pushing through, not just the ICE actions on the ground. Saturday's NY Times included this graphic showing deportation destinations in roughly the first 6 months of Trump's new term. There are lots of human stories hidden ...
February 2, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Im amazed there isnt more focus on the deportations from the US Trump is pushing through, not just the ICE actions on the ground. Saturday's NY Times included this graphic showing deportation destinations in roughly the first 6 months of Trump's new term. There are lots of human stories hidden ...
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Concentration camp things happening at the concentration camps
It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South
www.sacurrent.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Concentration camp things happening at the concentration camps