Ian Silvester
@iansilvester.bsky.social
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wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
This is the best expression I've ever seen of why populism exists.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is the best expression I've ever seen of why populism exists.
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We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
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Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
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I really loved this conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - I've thought about it lots ever since.
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I really loved this conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - I've thought about it lots ever since.
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
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Control of your own devices is temporary, but surveillance is forever.
Google stopped letting owners of early Nest themostats remotely control their devices last month. But it's still remotely collecting extensive surveillance data from them: https://www.theverge.com/news/820600/google-nest-learning-thermostat-downgraded-data-collection #privacy
Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats
The thermostats may no longer connect to Google’s app, but they still transmit your data.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Control of your own devices is temporary, but surveillance is forever.
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Golden light this afternoon...
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Golden light this afternoon...
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#NowPlaying Tomorrow's Harvest. It's so long since #BoardsofCanada released their last album that I'm starting to think I bought it on 8-track tape.
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#NowPlaying Tomorrow's Harvest. It's so long since #BoardsofCanada released their last album that I'm starting to think I bought it on 8-track tape.
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Crime: Man steals bus with passengers on board.
Canadian Crime: He still makes the scheduled stops to let passengers on and off.
Canadian Crime Bonus: He denies boarding to one passenger because his bus pass had expired.
globalnews.ca/news/1152251...
Canadian Crime: He still makes the scheduled stops to let passengers on and off.
Canadian Crime Bonus: He denies boarding to one passenger because his bus pass had expired.
globalnews.ca/news/1152251...
Man arrested after Ontario transit bus stolen with passengers on board, police say | Globalnews.ca
Hamilton police say a suspect is facing charges after a transit bus was stolen with passengers on board when the driver had exited for a short break.
globalnews.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Crime: Man steals bus with passengers on board.
Canadian Crime: He still makes the scheduled stops to let passengers on and off.
Canadian Crime Bonus: He denies boarding to one passenger because his bus pass had expired.
globalnews.ca/news/1152251...
Canadian Crime: He still makes the scheduled stops to let passengers on and off.
Canadian Crime Bonus: He denies boarding to one passenger because his bus pass had expired.
globalnews.ca/news/1152251...
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I love Neil Young because he'll make a song where he mumbles "Got mashed potatoes/Ain't got no T-Bone" over three chords for 9 straight minutes and then insist you listen to it on the most high-resolution audiophile equipment possible. Happy 80th, king.
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I love Neil Young because he'll make a song where he mumbles "Got mashed potatoes/Ain't got no T-Bone" over three chords for 9 straight minutes and then insist you listen to it on the most high-resolution audiophile equipment possible. Happy 80th, king.
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I’ll put it more simply: my first (and best) aerobatic flight instructor looked me in the eye before our first lesson and said: “remember, airplanes really like the ground. They really really like the ground.”
Aviation is inherently dangerous: a million pounds of metal and fuel magically flying at 500mph. The engineering and systems we have developed are just amazing and have given everyone the idea that it’s all cheap and safe. It ain’t. It’s expensive and it requires constant vigilance and organization.
'That just gave me chills': CNN anchor spooked by Kentucky governor's report on UPS crash
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I’ll put it more simply: my first (and best) aerobatic flight instructor looked me in the eye before our first lesson and said: “remember, airplanes really like the ground. They really really like the ground.”
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
And not left me legs buried in dirt
Look on them there
And ye mighty, despair
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
And not left me legs buried in dirt
Look on them there
And ye mighty, despair
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
October 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
And not left me legs buried in dirt
Look on them there
And ye mighty, despair
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
And not left me legs buried in dirt
Look on them there
And ye mighty, despair
Oh I wish I’d looked after me works
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This is the moment for me that Claudia Winkleman became one of my all time favourite faces on television and all she says is “stop speaking”. youtu.be/cPpac4QGmXE?...
Sean Lock - Rectum of the Year.
YouTube video by Soothing Relaxation Music
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This is the moment for me that Claudia Winkleman became one of my all time favourite faces on television and all she says is “stop speaking”. youtu.be/cPpac4QGmXE?...
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😁
October 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
😁
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It still shocks friends from other countries when I tell them that mainstream drag and camp artists were pretty much standard fare on weekend primetime national telly.
October 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
It still shocks friends from other countries when I tell them that mainstream drag and camp artists were pretty much standard fare on weekend primetime national telly.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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« Bombardier Global 8000, the World’s Fastest Business Jet, Gets Even Faster With a New Top Speed of Mach 0.95 » Almost as startling is the 8,000 NM range. Not bad for a company that starting out making snowmobiles. 😉 (📸 Bombardier) | 🛩️ 📰 🥇 | 🧵 1/2 | 🔗 bombardier.com/en/media/new...
October 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
« Bombardier Global 8000, the World’s Fastest Business Jet, Gets Even Faster With a New Top Speed of Mach 0.95 » Almost as startling is the 8,000 NM range. Not bad for a company that starting out making snowmobiles. 😉 (📸 Bombardier) | 🛩️ 📰 🥇 | 🧵 1/2 | 🔗 bombardier.com/en/media/new...
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I cannot sit alone with the fact that the inventor of the carabiner is an early 20th century German mountaineer who went by Rambo Herzog
October 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I cannot sit alone with the fact that the inventor of the carabiner is an early 20th century German mountaineer who went by Rambo Herzog
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Björk’s Vespertine (who then later made a masterpiece divorce album lol)
October 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Björk’s Vespertine (who then later made a masterpiece divorce album lol)
This guy has some of the most incisive no-bullshit reporting on Ukraine I've found.
That's why air defense is so important to counter Russia's terror. Hence my frequent posts on the effects of subsequent Russian airstrikes. Please realize that maintaining the efficiency of the Ukrainian energy sector is just as important as maintaining the front line!
October 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This guy has some of the most incisive no-bullshit reporting on Ukraine I've found.
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This is a party with virtually the same number of MPs as Reform (4 v. 5).
The way the BBC is treating Reform, compared to the Lib Dems and the Greens, is a dereliction of their duty as a public broadcaster.
The way the BBC is treating Reform, compared to the Lib Dems and the Greens, is a dereliction of their duty as a public broadcaster.
BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.
Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
October 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is a party with virtually the same number of MPs as Reform (4 v. 5).
The way the BBC is treating Reform, compared to the Lib Dems and the Greens, is a dereliction of their duty as a public broadcaster.
The way the BBC is treating Reform, compared to the Lib Dems and the Greens, is a dereliction of their duty as a public broadcaster.