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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · 8h

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING: The US is rolling back tariffs on “products that cannot be grown, mined, or naturally produced in the United States," per WSJ

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · 2d

GST

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 4d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · 5d

a man with a beard and mustache is smiling and looking at the camera .

ALT: a man with a beard and mustache is smiling and looking at the camera .

media.tenor.com

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · 6d

I wonder how the tankies who didn’t support Harris are feeling now

Biden had a ceasefire deal, 100 hostages released. Didn’t hold or even talk about it much.

Trump gets ceasefire deal, 20 hostages released, Gaza obliterated and listening to the media he’s the greatest diplomat since Metternich

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · 6d

I thought the idea behind the scheme was that people’s communities were a better reflection of their identity.

What was the angle grinder incident?

Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · 6d

Not doing something as small as street signs because another small minority might throw their toys out of the pram seems more inappropriate.

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · 6d

15% is too small a minority to be represented?

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · 9d

We could just celebrate a Nobel laureate’s own achievements and contributions to their field on their own merit.

Instead of linking it and absolutely everything back to someone who didn’t win, didn’t deserve to win and frankly was never going to win.

Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · 19d

Did it ever? The ICC may want a word if your leaders ever sign up to the "laws of war"

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John Cotter @drjohncotter.bsky.social · 24d

Seeing a Brit Card for the first time:

“Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark...”

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · 24d

Starmer can shove his Brit Card up his hole

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · 26d

When America inevitably burns I'm going to think of this very moment and smile.

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Sir Jack Caramac @jackcaramac.bsky.social · 27d

#mondayvibe

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · 29d

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · Sep 19

Why do you platform the insufferably stupid?

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · Sep 18

Ah no bother. History Matters has a great video about it

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAo0...

Why did South Africa Give up its Nukes? (Short Animated Documentary)

YouTube video by History Matters

www.youtube.com

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · Sep 18

It was pretty rogue and had nuclear weapons. Unless apartheid isn't sufficiently rogue for you?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_A...

South Africa and weapons of mass destruction - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · Sep 18

South Africa

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · Sep 17

Fuck do you mean "potentially"

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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · Sep 16

Seeing as so many people are making claims about the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the ECHR, here's a short but comprehensive explainer from people who have been thinking, writing and talking about this for longer than most 😊

Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · Sep 16

A new Explainer out from @aoifemod.bsky.social and me detailing the UK's ECHR commitments under the 1998 Agreement in response to recent speculation. It is short, because there is very little to say - the UK's obligations are evident on the B/GFA's plain text:

caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · Sep 13

I bet you're the type of person who makes a grand show of proclaiming themselves an ally when pride month rolls around

Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · Sep 13

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Irish citizen detained one month in barbaric ICE facility because: "You look Mexican"

Lee Stinton is a 45-year-old Northern Irish hairdresser. He once lived in the US as a legal resident with a work permit. The Social Security Administration had checked his bona fides and given him a S...

www.dailykos.com

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Klaes Ashford @iapetusrising.bsky.social · Sep 13

A republic if you can keep it

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