Klaes Ashford
@iapetusrising.bsky.social
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The Ghost Knife himself. Memes. Politics, history, Belfast Giants. NAFO. Liberal/Green. European Federalist. Sci-fi.
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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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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
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
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?
Not doing something as small as street signs because another small minority might throw their toys out of the pram seems more inappropriate.
15% is too small a minority to be represented?
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.
Did it ever? The ICC may want a word if your leaders ever sign up to the "laws of war"
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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...”
Starmer can shove his Brit Card up his hole
When America inevitably burns I'm going to think of this very moment and smile.
Why do you platform the insufferably stupid?
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
Fuck do you mean "potentially"
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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 😊
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...
I bet you're the type of person who makes a grand show of proclaiming themselves an ally when pride month rolls around
A republic if you can keep it