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John The Elder🦋

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John the Elder I retired as a computer scientist 15 years ago to concentrate on worldwide events. My politics are now left of centre. I now write poetry as I'm severely disabled by a stroke, but still creative. @j1oakley.bsky.social

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John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · 4h

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Echoes of History

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric from Post-War Britain to Reform UK

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John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Oct 2

Political Division in Western Democracies
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Political Division in Western Democracies

Material Foundations and Media Amplification

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John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Sep 24

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The Death of Discourse #jonathanpie #satire #politics #parody #comedy #charliekirk #trump #tommyrobinson #usa.

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John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Sep 16

He thanked her and asked her to sit with him whilst he explained his plans for the whole Sundance plan. She came back to me some 30 mins later and commented what a nice man he was and he was something to do with acting...

John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Sep 16

I must explain that my wife doesn't do movies, so she had no idea who he was.

John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Sep 16

My favourite story is when my wife and I went for breakfast to Redford's restaurant in Sundance, Utah, and it was so good that my wife asked the waitress to compliment the owner on what was the finest restaurant in Utah.

John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threads

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

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John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Aug 6

We Are Totally Dependent On The Internet
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We Are Totally Dependent On The Internet

The hidden Infrastructures that keeps the Internet running

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John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Aug 3

It's a magpie.

John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Aug 3

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We Are Totally Dependent On The Internet

The hidden Infrastructures that keeps the Internet running

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John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Jul 28

Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook
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Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook

Our New Series on How Russia Attacked the 2016 U.S. Election to Help Trump Win

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John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Jul 28

Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook
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Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook

Our New Series on How Russia Attacked the 2016 U.S. Election to Help Trump Win

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John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Jul 25

So I got the words and her glasses and she sang the words a capella in my ear.

John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Jul 25

Unfortunately, she panicked as John D started playing and she couldn't remember the words! Unfortunately, she panicked as she could not remember the words.

John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Jul 25

I progressed from bar helper to studio manager over the years, and my highlight was when Cleo was starting her Christmas show by starting to sing "Chestnuts roasting by an open fire" in the bar, and walking into the concert hall still singing.

John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Jul 25

The first concert they ran was The Swingle Singers, in the stables of the Wavendon rectory, which they could just squeeze 160 people into, provided the front row were happy to put their feet on the stage.

John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Jul 25

Cleo Laine has died at 97. RIP you angel.

Judith and I had the pleasure of being members of the Wavenden Allmusic Plan charity when we first got married and we gradually got more involved as Wavenden, their home, was about 25 miles from where we lived.

John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Jul 25

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Cleo Laine: Acclaimed jazz singer dies aged 97

She was the first British singer to win a Grammy in a jazz category and performed with all the greats.

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John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Why is social media such a threat?

Why We're All Just Fancy Peacocks Pretending to Care About Truth

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John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Jul 21

The great snake oil salesman. www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...

Actually, Elon Musk didn’t create PayPal, Tesla, or SpaceX. | Michael Gibson

Actually, Elon Musk didn’t create PayPal, Tesla, or SpaceX. That’s media mythology; carefully constructed and legally enforced. It’s branding; it's all a lie! PayPal was founded by Peter Thiel, ...

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John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Jul 5

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It's Evolution - both aggressive and cooperative tendencies

Evolution has indeed shaped both aggressive and cooperative tendencies in humans, but the picture is far more nuanced than the notion that "only the fittest survive" might suggest.

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · Jul 3

Nobody's talking about it on Bluesky yet, but on Twitter there are several reports that Corbyn is furious at the gun being jumped on the announcement of a new party.

Will the initiative die before it ever gets started? The next few hours and days will tell...

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John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Jul 3

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jul 3

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Jul 1

Israel and Palestine
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Israel and Palestine

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John The Elder🦋 @j1oakley.bsky.social · Jun 27

The Great Corporate Innovation Paradox:
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The Great Corporate Innovation Paradox:

How to Save Millions, Win Awards, and Watch it All Disappear in a Boardroom

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