Seeadler
@seeadler.bsky.social
Ex-RM from NI with a PhD. Author and professional editor. "Bluesky elder," apparently. #BSMRGUK
To my Ukrainian friends: вдачi і вдалого полювання
To my Ukrainian friends: вдачi і вдалого полювання
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Seeadler
@seeadler.bsky.social
· Nov 19
I spent a decade arguing with antivaxxers on X. Showing them papers. Explaining their errors. Correcting their disinformation.
I've done my bit for "dialogue with people I disagree with".
I'm here to hang out with people I like. For everyone else, I have no guilt about using the block button.
I've done my bit for "dialogue with people I disagree with".
I'm here to hang out with people I like. For everyone else, I have no guilt about using the block button.
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Apparently, the BBC is not willing to say this, or to permit it being said on their programming.
This is the most corrupt, lawless administration in the history of the United States and there’s no close second.
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Apparently, the BBC is not willing to say this, or to permit it being said on their programming.
"A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?"
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
"A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?"
I am struggling to find a word that better describes the current leadership of the US Health Department than "Cuntocracy," and so far I have failed.
🤔✨🤔✨🤔
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I am struggling to find a word that better describes the current leadership of the US Health Department than "Cuntocracy," and so far I have failed.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
I've ever heard of #BellaHull before, but she's been great on #HIGNIFY so far.
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I've ever heard of #BellaHull before, but she's been great on #HIGNIFY so far.
"What do you mean, put the Kia's right-hand wheels forwards and left-hand wheels in reverse to facilitate parallel parking?"
The government has confirmed that 36 Ministry of Defence driving examiners will be mobilised for one day a week over the next year to help reduce driving-test waiting times, as pressure continues to build on the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s ability to meet
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=64419
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=64419
More detail on military help for UK driving tests
The government has confirmed that 36 Ministry of Defence driving examiners will be mobilised for one day a week over the next year to help reduce driving-test waiting times, as pressure continues to build on the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s ability to meet demand. In a written answer, Transport minister Simon Lightwood said the
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"What do you mean, put the Kia's right-hand wheels forwards and left-hand wheels in reverse to facilitate parallel parking?"
This is a great deal on a tremendously entertaining book.
PANTHER FRIDAY SPECIAL The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes (RRP £35.00) at a trifling £16.50 (+P&P). OFFER CLOSES MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. Put the number you want as a comment, before midnight tonight, UK TIME, your copy is reserved. WHILE STOCKS LAST
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is a great deal on a tremendously entertaining book.
It looks more black-and-tan to me.
Still, at least that's a colour combination that doesn't have any negative assoc...
Hang on, I'm being handed a note...
Still, at least that's a colour combination that doesn't have any negative assoc...
Hang on, I'm being handed a note...
It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It looks more black-and-tan to me.
Still, at least that's a colour combination that doesn't have any negative assoc...
Hang on, I'm being handed a note...
Still, at least that's a colour combination that doesn't have any negative assoc...
Hang on, I'm being handed a note...
This may be the nerdiest train joke I have ever conjured.
The Parting of the Crimson Lake.
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This may be the nerdiest train joke I have ever conjured.
Welcome to Northern Ireland.
Where Operation BANNER succeeded was where it used soldiers as peacekeepers, not police officers; where it went badly wrong was when it forgot that distinction.
Where Operation BANNER succeeded was where it used soldiers as peacekeepers, not police officers; where it went badly wrong was when it forgot that distinction.
Soldiers are not cops.
Trying to turn soldiers into cops always goes badly.
Every single time.
Trying to turn soldiers into cops always goes badly.
Every single time.
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Welcome to Northern Ireland.
Where Operation BANNER succeeded was where it used soldiers as peacekeepers, not police officers; where it went badly wrong was when it forgot that distinction.
Where Operation BANNER succeeded was where it used soldiers as peacekeepers, not police officers; where it went badly wrong was when it forgot that distinction.
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Probably apocryphal, but when I defended my PhD I was told just to be confident, like the student writing about the German influence on English Romantics. When asked why he had omitted Goethe, he was reported to have replied, ‘If I had thought Goethe important I would have mentioned him’.
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Probably apocryphal, but when I defended my PhD I was told just to be confident, like the student writing about the German influence on English Romantics. When asked why he had omitted Goethe, he was reported to have replied, ‘If I had thought Goethe important I would have mentioned him’.
I imagine the people of Salisbury thought they were safe from Russian attacks too.
if no one else is willing to say it, i will: i don’t think russia is going to attack ireland
When it comes to modern war, Ireland is a high-value target: its waters on the western fringe of Europe contain three-quarters of all undersea cables in the northern hemisphere. Despite this, is unprotected and unprepared.
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I imagine the people of Salisbury thought they were safe from Russian attacks too.
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old church cookbooks are absolutely incredible content. we should bring them back. don’t even need the church part, just get a hundred of your loosest acquaintances and make a cookbook
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
old church cookbooks are absolutely incredible content. we should bring them back. don’t even need the church part, just get a hundred of your loosest acquaintances and make a cookbook
1. A New Hope
2. Rogue One
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Return of the Jedi
5. The Last Jedi
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Solo
8. The Force Awakens
9. Attack of the Clones
10. The Phantom Menace
11. The Rise of Skywalker
And yes. I stand by my top three and the order in which they appear.
2. Rogue One
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Return of the Jedi
5. The Last Jedi
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Solo
8. The Force Awakens
9. Attack of the Clones
10. The Phantom Menace
11. The Rise of Skywalker
And yes. I stand by my top three and the order in which they appear.
1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. A New Hope
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Rogue One
6. The Force Awakens
7. Solo
8. The Last Jedi
9. The Phantom Meance
10 Clone Wars (the show is incredible though)
11. Attack of the Clones
12. Rise of Skywalker
2. A New Hope
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Rogue One
6. The Force Awakens
7. Solo
8. The Last Jedi
9. The Phantom Meance
10 Clone Wars (the show is incredible though)
11. Attack of the Clones
12. Rise of Skywalker
Okay I'll do this, but everyone will be mad:
01. A New Hope
02. The Last Jedi
03. Return Of The Jedi
04. Rogue One
10.7. Force Awakens
10.8. The Phantom Menace
10.9. Empire Strikes Back
11. Revenge Of The Sith
Haven't seen:
Rise Of Skywalker
Attack Of The Clones
Solo
01. A New Hope
02. The Last Jedi
03. Return Of The Jedi
04. Rogue One
10.7. Force Awakens
10.8. The Phantom Menace
10.9. Empire Strikes Back
11. Revenge Of The Sith
Haven't seen:
Rise Of Skywalker
Attack Of The Clones
Solo
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
1. A New Hope
2. Rogue One
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Return of the Jedi
5. The Last Jedi
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Solo
8. The Force Awakens
9. Attack of the Clones
10. The Phantom Menace
11. The Rise of Skywalker
And yes. I stand by my top three and the order in which they appear.
2. Rogue One
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Return of the Jedi
5. The Last Jedi
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Solo
8. The Force Awakens
9. Attack of the Clones
10. The Phantom Menace
11. The Rise of Skywalker
And yes. I stand by my top three and the order in which they appear.
I believe he now calls himself the "Secretary of Raw".
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I believe he now calls himself the "Secretary of Raw".
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I love this element because it a) makes Vader's murderous rage make even more sense and b) it's very funny
the end of Rogue One means that at the start of Star Wars, Leia's going "oh wow can't believe you're raiding my innocent ship" to a guy who saw & she knows saw her fly away from the battle, like she's trying to lie so blatantly he'll question himself because SURELY nobody would
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I love this element because it a) makes Vader's murderous rage make even more sense and b) it's very funny
I think this is important, and should be shared widely.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I think this is important, and should be shared widely.
With my professional Academic Editor hat on, the appropriate editorial response is to inform Reviewer Two that their services will no longer be required on this or any other paper, as they are incapable of interpreting plain meanings correctly.
So, a reviewer in Germany wrote to an editor, about a draft of mine. I wrote that "Italians and Russians died from chemical attacks in WW1 more readily than French, Germans, or Brits, because they were not as well equipped with useful gas masks". This got flagged for "racial or ethnic bias". FFS
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
With my professional Academic Editor hat on, the appropriate editorial response is to inform Reviewer Two that their services will no longer be required on this or any other paper, as they are incapable of interpreting plain meanings correctly.
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
"Quiet, piggy."
Well, now we know what the BBC's response to any further legal threats from Trump should be.
Well, now we know what the BBC's response to any further legal threats from Trump should be.
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Quiet, piggy."
Well, now we know what the BBC's response to any further legal threats from Trump should be.
Well, now we know what the BBC's response to any further legal threats from Trump should be.
Imagine posting this (from behind a block, naturally) to someone whose bio begins with "ex-Royal Marine from Northern Ireland".
Clearly, Ivan here is not one of nature's readers, and both logic and inference are skills that also elude his grasp.
Clearly, Ivan here is not one of nature's readers, and both logic and inference are skills that also elude his grasp.
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Imagine posting this (from behind a block, naturally) to someone whose bio begins with "ex-Royal Marine from Northern Ireland".
Clearly, Ivan here is not one of nature's readers, and both logic and inference are skills that also elude his grasp.
Clearly, Ivan here is not one of nature's readers, and both logic and inference are skills that also elude his grasp.
Lmao
very excited to announce my new startup "Project Liver-Hungry Eagles"
Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Lmao
The 2025 social media experience:
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The 2025 social media experience:
There is not a single thing on this list that anyone seeking fundamental improvement in American policing could (or should) disagree with.
End the Drug War.
Recommit to targeting Violence as the fundamental priority for American law enforcement.
End Mass Arrest.
Demilitarize Law Enforcement.
Police the police externally, with established civilian review.
Recommit to targeting Violence as the fundamental priority for American law enforcement.
End Mass Arrest.
Demilitarize Law Enforcement.
Police the police externally, with established civilian review.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There is not a single thing on this list that anyone seeking fundamental improvement in American policing could (or should) disagree with.