@annekin1.bsky.social
Career & academic background in film, UK Criminal Justice & Psychology.
Interested in the environment. Pick & mix political beliefs. More left than right leaning but not a tribalist. Big fan of critical thinking.
Can't say no to cats.
Interested in the environment. Pick & mix political beliefs. More left than right leaning but not a tribalist. Big fan of critical thinking.
Can't say no to cats.
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"France replaces US as main intelligence provider to Kyiv, Macron says" kyivindependent.com/france-repla...
France replaces US as main intelligence provider to Kyiv, Macron says
The change works to solve Kyiv's heavy dependence on the U.S. for military intelligence, which has been wielded as leverage against Ukraine by the Trump administration on several occasions.
kyivindependent.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:17 AM
"France replaces US as main intelligence provider to Kyiv, Macron says" kyivindependent.com/france-repla...
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How big is Greenland?
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
January 20, 2026 at 1:32 AM
How big is Greenland?
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
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Timeline cleanse.
Repotting 100 years old bonsai (trident maple) #repotting #bonsai #maple
YouTube video by Bonsai-Zentrum Münsterland
youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Timeline cleanse.
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People seem to like these pictures of the same location over time: here is a series of Four Seasons of a street in South Philadelphia (Lombard and Jessup)
January 19, 2026 at 12:02 PM
People seem to like these pictures of the same location over time: here is a series of Four Seasons of a street in South Philadelphia (Lombard and Jessup)
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Timeline cleanse
January 19, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Timeline cleanse
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Interesting piece arguing the UK has meaningful leverage over the US — tariffs, tech regulation, and treasuries.
It would be nice, but I’m not convinced any of these provide much real leverage 🧵
It would be nice, but I’m not convinced any of these provide much real leverage 🧵
Trump tariffs should push Britain towards realism
The Thucydides Trap refers to the high probability of conflict when one global hegemon rises to eclipse a declining power. The world avoided that fate as the British Empire was replaced by Pax America...
unherd.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Interesting piece arguing the UK has meaningful leverage over the US — tariffs, tech regulation, and treasuries.
It would be nice, but I’m not convinced any of these provide much real leverage 🧵
It would be nice, but I’m not convinced any of these provide much real leverage 🧵
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I wrote a thing a while ago about how UK economic policy might need to respond to the USA no longer being a reliable partner.
I think it still holds up ok, if you accompany it with a rapid deepening of ties with our friends in Europe
I think it still holds up ok, if you accompany it with a rapid deepening of ties with our friends in Europe
The case for a bit more autarky
Relying too much on other countries brings risks. We need to think more about self-sufficiency, of a very specific kind
acjsissons.medium.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I wrote a thing a while ago about how UK economic policy might need to respond to the USA no longer being a reliable partner.
I think it still holds up ok, if you accompany it with a rapid deepening of ties with our friends in Europe
I think it still holds up ok, if you accompany it with a rapid deepening of ties with our friends in Europe
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Worth remembering: The world has been spending more on solar than oil for the last two years.
January 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Worth remembering: The world has been spending more on solar than oil for the last two years.
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An octopus arrives from the right and envelopes the brain coral like an alien slurping a planet only to be photobombed by a redband parrotfish peacocking for the camera 🔮👽🐙🌎😁🦜🐟🪸🌇 #octopus #redbandparrotfish #peacocking #cheesin #photobomb #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
January 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM
An octopus arrives from the right and envelopes the brain coral like an alien slurping a planet only to be photobombed by a redband parrotfish peacocking for the camera 🔮👽🐙🌎😁🦜🐟🪸🌇 #octopus #redbandparrotfish #peacocking #cheesin #photobomb #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
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One step closer to seeing elk back in Britain’s landscapes 🫎
Last year, we awarded @nottswildlife.bsky.social and @derbyswildlife.bsky.social funding from our Rewilding Innovation Fund to research the feasibility of reintroducing Eurasian elk to beaver wetlands in Nottinghamshire.
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Last year, we awarded @nottswildlife.bsky.social and @derbyswildlife.bsky.social funding from our Rewilding Innovation Fund to research the feasibility of reintroducing Eurasian elk to beaver wetlands in Nottinghamshire.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
One step closer to seeing elk back in Britain’s landscapes 🫎
Last year, we awarded @nottswildlife.bsky.social and @derbyswildlife.bsky.social funding from our Rewilding Innovation Fund to research the feasibility of reintroducing Eurasian elk to beaver wetlands in Nottinghamshire.
🧵1/3
Last year, we awarded @nottswildlife.bsky.social and @derbyswildlife.bsky.social funding from our Rewilding Innovation Fund to research the feasibility of reintroducing Eurasian elk to beaver wetlands in Nottinghamshire.
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🔥Greenland politician: “Trump doesn’t know about Greenlandic people. We don’t value💰/Kardashian lips/fake boobs… we won’t give up free health care & education… 🇺🇸are so greedy they’re trying to shoot their friends… Trump surrounds himself with white power— our rights would probably be taken away.”
January 19, 2026 at 5:16 PM
🔥Greenland politician: “Trump doesn’t know about Greenlandic people. We don’t value💰/Kardashian lips/fake boobs… we won’t give up free health care & education… 🇺🇸are so greedy they’re trying to shoot their friends… Trump surrounds himself with white power— our rights would probably be taken away.”
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A thousand times this.
If we want to take defence spending from circa 2.5% of GDP to circa 3.5-4% of GDP the question isn’t “how do we pay for it?”. That’s the easy bit - a combination of taxes and borrowing.
The real question is about real resources and what do we want to do less of?
If we want to take defence spending from circa 2.5% of GDP to circa 3.5-4% of GDP the question isn’t “how do we pay for it?”. That’s the easy bit - a combination of taxes and borrowing.
The real question is about real resources and what do we want to do less of?
There's a lot of talk about rearmament and breaking US dependence. I understand the logic completely. But I wonder if people have fully absorbed the economic/consumption implications of serious rearmament, especially when we also consider the state of public opinion and the information environment.
January 19, 2026 at 11:51 AM
A thousand times this.
If we want to take defence spending from circa 2.5% of GDP to circa 3.5-4% of GDP the question isn’t “how do we pay for it?”. That’s the easy bit - a combination of taxes and borrowing.
The real question is about real resources and what do we want to do less of?
If we want to take defence spending from circa 2.5% of GDP to circa 3.5-4% of GDP the question isn’t “how do we pay for it?”. That’s the easy bit - a combination of taxes and borrowing.
The real question is about real resources and what do we want to do less of?
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For those of you interested in facts rather than the ramblings of clearly demented orange man child here’s the USA confirming Danish rights to Greenland in 1916.
January 19, 2026 at 5:36 PM
For those of you interested in facts rather than the ramblings of clearly demented orange man child here’s the USA confirming Danish rights to Greenland in 1916.
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The thing is he’s not physically writing those posts and letters himself. Which means there’s someone in DC doing a lot of nodding while taking dictation and saying things like ‘do you want that in caps?’ And ‘how many exclamation marks, sir?’
January 19, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The thing is he’s not physically writing those posts and letters himself. Which means there’s someone in DC doing a lot of nodding while taking dictation and saying things like ‘do you want that in caps?’ And ‘how many exclamation marks, sir?’
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So Badenoch has attacked Jenrick... who attacks Truss... who in turn attacks Jenrick... who Iain Dale very clearly dislikes, calling Jenrick a dick. Meanwhile, Lee Anderson and Rupert Lowe are attacking each other, while Lowe attacks Farage for becoming Davos Man.
We need more popcorn factories.
We need more popcorn factories.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 PM
So Badenoch has attacked Jenrick... who attacks Truss... who in turn attacks Jenrick... who Iain Dale very clearly dislikes, calling Jenrick a dick. Meanwhile, Lee Anderson and Rupert Lowe are attacking each other, while Lowe attacks Farage for becoming Davos Man.
We need more popcorn factories.
We need more popcorn factories.
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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GMB is enormously proud to have worked with @ukrainesol.bsky.social to donate essential supplies to the Kharkiv region & visit our brave union colleagues. Read more about this aid mission ⬇️
leftfootforward.org/2026/01/the-...
leftfootforward.org/2026/01/the-...
The GMB union is proud to have delivered aid to Ukrainian Unions fighting for survival
From bombed classrooms to coal mines under siege, Ukraine’s trade unions are fighting for survival against Russian fascism and for the future of their country.
leftfootforward.org
January 19, 2026 at 3:33 PM
GMB is enormously proud to have worked with @ukrainesol.bsky.social to donate essential supplies to the Kharkiv region & visit our brave union colleagues. Read more about this aid mission ⬇️
leftfootforward.org/2026/01/the-...
leftfootforward.org/2026/01/the-...
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See, the thing with Polanski is he'll give you a policy that emotionally resonates (*yeah, yankee go home!*) and then sneak in a ridiculously stupid one hoping you don't notice (*the US is getting extremely unreliable so my genius solution is that we should bin our own nukes*).
January 19, 2026 at 3:45 PM
See, the thing with Polanski is he'll give you a policy that emotionally resonates (*yeah, yankee go home!*) and then sneak in a ridiculously stupid one hoping you don't notice (*the US is getting extremely unreliable so my genius solution is that we should bin our own nukes*).
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Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
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There's a lot of talk about rearmament and breaking US dependence. I understand the logic completely. But I wonder if people have fully absorbed the economic/consumption implications of serious rearmament, especially when we also consider the state of public opinion and the information environment.
January 19, 2026 at 10:46 AM
There's a lot of talk about rearmament and breaking US dependence. I understand the logic completely. But I wonder if people have fully absorbed the economic/consumption implications of serious rearmament, especially when we also consider the state of public opinion and the information environment.
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We had endless articles and TV clips about Biden's mental capacity but silence about Trump's obvious unfitness when he says he's going to start a war with Denmark over Greenland because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize.
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 2:41 PM
We had endless articles and TV clips about Biden's mental capacity but silence about Trump's obvious unfitness when he says he's going to start a war with Denmark over Greenland because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Tfw the dog won’t wag
January 19, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Tfw the dog won’t wag
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You can just feel the “seriously?” vibe in the Norwegian response to Donald’s letter. I wonder how many times they typed out, then deleted, “And even if the Nobel prizes were awarded by the government, are you really stupid enough to think we would have ever awarded it to you?”
January 19, 2026 at 2:35 PM
You can just feel the “seriously?” vibe in the Norwegian response to Donald’s letter. I wonder how many times they typed out, then deleted, “And even if the Nobel prizes were awarded by the government, are you really stupid enough to think we would have ever awarded it to you?”
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70 years ago, the Thames was declared “biologically dead”.
Now it’s thriving with life, with everything from harbour porpoises to wading birds.
Proof that when we choose long-term action, London’s nature prospers.
Now it’s thriving with life, with everything from harbour porpoises to wading birds.
Proof that when we choose long-term action, London’s nature prospers.
River Thames cleaner but at risk from climate change, report says - BBC News
A report finds the river is in good condition, but experts warn of climate change threat.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
70 years ago, the Thames was declared “biologically dead”.
Now it’s thriving with life, with everything from harbour porpoises to wading birds.
Proof that when we choose long-term action, London’s nature prospers.
Now it’s thriving with life, with everything from harbour porpoises to wading birds.
Proof that when we choose long-term action, London’s nature prospers.