Kevork Oskanian
@drkevorko.bsky.social
IR, International (Dis)Order, Eurasian Politics. Lecturer at @uniexeter.bsky.social. Onetime Liberal. Enemy of Pigeonholes. X refugee. Personal views, Repost ≠ 'Like'. Cosmopolitan mutt: roots in 🇦🇲🇬🇷🇩🇪🇱🇧🇧🇪🇬🇧.
Gong Fu tea - pu’er.
Second attempt.
Much to learn.
Second attempt.
Much to learn.
November 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Gong Fu tea - pu’er.
Second attempt.
Much to learn.
Second attempt.
Much to learn.
Wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner has no right to wear the poppy!'.
Don't wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner is not showing due respect to our veterans!'.
Schrödinger's 'foreigner' strikes again ('stealing our jobs'/'not working' style).
Don't wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner is not showing due respect to our veterans!'.
Schrödinger's 'foreigner' strikes again ('stealing our jobs'/'not working' style).
November 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner has no right to wear the poppy!'.
Don't wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner is not showing due respect to our veterans!'.
Schrödinger's 'foreigner' strikes again ('stealing our jobs'/'not working' style).
Don't wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner is not showing due respect to our veterans!'.
Schrödinger's 'foreigner' strikes again ('stealing our jobs'/'not working' style).
Yeah, definitely not Nelson Mandela.
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Yeah, definitely not Nelson Mandela.
What? No repeat performance in Baku?
October 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
What? No repeat performance in Baku?
A US government department posting like an angry teenager from his mom's basement.
How the mighty have fallen.
How the mighty have fallen.
October 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A US government department posting like an angry teenager from his mom's basement.
How the mighty have fallen.
How the mighty have fallen.
Whatever they're smoking in the NYT editorial offices, it must be strong stuff.
October 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Whatever they're smoking in the NYT editorial offices, it must be strong stuff.
Most middle-class British headline of the year.
October 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Most middle-class British headline of the year.
Yes indeed, quite incredible.
September 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Yes indeed, quite incredible.
We'll now see America's status as the 'land of the free and home of the brave' tested.
Many will discover that resisting authoritarianism and saying 'four fingers' comes at a personal price.
Are they willing to pay it?
Many will discover that resisting authoritarianism and saying 'four fingers' comes at a personal price.
Are they willing to pay it?
September 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We'll now see America's status as the 'land of the free and home of the brave' tested.
Many will discover that resisting authoritarianism and saying 'four fingers' comes at a personal price.
Are they willing to pay it?
Many will discover that resisting authoritarianism and saying 'four fingers' comes at a personal price.
Are they willing to pay it?
You've got to hand it to X, it can be an entertaining place at times.
September 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
You've got to hand it to X, it can be an entertaining place at times.
Gabbard - clearly someone not burdened by intelligence.
August 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Gabbard - clearly someone not burdened by intelligence.
So I buy some flowers from the local florists and they promptly put a video of their first laowei client on their promotional WeChat channel… 😂
August 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
So I buy some flowers from the local florists and they promptly put a video of their first laowei client on their promotional WeChat channel… 😂
Should’ve kept what this guy had said in mind
August 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Should’ve kept what this guy had said in mind
Any US-Europe summit nowadays.
August 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Any US-Europe summit nowadays.
Erm, that's not how it works?
August 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Erm, that's not how it works?
Final days: Lijiang old town, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Zhu He old town, Pu’er tea tasting (and yes, what we get over in the UK is really low grade).
August 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Final days: Lijiang old town, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Zhu He old town, Pu’er tea tasting (and yes, what we get over in the UK is really low grade).
Tiger Leaping Gorge and Lugu Lake - latter the home of the matrilineal and matriarchal Mosuo people.
August 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Tiger Leaping Gorge and Lugu Lake - latter the home of the matrilineal and matriarchal Mosuo people.
Shangri-La and its Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
August 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Shangri-La and its Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
This ChatGPT prompt is for all the sick bastards asking why it’s always the children in Gaza who are malnourished, never the parents (supposedly).
August 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This ChatGPT prompt is for all the sick bastards asking why it’s always the children in Gaza who are malnourished, never the parents (supposedly).
Just make sure to use American equipment for your atrocities to stay on Marko’s “civilised” side.
August 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Just make sure to use American equipment for your atrocities to stay on Marko’s “civilised” side.
In the Cang mountains.
August 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
In the Cang mountains.
Telling exchange between my X alter ego and Apartheid Tech Bro - aka Elon Musk’s - AI plaything.
August 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Telling exchange between my X alter ego and Apartheid Tech Bro - aka Elon Musk’s - AI plaything.
Around Erhai Lake.
August 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Around Erhai Lake.