Jock ‘Anonymous Low Level Loser’ Bruce
@jockbruce.bsky.social
Retired futteret trainer. Sometime civil servant. Fossicker in archives.
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The whole idea that studying the history of a country constitutes an attack on the history of a country is deeply deeply stupid.
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The whole idea that studying the history of a country constitutes an attack on the history of a country is deeply deeply stupid.
Really, NYT?
"The F.B.I.’s relationship with MI5 is arguably the most important in Five Eyes"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
"The F.B.I.’s relationship with MI5 is arguably the most important in Five Eyes"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Really, NYT?
"The F.B.I.’s relationship with MI5 is arguably the most important in Five Eyes"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
"The F.B.I.’s relationship with MI5 is arguably the most important in Five Eyes"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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It’s 2025, and Angelina Jolie has been closer to the frontlines than Vladimir Putin ever was
November 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It’s 2025, and Angelina Jolie has been closer to the frontlines than Vladimir Putin ever was
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This is Queen Mary and Queen Anne erasure
The Washington Post on Abigail Spanberger: "No woman has led Virginia since its colonial government was formed 406 years ago."
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is Queen Mary and Queen Anne erasure
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OTD in 1853 the Battle of Oltenita was fought. 1st of Crimea war. Russian troops crossed into European Turkey to "protect orthodox Christians" as excuse to try to capture Constantinople. Lost 20 times as many as the enemy in 1st engagement of a war we'd lose.
It's a tradition.
It's a tradition.
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
OTD in 1853 the Battle of Oltenita was fought. 1st of Crimea war. Russian troops crossed into European Turkey to "protect orthodox Christians" as excuse to try to capture Constantinople. Lost 20 times as many as the enemy in 1st engagement of a war we'd lose.
It's a tradition.
It's a tradition.
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LBJ was the last president this concerned with "ball room".
November 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
LBJ was the last president this concerned with "ball room".
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It's weird that a shoehorn is a tool that helps one thing slide smoothly inside another thing designed to hold it, without applying undue pressure, but shoehorning means awkwardly forcing one thing inside another where it doesn't really fit, in a way that may well cause damage
October 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It's weird that a shoehorn is a tool that helps one thing slide smoothly inside another thing designed to hold it, without applying undue pressure, but shoehorning means awkwardly forcing one thing inside another where it doesn't really fit, in a way that may well cause damage
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Any discussion of traditional English food and identity that isn't grounded in eels is a lie. #TrueEelFacts
British racists are mere weeks away from a scurvy outbreak because citrus fruits are "fancy foreign muck"
October 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Any discussion of traditional English food and identity that isn't grounded in eels is a lie. #TrueEelFacts
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Brexit means Brexit
October 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Brexit means Brexit
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Even now a crack team of Scottish culinary scientists are racing against time to discover a way to deep fry it.
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Even now a crack team of Scottish culinary scientists are racing against time to discover a way to deep fry it.
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Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)
October 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)
This makes me feel very old.
Oh what’s this? A secret Cabinet Office file about my book Big Boys’ Rules?! I’ll be revealing what’s inside it in tomorrow’s Sunday Times
September 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This makes me feel very old.
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New Blog: Most people doing #OSINT aren’t doing OSINT.
They’re just Googling with extra steps, screenshotting dashboards, and calling it “intelligence.”
That’s not tradecraft. That’s cosplay.
Let’s talk about what OSINT is not: www.dutchosintguy.com/post/stop-ca...
They’re just Googling with extra steps, screenshotting dashboards, and calling it “intelligence.”
That’s not tradecraft. That’s cosplay.
Let’s talk about what OSINT is not: www.dutchosintguy.com/post/stop-ca...
August 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
New Blog: Most people doing #OSINT aren’t doing OSINT.
They’re just Googling with extra steps, screenshotting dashboards, and calling it “intelligence.”
That’s not tradecraft. That’s cosplay.
Let’s talk about what OSINT is not: www.dutchosintguy.com/post/stop-ca...
They’re just Googling with extra steps, screenshotting dashboards, and calling it “intelligence.”
That’s not tradecraft. That’s cosplay.
Let’s talk about what OSINT is not: www.dutchosintguy.com/post/stop-ca...
Friends in UKHE tell me things are grim, and they're right - but some of the injuries are self-inflicted.
The University of Warwick has paid a lot of money, I'm guessing, for their internet banner ads on the Guardian and elsewhere.
But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
August 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Friends in UKHE tell me things are grim, and they're right - but some of the injuries are self-inflicted.
This is excellent.
Decoding Secrets Through Symbols: How Military Insignia Revealed Russia’s Hidden SIGINT Network by @checkfirst.network
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Decoding Secrets Through Symbols: How Military Insignia Revealed Russia's Hidden SIGINT Network - CheckFirst
Sometimes the best intelligence comes from the most unexpected sources. Our latest investigation proves this by using Russian online military insignia stores to map one of the FSB's most secretive uni...
checkfirst.network
July 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is excellent.
A cheering story in the troublesome times.
An American who moved his family to Russia to avoid LGBTQ+ “indoctrination” is being sent to the front lines despite being assured he would serve in a non-combat role.
Dad Moved Fam to Russia to Flee Woke—Now He’s on Front Line
Derek Huffman, 46, joined the military with hopes of becoming a Russian citizen. His wife said he was duped into a combat role.
trib.al
July 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A cheering story in the troublesome times.
I always wonder if this sort of thing is part of a carefully calculated information strategy, and I almost always find myself concluding 'Nah, it's just the usual porosity of the USG'.
July 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I always wonder if this sort of thing is part of a carefully calculated information strategy, and I almost always find myself concluding 'Nah, it's just the usual porosity of the USG'.
This is epic.
The Toronto Circus Riot broke out on this day 170 years ago — sparked by a brawl between angry clowns and firefighters at a Victorian brothel.
Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
July 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is epic.
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“Are you enjoying MS Outlook so far?”
* Yes
* No
* Fuck off and die
* Yes
* No
* Fuck off and die
July 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Are you enjoying MS Outlook so far?”
* Yes
* No
* Fuck off and die
* Yes
* No
* Fuck off and die
It's impossible to know where to begin ... "Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens,"
Rumor has it that GCHQ personnel often attend Pride events disguised as CISCO employees. They are listening.
July 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It's impossible to know where to begin ... "Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens,"
As always, the BDA doesn't support early claims of resounding military success. This is a truth that transcends time, politics and national boundaries.
SCOOP: The U.S. obtained intercepted communication between senior Iranian officials discussing this month’s military strikes on Iran’s nuclear program and remarking that the attack was less devastating than they had expected, per four sources www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
As always, the BDA doesn't support early claims of resounding military success. This is a truth that transcends time, politics and national boundaries.
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Israel knocks out Iranian cyber infrastructure, and then - completely by coincidence - loads of anonymous pro Scottish independence social media accounts go offline. Fancy that!
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/dozens-of-pr...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/dozens-of-pr...
Dozens of pro-Indy accounts go dark after Israeli strikes
The sudden silence of dozens of pro-independence X accounts on 12 June 2025 coincided with Israeli air and cyber strikes targeting Iranian military and communications infrastructure.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
June 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Israel knocks out Iranian cyber infrastructure, and then - completely by coincidence - loads of anonymous pro Scottish independence social media accounts go offline. Fancy that!
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/dozens-of-pr...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/dozens-of-pr...
What does this actually mean - is research a 'legitimate business need'?
June 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What does this actually mean - is research a 'legitimate business need'?