Ratan Vaswani 🇺🇦
@ratanvaswani.bsky.social
Interested in languages, travel, cinema, books, visual arts…but mainly here for politics. Русский военный корабль иди нахуй
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Reform's Twitter account is showcasing the new range of black shirts they plan to start selling soon.
The metaphors write themselves, and they know it.
The metaphors write themselves, and they know it.
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Reform's Twitter account is showcasing the new range of black shirts they plan to start selling soon.
The metaphors write themselves, and they know it.
The metaphors write themselves, and they know it.
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I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
You know that adjective to describe how Spurs typically crumble in the face of opportunity, ‘Spursy’? I’d like to propose ‘United-y’. Dismal times for us United fans.
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
You know that adjective to describe how Spurs typically crumble in the face of opportunity, ‘Spursy’? I’d like to propose ‘United-y’. Dismal times for us United fans.
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“UK is costliest country to…”
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
UK is costliest country to build new nuclear power, government review warns on.ft.com/48gamUG
UK is costliest country to build new nuclear power, government review warns
Task force calls for super regulator to seize control of sprawling bureaucracy
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“UK is costliest country to…”
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
- build nuclear power
- build fast rail
- build a house
- buy a house
- rent a house
- travel by train
- buy a beer
- power your home
- pay for childcare
- insure a car
- stay in a hotel
- go to the dentist
- buy bog roll
At least some museums are free….
My mother died of complications following knee surgery, so I find it offensive that you ‘’need” my vote.
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
My mother died of complications following knee surgery, so I find it offensive that you ‘’need” my vote.
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Watching morning news shows in the UK, France and Germany it is remarkable how in ignoring the issue they seem oblivious to how screw ups around potential imminent US strikes on Venezuela have risks for the global order as bad as those from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Watching morning news shows in the UK, France and Germany it is remarkable how in ignoring the issue they seem oblivious to how screw ups around potential imminent US strikes on Venezuela have risks for the global order as bad as those from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
He shouldn’t ‘give evidence’. If there are sufficient grounds to charge this man with a serious offence (my sense is there are), he should face trial and, if convicted, serve the same custodial sentence as any other offender.
Starmer says Andrew should give evidence in US investigation into Jeffrey Epstein
Prime minister says in principle anyone with knowledge of child sexual offence cases should disclose what they know
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
He shouldn’t ‘give evidence’. If there are sufficient grounds to charge this man with a serious offence (my sense is there are), he should face trial and, if convicted, serve the same custodial sentence as any other offender.
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66% decline in five years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kent bug splat survey shows 'troubling' fall in flying insects - BBC News
A new 'splat' survey shows bug numbers have plummeted, but experts say this can be reversed.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
66% decline in five years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There’s a nice outline here of the current state of Proto Indo-European scholarship in this interview with @dannybate.bsky.social
110: The history of the history of Indo-European - Interview with Danny Bate
Podcast Episode · Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics · 20/11/2025 · 1h 1m
podcasts.apple.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
There’s a nice outline here of the current state of Proto Indo-European scholarship in this interview with @dannybate.bsky.social
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Reading helps, but writing makes the language yours.
📖 Reading = recognizing words.
✍️ Writing = forcing your brain to use them.
The difference between understanding and confidently expressing yourself is active practice.
Try writing a little every day! 💪
65words.com ↗️ #langsky #polyglot
📖 Reading = recognizing words.
✍️ Writing = forcing your brain to use them.
The difference between understanding and confidently expressing yourself is active practice.
Try writing a little every day! 💪
65words.com ↗️ #langsky #polyglot
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Reading helps, but writing makes the language yours.
📖 Reading = recognizing words.
✍️ Writing = forcing your brain to use them.
The difference between understanding and confidently expressing yourself is active practice.
Try writing a little every day! 💪
65words.com ↗️ #langsky #polyglot
📖 Reading = recognizing words.
✍️ Writing = forcing your brain to use them.
The difference between understanding and confidently expressing yourself is active practice.
Try writing a little every day! 💪
65words.com ↗️ #langsky #polyglot
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It is “crucial” that the government is shown new research which highlights that “obscene” plans to cut out-of-work disability benefits are likely to have “devastating” consequences for claimants, say disabled activists.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-minister...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-minister...
DWP ministers ‘must be shown’ new research which shows likely results of ‘obscene’ plans to cut benefits
It is “crucial” that the government is shown new research which highlights that “obscene” plans to cut out-of-work disability benefits are likely to have “devastating” consequences for claimants, s…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It is “crucial” that the government is shown new research which highlights that “obscene” plans to cut out-of-work disability benefits are likely to have “devastating” consequences for claimants, say disabled activists.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-minister...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-minister...
American politics is the darkest it’s ever been but also somehow… the most wildly hilarious?
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
American politics is the darkest it’s ever been but also somehow… the most wildly hilarious?
Polly Toynbee points to polling that shows a majority of Labour and Green voters support the government’s draconian asylum policies. So depressing.
Labour MPs face a serious dilemma on asylum seekers – but this is not the way out of it | Polly Toynbee
The party sees its harsh policies as politically necessary. But what happened to talking up the value of migrants for a thriving economy and society, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Polly Toynbee points to polling that shows a majority of Labour and Green voters support the government’s draconian asylum policies. So depressing.
There may well be more traitors in Reform’s ranks and Farage may well be one of them.
BREAKING: Reform UK's former Welsh leader and close Nigel Farage associate, Nathan Gill, sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for repeatedly taking bribes to spread pro-Russian propaganda
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
There may well be more traitors in Reform’s ranks and Farage may well be one of them.
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Agree. Coalition of the Willing has to stop deluding itself that after a ceasefire on reasonable terms it will send symbolic forces to Ukraine w US backing. UK, France, Germany, Poland &c must invest whatever it takes to defeat RU in UA, or they will have to fight it, without US help, further West.
It’s not a “US plan”, it’s Moscow’s plan, dictated to guilty men in the White House. Setting aside the injustices being pushed on Ukraine, this would be a disaster for European security & guarantee a war with 🇷🇺 in a few years, in which, presumably, 🇺🇸 and 🇷🇺 are on the same side.
on.ft.com/3LYajoR
on.ft.com/3LYajoR
US plan for Ukraine-Russia peace calls on Kyiv to cede land under its control
Ukrainian officials say President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being pressed to agree to terms negotiated by the US and Russia
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Agree. Coalition of the Willing has to stop deluding itself that after a ceasefire on reasonable terms it will send symbolic forces to Ukraine w US backing. UK, France, Germany, Poland &c must invest whatever it takes to defeat RU in UA, or they will have to fight it, without US help, further West.
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Yeah this was a very depressing article because I do not see how a government changes this without getting eaten alive.
This (from: www.ft.com/content/75ce...) is something you can *feel* if you are in the UK, especially if you've experienced living abroad. But infuriatingly successive governments and our entire media are somehow absolutely committed to suggesting anyone who wants to change this is the devil...
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Yeah this was a very depressing article because I do not see how a government changes this without getting eaten alive.
Amazing stuff Down Under from England’s bowlers!
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Amazing stuff Down Under from England’s bowlers!
If this version of the US endures, my sense is that it would more formally attempt to rehabilitate Naziism. France under a long-term RN government, or the UK under Reform, would also give it a go. Trump, Le Pen, Farage et al are all shy admirers of Hitler.
“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to a fear of reprisal.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If this version of the US endures, my sense is that it would more formally attempt to rehabilitate Naziism. France under a long-term RN government, or the UK under Reform, would also give it a go. Trump, Le Pen, Farage et al are all shy admirers of Hitler.
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VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
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This morning, Trump has already called for the imprisonment and execution of Democratic members of Congress called on the military to follow the constitution.
In a democracy, the legislature would remove him from office immediately.
In a democracy, the legislature would remove him from office immediately.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This morning, Trump has already called for the imprisonment and execution of Democratic members of Congress called on the military to follow the constitution.
In a democracy, the legislature would remove him from office immediately.
In a democracy, the legislature would remove him from office immediately.
I’m amazed that the US system doesn’t have a mechanism for removing from office a clearly insane President who is a threat to public order.
BREAKING: Trump just called for the arrest and free speech removal of Democrats who called for the military to UPHOLD the law.
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I’m amazed that the US system doesn’t have a mechanism for removing from office a clearly insane President who is a threat to public order.
This goes mostly unremarked - ‘oh, it’s just Trump spouting his usual nonsense’ - but politicians were nearly murdered on J6 and future lynchings of his opponents are wholly conceivable. Very dark times.
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This goes mostly unremarked - ‘oh, it’s just Trump spouting his usual nonsense’ - but politicians were nearly murdered on J6 and future lynchings of his opponents are wholly conceivable. Very dark times.
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Ukraine should never agree to any limitations on its armed forces because they are its only truly reliable long-term security guarantor
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Ukraine should never agree to any limitations on its armed forces because they are its only truly reliable long-term security guarantor
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The predictable knee jerk incompetence of this government. Instead of addressing the material problems in people lives they scapegoat immigration and make the material problems worse. 50k nurse could quit the UK!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The predictable knee jerk incompetence of this government. Instead of addressing the material problems in people lives they scapegoat immigration and make the material problems worse. 50k nurse could quit the UK!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
My wife works at a big London hospital. So many of her brilliant colleagues come from abroad. If these reports are true, that hospital faces not just a recruitment crisis but is stressed to the point where patients go uncared for. And die.
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
My wife works at a big London hospital. So many of her brilliant colleagues come from abroad. If these reports are true, that hospital faces not just a recruitment crisis but is stressed to the point where patients go uncared for. And die.