monsieurcapybara.bsky.social
PhD Computer Science student
Most modest bloke in West Riding of Yorkshire, UK
Refugee from Twitterland
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Trump's working for the Russians...so why should federal workers who've been fired do likewise?
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I expect a lot of US students will be wearing Trump/Musk/Judy Vance/Putin masks on campus
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Winston Churchill famously met Roosevelt while wearing a boiler suit
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Russia is 54 miles from America...you forgot Alaska
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According Viz magazine...on his last visit to the UK, trump soiled his bed at Buckingham Palace
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when Trumpski finds out two of the most important US bases in the world are in Yorkshire (Menwith Hill and Fylingdales) he'll try to annexe Yorkshire
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Leaving aside the dodgy politics of Musk and the poor build quality of Tesla's there's now a serious risk of them getting keyed while parked up
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Could Trudeau pardon anybody in Canada who keys a Tesla?😁
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Technically tariffs needs approval from Congress..but Trump's claiming it's an "emergency"
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Tory donor Lord Ashcroft has 152 VC's....all bought for cash
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Tesla's been at a ridiculous valuation for some time, basically it's valued at same level as all the other automakers in the world combined.
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UK growth has been stagnant since Brexit....not exactly a coincidence 🙄
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Only 8 states (including California of course) are net contributors to US Federal government.
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It's not an "ancient treaty", it dates back to 1917.
The US bought the US Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917, they renounced any claim on Greenland and also that the UK has first right of refusal if Denmark wants to sell Greenland in future
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In principle countries are obligated to accept their own citizens deported from a third country, but we need to know more details here...such as did the US provide a manifest to Columbia before the flight?
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Wonder if she'll moan about Sharia law?
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Isn't most of that gain in house prices? In which case it'll go way beyond the top 1%
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It's his companies that go bankrupt not him....this means creditors can't touch hiss personal assets
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nobody knows more about firefighting than Donald J Trump, he really gets this stuff....in fact he trained Red Adair
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"Art of the Deal" was actually written by Tony Schwartz.
Ironically Tony was amazed at how poor Trump was at negotiating the royalty terms😁
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Glad I'm an Ocean away from this shitshow
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2027 will be interesting, Iceland having a referendum on EU membership
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Unfortunately, it looks like Labour are going to try going down the route of trying to suck up to Trump
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Any indication if Putin's wonder weapon did any meaningful damage to the Yuzhmash plant?
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No fan of Trump, but this is quite true. Saudi Arabia is able to pump crude oil at very low prices and has plenty of spare capacity
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2027 will be interesting...Iceland is holding a referendum on EU membership
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Aren't they still considered a convicted felon after receiving a pardon?
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American companies are 50% of global capitalisation...easy pickings for other Governments around the world
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"Fragging" has been occurring in militaries for ages. If an unpopular officer is shot by his own troops, it just gets recorded as due to enemy action and he gets a posthumous medal..
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Greenland left the EU in 1985, there's now a majority in favour of rejoining. Iceland is holding a referendum on EU membership in 2027.
Easy to see both joining the EU in a few years (along with the UK hopefully)
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Sister station to the vital US radar station at Thule, Greenland is in Yorkshire, England...Will Trump try to annexe Yorkshire next?
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There is something of a precedent, the US bought the US Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25m. But different times of course
2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time....
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Representation of the People Act 1985. This legislation allowed expatriates to register as "overseas voters," enabling them to vote in the parliamentary constituency where they were last registered in the UK.
in 2000 this was extended to 15 years after emigration
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We've been citizens since 1948, prior to that in the days of the Empire we were subjects. In many ways that was better since there was freedom of movement across a quarter of the entire world
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British emigrants, sorry expats can vote for up to 15 years after leaving the UK...
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UK, Iceland, Greenland and Canada should all join the EU
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The "Online Safety Bill" massively increases regulation in the tech sector..it's beyond me why anyone would host data in the UK unless there was a mandatory requirement to do so, eg in defence sector. I know the Bill was a tory law, but Labour should repeal it
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Nige needs to see a dentist
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Nige has imported 2 foreign wives into the UK....what if we all did the same?
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Trump's objective is to enable his mate Musk to buy TikTok at a fire sale price
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Cuba is free to trade with the rest of the world apart from the USA. Their regime is the route cause of their problems...if they had free and fair elections, the communist regime would be booted out
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A "Bill of rights" for a country without a written constitution sounds about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike
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Did you know that many of the bar staff, waiters etc in Cuban resorts are doctors, engineers etc? They can make more in a day in a holiday resort than a month working as a doctor in a hospital.
Not surprisingly, those Cubans who contact tourists are happy
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Obvious response would be to seek to rejoin the Single Market as the UK economy has been in the doldrums since Brexit
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Tories made it policy to spoon feed public money to Manchester and Leeds and let the rest of the north turn into an economic wasteland
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Beyond that, they've shown just how poor much of Russia's much hyped military equipment such as the T90 and S400 really is
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Looks like Russia wasn't that well prepared for it either..hence Putin ended up begging North Korea and Iran for assitance