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Stephen J Henstridge

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Lapsed biologist, retired software engineer, full-time cat wrangler, procrastinator and defender of the Oxford Comma. Sometimes ironic.

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The BBC is lost

10.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

When he is deposed he must be given a fair trial.

Several of them.

09.03.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 1234 πŸ” 247 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 15

For some reason, the Black Knight encounter from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" comes to mind

10.03.2026 11:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It doesn’t work like that when:

1) oil infrastructure is blown up

2) the war has already shown the US cannot defend the Gulf states, so shipping risk stays high - pushing up insurance costs too

3) Iran can choke Strait of Hormuz

4) previous wars have seen oil stay high long after war.

09.03.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 494 πŸ” 149 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 4

Perhaps neither boredom nor worry. It seems likely that someone has made a fortune by manipulating the world stock markets

09.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's just nostalgia getting better; it improves with age

09.03.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

While Kristi Noem funneled $220M in taxpayer funds into self-promoting political ads, she refused to distribute $500M+ in FEMA funding for LA Fire survivors.

The Trump Administration must immediately release that relief and redirect those wasted ad dollars to recovery efforts.

07.03.2026 00:10 πŸ‘ 1278 πŸ” 420 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 17
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NEW: Trump wanted an uprising. Instead, tens of thousands are in Tehran’s main square, risking their lives under bombardment, to pledge allegiance to the new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

We’re witnessing the greatest miscalculation in US political and military history.

(πŸŽ₯ Middle East Observer)

09.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 263 πŸ” 128 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 19
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For the bottom 40% of families, California taxes are LOWER than states like Florida and Texas.

In fact, 16 other states tax LOW-WAGE earners MORE than California taxes our HIGH-WAGE earners.

The evidence is clear, and the numbers don't lie.

07.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 2266 πŸ” 783 πŸ’¬ 140 πŸ“Œ 34

Even if the destruction somehow stopped today, it will take years to rebuild.

09.03.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 580 πŸ” 212 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 6

BREAKING: 28 Democrats are now INVESTIGATING Pete Hegseth after over 200 troops complained their commanders are pushing end-times Christian fascism rhetoric as justification for Trump's war on Iran…

GOOD. 😎✨

09.03.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 219 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 9

The DOJ released evidence, which the FBI deemed credible, that the President of the United States sexually and physically assaulted a 13 year old girl AND she was afraid to talk about it because Trump would kill herβ€”and it’s somehow not the biggest scandal in American history?

09.03.2026 00:46 πŸ‘ 8418 πŸ” 3096 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 116

This short king is just minding his own business, trying to use the footstool to reach the scratch n’ sniff books. The slander is uncalled for

09.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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A timely reminder that social progress doesn’t come easy. The idea of half the population not being allowed to vote might sound bizarre now but was reality until embarrassingly recently.

09.03.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 6

"Just after starting on Cars 2, I was told by a superior that I would be uninvited from all weekly art department meetings because Lasseter 'has a hard time controlling himself' around young women... It was clear that the institution was working hard to protect him, at the expense of women like me."

08.03.2026 11:23 πŸ‘ 1805 πŸ” 691 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 27

Terrible WAR CRIME that will cause fuel prices to skyrocket worldwide! #BlameTRUMP
bsky.app/profile/news...

08.03.2026 06:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. weighs sending special forces to seize Iran's nuclear stockpile Preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon is one of Trump's stated war objectives.

Axios reports that Trump wants to seize Kharg Island to grab Iranian uranium stockpiles. But Kharg Island houses 90% plus of Iran's export petroleum, and that's what Trump really wants. www.axios.com/2026/03/08/i...

08.03.2026 05:56 πŸ‘ 266 πŸ” 150 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 5

So, Johnson, Farage, Badenoch, the Telegraph… howl about the UK being β€œan irrelevance on the world stage”.
Remind me again who decided to isolate us with a strategically and economically idiotic Brexit, relying on a trade deal with the US to save us from exactly the kind of weakness they now bemoan.

07.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 1887 πŸ” 537 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 20
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British strikes on targets in Iran would be lawful, says deputy prime minister David Lammy said deploying RAF jets to protect British nationals and staff would be β€˜entirely legal’

Whilst insiders claim this supposed justification by Lammy of British strikes in Iran in defence of the U.K. IS NOT a pivot away from the UK current position it sounds very like preparing the ground for supporting Trump’s mad & illegal war on Iran…

www.ft.com/content/f809...

08.03.2026 07:17 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 10

To see the right in the UK demand the country follows a US leader in his requirements for tribute to aggression with no plan devalues them and their arguments on any foreign relations. The radicalised traumatised right of politics resemble the revolutionary left of my childhood.

08.03.2026 07:22 πŸ‘ 219 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
Twitter conversation between sj and Amarion:

sj: Its true, the 1/3rd pounder burger failed in the US because ppl thought quarter pounders were bigger

Amarion: Yeah cause they are????

sj: 1/3>1/4
      .33> .25

Amarion: what are those signs

Twitter conversation between sj and Amarion: sj: Its true, the 1/3rd pounder burger failed in the US because ppl thought quarter pounders were bigger Amarion: Yeah cause they are???? sj: 1/3>1/4 .33> .25 Amarion: what are those signs

Wanna see the greatest tweet of all time

01.11.2024 21:02 πŸ‘ 4434 πŸ” 859 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 51

Spain’s PM β€œThey say Spain is alone.”

β€œBut they’re the same people who said that when we recognized the State of Palestine and then many followed.”

β€œWe are not alone. We are the first of many.”

07.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 663 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 3

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

07.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 21771 πŸ” 6552 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 160
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07.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 30510 πŸ” 7424 πŸ’¬ 493 πŸ“Œ 330

If only people had thought of keeping the deaths to a minimum in previous wars

07.03.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps they thought they could fill up in Iran?

07.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some Texas voters are dedicated to ripping control from the GOP.

In Star County, only 249 Republicans voted. Leaving an easy win for Democrats at 6,698 votes. Trump won this area with 58% of votes. Dems just won with a whopping 96%.

05.03.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🀷🏼 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

05.03.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 756 πŸ” 229 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 20

Correction: South Korea claims that one of its Navy ships was sunk by a N.Korean torpedo in 2010. Never verified.

04.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I doubt he would have been even close to knowing anything about submarines, torpedoes, and ships, but it seems someone who sort of knew something briefed him with bad info

04.03.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0