Oriel

@oriel449.bsky.social

Andy Burnham could have saved himself an hour of speaking in Manchester by just saying "I will renationalise the railways, electricity and water companies". But it seems like it'll be more half-arsed measures of public liability, private ownership. 😑

You know how an evangelical Christian describes having this sense of deep warmth and happiness in church while singing and praising Jesus? Yeah, that's me when I read these threads about more oil infrastructure getting fucked by Ukrainian kinetic sanctions. Ending oil is my religion. 🙏💥 🛢️

The Analyst@militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 3mo ago

RUSSIAN OIL INDUSTRY IN CHAOS AS NURLINO AND PERM DISABLED Russian oil fields are largely in the far north of the country and require thousands of kilometres of pipelines to reach refineries and export terminals. Perm and Nurlino are key to how this operates. They hold around one million tonnes of

Er, Benny? Have courage, my friend. Yeah. Er, Ben, I've just noticed something... Have you looked at our lapels recently? Our lapels? The pins on our lapels, have you looked at them? What? No. A bit. Have you noticed that our lapels have got little nooses on them? Benny... are we the baddies?

Er, Benny?
Have courage, my friend.
Yeah. Er, Benny, I've just noticed something...
[Looking through binoculars] These Palestinians are all cowards.
Have you looked at our lapels recently?
Our lapels?
The pins on our lapels, have you looked at them?
What? No. A bit.
They've got nooses on them. Have you noticed that our lapels have actually got little pictures of nooses on them?
Uh, I don't...
Benny..... are we the baddies?
Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

During the political campaign to pass the death penalty law—a law which ONLY applies to Palestinians—Ben Gvir and his allies wore gold noose lapel pins:

Hey man, you need to stop taking my fucking videos, cropping off my handle, splicing it with other clips (which you presumably also stole), and then slapping your name on it. It’s one thing to download my TikTok and post it instead of just sharing here, but we’re hitting lawyer territory here.

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 3mo ago

“American Flag Blue”? Something is very off here. Trump’s turning the Reflecting Pool into a rushed vanity project w/a no-bid contract reportedly costing taxpayers $1.5 - $6.9 mill, handed to a contractor tied to his orbit, the same company that previously worked on one of his golf club pools. 🧵