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Wales, United Kingdom
Joined November 2017
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On my way, Clacton.
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A few weeks ago I had a conversation with an American who genuinely believed Europe and Canada would help the United States in its war with Iran. I asked him why he thought that, given that Trump had spent months threatening to annex Canada and seize Greenland. He went quiet. Then he said he had never heard of any of that. Not that he disagreed. Not that he thought it was exaggerated. He had simply never encountered the information. It had never arrived. This is worth pausing on. Because in every other functioning democracy on earth, that information would have been impossible to avoid. Not because Europeans are smarter or more curious. But because of how news works outside the United States. The BBC and The Daily Telegraph hate each other. Le Monde and Le Figaro disagree on everything. Aftenposten and Dagbladet have been arguing since before most of their readers were born. But they all cover the same events. A threat to annex Canada is not a left-wing story or a right-wing story. It is a story. It runs everywhere. You hear it on the radio driving to work. You see it on the newsstand. Your colleague mentions it at lunch. Facts are not a channel you choose. They are the weather. You step outside and they hit you. The only media ecosystems on earth that work differently are not political opposites of each other. They are North Korea and Russia. Not because the content resembles MAGA content. But because the architecture is the same. In all three cases, outside information does not get filtered or reinterpreted. It gets blocked at the door. A completely parallel reality is built inside, maintained by repetition, and sealed from correction. This is why the rest of the world does not just disagree with MAGA voters on foreign policy. It finds them genuinely disorienting to talk to. Not offensive. Disorienting. Like speaking to someone who is absolutely certain the building has two floors when you are standing on the third. Which brings us to today’s masterclass. And this screenshot says everything. A Trump supporter posted: “Absolute masterclass by Trump. He got the Strait open without any help from Europe and without any boots on the ground.” That post was written on the same day a refinery on Lavan Island burned for hours after the ceasefire was announced. On the same day Iran’s own official statement read “this does not signify the termination of the war.” On the same day Iran kept its toll system, its uranium program, its protocol over the strait, and walked away with sanctions relief and reconstruction aid. The post is not stupid. It is not written by a bad person. It is written by someone who received a completely different set of facts than the rest of the world did. And from inside that information environment, with only that data, the conclusion is perfectly logical. That is what makes it so unsettling. It is not ignorance. It is a sealed universe, doing exactly what sealed universes do. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1
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Replying to @KurtSchlichter
Right then. Let me explain something very slowly, because it appears some basic logic has gone missing somewhere over the Atlantic. No serious nation in the history of warfare has spent fourteen months insulting its allies, threatening to annex their territory, siding with their common enemy, and then knocked on their door expecting them to come running to rescue a catastrophe of its own making. That is not how alliances work. That is not how anything works. You abused the UK. You threatened Canada. You tried to grab Greenland. You called the EU an adversary. You praised Putin, the one man every serious NATO ally has spent decades preparing to fight. You hosted Kremlin officials in the Capitol. You undermined European elections. You abandoned Ukraine. You imposed tariffs on your closest partners. You did all of this loudly, proudly, and on camera. And now you are surprised that nobody is returning your calls. Here is a question worth sitting with. Why do you think that is? Is it possible, just possible, that when you treat your allies like enemies for over a year while cuddling up to their actual enemy, those allies might update their opinion of you? Is that concept too complicated? Does that require more working memory than is currently available? You did not plan this war with your allies. You did not consult them. You did not build a coalition. You started a conflict, watched it go sideways, and then got on your knees asking for help from people you spent fourteen months calling weak, corrupt and irrelevant. NATO is not what it was. Not because Europe changed. Because Washington made crystal clear which side it is on. And it is not ours. You want European boots on the ground? Start by explaining why America is more aligned with Moscow than with Brussels. Take your time. We will wait. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1
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Since MAGA is out there once again saying their Melon-hued Messiah is making “prayer great again”, let’s talk about God and Trump, shall we? When Donald was a 5 year-old boy, he was caught throwing rocks at a baby in a crib in the neighboring yard. When he was eligible for the draft, while his peers went off to war, he sought medical deferments for an ailment he didn’t have. He left his first wife, who said he raped her, for his second wife, who he cheated on with his third wife, who he cheated on with a porn star and a Playmate, who he then paid to keep quiet, before he lied about the money he paid them. Yes, really. He bragged about grabbing women by the pussy when he wasn’t making fun of their looks, their weight, their menstrual cycles, or calling them “dogs,” he cheated people out of their money, stole from charities, mocked a disabled reporter, joked about Paul Pelosi being attacked by a man with a hammer, opined about having sex with his daughter, insulted people who stutter, said he didn’t want war-wounded amputees in his sight, golfed and tweeted while Americans died from Covid, incited horrific violence in order to install himself in an office he was voted out of, and then pardoned every single person who perpetrated the violence he himself incited. He is named in the files of a notorious sex trafficker he spent decades being best friends with, and relocated said sex trafficker’s partner in crime to a bougie Club Fed cushioned with comforts most of the survivors of her abuse will never know. Yes, really. He’s a sociopathic, narcissistic, pathologically lying, serial sexual predator, and a bigoted, hateful, vitriolic criminal conman who refers to innocent immigrants as “vermin,” while praising murderous despots at the same time. He can’t cite a single passage from the Bible when asked but will still sell them for profit, he doesn’t attend church but worships instead every Sunday at Our Lady of The Perpetual Mulligan, and he’s even had the audacity to refer to himself as the second coming of Jesus. Yes, really. God has turned him into a tomato-sauce-stained sloth-like felon with bruised hands, slurred speech and swollen ankles. God impeached him twice, made him lose reelection once and visited upon his first term in office a once-in-a-lifetime global pandemic which ravaged our country along with the rest of the world. And then God convicted him on 34 counts and found him liable of defamation, sexual abuse & business fraud. God created someone as hateful, impulsive, intolerant, needy, angry, vengeful, malevolent, selfish, sadistic, depraved, amoral, areligious, idiotic, envious, devious and evil as Donald Trump, made his first presidency the most infamous in the history of time, and then rained down upon him the hammer of justice in historic fashion all so that he could return him to the office he once tried to steal? That’s God at work, is it? He handed the highest political office on the planet to the physical embodiment of the seven deadly sins rolled into a sadistic, senile, septuagenarian who personifies everything Jesus spoke against because he is so “devout”? The truth is that slimmest plurality of Americans, comprised of the dumbest, most willfully self-sabotaging fools in this country put him back in office for a second term because they either couldn’t or wouldn’t vote for a Black woman. But that victory is what the cult will point to as the “proof” their spiteful psychopathic savior was sent “by God.” Really?!? That he was “chosen” by God himself. Well, that’s straight up bullshit. But it’s also what they have to tell themselves, because despite everything he’s done and everything he’s said, despite what they can see with their own eyes and hear with their own ears—MAGA will still believe what they need to believe. Because the truth is that this was never about God. These people don’t worship God. They worship Trump.
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Here is who Europeans would vote for in if they could vote in the US election. When Trump claims that he “had so much respect from the world as president”, what he really means is that he had so much respect from Russia and from former Soviet nations. Our allies mock him and fear him.
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‼️ Important Information About Polymarket You Need to Know This is long. Bear with me. If you find this useful, please share it. Everyone needs to understand what Polymarket is and how it is being used. Polymarket is all over your X feed, and every MAGA account is using its betting odds to predict a Donald Trump victory. It is the latest tool being used by Trump sycophants to drive a fake narrative that Trump is leading in this election. I have mostly ignored Polymarket because I don't buy into the idea that betting systems can predict political outcomes. But as a cryptocurrency trader and developer for years, I decided it was time to do some digging into exactly how Polymarket is being used as propaganda and disinformation in this election cycle. Whether you know about Polymarket or not, you are going to want to read this. What is Polymarket? Polymarket is a decentralized blockchain-based prediction market platform that allows users to bet on the outcomes of real-world events, like politics, sports, or current events, using cryptocurrency. Polymarket is Partly Funded by Peter Thiel Not only is the cryptocurrency space right-leaning to begin with, but it’s also notable that Peter Thiel, a billionaire and early supporter of Donald Trump, funds Polymarket. Whales are Skewing Presidential Betting Odds Trading markets and price movements are susceptible to the manipulation of market makers and large investors referred to as "Whales." This is a key reason why betting markets make for horrible prediction systems - markets can be, and are, moved by larger players. They do not represent public sentiment in the way you are being told. Why Does Polymarket Not Represent American Sentiment? No one is telling you this: First, Polymarket is hosted offshore, like most cryptocurrency projects - usually because they violate U.S. law. First red flag. Second, Polymarket is off-limits to Americans. Everyone read that? 🚨 Americans Are Not Legally Allowed to Use Polymarket 🚨 This is extremely common with cryptocurrency exchanges as well, as the vast majority of them are also banned in the U.S. The way Americans get around this is by installing a VPN to mask their location. But let’s be real: most Americans barely understand how to use the Internet properly! They're not installing and configuring VPNs to place bets on an offshore cryptocurrency betting site, and most have no idea how to purchase USDC crypto tokens to place bets. The reality is that fiat (or U.S. dollar) onramps into crypto are scarce and often difficult to execute. Most Americans have no idea how to convert dollars to crypto. What Does This Mean? It means the betting odds you are being flooded with on X in the U.S. Presidential election are mostly made up of non-American crypto traders! And the U.S.-based users savvy enough and willing to jump through the hoops it takes to place bets are hardcore right-wing! Polymarket is a fun cryptocurrency project for traders looking for an interesting way to trade real events. But it is a scam for predicting American sentiment in our presidential election when the betting market isn't made up of Americans. MAGA influencers on X posting about Polymarket odds in the American presidential election are gaslighting you with betting sentiment made up mostly of non-Americans.
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Travel update:- Due to Emergency road works on Cowlip service 7 will divert between 09:30 am and 3 pm please see the following link for further details cardiffbus.com/travel-update…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says if she had it her way, the MAGA republicans would have been successful on January 6 and Joe Biden wouldn't be president. Insurrectionist should NOT be serving in Congress! Raise your hand 🤚 and Repost if you agree!
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When a hashtag like #DonPoorleone appears many times in a tweet, it is an attempt to get the hashtag trending. If you use #DonPoorleone in a tweet, you will only encourage the use of hashtags like #DonPoorleone. Please do not use #DonPoorleone in a tweet. #DonPoorleone
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I’m gonna give 10 random people that repost this and follow me $25,000 for fun (the $250,000 my X video made) I’ll pick the winners in 72 hours
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Donald Trump loves to call Chris Christie a “fat pig.” He calls just about everyone he doesn’t like “not smart”, “stupid” or “dumb.” He says Joe Biden “hates God.” He calls women ugly, uses physical appearance to mock and insult, calls the news “fake” and “phony”, calls our military leaders “weak”, calls Democrats “unpatriotic”, he calls his foes “totally overrated”, and he’s called Hillary Clinton a “traitor” who is “unhinged, “unbalanced”, “unstable”, “dangerous” and “pathological”, and he also said of her: “The legacy of Hillary Clinton: death, destruction, chaos and weakness. She's weak. She's a weak person. I know her. She's a weak person." And all of it — is 100% projection. He’s not exactly svelte to put it kindly, he cheated on his SATs, can’t spell, doesn’t know history or geography, or that you shouldn’t look at an eclipse with the naked eye, he doesn’t attend church but instead every Sunday worships at Our Lady of the Perpetual Mulligan, he paints himself orange to look “tan”, wears lifts in his shoes to look “taller” and has a 15-step combover to hide the fact that he’s essentially bald, he dodged the draft five times, has been found to be an egregious business fraud who totally overrated his own worth, he’s been charged with stealing our national security information & sharing it with others, and with attempting to thwart democracy itself, he’s unhinged, unbalanced, unstable, dangerous and pathological and his legacy in particular as it pertains to his woeful mishandling of a pandemic and the violent attack he incited on our Capitol, will be death, destruction, chaos & weakness. He’s a weak person. We know him. He is a weak person. And no matter how hard he tries to drown out the voices playing on a loop in his own narcissistic, sociopathic subconscious by calling others what he knows deep down to be true about himself, it isn’t working. We see him. Believe me.
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Family of Blood Utopia Can You Hear Me Kinda You Are the Doctor Oxygen Under the Lake Rose In the Forest of the Night Smile Hide Into the Dalek School Reunion Underworld New Earth Arc of Infinity Kerblam
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Replying to @FmrRepMTG @RepMTG
Oh my Marjorie, your diversionary tactics are becoming predictable. Let me introduce you to a few things you might find educational - 18 U.S. Code § 793 and § 798. They deal with the handling and disclosure of classified information. Given your recent SCIF escapade, you might want to bookmark these sections. I also find it funny that you're so eager to "defund" investigations while you could potentially be under one. Isn't that a bit like trying to fire the referee because you don't like how the game is going? Your calls for investigations into "true criminals" might have more weight if you didn't allegedly commit a felony yourself. The irony is almost palpable. Remember, accountability isn’t just for those with whom you disagree. If anyone should be familiarizing themselves with the inner workings of an investigation, it should be you. Perhaps "how to avoid committing a federal crime while serving in Congress" should be your next tutorial? Just an FYI, pointing fingers elsewhere won’t make your potential legal woes disappear. Oh, and I hear orange pairs nicely with a Congressional pin. 🍊📚 P.S. While you're at it, maybe brush up on 18 U.S. Code § 1505 and § 1512 as well. Obstruction of proceedings and tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant are also serious offenses. Who knows when that knowledge might come in handy? #SCIFgate – at Colorado, USA
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Week 3 of no wifi. @wifinityuk fully understand I am disabled, stuck in the house, meant to be working from home, and none of my specialist equipment can work yet no one who can actually fix it is capable of contacting me? Constant broken promise of being called back. Ridiculous. – at York, England
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An ongoing incident in the Swansea area is limiting our ability to respond to non life-threatening emergencies across south Wales. Please only contact us if your emergency is life or limb-threatening. We must protect our precious resources.
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This "car", parked outside @Selfridges yesterday without blue badge, occupied by an indifferent chauffeur (who would not move even when politely asked). Truly parked like a c*nt! Feel free to share & RT. @YPLAC #disabilityrights #disabilityawareness
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Let's end the silence, stigma and taboos about periods. Find out what we’re doing to create a #PeriodProudWales

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How is my singing voice? #dogsoftwitter
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Please retweet this #BringAaronRuparBack Elon suspended him for this tweet. Elon can't stand free speech.
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As promised heres my latest giveaway. A #ThePowerOfTheDoctor bundle, to Enter Just make sure you are Following me here on Twitter then #retweet & #like the post for the chance to win this weeks #DoctorWho DVD, Figure, plus 4 -10x8 signed by me pics #Cybermaster #DrWho #whovians
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