Nostr notes by Philip C James

Morning, all, my empathy, sympathy and condolences go out to his ...

2026-10-15T06:05:28Z

Morning, all,

my empathy, sympathy and condolences go out to his family, and to William Chapman himself, who lost his struggle with mental illness in such a painful and public fashion:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ewegny45jvo

Naturally, his family asked that the traumatic footage not be reposted.

Naturally, this was a red rag to a raging bullshitter, the current holder of the august post of President Of The United States: Donald Trump.

Not only did Donald Jesus Trump repost it, he added insult to injury by posting #AIslop of him besting the tiger.

Trump is mentally ill, and his Cabinet should invoke the #25A. Obviously, Donald Tantrump would likely accuse Natalie Harp of forcing him to post the drivel:

#USpol #UKpol #Trump #EpsteinFiles
#GOP #MAGA #SlavaUkrayini
#TyrantTrump #PedoTrump #FelonTrump #RapistTrump 🧵
https://youtu.be/IOgbE1uNVU8?si=Wi8TbOuqroTCsRsX

Morning, all, what happens to pairs of gloves? I bought a pair in ...

2026-10-13T06:15:36Z

Morning, all,

what happens to pairs of gloves?

I bought a pair in summer, when I figured they'd be cheaper, and put them away in a drawer in my chest of drawers and, lo...

This weekend, I opened the drawer to take out my new gloves for the colder weather and... There. Is. Only. One. Glove.

It's a mystery.

Morning, all, "Authorities have not yet said whether they ...

2026-10-07T07:06:14Z

Morning, all,

"Authorities have not yet said whether they will try again to execute Pike."

It is curious that legal systems like America's (and ours) have rules about Double Jeopardy; prohibitions on trying someone for the same alleged crime twice, but no such rules against executing the same person multiple times for the same crime.

One of the fundamental tenets of justice and the rule of law that the Untied Kingdom enjoyed while it was a member of the European Union was a prohibition on capital punishment. We couldn't have resumed hanging prisoners and have remained in the EU.

What does it say about the relative degree of civilisation in Europe and in North America that much of the USA still executes people?

#USpol #UKpol #EUpol
#GOP #MAGA #DeathPenalty
#CapitalPunishment #Tennessee
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8kgezxn54qko

Horrific scenes from Tibet and Nepal, as a glacier collapse ...

2026-08-29T12:11:21Z

Horrific scenes from Tibet and Nepal, as a glacier collapse triggers flash-flooding of Biblical proportions...

Droughts followed by floods, world-wide; you'd think that the peeps who truly believe that wicked human actions can have terrible effects and disastrous consequences would accept the evidence that unprecedented #GlobalWarming is caused by humans burning fossil fuels and want to do something to combat it.

But no. Donald Jesus Trump, backed by evangelical Christians in America are, in their own terms, "siding with the Devil" and doing their best to bring about the collapse of civilisation.

Careful who you vote for...

#USpol #BigOil #BigGas #BigCoal
#ACC #AGW #ClimateEmergency
#Trump #GOP #MAGA #ChurchMilitant
#WhiteJesus #ChristianFarRight
https://youtu.be/LwjJK6WLqos?si=4hWr-NlKs-4PdAO1

Of course, Don Trumpeone doesn't allow a little matter like ...

2026-08-25T09:50:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…0z6c
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Of course, Don Trumpeone doesn't allow a little matter like illegality to thwart his demented ambitions, or his introduction of a fresh wave of 50% tariffs on Canadian goods.

Nor is he happy with the Quebecois wishing to continue speaking French. Donald Jesus Trump would prefer Quebec to speak American English, which was naturally the native language of White Jesus...

#USpol #Trump #GOP #MAGA
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/canada-trade-deal-trump-mark-carney-french-language

Morning, all, Anyone still awaiting $000s in a windfall check ...

2026-08-25T09:39:23Z

Morning, all,

Anyone still awaiting $000s in a windfall check from Don Trumpeone’s White House, paid for by Donald Jesus Trump’s #LiberationDay Tariffs?

If so, I’ve a P. T. Barnum ‘This Way To The Egress’ Sign I’ll happily sell you.

Tantrump’s regime has been required by court order to repay sums garnered by Tariffs the executive had no constitutional right to impose, and so far $81 Billion has been repaid.

The catch? Higher prices for imported goods will generally have been passed on by the tariff-paying importer to the retail customer; are those importers required to pass on the refunds they’re receiving to those consumers? Do they even have the data to achieve that?

One suspects the beneficiaries will not be American consumers but those who own the import firms. Once again, the Capitalist Mantra applies:

“Privatise Profits; Socialise Losses!”

#USpol #Trump #GOP #MAGA
#NoKings #TrumpCrimeFamily
#TyrantTrump #GrifterInChief
#CommanderInThief #Idiocracy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/14/trump-tariffs-us-refunds

Morning, all, for the owner of a communications company, the ...

2026-08-10T05:50:20Z

Morning, all,

for the owner of a communications company, the excuse that his superyacht's ship's company* weren't listening is possibly not the legitimate exculpation for breaching long-established social custom and the law of the sea that Mark Zuckerberg's apologists seem to think it is.

#USpol #Zuckerberg
#Meta #Facebook #Instagram
#TechBros #ObsceneWealth
#Broligarchs #Broligarchy
#CompostTheRich
* Let's face it, these super/megayachts are so big they are indeed ships not boats
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/09/zuckerberg-superyacht-boat-alaska

The Taliban legalise Slavery. ...

2026-07-09T12:42:19Z

The Taliban legalise Slavery.

https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/lynne-odonnell-the-return-of-slavery/

Morning, all, stop referring to it as President Trump's ...

2026-06-08T06:38:25Z

Morning, all,

stop referring to it as President Trump's 'Golden Ballroom.'

It's Emperor Trump's Throne Room.

The American Republic is celebrating 250 years. That's long enough, says Donald Jesus Trump; America's motto will no longer be 'E Pluribus Unum.'

It's not even the Roman Empire's 'Senatus Populusque Romanus,' (#SPQR).

It's 'Quid Pro Quo.'

#USpol #Trump #GOP #MAGA
#NoKings #EmperorTrump #TyrantTrump
#Corruption #EpsteinFiles #IranWar
https://youtu.be/iXjotDAXCag?si=G1393LwbYZlA_GZq

Good Morning, all, Blue Origin - Yellow Demise... Couldn't ...

2026-05-29T07:36:23Z

Good Morning, all,

Blue Origin - Yellow Demise...

Couldn't happen to a nicer fella - Jeff Bezos.

Seriously, do we want the Broligarchy, the Tech Bros, representing 'the best' of Humanity to the rest of the Galaxy?

#Bezos #Musk #Amazon #SpaceX
#BlueOrigin #Starship #TwitteX
#Space #SpaceExploration #NASA
#KesslerCascade
#RapidUnscheduledDisassembly
https://youtu.be/aaR6yEE-Myo?si=TV3wAJ-bJ_uWkyzM

In NotSoGoodish News, forget the Andean strain of Hanta Virus ...

2026-05-20T06:40:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…r84l
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In NotSoGoodish News, forget the Andean strain of Hanta Virus vectored on that Dutch cruise ship, which is unlikely to trigger the next pandemic; far more worrying is the latest Ebola outbreak in the #DRC

Imagine if an infected person took a flight to America, with its emasculated CDC, the anti-science attitude of its regime, Republican resistance to public health measures, &c, &c.

#UKpol #EUpol #USpol
#CDC #RFKjr #Trump #GOP #MAGA
#BBCWorldService #BBCNews
🧵
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz72p75zg4qo

Good(ish) Morning, all, my joy at reading that Leon Musk has lost ...

2026-05-20T06:25:23Z

Good(ish) Morning, all,

my joy at reading that Leon Musk has lost a high-profile court case is alloyed only by its implication that Sam Altman won...

#USpol #TechBros #Broligarchy
#Musk #ElonMusk #Altman
#TwitteX #Tesla #Grok #OpenAI
#AI #Greed #Profi #Capitalism
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewpyv79pw1o?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb

"Donald Trump was also briefed on the shooting. “It’s a ...

2026-05-19T08:37:25Z

"Donald Trump was also briefed on the shooting. “It’s a terrible situation,” Trump said."

Who made you President of Stating The Blindingly Obvious, Donald?

#GunControl #HateCrime
#USpol #2A #NRA
#Islamophobia #ChristianNationalism
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/active-shooter-report-san-diego-islamic-center

Morning, all, it’s good that #HMG has chartered aircraft to ...

2026-03-19T07:53:09Z

Morning, all,

it’s good that #HMG has chartered aircraft to help British “ex-pats”* escape the active war-zone now engulfing the Gulf states. That stands in stark contrast to Desperate Don’s regime, which has sloped shoulders, telling U.S. citizens to find their own way home.

#USpol #UKpol #Starmer
#Trump #GOP #MAGA 🧵

* Britons living abroad are always ex-pats. Never immigrants.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4wwd2jlypo

Yet another of the #Nastiz (formerly the Conservative & ...

2026-01-14T12:03:20Z

Yet another of the #Nastiz (formerly the Conservative & Unionist Party) defects to #ReformUK.

After 14 years of misrule by the #Tories, the British voters finally said 'Enough is enough' in 2024 and resoundingly threw the whole bunch of chancers out of power and out of Parliament.

Why does Nadhim Zahawi think he is any more acceptable to the British public as a Reform Party UK Ltd candidate than as a Tory MP?

#Farage #FascistFarage #TrumpLite
#PrivateEye #UKpol
https://youtu.be/V59br2CBgJ0?si=YYvLrDJnW7CPEfqq

Morning, all, From an edition of the Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The ...

2025-12-18T07:19:11Z

Morning, all,

From an edition of the Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy that fell through a wormhole from a thousand years in the future:

Homo Sapiens Sapiens: an allegedly intelligent species of hominids indigenous to the Planet Earth that drove itself to extinction “because it made sound economic sense.”

#Trump #EPA #GOP #MAGA #USpol
#FossilFools #ACC #AGW #ClimateEmergency
#H2G2 #ArkB #DouglasAdams #RIP
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/12/10/we-look-ridiculous-us-government-website-removes-fossil-fuels-as-cause-of-global-warming

As it's America, you had me worried at "After a few ...

2025-10-07T11:39:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…c6mx
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As it's America, you had me worried at "After a few shots...", Emil Jacobs - Collectifission (npub1pnw…qhcz)

Reminds me of the reworking of the old Soviet-era joke about the Czechoslovak Secret Police:

"Why do #ICE Agents go around in threes?

Because one can read, the second can write, and the third agent is there to keep an eye on the two dangerous intellectuals."

#Trump #SecretPolice
#USpol #Noem #Miller

Note to Editors: By executive order of President Donald J Trump, ...

2025-09-18T15:03:47Z

Note to Editors: By executive order of President Donald J Trump, the Federal Communications Commission is hereby renamed the Federal Censorship Commission.

#USpol #FCC #KimmelLive?
https://newsthump.com/2025/09/18/free-speech-enthusiasts-coming-to-jimmy-kimmels-defence-any-second-now/

Don't worry, folks... As Two Dolls Donny didn't actually ...

2025-05-04T14:39:14Z

Don't worry, folks...

As Two Dolls Donny didn't actually lay his hand on the Bible when swearing the Presidential Oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution on 20th January (he had his left hand behind his back, with his fingers crossed) that oath doesn't count and he's free to become the Dictator he promised he'd be.

#USC #POTUS45 #POTUS404
#Trump #Krasnov #AgentOrange
#PutinsPoodle
#DonTheCon
#PuttingTheConInConstitution
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-asked-uphold-constitution-says-dont-know-rcna204580

Also, in 'clarifying' his dog-whistling about his #GOP ...

2024-11-04T09:23:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…mt88
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Also, in 'clarifying' his dog-whistling about his #GOP critic Liz Cheney facing a firing-squad, Donald Trump doubled-down, calling her 'a war-hawk who, if she were ever put in the line of battle would be the first to chicken-out.'

Fine words coming from Don The Con, who five times avoided being sent to fight in Vietnam by persuading a doctor that he had disqualifying 'bone spurs.'

Trump does so much projection, he could always find work as a prison cinema projectionist.

#MAGA #VoteBlue

Good Morning, all Inspired... ...

2024-11-04T08:48:45Z

Good Morning, all

Inspired...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Funs6yyEw

And for balance, here's the background to the gag about Trump wanking Mike Stand (a joke familiar to those who remember BBC's Radio Active 😆 ).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Pn-_3sB-s

As to Don The Con's new slogan, 'TRUMP WILL FIX IT', I guess he never flew on Jimmy Savile's private jet?

#PE2024 #GOP #MAGA #VoteBlue