Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma

Routinely blocked by Americans who don't understand my posts and are unable to recognise sarcasm and the deliberately absurd.

I am not normal.

"The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one's mind, is the condition of the normal man."

- RD Laing

Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahomaphotoncollector
2025-06-02

BBC News - Ukraine's audacious drone attack sends critical message to Russia - and the West
bbc.com/news/articles/c0r1jv0r

Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahomaphotoncollector
2025-06-01

He ended the war on day one.
Did he?
Or didn't he?

Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahomaphotoncollector
2025-06-01
Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahomaphotoncollector
2025-06-01
Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahomaphotoncollector
2025-06-01

His only real friend.

Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahomaphotoncollector
2025-06-01
At the height of their fame, my wife said to me, "If you don't stop listening to the Smiths all the time I'll have to leave you." " With a heavy heart, In replied, "Goodbye, my love." "
You'll either get this, or you won't...
Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahomaphotoncollector
2025-06-01

The Last Refuge of the Scoundrels.

The saying "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel", often paraphrased as "Nationalism is the last refuge of the scoundrel", was originally coined by Samuel Johnson in 1775.

Johnson was not criticising sincere love of one’s country. Rather, he was condemning false or opportunistic patriotism—when unscrupulous individuals invoke national pride to deflect criticism, justify questionable actions, or manipulate public sentiment for personal or political gain.
Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahomaphotoncollector
2025-06-01

Mussolini:

"Tutto nello Stato, niente al di fuori dello Stato, nulla contro lo Stato."

"Everything in the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state."

Hitler:

""Deutschland über alles."

"Germany above everything."

Trump:

"America First."

"Meaning as per Mussolini and Hitler."

Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahomaphotoncollector
2025-06-01

Close the mountain.

Keep the vandals away ✋️

phys.org/news/2025-05-renowned

Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma boosted:
2025-06-01

@photoncollector having made several decent voluntary contributions over several years to the guardian they can forget sending me unwanted advertising.

Bad enough that they adopt an anti-Scotland posture, but demanding I accept unwanted advertising is beyond the pale.

Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma boosted:
2025-06-01

#Russia Ministry of Defense called today’s attack on its military air bases a “terrorist act” 😂

Make no mistake, in Russian language there’s apparently a clear distinction:

  • during a war you hit your victim’s hospitals or towns - that’s “surgical hits” conducted as part of “denazification”, even if it has so far killed 13’000 civilians in Ukraine
  • when the victim of your aggression hits you back on your air bases killing zero civilians - that’s “terrorist act”

What miserable dickheads they are, after all…

Russian MoD statement in Russian
Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma boosted:
Aure Free Press :verified:Free_Press@mstdn.social
2025-06-01

Russia’s strategic bomber fleet burns!

Drones were lunched from trucks near 4 airfields deep inside Russia.

More than 40 planes destroyed at:
- Olenya Air Base in Murmansk
- Belaya Air Base in Irkutsk
- Ivanovo Air Base in Ivanovo
- Dyagilevo Air Base Ryazan

Some of the targets are THOUSANDS of kilometers from Ukraine!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews

Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma boosted:
2025-06-01

NEWSFLASH: At least 41 Russian aircraft are burning after a covert Ukrainian #drone strike deep inside #Russia.

The attack, planned over 18 months by Ukraine's Security Service, hit four airfields and targeted Russia’s strategic aviation used to bomb Ukrainian cities.

counteroffensive.news/p/newsfl

Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma boosted:
2025-06-01

Symbolically, on this day 29 years ago — 1 June 1996 — Ukraine handed over its last nuclear weapon to russia under the Budapest Memorandum. In return, russia pledged to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and borders. Russia got the nukes. Ukraine got “security guarantees." Remember?

Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma boosted:
Electronic Frontier Foundationeff
2025-06-01

A Texas sheriff used 83,000+ license plate reader cameras to track a woman “suspected of having an abortion.” The reason listed in the record: “had an abortion, search for female.” eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/she-

Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma boosted:
George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽georgetakei@universeodon.com
2025-06-01

The Confederate flag is a symbol of white supremacy and support for slavery. Full stop.

A tweet from Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump
) posted 16 hours ago reads: "Trump just nominated this guy to run the United States Office of Special Counsel. Only the best people." It includes a tweet from Paul Ingrassia (@PaulIngrassia
) on April 28, 2023, at 12:00 PM with 614 views, stating: "In a proper country, any public building now flying the Ukraine flag would be forced to replace it with the confederate battle flag or face serious fines. Also the confederate flag is not 'hate speech' and anyone who claims otherwise is a braindead lemming who knows zilch about American history." Below the tweet, an image of the Confederate battle flag with a blue cross, white stars, and red background is shown.
Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma boosted:
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦grrlscientist
2025-06-01

evangenitals (evan-gen-i-talz): fundamentalist christians who are constantly interested in what’s in someone else’s pants.

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