Chris Kendall
@ottocr.at
Anglo-Schwäbisch eurocrat | maker of EU foreign policy & spätzle | guerrilla knitter | cross-Channel commuter | was once @ottocrat | personal capacity | Butlerian Jihad when?
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Chris Kendall
@ottocr.at
· Nov 18
In case any recent arrivals are wondering what happened to my long-standing Twitter avatar, here’s why I changed it.
Imagine a day when people in the UK can talk about the EU without even mentioning immigration.
Today is not that day.
Today is not that day.
Office Worker's Computer Smash Rage
ALT: Office Worker's Computer Smash Rage
static.klipy.com
October 12, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Imagine a day when people in the UK can talk about the EU without even mentioning immigration.
Today is not that day.
Today is not that day.
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Me and @ottocr.at rn.
Statler and Waldorf Criticize the Show
ALT: Statler and Waldorf Criticize the Show
static.klipy.com
October 12, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Me and @ottocr.at rn.
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A small group of MPs, MEPs, and journalists tried so hard to get the police to investigate this *before* we left the EU
Serious failure by the government, the security services, and the police allowed Brexit to go ahead and Putin to rub his hands with glee
mollymep.org.uk/2018/06/22/l...
Serious failure by the government, the security services, and the police allowed Brexit to go ahead and Putin to rub his hands with glee
mollymep.org.uk/2018/06/22/l...
mollymep.org.uk
October 12, 2026 at 7:35 AM
A small group of MPs, MEPs, and journalists tried so hard to get the police to investigate this *before* we left the EU
Serious failure by the government, the security services, and the police allowed Brexit to go ahead and Putin to rub his hands with glee
mollymep.org.uk/2018/06/22/l...
Serious failure by the government, the security services, and the police allowed Brexit to go ahead and Putin to rub his hands with glee
mollymep.org.uk/2018/06/22/l...
I feel I don’t say it enough: this is truly a fantastic, welcome, long overdue change in tone, and more than just a change in tone. Yes yes it’s still [waves hands expressively] but my God it has been a long 15 years so let’s be thankful we’re finally heading in the right direction on this.
October 12, 2026 at 7:02 AM
I feel I don’t say it enough: this is truly a fantastic, welcome, long overdue change in tone, and more than just a change in tone. Yes yes it’s still [waves hands expressively] but my God it has been a long 15 years so let’s be thankful we’re finally heading in the right direction on this.
Robert Runcie and Rowan Williams rewiring a house together is an image I needed this Monday morn
My parents' house was rewired by 2 Anglican archbishops, & it may only have been the grace of god that kept it from burning down, according to the real electrician who worked on it next. It had been a *long* time since their graces had worked on building sites to pay their way through seminary.
October 12, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Robert Runcie and Rowan Williams rewiring a house together is an image I needed this Monday morn
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Why did five prime ministers leave voters in the dark about Russian interference?
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Keir Starmer
Shame on all of them.
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Keir Starmer
Shame on all of them.
October 11, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Why did five prime ministers leave voters in the dark about Russian interference?
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Keir Starmer
Shame on all of them.
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Keir Starmer
Shame on all of them.
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I have been excited in the past.
I’m familiar with the sensation… but how to explain the buzz im feeling after a 25 year journey to get it made, to finally… FINALLY bring ROGUE TROOPER HOME!
Hard to express really.
See you at the premiere at the LFF tomorrow night, LONDON!
❤️🇬🇧❤️
I’m familiar with the sensation… but how to explain the buzz im feeling after a 25 year journey to get it made, to finally… FINALLY bring ROGUE TROOPER HOME!
Hard to express really.
See you at the premiere at the LFF tomorrow night, LONDON!
❤️🇬🇧❤️
October 8, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I have been excited in the past.
I’m familiar with the sensation… but how to explain the buzz im feeling after a 25 year journey to get it made, to finally… FINALLY bring ROGUE TROOPER HOME!
Hard to express really.
See you at the premiere at the LFF tomorrow night, LONDON!
❤️🇬🇧❤️
I’m familiar with the sensation… but how to explain the buzz im feeling after a 25 year journey to get it made, to finally… FINALLY bring ROGUE TROOPER HOME!
Hard to express really.
See you at the premiere at the LFF tomorrow night, LONDON!
❤️🇬🇧❤️
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Do we really need a Big Read to tell us the answer?
October 8, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Do we really need a Big Read to tell us the answer?
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Congratulations to Sagal. I wish her the very best in representing this amazing place.
I'm proud of the campaign we fought. To go from 10% to 33% of the vote share during the PM's 'bounce' is good - but our ambitions are far higher.
I'm proud of the campaign we fought. To go from 10% to 33% of the vote share during the PM's 'bounce' is good - but our ambitions are far higher.
October 9, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Congratulations to Sagal. I wish her the very best in representing this amazing place.
I'm proud of the campaign we fought. To go from 10% to 33% of the vote share during the PM's 'bounce' is good - but our ambitions are far higher.
I'm proud of the campaign we fought. To go from 10% to 33% of the vote share during the PM's 'bounce' is good - but our ambitions are far higher.
THIS
October 9, 2026 at 4:49 AM
THIS
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Love all the people splaining how the Eurostar works to me as if I don’t know having used it weekly for the best part of 32 years.
October 8, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Love all the people splaining how the Eurostar works to me as if I don’t know having used it weekly for the best part of 32 years.
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americans on bluesky: britains invaded the world for spices and don't use any lol lmao
americans on social media when nobody else is looking: i do not own any salt or pepper
americans on social media when nobody else is looking: i do not own any salt or pepper
October 8, 2026 at 9:51 AM
americans on bluesky: britains invaded the world for spices and don't use any lol lmao
americans on social media when nobody else is looking: i do not own any salt or pepper
americans on social media when nobody else is looking: i do not own any salt or pepper
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Rescuers worked at the site of the Russian strike in Pryluky all night and day. Russia killed 22 people here for Putin's birthday, 5 of them were children.
They celebrate like this, crashing apartment buildings onto sleeping residents.
search and rescue operation continues.
They celebrate like this, crashing apartment buildings onto sleeping residents.
search and rescue operation continues.
October 8, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Rescuers worked at the site of the Russian strike in Pryluky all night and day. Russia killed 22 people here for Putin's birthday, 5 of them were children.
They celebrate like this, crashing apartment buildings onto sleeping residents.
search and rescue operation continues.
They celebrate like this, crashing apartment buildings onto sleeping residents.
search and rescue operation continues.
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My mother -- otherwise very polite and cultured, a Green-voting Christian -- never called the man Schröder.
She always said "Schröder that political whore".
I was puzzled back then, he was the centre-left, modern, reformist hero of the late 1990s. I was 18.
Mothers. Always right.
She always said "Schröder that political whore".
I was puzzled back then, he was the centre-left, modern, reformist hero of the late 1990s. I was 18.
Mothers. Always right.
Today, a Russian strike on Pryluky 🇺🇦 killed at least 19 people, incl. 5 children.
Same day, in Moscow, ex-🇩🇪 Chancellor Gerhard Schröder told staff of the Russian hypermarket chain whose board he just joined: "I'm very happy to be here... and to meet you, my wonderful colleagues."
Moral bankruptcy
Same day, in Moscow, ex-🇩🇪 Chancellor Gerhard Schröder told staff of the Russian hypermarket chain whose board he just joined: "I'm very happy to be here... and to meet you, my wonderful colleagues."
Moral bankruptcy
October 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM
My mother -- otherwise very polite and cultured, a Green-voting Christian -- never called the man Schröder.
She always said "Schröder that political whore".
I was puzzled back then, he was the centre-left, modern, reformist hero of the late 1990s. I was 18.
Mothers. Always right.
She always said "Schröder that political whore".
I was puzzled back then, he was the centre-left, modern, reformist hero of the late 1990s. I was 18.
Mothers. Always right.
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sir please consider the economics of rice baggies sir
October 8, 2026 at 4:58 AM
sir please consider the economics of rice baggies sir
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Hats off to the Eye (as ever), for flagging the Conservative hypocrisy over our conference ban
October 7, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Hats off to the Eye (as ever), for flagging the Conservative hypocrisy over our conference ban
Bros gonna bro
October 8, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Bros gonna bro
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the tech industry is about to invent books
October 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
the tech industry is about to invent books
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Being pro-the UK joining the EU and being pro-EU are not the same thing.
The challenge for UK leaders is to turn the former shallow preference of the population into the latter deeper sentiment & belief.
Then the UK can convince the rest of Europe that it would be a force for the good of the EU.
The challenge for UK leaders is to turn the former shallow preference of the population into the latter deeper sentiment & belief.
Then the UK can convince the rest of Europe that it would be a force for the good of the EU.
October 7, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Being pro-the UK joining the EU and being pro-EU are not the same thing.
The challenge for UK leaders is to turn the former shallow preference of the population into the latter deeper sentiment & belief.
Then the UK can convince the rest of Europe that it would be a force for the good of the EU.
The challenge for UK leaders is to turn the former shallow preference of the population into the latter deeper sentiment & belief.
Then the UK can convince the rest of Europe that it would be a force for the good of the EU.
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Pleased to report that my page is a) basic b) largely impersonal and c) wrong. Still creepy as shit, though.
Launched in May, “the page uses data from customers’ activity to generate details about them in categories like Product Preferences, Interests & Hobbies, and Home & Family, which Amazon then uses to personalize users’ product experiences.”
'Has flat buttocks,' 'cusses when scared': Amazon keeps shockingly specific customer profiles. Here's how to find yours
Amazon's new 'About you' page lists many assumptions about shoppers—like their favorite brands, their hobbies, and the shape of their bodies.
www.fastcompany.com
October 6, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Pleased to report that my page is a) basic b) largely impersonal and c) wrong. Still creepy as shit, though.