Nicholas Webb
@parallaxnick.bsky.social
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https://www.youtube.com/@parallaxnick637
https://www.youtube.com/@parallaxnick637
Any of my fellow US/UK dual nationals, or UK residents who are thinking of visiting their friends and family in the US, I plead, don't. If you value your life.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Lucy Harrison’s father was holding the gun that killed her but was never arrested. Now her mother wants Andy Burnham to take up the case
Eighteen months after her daughter’s death in Texas, Jane Coates hopes new PM can persuade US authorities to reopen case
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Any of my fellow US/UK dual nationals, or UK residents who are thinking of visiting their friends and family in the US, I plead, don't. If you value your life.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
April 2, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Sometimes it is an excursion. Sometimes it is a war. Sometimes it is both at once. You must try harder; it is not easy to become sane.
March 13, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Sometimes it is an excursion. Sometimes it is a war. Sometimes it is both at once. You must try harder; it is not easy to become sane.
When George W Bush invaded Iraq in 2003, it was 42 days before he declared Mission Accomplished. Anyone want to start a countdown?
February 28, 2026 at 10:14 PM
When George W Bush invaded Iraq in 2003, it was 42 days before he declared Mission Accomplished. Anyone want to start a countdown?
I killed a pillbug. I was trying not to, but I killed it anyway. Kinda how it feels to be human right now.
February 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I killed a pillbug. I was trying not to, but I killed it anyway. Kinda how it feels to be human right now.
Reposted by Nicholas Webb
We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy!
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy!
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
People calling for a Burqa ban don't know what a burqa is.
January 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM
People calling for a Burqa ban don't know what a burqa is.
One in five Americans supports Trump annexing Greenland.
One in eight supports him annexing Canada.
If you are American, and you encounter more than eight people in your day, one of them supports the military overthrow of the Canadian government.
One in eight supports him annexing Canada.
If you are American, and you encounter more than eight people in your day, one of them supports the military overthrow of the Canadian government.
January 8, 2026 at 1:26 PM
One in five Americans supports Trump annexing Greenland.
One in eight supports him annexing Canada.
If you are American, and you encounter more than eight people in your day, one of them supports the military overthrow of the Canadian government.
One in eight supports him annexing Canada.
If you are American, and you encounter more than eight people in your day, one of them supports the military overthrow of the Canadian government.
Not since the days of nuclear brinkmanship in the 80s have I been more terrified by the words of a UK prime minister. If international law does not apply to Venezuela, what happens when it no longer applies to us?
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
UK's Starmer says it is for the US to justify actions in Venezuela
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday it was up to the United States to justify its actions in Venezuela after capturing President Nicolas Maduro, describing the situation as "not straigh...
www.reuters.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Not since the days of nuclear brinkmanship in the 80s have I been more terrified by the words of a UK prime minister. If international law does not apply to Venezuela, what happens when it no longer applies to us?
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Part one of my video biography of nuclear fission discoverer Lise Meitner:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjCU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjCU...
Lise Meitner: The Woman Who Found Fission. Part one: Ignition.
YouTube video by ParallaxNick
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August 2, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Part one of my video biography of nuclear fission discoverer Lise Meitner:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjCU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjCU...
So far I have found one picture of Niels Bohr smiling, and it turned out to be a picture of Werner Heisenberg.
July 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
So far I have found one picture of Niels Bohr smiling, and it turned out to be a picture of Werner Heisenberg.
