Xander Veridaze

Writer & editor at for the curious, sceptical and free-thinking.

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@OliLondonTV On the contrary, she looks recognisable but older, not unrecognisable from plastic surgery and Botox.

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@SVG__Collection Superb!

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@robkhenderson Otherwise known as a meritocracy.

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Here’s a British Jew who bravely fought actual fascists: the kind who rape, butcher, and film their victims.

The irony is grotesque. A mob of pampered halfwits at Glastonbury chanted for his death in a ritual of moral self-congratulation. They weren’t resisting fascism. They were broadcasting it.

Has any spectacle in recent memory captured the moral confusion and intellectual bankruptcy of our age so completely?

https://t.co/jH3lwlxPWh

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One of my favourite quotes by philosopher Bertrand Russell — painfully relevant in an age where absolute certainty has become a substitute for actual wisdom.

[Ike Ijeh @ikeijeh]

Hamas Youth.

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@ikeijeh Oh, very good. Yep, as I wrote here…

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There’s something deeply unsettling about watching thousands of middle-class people chant “Death to the IDF” and “From the river to the sea” — not in Tehran, but at Glastonbury.

They weren’t angry or even particularly serious. Just drunk on the feeling of moral superiority, even as they parroted a genocidal slogan.

That’s what makes it so disturbing — the thoughtless certainty. The way complex geopolitics is reduced to a chant. Activism as a hobby for people who’ve never had to think too hard. Borrowed conviction worn as a badge of virtue.

[Xander Veridaze @Veridaze]

There’s something deeply unsettling about watching thousands of middle-class people chant “Death to the IDF” and “From the river to the sea” — not in Tehran, but at Glastonbury.

They weren’t angry or even particularly serious. Just drunk on the feeling of moral superiority, even as they parroted a genocidal slogan.

That’s what makes it so disturbing — the thoughtless certainty. The way complex geopolitics is reduced to a chant. Activism as a hobby for people who’ve never had to think too hard. Borrowed conviction worn as a badge of virtue.

[Goldie Ghamari | گلسا قمری 🇮🇷 @gghamari]

Hi Gary.

Iranian here.

Maybe, just maybe, a genocidal death cult that murders its own citizens in the name of Allah and Mohammed should not have access to nuclear weapons.

If this is what they do to Iranian women, imagine what they would do to a western infidel like you.

[Xander Veridaze @Veridaze]

The symptoms are everywhere: spiralling NHS failure, unhinged protest marches, a political class allergic to responsibility. But the deeper problem? A collapse in seriousness — cultural, moral, institutional.

This essay explores how a once-respected nation became a parody of itself.
👉 https://t.co/VrJvxDYXf4

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https://t.co/WCsvdMzpAv

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Stephen Fry accused JK Rowling of being radicalised — of turning cruel, hard, and beyond reason. But what if it's the other way around? What if Fry, like so many in the cultural elite, has mistaken empathy for conformity and abandoned the very values he once stood for? Read the article 👇

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@ikeijeh Wow, that is spectacular

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@j_amesmarriott I've just bought the book after seeing your post and researching it online. Also listening to his conversation with Sam Harris. If you’re not already familiar with the app, you might try Waking Up, which is the best introduction I know to the ideas and practice of meditation.

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@ikeijeh @NiohBerg Yes! This is very welcome news. Moral clarity and brilliant songwriting make for a great combination.

[Daniel Priestley @DanielPriestley]

Rich people are greedy?
No, they are mostly passionate.

Here’s a 78 year old man worth $20Billion who has been passionate about vacuum cleaner tech for 45 years, dropping a world class product demo of a next generation vacuum cleaner.

Look at the joy he has for the engines. Look at how engrossed he is in the dust capture technology. He knows every millimetre of that device Inside and out.

Many people think it takes money to make money. This isn’t true - 70% of lottery winners are back to being broke in 5 years and 60% of rich kids lose the wealth they inherit. It takes passion, persistence, creativity and vitality to succeed.

Entrepreneurs are constantly thinking about how to create something that will add value to the lives of others. Socialists are constantly thinking about how to extract the value that others have created and give it to government - so who’s greedy? I’ll take a world full of James Dysons over a world full of Gary Stevensons every day of the week.

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@ikeijeh Picture the WhatsApp chat that followed: narcissistic, pathologically self-righteous mediocrities high-fiving each other for being “on the right side of history”. Utterly nauseating.

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@ikeijeh A very striking observation. You are, of course, correct and prescient. It may take a generation or more for the lanyard class to catch up. Of course, by then it'll be too late.

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@historydefined They had a nice little cuddle in the middle. Quite moving.