Nicholas Cocks
@NickoCocks
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Advertising copywriter living in Singapore Inc. Opinions my own. Whose did you expect? #COYI 🇺🇦 🇮🇱
Joined May 2012
Xia Dynasty: No Taiwan Shang Dynasty: No Taiwan Zhou Dynasty: No Taiwan Qin Dynasty: No Taiwan Han Dynasty: No Taiwan Three Kingdoms: No Taiwan Jin Dynasty: No Taiwan Sui Dynasty:No Taiwan Tang Dynasty: No Taiwan Song Dynasty: No Taiwan Yuan Dynasty: No Taiwan Ming Dynasty: No
No, it absolutely does not. China has never controlled or ruled Taiwan. China’s Ambassador to India is spreading disinformation through his social media account in India.
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It’s a shame, but the Barmy Army is now twee. #barmyarmy #Ashes2025
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Dominic Sandbrook is a fan of OMD. Who knew?
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Podcast Episode · The Rest Is History · 05/01/2026 · 1h 6m
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Holy Arepas Batman!
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“Bali, Malibu, Honolulu, the Riviera, anyone? Grossly overdeveloped, perpetually overhyped, these bucket-list locations don’t even come close.” Peter Garrett on NSW beaches.
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Seven Mile is a small slice of the natural world, its healing qualities freely accessible to anyone who chooses to visit.
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after nearly four years of relentless war, ukraine continues not to target russian civilian casualties. russia continues to target ukrainian casualties day after day after day. we should not forget this.
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Bingo!
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Illuminating post from a Singaporean ex-pat. Singapore is not in a position to tolerate even a hint of radicalism. Australia may wish to follow suit.
We can talk about UAE / Singapore versus Australia and the West more broadly as model states in how they deal with Islamist extremism but let's actually look at an example that demonstrates the point. In 2002, Singaporean Zulfikar Shariff fled to Australia after getting charged
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Unfathomable heroism. Walking towards an armed person who has already shot multiple people, disarming them and then NOT shooting them is at once hugely brave and extremely restrained. The best of humanity.
It is now 12 dead. 30 wounded. And the heroic and unarmed civilian who attacked and disarmed the terrorist at the Chanukah massacre in Sydney and seized his rifle is Ahmed El Ahmad. Ahmed, 43, is a father of two and a fruit shop owner. He risked his life to save others. He
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Bondi attack confirmed by Premier Minns as terrorist attack on Jewish community on Hanukkah. Rapid confirmation suggests Australia will not stand for this.
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Russia’s ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin: "There’s no “deal” to be had with Ukraine, only an agreement on its surrender" Glad you bastards finally admit it: you never wanted peace-you wanted Ukraine, always. https://t.co/PzQHmlKlao
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Of course it will. The management consultants just provide the cover.
AI will take jobs – the wrong ones https://t.co/vlPgHwvcY1
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That’s cute.
"that may be the best form tackle I've seen in 10 years" ‼️ HOUvsKC on NBC Stream on @NFLPlus + Peacock
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We lost one of the all-time greats in documentary and street photography today. Martin Parr is an inspiration to a lot of my work. RIP Martin Parr, 1952-2025.
British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
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“Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.” – Martin Parr (1952-2025)
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Historian in me knows the Trump national security strategy document will go down as one of the great betrayals of the free world and all those responsible for it remembered in shameful ignominy.
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On this day, 31 years ago, Ukraine signed the Budapest Memorandum. Under this agreement, Ukraine relinquished the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances from the United States, the United Kingdom, and russia. Before the Memorandum was signed,
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