Cab Davidson
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Mad inventor. Rides bikes a lot. Plays D&D. Forager.
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Council of Geeks
about 7 hours ago
Iâve said it before and Iâll say it again: political norms wonât protect you, the law wonât protect you, the constitution wonât protect you. None of it matters when those in power decide they just donât care.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasnât stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/courts-have-ruled-4400-times-that-ice-jailed-people-illegally-it-hasnt-stopped-2026-02-14/
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Shaun Lintern
about 10 hours ago
đ¨ EXCLUSIVE: Health officials are racing to contain a growing measles outbreak in London, which has struck down dozens of young children and affected 7 schools and a nursery. UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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London measles outbreak: more than 60 children infected
Cases are spreading between children in Enfield as the virus exploits low MMR vaccination rates, medical experts say
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/measles-outbreak-london-vaccination-9b78p2kb2
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Dave Edwards
about 7 hours ago
#SundayPix
#SundayPixRed
Danger Mouseâs headquarters near Baker Street.
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KINDAFREE | IRI
2 days ago
Catching up on podcast episodes and my sleeper agent trigger has been activated with the mention of Lodoss War. So here's how that happened and the effect of it. In 1985, Shinwa Corporation began translating the BECMI books into Japanese and publishing them, complete with new art. 1/Xđ§ľ
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Russ Jones
about 9 hours ago
The main argument against rejoining the EU is that it would "embolden Farage". Bullshit. It would expose Farage. It would force him to oppose the majority of voters, remind them that his last "Great Crusader" left us poor and powerless, and force him to admit he wants us to remain that way.
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Best for Britain
about 11 hours ago
Tory defections to Reform UK rose by 462% in 2025 compared to 2024. Vote for Reform UK and get the worst of the Tories.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/minister-calls-reform-retirement-home-for-failed-tories_uk_698f1b34e4b0e13a41757b0c?ncid=NEWSSTAND0001
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Minister Tears Into Reform For Being 'Retirement Home For Failed Tories'
Luke Pollard took aim at ex-Tory minister Nadine Dorries on BBC Question Time.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/minister-calls-reform-retirement-home-for-failed-tories_uk_698f1b34e4b0e13a41757b0c?ncid=NEWSSTAND0001
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James OâBrien
about 17 hours ago
It doesnât really matter *why* Trumpâs desire to destabilise & divide Europe precisely mirrors Vladimir Putinâs - whether kompromat, self-interest, naked bigotry or something else l. What matters is that Europe treats both regimes like the enemies of progress & democracy they so clearly are.
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I feel that 6 nations results are far too much determined by red and yellow cards these days. Maintaining discipline matters but this isn't doing the sport any good at all. Referees are not making rugby union better right now.
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Ammonyte
about 11 hours ago
You honestly can't make this shit up
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Senior Reform UK figures attend launch of How to Launder Money book
Co-author George Cottrell is close aide to party leader Nigel Farage and served several months in US prison
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/14/reform-uk-figures-attend-book-launch-how-to-launder-money
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Sir Michael Take CBE
about 19 hours ago
âYou, Boy! Follow that Nadhim Zahawi chap and scare the shit out of him!â
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Toby Buckle
3 days ago
i appreciate labour taking a stronger line on racism but it's a little incongruous when they're separating families, smearing asylum seekers as "illegal", & making the lives of legal residents harder to appease that same bigotry
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Paul Bernal
about 18 hours ago
The proscription of Palestine Action failed on all counts: - Raised support/sympathy for PA - Made convictions of PA activists less likely - Made the Home Office look like cowards, bullies & idiots - Will end up having cost a ton. Just using the criminal law would have been far more effective.
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Brent Toderian
1 day ago
STUDY: âResults show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter.â Follow great scientists here like
@michaelemann.bsky.social
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
@katharinehayhoe.com
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
https://academic.oup.com/icb/article-abstract/65/3/538/8196180
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By the late 80s you'd find nigh on all old people were on waiting lists for some treatment or other. All of them, and these were pre war folk remember. And after a decade of Thatcher that was normal. This is what Tories do to Britain. Every.
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2 Wheeled Wolf
1 day ago
Talk about a big pile of stinky car brained BULLSHIT!!!!
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Electoral Reform Society
about 20 hours ago
Over 50 academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an "unprecedented" scale at the next general election.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics
Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/academics-warn-voting-system-not-fit-multi-party-politics
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Graham Simpson
about 21 hours ago
Starmer says âWe are not the Britain of the Brexit years any more. Because we know that, in dangerous times, we would not take control by turning inward - we would surrender itâ - All true, but real progress wonât be made until the Government abandons their ridiculous red lines! Brexit must go!
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Natalka
1 day ago
Here we go AGAIN! 𤏠â¨Russia wants to make a deal⌠Capitulation is neither a deal nor a great opportunity.
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Jaw dropping. I don't even know how to process this.
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Michael Hobbes
2 days ago
Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them! The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
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Roland Smith
1 day ago
Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.
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Children are a drain on national resources for at least the first 18 years of life. The most patriotic way to replenish our population is to support immigration.
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Codfather #FBPE đŤđˇđŞđş
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I Am Incorrigible
2 days ago
Why does the BBC continue to allow the openly transphobic Justin Webb to continue to report on trans issues? "BBC upholds complaint against Today presenter Justin Webb for saying trans women are males The executive complaints unit ruling has been discussed with Webb and the Today team"
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Jonathan Portes
2 days ago
Farage's claims here are straightforward lies (and it's about time the media/press said so) The correct figures are 160K (0.3%) and 900K (1.5%)
www.gbnews.com/news/video-n...
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Labour are in free fall. If your prime concern is stopping reform, I'm by-elections right now, vote green or libdem, depending on who has the best shot. Labour are not a tactical vote.
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Swaledale Mutton Co.
2 days ago
DEFRA has put together a list of the major livestock diseases in the UK, along with guidance for farmers. Worth bookmarking:
defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/livestock-di...
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Livestock disease guidance
The table below lists the main livestock diseases affecting farms in England, with links to guidance on GOV.UK. It's worth bookmarking the disease prevention for livestock keepers page on GOV.UK too. ...
https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/livestock-disease-guidance/
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Smoking and vaping bill just being discussed on the news. Doesn't go anywhere near far enough - the evidence is unequivocally clear that forced smoking outdoors is a significant health hazard. We absolutely should ban smoking in outdoor pub gardens and restaurants.
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Drop an alien that's not from Star Wars or Star Trek
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Prem Sikka
2 days ago
Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health. A pay-off for fossil fuel bosses who funded Trump's election campaign. Science and common sense plays no part in Trump policies- just money. US auto makers will produce cars that other countries won't buy.
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Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health
The White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0zdd7yl4vo
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Morgan J Freeman
2 days ago
GREAT: Rejecting science, Trump reverses conclusion that climate change is harming Americans
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Rejecting science, Trump reverses conclusion that climate change is harming Americans
The 2009 endangerment finding affirms that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases pose a threat to human health and welfare. Its repeal marks one of the most significant deregulatory actions in U.S...
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-02-12/rejecting-science-trump-reverses-conclusion-that-climate-change-is-harming-americans
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Peter Walker
3 days ago
There is, one study estimated, 5.5 square miles of London used for on-street car parking. Rather than whinge about the massive popularity of a sustainable, healthy form of transport, boroughs could instead just do more to accommodate it.
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Not an apology. Also not a retraction of the entirely wrong statement he made. His numbers were wrong, his language choices offensive and basically racist. Saying Britain is being colonised is racist. Simple as.
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Jim Ratcliffe sorry his âchoice of language offended some peopleâ after saying UK colonised by immigrants â politics live
Manchester United owner responds to criticism by saying: âIt is critical that we maintain an open debate on the challenges facing the UKâ
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/feb/12/uk-politics-latest-news-updates-labour-jim-ratcliffe-keir-starmer?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-698dc1fb8f08e10ef9391119#block-698dc1fb8f08e10ef9391119
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Paul Bernal
3 days ago
The British public doesnât âfoot the billâ for immigration. The opposite. Immigrants foot the bill for Brits.
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Real Gaz on a proper bike:
[email protected]
3 days ago
This is a unremittingly grim tale. Frankly it should have been an attempted murder charge. Not even 4 years for almost killing someone in a rage using a vehicle. The Pogo stick was ordered to be destroyed. Why not the car too which was the actual weapon?
www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby...
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'Noisy' e-bike rider chased by angry man with pogo stick who then mowed him down
Grimsby Crown Court was told the rider's injuries were so bad 'it took three teams at hospital to put him back together'
https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/noisy-e-bike-rider-chased-10805199
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Matthew Holehouse
3 days ago
Notable how little UK Govt, and specifically the health secretary, have to say about this. No sense that they can shape public behaviour. Very passive.
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Don't do the Geordie accent
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Hackney Cyclist
3 days ago
Victoria Embankment this morning. Why should hard working cyclists taxes go on these wide car lanes when motorists don't bother using them?
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Peter Geoghegan
4 days ago
đ´ Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms New on D4S:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
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Revealed: Corporate donations to British politics have tripled
Influential Labour committee chairs call on government to clean up politics as our new analysis finds record ÂŁ42 million in company donations ahead of last election
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-corporate-donations-to-british
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Omar Khan
3 days ago
Thanks to all the charlatans, quacks and fools who've allowed measles to reach my child's secondary school in London
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Ron Reid
3 days ago
Wind your neck in Jim, the immigrants you're complaining about make a net positive contribution to UK revenue. They do so by paying pay more tax than you do.
www.ft.com/content/8e28...
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Keir Starmer calls on Jim Ratcliffe to apologise after claiming UK âcolonised by immigrantsâ
Ineos founder says prime minister needs to get the country âback on trackâ
https://www.ft.com/content/8e28b679-f585-49f6-b010-97dc52b61311
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What's been such a revelation in the Epstein releases is that so many creepy and unpleasant conspiracies are happening. For real. Yet the conspiracy theorists have, all along, been substantially wrong about everything. They've been guided into exactly the wrong things.
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Look it's this simple. Labour are wrong on this. Tories are wrong on this. Reform are wrong on everything. LibDems almost get it. But the greens are bang on correct here.
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Peter Geoghegan
3 days ago
Rarely mentioned but about much of Ratcliffeâs business âsuccessâ is based on draining public money (very common among these âself made tycoonsâ) Eg
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ineos-set-...
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Peter Stefanovic
3 days ago
âAre you firmly in favour of rejoining the European Union?" - Robert Peston âFirmly very much in favour. Brexit has been a disaster under any criteria, under any measure" - Zack Polanski
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What's missing is "and we will be reviewing government contracts with Ineos, we do not work with or appease racism" At best we get crap half measures against racists from this government.
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Time for England to call in that debt. Stop it America, we forbid you from using our language until you get rid of Trump. Until then, I dunno, y'all got German or something.
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Paul Bernal
4 days ago
I know Iâve been getting some attacks on this, but thereâs nothing progressive about strict immigration controls. Yes, some on the left have pushed for them over the years - hence Lexit - but that wasnât progressive. âWorkers of the world uniteâ isnât âworkers of England uniteâ.
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I saw a clipped up Piers Morgan thing with some incredibly posh woman defending Andy Windsor, she was so ghastly even Morgan put her in her place. I suspect she's a regular conspiracy theory bobble head. Insisted on being addressed as Lady something. Anyone able to remind me of her name?
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Manchester United would be pretty fucking shit without immigrants.
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