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DanC

@danc.bsky.social
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Ex-English teacher, writer & editor, anti-fascist, linguist, LUFC-enjoyer & 6Music dad. EngLangBlog: tinyurl.com/5n8kmxwy Lexis podcast: tinyurl.com/mr4atnkh Pronouns: He/him Proper nouns: Eldritch, Marx, Bielsa

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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 2h
Although DCL would have to get injured on the bench, I suppose.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 2h
Still time for Bijol, Elvedi and DCL to get crippled too.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 2h
Bahoya injured his ankle, I think.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 5h
Was pleased to hear you mention Anthony Cartwright's Heartland - a great book.
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DK Renton @davidkr.bsky.social · 9h
A podcast for Red Flare (@redflareinfo.bsky.social) in which we chatted about culture - why the right has been winning online - compared to the 1930s when the left won in books or the 70s when we won in music open.spotify.com/episode/1hLu...
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RF 1 The Anti-Fascist Novel w/ Dave Renton
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Tristan Lee @tristanl.ee · 05/10/2026
Reminder that Vice President JD Vance has said that he considers Curtis Yarvin a friend
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 15h
This is grim but unsurprising reading. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols
Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
90 years ago, on the 4th of October 1936, antifascist counter protesters stopped a British Union of Fascists march through London’s East End. The Metropolitan Police tried to clear the way for the fascists resulting in violent clashes known as the Battle of Cable Street. #otd #history 🗃️
The mounted police conduct a charge against the dense crowd to clear the way to Cable Street.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
10% psycho 100% loser 😂
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We signed it early on. Such a stupid decision to axe it.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wheel of Time
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Alison Gopnik @alisongopnik.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is an excellent article by Leif Wetherby - why AI is a cultural technology not a collection of human-like agents (citing our work on this). And why the anthropomorphism is a distraction from the very real risks and dangers and the way to deal with them. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/o...
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Opinion | Stop Talking About A.I. Like a Human (Gift Article)
If we want to figure out the proper way to control A.I. models, we need to recognize what they really are.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Get their arses.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He's spunked a lot of cash on promoting fascism, so he'll be surveying the landscape and feeling pretty pleased with himself.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Anyone know if there will be screenings of NAZA? I know it's going to be online soon but was interested in cinema screenings.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why listen to Drenge when you can listen to Clive Lewis being wiretapped?
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🤣
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For example, bsky.app/profile/shay...
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reminded me a lot of (probably) my favourite David Mitchell one, Slade House, but also had similar vibes (that's the technical term, I believe) to Solace House. Loved it.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It won't register with a lot of them because they are already sharing AI-generated fakes of the suspects :-\
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Simpsons Sideshow Bob
ALT: Simpsons Sideshow Bob
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ha! That's amazing. She'll be delighted/horrified when I tell her.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This could explain my crippling shoulder pain in recent years 🤔
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
18 years ago, my daughter was on my shoulders for the whole set and this time she was stood in front of me with a pint of cider 🥹
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Always good to reinject a bit of Death Cab into the system. Helps that the new album is one of their best in ages.
Death Cab for Cutie on stage at the Troxy
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Brigitte Nerlich @bnerlich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think it's time to repost this blog post on #AI, ¢metaphors and 'control' (and 'going rogue') makingsciencepublic.com/2026/08/07/a...
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AI, metaphors and control
In the early 2000s, during the dramatic but now almost forgotten outbreak of foot and mouth disease in cattle, I wrote about war metaphors and the issue of projecting control over an ‘out of …
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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My Glock system went rogue and issued 9mm agents which accessed the internal organs of several victims. Please give me billions of dollars to help me regulate the behavior of the gun whose trigger I keep pulling.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And in its rejection of the horseshoe theory narrative peddled by some, it heads towards a conclusion that reminds me of one of my favourite book titles, 'Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone' share.google/2s3s7vJLPEaa...
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Democracy May Not Exist, But We'll Miss It When It's Gone
"What is democracy really? What do we mean when we use the term? And can it ever truly exist? Astra Taylor, hailed as a "New Civil Rights Leader" (LA Times), pr
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a very important corrective by @casmudde.bsky.social to the bursts of coverage - and then radio silence - of much of the media when responding to recent European elections. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Look again – there’s more to Germany’s election trends than far-right success | Cas Mudde
Defeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right, says the political scientist Cas Mudde
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really interesting, thanks for that link. Now I'm even more depressed.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bill's barnstormer against Huddersfield was glorious to see in person 😍
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Lexis Podcast @lexispodcast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We spoke on the podcast a little while ago to different experts about some of the issues raised in this article. theconversation.com/how-the-emoj...
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How the emojis and fashion choices of Germany’s far-right supporters get around the ban on Nazi symbolism
The extreme right has learned to navigate Germany’s strict laws on extremist symbols
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Interesting read - plausible deniability and in-group codes at the heart of this. Oh and lots of fascism.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Maybe, would mean the Jimmy Savile chants would begin 2 minutes in, rather than 20.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What a depressing story - both in terms of its political content and its stilted style. How much local news is just AI-generated toss these days?
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Andy Burnham signals he may lift ban on alcohol in football stands
Prime minister says measure is discriminatory when fans of other sports are not similarly restricted
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great to see Labour getting to the heart of the real discrimination issues in society like frothing racism & RNLI crews being assaulted... Oh hang on. “I don’t think it’s fair for football fans to be singled out in that way and I do believe there is a case to remove that discrimination."
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Presumably he was interrupted as he started railing against the Lügenpresse and smashing his fist off the desk?
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Amid the pessimism that we're sinking back to late 70s levels of far-right street activity - or worse - this is a positive piece about lessons we can learn from the past and how they are being implemented in some places now. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britain’s far-right violence comes to us direct from the 1970s. But so does the solution | Taj Ali
Young men punched in the street, mosques attacked: Britain badly needs an anti-racist uprising. Let 70s Asian youth movements provide the inspiration, says Taj Ali, author of Come What May, We’re Here...
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can't wait for them to re-investigate the cold case of the guy shot in Reno, just to see him die.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Would be amazing to see Burnham and co set up an agency to fight information warfare from the likes of these sinister foreign powers.
Shit Daily Express front page rambling about forins.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How can a man have such main character yet small dick energy at the same time?
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Would DC Price of @thesquareball.net care to comment on this description of his 'big boy bowl'? bsky.app/profile/fess...
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is where 'legitimate concerns' gets you.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thank you Ben White.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Why not go the whole hog and call it Super Trump Intelligence, or STI for short?
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Grandad's on the crack again.
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I was literally just about to say, 'Welcome to Essex' and then saw that picture is from Cressing. This is the story across most of the county.
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