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Daniel J

@danielj.uk
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Grant Wrangler, erstwhile evolutionary biologist and bioinformatician. Tinkerer. Knows some stuff about old computers. Quite likes to take a photo from time to time. Dislikes cryptobores.

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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 24/09/2026
This is next level something from Suella... Not sure I have a word for it. But it's next level in an absolutely mind bending and appalling way.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Marge Simpson bollard. #WorldBollardAssociation
A concrete bollard painted to look like Marge Simpson.
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 13/09/2026
Current reporting across the piece on these donations is making my head spin. Are journos not reading anything anymore? Reporting that the Government is suddenly looking at changing the laws it's passing to stop these donations. It's not! It's been in the Bill since Rycroft earlier in the year...
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Representation of the People Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Current version of Representation of the People Bill with latest news, sponsors, and progress through Houses
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 13/09/2026
@francesmao.bsky.social - Parliament isn't looking into new laws though, the Bill has cleared the Commons and is currently in the Lords, this isn't new. Parliament is currently in the process of passing a Bill that will apply retrospectively. And Reform know it. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
theguardian.com
Robert Jenrick faces questions after Reform nets £72m in donations in just 24 hours – UK politics live
Reform UK’s economic spokesperson says donations are a ‘breakthrough moment’ for the party
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 09/09/2026
Why has my laptop got a #twinpeaks button?
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James FBSI 🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
Please sign and share this petition if you agree our life boat ppl are worth keeping Remember all of them are volunteers 38d.gs/jpcf
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 07/09/2026
"Legitimate concerns" can FRO. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Europe’s centre fears nationalist wave after AfD victory but only has itself to blame
Saxony-Anhalt win part of wider trend driven by mainstream policy failures and gradual normalisation of far right ideas
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Thomas House @tah-sci.com · 05/09/2026
This update is very welcome and will definitely reduce confusion.
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 31/08/2026
This. Then this again. And probably at least three more times.
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The hill I will die on: No self-respecting adult should use the term ‘picky bits’ | Laura Snapes
It’s the Boaty McBoatface of dinner time. Britons, resist the supermarkets’ cutesy branding and have some dignity, says the Guardian’s deputy music editor, Laura Snapes
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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What horseshit. She embraced gay people at the height of the AIDS crisis, embraced trans people at the height of the war against them, supported Black communities and artists, and wrote the most pro-worker's rights feminist pop song of all time. Neutral my ass
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 26/08/2026
Oh, nice, we’ll just be handing tech firms a bit more freedom to do exactly what they want with our data. What could possibly go wrong? Also, one small point: if we substantially diverge from EU data-protection standards, the big win for small businesses wouldn’t be “freedom from red tape”.
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 25/08/2026
Ah, shit 😞
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 23/08/2026
Surely the correct tense here is "would" rather than "will": www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social (Newsnight tagged as the rest of the BBC's news function seems not to bother with bluesky)
bbc.co.uk
Reform says it will prioritise British-born young workers for social housing
Labour called the plan "unserious and unworkable" and accused Reform of pushing "gimmicks and division".
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 22/08/2026
Just one from last night.
The Cure playing at Wythenshawe park, stage lit up in the darkness from fairly far back on the right.
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 22/08/2026
This just absolutely 🤯 me - I'm struggling to get my head around the fact that it's actually real... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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A party, 101 princesses and an eccentric millionaire: Jon Ronson on a mysterious castle – and what it taught him about masculinity in crisis
When my son texted me from a Connecticut fortress in the middle of the night with an alarming message, it set me on a quest to understand the bizarre lifestyle of its owner
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Jenny Ainsworth @jennyainsworth.com · 17/08/2026
THANK YOU AUNTIE BEEB FOR THIS EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS BIRTHDAY PRESENT
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I didn’t discuss Jason Arday on my show for this exact reason. If he had been white and behaved unprofessionally it would have been handled internally by his employers. As it is, it became clear that certain commentators wouldn’t be satisfied until he was dead www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Jason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found dead
Jason Arday was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon, officials said.
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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you want to see THE ODYSSEY in IMAX 70mm, Vue at Manchester has just added 08:00 showings from the beginning of September...
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 10/08/2026
I'm starting to lose count of the number of things the armed services are apparently sorting out for Reform... www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 04/08/2026
In which I examine how my thinking about AI has changed: beeb6502.com/blog/how-i-l...
beeb6502.com
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb (at least a little) | beeb6502.com
A site for retro computing related ephemera
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 31/07/2026
Nice to see the MEN declaring the result on the basis of the Manchester district results... 🫠
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 31/07/2026
Oooh, apparently 20 minutes until results announced. #gmcaelection (who knows what the hashtag is meant to be...)
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Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The story of Acorn Computers from their first employee. Fascinating to see how this inspired a generation of scientists and engineers through the cooperation with the BBC Computer Literacy Project youtu.be/itGd11j3HdI?...
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Acorn Computers Employee #1 - Chris Turner | TNMoC Talks
YouTube video by TNMoC
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Tim O'Brien @proftimob.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Been a very hectic and devastating day. Many thanks for the very many lovely messages of support for our work. Here's a flash back to 2008 #savejodrellbank youtu.be/cWWbA4OYG3Y?...
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The Jodrell Bank Song
YouTube video by silkfm
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“That’s the thing about a Burnham premiership: the right is scared he will fulfil his promises and the left is afraid he won’t.” My col. on what real change means - and why much of the right gets hysterical when ordinary people’s lives might improve a bit. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Andy Burnham has made a bold start – but convincing people that change is possible will take much more | Frances Ryan
The new PM’s greatest task has long weighed down the left: convincing voters there are actually better days ahead, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Honoured to become Chair of the Labour Party. I joined our party as a teenager and saw first hand the difference a Labour government makes. I'll work with members to build the election-winning machine that sees off Reform for good and secures a second Labour term.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Nigel Farage's approval ratings have now sunk even lower than Keir Starmer's before he resigned, yet we're still being encouraged to believe he has some kind of magic connection with the British public
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🔴 Exclusive: A donation of £30,000 to Reform UK in the form of private flights was – contrary to official filings – funded by a ‘credit’ from the air firm’s owner. @josiahmortimer.bsky.social has the full story. bylinetimes.com/2026/07/21/r...
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Reform UK's £30,000 Donation in Private Flights was Secretly Funded by Owner's 'Credit'
A Byline Times investigation raises questions about whether the true source of the money went undeclared by Nigel Farage's party
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Kiran Stacey @kiranstacey.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Much has been made of this chart from @joshih.bsky.social showing rough sleeping went down in Greater Manchester after Burnham became mayor for a few years - but has then gone up every year for the last four.
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Joshua Murray-Nevill @joshuamurraynevill.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Wes Streeting going back to the NUS at this rate.
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 20/07/2026
Well, that amused me after all the surefooted "He's evil because he's appointed <person x>" posts over the last few days. Really wish people would *wait until they have evidence* before pronouncing...
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Northern & proud 👊 @gazlancs.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
😆😆
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/07/2026
Nigel Farage is just one strand in the tangle of rightwing politicians and crypto investors | John Harris
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Nigel Farage is just one strand in the tangle of rightwing politicians and crypto investors | John Harris
These financiers want to remodel the UK into a form that suits them – one that could threaten to erode the barriers between crime and business, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
NEW @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social reveals tonight that the Met Police have been investigating donations to Reform UK from fraudster George Cottrell's mother. The investigation has been ongoing since last year and two people have been interviewed by police.
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 09/07/2026
Bravo! 😆
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 09/07/2026
Oh.
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Colin Elves @colinelves.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
There’s simply no way to come out of a fight with a clown looking good. Either you’re the guy who got savaged by a clown, or you’re the guy who beat up a harmless clown.
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 07/07/2026
“An MHCLG spokesperson told LBC: "To maintain the independence and impartiality of the electoral process, the law is clear that the cost of running elections must be met from public funds, and not by candidates or political parties.” www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...
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Reform UK cannot pay for £200,000 Clacton by-election, Government says as it confirms move would be illegal | LBC
Nigel Farage's party offered to foot the bill for the election after he confirmed he will stand down as an MP and run again due to an ongoing row over his finances
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On my way, Clacton.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Farage was given a deadline of 1pm on Tuesday to respond to the Guardian about this article. He gave a video address at 2pm announcing he would force a byelection in Clacton.
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 07/07/2026
Oh.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Farage versus Binface is absolute the summer we deserve
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Cheeses Of Nazareth @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Car reg DE56NSZ was lasted MOTed in December 2020, over 5 years after it was "written off" www.antonioolmos.com/gallery-imag... motorscan.co.uk/free-car-che...
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Any Clacton residents who want to nominate your friendly neighbourhood intergalactic space warrior, ping me a line!
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 07/07/2026
Bear clear as ever. DARVO-tastic.
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Daniel J @danielj.uk · 02/07/2026
I do always wonder about the wiring in people's heads which says "yeah, I've got all this seemingly dodgy stuff going on which can be fairly easily surfaced, but sod it, I'm going to go put myself under intensive public scrutiny." And then they seem surprised when they get scrutinised.
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Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This first pledge from @bevcraig.bsky.social is going down very well with young people here. This will make public transport more accessible, opening up more opportunities and will ease the cost of living pressures on families
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Somehow, the ballroom will end up full of green algae.
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