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Mostly lurk. Interested in politics, art, science and tech.

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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Treating the public like adults and trying to win the argument. Refreshing! Now lests do the same for climate change and the fact that tax rises are necessary to have the society we want.
Voters back Burnham's plan to cut back triple lock to fund social care reform by 48% to 28%, poll suggests
Sharon Graham, the Unite general secretary, said earlier this week that getting rid of the pensions triple lock to help fund social care reform would be “electoral suicide”.

This morning YouGov has published polling suggesting that she might be wrong. It suggests the voters support Burnham’s plan by 48% to 28%.
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BISA at Birkbeck @bisa-bkk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Join us on 6 Oct for a panel discussion on ‘The Battle of Cable Street ninety years on: the struggle against fascism and antisemitism, then and now’ with Nadia Valman, Liam Liburd (@liamliburd.bsky.social) and Joseph Finlay (@josephfinlay.bsky.social). Book here: bit.ly/4xoQuJC
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
America invading its own bond market. Bold strategy for a country that issues the bonds. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Channel 4 has prior history on this. Remember The Great Global Warming Swindle? Not sure this is how I want a public sector broadcaster behaving. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There is nothing scientific about The Great ADHD Myth? ‘documentary’ | Gina Rippon
Channel 4’s programme wastes a chance to ask important questions about how ADHD is diagnosed and treated, instead indulging in unscientific methods and conspiracy theories, says author Gina Rippon
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
There are many rage inducing moments of the excelent documentary www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... on the water indusatry but Michael Howards continued defence of privatisation is almost to much to stomach.
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Understand - Rinsed - 1. The Bridge - BBC Sounds
After watching their local river grow murky and lifeless, two neighbours fight back.
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I have today learned that the foremost medieval history of Scotland is called the Scotichronicon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotich...
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Scotichronicon - Wikipedia
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 11/04/2026
Experts are saying it: SUVs damage our roads more than ordinary passenger cars. I’ve asked TfL to look into the effect of supersized SUVs in London as more of these vehicles take up space on London’s roads.
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SUVs are making Britain’s potholes worse, say scientists
Engineers link reduced lifespan of roads to shift to heavier cars, some bought to navigate damaged surfaces
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The Lords debated the safety of cyclists this afternoon, and it was – with a few exceptions – as crap as you'd expect. Mix of victim blaming, poor understanding & assumption that zone 1 London is a valid national example. DfT minister Peter Hendy was disappointingly bad as well.
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Conservative Mayor of Tees Valley Lord Houchen told Newsnight in 2024 that 2 private developers had ‘£50m of their money sitting in a bank account’ when I quoted an independent report pointing out the pair had put no direct cash of their own into regenerating the huge old Redcar steelworks site 👇
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Louise Haigh @louisehaighmp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Shall I tell them?
Amazon delivery. Left in a safe place. In the bin.
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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Hell yes. 1.9Gbs home internet over wifi.
Image showing internet connection speed 1.9Gbs
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Not taking into account London housing costs is mad.
Graph shows relative poverty before and after housing costs. London goes from mid to max when taking into account housing costs.
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I’m not sure how I feel about Kimmel’s replacement, tbh.
Ri Chun Hee as host of the Jimmy Kimmel show
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Make no mistake, everything that’s happening in the United States is being significantly enabled by the right wing oligarch capture of media. Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are. Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.
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Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
RESISTANCE comes in many forms. We resist the rise of fascism in everything we do. We are on the streets. We are gathering and resourcing each other We are gathering to grieve and making inequality visible
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
There is a serious failure in UK govt, politics & media to take sufficiently seriously what Musk said & meant with "fight back or die" = Violence (interethnic civil war) is inevitable so pre-emptive violence - vs migrants, minorities & political opponents - is necessary to avoid existential erasure
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Something weird about this story: he was pinned to the machine for an hour. Emergency quenching shouldn't take longer than a minute, but it would cost $ in downtime and helium. USA healthcare cost before people or lack of people with emergency shutdown knowledge? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Man dies after weight-training chain around neck pulls him into MRI machine
Keith McAllister had approached machine after wife called for help, and was sucked in by device’s magnetic force
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Cant help but think this current labour government would have sided with the police if this happened today. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Government launches Orgreave inquiry, 40 years after clashes at miners’ strike
Move follows decades of campaigning over violent policing and collapsed prosecutions at South Yorkshire coking plant
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Have to say my procrastination is top level today. Two letters written to parliament when I should be working on my project.
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
This is an appalling article by the guardian. I talkst about the number of accidents involving cyclists? How many of those involved motarised vehicles? It mentions the danger of cyclists but not cars. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
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Chaos in Clapham: a visit to the most dangerous cycle spot in Great Britain
Commuters share their views at the junction with the highest number of cycling accidents
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
God I hate these people.
Photo of Andrew Bowie in the house of commons.
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The prusa mk4s was a pleasure to build. Fairly complicated, took a couple of days. Fantastic instructions. Flawless prints to start with. Products was severely let down by the supplied faulty usb stick. Took hours to trouble shoot as I was not expecting this was the problem. @josefprusa.bsky.social
Prusa mk4s 3d printer
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Thames Water Prospective Private Equity Owner KKR Donated $1m to Trump Inauguration. Business model: profiteering, price hikes, low investment, high leverage, asset-stripping, excessive returns. In US KKR group sanctioned 217 times, fined $678m for anti-social practices. Can't address water woes.
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Thames Water’s Prospective New Owner Donated $1 Million to Trump’s Inauguration
The U.S. private equity firm KKR, which has been selected as the ‘preferred bidder’ for the takeover of Thames Water, gave a seven-figure sum to Donald Trump’s inauguration committee, DeSmog can repor...
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Day 1 of vintage amp restoration. Rogers cadet III. God help me.
Day 1 of vintage amp restoration. Rogers cadet III. God help me.Rear of Rogers cadet III
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
She is going to end up full fasc isnt she. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Liz Truss to launch ‘uncensored’ social network to counter mainstream media
Former PM says she wants to protect free speech after being ‘cut off at the knees’ by ‘the elite’ while at No 10
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
At this rate we will need to start talking about who is appeasing Trump. Europe should put on a united front. Any pretence Trumps America is an ally of Europe is completely gone.
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I have to keep checking these are not from the Onion.
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Oh brother
Per Congress dot gov:


H.R.1161 - To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland".


Sponsor: 	Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (Introduced 02/10/2025)
Committees:	House - Foreign Affairs; Natural Resources
Latest Action:	House - 02/10/2025 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 07/02/2025
Why do UK Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines still not acknowledge airborne transmission of Covid-19? | Anne Marie McConway @northwestbylines.co.uk
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‘Airborne’ seems to be the hardest word
Why do UK Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines still not acknowledge airborne transmission of Covid-19?
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
And ofwat give a 35% above inflation bill raise. Terrible decision.
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Cassetteboy @cassetteboy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
You might know us from our videos of Alan Sugar and various awful politicians. But the thing we're most proud of is our album Carry On Breathing. Next time you're going to listen to a podcast, why not stick this on instead? cassetteboy.bandcamp.com/album/carry-...
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Carry On Breathing (2020), by Cassetteboy
81 track album
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
"just cash extraction each and every year for 34 years". We need to let the businesses fail and be taken into public hands. @emmahardymp.bsky.social
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Severn Trent artificially inflates assets to pay dividends. More dividends paid than profits earned. We need to get these corporate ghouls out of what should be publicly owned assets. This has already happened to Thames. When the company is crippled by debt we pay. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Major water company uses accounting trick to inflate balance sheet by £1.68bn
A substantial Severn Trent Water investment is based on IOU notes - BBC Panorama finds.
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Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Our Winter Season 2024/25 is here—created by our community to keep us warm & connected! 🎄 Christmas Eve/Day + Boxing Day 🐾 Festive Dog Show 🍏 Sober Wassail 🌸 Snowdrop Sunday 💬 Community Tuesdays 🛋️ Cosy Thursdays ❄️ Cold weather gear 💔 The Breathing Room 👉 museumofhomelessness.org/news/looking...
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Looking back at our first season and hunkering down — Museum of Homelessness
On 30th November 2024 we closed our first season after a mammoth 116 performances of our show How to Survive the Apocalypse. Thank you so much to all who have made it happen, from our amazing crew, to...
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Erol Alkan @erolalkan.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Moth Club is one of the very best small venues in the whole of the UK. The fact that it's under threat is appalling. Please sign. www.change.org/p/moth-club-...
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Sign the Petition
Moth Club Faces Second Building Planning Application
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Ummm... Presuming this is not a real account.
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Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
The impunity and callousness of these prison service statements is terrifying news.sky.com/story/he-was...
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'He was the light of my life and I lost him': How a famous surgeon died in an Israeli prison after being taken from Gaza hospital
When war in Gaza erupted last year, Dr Adnan Al-Bursh worked around the clock while documenting the horror unfolding around him. Then he was detained. Now, Sky News has spoken to people who claim to h...
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Went to this earlier this year. Would definitely recommend.
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Ok, well this sounds a lot better than reporting actual racist Nazis, you know with swastika and everything, only to be and being told no violations were found.
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Dave KP @dave-kp.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
Moving from X so here is my last post from that platform to get me started. Walthamstow Lights! Never thought I would see the aurora in London. #aurora
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