Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialGrant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 11/10/2026In the spirit of the phrase "resident alien for tax purposes" and me thinking Resident Alien sounds like a movie, add "for tax purposes" to the end of a movie title The Spy Who Loved Me For Tax Purposes 26733930
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Trump and Musk going all out to protect Putin 871623799
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 14/10/2026I worked with—and deeply admired—Helen for almost 30 years. She was hands down *the best source* about emerging infectious diseases that I've ever known. My first warning of COVID was when on Dec 28, 2019 she reposted a ProMED mail report of an atypical pneumonia cluster: "This doesn't look good."statnews.comHelen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69. 18873191
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialAaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 11/10/2026This is why you absolutely should not be using the cloud models. We don't have the infrastructure to power them cleanly. Powering Claude and ChatGPT is all incremental pollution, and for what? What have we gained? 14318
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 11/10/2026This is a truly grotesque "trial" of a vaccine known to be safe and effective. It will in practice randomly withhold that treatment from a percentage of children to see what happens. It is absolutely the reverse of good practice. 15281114
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialHoon @hoon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Guess who’s pissed off by the loss in right wing bot traffic? 451697288
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999. 311480461
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 169188784735
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🔴 We asked Tony Blair's think tank about charging businesses £500k for political access at party conferences and why one of its sponsor's logos disappeared after our reporting last week on TBI's alleged cash for access scheme This is what they said 72931346
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialRyan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives. 263952742
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on The Weekly Show: “The paradox is that we have these techno oligarchs investing in a technology that many of their workers say could kill and end humanity. And at the same time, these technical oligarchs are investing massively in immortality. 721059
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley has refused to rule out another run for the Senate in 2028. He’d be 101 at the end of that term. 82379118
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026Climate Week is here in New York City, and our work has deep roots. 18,261 trees planted this year. The most in a decade. 269140732660
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialChris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got 31798651568
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...ballsandstrikes.orgA Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter FraudHis conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds. 408104892652
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialdarren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 15/09/2026 1152156253355
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5943728713400
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 12/09/2026Reform has already enjoyed several years of support from a loss-making TV channel whose main function seems to be to give money and favourable coverage to its MPs. The government has done nothing about this. It's probably a more effective way of spending millions than Farage will manage. 26926233
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield. Tomatoes (Third Picture Book, 1971) 137651
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026📌 ICYMI — Key UK Nuclear Deterrent Link Destroyed Over Yorkshire — Duncan Campbell The Ministry of Defence has refused to clarify whether the catastrophic mid-air failure of the Trident relay system was a weather accident or sabotagebylinetimes.comKey UK Nuclear Deterrent Link Destroyed Over YorkshireThe Ministry of Defence has refused to clarify whether the catastrophic mid-air failure of the Trident relay system was a weather accident or sabotage 23118
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’. 23643311490
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialAmy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · 08/09/2026Britain’s state-owned electricity system operator has awarded Palantir a £21mn contract without inviting rival bids, arguing critical processes are too reliant on its tech to run a competitive procurement process Latest for @financialtimes.com: as.ft.com/r/7fe6c0b7-2...as.ft.comBritain’s grid operator gave Palantir contract without inviting rival bidsNeso cited a legal exemption that removes the requirement to consider other suppliers if dependencies leave no alternative 29368217
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The Lady of Elche. This remarkable 2,400 year-old limestone bust of a woman with elaborate headdress and jewellery is an icon of Iberian culture from pre-Roman Spain. From La Alcudia, Elche, Spain. National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. 📷 by me #Archaeology 16867213
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/202690 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵) 4123711265
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialtunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place. 426174293862
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: “We need to end the special military operation in a way that ensures there is no more Nazism in Europe.” From the country that supported actual Nazis in Germany’s state election yesterday. 65951298
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Routine reminder that Bhattacharya is an economics researcher who has never practiced medicine and whose best known publication is overtly fraudulent. He has never done infectious disease research and has never treated a single virus or infection in his entire career. He’s likely never seen measles. 20358262016
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Germany’s far-right AfD thanks Elon Musk as France warns state election win a ‘serious moment’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comGermany’s far-right AfD thanks Elon Musk as France warns state election win a ‘serious moment’Lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes further ‘strong’ cooperation with Musk as French minister says ‘we cannot forget our history’ 15270126
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialKevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The nave of St. Magnus Cathedral at Kirkwall in Orkney, with its solid 12th century sandstone piers which mirror those of Durham Cathedral. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #StMagus #KirkwallCathedral 13901110
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town. This is how street fascism is normalised 19835351085
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialDr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Steve Witkoff addresses his true love, the war criminal Putin: "We were all talking about when we retire we'll have all these incredible stories and incredible memories and yours will be right at the top of it all." 136394146
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/09/2026Good news: he lost. 10344978410053
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialKuroSan @kurosanarts.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This really needs to kickstart an enquiry into the whole Brexit farce too, because i'll put money on the fact that this isn't a new tactic for Farage and he's been doing this for his own gain for a majority of his "career"! 0658
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialwomaninterrupted.bsky.social @womaninterrupted.bsky.social · 04/09/2026And yet Chris Mason reported it for the BBC, clearly without checking it with the police. 2534
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026only in America could there be a bullshit health craze centered around eating burgers, fries, and a milkshake 2624610559
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialRyan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 23/08/2026And we have a new all-time record warm *absolute* temperature for the oceans, according to ERA5 (which goes back to 1940): August 21st likely marked the warmest Sea Surface Temperatures have been for the entire Holocene period. Should be major news! 9516311
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026So our friends now are North Korea and Russia and our enemies are Canada and Denmark. Makes sense. 669146083109
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialJoseph Lewczak (Truth Seeker) @truthseeker59.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Nevada State Route 375, nicknamed the Extraterrestrial Highway, is a 98-mile desert road bordering Area 51, known for its straight stretches through barren basins and mountains. Connor Hytha captured the notable image. The photographer behind this famous image is Connor Hytha. 05212
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialErin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026They deserve the respect for keeping that data on point July 24. 051
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It only took 19 months for RFK Jr to turn the once safe US food supply into a game of gastrointestinal Russian Roulette. 688181715386
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Reminder of those in British politics who supported Trump. • Boris Johnson • Liz Truss • Suella Braverman • Andrea Jenkyns • Jacob Rees-Mogg • Nigel Farage • Lord Frost • John Hayes • Robert Jenrick • Sammy Wilson • Ian Paisley • Jake Berry • Kwasi Kwarteng • Tim Montgomerie 36540207
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo that we need to talk about if we're going to talk about the national debt.youtu.beThe Secret Way the Rich are Getting RicherThe biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch. 23787913722
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi. 33687322863
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026@abdulelsayed.bsky.social triumphing over something like $60 million, $32-ish million of it AIPAC money, is not a "narrow" victory, it's a people's earthquake. This kind of spending is oligarchy in action, to smother democracy through its formal channels, and is getting normalized. Still he won. 271864378
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Listening to my generation talk about the 90s the way the previous generation talked about the 70s is tiresome. No that wasnt 'back when movies were good' or 'music still meant something'. There's loads of great shit coming out now and there was loads of slop back then. You just miss being young. 5174443427
dave-uu.bsky.social @dave-uu.bsky.social · 05/08/2026www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.com‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon ValleyAs Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them 000
Reposted by @dave-uu.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026NEW How the BBC turned the litigation table on Trump The president now faces a dilemma about revealing his business records By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... 18833245
