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David Chance

@davidchance.bsky.social
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‘Resting’ journalist. Cat is Bob and we live in Liverpool. He likes chasing things, eating and sleeping. I like LFC, The Archers and making my way round on a bike. 🚲

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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 8h
George Washington doing press-ups in his undies with the lads at Valley Forge.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 8h
Am all up for Pip and Stella channeling local heroine Lady Godiva at their wedding #TheArchers
A painting of Lady Godiva naked on a horse.
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Balderdash @balderdash.bsky.social · 9h
Man City era and goth bands Period of Deception Intricate Web Guilty Sham Conspiracy Theory Single False Accusation Blatant Corruption Illicit Contract Unreliable Witness Damage
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19h
It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 17h
“A gentleman bear.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/s...
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Alaska’s Fat Bear Week Winner Is 89 Backpack
Alaska’s Fat Bear Week finds its newest champion in a bear that overcame an injury in 2007 that nearly killed him.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“English born and bread”. (Though the oven is German).
A freshly baked loaf of bread
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... I am running out of Burkiss Way episodes. 😢
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The Burkiss Way - Series 3 - Around the World the Burkiss Way - BBC Sounds
Books are plundered, but what the Dickens is going on?
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sham 1849 www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Look at the span on my antlers. #TheArchers
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 28/09/2026
I showed Godzilla Minus One to my family—and it was a huge hit. It took me months to convince them because of the US Godzilla movies. 😅 It’s truly one of my fav genre films of the decade. The way it blends kaiju, a heartfelt human story, and powerful themes—all on a shoestring budget—is fantastic.
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Godzilla Minus One: Ocean Emergence
Alt: Godzilla Minus One: Ocean Emergence
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Economist breaks rule number one of journalism by quoting a taxi driver in the lead of the story. It doesn’t improve after that.
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A foiled plot in Fairford is predictable but puzzling
The threat to Britain’s military bases is real, and complicated
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I guess the signs were there. Anwar continues to disappoint. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Malaysia begins controversial repatriation of asylum seekers to Myanmar
Human rights groups say some 5,000 returnees could face violence, persecution and forced conscription.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I can’t work out whether I am least impressed by the dogs or the bears. 🐶🧸 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/s...
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Dogs Will Fight Bears. But Not Because of the Reason You Might Think.
Scientists analyzed hundreds of encounters between bears and canines. The results raise the suggestion that dogs may not always protect people in the wild.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thoroughly enjoyed Godzilla Minus One. Even though Big G reminds me of a certain tabby cat.
Big Bob a tabby cat
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s only been three days George. You’ve got a way to go to: They fuck you up, your mum and dad #TheArchers
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tarquin Grundy #TheArchers
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Mark On A Bike @mtonabike.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Well these are eye catching from Better Streets for Liverpool
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just a reminder the “vigilant” farmer. From your super soar away fact checking Telegraph. “It is pretty incredible, realising you had a brush with potential terrorists face to face and may have foiled a terrorist plot. It was clear they had just got there. Thank God we spotted them”.
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Harry McNally @harrymcnally.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anyone checked if theres any copper cable missing from the nearby railway track ?
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Someone on Bluesky recommended this, saying they gave it to their first year students. It’s a revelation, so clear and well written. Having memorised my way to a very undistinguished degree many years ago.
The Art of Poetry by Shira Wolosky
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fascinating specialty supply story www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...
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This Screw Is Needed for Missiles and Planes. Buying One Can Take Years. (Gift Article)
As the Trump administration scrambles to increase the production of munitions, these special screws are expensive and hard to source.
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Shawn Pogatchnik @pogatchnik.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My latest on today's resurrection of the Drumcree standoff, where I spent many days (and nights, writing and sleeping in my car) reporting the epic 1990s confrontations. Has links to old stories, including my LA Times piece describing the Garvaghy Road parade in 1991. www.politico.eu/article/nort...
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Northern Ireland standoff puts peace and power-sharing at risk
A sudden revival of the 1990s confrontations between Orange Order marchers and Catholic demonstrators puts the police back in the middle — and leaders of Northern Ireland’s supposed unity governmen…
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
怪獣 Sunday. (Just don’t… ).
Godzilla Minus One DVD.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I would just have cut straight to Owen Jones is full of tankie **** but if you want a more detailed and reasoned argument. 👇
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Well that Wigan Wakefield rugby match was the most exciting sports event I have seen this year.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Watching rugby league Wigan v Wakefield. Very entertaining but a hard, hard game.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The guy holding the sound boom in this NYT pic of the press pool sums up the futility of the White House press corps.
Man in suit despairs as he holds sound boom to capture Trump words.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Park Chung-hee effectively coup’d himself when he went a second time in 1972.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... A republic, if you can keep it.
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The Restless Republic - Britain Without a Crown by Anna Keay (Omnibus) - BBC Sounds
The Civil War is over. King Charles I is on trial for treason. Tempestuous times begin...
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It must be #Caturday Bob said to himself as that idiot is taking photos again. #Stripycats #Tabby
Striped tabby cat reclining on red throw gives me the side eye as I take his photo.
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Joanna Wyld @joannawyld.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bona
Shop front: Vaparettes - electronic cigarettes. I like to imagine Julian and Sandy behind the counter
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What a set of coincidences! Mr. Herbertson did not respond to a request for comment. He told Horse Racing Nation, which reported the name change, that his wife’s favorite painter is the Austrian Gustav Klimt, and that his favorite band is the 1980s group New Order. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/s...
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A Racehorse, Austrian Painter, Is Renamed After a Complaint
A name that could call to mind Hitler is judged offensive.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I do love a bit of Marat. open.spotify.com/episode/7nBs...
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707. The Terror: How The French Revolution Collapsed Into Chaos (Part 1)
The Rest Is History · Episode
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David, just David @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have to say, this social media post from Classical FM made me giggle
"Happy birthday, Shostakovich! Born this day, 120 years ago"

it's a picture of Daniel Radcliff as that wizard-kid
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Is he a ‘dictator’ or a ‘strongman’ New York Times? I always hated ‘strongman’ which was a Reuters favourite because dictator was banned. I broke ranks on Park Chung-hee (who was long dead); cue bleating from London.
NYT has China President Xi as a strongman in this headline.

NYT has China president Xi as a dictator in this headline. 
Same story
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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm sure someone will be along to tell me Plastic wasn't a One-Hit Wonder, but this was unimprovable. Extra points for Legs & Co wearing plastic bin-bags and waving baguettes (he was Belgian, oc). m.youtube.com/watch?v=GW7d...
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Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi - Top Of The Pops - Thursday 8th June 1978
YouTube video by mymusicfootage
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh f*** need to mute Thucydides (again).
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“There is a lot of malnutrition going on in these raccoons due to a diet that is very, very high in tortilla chips,” said Nessie O’Neil, a raccoon biologist and lead author of the study The same could be said of the American tourists, one presumes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/s...
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On This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas)
Scientists observed a family of pygmy raccoons near a Cozumel beach club learning from one another how to craft balls from paper, an indication that the animals have a culture.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cats deserve to be outside and to wander. A “billion dollar trend” is just designed to extract your money. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/r...
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Indoor Cats Are Getting Outside, Thanks to ‘Catios’
The global “catio” industry could grow by roughly $1 billion in the next decade.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Third time lucky. Simple white loaf and the first two times ended up as glutenous gloop. The BBC basic white loaf recipe has 350ml of water instead of the required 300ml. (So whoever gave it a 5 star rating hasn’t actually used it). Still… inordinately proud of my first ‘bread of heaven’.
A white loaf of homebaked bread.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It’s quite amusing that to placate Trump Britain served up a visit with all the trimmings and now Trump is the supplicant doing the same for China’s Xi. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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Trump Hosts Xi at the White House: Live Summit Meeting Updates
President Xi Jinping is making his first visit to Washington in a decade as President Trump continues his sharp turn from a hard line on China. Little progress is expected on the many issues dividing ...
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At this stage, i guess we should just be grateful. And U.S. officials have effectively shelved plans for U.S. airstrikes on Mexican soil, at least for now, according to one U.S. official, one former Pentagon official and two Mexican officials. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/w...
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Trump’s New Favorite Neighbor: Mexico
President Trump built his political brand in part on bashing Mexico. Now his second presidency depends on deepening partnerships with the country.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can you stop pretending that it’s a “vision”? It’s an unhinged rant, repeating his existing lies and grievances. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Trump Threatens Annihilation in Iran in UN Speech and Lays Out Winner-Takes-All Vision
President Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly amounted to a rejection of the founding concept of the United Nations.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The workers feet are red and smelly…
Andy gets some PM socks
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Indeed yes, bog standard low margin bulk chemicals. Ratcliffe’s business model is built on cheap debt finance. Debt is no longer cheap and Ineos has racked up £18bn which it now struggles to service. Its debt was downgraded to junk status. Europe has massive petrochemicals overcapacity.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Your Party still exists and is Britain’s only political entity with more MPs than voters. Bless!
Your Party the party of no one.
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The best of times, the worst of times. One day you’re “almost a city” next you’re £1.8bn in debt.
Warrington a city? 

Warrington in hock
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
❤️Tigrino. Newly identified Bolivian wildcat ‘Tigrino’ plays in his enclosure – video www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
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Newly identified Bolivian wildcat ‘Tigrino’ plays in his enclosure – video
Scientists who identified a previously unknown wildcat in Bolivia have called the new species Leopardus tilcayo. The 10-year-old wildcat, called Tigrino, had been adopted by a family that thought he w...
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David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is an incredibly muddled, poor, and badly written analysis from the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/w...
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The Fuel That Feeds Europe’s Far Right: Nostalgia and Lost Pride (Gift Article)
The populist emphasis on national identity and threats to it, real and imagined, finds a deep response in voters adrift in a world they no longer understand.
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