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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 5h
The eyes have it: Senedd Reform Wales politician’s ‘smart glasses’ prompt calls for ban in Westminster www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The eyes have it: Reform politician’s ‘smart glasses’ prompt calls for ban in Westminster
Jason O’Connell’s suspected use of the specs to aid his speech in Senedd reignites debate over AI-enabled devices
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Repost if you’d like me to represent the UK at #Eurovision 2027.
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Alain Berset @alain-berset.coe.int · 15/05/2026
Through our Convention on the Co-Production of Series, the @coe.int is strengthening Europe’s ability to tell its own stories, reflect its democratic values and support a vibrant creative sector.
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 23/03/2026
First time in history, an oil crisis isn’t strengthening the system—it’s accelerating the exit 1973, 1979, 2008… every shock reinforced oil This time? We’ve got an off-ramp: EVs, solar, batteries Crisis → electrify → less oil The system doesn’t recover… it gets replaced #Bettrification
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
It's about time the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office advised against all travel to the USA.
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Nigel Farage assumes Anne Robinson role www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage assumes Anne Robinson role in political remake of The Weakest Link
Reform UK leader snaps at reporters as he tries to maintain control over announcement of shadow cabinet
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Now imagine them running the economy... 'Reform UK’s flagship Kent Council has been accused of telling a "blatant lie" after its claim of nearly £40m in savings on net zero were found to be based on hypothetical projects for which there was no documentation.' www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings
Exclusive: Disclosures show figures cited by council leader rested on unfunded ideas listed briefly in budget papers
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
‘You can tell the mood has changed’: How Plaid Cymru led the Welsh fightback against Reform #Senedd2026 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘You can tell the mood has changed’: How Plaid Cymru led the Welsh fightback against Reform
Nigel Farage’s party was on the charge in Wales – but after the seismic Caerphilly byelection, progressives now believe they can come out on top in May
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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 15/01/2026
Just hours into Offord getting announced as Reform’s Scottish leader and the party are already emulating their American idols. Manhandling journalists, limiting scrutiny and barely giving a single direct answer to any questions- it’s all classic, Trumpian behaviour.
Offord's Reform are already emulating their American idols.

Screenshot of ITV Politics tweet reading:

'Please, you don't have to have your hand on me'

Watch the moment ITV News' Peter Smith was grabbed by a Reform UK staffer after being told to move on from his line of questioning while interviewing the party's new Scottish leader, Malcolm Offord
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Very Trump attitude to the media from @reformukscotland.bsky.social
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Richard Roper coming back from the dead in #TheNightManager took me straight back to Harry Lime coming back from the dead in #TheThirdMan . Is the writing in Series 2 more influenced by Graham Greene than by John le Carré?
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Following the spurned path of Ann Widdecombe.
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Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
FIFA® Peace Prize going well.
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 14/12/2025
Senedd Nowcast: ➡️ RFM: 31 Seats, 28.4% 🌼 PLC: 33 Seats, 27.2% 🌹 LAB: 20 Seats, 18.5% 🌳 CON: 9 Seats, 11.4% 🌍 GRN: 2 Seats, 6.7% 🔶 LDM: 1 Seat, 5.2% electionmaps.uk/nowcast/senedd
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
OBR already renamed as Office for Budget Irresponsibility - or Obi-Was-KenObr for short
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas." Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Has Sir David discovered it's unpatriotic to avoid paying taxes?
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social Just received an eBook copy of ‘Domination’ from my local library via BorrowBox. Fascinated reading about the connection between Wales and Brittany in the early ‘CelticChurch’.
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
NYT games admitting its inspiration here?
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
On 21st of October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults were killed in the horrific Aberfan disaster, caused by the failure of the National Coal Board. Today, we remember those who lost their lives and stand with the community of Aberfan now and always. Never again.
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Council of Europe @coe.int · 17/10/2025
Your everyday human rights related to employment, housing, health, education, social protection and welfare are guaranteed by the European Social Charter of the Council of Europe since 1961.
Social rights mean health access.

Social rights mean adequate housing.

Social rights mean fair and equal pay.

Social rights mean decent work.

Social rights mean parental leave.

Social rights mean access to education.

Social rights mean dignity in aging.

Social rights mean accessibility for all.

Social rights mean fair migration.

Social rights mean equality for everyone.

The European Social Charter of the Council of Europe
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I've decided to stop trusting experts. Really looking forward to my forthcoming surgery being carried out by my mate Dave. He's not an expert surgeon, but he is quite good with a chainsaw and has watched several series of House. Who needs experts?
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Brand new episode of @TheTrawlPodcast out now! 🤡Trump Nobel Peace Prize swerve 💙 Hostages released 🧨 The “peace” deal that excludes the oppressed 🚫 Palestinians banned from celebrating “They Make A Desert and Call it Peace” Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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"They Make A Desert and Call i…–The Trawl – Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · The Trawl · 15/10/2025 · 39m
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Liz Saville Roberts AS / MP @lsrplaid.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Today’s Caerphilly specific poll shows clearly that unless progressive voters unite with Plaid Cymru, Reform will win. Greens, Lib Dems and disillusioned Labour supporters - by uniting, we can stop Reform’s division taking root in Wales and deliver positive change 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Source: Survation/Camlas + (Copyright: The Will Hayward Newsletter)
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Pavement parkers blamed for 'no safe place to walk' as ban urged in Wales
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Nice first episode of #CelebrityTraitors - disappointed Nathan Gill is not in the show
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Short essay by Cory Doctorow on fhe enshitification of Amazon Prime www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles. Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
"Put Up Some Fences" - Brilliant Marsh Family take on Donald Trump UK State Visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Iag...
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"Put Up Some Fences" - Marsh Family parody of "Walking in Memphis" about Donald Trump UK State Visit
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Malhotra, a prominent anti vaccine voice during the peak of the covid pandemic was given a platform by Reform where not only did he reassert his anti-vax rhetoric but he made allegations of the vaccine causing the Royal family to have cancer. There is NO evidence linking the vaccines to cancer 🧪🧵
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Doctor uses Reform conference speech to link king’s cancer to Covid vaccine
Aseem Malhotra claimed ‘eminent oncologist’ said jab was ‘significant factor in the cancer of members of royal family’
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I see that Frank Cottrell Boyce, a Catholic, has called my book Domination “brilliant but cynical”. I don’t think it’s cynical to look at the politics and economic aspects of the Church - that undoubtedly underpinned its success. 1/3
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Duties of a Doctor (General Medical Council) imply that giving out false or misleading information that could lead to harm might be grounds for removing a doctor from the Medical Register.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
What this idiotic, xenophobic entity is too dumb to notice is that the family are standing in front of Wroxeter... a Roman city that was the very essence of multiculturalism ... established by Thracian legionnaires 2,000 years ago in modern day Shrewsbury
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Trump hasn't been seen for 3 days - he's short of ideas so is binge watching King and Conqueror
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
Post from "The Rundown"

July 18 at 5:30 PM
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DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. 
The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. 
While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material.
Source: TechCrunch
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Love the Icelandic horses ridden in King and Conqueror - never refer to them as ponies
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MD Minear @mdminear.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
The commander-in-cheat comes to Scotland observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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The commander-in-cheat comes to Scotland | The Observer
Donald Trump’s dishonesty on a Scottish fairway has left golfing’s governing body in the rough
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Bradley Wall @bwallarthur.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
If you're afraid of the 'invasion' at the southern border and are looking to Farage to fix it. Don't forget there were no boat crossings before Farage's Brexit. His one and only policy accomplishment caused the issue he now frightens you with.
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Labour leads in latest Senedd election poll nation.cymru/news/labour-...
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Labour leads in latest Senedd election poll, suggesting it's wrong to write off the party's chances
Martin Shipton Welsh Labour has come out on top in the latest Senedd voting intention poll conducted by Beaufort Research for Nation.Cymru. The results suggest that it would be premature to write off ...
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
And then there were 4
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Badenoch said "We're not here to talk about deals, we're here to talk about what we are going to do to fix Wales.” FIX Wales indeed! - was this a slip of the tongue?
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Reform Leave Liz Truss Off List Of Tory Leaders Who 'Broke Britain' www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
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Farage Mocked After Reform Leave Liz Truss Off List Of Tory Leaders Who 'Broke Britain' – Exclusive
The former prime minister was conspicuous by her absence from a party leaflet.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Well this has aged well as reports now have Dr Vinay Prasad another person with rather shall we say “select”views about vaccines etc will likely be in charge of FDA centre that register vaccines and therapeutics.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/05/2025
“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones. Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Brexit is bad for our health (as predicted). There’s an urgent need now to repair the damage done and get health research and provision back on its feet. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds
Exclusive: Britons found to have ‘lost out’ while rest of Europe benefits from golden age of research and treatments
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The Trump Taliban is born
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Where did RFK Jr get medical qualifications? I understood he was a failed lawyer.
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David Vaughan @davidcvaughan.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The big lesson for Europe? Trump backed down under pressure | Alexander Hurst
The EU neither ‘kissed ass’ nor unleashed its most powerful trade weapon. Now it must provide the world with an alternative to US chaos
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