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David Wilson

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History and Religion on TV, PhD student (Classics) at KCL Fond husband, father, yes, and grandfather! Not very good gardener, though...

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The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
New article! Matthew Evenden @arts.ubc.ca on 'Deptford Stones: London, the River Thames and the Circulation of Ballast in the Age of Sail, c.1750–c.1850' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
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Deptford Stones: London, the River Thames and the Circulation of Ballast in the Age of Sail, c.1750–c.1850*
Abstract. In the Age of Sail, ships required ballast to ensure buoyancy at sea, pulling the vessel down in the water and stabilising it against lateral for
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Candida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Read the Odyssey in Greek, with Tim Whitmarsh www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNg-...
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Read the Odyssey Ancient Greek
YouTube video by Classics at Cambridge
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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Badenoch just said, on national TV, that UK's carbon emissions have gone up "in total" because of the 2008 Climate Change Act. They have, in fact, declined by more than half. Did #Kuenssberg break in to point this basic fact out? Of course not
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.
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David Wilson @davidgmwilson.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
He's right! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Say hello to the UK’s most successful growth industry: organised waste crime | George Monbiot
Thanks to a sustained ideological assault on regulation, our country has been turned into a literal dump, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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David Wilson @davidgmwilson.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This is all OK, but like Norma Percy's recent series, it makes the mistake of assuming that Trump thinks in terms of thought through policies. When he clearly doesn't: we get instead a bunch of narcissistic impulses and self serving prejudices. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Never mind leading the free world, if Donald Trump were your ageing father, when would you take away his car keys?
Presidential decisions can mean life or death for millions around the world, that’s why constitutional safeguards exist. But do they work in practice? asks Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The tragic irony of the last few years is that, had the USG given Ukraine only a fraction of the weapons that they have expended against Iran in a few weeks (Patriots, Tomahawks, etc), Ukraine would have won, oil prices would not be skyrocketing and the US would be more secure.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Beavers bring SO many benefits: especially to aquatic ecosystems, but also the climate, flood reduction, rural economies, etc., etc... And they *coevolved* with Irish ecosystems, so would fit in perfectly. We need to be having a national conversation about this. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Beavers are turning rivers into powerful carbon sinks
Beavers may be unlikely climate heroes, but new research suggests they could play a powerful role in fighting climate change. By building dams and transforming streams into wetlands, these industrious...
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The TZA, The Tedious @tobiwilsonline.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I'm fifteen mins in and SNL UK is actually good, it absolutely works! Make 100 episodes!!!!!
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Just sent out this piece. In the constant changes and instabilities surrounding US victory goals against Iran, one thing is clear. The Trump administration is attempting a US version of "mowing the grass". This is probably the worst strategic concept of my life. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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The US Strategic Goal Seems To Be "Mowing The Grass"
If so, it will probably fail.
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David Wilson @davidgmwilson.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A more complete demolition of Trump's posturing over Iran would hard to find. By @phillipspobrien.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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The US Strategic Goal Seems To Be "Mowing The Grass"
If so, it will probably fail.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Trump launches a war against Iran, Russia then sides with Iran and helps Iran locate & kill American service members, Trump then rewards Russia by lifting sanctions on Russian oil. Tell me again Trump doesn’t work for Putin. Tell me again Trump isn’t a traitor to America.
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David Wilson @davidgmwilson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
So why not stop drones hitting Ukraine? RAF F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets Just Scored Their First-Ever Combat Kill - Business Insider share.google/tASI7xGlNXdQ...
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British Royal Air Force F-35 stealth fighter jets just scored their first-ever combat kill
British forces have shot down drones across the Middle East over the past day as Iran continues to strike.
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Tata Chemia @tatach.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Absolutely! 🇬🇪🇪🇺 Thank you again @kajakallas.bsky.social @protest24.bsky.social
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David Wilson @davidgmwilson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This is very smart, and rather worrying.
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David Wilson @davidgmwilson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
@tobiwilsonline.bsky.social you should send this to Jack!
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.
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ZWash @zwash300.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Once again, Republicans could end this today if they actually wanted to
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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.
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Mark Urban @markurban.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Recent criticism of BBC dispatches from Tehran reminds us that reporting from 'the other side' in conflict remains vital, but is increasingly under fire. My latest blog markurban.substack.com/p/reporting-...
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Reporting from Tehran
Why dispatches from 'the other side' are so vital
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Flynn Fella @youllbederezzed.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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camfentriss.bsky.social @camfentriss.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The ‘American Sovereignty’ ads trying to convince us ICE is full of family people are not working. We can see that ICE is made up of vicious sadistic thugs who want to hurt anyone not like them. They are hired for their cruelty and ignorant stupidity.
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David Wilson @davidgmwilson.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
substack.com/@andrewbrown...
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Andrew Brown (@andrewbrown)
https://substack.com/@rawstory/note/c-210328858?r=3hvho This is the Western civilisation we must defend
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/02/2026
Just gonna drop this photo of January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang destroying a "Prosecute ICE" sculpture in Minneapolis. He's been arrested for this, btw.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Once you understand that the administration is a criminal enterprise, you can grasp that there is no way to serve it with honor. If you are in it, it’s impossible not to be at least an accessory to many crimes.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Trump knows the Republicans are heading to defeat in 2026, he also knows it will be a catastrophe for him if this happens. Therefore, he will try to corrupt the election. It’s simple logic. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Trump says Republicans should ‘nationalize’ elections
The comments come less than a week after the FBI raided an elections facility in Georgia.
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
my son is five, same age as Liam Ramos. you don't need to have a child the same age to be fucking horrified by the violence we are doing (and HAVE BEEN doing) upon immigrant children in this nation. but that he keeps asking for his spidey backpack is the kind of detail that rips my heart in two.
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⚫️🐦‍⬛ 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @theskyisnotblue.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
the feds saying theyll end their campaign of terror against an american city if their demands are met is the biggest domestic scandal of my lifetime
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Seems like a good video for his trial
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David Wilson @davidgmwilson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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Tech giants always planned to get us addicted
Critics of social media have largely focused on content but demonic algorithms that get us hooked should be our target
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David Wilson @davidgmwilson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"It's Trump, stupid!" open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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The Whitewashing Of Trump
It Is Never His Fault When It Always Is: A Case Study
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David Wilson @davidgmwilson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Always wise www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Weight-loss drugs do nothing to address the troubled relationships we have with our bodies | Susie Orbach
The food, beauty and pharmaceutical industries poison our self-image. GLP-1 drugs will only make them richer – and strengthen the hold they have over us, says psychotherapist Susie Orbach
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
On this day in 2019, the splendid @dimitrinakassis.bsky.social posted this photo of Delphic double rainbows 🌈 on Twitter (taken by Ross Nichol and shared by the Archaeological Museum of Delphi). And I think it’s the only thing I want to repost from Twitter anymore.
In 2019 Dimitri Nakassis posted this lovely picture of Delphic rainbows up on Twitter (taken by Ross Nichol and shared by Archaeological Museum of Delphi).
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David Wilson @davidgmwilson.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
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Of course this isn't fascism...
So what is it?
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David Wilson @davidgmwilson.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Not before time.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
BREAKING: The UK Government is working with Canada and Australia to launch a coordinated ban on X, per the Telegraph
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 10/01/2026
👏Footage from London shows the moment activists removed the Islamic Republic’s flag from the Iranian embassy balcony and raised the Lion and Sun flag instead.
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Nicklas Forss @nforss.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
This is something I cannot understand either. Why is the EU doing nothing? It would be quite easy for us to sanction every aspect of the Georgian Dream (Russian Nightmare) party and put an end to this. Even more so if the British helped out. But it's just silence.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/12/2025
The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired. If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 27/11/2025
“What sustains these protests is a clear sense among Georgians that they won’t accept a Russian-controlled autocracy.” Meduza talks to former defense minister and diplomat Vasil Sikharulidze about Georgia’s year-long political crisis. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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‘Georgians will not accept autocracy’: Former defense minister and diplomat Vasil Sikharulidze reflects on Georgia’s year-long political crisis — Meduza
Protesters in Georgia have been taking to the streets for 364 straight days. On October 26, thousands joined an anti-government march in central Tbilisi marking the anniversary of the country’s…
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kimdorman.bsky.social @kimdorman.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
from an Inuit song originally translated into Danish by Knud Rasmussen — English version by Autumn Richardson, Heart of Winter (Xylem Books, 2018)
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
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David Priess @davidpriess.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I already have a counterproposal: Russia pulls forces/proxies out of Ukraine—all of it—and removes offensive weapons from regions bordering Ukraine. Pays for all war damage—and reconstruction. All Russians engaged in war crimes stand trial. And Ukraine can join any alliance it damn well pleases.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/11/2025
Fox Business credulously reports that Saudi Arabia is pushing its investment into the US "to $1 trillion." The entire size of the Saudi economy is $1 trillion. How stupid are these people and/or how stupid do they think their viewers are?
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
The details of the plan that are being linked show that the Trump administration is planning to devastate Ukraine. Ukraine will be asked to cede land Russia has not conquered. The USA and other countries will be asked to recognize Crimea and other lands as Russian…
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⚫️🐦‍⬛ 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @theskyisnotblue.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Day 353 of #GeorgiaProtests ✊🏻🇬🇪🇪🇺
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