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David Niddrie

@davidniddrie.bsky.social
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Professional Photographer, Vancouver BC. Urban cycler, pottery dabbler, sourdough baker, nature lover, writer and big time music NERD. davidniddrie.com

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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 12h
Am I upset the @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social called an unnecessary & reckless election? Hell yes. Am I going to vote against my best interests to teach them a lesson. Oh hell no. 4 yrs under the BC Cons would be a bigger catastrophe for all. As dumb as this election is, please vote accordingly.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I can't walk 20 mins to work through my 'traffic-calmed' neighbourhood without almost getting hit by a car. Every single day. It has gotten significantly worse in the last 4 years, while these jokers are in charge. Clearly they don't take traffic safety seriously... Vote them out #vancouver.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Dear @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social, We hired you for 4 years. It's been less than 2. Get back to work, your election stunt is going to set us all back.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Very good opinion piece by Hilary Angus here, looking at the perceived threat vs the obvious, but altogether ignored, problem. Look at all that we've given up for obese vehicles and how we've just come to accept this as normal. www.nsnews.com/opinion/opin...
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Opinion: Cars are the biggest threat on the road, not kids on e-scooters
All the outrage we feel about teens weaving on e-bikes and scooters would be better spent figuring out how to keep massive motorized vehicles away from all other road users
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"Profiting off human misery" - eight oil companies raking in $93B while the planet burns and countries are bombed. A sick, antisocial and greedy as hell industry. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
theguardian.com
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The solar and battery atlas shows just how much, how cheap and how abundant solar energy is globally. www.electrotech-revolution.com/p/harnessing...
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Harnessing the Sun: The Solar + Battery Atlas
How batteries turn variable solar into firm power
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A fascinating deep dive into Japan’s remarkable train culture. worksinprogress.co/issue/why-ja...
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Why Japan has such good railways - Works in Progress Magazine
Japan's railways are the finest in the world. Other countries can copy its formula.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Now that's my kind of -illionaire. #Nature is amazing. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Subterranean fungi networks more than 100 quadrillion km in length, study finds
First ever global mapping of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi shows scale of hyphal systems that sustain plant life
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Sounds like CBS is going full Faux News attempting to "inject falsehoods and bias" into their reporter's work. Unbelievable to see a legacy media network destroy their own credibility in such a short time. #medialiteracy #media #cbs www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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Fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley says CBS told him to inject ‘falsehoods’ into reporting
Veteran journalist says executives pushed unverified claims and gave politicians a say in interviews
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Sunshine Coast, BC. Views from Soames Hill high above Gibsons and then down in the harbour. Last day of May on Canada’s West Coast. #photography #explorebc #shotoniphone
A white sail boat is farmed by green tree limbs and golden grasses looking from a bluff to the Pacific Ocean. A view towards Gibsons along the Sunshine Coast from a viewpoint high above. The coast wiggles with beaches, forests and a town. A large salmon head sculpture frames a look at the Gibsons harbour on the a Sunshine Coast BC.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Celebrating what would have been Miles Davis' 100th birthday today. The coolest MF to ever play the horn, a man who reinvented #jazz #music numerous times spanning six decades. Legend. "My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.”
A black and white portrait of Mile Davis with dark glassed, a cigarette and a fur coat, taken during his electric era, circa 1970, courtesy Columbia Records.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Ahead of the 6-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, I've published some personal #writing and #photography to my blog. I'd love for you to check out, thx. #minneapolis #saytheirnames #georgefloyd blog.davidniddrie.com/2026/05/21/o...
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On Visiting the George Floyd Memorial in Minneapolis
Personal reflections and photos from a visit to George Perry Floyd Square in Minneapolis.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
“There is the skyline, the water, the harbor. It’s a beautiful scene, a panoramic scene…You can blow as loud as you want. It makes you think. The grandeur gives you perspective.” RIP Sonny Rollins, 95, who once had a habit of practicing on the Williamsburg Bridge. #jazz variety.com/2026/music/n...
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Sonny Rollins, Jazz’s ‘Saxophone Colossus,’ Dies at 95
Sonny Rollins, the legendary jazz saxophonist who collaborated with everyone from Coleman Hawkins to the Rolling Stones, has died.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Ahead of the 6-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, I've published some personal #writing and #photography to my blog. I'd love for you to check out, thx. #minneapolis #saytheirnames #georgefloyd blog.davidniddrie.com/2026/05/21/o...
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On Visiting the George Floyd Memorial in Minneapolis
Personal reflections and photos from a visit to George Perry Floyd Square in Minneapolis.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Very disappointing seeing his gov't move away from climate commitments & clean energy and instead seeking to appease the Trump-backed separatists, fossil fuel companies and others suffering from 19th-century energy brain. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is not the climate guy you thought | Seth Klein
While Canada may be clinging to fossil fuels, much of the world is moving on
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I live nearby in #BroadwayPlan catchment, and fear this story will be playing out for so many over the next few years. My neighbourhood is flooded with development permits, potentially displacing so many people in #MountPleasant #Vancouver. vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2026/0...
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Mount Pleasant renters in fear of eviction amid hotel rezoning proposal
Tenants of a 29-unit apartment building in Vancouver fear they won't be offered protection under the city's relocation policy for the Broadway Plan as developers apply to rezone the property for a 21-...
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Tokyo Metro I, 2025. A shot I made at Kanda Station in #Tokyo last autumn. I made a similar photo in Montreal years ago and wanted to capture commuters thru the movement of the train window here in #Japan as well. Enjoy! #movement #subway #photography
People are seen walking on a Tokyo subway platform thru the window of a moving train car. The colours are deeply saturated and the train is blurred with movement.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 19/05/2026
Vancouver Island's San Josef Bay once mostly drew people familiar with the North Island. But now, visitors come from farther afield — and many know the area mainly from what they have seen online.
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Tourists chasing a viral BC beach are blowing tires on remote logging roads
A viral Vancouver Island beach may look like paradise online — but the rugged road in is leaving unprepared visitors with blown tires, damaged cars and no cell service.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
#Vancouver sits at No.30 in this years Copenhagenize Index. We’ve fallen some but can rally back with the right leadership and, please, some traffic enforcement in neighborhoods flooded with reckless drivers (ie Mt Pleasant for instance). #cycling #urbancycling copenhagenizeindex.eu/index.php/pr...
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Vancouver – Copenhagenize index
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Guest editorial from a local seabird: "Seeing whales is great, but gulls can be just as spectacular" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Travelling with B.C. Ferries? Watch for wildlife, naturalist says | CBC News
Nature enthusiasts encourage travellers to spend time out on the deck, or at least looking out the window, to watch for creatures in the sea, in the air and on land.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
"The main purpose of the courts, when you get right down to it, is to force bullshit into contact with reality. This is inconvenient for bullshit artists, disconcerting for bullshit believers, and an immense relief for the rest of us."
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Tried to sign up for Facebook today for the first time ever simply because I want to acccess marketplace. Well, my account was banned before I could even finish my profile. No idea why and none given. All legit info too. Guess it’s a sign. Sucks that Craigslist is ghost town :(
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Never forget, the “Alberta Separatist Movement” is a relatively small number of unhinged conspiracy nuts being fed a steady diet of Russian and US-made disinformation, normalized by media mostly following the wrong story, and boosted by political opportunists who think (wrongly) they can control it.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Oh, is it “Mission Accomplished” banner time again?
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Picked up a new to me Odetta LP at the thrift store - It’s a Mighty World. Powerful songs sung magnificently, man she’s so good. Next to the Town Hall album, I’d say essential. Saw her back in 2004, here’s the photo I made at the time. #photography #livemusic #legend
The folk and blues singer Odetta is seen here on stage wearing a pink shawl and red scarf on her head. Glasses, a forehead charm and large necklace complete her look, as she smiles in between songs
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The province of Alberta has taken to banning books. Including popular graphic novels like 1984, Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Blankets, and more. The bible's graphic violence and sexual content, however, is totally appropriate for children apparently. thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Did some fine arboreal reading via J.B. MacKinnon’s Vancouver Tree Tour and it got me thinking of some of my favourite local trees… thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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J.B. MacKinnon’s Vancouver Tree Tour | The Tyee
Help us build a citizens’ map of great trees. Do you have a favourite to tell us about?
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
#Vancouver #photography & #photographer people -- I am now listed and available for #photo #assist jobs in Vancouver and beyond. Please take a look at my credentials and drop me a line: www.flashpointrentals.com/assistants
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
There is a name for this silly macho thing the bros are doing these days - petro-masculinity. Fragile, small men seem to invoke this identity the most. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The sooner we rid ourselves of these fossil fuel shackles and the greed that comes with the better. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds
Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This would be so good for Cuba now and for their future. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Cuba could beat US energy blockade with $8bn investment in renewables, says thinktank
Report by Common Wealth argues rest of the world should pay for country’s transition as reparative climate finance
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Charles Montgomery @charlesincities.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Gorgeous and inspiring photo essay on Hidalgo's transformation of Paris into a healthier, happier city (with some caveats) Gift link to @bloomberg.com story... www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Welcome to Paris, the City That Said No to Cars
Outgoing Mayor Anne Hidalgo leaves the city more walkable, bikable, greener and cleaner.
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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
There is no solar power crisis. No wind power crisis. No insulation crisis. No heat pump crisis. No e-bike crisis. No electric bus crisis. But there is a #fossilfuel crisis. And a #climatecrisis.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Canadian gov’t wants your input on experience with vehicle headlights and glare at night. Sounds nerdy but I know everyone has an opinion on this. Take the survey: tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...
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Canadian experience with vehicle headlights and glare at night
Transport Canada wants to learn how headlight glare affects road users and what vehicle or lighting features may influence how people experience it at night.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Sigh. This is all related & a shameful mark on my home province. Many AB conservatives are MAGA wannabes, with their victim mentality and xenophobia (at best). Most Albertans I know are sickened by the UCP and can’t wait to vote them out. I really hope they do. newrepublic.com/article/2069...
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The MAGA Plot to Take Down Canada
A growing movement of MAGA-pilled Albertan separatists would happily break up the country to be closer to Trump.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
“Right now, there’s enough pipeline space for all the oil Alberta produces.” With the taxpayer-funded $34B TMX expansion, the system has the potential to handle 1 million more barrels than it does today. Enough of the oil bluster from AB already, yr swimming in it. thenarwhal.ca/canada-pipel...
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Alberta pipeline capacity, explained | The Narwhal
Here’s what you need to know about pipelines — real and imagined — from Alberta to the West Coast
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
A ‘good news’ article about the unstoppable growth of renewables. Particularly as we see the volatility of the oil industry, the faster we dump fossil fuels the better. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Really too bad the world economy can be turned upside down by of a handful of oil producers (and the wars to control them). Too much power. Can’t wait til we are free of these last-century fossil fuel shackles.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Eyes on Cuba. The resilience of people there is being tested harder then in years, my heart goes out to this country & these amazing people. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In the other US target of regime change, Cuba, I saw real hardship – and resilience | Sara Kozameh
Trump is choking off oil imports to the communist nation, plunging it into a crisis not seen since the fall of USSR, says Sara Kozameh, assistant professor in history at UC San Diego
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/galler... Incredible photojournalism from the front lines of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Four years of war in Ukraine – in pictures
On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion, we look back on some of the powerful photojournalism documenting the conflict
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Ra ra ra, tax us some more. I guess that's what tariff supporters are really saying. Took a year to get a 'study' done but we all knew this, of course. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Costs from Trump's tariffs paid mainly by US firms and consumers, NY Fed says
Last year, collective import tariff rates on various goods coming into the US more than tripled.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Watching this closely as my immediate 3-block radius features a dozen or so tower proposals. Most would be replacing existing apartments, many filled with long term tenants (hi!) that will be displaced at once. Always wondered how these protections would, in fact, 'work'.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Inspiring look into some of the women of Minneapolis resistance. www.glamour.com/story/the-wo...
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The Women Holding Minneapolis Together
In Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. ‘Glamour’ reports from the fr...
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Fantastic #photography from Kazuma Obara in this piece on the Fukushima towns frozen in time. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The Fukushima towns frozen in time: nature has thrived since the nuclear disaster but what happens if humans return?
Fifteen years after a tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident, only bears, raccoons and boar are seen on the streets. But the authorities and some locals want people to move back
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
RIP to one of the greats, Sly Dunbar, who passed this week. I spun some of the albums he plays on, in tribute this week: Grace Jones, King Tubby, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Herbie Hancock, Peter Tosh, Lover's Rock, Max Romeo & The Upsetters... many of these are masterpieces. What a legend.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Alberta is harming Canadian sovereignty by asking the US for funding to start their supposed new country. I think our fed gov't should cease all support for pipeline routes through what might then be a foreign country (Canada), if these treasonous Albertans have their way. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta premier says she’s ruled out Kitimat, B.C., for proposed pipeline route | CBC News
Speaking at a news conference Thursday, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the route to Kitimat would be “too complex," saying there are "too many channels to navigate."
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Blue sky drop on a winter’s day. #photography #bluesky #lookingup
A photograph of water droplets pooling on a clear surface, beyond which is the outline of a tree and blue sky with white clouds.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Like, they know the videos are publicly available and completely, absolutely refute their incredible lies. And yet, the shameless lying continues. What a sick administration.
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
It was significant enough for me to keep a clip from the newspaper, when George W Bush said: "I heard somebody say, 'Where is Mandela?Well, Mandela's dead. Because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas." Thought it was the dumbest thing I’d heard a US president say…
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David Niddrie @davidniddrie.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
It's amazing what they allow a convicted felon to get away with these days -- more crimes!
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