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David Giles

@dgiles.bsky.social
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Database botherer, cars, hifi, gubbins. Doesn't use AI.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Mark Zuckerberg is leading us a merry dance: the Stephen Collins cartoon
Whatever next …
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Unlikely revolutionary Mr Rogers will lead the uprising: the Stephen Collins cartoon
Where’s Fred Rogers when you need him?
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Dan Waddell @danwaddell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Looks like Oasis won’t be the only second division act to play at the Etihad next summer, eh lads?
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Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com · 22/09/2026
A landlord making £100,000 a month says young people have “no excuse to be poor”. Excellent. I love financial advice. Gather round, children, let's examine how he himself stopped being poor. metro.co.uk/2026/09/20/i...
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I’m a landlord making £100,000 a month — young people have no excuse to be poor
Samuel bought his first home aged 17 with a 100% mortgage.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Fixed that story about Sir Jim Ratcliffe on the BBC.
Picture of man smiling with tea-mug. Headline reads: "Non-Billionaire who actually lives in the UK and pays its taxes says he has lost confidence in the super-rich", with sub-header: 'One of Britain's taxpayers says he has lost confidence in billionaires, describing them as "on the take"".
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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John Robb official @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Samira Ahmed: A Hard Day’s Night – book review 'Samira Ahmed's A Hard Days Night book finds fresh new angles on classic film and band' louderthanwar.com/samira-ahmed...
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A Hard Days Night
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 17/09/2026
New: Trump called crypto "thin air." Last year, he reported $1.4 billion in income from it. Buyers of his crypto? They're an estimated $4.7 billion underwater. I made an 8-bit game out of it— 📈 Play as Trump: you cannot lose money. 📉 Play as an investor: you cannot win.
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‘THIN AIR,’ REAL MONEY — The Trump Crypto Game
An 8-bit game about real money. Play as Trump: you only make money. Play as an investor: you only lose. Every figure is drawn from Public Citizen's report and the sources it cites.
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A philanthropic gift is a new hospital ward, it’s a CAT scanner, it’s a new library, it’s a school swimming pool it’s not funding fascism.
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
You need a Goblin Mode when you own Ancient Woodland It’s impossible to stay clean, even in Summer, and you have to ignore the looks from people when you rock up with half a tree in your hair and clothes 🌳
The Green Man
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Politico: "The latest Private Eye pulls various data together to suggest the Rachel Reeves agricultural inheritance tax changes might be having the intended impact: pushing tax-avoiders out of farmland and making it more affordable for real farmers." (Cont.)
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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's finally happened: the improved quality of machine transcription and the greater ability to extract value from unlabelled data means "your tech is eavesdropping on you for marketing purposes" has crossed from "false conspiracy theory" to "true and concerning" www.theverge.com/tech/991190/...
theverge.com
LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby
Gamers Nexus comes for LG again.
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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The first rule of Norman Collier club is ou alk ut orm er club.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
One minute he's all in favour of global trade deals, the next he's hating on China's automotive sector. For a man who spends more time in Dubai than his boss does in Mar-a-Lago, it's hard to take his patriotism seriously. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Tice opens Reform conference with China dig despite party merch being made there
EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage's number two, Richard Tice, opened Reform UK's conference in Birmingham by having a dig at China - while standing yards from a merch stand selling goods made there
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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 06/09/2026
Contrast the police statements about the Dover blockade yesterday with the Just Stop Oil protests in 2022
No arrests made during Dover protest, Kent Police says
published at 13:34 5 September
13:34 5 September
Kent Police has issued a statement following the disruption in Dover earlier today.
It says officers "responded to a spontaneous protest" during Saturday morning, adding "no arrests were made".
"Traffic is flowing normally, and all involved had dispersed by midday," it addsThe Met Police said 35 people had been arrested in response to the disruption.
Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said the action was "criminality", not protest, and pledged to bring those involved to justice as quickly as possible.
"This was a very significant and co-ordinated effort to cause massive disruption to the entirety of the M25," he added.
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The king's adviser is actually a nice guy:
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🇹🇭Nene Royal🇹🇭 doing Metallica's Master of Puppets. She's pretty damn good. Only 16 but you'd think she's a seasoned rock goddess with how confident she blasts through it. 🤘🤘🎸
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Alias Messier @amampersand.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Last week, I provided students with my Reasons to Hate AI mini comic, & now you can have it, too. Thanks to @nsousanis.bsky.social for suggestions & so many for the accumulated info, esp. @emilymbender.bsky.social, @alexhanna.bsky.social, @karenhao.bsky.social , @dairinstitute.bsky.social.
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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The internet was absolutely a mistake but this is one of like five admissible pieces of evidence that it’s good actually
What I'm doing with my life
sometimes sheets can be propped up to be a cave but other times they lie flat like a ground. why is that
I'm looking for
• poposable thumbs
• Tall as counter
• Understanding of locks
• Warms
The first things people usually notice about me i am small enough to use pieces of furniture in different ways that are surprising to humans eg edge of the bed is actually a tiny step for me to use like a borrower
The six things I could never do without cold chickens, heated chickens, small dry pellet chickkens, chickens from a can with picture of cat on it, chickens from the sea (also in can but missing cat picutre on can), chicken from larger animals like beef
The most private thing I'm willing to admit iwill climb on top of you in the night and settle like a tiny rain cloud
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This record's about as Heavy Metal as Bad News arguing over the number of sausages served in a motorway service area all day breakfast, but who cares when it's one of the best pop 45s ever released. And it's total pop, written by the same person who wrote So You Win Again for Hot Chocolate.-
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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 27/08/2026
Councillors! MPs! I wrote a reference you can use anytime someone absent mindedly shouts "blocked drains!!!" from their keyboard! cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/why-our-st...
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Why our streets may flood this winter, and it won't be because of the council's 'blocked drains'
The uncomfortable truth of what a baked summer does to a wet autumn
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Lord Arse But Even More Scary 🕹️ @lordarse.com · 25/08/2026
Jet Set F*ckin' Willy (Sir Clive's Endless Nightmare Mix) Lord Arse (2024) CRANK IT UP TO 11!
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Every vintage gameshow:
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Glen Wilson @glenglenglen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Does every UK train operator send out riddles about your future journeys with them or is it just a Trafnidiaeth Cymru thing?
An email from TfW titled ‘Changes to your journey’ that reads as follows:

Hello Glen,

Important information about your journey on
26-08-2026 at 07:31

From Colwyn Bay station to Crewe station, getting on at Colwyn Bay station is not possible.

From Colwyn Bay station to Crewe station, getting off at Crewe station is not possible.
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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
BLOG POST: Every day there's some news story or other that makes me realise we're living in a sci-fi future. What's weird is how life just goes on. precastreinforced.co.uk/2026/08/16/n...
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New Worlds
Don’t let the absence of a flying car in your garage distract you: we are definitely now living in a version of the future out of J.G. Ballard or William Gibson. Every day I notice a news story tha…
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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I don't think there should be a defibrilator on Snowdon. And that's a hill I'm prepared to die on
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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“Old Hollywood loved to build Londons... Cedric Gibbons created one at MGM for David Copperfield, directed by George Cukor in 1935... Parts of that set, later known as ‘Copperfield Court’ or ‘Copperfield Courtyard’, were used in other productions, including on TV, for years to come.”
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These other Londons: the imagined city of the backlots
London, like New York, is often too busy, and too much in flux, to play itself on film. So, time after time, filmmakers rebuild it on backlots – with varying degrees of accuracy. Each of these othe…
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Boothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Clacton on Sea by-election boasts a record number of candidates, some with names even more ridiculous than their reputations, like Howling Laud Hope, Nick the incredible Flying Brick, and Laurence Fox. It reads less like a ballot paper and more like a psychiatrist's to-do list.
A photo of the Clacton on Sea by-election ballot paper. The picture only shows about 25 of the 34 candidates' names the photographer obviously couldn't get far enough away to get them all in. Probably best not to go near it if you have a nut allergy.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Do you want to hazard a guess at what this “jaw-dropping” list of freebies included? What luxuries asylum seekers might be being given “for free” in Thetford? Xboxes? Plasma TVs? iPhones? Ferraris? Let's take a look👀 🧵 1/22
Express headline: The jaw-dropping list of everything asylum seekers in Thetford were 'given for free'.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Stoppe callinge them Data Centers and starte callinge them slop hellmouths
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Ben Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Latest @theguardian.com cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ben Jennings on southern Europe’s wildfires – cartoon
Firefighters in France and Spain race to contain huge wildfires before a fresh heatwave begins in the middle of the week
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules:
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Panel 1
Caption: With the windows open in the summer heat, a breeze blows through the punctuation factory, scattering newly-minted marks across the countryside.

Image: a small factory with windows open and punctuation marks coming out 

Panel 2
Caption: Confused locals find their conversations peppered with unexpected pauses and unwanted emphasis.

Image: Two people talking as punctuation marks float around them One says

This, is “very odd”

The other replies 

…(Indeed)*


Panel 3
Caption: Naturalists note that the effect is not limited to human communication. 

Image: A duck on a pond surrounded by punctuation marks says
Qu’ack?

Panel 4
Caption: Fortunately, a cloud of exclamation points drift into a district council meeting which proceeds with unusual efficiency 

Image: Councillors talk in a cloud of exclamation points
Something must be done!!  !
Close the windows! !!
Install air conditioning! !!
Immediately!!! !
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 24/07/2026
number one, i am glad that if anyone on earth is rich enough to turn down some blood money, it's Weird Al, and number two, I'm glad the guy who is rich enough to be loud as fuck about turning down some blood money is Weird Al
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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Turned Down Million-Dollar Offer to Perform in Saudi Arabia: ‘I Don’t Need to Take Any Money if It Makes Me Feel Icky’
'Weird Al' Yankovic revealed he turned down a seven-figure offer to perform at the state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.
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David Giles @dgiles.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I don't use buses, have no need of free school meals, and hate opera. But I'd gladly subsidise buses, school dinners, and Radio 3 from my taxes
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"Larry likes his breakfast at 9, brunch at 1030 and lunch at noon with plenty of snacks in between. The rest of the job is a doddle"
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David Giles @dgiles.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sounding more like Curve than ever...
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Well, happy 80th birthday, Derek Griffiths
youtu.be
Vimto Advert 1982 featuring Derek Griffiths
YouTube video by Martin Potter
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.
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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I made this because as far as I can see nobody else has?
Skegness is so bracing but I've made him into Count Binface and it says Clacton is SO Binface
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/07/2026
How not to be rude in 2026
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How not to be rude in 2026
Do you keep your headphones on at the checkout? Or chat people up then never follow through? You need our expert guide to the new social faux pas – and how to avoid them
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Timeline cleanse: You're watching Mei & Kira, two sea otters (Enhydra lutris) at the Toba Aquarium in Japan, help clean the pool area after playtime. The reward is an ice treat. Enrichment activities like this promote mental wellness. Let's talk about the SUCCESS of sea otter conservation.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
NEW - Rachel Reeves said she will "accept Nigel Farage’s request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead." "It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better. "But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him."
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WEFAIL @wefail.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Bindependence Day
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David Giles @dgiles.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Too soon... 😬
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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There Must And Shall Be Aspirin @boscobel1975.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Hydration break.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Today's the day! The heat has relented and Reform finally have their chance to persuade King's Lynn and West Norfolk' Council to turn their back on climate action I'll be live-tweeting from the debate
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Heatwave halts Reform bid to scrap climate emergency
A council debate on scrapping West Norfolk's climate emergency was postponed after extreme heat made the chamber unusable
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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Love this game… but blimey it’s humbling me every day. anthropeum.com
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Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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