David Evans @geekonomicon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026You've got to admit that Hugo Boss does excellent work. 010 1
Reposted by David Evans God @thegodshow.com · 06/09/2026Seriously, they just told Grok to make the imperial officer uniforms from Star Wars but “more Hitlery.” 101392282244 9.2K
Reposted by David Evans Dick Mackintosh 🌹 #StopTheWar @dickmackintosh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I've discovered 551 Bluesky users from my social network using the Sky Follower Bridge.✨ Check it out: share.sky-follower-bridge.dev?q=551 #skyfollowerbridgeshare.sky-follower-bridge.devSky Follower BridgeBridge your Twitter/X followers to Bluesky. Detected Users: 551 021 2
Reposted by David Evans Dick Mackintosh 🌹 #StopTheWar @dickmackintosh.bsky.social · 11/11/2024 46516 65
Reposted by David Evans 🌊Scott the Process🌊 @scotttheprocess.bsky.social · 09/02/2025 10884081742 8.4K
Reposted by David Evans Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 27/08/2026RIP Dolly ❤️ 3688132 688
Reposted by David Evans Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 27/08/2026When “I do my own research” really means “googling child-size coffins” 516466 164
Reposted by David Evans Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I had not some across this before, but if you want an example Nathan Cofnas’ scholarship, this is a doozy. Again I say, being sacked is not the problem; being recruited in the first place is what deserves scrutiny. 34650601118 5.1K
Reposted by David Evans Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 23/08/2026Thesis: There is no cause so obviously vile and stupid that we can't find ~200 academics to sign a letter of support, provided we frame it as an "academic freedom" or "anti-censorship" campaign. 431044 310
Reposted by David Evans Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 22/08/2026There’s a petition signed by more than one hundred academics (& counting!) in support of Nathan Cofnas—the racist who instigated the pile on that led to J. Arday’s death—because he lost his postdoc. Apparently there’s nothing a white man can do that deserves consequences.forbetterscience.com 332290495 2.3K
Reposted by David Evans Pieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Last Thursday, the far-right student organization KVHV organized a public lecture by Nathan Cofnas. The lecture was an absolute train wreck. It will take a while to analyze everything, but here are some first impressions. /1 529373 293
Reposted by David Evans Pieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Of course, I might be biased. So first: here are the opinions of some journalists /2 11044 104
Reposted by David Evans Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 23/08/2026A scathing thread about @nathancofnas.bsky.social's intellectual deficiencies started four months ago by Pieter Beck, a history of science senior postdoc @ Ghent University, 'Cofnas has been called an unoriginal thinker before.' 212954 129
Reposted by David Evans Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The white-supremacist Nathan Cofnas lied to the media about his job at Ghent University. But instead of double-checking it, the British media just took him at his word. ... Here are some relevant excerpts from Ghent University's letter to suspend him for what amounts to academic fraud. 10240101 240
Reposted by David Evans Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The fact that Trump's white-supremacist regime is defending the white-supremacist piece-of-shit who started the witch hunt against Jason Arday just proves that the whole thing was a racist "DEI" campaign designed to intimidate Black academics. And UK media danced along like rats for the Pied Piper.realclearpolitics.comU.S. Condemns Ghent University's Retaliation vs. Professor Cofnas | RealClearPolitics<p>The United States Mission to Belgium condemns, in the strongest terms, Ghent University's retaliation against an American scholar following his accurate whistleblower reporting on academic fraud.Th... 1417663 176
Reposted by David Evans God @thegodshow.com · 22/08/2026For starving US sailors aboard the aircraft carrier the USS Lincoln, they’re rewarding Donald by naming another aircraft carrier after him, which was previously named after a Black sailor hero from Pearl Harbor. I have to leave now to buy a new phone because I’m gonna throw this one across the room. 1353141621 3.1K
Reposted by David Evans Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The residents of Biddeford, Maine are reacting to the killing of a 26-year-old Colombian man by ICE goons today. ICE claims the man tried to "weaponize his vehicle" so they shot and killed him. Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets 33864042646 6.4K
Reposted by David Evans Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Trump’s 50% tariffs just landed on nearly $30 BILLION in Canadian goods — from lumber to hockey sticks. Guess who pays the tariffs? AMERICAN importers. That means higher costs for American builders, retailers and families. Trump did it anyway. Worst dealmaker ever. 2002371840 2.4K
David Evans @geekonomicon.bsky.social · 23/08/2026London-based landowner is putting the iconic Glenelg to #Skye ferry at risk. Support the local community - not millionaire financiers - and save the world famous Glenelg to Skye ferry by joining me and signing the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...you.38degrees.org.ukSave the Glenelg - Skye ferry!This ten minute crossing is famous around the world - and is believed to be the last turntable style ferry anywhere. It's an iconic part of Skye's history, but it's under threat thanks to a wealthy la... 000 0
Reposted by David Evans ravenalessia.bsky.social @ravenalessia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It’s Marsha Blackburn’s Tennessee where children are arrested in schools to keep their privately owned prisons full. 16217 62
Reposted by David Evans Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/08/2026You’ve got to be shitting me. We’re spending $20 MILLION of our tax dollars on stun gloves. And we’re supposed to pretend this will cut down on lethal force AND that ICE has good judgment? This is going to lead to more abuse, not less. 54937081553 3.7K
Reposted by David Evans Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 31/07/2026Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 28% (+5) RFM: 23% (-4) CON: 20% (=) LDM: 10% (-1) GRN: 10% (-3) SNP: 3% (=) Via BMG Research, 28-30 Jul. Changes w/ 23-25 Jun. 930481 304
Reposted by David Evans Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 31/07/2026If replicated in a General Election, this poll would see Labour fall just 18 seats short of an overall majority. 138222 82
Reposted by David Evans Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 26/07/2026🏫 Sunday School: Andy B's A Busy Bee 🤪 Crazy week & optimistic start for new PM 🪳 Cockroaches 1 - 0 Indian Politicians 🤖 AI's great escape With @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5E5H... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...podcasts.apple.comSunday School: Andy B's A Busy BeePodcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 26 July · 58min 85117 51
Reposted by David Evans c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The mammalian placenta takes its name from a Roman version of a Greek crêpe or cheesecake. 815227 152
Reposted by David Evans Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Hey I know inflation is out of control and a lot of folks can’t afford basic necessities, but at least we’re tackling waste fraud and abuse by buying… *checks notes* 250 Escalades for the government. 1643132635355 13.3K
Reposted by David Evans Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Breaking: Mitch McConnell to continue extended rehabilitation in refrigerated steel cabinet.washingtonpost.comMcConnell not medically cleared to leave rehab yet, Capitol physician saysThe former Republican Senate leader has been away from the Senate for six weeks and has not said when he will return. 915231 152
Reposted by David Evans Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday demanded more transparency from Sen. Mitch McConnell: “As Governor of the state you serve, I am calling on you to directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign" www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...huffpost.comGov. Beshear Calls On McConnell To Provide Proof Of His Ability To Serve 139916249 916
Reposted by David Evans God @thegodshow.com · 28/07/2026I lost 100 followers today for calling out politicians using Islamophobia in 2026? Good. Let’s keep it going. 2057034664 7K
Reposted by David Evans Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 27/07/2026Northern Ireland Assembly Voting Intention: SF: 22% (-2) UUP: 16% (+3) DUP: 15% (-3) SDLP: 13% (+2) TUV: 12% (+1) ALL: 10% (-1) GRN: 5% (=) AON: 3% (=) PBP: 2% (=) Via @lucidtalk.bsky.social, July 2026. Changes w/ 9-12 Apr. 6415 41
Reposted by David Evans Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 27/07/2026++BREAKING++ The Daily Telegraph has... *rubs eyes* ...published something sensible about climate change: "I’m coming to the view that the Online Right is going wrong, eschewing compassion or charm, talking itself into corners of angry irrelevance. Take climate change." 1011187392 1.2K
Reposted by David Evans Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Yes, but according to Stanley it's The Left that are to blame for this state of affairs. 1124 12
Reposted by David Evans c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 25/07/2026In 1943, 7 yr-old Margaret Treacy was playing ball in the street when she was hit by an ice truck near her Upper Manhattan home. Her leg was so badly broken, the tibia punctured skin & the wound became infected with Staphylococcus bacteria. Penicillin had only been in clinical use since 1941... 210725 107
Reposted by David Evans c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Twice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains." 11186292309 8.6K
Reposted by David Evans Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 24/07/2026Renewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies 20078552049 7.9K
Reposted by David Evans Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Oh no. Cairngorms NP is one of my favorite places. It contains the last remaining large stands of ancient Caledonian forest, home to red squirrels, capercaillies, and other rare critters, not to mention deeply rooted human communities. I spent many happy times there. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comPolice declare 'major incident' over Nethy Bridge wildfireSome residents in the village of Nethy Bridge have left their homes over the threat the wildfire spreading. 2136 13
Reposted by David Evans Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 18/06/2026By popular demand, here’s how one would use DNA to figure out what the heck is going on in the reflecting pool: 1. Take a ~1 liter water sample from the pool. Ideally take several, from different locations around the pool, with 2-3 replicates and a negative control at each location. 1/ 46411 64
Reposted by David Evans Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”share.inquirer.comA Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer. 18485661579 8.6K
Reposted by David Evans Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/07/2026A dark money campaign is offering influencers $1,500 per post to attack Abdul El-Sayed and support Haley Stevens. Same exact dollar figure that was paid to attack @katmabu.bsky.social (Nobody ever found out who was paying for that campaign.) Gross, lazy and above all cynical shit.ms.nowSecret paid influencer campaign backing Stevens floods Michigan Senate raceRep. Haley Stevens and the Senate Democratic PAC said they were not involved in the effort to pay for user-generated content endorsing her. 32881853332 8.2K
Reposted by David Evans onion person @junlper.beer · 25/07/2026its really ramped up in the last week with a lot of influencers parroting the same “she’s growing on me!” language, its been very blatant but probably impacting the election for those less tuned in 1083259718 3.3K
Reposted by David Evans God @thegodshow.com · 25/07/2026This is a totally surreal moment in the Epstein scandal. They win the top award for exposing a pedophile, then have to shake hands with said pedophile. 2143151884 3.2K
Reposted by David Evans God @thegodshow.com · 25/07/2026He’s not joking. He wants to run again at 82 and his Supreme Court will let him. 3731706397 1.7K
Reposted by David Evans Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026"This might be unpopular but I'd like to discriminate against an entire class of people" If this is you, I hope the next 500 books you try to read are a disappointment. 1521330150 1.3K
Reposted by David Evans Bony 🦴 Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 24/07/2026the thing about public libraries is that they are—or at least many of them are—the one unrestricted public space in which children are treated with something approaching full civic equality with all other people. And they sense that. Our children’s room is the liveliest space in our library. 📚 25856220 856
Reposted by David Evans Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go. 2360117152524 11.7K
