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Dave Underwood

@oblivionwithbells.com
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I blog about mortality awareness. Humanist. Anti-authoritarianism. I have #MECFS. Reposts not necessarily endorsements. (he/him) My blog: oblivionwithbells.com Location: Loughborough, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 18h
Big news from Labour Conference: the PM has announced the government's plan to scrap first past the post. Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. I've added my name. Join me? action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/...
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The PM used his big speech to promise to fix Westminster's broken voting system.
We've heard promises before. I've signed to make sure this one is kept. It takes 30 seconds
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We live to a soundtrack of screeches from the likes of Jenrick, Barrett, Truss and Braverman. The Harpies of the modern world.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: "Because of tariffs, we are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars of profits. It's one of the reasons I can offer, if Republicans win the House and Senate, $5,000 to every adult. We can do it and the Democrats can't, because the Democrats don't have any income."
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Dave Underwood @oblivionwithbells.com · 27/09/2026
Source: www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalH... #uspol #trump
This is a cartoon by De Adder showing Trump having smashed his ways through three pillars of democracy (Legislative, Executive, Judiciary) and starting on the fourth & final pillar, Press.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So is the White House, the Kennedy Center, and for that matter the Supreme Court, Congress, the executive branch, the rule of law, the military, public health, and.... Let's hope for a midterm landslide and thereafter some memory in the electorate of who broke what.
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Hope For The Planet @h4tp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We now have rigorous pooled data showing that even without active restoration efforts, cleared rainforest can rebound to 75% of their former species composition and 90% of species diversity within just thirty years. #goodnews
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Rainforest biodiversity rebounds within a single generation | The Optimist Daily
A major Ecuador study finds cleared rainforests can recover 90 percent of their species diversity in just 30 years, as long as humans leave the land alone.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I once said this to @amywestervelt.bsky.social and I stand by the statement. “I don't think you can call anything where you're getting more oil out of the ground to burn a climate solution.” drilled.media/news/ccs
"It doesn't make sense to use CCS to prolong our use of fossil fuels, especially to produce electricity," David Ho, professor at University of Hawaii and senior researcher at Columbia Uni-versity, said. 'The argument in favor of enhanced oil recovery is often that if they weren't using this capt red CO2 they'd be using some other CO2. But I don't think you can call anything where you're getting more oil out of the ground to burn a climate solution."
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 27/09/2026
Remember...it's YOUR kids that should go to vocational school, not theirs.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This balaclava-clad mob were reading out a weird & imtimidating message about Fabians, Zionists and others outside Bluecoat before dispersing
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
HIV cases in Fiji surge with about 1 in 60 of the population now living with the virus. Almost 4 out of 5 are NOT on HIV treatment which not only saves lives but also prevents transmission.
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Fiji declares national emergency as HIV cases surge
One in 60 adults in the tiny Pacific nation of less than a million people are living with the virus.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The one thing your viewers can know for sure is that we believe in controlling spending and reducing taxes, not increasing taxes," says Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, whose own government raised taxes to their highest level in more than 70 years, just two years ago.
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ECIU @eciu.net · 27/09/2026
🤯 Temp rise at heart of El Niño in Pacific Ocean has now reached 3.05°C 📍 higher than 3.02°C set in late Nov 2015 (which was higher than in the 150 years of modern records) 📍 most recent forecasts predict a peak of 4.0°C in Novand Dec
Graph shows daily sea surface temperatures for Niño 3.4, highlighting a significant rise, peaking near 30°C in late 2023.
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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 20/07/2026
Australia is planning some of the world's toughest AI regulations • Water usage will be limited • AI data centers will be required to become net producers of energy • AI companies can't train on Australian creators' work without their permission • Proposals expected to be introduced in 2027
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We're here in front of Labour Conference with a message to all delegates: vote for a fairer democracy! Remember to pick "electoral reform" in the priorities ballot! #Lab26 #LabourConference2026
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Laurent Peraldi @tintamarre.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Retour en grâce Don McCullin
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 26/09/2026
Do you or someone you know use DraftKings or FanDuel? You can help @propublica.org continue to report on these apps by sharing your data with us. In some states, you can request it. But we also built a browser extension to help download your own data! projects.propublica.org/sports-betti...
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Help ProPublica Report on Sports Betting by Sending Us Your App Data
If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026
Class solidarity.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026
🚨Broadcasters are required to present news impartially, without political bias. Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action. ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Liz Truss doesn't know the difference between the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea. She knocked £425bn off the value of pension fund assets. She thinks Tony Blair set up the Bank of England. And major companies pay her £80,000 a speech for her insights on politics and economics.
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shanley @shanley.com · 19/05/2026
Things that happened to me immediately after I said Marc Andreessen needs to be removed from power in an interview with the MIT Tech Review, the most prestigious tech publication in our industry:
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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Christian nationalist Mark Meckler declares that James Talarico's Senate campaign is "straight out of Satan's playbook": "I hate to say it this way, but Talafreako is just a tool for the devil."
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access" Full story on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”
Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Dave Underwood @oblivionwithbells.com · 24/09/2026
“Death of BlueSky” posts always make me anxious 🙁 I like it here! Where am I supposed to go? Mastodon? 😕
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Jake Gold @jacob.gold · 23/09/2026
@toni.bsky.team probably time to declare a "code red" and get Bluesky Communities launched ASAP. I'm as blue-pilled and optimistic as it gets, and I deeply respect *everyone* I worked with on the team, but even I'm getting worried about how many chances remain. Feels too slow to win at this pace 🙁
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We tested people living near a chemical plant in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire. 70% of people tested had levels of PFAS in their blood that, in the US, would be classed as 'high-risk' for adverse health effects. 1 person had the highest levels of PFAS ever recorded in anyone's blood in the UK.
Our PFAS pollution story on the front page of the Times today
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Benjamin Netanyahu begins his speech.
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John Stott @jpsastro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I've seen the future and it's bleak. Coming to an inbox near you soon too I imagine. I don't use LLMs for anything I do and never will but it's depressing that I wrote something that no one ever read before it was rejected. 🧪 #academicsky
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 24/09/2026
Special shout-out to area shitbag Ben Halpern (ben@forem.com) and his team of arseholes who published fake AI-generated slop attached to my name on their site. I did not (nor would I) write this AI slop shit, and would encourage all to be mindful for fake bylines on shitty websites like this one.
a screenshot of a author bio page on Dev[.]to, showing my face and byline, followed by an AI-generated slop article that I did not write or give my permission for my byline to be used.
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Law firm Leigh Day is bringing legal action on behalf of one local resident. Read the full story here 👇 share.google/AwmBkidB5SOP...
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Blood tests find high levels of cancer-causing forever chemical in residents near factory
People living near a major chemical factory in Lancashire are told they could be at risk of serious health conditions.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.
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POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access
The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri...
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
(sighing in a heave the size of the ocean) why is the state auditor candidate talking about the healing power of rocks
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *Simplicitycremations *Boxt *Dialaflight *AllClearTravel *AcornStairlifts *Love2Stay *FabFourMemorabilia *Elmhurst *YourUnbelievaBowl *Movinglife *FasterPropertySolutions *Ecomposite *Maxus *TrailFinders *Dobel *WhatStores *SolomonGlobal *powerjetpro
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
Since Trump took office, the richest 0.1% of Americans have gained more than 8,000 TIMES as much wealth as the bottom 50% of households.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Rebuilding our relationship with the EU “is the cheapest way to boost the economy, the fastest way to unite Europe in the face of security threats and the best way to get leverage on a global system that no longer has an American anchor.” So obvious it hurts. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Brexit has left Britain ‘impotent – a bobbing cork in the sea,’ says David Miliband
Exclusive: Former foreign secretary adds to mounting pressure for a new UK deal with EU to repair Brexit damage
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Second Essex Reform UK councillor suspended in 6 days amid 'several serious' allegations www.essexlive.news/news/essex-n...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The first architect of the White House ballroom resigned after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes, the Washington Post reports. “I am the code,” Trump said www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
By Sarah Blaskey and Jonathan O'Connell
In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Donald Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions and corroborating documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
James McCrery II withdrew from the project last October after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on a preliminary design that did not provide adequate emergency exit routes or fire-containment measures, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions.
Trump brushed off McCrery's concerns, they said, and the president countered that no building codes apply to White House construction.
"I am the code," Trump said.
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Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If there were any such thing as accountability in this administration Kash Patel would be fired for this alone
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FBI blindsided as hackers claim to steal data on 'all employees': 'This is extremely bad'
A digital extortion group says it has stolen personal data on every FBI employee and applicant, including home addresses, phone numbers, and details about their spouses.The group, known as ShinyHunter...
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Saul Elbein @saulelbein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
lol, as they say, lmfao
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The National Trust sued to stop Trump's ballroom. He called them "treasonists." Now the preservation group is launching a $10M legal fund to fight Trump's broader changes. The National Trust's CEO: “The ideals and values of historic preservation are being undermined."
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National Trust, after battling with Trump, to announce legal defense fund
The preservation group, which sued to stop the White House ballroom, says it will push back against the administration’s changes to historic sites and laws.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 23/09/2026
More than 150 Catholic priests in Rome marched to protest violence in Gaza.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."
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404 Media @404media.co · 22/09/2026
NEW: A high profile hacking group claims it has breached multiple FBI-related services and stolen data “on all FBI employees and applicants.” A representative of the hacking group told 404 Media the data includes FBI agents’ names, home addresses, phone number, and information on their spouse.
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‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees
A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.
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