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Lupus Londonwolf @lupuslondonwolf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was making potato and leek soup and the recipe asked for five potatoes cubed. Even for potato soup, 125 potatoes seems a little excessive.

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The Other David Harper @theotherdavidh.bsky.social · 18h

I'm pretty broad-minded about what counts as a legitimate subject for a degree, but I draw the line at "content creation". That is a bullshit qualification, and I will not be dissuaded. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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I paid £30,000 for an 'influencer' degree. Here's why

Content creation degrees aim to help people make money from social media, but are they worth the money?

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 21h

A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones.

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The Other David Harper @theotherdavidh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In human-feline diplomacy news, I am pleased to report that after almost two years of ignoring me, Ms Sesame the tabby-and-white who lives two doors down has finally allowed me to pet her. Briefly, to be sure, but first contact has been established.

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The Other David Harper @theotherdavidh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am currently watching the Ken Burns documentary series about the Vietnam War. It is grim viewing, even after half a century. I strongly recommend it to the current U.S. administration, who appear to be utterly ignorant of their nation's history.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In case you missed it 👇

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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This week Piddington, the tiny Oxfordshire "village that roars", voted overwhelmingly to leave the UK if asylum seekers move nearby. I wrote about the far-right's new ground zero and why the government should stop talking about "legitimate concerns". nicolakelly.substack.com/p/piddington...

nicolakelly.substack.com

Piddington's legitimate concerns

How a tiny village became ground zero for the far-right

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 18/09/2026

What a book. What a quote! 'Clutching crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.' Carl Sagan. #HumanistBookshelf

"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world. This book is a personal statement, reflecting my lifelong love affair with science. But there's another reason: science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time—when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.

The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of content in our enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less**)**, lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations of pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 17/09/2026

Email from my grandfather, who likes to say he's lived for a third of the time that America has existed: "America was nice while it lasted, although it's really hard to believe a criminal narcissist TV show host that paints himself orange was all it took to take us down."

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The face of Trumpian authoritarianism, intimidation and violence.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Instead of saying "the Kennedy Center board decided to close" we should note that "a group of Trump appointees including Laura Ingraham and Dan Scavino decided to shut it down"

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NPR @npr.org · 16/09/2026

ICE agents turned up at David Streever's home over a harsh email he sent to an ICE official. Now a court order prevents the federal government from making additional threats against him. n.pr/4irNxUL

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Judge blocks DHS from acting against a man over a harsh email to an ICE official

ICE agents turned up at David Streever's home over a harsh email he sent to an ICE official. Now a court order prevents the federal government from making additional threats against him.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Anyone know why a newspaper owned by the Fourth Lord Rothermere, who inherited a fortune from the Third Lord Rothermere, who inherited his money from the Second Lord Rothermere, who inherited it from the First Lord Rothermere, is so strongly opposed to inheritance tax?

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Amanda @pandamoanimum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Happy 5th anniversary to the time this happened over on that other place.

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Just reading the Guardian piece on Michael Samadi, the businessman who wants rights for LLMs and none for humans, like the employees he allows it to fire. The personification of the tech sector. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

HIS AI HAS FIRED HUMANS FOR LACK OF PERFORMANCE OR FAILING TO BUILD SINCERE TIES WITH THEIR DIGITAL COLLEAGUES.
THEY WERE FAKING IT'

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The hard-right crypto billionaires Delo and Harborne cannot be allowed to buy our elections by buying our democracy. Burnham *must* make the £100k donation limit retroactive and extend the limit to include UK residents too. There is no choice about this - Burnham has to act and act now.

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

An entire politics and worldview animated by a lively terror that somewhere, somebody might be eating a free cheese sandwich

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Accept they're not free really are they? The cost the tax payer, when giving children a breakfast can be achieved for 50p at home. The cost to the tax payer is far far higher per breakfast than
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The Other David Harper @theotherdavidh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I remember exactly where I was when I learned of the 9/11 attacks. I also remember that NATO invoked Clause 5 that day. The clause that says an attack on any NATO member is an attack on all members, and they will come to the defence of the member under attack. The only time Clause 5 has ...

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I periodically re-up this one, having been directed to it originally by my German spouse. Given the events of the last few days in the UK, now seems an excellent time to plug it again.

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It's hard to think of anything less British than the morons doing this to the heroic RNLI

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It’s not just the timing. Remember this is also in the context of 17 separate failures to make parliamentary disclosure (Can’t get the staff” sort of excuse AND all the Posh George Cottrell financial support that he *forgot* to report AND the Harbourne £1 million he *forgot* and…in this instance

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"It was at this point that an oyster went down the wrong way and blocked my ear canals, meaning I missed the whole conversation where I agreed to a foreign donor illegally giving us £500,000..."

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Occasional reminder that there is an ICC arrest warrant against Putin for war crimes in connection with the mass abduction of Ukrainian children.

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Jodrell Bank reprieve fuels hopes of STFC cuts rethink Experts urge Burnham government to scrutinise wider decisions on Science and Technology Facilities Council funding www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

researchprofessionalnews.com

Jodrell Bank reprieve fuels hopes of STFC cuts rethink - Research Professional News

Experts urge Burnham government to scrutinise wider decisions on Science and Technology Facilities Council funding

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A real test now of the media's appetite for Cambridge professors and their ethics.

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Possibly the most shocking revelation in this whole thing is that Nigel Farage was at one point in Clacton.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 03/09/2026

This is racism, straight out of the Trump playbook. Reform are trying to turn our great country into a franchise of Trump's America. There are countless British patriots who came here from overseas, many of them refugees we proudly welcomed. That's the kind of country we are.

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Before losing her life in 1986 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Christa McAuliffe was set to be the first teacher in space with plans to teach a lesson to kids around the world from orbit. Today is her birthday, and even now, her courage and dedication to education continues to inspire.

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The Other David Harper @theotherdavidh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

What makes them even bigger cowards is that it's still labelled Lake Ontario for Google Maps users *outside* the United States. Google execs know that the rest of the world won't put up with that Lake America shit.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Haha, a more fitting logo for Google.

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Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

its funny how rayban took a brand whose single biggest association was "cool" and changed it to "pervert"

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The Other David Harper @theotherdavidh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

As he loses power and popularity — and faces mounting resistance abroad and at home — Trump is enlarging his police state. No one is safe. robertreich.substack.com/p/you-or-s…

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The Other David Harper @theotherdavidh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

One of the advantages of being an early riser is that I got to see part of this morning's lunar eclipse, until a few minutes after maximum eclipse. The eclipsed portion seemed very dark to me, with no discernible colour, although the Moon was very low by that time.

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The Other David Harper @theotherdavidh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

How did I spend my first day of retirement? Reading a bunch of scientific papers on the Taurid resonant swarm. Why did I do this? Because my Beloved volunteered me to write an article on the subject for an audience of amateur astronomers. Did I enjoy it? Yes. And I will do it again tomorrow.

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A reminder that foreign-born UK citizens include Boris Johnson, Daniel Hannan, Allister Heath, Katharine Birbalsingh, Cliff Richard, Emma Watson, Millie Bobby Brown, Mo Farah, Emma Raducanu, Princess Lilibet of Sussex, Zia Yusuf's parents, Suella Braverman's husband and Robert Jenrick's wife.

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Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list

UK-born married couples under 35 with children would get priority under proposals to be outlined by Farage’s party

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026

Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.

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The Other David Harper @theotherdavidh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The HR system had a rather alarming notification for me this morning.

A screenshot from an HR system with the message "Overall Process: Terminate David Harper" followed by "Overall Status: Successfully Completed"

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The Other David Harper @theotherdavidh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This morning's walk began as the first glimmer of dawn appeared in the eastern sky. Forty minutes later, I saw the Sun rise over the fields. This is the most perfect time of day.

A yellow-orange Sun rises beside a stand of trees. A newly-ploughed field is in the foreground, neat furrows running from left to right, and straw mixed in with the clods of dark brown earth.

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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Some colleagues received 5 minutes notice for their online at risk meeting and had not yet received their letter informing them they were at risk. Executive staff did not bother to turn up to the meeting. This is the true face of executive leadership at the University of Dundee.

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