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Vogon Dave

@vogondave.bsky.social
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Software person. Occasional gamer. Enthusiastic but mediocre drummer. Views are my own and do not represent my employer. Follow, repost, or quote is not necessarily endorsement.

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Embarrassing and sad. I have met with these observers multiple times over the years. The US course expect other countries to allow our observers. www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Tony Weston @javadev.uk · 04/10/2026
Must benefit cuts pay for defence?
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mr. and Mrs. Perkins go grocery shopping 2026
dailykos.com
Mr. and Mrs. Perkins go grocery shopping 2026
A cartoon by Jen Sorensen.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wealthy want UK govt to ditch pensions triple lock, cut welfare spending. Silence on corporate welfare Oil/gas, water, energy profiteering HMRC not collecting £59bn last yr Poorest 20% paying higher proportion in income in taxes than the richest 20%. It is always about hitting the poor, old, sick.
independent.co.uk
Ditch pensions triple lock and cut welfare spending to calm markets, Burnham told
Bond market shock has ramifications for new prime minister’s first Budget, his former adviser warns
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 06/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Liverpool City Region's buses are coming into public control today HUGE FIRST STEP to rescue local buses from Thatcher's Wild West deregulation and privatisation Ultimately our buses must be fully regulated in public ownership, to stop profits and serving our communities
GRaphic that highlights four models of bus ownership in the UK from full privatisation to the Manchester model where buses are privately owned but the market is regulated, to the Reading model where the buses are publicly owned but the market is deregulated, and lastly to We Own It's proposed model where the buses are publicly owned and the market is regulated
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
South West Water has worst environmental record in England, dumps sewage in rivers 574,323 hours a year Severn Trent, Yorkshire Water came second and third. Bills up, criminal activity up. Still allowed to trade. Must revoke their licence. Eliminate profit motive. Nationalise.
theguardian.com
South West Water has worst environmental record in England, analysis shows
Exclusive: Friends of the Earth finds greatest sewage discharge in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset
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Chris H-B@chrish-b.bsky.social @chrish-b.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
deanblundell.substack.com
The Great American Toilet Paper Tariff Panic of 2026 Is Here
Without Canada, the US can’t make toilet paper. And we just tariffed the S*** out of what the US needs to make it.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It's a bit ridiculous how my life has had multiple severe downturns all of which could've been entirely avoided with UBI
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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Kegsbreath can call it fake all.he wants. When you have a strong female reporter getting the truth, your lies are irrelevant. #USDemocracy
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Union calls for robust review of OBR over fears it holds back economic growth. OBR obfuscates ministerial accountability. Since 2010, it has presided over austerity and falling living standards. Fiscal rules not accompanied by social objectives e.g. poverty reduction, full employment.
theguardian.com
Union calls for robust review of OBR over fears it holds back economic growth
TUC will urge John Healey to order ‘root and branch’ assessment of watchdog amid claims its forecasts downplay investment benefits
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scott daGHOSTtino @scottdagostino.ca · 06/08/2026
Don’t know who wrote this — it was posted on Instagram by “Warpaint Journal” in April 2025 — but it’s making the rounds today and is pretty great. I dream of this too ❤️
Most people don't dream of being fancy-rich.
I dream of being rich enough to say, "Treat's on me," without thinking twice. Rich enough to have a home that feels like a hug, a fridge stocked like a five-year-old with adult money, and a tray of chocolates waiting for someone to grab. Rich enough to quietly help a friend before they even have to ask. To send a care package when someone's too tired to reach out. To buy all the pencils from a kid on the street so they can go home early. For me, the real money dream isn't about luxury - it's about having enough to give, enough to comfort, enough to turn ordinary moments into something extraordinary.
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thisisfranciswu @thisisfranciswu.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"[…] without UBI, people like this are exceedingly rare. Einsteins are rare. Khns and Kleks are rare. With UBI, they will be less rare. That is not a hope. That is a statistical near-certainty." www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-d...
scottsantens.com
The Angine de Poitrine Argument for UBI
Why Angine de Poitrine's viral microtonal math rock KEXP session, Ireland's permanent basic income for artists, and Albert Einstein are three sides of the same human triangle Two guys in papier-mâché…
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 17/07/2026
#VoteBinface
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 15/07/2026
Honestly, the way the entire pub chants "wanker" any time Infantino appears on screen is truly heartwarming.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 12/07/2026
What if poverty isn't inevitable? One already-tested proposal could halve child poverty, slash pensioner poverty and improve public health – simply by reorganising the way we tax and spend. Read more ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
eastangliabylines.co.uk
Fixing inequality: the case for a basic income
Many of our social ills are caused by inequality. It could be fixed if the state paid everyone an unconditional guaranteed basic income
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Gordon Wark 🤬💥😡🔥🕗🕕🕓🕖 @1stwark.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Cartoonists Are The Only Real Journalists Left In The USA.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Statement from Belgian FA.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Was asked to talk about Brexit anniversary and the tossers who led us into a decade of chaos and misery. I may well have ranted and raved. Short.. but @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6Qyq...
open.spotify.com
The Bulls******s Of Brexit
Byline Times Podcast · Episode
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Kenny Stewart @kennystew.art · 24/06/2026
I thought kick off was later and I’m sad I somehow missed it but that’s a great result for Scotland.
Scotland 23:00 Brazil
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Nigel Farage tried to convince BBC Breakfast’s Sally Nugent that ‘no-one cares at all’ about his £5 million crypto ‘gift’, and she pushed back until he squirmed www.thepoke.com/2026/06/23/f...
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Nigel Farage tried to convince BBC Breakfast’s Sally Nugent that ‘no-one cares at all’ about his £5 million crypto ‘gift’, and she pushed back until he squirmed
You’re going to want to sit down to watch this, because it’s a journalist – BBC Breakfast’s Sally Nugent – holding Farage’s feet to the fire on things he’s said and done. No, really! She accused him…
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Hard to overstate just how much of the Brexit campaign was based on lies. Looking back it’s a sad case study of a country voting to immiserate itself due to the mendacity of right-wing politicians and tabloids. But it’s almost never framed that way in UK media. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 21/06/2026
Another meaningless onine petition? Or another chance to let off steam? Worth a go anyway. Complain aboour GeeBeebies to OFCOM.
act.38degrees.org.uk
Ofcom: Stop GB News flouting the rules
I just signed the campaign calling on Ofcom to stop GB News from flouting the rules
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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Exc: First Government department quits Twitter over racism and violence concerns Richard Hermer sent a directive to staff last week saying the Attorney General's Office would be coming off the platform observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk
First government department quits X over racism and viole...
Concern about the spread of misinformation from right-wing figures prompts Richard Hermer to pull Attorney General’s Office off platform
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16/06/2026
"Ben owns a farm. He employs 100 workers. His total payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10% productivity gain. Ben fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1,000% productivity gain..."
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AI Economics for Dummies
“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi...
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 10/06/2026
Only Trump could unite soccer fans to take the side of a ref.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Three years ago tomorrow, I very nervously gave this speech. I knew my career as a TV journalist was dunzo, cooked, filleted, kaput the morning I wrote it. (Thanks to Kat insisting I go for it anyway.) The end is awfully prescient at this exact second, though. Big ups to Scott Pelley for fighting.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 31/05/2026
Your occasional reminder that public ownership is popular. vist.ly/563c5
Infographic showing the responses to the question "Do you think the following should be nationalised and run in the public sector, or privatised and run by private companies?"
Headline: Public ownership is popular
Water - 82%
Energy - 71%
Buses - 66%
NHS - 87%
Rail - 76%
Royal Mail - 75%

Polling by YouGov, June 2024
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
💥 97,500!💥 This Rejoin petition is so close to completion. Let’s tip it over the 100,000 mark to force the government to respond. Given the party in power now realises they need the pro-EU base - are they really going to refuse a debate in parliament on this? Let’s find out! Sign and share!
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“Pope warns of robot apocalypse. Markets rally upon rumors the host of Celebrity Apprentice will surrender to Iran. British government vows to prioritize toilet security…” Shut up. Please just shut the fuck up. I hate the news.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 24/05/2026
Sadly, the British media never reported this insight from German press. Odd that?
Farage: We have no links to Russia.
 
ZEIT ONLINE: You didn't meet with the Russian Embassy's deputy chief-of-mission in London?
 
Farage: Nope.

ZEIT ONLINE: Not in 2013, before the Brexit campaign was conceived?
 
Farage: Ah, hang on. He came to the EP office. Or I met with him in London. So what?
 
ZEIT ONLINE: Why did you meet with him?
 
Farage: I think you are a nutcase! You are really a nutcase! Brexit is the
 best thing to happen: for Russia, for America, for Germany and for
 democracy. And that's the key point.

WHERE IS UK?
 Farage's press spokesman again interrupts the interview. He says that the interview should focus more on trade relations between Germany and the UK. Farage nods.
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
They could have just done corruption quietly for a few years, like Orban; instead they are making their party run on "We want to give your hard-earned money to child-molesting insurrectionists."
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 18/05/2026
'How can it be a betrayal if all the reasons people gave have turned out to be at worst, blatant, barefaced lies? As the Brexit debate is resurrected in the jostle for new Labour leadership, James O'Brien says: 'the desperate narrative of betrayal is back.'
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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My social media feeds are full of posts from people talking about the sophisticated AI agents and harnesses they're building, but I'm not seeing much in the way of finished software. Are folks too busy building recording studios to make any music? codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/i...
codemanship.wordpress.com
Is It Time To Get Back To Fundamentals?
I have a friend who built a recording studio in his garden. The building – an adapted garden office – cost £15,000. Inside, he installed a pre-owned Neve 24-track mixing console with mo…
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Any other politician. Any other party. This would be wall to wall media scrutiny. Farage and Reform shouldn’t be able to move without this being thrown at them. Venal brokers to crypto billionaires and fossil fuel magnates. A corrupt man leading a corrupt party. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024
Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
🤔🤔 Fox's Aishah Hasnie: Karoline Leavitt's husband leaned over to me right as the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was starting, and he said, “You need to be very safe." "He was very serious when he said that to me, and he kinda looked around the room and said, 'There are some…’ “ *Call drops*
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Trump says his life was better before he became president. Dude, everyone's lives were better before you became president… Everyone’s.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
BREAKING SCOOP: Chief Justice Roberts facing threat of disbarment over $20,000,000 received from firms whose cases he ruled on. In essence, Roberts is accused of long-term ethical violations involving his wife’s income from law firms that argued cases before the Supreme Court… Good. 😎✨
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
UK and Spain reject Trump's plan to punish them for not supporting his illegal war The felon wants to end UK sovereignty over the Falklands and expel Spain from NATO. The manchild has no powers to do either but thinks he rules the world. Trump is danger to the US and the world. archive.ph/Q1g5d
nytimes.com
Britain and Spain Reject Reported Plans by Trump to Punish Them
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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Nigel Farage and Reform UK are not just trying to Americanise the U.K. They are being funded by American Conservative Christian groups to create that kind of country. A MAGA Britain. You should not just be scared that they’ll gut the NHS. You should be worried that they’ll
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Tampa Bay resister 🇺🇸🇨🇿🇨🇴🏴‍☠️⚡️🐶🎧 @depechemodefan101.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It’s now overwhelming. Full Membership. 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 24/04/2026
independent.co.uk
Former Brexit boss says Britain should rejoin EU after failed ‘heady promises’
Philip Rycroft said the British public was ‘falling out of love’ with Brexit
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Many people are asking, so here’s my “why.” Thank you, Kansas Democrats, for an inspiring Friday evening together.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
So the Trump administration’s two goals in peace talks with Iran are: 1. A commitment by Iran not to develop a nuke (This was part of the Obama deal that Trump canceled) 2. Opening the Strait of Hormuz. (Was open before war.)
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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Student Loans Company wrongly gave maintenance loans and grants to weekend degree students bit.ly/4cAB7Gz The errors were made by the universities or the SLC, not by the students, and they should be liable for the repayments
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Thousands of part-time students wrongly given £190m in loans and grants
Bridget Phillipson condemns ‘incompetence’ of universities who allowed 22,000 students to be given Student Loans Company support they were not entitled to
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
A passport tax would solve the problem of tax refugees www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/03...
taxresearch.org.uk
A passport tax would solve the problem of tax refugees
The Guardian posted this comment yesterday: Wealthy UK nationals fleeing war in the Gulf are seeking sanctuary in countries such as Ireland and France to avoid hefty tax bills back home. In the f...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
AOC: This is about actual crimes happening in front of us. This is about shredding the Constitution and plunging us into war. This is about taking crypto money and money laundering… So if you’re asking me if I’d support impeachment, I do
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
If FIFA had a spine—which we know it does not—it would move all World Cup games to Canada and Mexico. We don’t deserve to host them, and foreign players and fans do not deserve to be subjected to threats from Miller’s CBP and ICE thugs.
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