David Smith
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Creative techie gay in Cambridge UK. Solution Architect/Technical Product Designer/Writer/Leader (looking for work). avaragado everywhere. Writes fiction as @anthonycamber.com 🏳️🌈
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Politicians: don't use AI to make your maps.
January 14, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Politicians: don't use AI to make your maps.
The only surprise is that UKIP got there before Reform.
Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
January 13, 2026 at 9:57 AM
The only surprise is that UKIP got there before Reform.
Elliot Thompson’s Decathlon
Slightly diminish a game.
Final(final)_2_WIP_WITH_EDITS_(USEthisONE)Fantasy7.docx
Final(final)_2_WIP_WITH_EDITS_(USEthisONE)Fantasy7.docx
Slightly diminish a game.
£999 Theft Auto
£999 Theft Auto
January 11, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Elliot Thompson’s Decathlon
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Whenever people (correctly) argue that Gamergate was a pivotal event in the development of the modern right, I always get the sense that a lot of people who object are doing so out of a sense of embarrassment that something so stupid could be so significant
January 10, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Whenever people (correctly) argue that Gamergate was a pivotal event in the development of the modern right, I always get the sense that a lot of people who object are doing so out of a sense of embarrassment that something so stupid could be so significant
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Amongst everything else, I'm thinking about how eager the UK press were initially to swallow the Met's lie that Jean Charles de Menezes was a terrorist after they executed him in a tube station
January 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Amongst everything else, I'm thinking about how eager the UK press were initially to swallow the Met's lie that Jean Charles de Menezes was a terrorist after they executed him in a tube station
“X, the everything app” if you define “everything” as Nazis and CSAM.
January 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
“X, the everything app” if you define “everything” as Nazis and CSAM.
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ANNUAL POST: It’s now 53 years since any human has left low Earth orbit. Of the 24 who have, 5 are still alive (ages 95, 92, 93, 90, 90).
In the last year, Jim Lovell (Apollo 8 and Apollo 13, aged 97) died.
4 of 12 moonwalkers are still alive (Aldrin, Scott, Duke, Schmitt).
In the last year, Jim Lovell (Apollo 8 and Apollo 13, aged 97) died.
4 of 12 moonwalkers are still alive (Aldrin, Scott, Duke, Schmitt).
ANNUAL POST: It’s now 52 years since any human has left low Earth orbit. Of the 24 who have, 6 are still alive (ages 96, 94, 91, 92, 89, 89).
In the last year, Bill Anders (Apollo 8, 90) and Tom Stafford (Apollo 10, 93) died.
4 of 12 moonwalkers are still alive (Aldrin, Scott, Duke, Schmitt).
In the last year, Bill Anders (Apollo 8, 90) and Tom Stafford (Apollo 10, 93) died.
4 of 12 moonwalkers are still alive (Aldrin, Scott, Duke, Schmitt).
December 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
ANNUAL POST: It’s now 53 years since any human has left low Earth orbit. Of the 24 who have, 5 are still alive (ages 95, 92, 93, 90, 90).
In the last year, Jim Lovell (Apollo 8 and Apollo 13, aged 97) died.
4 of 12 moonwalkers are still alive (Aldrin, Scott, Duke, Schmitt).
In the last year, Jim Lovell (Apollo 8 and Apollo 13, aged 97) died.
4 of 12 moonwalkers are still alive (Aldrin, Scott, Duke, Schmitt).
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So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.
December 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.
The last Sunday before Christmas. The day on which people who’ve never stepped foot in a supermarket in their lives tip entire aisles into trolleys and panic about sauces they hate.
Be kind to retail workers.
Be kind to retail workers.
December 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The last Sunday before Christmas. The day on which people who’ve never stepped foot in a supermarket in their lives tip entire aisles into trolleys and panic about sauces they hate.
Be kind to retail workers.
Be kind to retail workers.
Former BBC employee Jack Murley has posted on Instagram about the repeated homophobic abuse he received while working for the corporation - often from BBC staff. He says the BBC has now formally apologised.
www.instagram.com/p/DSaZBd4DO8F/
www.instagram.com/p/DSaZBd4DO8F/
Jack Murley on Instagram: "Today, I met in-person with senior BBC management to receive a formal, full and unconditional apology for repeated incidents of homophobic and discriminatory abuse that I wa...
740 likes, 59 comments - jack_murley on December 18, 2025: "Today, I met in-person with senior BBC management to receive a formal, full and unconditional apology for repeated incidents of homophobic a...
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December 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Former BBC employee Jack Murley has posted on Instagram about the repeated homophobic abuse he received while working for the corporation - often from BBC staff. He says the BBC has now formally apologised.
www.instagram.com/p/DSaZBd4DO8F/
www.instagram.com/p/DSaZBd4DO8F/
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Cycling UK have recently stated that their annual 100 Women in Cycling award won’t include any trans women or non-binary
Over 50 current nominees and previous winners have rejected or returned their awards. I know many of them personally
I’m proud of my cycling sisters. All of them
Over 50 current nominees and previous winners have rejected or returned their awards. I know many of them personally
I’m proud of my cycling sisters. All of them
December 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Cycling UK have recently stated that their annual 100 Women in Cycling award won’t include any trans women or non-binary
Over 50 current nominees and previous winners have rejected or returned their awards. I know many of them personally
I’m proud of my cycling sisters. All of them
Over 50 current nominees and previous winners have rejected or returned their awards. I know many of them personally
I’m proud of my cycling sisters. All of them
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There are more gags in this than all the adverts made in the past thirty years put together
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
There are more gags in this than all the adverts made in the past thirty years put together
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"There's just no money in the industry at the moment"
Golden Globes Gift Bag Revealed: What’s Inside the Nearly $1 Million Swag
Golden Globes Gift Bag Revealed: What’s Inside the Nearly $1 Million Swag
The 83rd Golden Globes are set to honor the best in film, TV, and podcasts, but as always, the luxury swag bags are making headlines. According to a press release from the Golden Globes and the luxur…
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December 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"There's just no money in the industry at the moment"
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Epstein, Gates, Trump, but Andrew.
I don’t think I’ve seen a single BBC piece that calls him “Mountbatten-Windsor” just as the surname. It’s got to be a high-level editorial choice, surely. Why?
I don’t think I’ve seen a single BBC piece that calls him “Mountbatten-Windsor” just as the surname. It’s got to be a high-level editorial choice, surely. Why?
December 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Epstein, Gates, Trump, but Andrew.
I don’t think I’ve seen a single BBC piece that calls him “Mountbatten-Windsor” just as the surname. It’s got to be a high-level editorial choice, surely. Why?
I don’t think I’ve seen a single BBC piece that calls him “Mountbatten-Windsor” just as the surname. It’s got to be a high-level editorial choice, surely. Why?
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
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Nigel Farage's explicit homophobia as he jokes at his brother's wedding: "The good news for us who are smokers is that we are far better off here than if we had been at Michael Barrymore’s house. Because there they removed all the ashtrays on the basis that now they chuck all the fags in the pool."
December 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Nigel Farage's explicit homophobia as he jokes at his brother's wedding: "The good news for us who are smokers is that we are far better off here than if we had been at Michael Barrymore’s house. Because there they removed all the ashtrays on the basis that now they chuck all the fags in the pool."
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Fuck this shit.
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Fuck this shit.
Polling idea (rough wording):
1. Agree/disagree: Trans people deserve all the rights of non-trans people
2. Agree/disagree: I liked the character of Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street
Ask half the participants the questions in this order, and half in reverse order.
1. Agree/disagree: Trans people deserve all the rights of non-trans people
2. Agree/disagree: I liked the character of Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street
Ask half the participants the questions in this order, and half in reverse order.
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Polling idea (rough wording):
1. Agree/disagree: Trans people deserve all the rights of non-trans people
2. Agree/disagree: I liked the character of Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street
Ask half the participants the questions in this order, and half in reverse order.
1. Agree/disagree: Trans people deserve all the rights of non-trans people
2. Agree/disagree: I liked the character of Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street
Ask half the participants the questions in this order, and half in reverse order.
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“And what is the charge? Eating a seal? A succulent Chinese seal? GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!”
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“And what is the charge? Eating a seal? A succulent Chinese seal? GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!”
Enjoying the awkwardness and maximum cringe of the World Cup draw. One of the people opening the balls can't pronounce several of the country names.
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Enjoying the awkwardness and maximum cringe of the World Cup draw. One of the people opening the balls can't pronounce several of the country names.