Dan Bratton 🇺🇦
@danbratton2022.bsky.social
Dad, scientist, cyclist, works in biotech. Fan of anything that flies. Cambridge UK
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UKHSA responds to the confirmation from @WHO that the UK has lost its measles elimination status.
Read more from WHO here: https://bit.ly/3YZuOFa
Read more from WHO here: https://bit.ly/3YZuOFa
January 26, 2026 at 2:41 PM
UKHSA responds to the confirmation from @WHO that the UK has lost its measles elimination status.
Read more from WHO here: https://bit.ly/3YZuOFa
Read more from WHO here: https://bit.ly/3YZuOFa
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Liz Truss waiting patiently by her phone for Reform to ring, not realising it's actually a penguin biscuit
January 26, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Liz Truss waiting patiently by her phone for Reform to ring, not realising it's actually a penguin biscuit
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Reform Party 🤝Your mum
Is there anyone Reform would turn down, at this point, do we think?
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Reform Party 🤝Your mum
Of course it’s a bloody Tesla.
January 25, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Of course it’s a bloody Tesla.
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There aren't any penguins in Greenland, but there are other animals.
January 23, 2026 at 11:26 PM
There aren't any penguins in Greenland, but there are other animals.
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Is it a house for sale or a weed farm? I have to admire the directness of the photos here for this place for sale
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 8 bedroom block of apartments for sale on Rightmove
8 bedroom block of apartments for sale in 22 Charles Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0QH, TN38 for £180,000. Marketed by McHugh and Co, London
www.rightmove.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Is it a house for sale or a weed farm? I have to admire the directness of the photos here for this place for sale
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
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I still think Trump and his supporters are largely a consequence of societal boredom: People with too much time on their hands and/or who have lost sight of what genuine hardship is. Like we have the luxury of entertaining this sh1t.
This theory also applies to Britain/Farage/Brexit.
This theory also applies to Britain/Farage/Brexit.
"We have seen empires fall and civilizations crumble. But we’ve almost never seen a people renounce their leadership of the world—all at once, in full public view. That is what has happened in the 365 days since January 20, 2025."
This Is the End
Putinism abroad always morphs into Putinism at home. And we chose this path. Why? Because something-something the price of eggs.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:33 PM
I still think Trump and his supporters are largely a consequence of societal boredom: People with too much time on their hands and/or who have lost sight of what genuine hardship is. Like we have the luxury of entertaining this sh1t.
This theory also applies to Britain/Farage/Brexit.
This theory also applies to Britain/Farage/Brexit.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Clearly they’re closer than we are, but I do feel that other countries are taking this threat far more seriously than we seem to be and that feels sloppy.
🇳🇴 Norway has sent letters to thousands of citizens urging to prepare for the seizure of property in the event of a war against Russia, — The Telegraph.
This includes confiscation of real estate, cars, and equipment.
"We are conducting a large-scale increase in military and civilian readiness."
This includes confiscation of real estate, cars, and equipment.
"We are conducting a large-scale increase in military and civilian readiness."
January 20, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Clearly they’re closer than we are, but I do feel that other countries are taking this threat far more seriously than we seem to be and that feels sloppy.
One hell of a thread here.
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 6:57 AM
One hell of a thread here.
Hint of the Aurora visible here in South Cambridgeshire.
January 19, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Hint of the Aurora visible here in South Cambridgeshire.
Everyone watching the round table during Celebrity Traitors
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#Justice4ReneeNicoleGood ⚖️
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#Justice4ReneeNicoleGood ⚖️
BRENNAN: Tell me about the officer, Jonathan Ross
KRISTI NOEM: Don't say his name! I mean, for heaven's sake, we shouldn't have people continue to dox law enforcement
BRENNAN: His name is public
NOEM: I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said
KRISTI NOEM: Don't say his name! I mean, for heaven's sake, we shouldn't have people continue to dox law enforcement
BRENNAN: His name is public
NOEM: I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said
January 18, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Everyone watching the round table during Celebrity Traitors
Wow
January 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Wow
They beat the Labour Party to it.
January 16, 2026 at 11:49 PM
They beat the Labour Party to it.
Dutch toaster
If you put Dutch in front of any word, it becomes a euphemism. Go on, try it.
January 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Dutch toaster
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
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There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
👇I hope those in power take note.
It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵
January 1, 2026 at 10:21 PM
👇I hope those in power take note.
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RT if you think giving people knighthoods is all a bit silly but still think it's hilarious that Farage still hasn't got one.
December 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
RT if you think giving people knighthoods is all a bit silly but still think it's hilarious that Farage still hasn't got one.
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Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms
“What’s so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work’s already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the first place, eh?”
“What’s so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work’s already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the first place, eh?”
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms
“What’s so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work’s already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the first place, eh?”
“What’s so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work’s already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the first place, eh?”
Bit dusty in here as well.
This has made me cry - such an uplifting story
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
December 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bit dusty in here as well.
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Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
I once foolishly drank a pint of ‘Rockin’ Rudolph’ in Nottingham uni’s student bar in about March one year. Absolute carnage the next day.
![[TWO PINTS OF BEER are on a pub bar, one is PERONI and one is a brown Christmas-themed beer]
1
PERONI:
Hello there
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Hello Peroni
2
PERONI:
So nice to have someone new on the lineup!
And you are…?
3
CHRISTMAS BEER:
You know who I am, Peroni.
4
CHRISTMAS BEER:
I am Brown Christmas Liquid.
I come back each year.
5
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Every time with a new name, and a new horrible ingredient.
Last year I was Reindeer Stomper. This year I am... Cheeky Elf.
6
PERONI:
Oh god
You were on the bar for two months and…
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Three pints sold, aye.
7
CHRISTMAS BEER:
I’m a seasonal blend of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, orange peel, nutmeg and this year, for reasons of late-capitalist sadism, vanilla.
8
CHRISTMAS BEER:
My name is Cheeky Elf,
I taste of jam,
and I want to d*e.
9
PERONI:
Well somebody’s trying you
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Poor bastard
[A hand comes down to lift CHRISTMAS BEER to sip the pint]
10
[CHRISTMAS BEER being sipped, off-scene]
11
[CHRISTMAS BEER being sipped, off-scene]
12
[CHRISTMAS BEER gets put back on the bar ]
PERSON [who just drank CHRISTMAS BEER]:
Oh my god
CHEEKY ELF:
SEE?
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreihdolqp33utirnxlepybldhkayvwfgh4a7ygov4yhx2dvboi4aqjq@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I once foolishly drank a pint of ‘Rockin’ Rudolph’ in Nottingham uni’s student bar in about March one year. Absolute carnage the next day.