Danny van Read
@dannyvanread.bsky.social
Leftie liberal, politics, music, books, records. Mental and physical heath, neurodivergence and Dartmoor.
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We need more Mamdanis. This is wonderful.
September 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We need more Mamdanis. This is wonderful.
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Over 1,000,000 have now signed a petition demanding we do not mandate digital ID.
This has united all political parties across the spectrum.
If Starmer doesn't back down now, this will end his premiership.
Please sign 🖊️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
This has united all political parties across the spectrum.
If Starmer doesn't back down now, this will end his premiership.
Please sign 🖊️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Over 1,000,000 have now signed a petition demanding we do not mandate digital ID.
This has united all political parties across the spectrum.
If Starmer doesn't back down now, this will end his premiership.
Please sign 🖊️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
This has united all political parties across the spectrum.
If Starmer doesn't back down now, this will end his premiership.
Please sign 🖊️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
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FOI request exposes extent of Palantir's 'tentacles' in UK - and it's not even answered, yet
David Powell has revealed the extent to which Palantir has power over UK surveillance - and we don't yet know if that involves 'Brit Card'
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
David Powell has revealed the extent to which Palantir has power over UK surveillance - and we don't yet know if that involves 'Brit Card'
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
FOI request exposes extent of Palantir's 'tentacles' in UK - and it's not even answered, yet
David Powell has revealed the extent to which Palantir has power over UK surveillance - and we don't yet know if that involves 'Brit Card'
www.thecanary.co
September 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
FOI request exposes extent of Palantir's 'tentacles' in UK - and it's not even answered, yet
David Powell has revealed the extent to which Palantir has power over UK surveillance - and we don't yet know if that involves 'Brit Card'
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
David Powell has revealed the extent to which Palantir has power over UK surveillance - and we don't yet know if that involves 'Brit Card'
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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“Trans people & immigrants are simply the current targets. There are always minorities & unscrupulous politicians who wish to vilify them… this system will allow for their persecution too. Because that is what it is designed to do. A better solution is to stand with immigrants, not against them.”
September 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“Trans people & immigrants are simply the current targets. There are always minorities & unscrupulous politicians who wish to vilify them… this system will allow for their persecution too. Because that is what it is designed to do. A better solution is to stand with immigrants, not against them.”
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This can't be shouted loud enough, Reform are guilty of working for a foreign state that sees the UK as an enemy. It's not just laughable, it's insulting that they pretend to be in any way patriotic or acting in this country's best interests.
September 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This can't be shouted loud enough, Reform are guilty of working for a foreign state that sees the UK as an enemy. It's not just laughable, it's insulting that they pretend to be in any way patriotic or acting in this country's best interests.
Not to mention the implementation will be botched. Costs will skyrocket. What’s the bet they give the contract to fucking Palantir?
September 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Not to mention the implementation will be botched. Costs will skyrocket. What’s the bet they give the contract to fucking Palantir?
I don’t particularly have an objection to EU-style IDs. But without overarching EU human rights protection. Don’t trust this government. A Farage-led one would be a nightmare.
September 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I don’t particularly have an objection to EU-style IDs. But without overarching EU human rights protection. Don’t trust this government. A Farage-led one would be a nightmare.
Access to healthcare. Access to the Internet.
The reach is potentially horrifying. And deeply illiberal.
‘Computer says no’ to whatever minority we’ve currently made scapegoat
The reach is potentially horrifying. And deeply illiberal.
‘Computer says no’ to whatever minority we’ve currently made scapegoat
September 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Access to healthcare. Access to the Internet.
The reach is potentially horrifying. And deeply illiberal.
‘Computer says no’ to whatever minority we’ve currently made scapegoat
The reach is potentially horrifying. And deeply illiberal.
‘Computer says no’ to whatever minority we’ve currently made scapegoat
The first thing this deeply transphobic government could do is implement ID checks at the bathroom door.
September 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The first thing this deeply transphobic government could do is implement ID checks at the bathroom door.
Out for lunch with mum and Bob at the Cliff Railway Cafe at Babbacombe.
September 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Out for lunch with mum and Bob at the Cliff Railway Cafe at Babbacombe.
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This withered little bellend will say anything in order to ingratiate himself with Trump. He hasn't had an original thought since the cries he let out on the ill-fated day he was born.
Richard Tice doubles down on questioning the safety of paracetamol, and wants to "shine the spotlight of the disinfectant of sunshine on the issue"
September 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This withered little bellend will say anything in order to ingratiate himself with Trump. He hasn't had an original thought since the cries he let out on the ill-fated day he was born.
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HELL YES please sign this.
Keep all #GreenParty events #trans inclusive & only for inclusive organisations! 💚💚💚
Keep all #GreenParty events #trans inclusive & only for inclusive organisations! 💚💚💚
The Green Party has taken great strides in being a liberatory space for trans people.
It must not allow organisations to bully us into having stalls at conference that are against our aims and makes people feel unsafe.
So a group of us have created a petition ✍️
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/Greens-Tra...
It must not allow organisations to bully us into having stalls at conference that are against our aims and makes people feel unsafe.
So a group of us have created a petition ✍️
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/Greens-Tra...
Greens for Trans Liberation
Trans rights are human rights.
The Green Party has long affirmed that:
• Trans women are women, trans men are men, and non-binary identities exist.
• Everyone deserves dignity, safet...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
HELL YES please sign this.
Keep all #GreenParty events #trans inclusive & only for inclusive organisations! 💚💚💚
Keep all #GreenParty events #trans inclusive & only for inclusive organisations! 💚💚💚
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this thread is hysterical
All of this shit sucks ass but it's insult to injury that not one of these people are attractive. We're under the boot of a bunch of hatchet face dweebs. I saw a video of Trump in the UK and that bronzer made him look like a rack of ribs.
September 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
this thread is hysterical
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We all knew they would try to create an authoritarian regime, that they dreamed of it. What we didn't expect was for so many institutions to just lay down and let it happen. The collective cowardice on display should shame the United States forever.
September 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
We all knew they would try to create an authoritarian regime, that they dreamed of it. What we didn't expect was for so many institutions to just lay down and let it happen. The collective cowardice on display should shame the United States forever.
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We all need to Make Racism Wrong Again.
September 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We all need to Make Racism Wrong Again.
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Really important analysis by @benbgeiger.bsky.social - the claim that record numbers of people are on out-of-work benefits is false.
inequalities.substack.com/p/real-out-o...
inequalities.substack.com/p/real-out-o...
Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high?
The official statistics are wildly misleading - I've now made some new estimates that show just how wrong they are
inequalities.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Really important analysis by @benbgeiger.bsky.social - the claim that record numbers of people are on out-of-work benefits is false.
inequalities.substack.com/p/real-out-o...
inequalities.substack.com/p/real-out-o...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hello Guardian you forgot to mention that Dartmoor is inside a 75km deregulated Special Economic Zone, which also houses a Freeport. Care to discuss that and its impact?
Hello Guardian you forgot to mention that Dartmoor is inside a 75km deregulated Special Economic Zone, which also houses a Freeport. Care to discuss that and its impact?
Revealed: river pollution twice as bad inside national parks as outside them
Exclusive: Campaigners attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas of England and Wales should be cleanest
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hello Guardian you forgot to mention that Dartmoor is inside a 75km deregulated Special Economic Zone, which also houses a Freeport. Care to discuss that and its impact?
Hello Guardian you forgot to mention that Dartmoor is inside a 75km deregulated Special Economic Zone, which also houses a Freeport. Care to discuss that and its impact?
Quite incredible that we seem to be policing things that ‘might hurt Trump’s ickle fee-fees’.
Via 'Everyone Hates Elon' campaign today: An advertising van displaying a photo of Donald Trump with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been "confiscated by police after travelling around Windsor as the President stays with the King at Windsor Castle." (Latter pics are video stills - vid was too big)
September 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Quite incredible that we seem to be policing things that ‘might hurt Trump’s ickle fee-fees’.
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"The big orange elephant in the room that we're all tiptoeing around is the fact that Mandelson was chosen for that position, to be the interface with President Trump, not despite his questionable connections and his rather ephemeral morals, but because of them. Because he shares them with Trump."
September 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"The big orange elephant in the room that we're all tiptoeing around is the fact that Mandelson was chosen for that position, to be the interface with President Trump, not despite his questionable connections and his rather ephemeral morals, but because of them. Because he shares them with Trump."
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I tell you it is deeply infuriating to raise small children and try to instill in them that throwing tantrums to get what you want is unacceptable behavior and then you look at the news and all you see everywhere is tantrums being rewarded
government by petulant five year olds
government by petulant five year olds
His brand of it is particularly garish but all authoritarianism is basically government by spoiled child. No capacity for or interest in any principles. People who are nice to me get treats, people who are mean to me get abuse. I get what I want or I cry and thrash. Embarrassing
President Trump warns an Australian reporter that he’s hurting Australia because he asked him about his business activity: You are hurting Australia very much right now. They want to get along with me. Your leader is coming to see me soon, I'm going to tell him about you.
September 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I tell you it is deeply infuriating to raise small children and try to instill in them that throwing tantrums to get what you want is unacceptable behavior and then you look at the news and all you see everywhere is tantrums being rewarded
government by petulant five year olds
government by petulant five year olds
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I expected the tyranny and the blustering and the mockery of everything they’ve ever claimed America was supposed to stand for
what I didn’t expect was the depth and speed of the capitulation at every level
what I didn’t expect was the depth and speed of the capitulation at every level
September 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I expected the tyranny and the blustering and the mockery of everything they’ve ever claimed America was supposed to stand for
what I didn’t expect was the depth and speed of the capitulation at every level
what I didn’t expect was the depth and speed of the capitulation at every level
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this cat looks like one of the Old Master painters who's just slept with three servants, argued viciously with his annoying patron about the inferior ham he receives, and then painted his masterpiece out of spite
March 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
this cat looks like one of the Old Master painters who's just slept with three servants, argued viciously with his annoying patron about the inferior ham he receives, and then painted his masterpiece out of spite
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“Centrism is a tactic that became a strategy, that metastasized into an ideology — and threatens to drag us all down into hell.”
One reason I love @semajmaharg.bsky.social so much is because he so often articulates what I think better than I can myself.
www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog...
One reason I love @semajmaharg.bsky.social so much is because he so often articulates what I think better than I can myself.
www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog...
In defence of liberalism part two: centrism — Quaequam Blog!
Centrism has never been liberal and is now in direct opposition to it. Liberals need to reject it and embrace a more optimistic vision of the future
www.theliberati.net
September 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“Centrism is a tactic that became a strategy, that metastasized into an ideology — and threatens to drag us all down into hell.”
One reason I love @semajmaharg.bsky.social so much is because he so often articulates what I think better than I can myself.
www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog...
One reason I love @semajmaharg.bsky.social so much is because he so often articulates what I think better than I can myself.
www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog...