Dan
@dasy2k1.bsky.social
Railway signalling, Urban transit, Scouting, Archery, Cycling
Social Democrat with no party loyalty. LGBTQ+ Ally he/him
DMs only checked rarely due to stupid age verification laws
Social Democrat with no party loyalty. LGBTQ+ Ally he/him
DMs only checked rarely due to stupid age verification laws
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Gut wrenching news coming out of Spain - the death toll has climbed even while I've been reading all I can on it. Absolutely no clarity as to what's happened yet, so ignore anyone saying otherwise.
January 19, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Gut wrenching news coming out of Spain - the death toll has climbed even while I've been reading all I can on it. Absolutely no clarity as to what's happened yet, so ignore anyone saying otherwise.
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Today's announcement is the opposite of what it says it is. It's the formal cancellation of the high speed line across the Pennines.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
January 14, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Today's announcement is the opposite of what it says it is. It's the formal cancellation of the high speed line across the Pennines.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
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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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Private equity firms preying on vets practices.
6 firms control 60% of UK practices. Same firms control pet food, insurance.
Wages down, fees up. Pet owners skipping meals to cover costs, hand pets to rescue organisations or euthanising them.
Change law. Only qualified vets to own vet practices.
6 firms control 60% of UK practices. Same firms control pet food, insurance.
Wages down, fees up. Pet owners skipping meals to cover costs, hand pets to rescue organisations or euthanising them.
Change law. Only qualified vets to own vet practices.
‘Fat cats’ preying on veterinary practices
Senedd hears private equity firms have been accused of collaring the market in a corporate 'feeding frenzy' that has seen local, independent vets…
www.southwalesargus.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Private equity firms preying on vets practices.
6 firms control 60% of UK practices. Same firms control pet food, insurance.
Wages down, fees up. Pet owners skipping meals to cover costs, hand pets to rescue organisations or euthanising them.
Change law. Only qualified vets to own vet practices.
6 firms control 60% of UK practices. Same firms control pet food, insurance.
Wages down, fees up. Pet owners skipping meals to cover costs, hand pets to rescue organisations or euthanising them.
Change law. Only qualified vets to own vet practices.
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Big rise in mental health diagnoses in young people
Failure of UK productivity
It's bizarre that people don't put these two together and realize that modern management crushes people's creativity
And is a threat to our economic success
Failure of UK productivity
It's bizarre that people don't put these two together and realize that modern management crushes people's creativity
And is a threat to our economic success
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Big rise in mental health diagnoses in young people
Failure of UK productivity
It's bizarre that people don't put these two together and realize that modern management crushes people's creativity
And is a threat to our economic success
Failure of UK productivity
It's bizarre that people don't put these two together and realize that modern management crushes people's creativity
And is a threat to our economic success
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Good news, but again having you ever seen national BBC News give as much coverage to regional employment tribunals as they do when trans women are involved?
Good news for trans workers
After the Girl guiding and WI announcements, some comfort for trans workers.
A Scottish tribunal has ruled that a trans-inclusive workplace policy is NOT discriminatory against a woman with gender critical views in the workplace.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
After the Girl guiding and WI announcements, some comfort for trans workers.
A Scottish tribunal has ruled that a trans-inclusive workplace policy is NOT discriminatory against a woman with gender critical views in the workplace.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Woman loses sex discrimination case after toilet complaint - BBC News
Maria Kelly took legal action against Leonardo UK alleging harassment and discrimination after seeing a trans colleague in female toilets.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Good news, but again having you ever seen national BBC News give as much coverage to regional employment tribunals as they do when trans women are involved?
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Ashley James, celebrity star of Good Morning has resigned from Girl Guides in response to their exclusion of trans girls.
December 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Ashley James, celebrity star of Good Morning has resigned from Girl Guides in response to their exclusion of trans girls.
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Note how these awful people are getting exactly the exclusions of children that they demanded and *that still isn’t enough for them*: they demand everyone be delighted about it and kiss their arses for being brilliant.
December 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Note how these awful people are getting exactly the exclusions of children that they demanded and *that still isn’t enough for them*: they demand everyone be delighted about it and kiss their arses for being brilliant.
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Please sign the petition to get our friends in Guiding to reconsider their decision to caputialte to bigots
Please sign the petition to get our friends in Guiding to reconsider their decision to caputialte to bigots
Sign the Petition
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
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December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
c.org/Mrby54jXzJ
Please sign the petition to get our friends in Guiding to reconsider their decision to caputialte to bigots
Please sign the petition to get our friends in Guiding to reconsider their decision to caputialte to bigots
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the women's institute have long been proudly trans inclusive.
then @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social came along.
trans ppl were not causing a problem in society. we still aren't.
the ppl causing these problems are the 'gender critical' cult. they are completely out of control.
then @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social came along.
trans ppl were not causing a problem in society. we still aren't.
the ppl causing these problems are the 'gender critical' cult. they are completely out of control.
December 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
the women's institute have long been proudly trans inclusive.
then @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social came along.
trans ppl were not causing a problem in society. we still aren't.
the ppl causing these problems are the 'gender critical' cult. they are completely out of control.
then @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social came along.
trans ppl were not causing a problem in society. we still aren't.
the ppl causing these problems are the 'gender critical' cult. they are completely out of control.
As a scout leader I dispair at the capitulation by GGUK HQ to bigots.
Any Rainbow, Brownie, Guide, Ranger or Leader who feels that they can no longer be part of such an organisation will be welcomed with open arms here in Scouting. Including any form of LGBTQ+
Any Rainbow, Brownie, Guide, Ranger or Leader who feels that they can no longer be part of such an organisation will be welcomed with open arms here in Scouting. Including any form of LGBTQ+
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
As a scout leader I dispair at the capitulation by GGUK HQ to bigots.
Any Rainbow, Brownie, Guide, Ranger or Leader who feels that they can no longer be part of such an organisation will be welcomed with open arms here in Scouting. Including any form of LGBTQ+
Any Rainbow, Brownie, Guide, Ranger or Leader who feels that they can no longer be part of such an organisation will be welcomed with open arms here in Scouting. Including any form of LGBTQ+
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🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
Having a politician who isn't afraid to give a streight answer to a question is always a breath of fresh air! And like yourself I don't agree 100% with @zackpolanski.bsky.social but I do agree with him over more things than I disagree.
(I'm a Socal Democrat at heart not fully socialist for example)
(I'm a Socal Democrat at heart not fully socialist for example)
Yes. I don't agree with him on EVERYthing (most things, though), but I sure wish that more politicians, whether on my side or not, were like that.
Let's persuade electors of our views rather than try to dismiss the messenger!
Let's persuade electors of our views rather than try to dismiss the messenger!
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Having a politician who isn't afraid to give a streight answer to a question is always a breath of fresh air! And like yourself I don't agree 100% with @zackpolanski.bsky.social but I do agree with him over more things than I disagree.
(I'm a Socal Democrat at heart not fully socialist for example)
(I'm a Socal Democrat at heart not fully socialist for example)
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If you are going to hunt with dogs then this is the only ethical way to do it!
The other alternative is trail hunting specifically not using animal scents...
I belive aniseed balls have been used in the past to lay a trail which seems perfectly reasonable to me
If you are going to hunt with dogs then this is the only ethical way to do it!
The other alternative is trail hunting specifically not using animal scents...
I belive aniseed balls have been used in the past to lay a trail which seems perfectly reasonable to me
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting
Nervous reporter is chased across English countryside by baying bloodhounds, in what could soon be only legal way to hunt with dogs
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November 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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If you are going to hunt with dogs then this is the only ethical way to do it!
The other alternative is trail hunting specifically not using animal scents...
I belive aniseed balls have been used in the past to lay a trail which seems perfectly reasonable to me
If you are going to hunt with dogs then this is the only ethical way to do it!
The other alternative is trail hunting specifically not using animal scents...
I belive aniseed balls have been used in the past to lay a trail which seems perfectly reasonable to me
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The irony of #YourParty emailing me to squee about Mamdani's victory as if he's their kind of guy when Mamdani is
1. Outspokenly pro trans people and
2. Muslim,
... while YP seem to think those two things are incompatible (which is a RACIST position, by the way), is pretty disgusting.
1. Outspokenly pro trans people and
2. Muslim,
... while YP seem to think those two things are incompatible (which is a RACIST position, by the way), is pretty disgusting.
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The irony of #YourParty emailing me to squee about Mamdani's victory as if he's their kind of guy when Mamdani is
1. Outspokenly pro trans people and
2. Muslim,
... while YP seem to think those two things are incompatible (which is a RACIST position, by the way), is pretty disgusting.
1. Outspokenly pro trans people and
2. Muslim,
... while YP seem to think those two things are incompatible (which is a RACIST position, by the way), is pretty disgusting.
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So today Nigel Farage gave us details of his ideas for economic and financial policies.
And what an absolute disaster they would be.
After years of Tory austerity that have crippled our public services and Liz Truss' disasterous budget he wants more of the same.
1/2
And what an absolute disaster they would be.
After years of Tory austerity that have crippled our public services and Liz Truss' disasterous budget he wants more of the same.
1/2
November 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
So today Nigel Farage gave us details of his ideas for economic and financial policies.
And what an absolute disaster they would be.
After years of Tory austerity that have crippled our public services and Liz Truss' disasterous budget he wants more of the same.
1/2
And what an absolute disaster they would be.
After years of Tory austerity that have crippled our public services and Liz Truss' disasterous budget he wants more of the same.
1/2
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I’ve seen on the media how pundits amusingly refer to Zack Polanski as if entirely propped up by social media & youngsters’ ‘vibes’ but to this middle aged women (who has no TikTok account) he seems the most serious political leader in sight talking about real issues with conviction and directness 🤷🏻♀️
November 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I’ve seen on the media how pundits amusingly refer to Zack Polanski as if entirely propped up by social media & youngsters’ ‘vibes’ but to this middle aged women (who has no TikTok account) he seems the most serious political leader in sight talking about real issues with conviction and directness 🤷🏻♀️
Have a blessed Samhain everyone
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Have a blessed Samhain everyone
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Zack Polanski is looking like a very good alternative at the moment 🙂
October 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Zack Polanski is looking like a very good alternative at the moment 🙂
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President Trump promises that the new White House ballroom will be completed by the start of his third term.
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
President Trump promises that the new White House ballroom will be completed by the start of his third term.
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I see the "The Greens are damaging Labour" narrative has started after Labour's slide in the polls. Labour, in it's current form, is no longer fit for purpose. People have every right to look to alternatives.
October 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I see the "The Greens are damaging Labour" narrative has started after Labour's slide in the polls. Labour, in it's current form, is no longer fit for purpose. People have every right to look to alternatives.