Dave Andress
@davidandress.bsky.social
Historian of revolution, pessimistic anarchist. Nobody else wants these views, trust me. 'His real face is a hat' - Fern Riddell.
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The possibility that pre-Elon Twitter was limiting the reach of conservative tweets was the greatest story in the history of journalism, while a vast network of sex trafficking pedophiles that included billionaires, celebrities and two presidents is just a big yawn.
February 19, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The possibility that pre-Elon Twitter was limiting the reach of conservative tweets was the greatest story in the history of journalism, while a vast network of sex trafficking pedophiles that included billionaires, celebrities and two presidents is just a big yawn.
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Re: #AI- there is a third side. Using planet-killing levels of energy to do a lit review is like warming yourself in winter by lighting your house on fire.
February 19, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Re: #AI- there is a third side. Using planet-killing levels of energy to do a lit review is like warming yourself in winter by lighting your house on fire.
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Reminds me of when FPFW realised that the US 'religious freedom' law didn't just allow medics to refuse to treat trans folk but also contraception-using cis women.
"That's not what we meant!"
You opened the door and invited the bigots in, Sodha...
"That's not what we meant!"
You opened the door and invited the bigots in, Sodha...
February 19, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Reminds me of when FPFW realised that the US 'religious freedom' law didn't just allow medics to refuse to treat trans folk but also contraception-using cis women.
"That's not what we meant!"
You opened the door and invited the bigots in, Sodha...
"That's not what we meant!"
You opened the door and invited the bigots in, Sodha...
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As the parent of a trans kid, this makes me incredibly sad. My kid has *always* been the person they are now. There was not some other version that ceased to exist. I didn't lose the child I gave birth to, I gained deeper knowledge when that child decided to trust me with their reality.
February 19, 2026 at 10:02 AM
As the parent of a trans kid, this makes me incredibly sad. My kid has *always* been the person they are now. There was not some other version that ceased to exist. I didn't lose the child I gave birth to, I gained deeper knowledge when that child decided to trust me with their reality.
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Shabana Mahmood taking notes...
So many just stunning details in this piece by @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social. Read all the way to the end, which gets into the push now to denaturalize citizens. www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
How Legal Immigration Became a Deportation Trap
Under Trump, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards has become a site for easy arrests.
www.newyorker.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Shabana Mahmood taking notes...
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To my knowledge, no ICE Enforcement and Removal officer has ever been shot by an immigrant.
Might be wrong but I don’t think so.
Might be wrong but I don’t think so.
"Three federal immigration agents accidentally shot themselves in the leg during routine training exercises within two days last year, according to internal documents reviewed by Newsweek."
ICE agents keep accidentally shooting themselves
Three ICE agents accidentally shot themselves in the leg during routine training exercises within two days last year.
www.newsweek.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:01 PM
To my knowledge, no ICE Enforcement and Removal officer has ever been shot by an immigrant.
Might be wrong but I don’t think so.
Might be wrong but I don’t think so.
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"In order to get AI to draft writing of similar quality to my own I must spend twice as much time as actually writing the thing myself would take to produce."
You have an overpriced pencil and pad. You have inserted an irrelevant detour to alter a practice that has deep longitudinal wisdom.
You have an overpriced pencil and pad. You have inserted an irrelevant detour to alter a practice that has deep longitudinal wisdom.
February 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
"In order to get AI to draft writing of similar quality to my own I must spend twice as much time as actually writing the thing myself would take to produce."
You have an overpriced pencil and pad. You have inserted an irrelevant detour to alter a practice that has deep longitudinal wisdom.
You have an overpriced pencil and pad. You have inserted an irrelevant detour to alter a practice that has deep longitudinal wisdom.
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Thinking today of the berk of a private secretary who demanded a written apology from me for being insufficiently forelock-tugging to Andrew Windsor when I was working in the Foreign Office. I’d had the nerve to suggest he might not be the reputational asset we needed as a trade envoy to Ukraine.
February 19, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Thinking today of the berk of a private secretary who demanded a written apology from me for being insufficiently forelock-tugging to Andrew Windsor when I was working in the Foreign Office. I’d had the nerve to suggest he might not be the reputational asset we needed as a trade envoy to Ukraine.
Is it the decision that a book about 1950s public-school evacuees from a nuclear war should be read in schools the thing that makes people think it has to be some kind of allegory of general human nature?
Because it's a book about 1950s public-school evacuees from a nuclear war.
Because it's a book about 1950s public-school evacuees from a nuclear war.
The BBC’s Lord of the Flies shows why diverse casting doesn’t always work | Darren Chetty
William Golding’s classic tale is about civilisation, ‘savagery’ and empire – can a colour-blind cast do that justice, asks writer and academic Darren Chetty
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Is it the decision that a book about 1950s public-school evacuees from a nuclear war should be read in schools the thing that makes people think it has to be some kind of allegory of general human nature?
Because it's a book about 1950s public-school evacuees from a nuclear war.
Because it's a book about 1950s public-school evacuees from a nuclear war.
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“Bold” may be one of the most dangerous words we apply to the biosphere. It often signals a willingness to gamble on planetary systems we barely understand rather than reduce the pressures we clearly do.
The Wildest Plan Ever Imagined: He Wants to Detonate a Nuclear Bomb at the Bottom of the Ocean to Save the Planet - Futura-Sciences
The climate change we continue to fuel through fossil fuel consumption poses a serious threat to our long term survival. Solutions do exist. Most require, if not sacrifice, at least meaningful changes in how we produce and consume energy. Many would likely improve our lives in the process. Still, some...
www.futura-sciences.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:29 PM
“Bold” may be one of the most dangerous words we apply to the biosphere. It often signals a willingness to gamble on planetary systems we barely understand rather than reduce the pressures we clearly do.
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👀 👀 Look how much Reform funding has come from Tory donors!
Nerve investigation finds:
🟡 Donors giving to both parties at once
🟡 Tory donors switching to Reform, jacking up amounts
🟡 Reform donors giving to specific Tory MPs… who then defect to Reform
By @charlienotold.bsky.social 🧵
Nerve investigation finds:
🟡 Donors giving to both parties at once
🟡 Tory donors switching to Reform, jacking up amounts
🟡 Reform donors giving to specific Tory MPs… who then defect to Reform
By @charlienotold.bsky.social 🧵
February 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
👀 👀 Look how much Reform funding has come from Tory donors!
Nerve investigation finds:
🟡 Donors giving to both parties at once
🟡 Tory donors switching to Reform, jacking up amounts
🟡 Reform donors giving to specific Tory MPs… who then defect to Reform
By @charlienotold.bsky.social 🧵
Nerve investigation finds:
🟡 Donors giving to both parties at once
🟡 Tory donors switching to Reform, jacking up amounts
🟡 Reform donors giving to specific Tory MPs… who then defect to Reform
By @charlienotold.bsky.social 🧵
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Historians’ Favourite Royal Cover Ups KLAXON:
When Prince Ernest, Duke of Cumberland (& Queen Victoria’s Uncle) was accused of murdering his valet, Joseph Sellis, in 1810, the inquest found the man committed suicide, even tho…
When Prince Ernest, Duke of Cumberland (& Queen Victoria’s Uncle) was accused of murdering his valet, Joseph Sellis, in 1810, the inquest found the man committed suicide, even tho…
BBC reporting that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
There is no precedent for a senior member of the royal family being placed under arrest in modern British history. A seismic moment for the monarchy.
There is no precedent for a senior member of the royal family being placed under arrest in modern British history. A seismic moment for the monarchy.
February 19, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Historians’ Favourite Royal Cover Ups KLAXON:
When Prince Ernest, Duke of Cumberland (& Queen Victoria’s Uncle) was accused of murdering his valet, Joseph Sellis, in 1810, the inquest found the man committed suicide, even tho…
When Prince Ernest, Duke of Cumberland (& Queen Victoria’s Uncle) was accused of murdering his valet, Joseph Sellis, in 1810, the inquest found the man committed suicide, even tho…
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😅
February 19, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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The really funny thing about this late-C18 back & forth is reading the subscription-list in Olaudah Equiano's memoirs, which is headed by
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
His Royal Highness the Duke of York
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
His Royal Highness the Duke of York
February 19, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The really funny thing about this late-C18 back & forth is reading the subscription-list in Olaudah Equiano's memoirs, which is headed by
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
His Royal Highness the Duke of York
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
His Royal Highness the Duke of York
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BREAKING: Statement from King Charles III on the arrest of his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Says he supports police and "the law must take its course."
February 19, 2026 at 12:07 PM
BREAKING: Statement from King Charles III on the arrest of his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Says he supports police and "the law must take its course."
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I'm not being funny but how is this legal
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir: “Palantir is here to disrupt (…) and, when it's necessary, to scare enemies and, on occasion, kill them. And we hope you're in favor of that."
CEO of Palantir Alex Karp answering questions from shareholders ⬇️
February 19, 2026 at 12:07 PM
I'm not being funny but how is this legal
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The brunchlord establishment press hates progressives (especially female) exponentially more than fascism and it's simply not subtle
February 19, 2026 at 1:56 AM
The brunchlord establishment press hates progressives (especially female) exponentially more than fascism and it's simply not subtle
Your only really solid sibling-of-the-monarch precedent for a comeback, and let's face it, Andrew is no Gloriana...
so far I’ve come up with 1 (one) senior royal being arrested or detained who hasn’t died about it (Elizabeth I)
February 19, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Your only really solid sibling-of-the-monarch precedent for a comeback, and let's face it, Andrew is no Gloriana...
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Are we really on the verge of conscious AI?
Whether AI can "wake up" depends entirely on how you define reality itself.
What if the belief in sentient machines is based on a deep mistake about what it actually means to be alive?
Check out our latest led by fab @erikjbekkers.bsky.social
Whether AI can "wake up" depends entirely on how you define reality itself.
What if the belief in sentient machines is based on a deep mistake about what it actually means to be alive?
Check out our latest led by fab @erikjbekkers.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Are we really on the verge of conscious AI?
Whether AI can "wake up" depends entirely on how you define reality itself.
What if the belief in sentient machines is based on a deep mistake about what it actually means to be alive?
Check out our latest led by fab @erikjbekkers.bsky.social
Whether AI can "wake up" depends entirely on how you define reality itself.
What if the belief in sentient machines is based on a deep mistake about what it actually means to be alive?
Check out our latest led by fab @erikjbekkers.bsky.social
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A century ago, Bristol had 17 electric tram routes running across the city.
Today, it has no mass transit system at all.
Meanwhile, 23 smaller cities in France have modern tram networks.
Today, it has no mass transit system at all.
Meanwhile, 23 smaller cities in France have modern tram networks.
🚋 | NEW REPORT: Britain knows how to build successful public transport - the problem is the system makes it too hard to deliver. Our new report sets out how to fix it and unlock growth in cities across the country. 👇 www.ippr.org/articles/tra...
February 18, 2026 at 12:18 PM
A century ago, Bristol had 17 electric tram routes running across the city.
Today, it has no mass transit system at all.
Meanwhile, 23 smaller cities in France have modern tram networks.
Today, it has no mass transit system at all.
Meanwhile, 23 smaller cities in France have modern tram networks.
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In this entire piece there is not a hint of even a semblance of a legal argument for how a war of this scale would be legal or authorized.
There is quite simply no legal or constitutional authority for Trump to launch a war of choice against Iran.
None. Zero. Nothing.
There is quite simply no legal or constitutional authority for Trump to launch a war of choice against Iran.
None. Zero. Nothing.
U.S. Military Moves Into Place for Possible Strikes in Iran
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:01 AM
In this entire piece there is not a hint of even a semblance of a legal argument for how a war of this scale would be legal or authorized.
There is quite simply no legal or constitutional authority for Trump to launch a war of choice against Iran.
None. Zero. Nothing.
There is quite simply no legal or constitutional authority for Trump to launch a war of choice against Iran.
None. Zero. Nothing.
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Gaza death toll in early part of war far higher than reported, says Lancet study.
There are no excuses.
It was obvious at the time that Israel was engaged in the mass slaughter of civilians.
The guilty men and women will pay the price.
There are no excuses.
It was obvious at the time that Israel was engaged in the mass slaughter of civilians.
The guilty men and women will pay the price.
Gaza death toll in early part of war far higher than reported, says Lancet study
Research suggests more than 75,000 killed in the first 16 months of conflict, 25,000 more than announced at the time
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Gaza death toll in early part of war far higher than reported, says Lancet study.
There are no excuses.
It was obvious at the time that Israel was engaged in the mass slaughter of civilians.
The guilty men and women will pay the price.
There are no excuses.
It was obvious at the time that Israel was engaged in the mass slaughter of civilians.
The guilty men and women will pay the price.
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Somewhere, somehow, at a right-wing tabloid, the most deranged Meghan story of all time is being birthed
February 19, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Somewhere, somehow, at a right-wing tabloid, the most deranged Meghan story of all time is being birthed