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.
Except, of course, the actual monarch, who as sovereign is by definition above the law, which is enacted in their name.
PM Starmer says 'nobody is above the law' over Andrew allegations
Police are currently considering allegations against Andrew, who has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Except, of course, the actual monarch, who as sovereign is by definition above the law, which is enacted in their name.
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'Below, I'll explain how I did it, and with any luck, the tech giants will address this problem before someone gets hurt.'
After the tech giants do that, they will be reversing climate collapse, advocating passionately and effectively for gender equality and planting primroses in communal gardens.
After the tech giants do that, they will be reversing climate collapse, advocating passionately and effectively for gender equality and planting primroses in communal gardens.
I got a tip that all over the world, people are using a dead-simple hack to manipulate AI behavior. It turns out changing what AI tells other people can be as easy as writing a blog post *on your own website*
I didn’t believe it, so I decided to test it myself www.bbc.com/future/artic...
I didn’t believe it, so I decided to test it myself www.bbc.com/future/artic...
I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI – and it only took 20 minutes
I found a way to make AI tell you lies – and I'm not the only one.
www.bbc.com
February 19, 2026 at 10:31 AM
'Below, I'll explain how I did it, and with any luck, the tech giants will address this problem before someone gets hurt.'
After the tech giants do that, they will be reversing climate collapse, advocating passionately and effectively for gender equality and planting primroses in communal gardens.
After the tech giants do that, they will be reversing climate collapse, advocating passionately and effectively for gender equality and planting primroses in communal gardens.
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hello I would like to make it illegal, in grant application software, for parts of the application to only become visible when you add data, so that you can finish a whole draft application and upload it before discovering there are SECRET EXTRA SECTIONS that you had NO WAY OF KNOWING ABOUT FFS.
February 19, 2026 at 10:30 AM
hello I would like to make it illegal, in grant application software, for parts of the application to only become visible when you add data, so that you can finish a whole draft application and upload it before discovering there are SECRET EXTRA SECTIONS that you had NO WAY OF KNOWING ABOUT FFS.
The UK pinning its hopes for future research greatness on a technology currently crippling the entire world's supply of computer memory, accelerating fossil-fuel use, and empowering billionaire assholes to play out their Nazi world-domination fantasies on our lives.
UKRI has issued an AI strategy outlining priority areas for investment. This is where ‘bucket 2’ is put to the test. Will calls genuinely be open across disciplines or framed narrowly? And will there be a mix of size of awards? Strategic is not the same as ‘big bets’
www.ukri.org/news/ukri-ai...
www.ukri.org/news/ukri-ai...
February 19, 2026 at 10:32 AM
The UK pinning its hopes for future research greatness on a technology currently crippling the entire world's supply of computer memory, accelerating fossil-fuel use, and empowering billionaire assholes to play out their Nazi world-domination fantasies on our lives.
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I know this is a (valid) piss take of the genre but... this is incredibly well done?
February 19, 2026 at 9:11 AM
I know this is a (valid) piss take of the genre but... this is incredibly well done?
Dear old Liz, up there on a cloud, knocking back a stiff one & thinking "Thank fuck I'm dead."
February 19, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Dear old Liz, up there on a cloud, knocking back a stiff one & thinking "Thank fuck I'm dead."
And he was a literal bastard, not a metaphorical one.
I reckon the last time the son of a sovereign was taken into custody in Britain was the Duke of Monmouth in 1685.
February 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM
And he was a literal bastard, not a metaphorical one.
The suspect formerly known as...
As per national guidance, the police won't be officially naming this Norfolk man in his sixties arrested over suspicion of misconduct in public office!
February 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM
The suspect formerly known as...
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The best time to leave X was quite a long time ago. The second best time is today.
The increasingly radicalised + racially fixated Elon Musk tells Restore Britain to "go on the offensive" against Reform.
Musk says Restore UK should attack Nigel Farage's party "as English extinctionists who want White eradication".
"That means THEY are the racists, THEY are the Nazis"
Musk says Restore UK should attack Nigel Farage's party "as English extinctionists who want White eradication".
"That means THEY are the racists, THEY are the Nazis"
February 19, 2026 at 8:54 AM
The best time to leave X was quite a long time ago. The second best time is today.
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And there we were, complaining it was a slow news week
February 19, 2026 at 10:14 AM
And there we were, complaining it was a slow news week
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Interesting is see whether an unpaid trade envoy role will be a 'public office' for the purposes of Misconduct in Public Office.
No more comments on this case from me now, and replies off.
No more comments on this case from me now, and replies off.
February 19, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Interesting is see whether an unpaid trade envoy role will be a 'public office' for the purposes of Misconduct in Public Office.
No more comments on this case from me now, and replies off.
No more comments on this case from me now, and replies off.
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I do love that the trend in the UK, specifically, is young men rapidly swung left from 2010 onwards, it’s just that young women swung left even more rapidly
I've lost count of the number of times I've had to pull out this chart from the FT.
It's not really true to say young men are moving right in the developed world overall, let along within the UK.
Just like the mythical Reform surge with teenagers, it's a meme that just will not die.
It's not really true to say young men are moving right in the developed world overall, let along within the UK.
Just like the mythical Reform surge with teenagers, it's a meme that just will not die.
February 19, 2026 at 9:03 AM
I do love that the trend in the UK, specifically, is young men rapidly swung left from 2010 onwards, it’s just that young women swung left even more rapidly
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Andrew arrested on his birthday
February 19, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Andrew arrested on his birthday
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BREAKING GOOD NEWS: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, BBC understands www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office
It comes after Thames Valley Police said they were assessing a complaint over the alleged sharing of confidential material by the former prince with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING GOOD NEWS: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, BBC understands www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
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The whole civil service will now be managed as well as the Ministry of Justice has been in recent years.
February 19, 2026 at 9:56 AM
The whole civil service will now be managed as well as the Ministry of Justice has been in recent years.
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But don't you see, William, politicians need a platform for posting shots of them in their constituency that get 500 views and 14 likes.
It’s remarkable how slow so many people have been to recognise the malevolent and disruptive behaviour of Elon Musk towards British politics. This was clear from the time of the riots in the summer…
February 19, 2026 at 9:40 AM
But don't you see, William, politicians need a platform for posting shots of them in their constituency that get 500 views and 14 likes.
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"Oh wow, you're in the US State Department? That's amazing! What do you do there?"
"I scour the internet for Nazi content to upload on a US government run portal which makes sure Germans can read it without using a VPN."
"Would you..?"
"Yes, I'd call myself an American hero."
"I scour the internet for Nazi content to upload on a US government run portal which makes sure Germans can read it without using a VPN."
"Would you..?"
"Yes, I'd call myself an American hero."
Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6
Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propagan...
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February 18, 2026 at 10:59 PM
"Oh wow, you're in the US State Department? That's amazing! What do you do there?"
"I scour the internet for Nazi content to upload on a US government run portal which makes sure Germans can read it without using a VPN."
"Would you..?"
"Yes, I'd call myself an American hero."
"I scour the internet for Nazi content to upload on a US government run portal which makes sure Germans can read it without using a VPN."
"Would you..?"
"Yes, I'd call myself an American hero."
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Well this is a disturbing little thread 🫤
#UK #Transrights #NHS In a panel discussion organised by can-sg in March 2025, both Dr Anna Hutchinson and Anastassis Spiliadis admitted to never referring a patient onto the medical pathway.
February 19, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Well this is a disturbing little thread 🫤
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Skipping a full process on a contentious candidate, I see. Keor Starmer really is determined to just keep doing that until it works, isn't he?
NEW: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Dame Antonia Romeo as the first female Cabinet Secretary and head of the Civil Service, it is understood.
February 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Skipping a full process on a contentious candidate, I see. Keor Starmer really is determined to just keep doing that until it works, isn't he?
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Never change Grauniad
February 19, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Never change Grauniad
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First he came for anyone to the left of the Tories, and I felt confirmed in my decision to leave Twitter.
Then he came for Kimi Badenoch, and I felt somewhat conflicted.
Then he came for Nigel Farage, and I went to make a cup of tea.
Then he came for Kimi Badenoch, and I felt somewhat conflicted.
Then he came for Nigel Farage, and I went to make a cup of tea.
It's not too late for British politicians to stand up to Elon Musk, who is now coming for well-known globalist and social liberal Nigel Farage.
Elon Musk is talking about Nigel Farage's Reform Party: he says Reform are trying to eradicate white people in Britain.
He is a radicalised + increasingly racist lunatic - obsessed with theories of white racial extinction + promoting the idea of civil war in Britain
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
He is a radicalised + increasingly racist lunatic - obsessed with theories of white racial extinction + promoting the idea of civil war in Britain
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
February 19, 2026 at 9:43 AM
First he came for anyone to the left of the Tories, and I felt confirmed in my decision to leave Twitter.
Then he came for Kimi Badenoch, and I felt somewhat conflicted.
Then he came for Nigel Farage, and I went to make a cup of tea.
Then he came for Kimi Badenoch, and I felt somewhat conflicted.
Then he came for Nigel Farage, and I went to make a cup of tea.
Karp is worth twelve billion dollars. His colleague Peter Thiel is worth over twice as much. They have surveillance contracts riddling the international public sphere. They are fascists and lunatics. This is all absolutely insane. But it's the reality our "leaders" insist on imposing on us.
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 9:51 AM
Karp is worth twelve billion dollars. His colleague Peter Thiel is worth over twice as much. They have surveillance contracts riddling the international public sphere. They are fascists and lunatics. This is all absolutely insane. But it's the reality our "leaders" insist on imposing on us.
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this is a pretty good guide that all of you are going to need, eventually. i wish i had it when my mother died in a car wreck.
PSA
My dad passed in 2022.
The most important thing I did before he died was ask him how to unlock his phone.
That meant I could get into his email to change passwords, read texts for 2fa codes, keep the bills paid for Mom and figure things out.
www.deadparentswhatnow.com has *lots* of helpful info
My dad passed in 2022.
The most important thing I did before he died was ask him how to unlock his phone.
That meant I could get into his email to change passwords, read texts for 2fa codes, keep the bills paid for Mom and figure things out.
www.deadparentswhatnow.com has *lots* of helpful info
February 19, 2026 at 5:48 AM
this is a pretty good guide that all of you are going to need, eventually. i wish i had it when my mother died in a car wreck.
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Just to put this in context for you, this would nearly double the deficits posted by the big unis in deepest trouble if they had to pay in a one-shot. Now no doubt they will try another Heath Robinson financial vehicle to do so if needs must, but some simply won't be able to pay if on this scale.
UCL has paid each of the students signed up to a Covid-era action £3,269. Even just on the basis of who's signed up now (with many more complainants to come), the unis involved could owe £634m in total or about £17.6m each. Might be much higher as ex-students join in. 👎💩
www.ft.com/content/a0cf...
www.ft.com/content/a0cf...
UCL students win £21mn over Covid disruption in watershed UK settlement
Move involving 6,500 claimants is set to put pressure on other universities to compensate graduates
www.ft.com
February 19, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Just to put this in context for you, this would nearly double the deficits posted by the big unis in deepest trouble if they had to pay in a one-shot. Now no doubt they will try another Heath Robinson financial vehicle to do so if needs must, but some simply won't be able to pay if on this scale.