David Hartwell
@davidhartwell.bsky.social
Former UK MENA MoD/Jane’s now OSINT. Cornish and European. Music is life; “Bit of a legend” - Tom Ravenscroft; Spurs for life; views my own; RP not endorsement.
So my latest claim to fame is that I’m mentioned in the Epstein files 🤣🤣🤣
No, not in that way, obviously.
Turns out I’m cited in one of the seized articles written by my friend Bilal when I was editor of Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst.
Funny old world.
No, not in that way, obviously.
Turns out I’m cited in one of the seized articles written by my friend Bilal when I was editor of Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst.
Funny old world.
February 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
So my latest claim to fame is that I’m mentioned in the Epstein files 🤣🤣🤣
No, not in that way, obviously.
Turns out I’m cited in one of the seized articles written by my friend Bilal when I was editor of Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst.
Funny old world.
No, not in that way, obviously.
Turns out I’m cited in one of the seized articles written by my friend Bilal when I was editor of Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst.
Funny old world.
One of the greatest things ever ❤️🖤❤️🖤
Depeche Mode - Stripped (Highland Mix)
YouTube video by Della93DM
youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
One of the greatest things ever ❤️🖤❤️🖤
Stressy day. This is exactly what I needed. Peak Sasha 😍
Sasha - Essential Mix [1994-01-15] bbc radio 1
YouTube video by Driving Music
youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Stressy day. This is exactly what I needed. Peak Sasha 😍
Finally. Thank god. Only a month late.
February 11, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Finally. Thank god. Only a month late.
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Gonna be a bixed mag tonight. Here's your canapés. Mains later. #raveyardshift youtu.be/fU00HH_EhVM?...
Country & Western - Centrifuge (1993)
YouTube video by REMEMBER FACTORY
youtu.be
February 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Gonna be a bixed mag tonight. Here's your canapés. Mains later. #raveyardshift youtu.be/fU00HH_EhVM?...
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Just the one from me for the #Raveyardshift
Was listening to a mix on my wanders today and this was the last tune.
The opening lyrics are very relevant today, despite this being from 1990.
youtu.be/DjeCxyBx4CM?...
Was listening to a mix on my wanders today and this was the last tune.
The opening lyrics are very relevant today, despite this being from 1990.
youtu.be/DjeCxyBx4CM?...
Sly and Lovechild - The World According To... [Andrew Weatherall Mix]
YouTube video by Gavin Mulhall
youtu.be
February 7, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Just the one from me for the #Raveyardshift
Was listening to a mix on my wanders today and this was the last tune.
The opening lyrics are very relevant today, despite this being from 1990.
youtu.be/DjeCxyBx4CM?...
Was listening to a mix on my wanders today and this was the last tune.
The opening lyrics are very relevant today, despite this being from 1990.
youtu.be/DjeCxyBx4CM?...
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
One more. This was everywhere in 1995 with good reason. It still sounds incredible.
Crescendo - Are You Out There (Original Mix) (HQ)
YouTube video by Vinyl Stash (UK)
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February 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
One more. This was everywhere in 1995 with good reason. It still sounds incredible.
Tonight’s big tune for the weekend comes from 1994. Still utterly brilliant 🤩
Stay (Tonight) (Underground Mix)
YouTube video by Isha-D - Topic
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February 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Tonight’s big tune for the weekend comes from 1994. Still utterly brilliant 🤩
Staying on the Balearic tip. This is fabulously 80s. Arthur Baker on the mix.
Big Love (Extended Remix) (2017 Remaster)
YouTube video by Fleetwood Mac - Topic
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February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Staying on the Balearic tip. This is fabulously 80s. Arthur Baker on the mix.
Brilliant track. Balearic and funky as hell 😎😍
Barry White - It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me
YouTube video by AuntieSoul34
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February 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Brilliant track. Balearic and funky as hell 😎😍
Best thing they ever did. I’ll die on that hill.
ABBA - When All Is Said And Done (Video)
YouTube video by AbbaVEVO
youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Best thing they ever did. I’ll die on that hill.
Almost impossibly beautiful 😍
Lamb - Gorecki
YouTube video by 1nf3cted79
youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Almost impossibly beautiful 😍
🎯🎯🎯
Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
February 6, 2026 at 11:51 AM
🎯🎯🎯
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Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
February 6, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
There is no bottom. When you think he’s reached it, he punches right through to new depths.
February 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
There is no bottom. When you think he’s reached it, he punches right through to new depths.
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Imagine building a political strategy around what Trump might say from day to day
Not to mention Nigel Farage: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
February 5, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Imagine building a political strategy around what Trump might say from day to day
Still one of the greatest things ever committed to vinyl. When the beat hits halfway through… 😎😍😎
Song of Life (Remastered)
YouTube video by Leftfield - Topic
youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Still one of the greatest things ever committed to vinyl. When the beat hits halfway through… 😎😍😎
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Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
The French foreign ministry burns Elon, and all in 🔥🔥🔥
February 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The French foreign ministry burns Elon, and all in 🔥🔥🔥
As good as it gets. Hard to believe this absolute gem is the b-side to Positive Education. Fucking amazing track.
January 31, 2026 at 10:49 PM
As good as it gets. Hard to believe this absolute gem is the b-side to Positive Education. Fucking amazing track.
One from the archives 🤣 2012 actually on CNBC.
Nice know that I was right, even back then, that the Israelis were not capable of effectively striking Iran’s deep underground nuclear facilities and that it would need the US to do it for them.
www.cnbc.com/video/2012/0...
Nice know that I was right, even back then, that the Israelis were not capable of effectively striking Iran’s deep underground nuclear facilities and that it would need the US to do it for them.
www.cnbc.com/video/2012/0...
Israel's Netanyahu: No Decision On Iran Attack
David Hartwell, senior Middle East and North Africa analyst at IHS, told CNBC, "a lot of the statements we have heard out of Netanyahu in the last few days betray a certain sense of unease about Israe...
www.cnbc.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:05 PM
One from the archives 🤣 2012 actually on CNBC.
Nice know that I was right, even back then, that the Israelis were not capable of effectively striking Iran’s deep underground nuclear facilities and that it would need the US to do it for them.
www.cnbc.com/video/2012/0...
Nice know that I was right, even back then, that the Israelis were not capable of effectively striking Iran’s deep underground nuclear facilities and that it would need the US to do it for them.
www.cnbc.com/video/2012/0...
Most underrated film of the 80s. I’ll die on that hill.
January 30, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Most underrated film of the 80s. I’ll die on that hill.
Anyone denying that the Epstein files have nothing to do with Trump’s behaviour needs to have a word with themselves.
January 30, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Anyone denying that the Epstein files have nothing to do with Trump’s behaviour needs to have a word with themselves.
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Is this real? Please tell me this is real
January 30, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Is this real? Please tell me this is real