David Wilkins
@davidjwilkins.bsky.social
Decrepit slow-living Fenlander trying to cram less and less into each day. Interested in the usual politics, economics and world affairs stuff. Also Germany.
But I'm mostly done arguing, so I'll probably just be cats and cars over here.
But I'm mostly done arguing, so I'll probably just be cats and cars over here.
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This guy needs to be put in team with Danny Kruger.
October 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This guy needs to be put in team with Danny Kruger.
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Everyone, from big business CEOs to small business owners to highly paid professionals and lowly paid service staff, has urged the Chancellor to tax someone else.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
September 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Everyone, from big business CEOs to small business owners to highly paid professionals and lowly paid service staff, has urged the Chancellor to tax someone else.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Expect more silence from the Royal Society in the face of their most notorious fellow advocating for the overthrow of the democratically elected government of a country he is neither a citizen nor a resident of (yet he is a fellow of their most prestigious learned society).
September 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Expect more silence from the Royal Society in the face of their most notorious fellow advocating for the overthrow of the democratically elected government of a country he is neither a citizen nor a resident of (yet he is a fellow of their most prestigious learned society).
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Here's Gloucestershire, a new uni I mentioned in my @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social rant about Higher Ed... What mickey mouse made-up stuff are they pushing? Why, they're expanding... dentistry! We don't need that sort of cultural Marxism here! 😡 (1/2) www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/glouces...
Dentistry could feature in next stage of City Campus redevelopment
'We are already in conversations with the NHS around part of one of the top floors in terms of what we could do around dentistry'
www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk
August 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Here's Gloucestershire, a new uni I mentioned in my @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social rant about Higher Ed... What mickey mouse made-up stuff are they pushing? Why, they're expanding... dentistry! We don't need that sort of cultural Marxism here! 😡 (1/2) www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/glouces...
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"Siri, show me the last thing anyone would do if they wanted to convey a message of stability to Kyiv and European leaders". He's literally trolling them now.
August 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Siri, show me the last thing anyone would do if they wanted to convey a message of stability to Kyiv and European leaders". He's literally trolling them now.
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July 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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I've never really understood why some people consider food in #Germany to be boring.
Seems like a good variety to me...I can't pronounce half of it, but still.
Seems like a good variety to me...I can't pronounce half of it, but still.
June 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I've never really understood why some people consider food in #Germany to be boring.
Seems like a good variety to me...I can't pronounce half of it, but still.
Seems like a good variety to me...I can't pronounce half of it, but still.
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I asked ChatGPT to generate images of typical supporters of different UK political parties. I will be repeating this exercise, using the same prompt, at regular intervals / when I remember, to see how things change - if at all.
I guess this is 1/?
(Turns out only some of them can correctly spell)
I guess this is 1/?
(Turns out only some of them can correctly spell)
June 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I asked ChatGPT to generate images of typical supporters of different UK political parties. I will be repeating this exercise, using the same prompt, at regular intervals / when I remember, to see how things change - if at all.
I guess this is 1/?
(Turns out only some of them can correctly spell)
I guess this is 1/?
(Turns out only some of them can correctly spell)
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A *fascinating* paragraph in Kemi Badenoch's piece for ConHome this morning. The event that fell between the Tories getting 9% in May 2019 and winning the election of 2019 was, of course, firing their leader....
May 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A *fascinating* paragraph in Kemi Badenoch's piece for ConHome this morning. The event that fell between the Tories getting 9% in May 2019 and winning the election of 2019 was, of course, firing their leader....
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Got round to reading Farage two page “manifesto” in yesterday’s Mail. Populist slogans/unfunded promises strung together in a piece designed to portray 🇬🇧 as third world. But how about this for nerve from Mr Brexit? “The casual lies and careless attitudes of our political class have let people down”.
May 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Got round to reading Farage two page “manifesto” in yesterday’s Mail. Populist slogans/unfunded promises strung together in a piece designed to portray 🇬🇧 as third world. But how about this for nerve from Mr Brexit? “The casual lies and careless attitudes of our political class have let people down”.
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Politics is broken in the UK. The only responses to the Indian trade deal appear to be outrage from the right about a national insurance provision which is in almost every trade deal we've ever struck, and outrage from the left that this deal doesn't make up for Brexit, as if someone said it would.
May 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Politics is broken in the UK. The only responses to the Indian trade deal appear to be outrage from the right about a national insurance provision which is in almost every trade deal we've ever struck, and outrage from the left that this deal doesn't make up for Brexit, as if someone said it would.
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There was an article in the Guardian recently in which an AI refuser said "why should I bother reading something that nobody bothered to write?" (I'm paraphrasing - AI could have done it better). That resonated with me.
May 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There was an article in the Guardian recently in which an AI refuser said "why should I bother reading something that nobody bothered to write?" (I'm paraphrasing - AI could have done it better). That resonated with me.
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A Reform UK Councillor Has Been Suspended By The Party 3 Days After Being Elected
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-refo...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-refo...
A Reform UK Councillor Has Been Suspended By The Party 3 Days After Being Elected
Donna Edmunds had threatened to defect at some point in the future.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
May 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A Reform UK Councillor Has Been Suspended By The Party 3 Days After Being Elected
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-refo...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-refo...
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weapons-grade morons
May 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
weapons-grade morons
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A force not to be reckoned with? Indeed.
April 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A force not to be reckoned with? Indeed.
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Factoid: Some of the unique touches of the Innocenti Regent, their short-lived Allegro version (including its Bianco Avorio colour scheme) & don’t forget the 1,275 cc was a dual-SU affair too.
(📸:IG a/c jagalfa)
(📸:IG a/c jagalfa)
April 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Factoid: Some of the unique touches of the Innocenti Regent, their short-lived Allegro version (including its Bianco Avorio colour scheme) & don’t forget the 1,275 cc was a dual-SU affair too.
(📸:IG a/c jagalfa)
(📸:IG a/c jagalfa)
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@mike.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy has always been a true innovator in tech and is a great guy to boot. This @nytimes.com story is a good read about his latest innovation, a decentralized browser called Surf.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/t...
A Long-Shot Bet to Bypass the Middlemen of Social Media
Facing the looming threat of A.I. as a competitor, some publishers are considering an alternative to the internet’s all-powerful algorithms.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
@mike.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy has always been a true innovator in tech and is a great guy to boot. This @nytimes.com story is a good read about his latest innovation, a decentralized browser called Surf.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/t...
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Tesla has survived many crises over 2 decades. Analysts have learned not to bet against it. But can it survive the actions of its own CEO? His political activities are only part of it; decisions he made over 5 years have put the #EV pioneer in perilous waters. I asked experts if #Tesla can recover.
Can Tesla Survive Elon Musk?
The EV pioneer now faces headwinds on many fronts. None are more significant than the actions of its CEO.
insideevs.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
April 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
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a friend sent me this one
April 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
a friend sent me this one
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I'm no good with patterns. Can someone help me out here?
April 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I'm no good with patterns. Can someone help me out here?