@davidpenington.bsky.social
Database systems, father of adult offspring, cyclist, retired from sailing, auspol.
Mathematics & science background
Mathematics & science background
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So Nigel Farage, who spent a huge chunk of his speech today attacking plans to raise even the slightest of taxes on the wealthy, thinks one of the biggest problems facing the UK is that young people on the minimum wage are being paid too much
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
So Nigel Farage, who spent a huge chunk of his speech today attacking plans to raise even the slightest of taxes on the wealthy, thinks one of the biggest problems facing the UK is that young people on the minimum wage are being paid too much
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
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Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
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"In the first six months of 2025, there were 57% more farm bankruptcies than during the same period last year, according to United States Courts."
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-farm...
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-farm...
Generations work on family farms. With costs high and prices low, farmers worry they may lose it all.
Generations have worked family farms in the U.S. Now, with costs high, prices low and tariffs causing additional difficulties, farmers say they're at risk of losing it all.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"In the first six months of 2025, there were 57% more farm bankruptcies than during the same period last year, according to United States Courts."
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-farm...
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-farm...
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And what the 👑 wants....
Trump asks Supreme Court to throw out sexual abuse verdict in E Jean Carroll case
Trump asks Supreme Court to throw out sexual abuse verdict in E Jean Carroll case
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
And what the 👑 wants....
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'Eltis said the party’s constitution was fully drafted and one plank of its policy platform was the mass deportation of people of Jewish faith.'
www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...
www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...
Far-right figure who visited ‘motherland’ Germany is close to forming national party
Sydney man Jack Eltis said the National Socialist Network “was about 90 per cent” of the way to forming state and national parties.
www.theage.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
'Eltis said the party’s constitution was fully drafted and one plank of its policy platform was the mass deportation of people of Jewish faith.'
www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...
www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...
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The Turkish opposition leader has labeled the request for a 2,352-year prison sentence against the mayor of Istanbul a "coup attempt."
Ozgur Ozel denounced the legal proceedings as an attempt to "block the presidential candidate" of the CHP and neutralize an electoral alternative to Erdogan.
Ozgur Ozel denounced the legal proceedings as an attempt to "block the presidential candidate" of the CHP and neutralize an electoral alternative to Erdogan.
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The Turkish opposition leader has labeled the request for a 2,352-year prison sentence against the mayor of Istanbul a "coup attempt."
Ozgur Ozel denounced the legal proceedings as an attempt to "block the presidential candidate" of the CHP and neutralize an electoral alternative to Erdogan.
Ozgur Ozel denounced the legal proceedings as an attempt to "block the presidential candidate" of the CHP and neutralize an electoral alternative to Erdogan.
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The BBC is in the midst of a scandal being flamed by the UK's rabid Tory press. And our own conservative media just can’t resist joining in the mother country’s culture wars.
Bending over backwards for the right isn’t saving the BBC. It won’t save the ABC either
www.crikey.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The BBC is in the midst of a scandal being flamed by the UK's rabid Tory press. And our own conservative media just can’t resist joining in the mother country’s culture wars.
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8/ TLDR : After permitting nazis to rally in a Very Public display of antisemitism without consequence, police & NSW authorities are taking the opportunity to introduce more repressive legislation in order to target public protest in general.
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
8/ TLDR : After permitting nazis to rally in a Very Public display of antisemitism without consequence, police & NSW authorities are taking the opportunity to introduce more repressive legislation in order to target public protest in general.
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And there you have it. The US regime is, after all, happy to allow Russia's war machine to be funded. This sets an appalling precedent and will prolong the war. 😡
Trump grants Hungary sanctions exemption on Russian oil
Trump grants Hungary sanctions exemption on Russian oil
The decision, which further cements the alliance between the US and Hungary, comes as Orban dismissed Ukraine's chances of victory and Trump urged Europe to show 'more respect' for the Hungarian leader.
www.lemonde.fr
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
And there you have it. The US regime is, after all, happy to allow Russia's war machine to be funded. This sets an appalling precedent and will prolong the war. 😡
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If he has been found to lie constantly, he should be charged with perjury. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If he has been found to lie constantly, he should be charged with perjury. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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OMG. The site is literally called the Dunning Kruger Times.
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
OMG. The site is literally called the Dunning Kruger Times.
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Reading the supposedly devastating report into BBC bias
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reading the supposedly devastating report into BBC bias
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No, it won't - the only two things it will do *immediately* are:
* Put House Rs on record for supporting pedophilia, and
* Start a running court battle that will drag on for years.
But those are not bad things.
* Put House Rs on record for supporting pedophilia, and
* Start a running court battle that will drag on for years.
But those are not bad things.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
No, it won't - the only two things it will do *immediately* are:
* Put House Rs on record for supporting pedophilia, and
* Start a running court battle that will drag on for years.
But those are not bad things.
* Put House Rs on record for supporting pedophilia, and
* Start a running court battle that will drag on for years.
But those are not bad things.
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BREAKING: Speaker Johnson says "first order of business" will be to swear Rep.-elect Grijalva (D-AZ)
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
BREAKING: Speaker Johnson says "first order of business" will be to swear Rep.-elect Grijalva (D-AZ)
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
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Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
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Having been pardoned by Trump, Rudy Giuliani wants his bar license “immediately reinstated,” per his rep Ted Goodman
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Having been pardoned by Trump, Rudy Giuliani wants his bar license “immediately reinstated,” per his rep Ted Goodman
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One thing not being said - indeed, I think everyone misses this - but the requirement for the BBC to show impartiality and balance relates to the politics of *this* country, there’s no requirement to show some mythical balance globally, only to report the truth without fear or favour.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
One thing not being said - indeed, I think everyone misses this - but the requirement for the BBC to show impartiality and balance relates to the politics of *this* country, there’s no requirement to show some mythical balance globally, only to report the truth without fear or favour.
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Loved the 1st part of David Olusoga's Empire. It's important we remember that although the empire did enslave people, work them to death, deliberately starve them, fuel civil war, and let a private army seize ¼ of a country, it did also make everyone on one specific street in Bath massively rich.
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Loved the 1st part of David Olusoga's Empire. It's important we remember that although the empire did enslave people, work them to death, deliberately starve them, fuel civil war, and let a private army seize ¼ of a country, it did also make everyone on one specific street in Bath massively rich.
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Sir Robbie Gibb’s £43k-a-year role as BBC board director now “untenable”, says Scotland’s first minister @johnswinney.bsky.social
Gibb position on BBC board ‘untenable’, says Swinney
The comments come amid a bias row at the broadcaster which has seen two of its top bosses resign.
news.stv.tv
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Sir Robbie Gibb’s £43k-a-year role as BBC board director now “untenable”, says Scotland’s first minister @johnswinney.bsky.social
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Trump aligned street gang stands back up.
New:
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
![STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience.
Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play.
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And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country.
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He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreialm4skuozqobejpd6vx4m6kuwsgtidxmmxvj3ftcff6otiuyohiy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Trump aligned street gang stands back up.
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Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
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Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
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tbh I absolutely agree that we should impeach rogue judges
I might have a different view of which judges those are than the majority of the SJC does, though
I might have a different view of which judges those are than the majority of the SJC does, though
NEWS: The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a subcommittee hearing chaired by Cruz on 11/18 titled "Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Responsible"
This is a big escalation in the rhetoric we've been hearing for months on this
This is a big escalation in the rhetoric we've been hearing for months on this
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
tbh I absolutely agree that we should impeach rogue judges
I might have a different view of which judges those are than the majority of the SJC does, though
I might have a different view of which judges those are than the majority of the SJC does, though
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From @zeblarson.bsky.social.
From Liberal Currents: "Propaganda, Rather than Pandemic Policies, Caused the War on Public Health--The backlash narrative ignores basic facts of the case."
www.liberalcurrents.com/propaganda-r...
From Liberal Currents: "Propaganda, Rather than Pandemic Policies, Caused the War on Public Health--The backlash narrative ignores basic facts of the case."
www.liberalcurrents.com/propaganda-r...
Propaganda, Rather than Pandemic Policies, Caused the War on Public Health
The backlash narrative ignores basic facts of the case.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
From @zeblarson.bsky.social.
From Liberal Currents: "Propaganda, Rather than Pandemic Policies, Caused the War on Public Health--The backlash narrative ignores basic facts of the case."
www.liberalcurrents.com/propaganda-r...
From Liberal Currents: "Propaganda, Rather than Pandemic Policies, Caused the War on Public Health--The backlash narrative ignores basic facts of the case."
www.liberalcurrents.com/propaganda-r...