David Rochester
@dgr70.bsky.social
We live under a 3km blanket - paper thin - that makes Planet Earth 🌍🌎 uniquely friendly to life and protects us from the unimaginable horribleness of space.
So we would look after that blanket like our lives depend on it.
Wouldn't we?
💙💛 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇪
So we would look after that blanket like our lives depend on it.
Wouldn't we?
💙💛 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇪
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Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
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In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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We've seen the mess that Brexit has caused, and a decade from the referendum, we're still paying the price. We must restore our relationship with Europe urgently.
Logical step for Labour is to reverse Brexit
The political and economic case for the party to campaign in 2028-29 for a return to the single market is overwhelming
www.thetimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We've seen the mess that Brexit has caused, and a decade from the referendum, we're still paying the price. We must restore our relationship with Europe urgently.
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Brexit costing UK as much as £90bn in lost tax revenue every year, analysis finds
The analysis also found that the average Briton has seen a hit to GDP per head of between £2,700 and £3,700
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
The analysis also found that the average Briton has seen a hit to GDP per head of between £2,700 and £3,700
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
Brexit costing UK as much as £90bn in lost tax revenue every year, analysis finds
Brexit is costing the UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenues every year, according to new analysis.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Brexit costing UK as much as £90bn in lost tax revenue every year, analysis finds
The analysis also found that the average Briton has seen a hit to GDP per head of between £2,700 and £3,700
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
The analysis also found that the average Briton has seen a hit to GDP per head of between £2,700 and £3,700
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Brexit is the reason today’s Budget squeezes families, yet the government is still shuffling towards solutions that demand real urgency. We need far bolder steps back towards the single market if we want future budgets that lift people up rather than drain them.
Baby steps won’t fix Brexit or the Budget
There is a way to get back a much bigger slice of the money Brexit has cost us. By getting the UK back into the EU single market.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Brexit is the reason today’s Budget squeezes families, yet the government is still shuffling towards solutions that demand real urgency. We need far bolder steps back towards the single market if we want future budgets that lift people up rather than drain them.
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New polling from European Movement UK shows that three quarters of people who see the economic damage of Brexit now back joining the Single Market and Customs Union to cut taxes and rebuild public services. The public knows the route to recovery, even if the Government refuses to face it.
New poll shows 75% favour joining single market to lower taxes
Of British adults who feel Brexit has been harmful to the UK, over 75% favour the UK joining the Single Market and Customs Union as a way to lower the tax burden and boost money for public services.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New polling from European Movement UK shows that three quarters of people who see the economic damage of Brexit now back joining the Single Market and Customs Union to cut taxes and rebuild public services. The public knows the route to recovery, even if the Government refuses to face it.
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🚨🚨This is no "peace" plan, it is a recipe for further suffering and #Russian imperialist expansion in the #west. It is difficult to appreciate just how much damage the #trump administration has done to #Ukraine and its war efforts. It is disgusting beyond words. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects to discuss the plan – which was reportedly drafted by Russian and US officials – with Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🚨🚨This is no "peace" plan, it is a recipe for further suffering and #Russian imperialist expansion in the #west. It is difficult to appreciate just how much damage the #trump administration has done to #Ukraine and its war efforts. It is disgusting beyond words. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The news that a national lockdown could have been avoided is shattering. Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservatives.
People will never forgive them for partying while they left the country vulnerable and grieving.
People will never forgive them for partying while they left the country vulnerable and grieving.
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The news that a national lockdown could have been avoided is shattering. Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservatives.
People will never forgive them for partying while they left the country vulnerable and grieving.
People will never forgive them for partying while they left the country vulnerable and grieving.
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The 750-page document also has stinging criticism of “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then PM. actively embraced – in which loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The 750-page document also has stinging criticism of “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then PM. actively embraced – in which loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined.
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Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
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Cold 🥶 -6C in Benson and rounded -1C in central London not much frost visible though, dry air.
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Cold 🥶 -6C in Benson and rounded -1C in central London not much frost visible though, dry air.
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As of now, 25 murdered.
80 injured, including 14 children.
People were sleeping at home — in what they believed was a safe place, somewhere in the middle of a residential district in the western city of Ternopil.
My heart bleeds in agony.
Everyone who supports russia has our blood on their hands.
80 injured, including 14 children.
People were sleeping at home — in what they believed was a safe place, somewhere in the middle of a residential district in the western city of Ternopil.
My heart bleeds in agony.
Everyone who supports russia has our blood on their hands.
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
As of now, 25 murdered.
80 injured, including 14 children.
People were sleeping at home — in what they believed was a safe place, somewhere in the middle of a residential district in the western city of Ternopil.
My heart bleeds in agony.
Everyone who supports russia has our blood on their hands.
80 injured, including 14 children.
People were sleeping at home — in what they believed was a safe place, somewhere in the middle of a residential district in the western city of Ternopil.
My heart bleeds in agony.
Everyone who supports russia has our blood on their hands.
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Day 3️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ of uninterrupted protest in Georgia!
🇬🇪🇪🇺Till the end, till the victory!
ბოლომდე, გამარჯვებამდე!
🇬🇪🇪🇺Till the end, till the victory!
ბოლომდე, გამარჯვებამდე!
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Day 3️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ of uninterrupted protest in Georgia!
🇬🇪🇪🇺Till the end, till the victory!
ბოლომდე, გამარჯვებამდე!
🇬🇪🇪🇺Till the end, till the victory!
ბოლომდე, გამარჯვებამდე!
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A beautiful and emotional performance of Georgia’s national anthem in Tbilisi tonight, as huge Georgian and EU flags wave among the crowd.
Day 355 of uninterrupted protests.
Day 355 of uninterrupted protests.
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A beautiful and emotional performance of Georgia’s national anthem in Tbilisi tonight, as huge Georgian and EU flags wave among the crowd.
Day 355 of uninterrupted protests.
Day 355 of uninterrupted protests.
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Hadn't clocked until this tweet that this is true of every defeated Labour government other than New Labour: more votes in defeat in 1951 than in victory in 1945, more in 1970 than in 1964. And frankly, whether they win or lose next time, would bet large amounts will get more votes than 2024.
Labour got more votes in 1979 then they did in Oct 1974.
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Hadn't clocked until this tweet that this is true of every defeated Labour government other than New Labour: more votes in defeat in 1951 than in victory in 1945, more in 1970 than in 1964. And frankly, whether they win or lose next time, would bet large amounts will get more votes than 2024.
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Sadly, it’s FO time.
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Sadly, it’s FO time.
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This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
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Fire authority 'in disarray' amid Reform UK leak row in Kent
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#KemkaranMustGo
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#KemkaranMustGo
Kent fire authority 'in disarray' amid Reform UK video leak row - BBC News
A firefighters union claims Reform UK suspending councillors is impacting the local fire authority.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Fire authority 'in disarray' amid Reform UK leak row in Kent
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#KemkaranMustGo
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#KemkaranMustGo
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Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
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Day #348 non-stop pro-Euro #protests in #Georgia
This was yesterday night in #Tbilisi
Heavy #police presence everyday on #Rustaveli
#GeorgiaProtests
#terrorinGeorgia
This was yesterday night in #Tbilisi
Heavy #police presence everyday on #Rustaveli
#GeorgiaProtests
#terrorinGeorgia
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Day #348 non-stop pro-Euro #protests in #Georgia
This was yesterday night in #Tbilisi
Heavy #police presence everyday on #Rustaveli
#GeorgiaProtests
#terrorinGeorgia
This was yesterday night in #Tbilisi
Heavy #police presence everyday on #Rustaveli
#GeorgiaProtests
#terrorinGeorgia
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1. Last month, a team led by Professor James Hansen published a new study explaining why global warming has accelerated.
These are some of the shocking points that stood out for me. A 🧵
#climatecrisis #climatebreakdown #climatemergency #climatechaos
www.ryanmizzen.com/global-warmi...
These are some of the shocking points that stood out for me. A 🧵
#climatecrisis #climatebreakdown #climatemergency #climatechaos
www.ryanmizzen.com/global-warmi...
Global Warming Has Accelerated – A Warning from James Hansen - Ryan Mizzen
In February 2025, Professor James Hansen sounded the alarm in a new study explaining why global warming has accelerated.
www.ryanmizzen.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
1. Last month, a team led by Professor James Hansen published a new study explaining why global warming has accelerated.
These are some of the shocking points that stood out for me. A 🧵
#climatecrisis #climatebreakdown #climatemergency #climatechaos
www.ryanmizzen.com/global-warmi...
These are some of the shocking points that stood out for me. A 🧵
#climatecrisis #climatebreakdown #climatemergency #climatechaos
www.ryanmizzen.com/global-warmi...
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'Marie Tharp’s 1953 map of the seafloor helped prove the theory of continental drift, but the male geologist she collaborated with took all the credit.'
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seei...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seei...
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
'Marie Tharp’s 1953 map of the seafloor helped prove the theory of continental drift, but the male geologist she collaborated with took all the credit.'
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seei...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seei...
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Turns out we could beat the billionaires.
The Billionaires Who Tried—and Failed—to Stop Zohran Mamdani
Over 20 billionaires donated to super PACs supporting Cuomo or in opposition to the next mayor, Zohran Mamdani.
time.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Turns out we could beat the billionaires.