Dan Voltaire
@dominustempori.bsky.social
39 yo sciencey gay • lefty • orchid addict • data monkey • Bristol UK
Religious views: Eurovision • the Metric System
He/Him
Often in tandem with @joedunckley.bsky.social
Occasionally found in 🇵🇹 flavour.
Religious views: Eurovision • the Metric System
He/Him
Often in tandem with @joedunckley.bsky.social
Occasionally found in 🇵🇹 flavour.
Pinned
That's enough internet for today.
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
That's enough internet for today.
But if we make Starbucks pay tax then *our party won't get any money from them*.
This is what people who complain about businesses leaving really mean, and why no-one will ever properly tackle it.
This is what people who complain about businesses leaving really mean, and why no-one will ever properly tackle it.
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
But if we make Starbucks pay tax then *our party won't get any money from them*.
This is what people who complain about businesses leaving really mean, and why no-one will ever properly tackle it.
This is what people who complain about businesses leaving really mean, and why no-one will ever properly tackle it.
When the morning coffee hits just right ☕😌
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
When the morning coffee hits just right ☕😌
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
She needs to be kept away from fucking everything.
Shabana Mahmood hints at shake-up of 'irrational' police structure
Shabana Mahmood hints at shake-up of 'irrational' police structure
The home secretary says there is a postcode lottery in the performance of forces in England and Wales.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
She needs to be kept away from fucking everything.
Pay me like a film star, then I might dress like a film star? MMKAY?
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Pay me like a film star, then I might dress like a film star? MMKAY?
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Amazon Greenlights A New Stargate Series
www.gateworld.net/news/2025/11...
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new #Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm. @primevideo.bsky.social
www.gateworld.net/news/2025/11...
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new #Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm. @primevideo.bsky.social
Amazon Greenlights A New Stargate Series » GateWorld
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm.
www.gateworld.net
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Amazon Greenlights A New Stargate Series
www.gateworld.net/news/2025/11...
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new #Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm. @primevideo.bsky.social
www.gateworld.net/news/2025/11...
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new #Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm. @primevideo.bsky.social
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"Does Danish politics prove that the UK Labour Party needs to become more Green?"... not coming to a BBC report near you
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"Does Danish politics prove that the UK Labour Party needs to become more Green?"... not coming to a BBC report near you
"Showing the racists that racism works will not stem the tide of racism." 👏
LOUDER FOR THOSE AT THE BACK.
LOUDER FOR THOSE AT THE BACK.
'Labour politicians who believe they must simply hold their nose and pass these latest morally degrading policies in order to stem the rise of racism are deluding themselves.'
Showing the racists that racism works will not stem the tide of racism.
Showing the racists that racism works will not stem the tide of racism.
Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"Showing the racists that racism works will not stem the tide of racism." 👏
LOUDER FOR THOSE AT THE BACK.
LOUDER FOR THOSE AT THE BACK.
So why the fuck does what industry says trump what scientists say? Oh, right, the money.
November 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
So why the fuck does what industry says trump what scientists say? Oh, right, the money.
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We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.
Meanwhile in Denmark:
Meanwhile in Denmark:
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.
Meanwhile in Denmark:
Meanwhile in Denmark:
Well this doesn't look at all suspicious.
Clay Higgins: The lone lawmaker to vote against releasing the Epstein files
Clay Higgins: The lone lawmaker to vote against releasing the Epstein files
The resounding vote in favour of the Epstein bill, 427-1, marks a rare moment of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill that was - almost - unanimous.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Well this doesn't look at all suspicious.
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Reposted by Dan Voltaire
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Help women and girls *feel* safer? But not actually *be* safer? That's what this sounds like.
The council are rolling out a pilot to help women and girls feel safer in the dark
Parks to be made safer for women and girls
A pilot will be rolled out to make Bristol's parks more accessible after dark
www.bristol247.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Help women and girls *feel* safer? But not actually *be* safer? That's what this sounds like.
Gay men will understand this *very differently* to straight men... 🤭
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Gay men will understand this *very differently* to straight men... 🤭
“If Labour don’t do this, we’ll get a Reform government”
If Labour do do this, we'll get one anyway... so how is that good reasoning?
If Labour do do this, we'll get one anyway... so how is that good reasoning?
“If Labour don’t do this, we’ll get a Reform government”
Trans people, disabled people, migrants, people of colour and people seeking asylum already have a Reform government.
You just want to feel superior to those who like the idea of Nigel Farage as PM.
Trans people, disabled people, migrants, people of colour and people seeking asylum already have a Reform government.
You just want to feel superior to those who like the idea of Nigel Farage as PM.
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“If Labour don’t do this, we’ll get a Reform government”
If Labour do do this, we'll get one anyway... so how is that good reasoning?
If Labour do do this, we'll get one anyway... so how is that good reasoning?
Seeing Tories and Reformites fawn over Shabana Mahmood disgusting policies tells you all you need to know. She's in the wrong party.
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Seeing Tories and Reformites fawn over Shabana Mahmood disgusting policies tells you all you need to know. She's in the wrong party.
I'm sorry but attempting to justify something horrible by saying you're on a 'moral mission' to do it, just doesn't wash.
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'm sorry but attempting to justify something horrible by saying you're on a 'moral mission' to do it, just doesn't wash.
So that's a long winded noncommittal way of saying yes.
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
So that's a long winded noncommittal way of saying yes.
DGLASVUAC - it's not quite BANANA or NIMBY, but I'll take it.
don't give labour a single vote under any circumstances
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
DGLASVUAC - it's not quite BANANA or NIMBY, but I'll take it.
This socio-economic 'insular dwarfism' affecting the UK needs to fucking die. We're not making ourselves bigger or stronger, we're making ourselves smaller, poorer, meaner, blander.
My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This socio-economic 'insular dwarfism' affecting the UK needs to fucking die. We're not making ourselves bigger or stronger, we're making ourselves smaller, poorer, meaner, blander.