Dr Dan
@dpdormouse.bsky.social
Associate editor, researcher of Palaeoclimates and oceans. Interested in changes in AMOC past present and future! 🌊🐚🌎🌍
A bit twitchy.
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A bit twitchy.
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Dr Dan
@dpdormouse.bsky.social
· Nov 15
When you shit post on BlueSky make sure you check for Skeet-marks
Baffling, why make it *more* difficult for people
Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK
Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK
Supreme court makes ruling after Swedish firm’s long-running battle with trade association Dairy UK
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Business live – latest updates
The Swedish-based drinks manufacturer Oatly has been banned from using the word “milk” to market its plant-based products, after a ruling by the UK supreme court.
The alt-milk manufacturer has been in a long-running legal battle with the trade association Dairy UK after Oatly trademarked phrases associated with the dairy sector. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Baffling, why make it *more* difficult for people
Somewhere between last gasp and very energetic keir today
February 11, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Somewhere between last gasp and very energetic keir today
Feel like Wes Streeting’s allies are a small group of sweaty men who would fit in the same mini bus and have an enormous amount of unwarranted confidence
EXCL: Wes Streeting allies say he still wants to replace Starmer & is willing to stand against him as soon as after byelection. (Health sec says claim is “categorically untrue”)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Streeting still ready to challenge Starmer despite show of unity, allies say
Health secretary poised to make leadership bid after May local elections to pre-empt a potential challenge from rival Rayner, MPs close to him say
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Feel like Wes Streeting’s allies are a small group of sweaty men who would fit in the same mini bus and have an enormous amount of unwarranted confidence
Never thought I’d read the sentence “Starmer v narrowly edges Farage and Polanski”
Forced choice head 2 head on preferred prime minister.
🌹Starmer v.narrowly edges Farage and Polanski but loses to Davey & Badenoch
🌳Badenoch wins all four head to heads
🔶Davey beats Starmer & v.narrowly Farage, but loses to Badenoch
🌹Starmer v.narrowly edges Farage and Polanski but loses to Davey & Badenoch
🌳Badenoch wins all four head to heads
🔶Davey beats Starmer & v.narrowly Farage, but loses to Badenoch
February 10, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Never thought I’d read the sentence “Starmer v narrowly edges Farage and Polanski”
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And if you think I’m joking…
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@bindelj • 2h
Funny how the beards in the US call us
TERF Island, ignoring the fact that feminists have won so many more rights for women and girls than has Forced Birther Nation.
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Is this you, having lunch with Jennifer Lahl of the Heritage Foundation Julie Why were you doing that
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February 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
And if you think I’m joking…
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Also, I know the channel I used to speak to Wes on, and it wasn't WhatsApp. Will he swear an oath that he's disclosed all his private communications? Not just those on WhatsApp?
February 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Also, I know the channel I used to speak to Wes on, and it wasn't WhatsApp. Will he swear an oath that he's disclosed all his private communications? Not just those on WhatsApp?
Starmer attempting to move beyond the 3 notes he has been capable of
February 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Starmer attempting to move beyond the 3 notes he has been capable of
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Well, almost
My understanding is that the Cabinet Secretary Chris Wormald has already been sacked, happened yesterday and is only remaining in post to discuss terms.
Complete No 10 clearout.
Complete No 10 clearout.
February 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Well, almost
You know it must absolutely kill Wes that Angela spoiled his attempted coup in one sentence and she can (and will) ruin any leadership challenge mounted by him with little/no effort
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
You know it must absolutely kill Wes that Angela spoiled his attempted coup in one sentence and she can (and will) ruin any leadership challenge mounted by him with little/no effort
Wes Streeting saying he used to send Mandleson little “x’s” but also said he isn’t close and never has been lmao
February 9, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Wes Streeting saying he used to send Mandleson little “x’s” but also said he isn’t close and never has been lmao
Almost every day reveals a new example that makes me wonder how on earth journalists are enthralled with the political grease stain that is Wes Streeting
It’s practically a work of art that he thinks we’re all that stupid.
February 9, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Almost every day reveals a new example that makes me wonder how on earth journalists are enthralled with the political grease stain that is Wes Streeting
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It’s practically a work of art that he thinks we’re all that stupid.
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
It’s practically a work of art that he thinks we’re all that stupid.
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“…and Keir Starmer, who did NOT resign…”
February 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
“…and Keir Starmer, who did NOT resign…”
This is where it turns out it really was just the journalists darling Morgan mcsweeney holding everything back and it turns out Keir has a personality
February 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
This is where it turns out it really was just the journalists darling Morgan mcsweeney holding everything back and it turns out Keir has a personality
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This is incredibly funny to try because even if it *was* true, then it would mean Streeting was defending Mandleson in September for the love of the game.
February 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
This is incredibly funny to try because even if it *was* true, then it would mean Streeting was defending Mandleson in September for the love of the game.
I mean there’s far more lmao
BREAKING: Wes Streeting publishes his private WhatsApp messages with Peter Mandelson in apparent attempt to draw a line under their friendship. They reveal:
:: He feared being “toast at the next election” in his Ilford North seat, adding: “There isn’t a clear answer to the question: why Labour?”.
:: He feared being “toast at the next election” in his Ilford North seat, adding: “There isn’t a clear answer to the question: why Labour?”.
February 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I mean there’s far more lmao
Bizarre state where Starmer merges more powerful than he started today
February 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Bizarre state where Starmer merges more powerful than he started today
Do you think all this was a way to see who isn’t loyal lmao
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Do you think all this was a way to see who isn’t loyal lmao
How does this keep happening every time
EXCL: An website claiming to launch Angela Rayner’s Labour leadership campaign was published temporarily last month, prompting further speculation the former deputy PM is gearing up for contest to replace Keir Starmer.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: ‘Rayner for leader’ site briefly went live in January
angelaforleader.co.uk domain also registered – but MP’s team dismiss half-finished site as ‘fake’ that was created without her knowledge
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:38 PM
How does this keep happening every time
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if Ed Miliband gets this he'll be the first British Prime Minister to have tried to listen to me drunkenly tell an anecdote and got so bored by it that he walked out of the conversation halfway through a sentence
February 9, 2026 at 2:53 PM
if Ed Miliband gets this he'll be the first British Prime Minister to have tried to listen to me drunkenly tell an anecdote and got so bored by it that he walked out of the conversation halfway through a sentence
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It’s going to be a messy end isn’t it
February 9, 2026 at 2:52 PM
It’s going to be a messy end isn’t it