PH Davies
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Family man. Respect for nature. Lifelong metaller. Always work to be done. 💪🌱🤘🏴
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
Okay. Now do GB News.
BBC News - BBC Gaza documentary a 'serious' breach of rules, Ofcom says
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BBC News - BBC Gaza documentary a 'serious' breach of rules, Ofcom says
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BBC Gaza documentary a 'serious' breach of rules, Ofcom says
The regulator says the documentary, broadcast earlier this year, was "materially misleading".
www.bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Okay. Now do GB News.
BBC News - BBC Gaza documentary a 'serious' breach of rules, Ofcom says
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BBC News - BBC Gaza documentary a 'serious' breach of rules, Ofcom says
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Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
October 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
I recently stopped listening to the news in the morning and replaced it with the music of Anaal Nathrakh. It's better for my mood and gives me more honesty than I could ever expect from BBC Radio 4, of which I used to be a great advocate.
"Seize what you love and damn all the rest" indeed.
"Seize what you love and damn all the rest" indeed.
September 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I recently stopped listening to the news in the morning and replaced it with the music of Anaal Nathrakh. It's better for my mood and gives me more honesty than I could ever expect from BBC Radio 4, of which I used to be a great advocate.
"Seize what you love and damn all the rest" indeed.
"Seize what you love and damn all the rest" indeed.
I don't want to gloss over how unutterably tragic this is to make a political point, but... has the BBC started doing it's job again?
BBC News - BBC investigates Afghan maternal deaths after US aid cuts - BBC News
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BBC News - BBC investigates Afghan maternal deaths after US aid cuts - BBC News
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BBC investigates Afghan maternal deaths after US aid cuts
The BBC hears devastating accounts of Afghan mothers and babies dying after US-backed clinics shut.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I don't want to gloss over how unutterably tragic this is to make a political point, but... has the BBC started doing it's job again?
BBC News - BBC investigates Afghan maternal deaths after US aid cuts - BBC News
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BBC News - BBC investigates Afghan maternal deaths after US aid cuts - BBC News
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Robust democracy in action. More of this please.
BBC News - Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup
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BBC News - Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup
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Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup
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September 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Robust democracy in action. More of this please.
BBC News - Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup
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BBC News - Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup
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Fascists need war to maintain the pretence of legitimacy. This means whatever happens next is drearily predictable.
September 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Fascists need war to maintain the pretence of legitimacy. This means whatever happens next is drearily predictable.
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Revolutionay War: Surrender
Civil War: Surrender
WWI: Surrender
WWII: Surrender
Korean War: Still going (?)
Vietnam War: US withdrawal
War on Terror: I kinda feel like we made it worse and then just pretended it's over.
War on Drugs: Drugs won
War on Christmas: Imaginary
Civil War: Surrender
WWI: Surrender
WWII: Surrender
Korean War: Still going (?)
Vietnam War: US withdrawal
War on Terror: I kinda feel like we made it worse and then just pretended it's over.
War on Drugs: Drugs won
War on Christmas: Imaginary
August 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Revolutionay War: Surrender
Civil War: Surrender
WWI: Surrender
WWII: Surrender
Korean War: Still going (?)
Vietnam War: US withdrawal
War on Terror: I kinda feel like we made it worse and then just pretended it's over.
War on Drugs: Drugs won
War on Christmas: Imaginary
Civil War: Surrender
WWI: Surrender
WWII: Surrender
Korean War: Still going (?)
Vietnam War: US withdrawal
War on Terror: I kinda feel like we made it worse and then just pretended it's over.
War on Drugs: Drugs won
War on Christmas: Imaginary
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Oh no I really hope Bill Clinton isn’t in the Epstein files, I’ll have to get rid of my Bill Clinton hat and my Bill Clinton sneakers and my Bill Clinton cologne and my Bill Clinton watch and take down my Bill Clinton flag and I’ll have to delete my Bill Clinton nft trading cards
July 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Oh no I really hope Bill Clinton isn’t in the Epstein files, I’ll have to get rid of my Bill Clinton hat and my Bill Clinton sneakers and my Bill Clinton cologne and my Bill Clinton watch and take down my Bill Clinton flag and I’ll have to delete my Bill Clinton nft trading cards
Spot on.
EXCLUSIVE: Neil Kinnock slams Labour’s strategy on Reform as “100% wrong” and “mortally stupid” in a new Prospect interview with @arusbridger.bsky.social. “Appeasers get eaten,” he says.
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Neil Kinnock: Labour is ‘100 per cent wrong’ to fight Reform UK on its own turf
The former Labour leader on his party’s ‘mortally stupid’ strategy to combat Reform
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Spot on.
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The falling out between this lot is going to be spectacular.
November 17, 2024 at 9:22 AM
The falling out between this lot is going to be spectacular.
Me too.
May 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Me too.
Well done Louis Theroux and to the BBC for putting it out. Very important TV.
The Settlers review – this vital film forces Louis Theroux to do something he’s never done before
The Settlers review – this vital film forces Louis Theroux to do something he’s never done before
The documentarian manages to stay calm and polite as guns are repeatedly pointed at him in the West Bank. Then someone shoves him …
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Well done Louis Theroux and to the BBC for putting it out. Very important TV.
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If you don't think we're headed here, you aren't paying attention.
April 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If you don't think we're headed here, you aren't paying attention.
Energy use is a huge and growing problem.
It's all fun and games until …
"Professor Gina Neff of Queen Mary University London told the BBC #ChatGPT is "burning through energy", and the data centres used to power it consume more electricity in a year than 117 countries."
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"Professor Gina Neff of Queen Mary University London told the BBC #ChatGPT is "burning through energy", and the data centres used to power it consume more electricity in a year than 117 countries."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
ChatGPT action dolls: What are the concerns?
As online users create Barbie-like dolls of themselves, experts urge caution over AI's energy and data use.
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April 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Energy use is a huge and growing problem.
This site needs a bookmark function.
Amazing. After nearly losing her house, and being locked away in a legal battle for years because of one innocuous line in her last TED Talk, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social returns to the Lion’s Den, and calls out the Broligarchs
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
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April 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This site needs a bookmark function.
BBC News - Plan to freeze PIP disability benefits may be dropped
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It's simple. Wealth inequality is the reason that liberal democracy is in decline. Increase the higher rate of income tax and stop punishing the poor. Give us something to believe in.
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It's simple. Wealth inequality is the reason that liberal democracy is in decline. Increase the higher rate of income tax and stop punishing the poor. Give us something to believe in.
Plan to freeze PIP disability benefits may be dropped
Many usually loyal Labour MPs had voiced strong opposition to the idea, with the government expected to make billions in welfare cuts.
www.bbc.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
BBC News - Plan to freeze PIP disability benefits may be dropped
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It's simple. Wealth inequality is the reason that liberal democracy is in decline. Increase the higher rate of income tax and stop punishing the poor. Give us something to believe in.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It's simple. Wealth inequality is the reason that liberal democracy is in decline. Increase the higher rate of income tax and stop punishing the poor. Give us something to believe in.
Important cat update.
March 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Important cat update.
Get in the bin, you ridiculous fascist.
BBC News - Trump sanctions International Criminal Court, calls it 'illegitimate'
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BBC News - Trump sanctions International Criminal Court, calls it 'illegitimate'
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Trump signs order sanctioning International Criminal Court
The order accuses the Hague-based body of creating a "shameful moral equivalency" between Hamas and Israel, the White House says.
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February 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Get in the bin, you ridiculous fascist.
BBC News - Trump sanctions International Criminal Court, calls it 'illegitimate'
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BBC News - Trump sanctions International Criminal Court, calls it 'illegitimate'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I think I'll be voting Lib Dem next time.
This is, by some distance, the most unforgivably stupidest thing the government is doing. An easily sellable proposal, which would actually help Brits, and unlocks meaningful negotiation. Irrational and anti-growth.
NEW: Yvette Cooper rules out a youth mobility scheme between the UK and EU: "That's not the right starting point for us at all."
Brussels is demanding one as part of the government's "reset" of relations with the bloc.
Brussels is demanding one as part of the government's "reset" of relations with the bloc.
February 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I think I'll be voting Lib Dem next time.
It'll be interesting to see how Americans manage without coffee.
January 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It'll be interesting to see how Americans manage without coffee.
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Andrew RT Davies should withdraw his abhorrent social media posts and make a full apology to all those who work with refugees, to the families of the schoolchildren featured in the video he has shared and to all refugees who have come to Wales.
This kind of behaviour has no place in Wales.
This kind of behaviour has no place in Wales.
Andrew RT Davies slammed for 'abhorrent' social media post
Emily Price A former Welsh Government minister has branded Conservative MS Andrew RT Davies “utterly abhorrent and completely irresponsible” for sharing a misleading video of school girls online. For...
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January 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Andrew RT Davies should withdraw his abhorrent social media posts and make a full apology to all those who work with refugees, to the families of the schoolchildren featured in the video he has shared and to all refugees who have come to Wales.
This kind of behaviour has no place in Wales.
This kind of behaviour has no place in Wales.
This is exactly the attitude to take 💪
I'm an old man; I'll turn 70 this year. I will never be a great warrior. Then why do I practice karate? In 2025, when it's desperately vital to fight fascism, oligarchy, and lies, karate is not just a way to move through life with more grace. It is a way to fight with honour and for truth & justice.
January 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is exactly the attitude to take 💪
Lovely video that perfectly illustrates why I love ponds. youtu.be/huGT0zW-YB4?...
I Built a Wildlife Pond... and so Many Animals Came | Wildlife Habitats | Robert E Fuller
YouTube video by Robert E Fuller
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January 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Lovely video that perfectly illustrates why I love ponds. youtu.be/huGT0zW-YB4?...