The Other David Harper
@theotherdavidh.bsky.social
No, not that one. The other one. I'm mostly here for the cats.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
I lived in London as a student in the early 1980s, and again in the 1990s. The centuries-old mix of cultures is part of what makes it a truly great global city. And everyone gets along. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
To rightwing populists, places of fluidity and freedom will always be the enemy, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I lived in London as a student in the early 1980s, and again in the 1990s. The centuries-old mix of cultures is part of what makes it a truly great global city. And everyone gets along. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
You couldn't make this stuff up. Newmarket is, famously, the home of British horse-racing. There's even a giant statue of a horse on one of the main roads into Newmarket. And yet ... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Newmarket horse owner receives notice of complaint over ‘constant neighing’
Local council contacts Mandy Young about animals she kept at her home 10 miles from famous racecourse
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
You couldn't make this stuff up. Newmarket is, famously, the home of British horse-racing. There's even a giant statue of a horse on one of the main roads into Newmarket. And yet ... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Haha yesss. Japanese copyright law doesn't fuck around.
Since I get challenged on this a lot: U.S. and Japan are both Berne Convention signatories, meaning the copyright is recognized between countries. They CAN go after American companies. And they are. And I love it.
variety.com/2025/digital...
Since I get challenged on this a lot: U.S. and Japan are both Berne Convention signatories, meaning the copyright is recognized between countries. They CAN go after American companies. And they are. And I love it.
variety.com/2025/digital...
Trade Group Representing Studio Ghibli, Other Japanese Companies Tells OpenAI to Stop Using Their Content to Train Sora 2 Video Generator
Japanese content trade group CODA, whose members include Studio Ghibli, issued a letter to OpenAI demanding the AI company stop using their content to train Sora 2.
variety.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Haha yesss. Japanese copyright law doesn't fuck around.
Since I get challenged on this a lot: U.S. and Japan are both Berne Convention signatories, meaning the copyright is recognized between countries. They CAN go after American companies. And they are. And I love it.
variety.com/2025/digital...
Since I get challenged on this a lot: U.S. and Japan are both Berne Convention signatories, meaning the copyright is recognized between countries. They CAN go after American companies. And they are. And I love it.
variety.com/2025/digital...
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Always remember this place is run by Yanks, so this advice is vitally important. Remember those people will shoot each other in the face but absolutely freak out at the word 'cunt'.
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Always remember this place is run by Yanks, so this advice is vitally important. Remember those people will shoot each other in the face but absolutely freak out at the word 'cunt'.
That popping sound you can hear this morning is the sounds of racists' heads exploding in London and New York.
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
That popping sound you can hear this morning is the sounds of racists' heads exploding in London and New York.
So apparently there was supposed to be a giant beaver mooning the sky last night. Did anyone see the beaver? I missed it. Maybe it was only in Canada?
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
So apparently there was supposed to be a giant beaver mooning the sky last night. Did anyone see the beaver? I missed it. Maybe it was only in Canada?
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“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”
November 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”
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Pied Wagtail over water. 😍
Taken recently at the Huntspill seawall in Somerset. 🐦
#birds 🪶
You can buy my exclusive 2026 birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...
Taken recently at the Huntspill seawall in Somerset. 🐦
#birds 🪶
You can buy my exclusive 2026 birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...
November 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Pied Wagtail over water. 😍
Taken recently at the Huntspill seawall in Somerset. 🐦
#birds 🪶
You can buy my exclusive 2026 birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...
Taken recently at the Huntspill seawall in Somerset. 🐦
#birds 🪶
You can buy my exclusive 2026 birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...
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Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
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Yesterday's attempt by Farage to take the UK out of the ECHR represents a story we're all too familiar with; selling a movement as a lie. Remaining in the ECHR ensures human rights, equality, and a mutual respect across communities, and it's essential that we continue to challenge these lies.
October 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Yesterday's attempt by Farage to take the UK out of the ECHR represents a story we're all too familiar with; selling a movement as a lie. Remaining in the ECHR ensures human rights, equality, and a mutual respect across communities, and it's essential that we continue to challenge these lies.
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The history and legacy of the British Empire with @davidolusoga.bsky.social
Coming in November.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🗃️📚📺 #history
Coming in November.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🗃️📚📺 #history
October 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The history and legacy of the British Empire with @davidolusoga.bsky.social
Coming in November.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🗃️📚📺 #history
Coming in November.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🗃️📚📺 #history
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“A Led By Donkeys spokesperson said: “It’s good the police now accept it’s not illegal to project a film about Donald Trump’s close relationship with America’s most notorious child sex trafficker on to a wall.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Police take no further action against men arrested for Trump Windsor projections
Investigation ends after Led By Donkeys stunt highlighting the US president’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“A Led By Donkeys spokesperson said: “It’s good the police now accept it’s not illegal to project a film about Donald Trump’s close relationship with America’s most notorious child sex trafficker on to a wall.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Just spotted a guy delivering Reform leaflets in our street. Managed to catch him and hand back the hate-filled shit-rag he'd put through my letterbox. Told him it would be a cold day in hell before I voted for his bunch of fascists. He seemed stunned. I went home with a spring in my step.
October 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Just spotted a guy delivering Reform leaflets in our street. Managed to catch him and hand back the hate-filled shit-rag he'd put through my letterbox. Told him it would be a cold day in hell before I voted for his bunch of fascists. He seemed stunned. I went home with a spring in my step.
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Brexit eruptions. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog looking at Tory madness, Labour’s ‘blame Farage’ strategy, the Brexit impasse and a suggestion of a way forward, and the latest ‘reset’ news. Bonus feature: a feeble new Brexit metaphor: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/brex...
October 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Brexit eruptions. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog looking at Tory madness, Labour’s ‘blame Farage’ strategy, the Brexit impasse and a suggestion of a way forward, and the latest ‘reset’ news. Bonus feature: a feeble new Brexit metaphor: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/brex...
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Donald Trump really really doesn’t like this photo, so whatever you do… don’t share it. He would HATE that. 😈
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Donald Trump really really doesn’t like this photo, so whatever you do… don’t share it. He would HATE that. 😈
The Nobel Peace Prize committee has awarded the 2025 prize to Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado. The announcement speech was a powerful message of rejection of Trump's vision of the world and everything he stands for.
October 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize committee has awarded the 2025 prize to Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado. The announcement speech was a powerful message of rejection of Trump's vision of the world and everything he stands for.
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Labour spokesperson on Zack Polanski’s speech at Green conference:
“It is no surprise that Zack Polanski, a man who said he wanted to learn from Farage, has done so in his speech today: using his platform to sow division & grievance."
Not sure what they mean here - division against the ultra-rich?
“It is no surprise that Zack Polanski, a man who said he wanted to learn from Farage, has done so in his speech today: using his platform to sow division & grievance."
Not sure what they mean here - division against the ultra-rich?
October 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Labour spokesperson on Zack Polanski’s speech at Green conference:
“It is no surprise that Zack Polanski, a man who said he wanted to learn from Farage, has done so in his speech today: using his platform to sow division & grievance."
Not sure what they mean here - division against the ultra-rich?
“It is no surprise that Zack Polanski, a man who said he wanted to learn from Farage, has done so in his speech today: using his platform to sow division & grievance."
Not sure what they mean here - division against the ultra-rich?
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The mystery of medical diagnosis!
October 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The mystery of medical diagnosis!
Nostalgia time: Bus 73 from Stoke Newington to Oxford Circus. I caught this bus every day as a student at UCL in 1982-3.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE6Q...
Remember this @addledone.bsky.social @thedimpau.se ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE6Q...
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London BUS Ride 🚌 Route 73 - STOKE NEWINGTON to OXFORD CIRCUS via Angel Station, King's Cross
YouTube video by WALKING TOUR
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October 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Nostalgia time: Bus 73 from Stoke Newington to Oxford Circus. I caught this bus every day as a student at UCL in 1982-3.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE6Q...
Remember this @addledone.bsky.social @thedimpau.se ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE6Q...
Remember this @addledone.bsky.social @thedimpau.se ?
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