Wayne Dickson
@waynedickson.bsky.social
Physicist at King's College London.
Research interests include nanophotonics, metamaterials, plasmonics and sustainable nanofabrication. Keenly interested in environmental applications.
(Views my own, not my employers).
Research interests include nanophotonics, metamaterials, plasmonics and sustainable nanofabrication. Keenly interested in environmental applications.
(Views my own, not my employers).
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Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.
Orbán’s pay cheques: Reform candidate fuelled by profits from Russian oil
The Reform candidate at this month’s byelection claims he wants to put Britain first, but is he still on the payroll of Viktor Orbán’s far-right propaganda unit?
goodlaw.social
February 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.
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Asked back in 2019 about reports of his work with Steve Bannon, Boris Johnson described them as “the biggest load of codswallop I have ever heard.”
His spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment following the publication of Bannon's messages to Epstein confirming the relationship
His spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment following the publication of Bannon's messages to Epstein confirming the relationship
Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to 'Topple' Theresa May
The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office
bylinetimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Asked back in 2019 about reports of his work with Steve Bannon, Boris Johnson described them as “the biggest load of codswallop I have ever heard.”
His spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment following the publication of Bannon's messages to Epstein confirming the relationship
His spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment following the publication of Bannon's messages to Epstein confirming the relationship
What? Reading week overlaps with half-term at some Universities?
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What's with all the students in the library during "Reading Week" - I thought "Reading week" was a euphemism for bunking off.
February 16, 2026 at 11:34 AM
What? Reading week overlaps with half-term at some Universities?
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In other words, he will say nothing to Orban and Fico about this because the US only seeks to encourage European leaders who are aligned with Putin.
February 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
In other words, he will say nothing to Orban and Fico about this because the US only seeks to encourage European leaders who are aligned with Putin.
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NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson. substack.com/home/post/p-...
FBI Interviewed Trump Accuser, Epstein Files Show
Trump was credibly accused of sexual assault in the Epstein files. It's unclear what became of the DOJ's investigation.
substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Oh for absolute sputs sake
BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
BBC warns Russia is taking over World Service radio frequencies
Russian propaganda is filling the void where the BBC has closed World Service radio services due to cuts
inews.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Oh for absolute sputs sake
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Yep, you guessed it. Already banned in Europe.
We don't want to import terrible US food standards here
#PublicHealth #PoisonedPlanet
We don't want to import terrible US food standards here
#PublicHealth #PoisonedPlanet
The US Food and Drug Administration is reassessing the safety of butylated hydroxyanisole, a preservative commonly used in cereals, potato chips, frozen meals, and processed meats. cen.acs.org/policy/chemi... #chemsky 🧪
FDA reassesses BHA safety as states target the preservative
The agency plans to review other food additives, including butylated hydroxytoluene and azodicarbonamide next
cen.acs.org
February 15, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Yep, you guessed it. Already banned in Europe.
We don't want to import terrible US food standards here
#PublicHealth #PoisonedPlanet
We don't want to import terrible US food standards here
#PublicHealth #PoisonedPlanet
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Rod Liddle not only said he couldn't have become a teacher because he "could not remotely conceive of not trying to shag the kids", but he also wrote laws banning child pornography are "absurd". Someone whose opinions ought not receive either an airing or people's eyeballs. Why is he published?
February 15, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Rod Liddle not only said he couldn't have become a teacher because he "could not remotely conceive of not trying to shag the kids", but he also wrote laws banning child pornography are "absurd". Someone whose opinions ought not receive either an airing or people's eyeballs. Why is he published?
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Some of the drilling waste produced by fracking is too thick to re-inject back into the ground. Instead, it sometimes gets spread out over farms and fields... and sometimes elementary schools and other developments get built on top of these fields.
www.truthdig.com/articles/rad...
www.truthdig.com/articles/rad...
Radioactive Oil and Gas Waste May Lie Beneath a North Texas Elementary School
A massive Dallas-Fort Worth subdivision and a school have risen atop layers of oil and gas drilling waste. One worker who helped spread the material is speaking out.
www.truthdig.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Some of the drilling waste produced by fracking is too thick to re-inject back into the ground. Instead, it sometimes gets spread out over farms and fields... and sometimes elementary schools and other developments get built on top of these fields.
www.truthdig.com/articles/rad...
www.truthdig.com/articles/rad...
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I never really sign stuff. But this was different. It's not about trying to facilitate or block a particular party's route to power. It's about an electoral system that's unsuited to the political realities we face today and risks giving us government after government with no convincing mandate.
Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics
Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...
www.politicshome.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:25 AM
I never really sign stuff. But this was different. It's not about trying to facilitate or block a particular party's route to power. It's about an electoral system that's unsuited to the political realities we face today and risks giving us government after government with no convincing mandate.
February 14, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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FACTCHECK: Centrica's Chris O'Shea got blanket coverage for claiming electricity will cost more in 2030 than in energy crisis (Chris Stark: "he's wrong on this")
I asked Centrica for evidence – they didn’t reply
(Bills in crisis were >2x today, before huge govt subsidies)
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I asked Centrica for evidence – they didn’t reply
(Bills in crisis were >2x today, before huge govt subsidies)
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February 13, 2026 at 10:08 AM
FACTCHECK: Centrica's Chris O'Shea got blanket coverage for claiming electricity will cost more in 2030 than in energy crisis (Chris Stark: "he's wrong on this")
I asked Centrica for evidence – they didn’t reply
(Bills in crisis were >2x today, before huge govt subsidies)
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I asked Centrica for evidence – they didn’t reply
(Bills in crisis were >2x today, before huge govt subsidies)
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Russia's deeply unsuccessful Matryoshka fake news campaign has now started using Cameo videos to deepfake the voices of celebrities, here's a few examples featuring Bruce Boxleitner, Dolph Lundgren, David Yost, and Neil Newborn.
February 13, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Russia's deeply unsuccessful Matryoshka fake news campaign has now started using Cameo videos to deepfake the voices of celebrities, here's a few examples featuring Bruce Boxleitner, Dolph Lundgren, David Yost, and Neil Newborn.
Excellent.
"The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) received money from the Saudi government, has advised the United Arab Emirates petrostate, and counts as a main donor Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle, friend of Trump and advocate of AI."
"The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) received money from the Saudi government, has advised the United Arab Emirates petrostate, and counts as a main donor Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle, friend of Trump and advocate of AI."
Absolutely brilliant take-down by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
of ludicrous myths & misinformation spouting from Tony Blair’s think tank. Why on earth does he think it’s sensible to make our energy more costly & less secure?
of ludicrous myths & misinformation spouting from Tony Blair’s think tank. Why on earth does he think it’s sensible to make our energy more costly & less secure?
Tony Blair’s oil lobbying is a misleading rehash of fossil fuel industry spin
Ex-PM’s thinktank urges more drilling and fewer renewables, ignoring evidence that clean energy is cheaper and better for bills
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Excellent.
"The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) received money from the Saudi government, has advised the United Arab Emirates petrostate, and counts as a main donor Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle, friend of Trump and advocate of AI."
"The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) received money from the Saudi government, has advised the United Arab Emirates petrostate, and counts as a main donor Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle, friend of Trump and advocate of AI."
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Two weeks ago, Peter Mandelson told us he had no recollection of planning to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via a Panama holding company and a Brazilian company.
Yesterday we found notarised incorporation documents for the Brazilian company, with Mr Mandelson's signature.
Yesterday we found notarised incorporation documents for the Brazilian company, with Mr Mandelson's signature.
February 13, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Two weeks ago, Peter Mandelson told us he had no recollection of planning to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via a Panama holding company and a Brazilian company.
Yesterday we found notarised incorporation documents for the Brazilian company, with Mr Mandelson's signature.
Yesterday we found notarised incorporation documents for the Brazilian company, with Mr Mandelson's signature.
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As the EU explores a ban on forever chemicals, the UK announces a plan to make a plan of what to maybe do about PFAS. How many people are being exposed to harmful chemicals while the government dithers?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The EU is working on a blanket ban of ‘forever chemicals’. Why isn't Britain? | Pippa Neill
I met people living with dangerous levels of Pfas, including in their food. The government is failing them, says environmental journalist Pippa Neill
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:47 AM
As the EU explores a ban on forever chemicals, the UK announces a plan to make a plan of what to maybe do about PFAS. How many people are being exposed to harmful chemicals while the government dithers?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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UPDATE: The Apocalypse Network: Dugin, Bannon, Thiel and the Media Machinery of the Dark Enlightenment
New evidence of the Palantir founder’s reach out to the far right Russian ideologue confirms the confluence of Big Tech with reactionary Russian mysticism
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
New evidence of the Palantir founder’s reach out to the far right Russian ideologue confirms the confluence of Big Tech with reactionary Russian mysticism
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
UPDATE: The Apocalypse Network: Dugin, Bannon, Thiel and the Media Machinery of the Dark Enlightenment
New evidence of the Palantir founder’s reach out to the far right Russian ideologue confirms the confluence of Big Tech with reactionary Russian mysticism
open.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
UPDATE: The Apocalypse Network: Dugin, Bannon, Thiel and the Media Machinery of the Dark Enlightenment
New evidence of the Palantir founder’s reach out to the far right Russian ideologue confirms the confluence of Big Tech with reactionary Russian mysticism
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
New evidence of the Palantir founder’s reach out to the far right Russian ideologue confirms the confluence of Big Tech with reactionary Russian mysticism
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
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The Today programme this morning interviewed Diana Furchgott-Roth, a senior staff member at the Heritage Foundation, about Trump's climate policies, during which she came out with the zinger: “a lot of people like it a bit warmer.”
How is it in the public interest to platform anti-science tripe?
How is it in the public interest to platform anti-science tripe?
February 13, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The Today programme this morning interviewed Diana Furchgott-Roth, a senior staff member at the Heritage Foundation, about Trump's climate policies, during which she came out with the zinger: “a lot of people like it a bit warmer.”
How is it in the public interest to platform anti-science tripe?
How is it in the public interest to platform anti-science tripe?
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Farage's claims here are straightforward lies (and it's about time the media/press said so)
The correct figures are 160K (0.3%) and 900K (1.5%)
www.gbnews.com/news/video-n...
The correct figures are 160K (0.3%) and 900K (1.5%)
www.gbnews.com/news/video-n...
February 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Farage's claims here are straightforward lies (and it's about time the media/press said so)
The correct figures are 160K (0.3%) and 900K (1.5%)
www.gbnews.com/news/video-n...
The correct figures are 160K (0.3%) and 900K (1.5%)
www.gbnews.com/news/video-n...
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Peter Thiel, the talk: "I’m sort of always in favor of maximal free speech."
Palantir, the walk: sues Republik Magazine after it publishes an investigation into Palantir's activities in Switzerland.
Palantir, the walk: sues Republik Magazine after it publishes an investigation into Palantir's activities in Switzerland.
February 12, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Peter Thiel, the talk: "I’m sort of always in favor of maximal free speech."
Palantir, the walk: sues Republik Magazine after it publishes an investigation into Palantir's activities in Switzerland.
Palantir, the walk: sues Republik Magazine after it publishes an investigation into Palantir's activities in Switzerland.
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It’s the Epstein Administration.
No wonder Bondi spent the entire hearing screeching and deflecting.
H/T: @aaronparnas.bsky.social
No wonder Bondi spent the entire hearing screeching and deflecting.
H/T: @aaronparnas.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
It’s the Epstein Administration.
No wonder Bondi spent the entire hearing screeching and deflecting.
H/T: @aaronparnas.bsky.social
No wonder Bondi spent the entire hearing screeching and deflecting.
H/T: @aaronparnas.bsky.social
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CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
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Rarely mentioned but about much of Ratcliffe’s business ‘success’ is based on draining public money (very common among these ‘self made tycoons’)
Eg democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ineos-set-...
Eg democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ineos-set-...
February 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Rarely mentioned but about much of Ratcliffe’s business ‘success’ is based on draining public money (very common among these ‘self made tycoons’)
Eg democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ineos-set-...
Eg democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ineos-set-...
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⭐ Immigration is vital to the UK.
♥️ Immigrants are friends, family, and integral parts to our community.
❌ We must reject a politics that derives a persons value from the place where they were born.
♥️ Immigrants are friends, family, and integral parts to our community.
❌ We must reject a politics that derives a persons value from the place where they were born.
Nurses’ families fear being torn apart in UK immigration crackdown, survey says
Exclusive: Most people in charity’s study say they worry about being separated from relatives under Mahmood plans
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:50 PM
⭐ Immigration is vital to the UK.
♥️ Immigrants are friends, family, and integral parts to our community.
❌ We must reject a politics that derives a persons value from the place where they were born.
♥️ Immigrants are friends, family, and integral parts to our community.
❌ We must reject a politics that derives a persons value from the place where they were born.
Psychopath.
February 11, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Psychopath.