Alan Rew
@alanrew.bsky.social
UK-based retired software developer.
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Alan Rew
@alanrew.bsky.social
· Sep 7
Apologies to anyone who's sent me a DM recently: I can't read or send DMs here. I don't trust the security of the third-party verification company. I'm looking at alternatives for private chat.
I now have a Signal account. Address in bio. Signal accounts are free: just download the app to get started.
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Also - why is the BBC interviewing an employee from GB News. He's not an MP.
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Also - why is the BBC interviewing an employee from GB News. He's not an MP.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I agree @eddavey.libdems.org.uk !
Is there a petition for this @38degrees.bsky.social ?
@weownit.org.uk ?
@goodlawproject.bsky.social ?
Anyone?
I agree @eddavey.libdems.org.uk !
Is there a petition for this @38degrees.bsky.social ?
@weownit.org.uk ?
@goodlawproject.bsky.social ?
Anyone?
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I agree @eddavey.libdems.org.uk !
Is there a petition for this @38degrees.bsky.social ?
@weownit.org.uk ?
@goodlawproject.bsky.social ?
Anyone?
I agree @eddavey.libdems.org.uk !
Is there a petition for this @38degrees.bsky.social ?
@weownit.org.uk ?
@goodlawproject.bsky.social ?
Anyone?
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The direct analogy would be appointing a figure like Peter Mandelson or Alastair Campbell to the BBC board - and having Mandelson intervene in staff appointments on the grounds of affecting the Labour government's "fragile trust" in the BBC. (Gibb's attempts to block this appointment failed)
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The direct analogy would be appointing a figure like Peter Mandelson or Alastair Campbell to the BBC board - and having Mandelson intervene in staff appointments on the grounds of affecting the Labour government's "fragile trust" in the BBC. (Gibb's attempts to block this appointment failed)
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This kind of influence by a political appointee of the Johnson government, with a strong partisan record and reputation, appeared a Faustian pact imposed on the BBC by the government of the day. Its striking that this attempt continued after a change of government
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses
The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This kind of influence by a political appointee of the Johnson government, with a strong partisan record and reputation, appeared a Faustian pact imposed on the BBC by the government of the day. Its striking that this attempt continued after a change of government
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
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Kudos to the anti-vaccine movement for making the world a little worse off than where they found it.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Kudos to the anti-vaccine movement for making the world a little worse off than where they found it.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Waves crashing against the basalt columns this morning at Reynisfjara beach. This is handheld at 1/10th sec - great to have a camera with inbuilt image stabilier :)
#Iceland #CanonR6MarkII
#Iceland #CanonR6MarkII
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Waves crashing against the basalt columns this morning at Reynisfjara beach. This is handheld at 1/10th sec - great to have a camera with inbuilt image stabilier :)
#Iceland #CanonR6MarkII
#Iceland #CanonR6MarkII
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Andrew Neil could host This Week on the BBC while being editor of The Spector.
The hysterical cries of "bias" only go one way.
The hysterical cries of "bias" only go one way.
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Andrew Neil could host This Week on the BBC while being editor of The Spector.
The hysterical cries of "bias" only go one way.
The hysterical cries of "bias" only go one way.
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Interesting that the report that started the current BBC crisis was written by a Tory mate of Robby Gibb.
And then the response to the report was used (by Gibb?) to damage the BBC. 1/2
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
And then the response to the report was used (by Gibb?) to damage the BBC. 1/2
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Interesting that the report that started the current BBC crisis was written by a Tory mate of Robby Gibb.
And then the response to the report was used (by Gibb?) to damage the BBC. 1/2
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
And then the response to the report was used (by Gibb?) to damage the BBC. 1/2
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
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The BBC crisis didn’t come out of nowhere… youtu.be/23_OLmRHjwQ?...
Ros Atkins on... why the BBC's crisis didn't come out of nowhere | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The BBC crisis didn’t come out of nowhere… youtu.be/23_OLmRHjwQ?...
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
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It’s often hard to get your MP to understand specific GP problems and influence decisions
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It’s often hard to get your MP to understand specific GP problems and influence decisions
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
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Bird Cloud, Lyonel Feininger 1926
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Bird Cloud, Lyonel Feininger 1926
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Reform UK Leicestershire are crooks.
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
Firm leading council savings review could receive £30m
The county council currently needs to plug an expected £90 million gap in its day-to-day spending
leicestermercury.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Reform UK Leicestershire are crooks.
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
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The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
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Wow! I am currently experiencing serious underwater-seismometer-envy. This is so cool.
The underwater seismometer network is so great, as evidenced from yesterday's EQ off-Tohoku.
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Wow! I am currently experiencing serious underwater-seismometer-envy. This is so cool.
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The underwater seismometer network is so great, as evidenced from yesterday's EQ off-Tohoku.
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The underwater seismometer network is so great, as evidenced from yesterday's EQ off-Tohoku.
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
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#RichardBurton100 🏴 The Chef has arrived with my Birthday Cake.
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#RichardBurton100 🏴 The Chef has arrived with my Birthday Cake.
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Just the 12,000 hits on this one so far
New post from me, for UK folks only, on how you need to start preparing for Apple to switch off Advanced Data Protection and the end-to-end encryption of the data you store on it. Like I said, UK only. #SunlitUplands
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
Time to start de-Appling – Hi, I'm Heather Burns
heatherburns.tech
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Just the 12,000 hits on this one so far
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I smoked for almost 20 years, but I didn't know what addiction was until I traded the Camel Lights for a Juul.
Don't mess with nicotine vapes unless you want to watch yourself turn into Gollum.
Don't mess with nicotine vapes unless you want to watch yourself turn into Gollum.
humbly proposing that vape pens are quietly one of the most evil inventions in the past 25 years and that everyone involved should be tried at the hague
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I smoked for almost 20 years, but I didn't know what addiction was until I traded the Camel Lights for a Juul.
Don't mess with nicotine vapes unless you want to watch yourself turn into Gollum.
Don't mess with nicotine vapes unless you want to watch yourself turn into Gollum.
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Always wondered what my spirit animal was....clearly it's a Highland Coo.
Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Always wondered what my spirit animal was....clearly it's a Highland Coo.
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.