David Robson
@davidotley.bsky.social
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David Robson
@davidotley.bsky.social
· Aug 27
We – fighting against the tides of greed and tricks and lies
Navigating truth in an age of lies: an ‘I’ vs ‘We’ lens could reshape our view of politics, society, and our shared future
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Five articles on Yorkshire Bylines suggesting another way of looking at things. Not left / right, not socialist / capitalist, not Labour / Conservative - but ‘We’ / ‘I’.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/we-f...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/we-f...
Least trusted US president threatens to sue most trusted UK news organisation over lack of trust.
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Least trusted US president threatens to sue most trusted UK news organisation over lack of trust.
ICE disappear people off the streets with no warning and no explanation.
I see that Sarah Kendzior has been disappeared from Bluesky with no warning and no explanation.
????!!!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_K...
I see that Sarah Kendzior has been disappeared from Bluesky with no warning and no explanation.
????!!!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_K...
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
ICE disappear people off the streets with no warning and no explanation.
I see that Sarah Kendzior has been disappeared from Bluesky with no warning and no explanation.
????!!!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_K...
I see that Sarah Kendzior has been disappeared from Bluesky with no warning and no explanation.
????!!!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_K...
Ayn Rand wrote NINE books!!!???
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Ayn Rand wrote NINE books!!!???
To be fair to Southern Water it must be very, very, very expensive to either maintain a filter, or install a back-up one - especially when there are shareholders and directors to think of.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex
Resulting pollution on Camber Sands beach poses threat to wildlife including dolphins and seals
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
To be fair to Southern Water it must be very, very, very expensive to either maintain a filter, or install a back-up one - especially when there are shareholders and directors to think of.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Matt Goodwin stepping effortlessly into Toby Young's vacant (sic) shoes.
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Matt Goodwin stepping effortlessly into Toby Young's vacant (sic) shoes.
yup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘I used to be a bit naughty’: Portsmouth defied funding cuts and saved its youth centres – here’s what happened
Two decades ago, Portsmouth city’s council chose to fund and prioritise playgrounds and youth clubs to help its poorer families – and the benefits are plain to see
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
yup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Meanwhile - in real news…
Bad news from Georgia where Georgian Dream is banning the opposition and charging its main leaders with plotting a coup.
Georgia is dousing the last embers of democracy
An oligarchic party outlaws the opposition and turns towards Russia
economist.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Meanwhile - in real news…
A pygmy clambering up onto the shoulders of giants.
Yes, Nigel Farage made an actual promo video of his poppy performance in Walton-on-the-Naze today.
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
A pygmy clambering up onto the shoulders of giants.
Charles Moore doing a merry old right wing supermarket sweep on R4 Today this morning and piling all of his culture war top buys into his ‘BBC is biased basket’ - climate change and Black Lives Matter (it isn’t? they don’t?) were straight in there. Surprised he didn’t grab the National Trust as well
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Charles Moore doing a merry old right wing supermarket sweep on R4 Today this morning and piling all of his culture war top buys into his ‘BBC is biased basket’ - climate change and Black Lives Matter (it isn’t? they don’t?) were straight in there. Surprised he didn’t grab the National Trust as well
They got Monked again.
It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
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November 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
They got Monked again.
Maybe we need to give it a different name.
We wouldn’t call bullying, and sexism, and racism, and blatant lying, and deliberately harming someone’s mental health ‘SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR’ - we’d call it ‘ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR.
Social media?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
We wouldn’t call bullying, and sexism, and racism, and blatant lying, and deliberately harming someone’s mental health ‘SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR’ - we’d call it ‘ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR.
Social media?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Social media misinformation driving men to seek unneeded NHS testosterone therapy, doctors say
Endocrinologists warn taking testosterone unnecessarily can suppress natural hormone production
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Maybe we need to give it a different name.
We wouldn’t call bullying, and sexism, and racism, and blatant lying, and deliberately harming someone’s mental health ‘SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR’ - we’d call it ‘ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR.
Social media?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
We wouldn’t call bullying, and sexism, and racism, and blatant lying, and deliberately harming someone’s mental health ‘SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR’ - we’d call it ‘ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR.
Social media?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Otley Science Festival (all next week) would have loved to host Rosalind Franklin I'm sure.
James Watson not so much.
otleysciencefestival.org.uk
James Watson not so much.
otleysciencefestival.org.uk
otleysciencefestival.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Otley Science Festival (all next week) would have loved to host Rosalind Franklin I'm sure.
James Watson not so much.
otleysciencefestival.org.uk
James Watson not so much.
otleysciencefestival.org.uk
Presumably none of them have children or grandchildren.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Presumably none of them have children or grandchildren.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Common sense about prisons is a rare commodity so I thought I’d share this:
davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
The real problem which blights our prison and punishment system
7th November 2025 The way we think about custodial sentences is what needs to change * Today’s news is about prisons: * Let us take a step back. There is a serious addiction problem which blights o…
davidallengreen.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Common sense about prisons is a rare commodity so I thought I’d share this:
davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
Otley in the 1800s.
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Otley in the 1800s.
To be honest the wrongful prisoner release data doesn’t look good.
Always a thing - yes.
Worse recently - yes.
There must be reasons for the latter.
Always a thing - yes.
Worse recently - yes.
There must be reasons for the latter.
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
To be honest the wrongful prisoner release data doesn’t look good.
Always a thing - yes.
Worse recently - yes.
There must be reasons for the latter.
Always a thing - yes.
Worse recently - yes.
There must be reasons for the latter.
1/2 It is to be hoped that the BBC’s new policy of more fully describing political figures - as run out after Zohran Mamdani’s election victory (“self proclaimed socialist“, “radical left wing candidate“, “democratic socialist“) - will spread quickly to other big names:
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
1/2 It is to be hoped that the BBC’s new policy of more fully describing political figures - as run out after Zohran Mamdani’s election victory (“self proclaimed socialist“, “radical left wing candidate“, “democratic socialist“) - will spread quickly to other big names:
Man beats himself up for removing a flag which was cancelling Christmas and for cancelling Christmas by putting up a flag.
November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Man beats himself up for removing a flag which was cancelling Christmas and for cancelling Christmas by putting up a flag.
