@davidpenington.bsky.social
Database systems, father of adult offspring, cyclist, retired from sailing, auspol.
Mathematics & science background
Mathematics & science background
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I’ve been watching the fallout at the other place today and it’s not the Epstein emails that are breaking them, it’s him telling Ingram there weren’t enough talented Americans so we need HB1 visas.
THAT was their final straw. Their racist xenophobia trumps all, apparently.
THAT was their final straw. Their racist xenophobia trumps all, apparently.
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I’ve been watching the fallout at the other place today and it’s not the Epstein emails that are breaking them, it’s him telling Ingram there weren’t enough talented Americans so we need HB1 visas.
THAT was their final straw. Their racist xenophobia trumps all, apparently.
THAT was their final straw. Their racist xenophobia trumps all, apparently.
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More than 3,500 cases of pertussis (whooping cough) have been reported in Texas so far this year, according to state figures, roughly four times the number as last year and the highest since 2013.
thehill.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
More than 3,500 cases of pertussis (whooping cough) have been reported in Texas so far this year, according to state figures, roughly four times the number as last year and the highest since 2013.
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But it's okay guys.
The disbelievers, vested interests & lobbyists have it all in hand.
They'll make sure we stay on track, to disaster.
The political games, lies & tinkering around the edges will destroy our food & water resources ➡️ death & famine.
Greay leading
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The disbelievers, vested interests & lobbyists have it all in hand.
They'll make sure we stay on track, to disaster.
The political games, lies & tinkering around the edges will destroy our food & water resources ➡️ death & famine.
Greay leading
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
But it's okay guys.
The disbelievers, vested interests & lobbyists have it all in hand.
They'll make sure we stay on track, to disaster.
The political games, lies & tinkering around the edges will destroy our food & water resources ➡️ death & famine.
Greay leading
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The disbelievers, vested interests & lobbyists have it all in hand.
They'll make sure we stay on track, to disaster.
The political games, lies & tinkering around the edges will destroy our food & water resources ➡️ death & famine.
Greay leading
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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aside from the newsom and collargate stuff, good reminder that even game recommendations on reddit are thoroughly compromised
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
aside from the newsom and collargate stuff, good reminder that even game recommendations on reddit are thoroughly compromised
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I wasn’t kidding. Yesterday‘s flight delayed for hours, tomorrow’s flight canceled….all for this bullshit. Gift link.
Epstein Files Live Updates: Trump Named in Emails Released by Democrats and Republicans
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I wasn’t kidding. Yesterday‘s flight delayed for hours, tomorrow’s flight canceled….all for this bullshit. Gift link.
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15 or 5?
Neither is capable of a consensual relationship.
Just because she's got pubes doesn't make it legal.
Neither is capable of a consensual relationship.
Just because she's got pubes doesn't make it legal.
I mean Megyn Kelly seems like exactly the right spokesperson for the ACTUALLY IT’S EPHEBOPHILIA movement.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
15 or 5?
Neither is capable of a consensual relationship.
Just because she's got pubes doesn't make it legal.
Neither is capable of a consensual relationship.
Just because she's got pubes doesn't make it legal.
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👇🏼 Exactly
Mike Johnson’s 7 week refusal to seat Adelita Grijalva bigger than just Epstein files (though that’s BFD). He’s also laying groundwork to attempt to prevent winning Dems from taking office if House majority up for grabs in 2026, as I reported for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
👇🏼 Exactly
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So Nigel Farage, who spent a huge chunk of his speech today attacking plans to raise even the slightest of taxes on the wealthy, thinks one of the biggest problems facing the UK is that young people on the minimum wage are being paid too much
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
So Nigel Farage, who spent a huge chunk of his speech today attacking plans to raise even the slightest of taxes on the wealthy, thinks one of the biggest problems facing the UK is that young people on the minimum wage are being paid too much
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
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Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
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"In the first six months of 2025, there were 57% more farm bankruptcies than during the same period last year, according to United States Courts."
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-farm...
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-farm...
Generations work on family farms. With costs high and prices low, farmers worry they may lose it all.
Generations have worked family farms in the U.S. Now, with costs high, prices low and tariffs causing additional difficulties, farmers say they're at risk of losing it all.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"In the first six months of 2025, there were 57% more farm bankruptcies than during the same period last year, according to United States Courts."
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-farm...
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-farm...
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And what the 👑 wants....
Trump asks Supreme Court to throw out sexual abuse verdict in E Jean Carroll case
Trump asks Supreme Court to throw out sexual abuse verdict in E Jean Carroll case
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
And what the 👑 wants....
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'Eltis said the party’s constitution was fully drafted and one plank of its policy platform was the mass deportation of people of Jewish faith.'
www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...
www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...
Far-right figure who visited ‘motherland’ Germany is close to forming national party
Sydney man Jack Eltis said the National Socialist Network “was about 90 per cent” of the way to forming state and national parties.
www.theage.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
'Eltis said the party’s constitution was fully drafted and one plank of its policy platform was the mass deportation of people of Jewish faith.'
www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...
www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...
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The Turkish opposition leader has labeled the request for a 2,352-year prison sentence against the mayor of Istanbul a "coup attempt."
Ozgur Ozel denounced the legal proceedings as an attempt to "block the presidential candidate" of the CHP and neutralize an electoral alternative to Erdogan.
Ozgur Ozel denounced the legal proceedings as an attempt to "block the presidential candidate" of the CHP and neutralize an electoral alternative to Erdogan.
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The Turkish opposition leader has labeled the request for a 2,352-year prison sentence against the mayor of Istanbul a "coup attempt."
Ozgur Ozel denounced the legal proceedings as an attempt to "block the presidential candidate" of the CHP and neutralize an electoral alternative to Erdogan.
Ozgur Ozel denounced the legal proceedings as an attempt to "block the presidential candidate" of the CHP and neutralize an electoral alternative to Erdogan.
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The BBC is in the midst of a scandal being flamed by the UK's rabid Tory press. And our own conservative media just can’t resist joining in the mother country’s culture wars.
Bending over backwards for the right isn’t saving the BBC. It won’t save the ABC either
www.crikey.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The BBC is in the midst of a scandal being flamed by the UK's rabid Tory press. And our own conservative media just can’t resist joining in the mother country’s culture wars.
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8/ TLDR : After permitting nazis to rally in a Very Public display of antisemitism without consequence, police & NSW authorities are taking the opportunity to introduce more repressive legislation in order to target public protest in general.
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
8/ TLDR : After permitting nazis to rally in a Very Public display of antisemitism without consequence, police & NSW authorities are taking the opportunity to introduce more repressive legislation in order to target public protest in general.
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And there you have it. The US regime is, after all, happy to allow Russia's war machine to be funded. This sets an appalling precedent and will prolong the war. 😡
Trump grants Hungary sanctions exemption on Russian oil
Trump grants Hungary sanctions exemption on Russian oil
The decision, which further cements the alliance between the US and Hungary, comes as Orban dismissed Ukraine's chances of victory and Trump urged Europe to show 'more respect' for the Hungarian leader.
www.lemonde.fr
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
And there you have it. The US regime is, after all, happy to allow Russia's war machine to be funded. This sets an appalling precedent and will prolong the war. 😡
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If he has been found to lie constantly, he should be charged with perjury. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If he has been found to lie constantly, he should be charged with perjury. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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OMG. The site is literally called the Dunning Kruger Times.
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
OMG. The site is literally called the Dunning Kruger Times.
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Reading the supposedly devastating report into BBC bias
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reading the supposedly devastating report into BBC bias
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No, it won't - the only two things it will do *immediately* are:
* Put House Rs on record for supporting pedophilia, and
* Start a running court battle that will drag on for years.
But those are not bad things.
* Put House Rs on record for supporting pedophilia, and
* Start a running court battle that will drag on for years.
But those are not bad things.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
No, it won't - the only two things it will do *immediately* are:
* Put House Rs on record for supporting pedophilia, and
* Start a running court battle that will drag on for years.
But those are not bad things.
* Put House Rs on record for supporting pedophilia, and
* Start a running court battle that will drag on for years.
But those are not bad things.
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BREAKING: Speaker Johnson says "first order of business" will be to swear Rep.-elect Grijalva (D-AZ)
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
BREAKING: Speaker Johnson says "first order of business" will be to swear Rep.-elect Grijalva (D-AZ)
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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.
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Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.