Don Praveen Amarasinghe
@donpraveen.bsky.social
A science PhD graduate, that tries to make sense of trains in the GB railway timetable.
All opinions expressed here are my own, and not of my employer.
All opinions expressed here are my own, and not of my employer.
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Just nice to see an American progressive leader who is unafraid and victorious. Really no more to it than that. What a beautiful fucking sight.
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Just nice to see an American progressive leader who is unafraid and victorious. Really no more to it than that. What a beautiful fucking sight.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
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This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded.
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded.
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
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Tens of thousands of people killed. An entire state reduced to rubble and he acts like it's the Apprentice final.
October 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Tens of thousands of people killed. An entire state reduced to rubble and he acts like it's the Apprentice final.
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Watching the Bibi & Don Show treat this like some grand victory, while people returning to northern Gaza dig the rubble for loved ones' remains, is pretty revolting.
October 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Watching the Bibi & Don Show treat this like some grand victory, while people returning to northern Gaza dig the rubble for loved ones' remains, is pretty revolting.
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The ITV exposé on COVID now turns its sights on testing. I was stunned in 2020 when Sir Paul Nurse - Director of the Francis Crick Institute - told me he’d written to the government to offer the services of the Crick (the biggest biomeolecular lab in the country) - and never got a reply…
September 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The ITV exposé on COVID now turns its sights on testing. I was stunned in 2020 when Sir Paul Nurse - Director of the Francis Crick Institute - told me he’d written to the government to offer the services of the Crick (the biggest biomeolecular lab in the country) - and never got a reply…
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An excellent no nonsense statement from the Women's Institute.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The Women's Institute was founded on democratic ideals over 100 years ago and this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is still central to our ethos today.
www.thewi.org.uk
August 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
An excellent no nonsense statement from the Women's Institute.
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Fantastic demonstration of what’s enabled by Bluesky’s open architecture. Developers that have ever been at the mercy of twitter’s api restrictions (and whimsical changes thereto) will feel this deeply
🚀 Just made and launched a new thing called Firesky
👉 https://firesky.tv
Watch every Bluesky post/reply stream by in real-time, filter the firehose for keywords!
Guaranteed to blow up your brain
👉 https://firesky.tv
Watch every Bluesky post/reply stream by in real-time, filter the firehose for keywords!
Guaranteed to blow up your brain
Firesky
Watch every Bluesky post in real-time – filter the firehose
firesky.tv
May 3, 2023 at 5:07 PM
Fantastic demonstration of what’s enabled by Bluesky’s open architecture. Developers that have ever been at the mercy of twitter’s api restrictions (and whimsical changes thereto) will feel this deeply
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now that's a Chart of the Week (from @gelliottmorris.com):
May 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
now that's a Chart of the Week (from @gelliottmorris.com):
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“What the hell just happened?” wasn’t the triumphant song of the contest, but it was the defining slogan #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“What the hell just happened?” wasn’t the triumphant song of the contest, but it was the defining slogan #Eurovision
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🇱🇻 Latvia's Tautumeitas have drawn producer's choice for the #Eurovision 2025 Grand Final.
May 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
🇱🇻 Latvia's Tautumeitas have drawn producer's choice for the #Eurovision 2025 Grand Final.
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LATVIA MADE IT! TAUTUMEITAS MADE IT!
I'M SORRY BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE A POST I'M SO HAPPY THEY MADE IT
#Tautumeitas #Eurovision #ESC2025
I'M SORRY BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE A POST I'M SO HAPPY THEY MADE IT
#Tautumeitas #Eurovision #ESC2025
May 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
LATVIA MADE IT! TAUTUMEITAS MADE IT!
I'M SORRY BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE A POST I'M SO HAPPY THEY MADE IT
#Tautumeitas #Eurovision #ESC2025
I'M SORRY BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE A POST I'M SO HAPPY THEY MADE IT
#Tautumeitas #Eurovision #ESC2025
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Putin comes against Le Pen ruling. Authoritarians hates any possibility of legal restraint on their leadership. Trump will doubtless do the same. Journalists do not have to follow this framing. There is zero reason for them to start a report by questioning whether the ruling is democratic.
March 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Putin comes against Le Pen ruling. Authoritarians hates any possibility of legal restraint on their leadership. Trump will doubtless do the same. Journalists do not have to follow this framing. There is zero reason for them to start a report by questioning whether the ruling is democratic.
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Not enough people know there’s a difference between the Bylines Network and Byline Times…
Here’s a little summary. Please watch and share. 👇
Here’s a little summary. Please watch and share. 👇
The difference between Bylines Network and Byline Times
YouTube video by East Anglia Bylines
youtu.be
September 20, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Not enough people know there’s a difference between the Bylines Network and Byline Times…
Here’s a little summary. Please watch and share. 👇
Here’s a little summary. Please watch and share. 👇
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Yesterday a group of us put our heads together to think about the questions that should be asked of Starmer's plans for AI in government - you might have seen this nod to it in Politico this morning. These are for journalists, politicians, and anyone with an interest in pro-democracy tech (1/3)
March 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Yesterday a group of us put our heads together to think about the questions that should be asked of Starmer's plans for AI in government - you might have seen this nod to it in Politico this morning. These are for journalists, politicians, and anyone with an interest in pro-democracy tech (1/3)
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“It’s not about any unlawful activity, unlawful conduct, not based on any crime, nothing like that. They’ve been very clear, it’s his speech.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Admin's Justification for Arresting Palestinian Protester Is Total B.S.
Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by ICE over the weekend, ostensibly for protesting in support of Palestine, which is protected by the First Amendment.
www.rollingstone.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“It’s not about any unlawful activity, unlawful conduct, not based on any crime, nothing like that. They’ve been very clear, it’s his speech.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Sign the Petition
Demand Spotify Remove Andrew Tate’s Harmful Courses on How to Traffic Women
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March 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Turns out rich people can indeed afford to pay a little bit more 🤯
March 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Turns out rich people can indeed afford to pay a little bit more 🤯
Aaaaaaaargh 😫
Breaking news: NASA announced today it will eliminate its Office of the Chief Scientist, along with offices advising the agency on technology, strategy, and coordinating its diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts. scim.ag/3Ft8Xza
NASA to eliminate chief scientist position
Long-running advisory role cut along with two dozen others in agencywide reduction
scim.ag
March 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Aaaaaaaargh 😫
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I note with interest right-wing media's total absence of any concerns about prominent BBC presenter Armstrong expressing his highly political opinions. As was always perfectly clear to many of us, the problem was not that Lineker had views, but the fact they didn't approve of his views.
March 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I note with interest right-wing media's total absence of any concerns about prominent BBC presenter Armstrong expressing his highly political opinions. As was always perfectly clear to many of us, the problem was not that Lineker had views, but the fact they didn't approve of his views.
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New research finds that the reports of a Channel 4 poll gave a very misleading picture of young peoples’ attitudes to government, democracy & dictatorship.
In fact the Gen Z (13-27 olds) view is very different.....
Report by @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
In fact the Gen Z (13-27 olds) view is very different.....
Report by @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
Young people don’t want dictators: they want government that works
New research finds that reports of a Channel 4 poll gave a very misleading picture of young peoples’ attitudes to government and democracy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
New research finds that the reports of a Channel 4 poll gave a very misleading picture of young peoples’ attitudes to government, democracy & dictatorship.
In fact the Gen Z (13-27 olds) view is very different.....
Report by @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
In fact the Gen Z (13-27 olds) view is very different.....
Report by @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
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Berkhamsted to Tring, very refreshing. Though the Millwall fans on the way home did not seem pleased to see the police greeting them.
March 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Berkhamsted to Tring, very refreshing. Though the Millwall fans on the way home did not seem pleased to see the police greeting them.