David Cann
@drwhofan194.bsky.social
29 ~ progressive liberal 🔶 ~ filmmaking graduate ~ sci-fi fantasy geek ~ IT guy ~ Christian ✝️ ~ aspec ♠️ ~ Swiftie 🪩🧣 ~ COYI ⚒🫧 ~ sports, history, musicals
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This is silly.
At 16 you can't serve in a combat role but you can join the army, you can have a job and pay income tax, you can have sex or start a family, you are assumed competent to consent to medical treatment. This isn't some arbitrary line, only crossed here!
At 16 you can't serve in a combat role but you can join the army, you can have a job and pay income tax, you can have sex or start a family, you are assumed competent to consent to medical treatment. This isn't some arbitrary line, only crossed here!
Reminder to those arguing for votes at 16: you have to explain why voting is *different* from everything else, not why it should be the same...
You can’t marry, serve in a combat role or buy cigarettes until 18
You can’t marry, serve in a combat role or buy cigarettes until 18
July 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This is silly.
At 16 you can't serve in a combat role but you can join the army, you can have a job and pay income tax, you can have sex or start a family, you are assumed competent to consent to medical treatment. This isn't some arbitrary line, only crossed here!
At 16 you can't serve in a combat role but you can join the army, you can have a job and pay income tax, you can have sex or start a family, you are assumed competent to consent to medical treatment. This isn't some arbitrary line, only crossed here!
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This is the underlying issue with using something as heavy-handed as proscription for a group with a loose structure and a broadly popular central cause: the police are not going to argue about the specific clauses in the group's manifesto when they threaten you.
Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag
Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag
Officers accused Laura Murton who also had a sign saying ‘Free Gaza’ of supporting a proscribed organisation
Armed police threatened a peaceful protester with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestinian flag and having signs saying “Free Gaza” and “Israel is committing genocide”, accusing her of supporting a proscribed organisation.
Officers told Laura Murton, 42, that her demonstration in Canterbury, Kent, on Monday evening expressed views supportive of Palestine Action, which was banned under terrorism legislation earlier this month. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
This is the underlying issue with using something as heavy-handed as proscription for a group with a loose structure and a broadly popular central cause: the police are not going to argue about the specific clauses in the group's manifesto when they threaten you.
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We have just been asked by Tom's friends and family to share this picture of Tom Baker MBE with his birthday cake.
Tom thanks everyone for there warm wishes and kind words.
The cake was lovely and was bigger on the inside!
Tom thanks everyone for there warm wishes and kind words.
The cake was lovely and was bigger on the inside!
January 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We have just been asked by Tom's friends and family to share this picture of Tom Baker MBE with his birthday cake.
Tom thanks everyone for there warm wishes and kind words.
The cake was lovely and was bigger on the inside!
Tom thanks everyone for there warm wishes and kind words.
The cake was lovely and was bigger on the inside!
@ballyshann.bsky.social happy 30th!
December 28, 2024 at 9:31 PM
@ballyshann.bsky.social happy 30th!
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I know Christopher Eccleston has never officially returned to TV Doctor Who. However, primary schools using the BBC 10 Pieces lessons for classical music know he returned in 2015 playing a very familiar character, even down to the 'Run for your life' line.
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#DoctorWho
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#DoctorWho
December 13, 2024 at 7:13 PM
I know Christopher Eccleston has never officially returned to TV Doctor Who. However, primary schools using the BBC 10 Pieces lessons for classical music know he returned in 2015 playing a very familiar character, even down to the 'Run for your life' line.
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#DoctorWho
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#DoctorWho
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Google photos assuming everything is a "special memory" and plays back social occasions with upbeat music interspersed with the photo you took of the boiler so the plumber could see what parts they needed to order
December 13, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Google photos assuming everything is a "special memory" and plays back social occasions with upbeat music interspersed with the photo you took of the boiler so the plumber could see what parts they needed to order
Today is one of those days that I feel so much social dread that my body physically reacts to it & I want to hide away in a hole (aka, it's the day of the office Christmas party). And like, I like my colleagues! My brain is just going NOPE
December 4, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Today is one of those days that I feel so much social dread that my body physically reacts to it & I want to hide away in a hole (aka, it's the day of the office Christmas party). And like, I like my colleagues! My brain is just going NOPE
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You all MOCKED George Lucas and said this was boring or dumb but who’s laughing now???
November 26, 2024 at 1:00 AM
You all MOCKED George Lucas and said this was boring or dumb but who’s laughing now???
It's gonna take me a while to get into the swing of actually using this place, I think, but it is nice to see so many familiar faces!
November 16, 2024 at 11:03 PM
It's gonna take me a while to get into the swing of actually using this place, I think, but it is nice to see so many familiar faces!
They're siren-songing to me with the Taylor reference
are we out of the woods yet? are we in the clear yet?
if Bluesky is a lil slow for you, hang tight! there were some networking issues on the U.S. east coast affecting Bluesky and other apps, but looks like they're resolving now. 💙
if Bluesky is a lil slow for you, hang tight! there were some networking issues on the U.S. east coast affecting Bluesky and other apps, but looks like they're resolving now. 💙
Taylor Swift - Out Of The Woods (Taylor's Version) (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by TaylorSwiftVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:11 PM
They're siren-songing to me with the Taylor reference
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News, bad.
Autumn, quite nice actually
Autumn, quite nice actually
November 6, 2024 at 5:32 PM
News, bad.
Autumn, quite nice actually
Autumn, quite nice actually
Maybe using this site is going to become necessary after all...
October 16, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Maybe using this site is going to become necessary after all...
I think it's unlikely that I will shift over here particularly easily, given the whole 'struggles with change' thing & I've been on Twitter for a decade. But perhaps it will prove necessary.
August 8, 2024 at 10:42 PM
I think it's unlikely that I will shift over here particularly easily, given the whole 'struggles with change' thing & I've been on Twitter for a decade. But perhaps it will prove necessary.
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In Soviet Russia, An Unearthly Child watches you.
October 17, 2023 at 6:58 PM
In Soviet Russia, An Unearthly Child watches you.
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How you know Elon announced a new feature on Twitter
September 18, 2023 at 10:17 PM
How you know Elon announced a new feature on Twitter
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This is imperfect, but the Sky Follower Bridge extension for Google Chrome is turning out to be the best way for me to actually find the people I followed on Twitter and now have Bluesky accounts.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko
September 19, 2023 at 6:15 PM
This is imperfect, but the Sky Follower Bridge extension for Google Chrome is turning out to be the best way for me to actually find the people I followed on Twitter and now have Bluesky accounts.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko
Just waiting for Bluesky to give us the 'turn off retweets' (from showing in feed) option, not because I find them uninteresting, but bc it's for so long been a form of curation/control I've been used to having over on the bird site, where I had it on for 99% of people.
September 20, 2023 at 10:39 AM
Just waiting for Bluesky to give us the 'turn off retweets' (from showing in feed) option, not because I find them uninteresting, but bc it's for so long been a form of curation/control I've been used to having over on the bird site, where I had it on for 99% of people.
First day this side of summer that I've got my SAD light set-up again, to try and counter this absolutely grim weather & lack of sunlight.
September 20, 2023 at 8:40 AM
First day this side of summer that I've got my SAD light set-up again, to try and counter this absolutely grim weather & lack of sunlight.
Well, if it ends up costing money to even use Twitter then I get the feeling I'm going to be seeing a lot more of my mutuals over here...
September 20, 2023 at 8:35 AM
Well, if it ends up costing money to even use Twitter then I get the feeling I'm going to be seeing a lot more of my mutuals over here...
National cat day! Not enough cat pics here on Bluesky yet
August 8, 2023 at 9:24 PM
National cat day! Not enough cat pics here on Bluesky yet
Had a seminar about neurodiversity at work and what this has confirmed to me is that yes I am quite probably autistic.
July 25, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Had a seminar about neurodiversity at work and what this has confirmed to me is that yes I am quite probably autistic.
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how it feels to come to bluesky after elon forces you off of twitter
July 25, 2023 at 9:47 AM
how it feels to come to bluesky after elon forces you off of twitter
Tried to make my first post here an Obi Wan Kenobi "hello there" but apparently GIFs don't work on BlueSky so that's a good start 🥲
July 24, 2023 at 5:42 PM
Tried to make my first post here an Obi Wan Kenobi "hello there" but apparently GIFs don't work on BlueSky so that's a good start 🥲