Cab Davidson
@gnomeicide.bsky.social
Mad inventor. Rides bikes a lot. Plays D&D. Forager.
Johnson. Hancock. Cummings. Gove. Raab. Coffey. Javid. Leadsom. Sunak. Williamson. Kwarteng. Truss. Shapps. Tens of thousands dead as a result of their collective failures, and hundreds of thousands of lives wrecked. Never forget. Never forgive.
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Johnson. Hancock. Cummings. Gove. Raab. Coffey. Javid. Leadsom. Sunak. Williamson. Kwarteng. Truss. Shapps. Tens of thousands dead as a result of their collective failures, and hundreds of thousands of lives wrecked. Never forget. Never forgive.
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So this is where we are in America: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has just stated that Trump does not want Democrat members of Congress executed.
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
So this is where we are in America: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has just stated that Trump does not want Democrat members of Congress executed.
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Me in 1995, pulling an all-nighter in an Edinburgh computer lab: One day Artificial Intelligence might help us diagnose cancer.
2025...
2025...
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Me in 1995, pulling an all-nighter in an Edinburgh computer lab: One day Artificial Intelligence might help us diagnose cancer.
2025...
2025...
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Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks, don't you think?
A week before he voted to cut Medicaid, Republican Congressman Rob Bresnahan dumped up to $130,000 worth of stock in four companies that manage nearly half of all Medicaid enrollees in the country.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Rep. Rob Bresnahan sold stock in several Medicaid providers before voting for cuts
The Pennsylvania Republican is one of several members who have come under scrutiny for stock trading as Congress eyes a potential ban.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks, don't you think?
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Move comes as Israeli attacks on bombarded enclave killed at least 32 Palestinians and wounded 88 others in 24 hours.
Palestinians ‘squeezed’ as Israel moves beyond ‘yellow line’ in Gaza City
Move comes as Israeli attacks on bombarded enclave killed at least 32 Palestinians and wounded 88 others in 24 hours.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Move comes as Israeli attacks on bombarded enclave killed at least 32 Palestinians and wounded 88 others in 24 hours.
This is grotesque. Before trial they are accused. They are not yet criminals. Taking away jury trials because they are criminals is a presumption of guilt and it is profoundly wrong and unjust.
EXCL: Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury to increase chances of proceedings collapsing, courts minister has said, promising to limit jury trials by next election - @jessicaelgot.bsky.social reports
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This is grotesque. Before trial they are accused. They are not yet criminals. Taking away jury trials because they are criminals is a presumption of guilt and it is profoundly wrong and unjust.
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Complete list of people who do not consider the german swastika a hate symbol:
-Nazis
-Nazis
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy, as a hate symbol. Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as “potentially divisive” under its new guidelines.
—Washington Post
—Washington Post
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Complete list of people who do not consider the german swastika a hate symbol:
-Nazis
-Nazis
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The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
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The 750-page document also has stinging criticism of “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then PM. actively embraced – in which loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The 750-page document also has stinging criticism of “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then PM. actively embraced – in which loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined.
Those who followed me on the other place will concur with the following statement. Told you so. I did the maths.
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Those who followed me on the other place will concur with the following statement. Told you so. I did the maths.
This is... Well its complicated. The basic notion that polio isn't that bad is nonsense. But its not THAT simple... (1)
Even in the house of horrors that is vaccine-preventable illnesses, polio stands out as particularly terrifying.
But the darker chapters of public health history do not seem to faze anti-vaccine activists. Now, it’s polio’s turn to be downplayed.
But the darker chapters of public health history do not seem to faze anti-vaccine activists. Now, it’s polio’s turn to be downplayed.
The anti-vax movement's wildest claim yet: Polio wasn't so bad
Add this to vaccines make you magnetic, cause AIDS, and measles is not a big deal.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is... Well its complicated. The basic notion that polio isn't that bad is nonsense. But its not THAT simple... (1)
Agreed, kind of - but is there currently any Labour seat that they could be sure of retaining in a byelection?
Burnham’s not tough enough for the job. You know who is? Sadiq Khan.
Clive Lewis: I’d give up my seat to let Andy Burnham challenge Starmer
MP for Norwich South says he would put party and country over personal ambition — before insisting his comments were hypothetical
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Agreed, kind of - but is there currently any Labour seat that they could be sure of retaining in a byelection?
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They’re so Disneyesque, like cartoon mushrooms.
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
They’re so Disneyesque, like cartoon mushrooms.
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John Major labels Brexit an ‘act of collective folly’
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
John Major labels Brexit an 'act of collective folly'
John Major has launched a devastating attack on Brexit, branding it an "act of collective folly."
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
John Major labels Brexit an ‘act of collective folly’
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
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Interestingly, the phrase "the fae" almost never appears in English writing before 2000, according to the ngrams...
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Interestingly, the phrase "the fae" almost never appears in English writing before 2000, according to the ngrams...
Got to make sure I've got all the stuff for making my annual panettone. It's all @rogger.bsky.social fault, I used to make it once every few Christmases but his blog about it changed that. I've adapted his recipe rather a lot since, his is still very fine.
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Got to make sure I've got all the stuff for making my annual panettone. It's all @rogger.bsky.social fault, I used to make it once every few Christmases but his blog about it changed that. I've adapted his recipe rather a lot since, his is still very fine.
Help me out here. Putting a little bit of proper (Colemans) mustard in a mug of Bovril is perfectly normal and reasoable, right?
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Help me out here. Putting a little bit of proper (Colemans) mustard in a mug of Bovril is perfectly normal and reasoable, right?
Good thread.
I've seen claims that Darren Grimes used a faked photograph in this blogpost, so I've decided to take a closer look, see if an elected official would be low enough to use a fake image to promote anti-immigrant sentiment (the answer will shock you!)
www.darrengrimes.com/p/exclusive-...
www.darrengrimes.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: DURHAM FILES PROVE LABOUR USES COUNTY AS MIGRANT DUMPING GROUND WHILE HIDING TRUTH IN PARLIAMENT
The “fair share” is a fantasy. Wealthy Southern councils sit in their leafy enclaves while County Durham is packed. Now whistleblower files reveal the truth Labour wanted buried!
www.darrengrimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Good thread.
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A few more details about Michael Prescott, the corporate lobbyist behind the “BBC bias” memo 👇🏻👇🏻
‘BBC bias’ memo was written by American pharma lobbyist
A guest post from Sam Bright.
jujuliagrace.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
A few more details about Michael Prescott, the corporate lobbyist behind the “BBC bias” memo 👇🏻👇🏻
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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe
Penguins on fire down the shops in Kingston
Penguins on fire down the shops in Kingston
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe
Penguins on fire down the shops in Kingston
Penguins on fire down the shops in Kingston
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John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
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One should always be suspicious when the state resists disclosure of documents.
And one should be more suspicious when the state suddenly purports to agree to the disclosure of documents.
And one should be more suspicious when the state suddenly purports to agree to the disclosure of documents.
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
One should always be suspicious when the state resists disclosure of documents.
And one should be more suspicious when the state suddenly purports to agree to the disclosure of documents.
And one should be more suspicious when the state suddenly purports to agree to the disclosure of documents.
Had leftover game stew from the other night, so I dida nice nice of veg with it and added Norfolk dumplings. Which if occurs to me are a delicious but mostly forgotten thing in English cookery. And really simple...
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Had leftover game stew from the other night, so I dida nice nice of veg with it and added Norfolk dumplings. Which if occurs to me are a delicious but mostly forgotten thing in English cookery. And really simple...
This is just what happens if you cycle round long enough. Someone will get out of their car and attack you.
So I've been assaulted on the way home tonight. Currently waiting (away from where the incident happened for my wife to pick me up). I spotted him on his phone, he didn't like that. He got it out his car and started assaulting me. Fortunately I'm retired judo player so threw him to the ground and...
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is just what happens if you cycle round long enough. Someone will get out of their car and attack you.
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Trump is conspiring with Putin to sell out Ukraine – and the security of the whole of Europe along with it.
The Prime Minister must convene the Coalition of the Willing to stop this betrayal in its tracks.
The Prime Minister must convene the Coalition of the Willing to stop this betrayal in its tracks.
New: I can confirm hasty US-Russia proposal being pushed to Ukrainians via Dmitriev-Witkoff to Umerov. It would amount to Ukraine’s capitulation, with people familiar saying it’s Kremlin’s maximalist demands.
-Ukraine army cut 1/2
-Give up certain weapons
-Give up Donbas
-Zelensky displeased
More tk
-Ukraine army cut 1/2
-Give up certain weapons
-Give up Donbas
-Zelensky displeased
More tk
November 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Trump is conspiring with Putin to sell out Ukraine – and the security of the whole of Europe along with it.
The Prime Minister must convene the Coalition of the Willing to stop this betrayal in its tracks.
The Prime Minister must convene the Coalition of the Willing to stop this betrayal in its tracks.