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David Whitley

@mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social

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Travel writer. Nerd. General annoyance. I never met a joke I liked that I didn't want to drill into the ground. Writes quizzes at https://geograquiz.com/ . Shares unsolicited thoughts at https://planetwhitley.com/ .

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 17h

Kids should have time to socialise at school. They shouldn't have to feel like they need to rush into the lunch queue. Lunchtime clubs should be viable. Condensing education into the shortest possible time in order to save money is damaging,

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 17h

Something that's not covered enough: School break times becoming too short.

Schools are incentivised to make morning/ afternoon break and lunch as short as possible, then kick the kids out as early as possible in the afternoon, and this is not healthy in so many ways.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 18h

There's a good and correct path of "Brexit was a narrow vote that its biggest supporters took too far. We need to work with Europe, and the extremist view has done tremendous damage. Farage is the extremist."

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 18h

Emmanuel Macron is the new Sheffield United.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19h

Macron reappoints Sébastien Lecornu as French prime minister

Lecornu, who resigned as PM on Monday, is tasked with urgently delivering a budget to parliament The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has named Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister, reappointing him after he quit the job earlier this week. Lecornu’s immediate task will be to deliver a budget to parliament by the end of Monday. Continue reading...

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 1d

Well, when you put it like that, fair point.

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 1d

The Oregonian Frogs are missing a trick not playing Paul McCartney’s Frog Chorus as their song, “we all stand together” is a perfect sentiment all things considered

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 1d

The Nobel committee has excelled itself there. Handing the Peace Prize to a right-wing Venezuelan is going to confuse the hell out of Trump.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone believing the 2028 presidential election will be free and fair is a credulous mug to the point where their view should never be respected on anything ever again. Alas, this cohort includes almost every elected Democrat politician.

David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 1d

Penistone.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 1d

"I'm not a paramedic, but I'm using the intonation of a paramedic, is that OK?" has to be my favourite line from New Partridge.

David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 1d

Joe Biden would be extremely funny.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 1d

Little 'Un has just been telling us about the frozen people of Pompadomland.

Turns out she means Pompeii.

David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

Three lads saving their GP the bother of asking them if they're sexually active, there.

Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 2d

Is this real or am I in a coma?

Young Conservative with a Doctor Who question mark pullover.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

I'd guess the dynamic in London (several pubs, Oyster cards, good public transport over a wide area) may be different to those in mediocre market town (one pub, at best two, that is endearingly lax).

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

It was the Three Nuns in Loughborough, although the weird, awkward kids found an equally accommodative home in the Windmill.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

YES. Everyone knew which pub it was, and everyone knew the line at which they'd never be allowed in it again.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 2d

I'll go further: subsidise pub drinking and make buying alcohol from the supermarket staggeringly expensive*.

* For everyone except me.

Altreik @altreik.bsky.social · 2d

Should go further and tax supermarket beer at a higher rate than at the moment- raises revenue, targets the biggest source of binge drinking and might help get people back into pubs.