Dan Etchells
@danetchells.bsky.social
Retired civil servant.
Bit of walking & cycling.
Red wine. Cherry & White rugby.
Bit of walking & cycling.
Red wine. Cherry & White rugby.
Nope.
Absolutely no idea.
Never heard of him, or seen him before.
A complete irrelevance.
I'm sure he'll be a massive arsehole, sorry, asset for Reform...
Absolutely no idea.
Never heard of him, or seen him before.
A complete irrelevance.
I'm sure he'll be a massive arsehole, sorry, asset for Reform...
January 18, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Nope.
Absolutely no idea.
Never heard of him, or seen him before.
A complete irrelevance.
I'm sure he'll be a massive arsehole, sorry, asset for Reform...
Absolutely no idea.
Never heard of him, or seen him before.
A complete irrelevance.
I'm sure he'll be a massive arsehole, sorry, asset for Reform...
"Astronomers aim to take ‘revolutionary’ moving image of black hole.
Newly appointed Cambridge professor says feat would accelerate scientific knowledge by an order of magnitude."
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Newly appointed Cambridge professor says feat would accelerate scientific knowledge by an order of magnitude."
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Astronomers aim to take ‘revolutionary’ moving image of black hole
Newly appointed Cambridge professor says feat would accelerate scientific knowledge by an order of magnitude
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:31 AM
"Astronomers aim to take ‘revolutionary’ moving image of black hole.
Newly appointed Cambridge professor says feat would accelerate scientific knowledge by an order of magnitude."
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Newly appointed Cambridge professor says feat would accelerate scientific knowledge by an order of magnitude."
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
So, the rest of the world is going to need to start asking for the vaccination status of US citizens looking to enter their country, and deny entry if and when the wrong answer is given...
That certainly sounds like 'MAGA' to me...
That certainly sounds like 'MAGA' to me...
The changes announced Monday are effective immediately.
CDC Removes 6 Diseases From Childhood Vaccine Schedule
The changes announced Monday are effective immediately.
www.forbes.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:20 AM
So, the rest of the world is going to need to start asking for the vaccination status of US citizens looking to enter their country, and deny entry if and when the wrong answer is given...
That certainly sounds like 'MAGA' to me...
That certainly sounds like 'MAGA' to me...
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Bylines (and their excellent #news coverage) are quitting x/twit.
And not just Bylines Scotland, the whole network froze or is about to freeze their accounts on Twitter/X. We will continue our mission on other social media sites but that one had become too unethical and toxic for our conscience.
bylines.scot/society/byli...
bylines.scot/society/byli...
Bylines Scotland drops X from social media list
A statement from the Bylines Scotland editorial board
bylines.scot
January 17, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Bylines (and their excellent #news coverage) are quitting x/twit.
Headlines you don't want to see!!
January 17, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Headlines you don't want to see!!
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As far as I can tell, we don’t give up on criminal law because some people break it. So, why do countries seem to be giving up on international law because the USA, Israel and other are choosing to break it? Isn’t this the exact moment when we need it most?
January 17, 2026 at 12:16 PM
As far as I can tell, we don’t give up on criminal law because some people break it. So, why do countries seem to be giving up on international law because the USA, Israel and other are choosing to break it? Isn’t this the exact moment when we need it most?
Nothing says 'free speech' quite like this...
Fucking bell-ends!!
Fucking bell-ends!!
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Nothing says 'free speech' quite like this...
Fucking bell-ends!!
Fucking bell-ends!!
Hey @icegov.bsky.social - shouldn't you be over on Xitter, with all the other right wing extremists??
January 17, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Hey @icegov.bsky.social - shouldn't you be over on Xitter, with all the other right wing extremists??
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do other terrorist groups get their accounts verified? just curious
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
do other terrorist groups get their accounts verified? just curious
Friday morning, Trend Setters... A stroll around Eastnor with a digestively stable Hairy Genius... 😎
January 17, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Friday morning, Trend Setters... A stroll around Eastnor with a digestively stable Hairy Genius... 😎
January 16, 2026 at 7:18 AM
I, for one, am astonished - I assumed he wanted to oust KN and run the sinking Tory ship...
I assume he's off to Reform - possibly to head it up, if they win the election / hold the balance of power - 'cos Farage won't want to actually do the work of being PM...
I assume he's off to Reform - possibly to head it up, if they win the election / hold the balance of power - 'cos Farage won't want to actually do the work of being PM...
January 15, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I, for one, am astonished - I assumed he wanted to oust KN and run the sinking Tory ship...
I assume he's off to Reform - possibly to head it up, if they win the election / hold the balance of power - 'cos Farage won't want to actually do the work of being PM...
I assume he's off to Reform - possibly to head it up, if they win the election / hold the balance of power - 'cos Farage won't want to actually do the work of being PM...
Reposted by Dan Etchells
BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
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This is Minnow. She is thrilled her human has taken an interest in one of her favorite hobbies. Their form could use some work, but not bad for a beginner. 13/10 (TT: aly_minnow_koda_mufasa)
January 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This is Minnow. She is thrilled her human has taken an interest in one of her favorite hobbies. Their form could use some work, but not bad for a beginner. 13/10 (TT: aly_minnow_koda_mufasa)
Excellent!! If only we could ban them from this country!!
"France announces ban on 10 British anti-migrant activists.
French interior ministry issues ‘territorial bans’ after reports of anti-migrant activities by members of Raise the Colours movement."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
"France announces ban on 10 British anti-migrant activists.
French interior ministry issues ‘territorial bans’ after reports of anti-migrant activities by members of Raise the Colours movement."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
France announces ban on 10 British anti-migrant activists
French interior ministry issues ‘territorial bans’ after reports of anti-migrant activities by members of Raise the Colours movement
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Excellent!! If only we could ban them from this country!!
"France announces ban on 10 British anti-migrant activists.
French interior ministry issues ‘territorial bans’ after reports of anti-migrant activities by members of Raise the Colours movement."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
"France announces ban on 10 British anti-migrant activists.
French interior ministry issues ‘territorial bans’ after reports of anti-migrant activities by members of Raise the Colours movement."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Reposted by Dan Etchells
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Good news... 🙂
"Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction
Subsidies awarded to eight new projects after ministers increased funding available to developers
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Good news... 🙂
"Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Things you don't expect to see in the Innsworth Lane allotment car park...
January 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Things you don't expect to see in the Innsworth Lane allotment car park...
From Xitter - spot on...!!
January 13, 2026 at 10:12 AM
From Xitter - spot on...!!
What this needs is another line - 'Old bubblegum, prised off the underwide of a desk, covered in fluff v Nigel Farage', with the bubblegum winning...
Who would make the best PM?
Starmer 36% vs Farage 29%
Starmer 28% vs Badenoch 28%
Starmer 21% vs Polanski 19%
Badenoch 31% vs Farage 21%
Badenoch 28% vs Davey 25%
Badenoch 28% vs Polanski 22%
Davey 33% vs Farage 27%
Davey 23% vs Starmer 19%
Davey 20% vs Polanski 15%
Polanski 28% vs Farage 27%
Starmer 36% vs Farage 29%
Starmer 28% vs Badenoch 28%
Starmer 21% vs Polanski 19%
Badenoch 31% vs Farage 21%
Badenoch 28% vs Davey 25%
Badenoch 28% vs Polanski 22%
Davey 33% vs Farage 27%
Davey 23% vs Starmer 19%
Davey 20% vs Polanski 15%
Polanski 28% vs Farage 27%
January 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
What this needs is another line - 'Old bubblegum, prised off the underwide of a desk, covered in fluff v Nigel Farage', with the bubblegum winning...
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The anti-Farage backlash sentiment is a) real and b) not fully priced into most political analysis, in my view
Who would make the best PM?
Starmer 36% vs Farage 29%
Starmer 28% vs Badenoch 28%
Starmer 21% vs Polanski 19%
Badenoch 31% vs Farage 21%
Badenoch 28% vs Davey 25%
Badenoch 28% vs Polanski 22%
Davey 33% vs Farage 27%
Davey 23% vs Starmer 19%
Davey 20% vs Polanski 15%
Polanski 28% vs Farage 27%
Starmer 36% vs Farage 29%
Starmer 28% vs Badenoch 28%
Starmer 21% vs Polanski 19%
Badenoch 31% vs Farage 21%
Badenoch 28% vs Davey 25%
Badenoch 28% vs Polanski 22%
Davey 33% vs Farage 27%
Davey 23% vs Starmer 19%
Davey 20% vs Polanski 15%
Polanski 28% vs Farage 27%
January 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
The anti-Farage backlash sentiment is a) real and b) not fully priced into most political analysis, in my view
The brass neck of these people is utterly astonishing...
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
January 12, 2026 at 12:38 PM
The brass neck of these people is utterly astonishing...
TTL in Churchdown - Cheltenham Road / Pirton Lane. Massive queues.
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 AM
TTL in Churchdown - Cheltenham Road / Pirton Lane. Massive queues.
"‘The response is a beautiful thing’: how Glasgow is squaring up to Reform.
In the face of Nigel Farage, flag-waving and a longstanding housing crisis, some Glaswegians are taking on anti-immigration rhetoric."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
In the face of Nigel Farage, flag-waving and a longstanding housing crisis, some Glaswegians are taking on anti-immigration rhetoric."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘The response is a beautiful thing’: how Glasgow is squaring up to Reform
In the face of Nigel Farage, flag-waving and a longstanding housing crisis, some Glaswegians are taking on anti-immigration rhetoric
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:28 AM
"‘The response is a beautiful thing’: how Glasgow is squaring up to Reform.
In the face of Nigel Farage, flag-waving and a longstanding housing crisis, some Glaswegians are taking on anti-immigration rhetoric."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
In the face of Nigel Farage, flag-waving and a longstanding housing crisis, some Glaswegians are taking on anti-immigration rhetoric."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...