DavidF
@davidf7858.bsky.social
Observer of comedy, sport, social science & popular science.
Current affairs worrier & potential pessimist.
Environment;Sustainability;Nature. Social contract;Justice;Inequality reduction; Cooperation.
Reasoned contradiction welcomed & not personalised.
Current affairs worrier & potential pessimist.
Environment;Sustainability;Nature. Social contract;Justice;Inequality reduction; Cooperation.
Reasoned contradiction welcomed & not personalised.
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Plastic Surpasses Plankton in Greek Seas
with some areas showing an alarming ratio of 1.3 million plastic particles per square kilometer.
This shift poses a threat not only to marine biodiversity but also to human health, as plastics enter the food chain
www.berkeywaterfilter.com/plastic-surp...
with some areas showing an alarming ratio of 1.3 million plastic particles per square kilometer.
This shift poses a threat not only to marine biodiversity but also to human health, as plastics enter the food chain
www.berkeywaterfilter.com/plastic-surp...
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Plastic Surpasses Plankton in Greek Seas
with some areas showing an alarming ratio of 1.3 million plastic particles per square kilometer.
This shift poses a threat not only to marine biodiversity but also to human health, as plastics enter the food chain
www.berkeywaterfilter.com/plastic-surp...
with some areas showing an alarming ratio of 1.3 million plastic particles per square kilometer.
This shift poses a threat not only to marine biodiversity but also to human health, as plastics enter the food chain
www.berkeywaterfilter.com/plastic-surp...
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The politics of Jenrick, Farage and Tommy Robinson will guarantee national decline.
Even if we imposed all the most vicious, hostile, and arbitrary policies they want, our towns and villages will still suffer until we fund local public services rather than corporate tax breaks.
Even if we imposed all the most vicious, hostile, and arbitrary policies they want, our towns and villages will still suffer until we fund local public services rather than corporate tax breaks.
Our culture and heritage have been eroded, not by immigrants, but by Thatcherism and corporate greed.
The answer isn’t bitterness or scapegoating.
People are right to be angry with a rotten system that’s let them down—real patriotism means rebuilding our communities.
My op-ed piece for LFF. 👇
The answer isn’t bitterness or scapegoating.
People are right to be angry with a rotten system that’s let them down—real patriotism means rebuilding our communities.
My op-ed piece for LFF. 👇
On patriotism and national decline
Prioritisation of corporate wealth and privatisation have threatened our heritage and eroded our culture far more than immigration ever has
leftfootforward.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The politics of Jenrick, Farage and Tommy Robinson will guarantee national decline.
Even if we imposed all the most vicious, hostile, and arbitrary policies they want, our towns and villages will still suffer until we fund local public services rather than corporate tax breaks.
Even if we imposed all the most vicious, hostile, and arbitrary policies they want, our towns and villages will still suffer until we fund local public services rather than corporate tax breaks.
Freeports, deregulation, profiteering, exploitation, inequality, non- sustainable.
More harm than good.
Loading the cons on society,while gifting the pros.
More harm than good.
Loading the cons on society,while gifting the pros.
Let the Labour Party know that you do not want your villages, towns, cities, public services privatised by predatory corporations like US Blackrock, Palantir, and hundreds more.
My petition calls for a complete transparency review of all deregulated free zones.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
My petition calls for a complete transparency review of all deregulated free zones.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
October 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Freeports, deregulation, profiteering, exploitation, inequality, non- sustainable.
More harm than good.
Loading the cons on society,while gifting the pros.
More harm than good.
Loading the cons on society,while gifting the pros.
@richardburgon.bsky.social www.facebook.com/reel/1883515...
I'd like to think that ministers & opposition politicians are aware of this before pressurising authorities into reversing safety advice.
Context: Club fans have been banned for property damage, protesters arrested for supporting peace.
I'd like to think that ministers & opposition politicians are aware of this before pressurising authorities into reversing safety advice.
Context: Club fans have been banned for property damage, protesters arrested for supporting peace.
33K views | Reel by People's Chancellor - Economics For The Many
“The Prime Minister & UK media are currently lobbying to allow racist football hooligans to attend UEFA Europa match, under pressure from genocidal...
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October 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@richardburgon.bsky.social www.facebook.com/reel/1883515...
I'd like to think that ministers & opposition politicians are aware of this before pressurising authorities into reversing safety advice.
Context: Club fans have been banned for property damage, protesters arrested for supporting peace.
I'd like to think that ministers & opposition politicians are aware of this before pressurising authorities into reversing safety advice.
Context: Club fans have been banned for property damage, protesters arrested for supporting peace.
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While UK citizens were told Brexit would "take back control," the government was quietly handing £27bn of public money to American corporations every single year.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
The Great British Sell-Off: How Brexit Delivered Corporate Power and US Vassalism
State Aid, Public Money, and the Corporate Takeover of Britain
open.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
While UK citizens were told Brexit would "take back control," the government was quietly handing £27bn of public money to American corporations every single year.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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Let the Labour Party know that you do not want your villages, towns, cities, public services privatised by predatory corporations like US Blackrock, Palantir, and hundreds more.
My petition calls for a complete transparency review of all deregulated free zones.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
My petition calls for a complete transparency review of all deregulated free zones.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
August 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Let the Labour Party know that you do not want your villages, towns, cities, public services privatised by predatory corporations like US Blackrock, Palantir, and hundreds more.
My petition calls for a complete transparency review of all deregulated free zones.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
My petition calls for a complete transparency review of all deregulated free zones.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Signed off in style. youtu.be/tMDFv5m18Pw?...
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train (Official Animated Video)
YouTube video by OzzyOsbourneVEVO
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Signed off in style. youtu.be/tMDFv5m18Pw?...
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People are complaining that they don't understand my petition, and that I should dumb it down, so here goes.
Your country is being cut up into pieces and sold off to corporations.
If you don't sign this petition, you will lose everything.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Your country is being cut up into pieces and sold off to corporations.
If you don't sign this petition, you will lose everything.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
July 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
People are complaining that they don't understand my petition, and that I should dumb it down, so here goes.
Your country is being cut up into pieces and sold off to corporations.
If you don't sign this petition, you will lose everything.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Your country is being cut up into pieces and sold off to corporations.
If you don't sign this petition, you will lose everything.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
@bobsickle.bsky.social Hello. Thanks for TLL. Enjoyed in 'old' York. Lovely to see your role reprised with triple impact from D&S
June 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
@bobsickle.bsky.social Hello. Thanks for TLL. Enjoyed in 'old' York. Lovely to see your role reprised with triple impact from D&S
@richardburgon.bsky.social
Please make your vote count to provide, at least, the ability of terminally ill cancer patients to avoid the last painful, helplessly incapacitated period before death.
Thanks. I'm relying on empathetic MPs like yourself.
Please make your vote count to provide, at least, the ability of terminally ill cancer patients to avoid the last painful, helplessly incapacitated period before death.
Thanks. I'm relying on empathetic MPs like yourself.
As a supporter who’s just been diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer I’m incredibly scared that this won’t get passed by government in time. I desperately don’t want to have to endure what’s coming . But I don’t want to o spend my last months planning my suicide which can do often fail to work
May 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@richardburgon.bsky.social
Please make your vote count to provide, at least, the ability of terminally ill cancer patients to avoid the last painful, helplessly incapacitated period before death.
Thanks. I'm relying on empathetic MPs like yourself.
Please make your vote count to provide, at least, the ability of terminally ill cancer patients to avoid the last painful, helplessly incapacitated period before death.
Thanks. I'm relying on empathetic MPs like yourself.
Inequality [big wealth gap] is a fundamental societal issue.
An issue that can be alleviated & with justifiable reasoning.
An quicker fix than climate change mitigation, and not unrelated.
An issue that can be alleviated & with justifiable reasoning.
An quicker fix than climate change mitigation, and not unrelated.
Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned
Campaigners are calling on the government to tax wealth instead of taking money from benefits claimants
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Campaigners are calling on the government to tax wealth instead of taking money from benefits claimants
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Slashing billions from welfare will not save money, Rachel Reeves warned
Campaigners are calling on the government to tax wealth instead of cutting billions of pounds from the benefits bill.
www.bigissue.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Inequality [big wealth gap] is a fundamental societal issue.
An issue that can be alleviated & with justifiable reasoning.
An quicker fix than climate change mitigation, and not unrelated.
An issue that can be alleviated & with justifiable reasoning.
An quicker fix than climate change mitigation, and not unrelated.
www.facebook.com/reel/5897383...
How will AI regulation & policing, protect populations from exploitation in a system where, for example, energy bills can impoverish millions & media output can be hijacked by disinformation?
How will AI regulation & policing, protect populations from exploitation in a system where, for example, energy bills can impoverish millions & media output can be hijacked by disinformation?
497K views · 31K reactions | Raoul Pal, a prominent figure in the investment and cryptocurrency space, discussed the potential of Agentic AI during a podcast.
He described this emerging technology as...
Raoul Pal, a prominent figure in the investment and cryptocurrency space, discussed the potential of Agentic AI during a podcast.
He described this emerging technology as a digital platform...
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March 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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How will AI regulation & policing, protect populations from exploitation in a system where, for example, energy bills can impoverish millions & media output can be hijacked by disinformation?
How will AI regulation & policing, protect populations from exploitation in a system where, for example, energy bills can impoverish millions & media output can be hijacked by disinformation?
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If we in Europe need to spend more on defence and military, which we do, then we finally need to start making sure that the richest companies and entities pay their fair share. If we're all in this together, then we all need to PAY for this together. No more peace on the backs of the poorest.
March 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If we in Europe need to spend more on defence and military, which we do, then we finally need to start making sure that the richest companies and entities pay their fair share. If we're all in this together, then we all need to PAY for this together. No more peace on the backs of the poorest.
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Garry Kasparov is right, I’m afraid: they are breaking everything so quickly even though it’s unpopular, because they never expect to face real elections again.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
March 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Garry Kasparov is right, I’m afraid: they are breaking everything so quickly even though it’s unpopular, because they never expect to face real elections again.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Why are so few people talking about this?
Either they don’t know, or they’re pretending not to know
…and I don’t know which is worse.
Either they don’t know, or they’re pretending not to know
…and I don’t know which is worse.
March 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Why are so few people talking about this?
Either they don’t know, or they’re pretending not to know
…and I don’t know which is worse.
Either they don’t know, or they’re pretending not to know
…and I don’t know which is worse.
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This is brutal.
Donald Trump is only interested in money and power.
President Zelenskyy is trying to save his people and country.
Russia and US have agreed to carve-up Ukraine, Russia getting territory and US getting mineral wealth.
Trump is no ally for any country.
Donald Trump is only interested in money and power.
President Zelenskyy is trying to save his people and country.
Russia and US have agreed to carve-up Ukraine, Russia getting territory and US getting mineral wealth.
Trump is no ally for any country.
Trump tells Zelensky 'make a deal or we're out' in angry White House meeting - follow live
A joint news conference is cancelled after the US president calls his Ukrainian counterpart
www.bbc.co.uk
February 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is brutal.
Donald Trump is only interested in money and power.
President Zelenskyy is trying to save his people and country.
Russia and US have agreed to carve-up Ukraine, Russia getting territory and US getting mineral wealth.
Trump is no ally for any country.
Donald Trump is only interested in money and power.
President Zelenskyy is trying to save his people and country.
Russia and US have agreed to carve-up Ukraine, Russia getting territory and US getting mineral wealth.
Trump is no ally for any country.
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🔴 Complexity Is Reality – But There's No Possibility For It In Today's Political Culture
One of the biggest triumphs of the modern political right has been to close the space in which nuance & ambiguity can even sit, writes @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
A free preview from the March 2025 edition:
One of the biggest triumphs of the modern political right has been to close the space in which nuance & ambiguity can even sit, writes @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
A free preview from the March 2025 edition:
Complexity Is Reality – But There’s No Possibility For It In Today’s Political Culture
One of the biggest triumphs of the modern political right has been to close the space in which nuance and ambiguity can even sit, writes Hardeep Matharu
bylinetimes.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🔴 Complexity Is Reality – But There's No Possibility For It In Today's Political Culture
One of the biggest triumphs of the modern political right has been to close the space in which nuance & ambiguity can even sit, writes @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
A free preview from the March 2025 edition:
One of the biggest triumphs of the modern political right has been to close the space in which nuance & ambiguity can even sit, writes @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
A free preview from the March 2025 edition:
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30%-40% of public money given to England's care homes vanishes in profits, little left for frontline services.
Almost all care homes forcibly closed between 2011 and 2023 were operated by for-profit companies.
Profits and care can't be combined.
Watch the Minister's reply.
Almost all care homes forcibly closed between 2011 and 2023 were operated by for-profit companies.
Profits and care can't be combined.
Watch the Minister's reply.
House of Lords Care Homes 5 Feb 2025
YouTube video by Prem Sikka
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
30%-40% of public money given to England's care homes vanishes in profits, little left for frontline services.
Almost all care homes forcibly closed between 2011 and 2023 were operated by for-profit companies.
Profits and care can't be combined.
Watch the Minister's reply.
Almost all care homes forcibly closed between 2011 and 2023 were operated by for-profit companies.
Profits and care can't be combined.
Watch the Minister's reply.
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Thought experiment for Labour…
With over 4yrs and a huge majority, why not stir it up? Pitch your tent defiantly on the liberal lawn, loudly reject the epic failures of Brexit and rightwing immigration ideology and see how many liberal votes you gain instead of chasing Reform into a toxic dead end?
With over 4yrs and a huge majority, why not stir it up? Pitch your tent defiantly on the liberal lawn, loudly reject the epic failures of Brexit and rightwing immigration ideology and see how many liberal votes you gain instead of chasing Reform into a toxic dead end?
February 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Thought experiment for Labour…
With over 4yrs and a huge majority, why not stir it up? Pitch your tent defiantly on the liberal lawn, loudly reject the epic failures of Brexit and rightwing immigration ideology and see how many liberal votes you gain instead of chasing Reform into a toxic dead end?
With over 4yrs and a huge majority, why not stir it up? Pitch your tent defiantly on the liberal lawn, loudly reject the epic failures of Brexit and rightwing immigration ideology and see how many liberal votes you gain instead of chasing Reform into a toxic dead end?
2025 Yorkshire Water Bill.
Increase on 2024; 30.9%
Company failures to meet their public service remit, aided by neutered regulatory system.
Reclaim Executive bonuses for the period of underinvestment in the system?
Force dividend suspension & redirect to investment? /1
Increase on 2024; 30.9%
Company failures to meet their public service remit, aided by neutered regulatory system.
Reclaim Executive bonuses for the period of underinvestment in the system?
Force dividend suspension & redirect to investment? /1
February 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
2025 Yorkshire Water Bill.
Increase on 2024; 30.9%
Company failures to meet their public service remit, aided by neutered regulatory system.
Reclaim Executive bonuses for the period of underinvestment in the system?
Force dividend suspension & redirect to investment? /1
Increase on 2024; 30.9%
Company failures to meet their public service remit, aided by neutered regulatory system.
Reclaim Executive bonuses for the period of underinvestment in the system?
Force dividend suspension & redirect to investment? /1
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In 1923 Adolf Hitler incited an insurrection against the German government.
He was tried, given a slap on the wrist, and became a convicted felon. Despite being treated charitably by the judge, Hitler claimed the trial was political persecution and successfully portrayed himself as a victim of /1
He was tried, given a slap on the wrist, and became a convicted felon. Despite being treated charitably by the judge, Hitler claimed the trial was political persecution and successfully portrayed himself as a victim of /1
January 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In 1923 Adolf Hitler incited an insurrection against the German government.
He was tried, given a slap on the wrist, and became a convicted felon. Despite being treated charitably by the judge, Hitler claimed the trial was political persecution and successfully portrayed himself as a victim of /1
He was tried, given a slap on the wrist, and became a convicted felon. Despite being treated charitably by the judge, Hitler claimed the trial was political persecution and successfully portrayed himself as a victim of /1
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If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
NO Nigel Farage - the vaccine rollout was not helped by Brexit
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
February 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
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On the 5th anniversary of Brexit, here's a reminder that Britain never VOTED to leave the Single Market. Because it wasn't even on the ballot! Leaving the Single Market was a POLITICAL decision by the Conservative government. No other government is bound by it.
#BrexitHasFailed
#BrexitHasFailed
January 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
On the 5th anniversary of Brexit, here's a reminder that Britain never VOTED to leave the Single Market. Because it wasn't even on the ballot! Leaving the Single Market was a POLITICAL decision by the Conservative government. No other government is bound by it.
#BrexitHasFailed
#BrexitHasFailed
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Think the UK should do the same?
January 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Think the UK should do the same?