David Knopfler
@davidknopfler.bsky.social
Singer songwriter and founder member of Dire Straits.
The lone and level sands…
October 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The lone and level sands…
A sea anemone has a reach of up to one centimetre an hour - which is considerably more than Elon Musk’s X grants to me if I post on X … just pointless
October 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A sea anemone has a reach of up to one centimetre an hour - which is considerably more than Elon Musk’s X grants to me if I post on X … just pointless
Reposted by David Knopfler
This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊
June 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊
9,342 - that’s how many times you could wrap dollar bills round the world to match how much money Donald Trump cost shareholders and their associated pension plans with his tariffs announcement.
April 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
9,342 - that’s how many times you could wrap dollar bills round the world to match how much money Donald Trump cost shareholders and their associated pension plans with his tariffs announcement.
If a company with say 140K employees and some powerful links to defence contracts faced a 30% stock drop, what tools might the Fed theoretically use to stabilize it?
March 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
If a company with say 140K employees and some powerful links to defence contracts faced a 30% stock drop, what tools might the Fed theoretically use to stabilize it?
March 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Who stands to gain from crippling the UK? Was a bad actor responsible for the substation fire that has closed Heathrow - and probably for days? Where are the triple redundancies for an event like this? BIG lessons will need to be learned!
March 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Who stands to gain from crippling the UK? Was a bad actor responsible for the substation fire that has closed Heathrow - and probably for days? Where are the triple redundancies for an event like this? BIG lessons will need to be learned!
Political Sadism and Defying the Power of Cruelty www.commondreams.org/opinion/defy...
Political Sadism and Defying the Power of Cruelty | Common Dreams
It’s easy to be an asshole, especially under duress, while compassion takes practice and intention. If we recognize our own capacity to be cruel, we can opt to counter it or at least refuse to nourish...
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March 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Political Sadism and Defying the Power of Cruelty www.commondreams.org/opinion/defy...
Has Peter Mandelson, our ambassador to the US divested from Global Council yet, as he said he would? Is this a professional conflict of interest or just real Politik? Or as I suspect - a bit of both?
March 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Has Peter Mandelson, our ambassador to the US divested from Global Council yet, as he said he would? Is this a professional conflict of interest or just real Politik? Or as I suspect - a bit of both?
Reposted by David Knopfler
And as Jeff Bezos, owner of the blushing Washington Post, announces that they are, from here on in, going to sidestep politics in their editorials, the irony of their slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is clanging like the bells of the Notre-Dame
February 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
And as Jeff Bezos, owner of the blushing Washington Post, announces that they are, from here on in, going to sidestep politics in their editorials, the irony of their slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is clanging like the bells of the Notre-Dame
Are you now or have you ever been a non-supporter of MAGA?
Musk’s new digital McCarthyism inquiry, where non-compliance gets you blacklisted
Musk’s new digital McCarthyism inquiry, where non-compliance gets you blacklisted
February 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Are you now or have you ever been a non-supporter of MAGA?
Musk’s new digital McCarthyism inquiry, where non-compliance gets you blacklisted
Musk’s new digital McCarthyism inquiry, where non-compliance gets you blacklisted
Make it stop
H Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:
Donald Trump “looks forward to watching the game tonight — and we look forward to the United States beating our soon-to-be 51st state, Canada."
H Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:
Donald Trump “looks forward to watching the game tonight — and we look forward to the United States beating our soon-to-be 51st state, Canada."
February 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Make it stop
H Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:
Donald Trump “looks forward to watching the game tonight — and we look forward to the United States beating our soon-to-be 51st state, Canada."
H Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:
Donald Trump “looks forward to watching the game tonight — and we look forward to the United States beating our soon-to-be 51st state, Canada."
Reposted by David Knopfler
Pres Trump: ‘I think Europe has given $100bn [to Ukraine] and we’ve given, let’s say, $300bn plus.’ The most reliable figures show the EU has given $138bn to Ukraine, while the US has given $114bn. In 2024 Europe and Canada provided nearly 60% of NATO’s security aid to Ukraine.
February 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Pres Trump: ‘I think Europe has given $100bn [to Ukraine] and we’ve given, let’s say, $300bn plus.’ The most reliable figures show the EU has given $138bn to Ukraine, while the US has given $114bn. In 2024 Europe and Canada provided nearly 60% of NATO’s security aid to Ukraine.
Even Grok doesn’t support Trump’s obvious lies: “The war in Ukraine was started by Russia when it invaded Ukraine in February 2022. This invasion is widely recognized internationally as an act of aggression by Russia against a sovereign nation.”
February 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Even Grok doesn’t support Trump’s obvious lies: “The war in Ukraine was started by Russia when it invaded Ukraine in February 2022. This invasion is widely recognized internationally as an act of aggression by Russia against a sovereign nation.”
For avoidance of any doubt regarding the Paris meeting Monday
February 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
For avoidance of any doubt regarding the Paris meeting Monday
Emergysse
What if all the six tech leaders were standing on Trump’s podium because they were all nudged to do so by their respective AIs?
Asking in response to an unconscious prompt.
What if all the six tech leaders were standing on Trump’s podium because they were all nudged to do so by their respective AIs?
Asking in response to an unconscious prompt.
February 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Emergysse
What if all the six tech leaders were standing on Trump’s podium because they were all nudged to do so by their respective AIs?
Asking in response to an unconscious prompt.
What if all the six tech leaders were standing on Trump’s podium because they were all nudged to do so by their respective AIs?
Asking in response to an unconscious prompt.
Reposted by David Knopfler
Top tip. Don’t have insomnia in the middle of a coup.
An executive order has now given DOGE oversight of all government departments.
It’s a complete takeover of the federal government by Musk. A Musk ‘team lead’ will now make all hiring decisions according to a ‘data-driven’ model
An executive order has now given DOGE oversight of all government departments.
It’s a complete takeover of the federal government by Musk. A Musk ‘team lead’ will now make all hiring decisions according to a ‘data-driven’ model
February 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Top tip. Don’t have insomnia in the middle of a coup.
An executive order has now given DOGE oversight of all government departments.
It’s a complete takeover of the federal government by Musk. A Musk ‘team lead’ will now make all hiring decisions according to a ‘data-driven’ model
An executive order has now given DOGE oversight of all government departments.
It’s a complete takeover of the federal government by Musk. A Musk ‘team lead’ will now make all hiring decisions according to a ‘data-driven’ model