Dave Thornley
@dht6000.bsky.social
IT and Security Manager in UK Higher Ed. Cyclist, parent, armchair worrier, insomniac, #sheffield
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Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
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December 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Brexit drained billions from Britain. Higher food prices, weaker pound, slower growth. Families pay more for less while Farage smiles from the sidelines. Every tax rise this Budget is a bill for his fantasy. Call it what it is: #faragetaxes. We could have built a country with that money.
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Brexit drained billions from Britain. Higher food prices, weaker pound, slower growth. Families pay more for less while Farage smiles from the sidelines. Every tax rise this Budget is a bill for his fantasy. Call it what it is: #faragetaxes. We could have built a country with that money.
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Had enough of the BBC Breakfastication of Budget coverage? Prefer analysis and insight to uninformed self-interest?
This is the Budget coverage for you...
This is the Budget coverage for you...
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Had enough of the BBC Breakfastication of Budget coverage? Prefer analysis and insight to uninformed self-interest?
This is the Budget coverage for you...
This is the Budget coverage for you...
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Black shirts. Sure.
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Black shirts. Sure.
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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'Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors.'
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
'Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors.'
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So much of our infrastructure, planning, environmental, and road safety measures seem to be based around politicians' fear of slightly inconveniencing easily-angered motorists. Pedestrians, cyclists, and public transport users are barely considered in their calculations.
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
So much of our infrastructure, planning, environmental, and road safety measures seem to be based around politicians' fear of slightly inconveniencing easily-angered motorists. Pedestrians, cyclists, and public transport users are barely considered in their calculations.
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Imagine going out there in public with your full chest and declaring that what you really need as a nation is more torture
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Imagine going out there in public with your full chest and declaring that what you really need as a nation is more torture
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Or even better - 'this issue has been massively misrepresented and is not and never has been the cause of all our problems'
November 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Or even better - 'this issue has been massively misrepresented and is not and never has been the cause of all our problems'
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At the UKIP demonstration at Tudor Square in Sheffield.
Maybe around 100 here at the most, although lots of those seem to be YouTubers.
Maybe around 100 here at the most, although lots of those seem to be YouTubers.
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
At the UKIP demonstration at Tudor Square in Sheffield.
Maybe around 100 here at the most, although lots of those seem to be YouTubers.
Maybe around 100 here at the most, although lots of those seem to be YouTubers.
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It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
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Urgent Call! Stop UKIP leader Nick Tenconi (“Nazi Nick”) from marching in Sheffield this Saturday.
We need all Anti-Racists, Anti-Fascists, and Nazi-Haters for a massive counter-demo at Sheffield Cathedral, Sat 8th Nov, 12pm (S1 1HA).
Join us to reject Nazis 🗣️ and welcome refugees 🫂 Share widely!
We need all Anti-Racists, Anti-Fascists, and Nazi-Haters for a massive counter-demo at Sheffield Cathedral, Sat 8th Nov, 12pm (S1 1HA).
Join us to reject Nazis 🗣️ and welcome refugees 🫂 Share widely!
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Urgent Call! Stop UKIP leader Nick Tenconi (“Nazi Nick”) from marching in Sheffield this Saturday.
We need all Anti-Racists, Anti-Fascists, and Nazi-Haters for a massive counter-demo at Sheffield Cathedral, Sat 8th Nov, 12pm (S1 1HA).
Join us to reject Nazis 🗣️ and welcome refugees 🫂 Share widely!
We need all Anti-Racists, Anti-Fascists, and Nazi-Haters for a massive counter-demo at Sheffield Cathedral, Sat 8th Nov, 12pm (S1 1HA).
Join us to reject Nazis 🗣️ and welcome refugees 🫂 Share widely!
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Strong get-out-the-vote message for Dems.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Strong get-out-the-vote message for Dems.
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“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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We're now at "black people aren't British". Open sewer racism. Look forward to seeing him on QT again soon.
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We're now at "black people aren't British". Open sewer racism. Look forward to seeing him on QT again soon.
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Bots, AI memes and Reform councillors: How foreign Facebook pages are hijacking UK patriotism
Bots, AI memes and Reform councillors: How foreign Facebook pages are hijacking UK patriotism
Fake British “patriot” pages run from abroad are fooling thousands – including elected councillors.
national.thelead.uk
November 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Bots, AI memes and Reform councillors: How foreign Facebook pages are hijacking UK patriotism
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A worrying but sadly unsurprising read. I left that 💩hole in 2016 after the Cambridge Analytica Brexit ads 🤬 (www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli... )
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Bots, AI memes and Reform councillors: How foreign Facebook pages are hijacking UK patriotism
Bots, AI memes and Reform councillors: How foreign Facebook pages are hijacking UK patriotism
Fake British “patriot” pages run from abroad are fooling thousands – including elected councillors.
national.thelead.uk
November 2, 2025 at 6:40 AM
A worrying but sadly unsurprising read. I left that 💩hole in 2016 after the Cambridge Analytica Brexit ads 🤬 (www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli... )
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🚩 This appears to be real and is consistent with LinkedIn’s documented data-use settings related to AI training.
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 AM
🚩 This appears to be real and is consistent with LinkedIn’s documented data-use settings related to AI training.
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Anyway, yet another reminder that "debate me bros" were always full of shit, and anyone who claims that they were actually about free speech or real discussion over ideas is lying or gullible.
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/t...
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The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him”…
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October 31, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Anyway, yet another reminder that "debate me bros" were always full of shit, and anyone who claims that they were actually about free speech or real discussion over ideas is lying or gullible.
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/t...