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David Short 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇸 🚴🏻‍♂️
@dwasmkuk.bsky.social
Bedfordshire (UK) based engineer working in TV. Cyclist. Rejoiner. Atheist. Born ppm ~ 320.

Header picture is a skyline of London’s South Bank taken from Savoy Place. Far left is the old LWT building. The National Theatre in purple.
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A reminder.......
December 30, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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for the love of god, AI systems aren't "just tools that are neither good nor evil in and of themselves". AI systems *are* tools of capitalism. they exist as tools of capitalism. there is no AI system "in and of itself" outside of capitalism
December 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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I wake up to hear Amol Rajan on #R4Today calling the invaded areas of eastern Ukraine "disputed" rather than "occupied". All hope for BBC journalism is lost.
December 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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America doesn’t care about Europe any
more and it’s left it to Russia as it draws up a new autocratic world order with it and China. Breaking Europe apart with scams like Brexit was the prelude to that. Labour won’t be forgiven for not pushing to mend fences with Europe earlier.
December 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Elon Musk’s new competitor to Wikipedia says apartheid wasn’t that bad, cites the Kremlin, and gives legitimacy to “white-genocide theory.” @matteowong.bsky.social on how Musk is constructing a parallel universe in his image:
What Elon Musk’s Version of Wikipedia Thinks About Hitler, Putin, and Apartheid
The next step in Musk’s propaganda machine
bit.ly
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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When Reform promise you savings on your council tax bill, what else could you expect
October 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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This poll in The Times is still open.

Go to —> compass.pressekompass.net/compasses/ti...
October 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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“Lord David Frost labelled ‘fully delusional’ for claiming #Brexit has been a success.
"It's like saying the Titanic maiden voyage was a success because it made it over halfway to New York."” leftfootforward.org/2025/08/lord...
Lord David Frost labelled ‘fully delusional’ for claiming Brexit has been a success
"It's like saying the Titanic maiden voyage was a success because it made it over halfway to New York."
leftfootforward.org
August 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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This powerful new documentary reveals how Russia’s hybrid warfare infiltrated British democracy, amplified the Brexit campaign, and helped deliver a result that aligned perfectly with Putin’s strategic goals: 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗞, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁. youtu.be/7geWA0YYYaQ?...
Putin and Brexit: The interference they tried to bury. The untold story of Russian influence.
YouTube video by Jon Danzig
youtu.be
June 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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🔥 “You’re on the wrong side of history. You should be standing here with us… you took an oath to the constitution, not the fascists in the White House— he’s laughing at you… You’re tough behind your masks & fatigues, but how do you feel on the inside?” 🇺🇸
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM