David/Kung Fu
@bigkungfudave.bsky.social
Science and capoeira loving guy.
Prounouns: to be honest, I don’t care about mine. But I care about yours, and if you don’t care about other peoples’ dear reader, we’re less likely to get along
Prounouns: to be honest, I don’t care about mine. But I care about yours, and if you don’t care about other peoples’ dear reader, we’re less likely to get along
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Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage.
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
New research reveals the best attack lines to use against Reform
How to stop Farage...
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December 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage.
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
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What if EVERYONE did this?
White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.
December 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What if EVERYONE did this?
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My latest comic breaking down the “generosity” of billionaires is live! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-genero...
December 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My latest comic breaking down the “generosity” of billionaires is live! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-genero...
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Very good. I would add on “8)” - people going “it was a long time ago” are contributing to the same problem of “citizenship is conditional” that they are trying to oppose. He could have sent those tweets today and he would still be a British citizen.
Having had a day to think through everything about El-Fattah, here's where I stand. Yes, it's possible to believe all of these things at once! In fact, it really shouldn't be that hard.
December 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Very good. I would add on “8)” - people going “it was a long time ago” are contributing to the same problem of “citizenship is conditional” that they are trying to oppose. He could have sent those tweets today and he would still be a British citizen.
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Suing the estate of James Joyce; was led to believe by the cover that there would be a heroic adventure featuring Ulysses rather than some tosser walking around Dublin for the day
a lot of dumb dumbs at the Atlantic, but man, Caitlin Flanagan is on another level
December 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Suing the estate of James Joyce; was led to believe by the cover that there would be a heroic adventure featuring Ulysses rather than some tosser walking around Dublin for the day
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Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
December 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
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A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
Just caught up on Christmas Gladiators. It feels wrong that a ladder gets produced if you can’t climb the rope, and even more so as Vogue pipped Nicola Adams to victory. Absolute travesty
December 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just caught up on Christmas Gladiators. It feels wrong that a ladder gets produced if you can’t climb the rope, and even more so as Vogue pipped Nicola Adams to victory. Absolute travesty
Don’t try TERFism, not even once
there are many horrible brainworms you can catch online but none of them are as all-encompassing in their destruction of you as a human being as transphobia
start down that road and you become incapable of normal human interaction
start down that road and you become incapable of normal human interaction
classic story of some lady hitting the transphobia pipe harder and harder and becoming an intolerable shithead who alienates all her friends www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
December 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Don’t try TERFism, not even once
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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“You wouldn’t like it,” I say, as my kids stare at my coffee, watching me add a candy cane, chocolate, whipped cream, mini marshmallows, and some sprinkles on top.
“It’s for grownups.”
“It’s for grownups.”
December 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“You wouldn’t like it,” I say, as my kids stare at my coffee, watching me add a candy cane, chocolate, whipped cream, mini marshmallows, and some sprinkles on top.
“It’s for grownups.”
“It’s for grownups.”
Pay attention to the canaries in the coal mine
You should read this thread
And then if you’re going to comment, you should resist the urge to add, “of course, romance is not my thing, but”
And then if you’re going to comment, you should resist the urge to add, “of course, romance is not my thing, but”
So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
December 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Pay attention to the canaries in the coal mine
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Once you understand that ‘gender critical’ transphobes will cut off their own nose to spite their own faces - just so long as it hurts trans people… then everything they do becomes clear!
Yes, they really are that obsessive, petty, and vindictive! 😖
Yes, they really are that obsessive, petty, and vindictive! 😖
Supporting LGBT+ rights is political in a way that breaches the civil service code and opposing them is not political in a way that precludes charitable status is a... complex position to hold, although one managed by former LGBA hate group with charitable status trustee Kathleen Stock.
December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Once you understand that ‘gender critical’ transphobes will cut off their own nose to spite their own faces - just so long as it hurts trans people… then everything they do becomes clear!
Yes, they really are that obsessive, petty, and vindictive! 😖
Yes, they really are that obsessive, petty, and vindictive! 😖
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Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
Will the environment win out if it means a dip in profits? If making money is your primary goal, your mission will always come second, just look at Duolingo’s decline
‘Unashamedly capitalist’ rewilders claim ‘Moneyball’ approach could make millions - but experts sceptical
‘Unashamedly capitalist’ rewilders claim ‘Moneyball’ approach could make millions - but experts sceptical
Rich Stockdale says model of ‘regenerative capitalism’ would maximise profits by planting trees, restoring peatlands, and installing windfarms across its estates
The founder of an investment firm buying large estates across Britain to restore woods and peatland has said it is “unashamedly and proudly” capitalist, and plans to make tens of millions of pounds in profit.
Rich Stockdale, the chief executive of Oxygen Conservation, said his model of “regenerative capitalism” was a “force for good” because it would offer investors significant profits by planting trees, restoring peatlands, operating solar farms and holiday homes and installing new windfarms across its estates. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Will the environment win out if it means a dip in profits? If making money is your primary goal, your mission will always come second, just look at Duolingo’s decline
Also unchallenged transphobia for the picture to go with it.
This is an absolute disgrace of an article. 7% of the electorate in this council ward voted for Reform and yet the BBC News report it as this.
December 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Also unchallenged transphobia for the picture to go with it.
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I don’t know how to identify a bad parent anymore. But sweeties, you’re doing great!
December 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I don’t know how to identify a bad parent anymore. But sweeties, you’re doing great!
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So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.
December 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.
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One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.
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'It's a small percentage of global' was the same line run by the Bitcoin mining folks when trying to dimiss the impacts of their activities. You can put any highly-polluting activity atop a massive denominator to get a teeny percentage and happily dismiss it
Wrong for them and wrong for this
Wrong for them and wrong for this
December 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
'It's a small percentage of global' was the same line run by the Bitcoin mining folks when trying to dimiss the impacts of their activities. You can put any highly-polluting activity atop a massive denominator to get a teeny percentage and happily dismiss it
Wrong for them and wrong for this
Wrong for them and wrong for this
Fruit cake is best cake. No notes
My annual reminder that fruitcake is actually delicious you just need the right recipe. Here’s my favorite one.
Everyone's Favorite Fruitcake
This moist, dark cake is loaded with yummy-tasting dried fruits, not the icky, bitter candied peel and citron you remember from visiting your grandma at Christmas.
www.kingarthurbaking.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Fruit cake is best cake. No notes
We’ll have to wait until the second YouTube academy awards for the best reaction video
Very excited to see who's nominated for Best Adapted Mukbang and Best ASMR Screenplay
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, departing the film awards' longtime home of ABC.
December 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We’ll have to wait until the second YouTube academy awards for the best reaction video
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My regular reminder that eating less meat is one of the easiest things you can do to help mitigate the effects of climate change and lots of other harm we do to the environment. You don’t have to quit meat altogether and it doesn’t have to be an all or nothing thing about your identity
Vegetarians! Vegans! Anyone who enjoys cooking! Here's a thread of recipes for the veggie / vegan dishes I cook regularly and which have helped me massively cut down on the amount of meat I eat these days. First, a cheap, easy., quick dal which *everyone* should be able to cook:
Cheap, Easy, Quick Dal
This is my basic recipe for dal – it’s the one I cook when I need a fresh pot of dal quickly. Ingredients: 300g split red lentils 900 ml water 1 medium / large white onion diced 6 ̵…
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December 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
My regular reminder that eating less meat is one of the easiest things you can do to help mitigate the effects of climate change and lots of other harm we do to the environment. You don’t have to quit meat altogether and it doesn’t have to be an all or nothing thing about your identity
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