Daniel J
@danielj.uk
Grant Wrangler, erstwhile evolutionary biologist and bioinformatician. Tinkerer. Knows some stuff about old computers. Quite likes to take a photo from time to time. Dislikes cryptobores.
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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...
writesbright.substack.com
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 👇
Didn't spot this on Friday - what the ACTUAL BUGGERY FUCK? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Didn't spot this on Friday - what the ACTUAL BUGGERY FUCK? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Your usual reminder that the UCKG is an extraordinarily shady outfit. It is not clear what the money they collect is for or where it goes. They are collecting all over London today. Avoid.
December 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Your usual reminder that the UCKG is an extraordinarily shady outfit. It is not clear what the money they collect is for or where it goes. They are collecting all over London today. Avoid.
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On both right and left, there's anger about the recent assessments of Russia's threat to the UK and the rest of Europe, and about the need for us to prepare to meet it. There's a lot I could say here (as my students know), but most of it boils down to two things. 🧵
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
On both right and left, there's anger about the recent assessments of Russia's threat to the UK and the rest of Europe, and about the need for us to prepare to meet it. There's a lot I could say here (as my students know), but most of it boils down to two things. 🧵
This is the actual state of the discourse in our country... What the heck is wrong with our politics? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Badenoch says teaching boys about misogyny shouldn’t be a priority because migrants more dangerous to women and girls – UK politics live
Tory leader dismisses the government’s newly published strategy as a ‘complete distraction’
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is the actual state of the discourse in our country... What the heck is wrong with our politics? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Is this ‘Trump’ with you in the room right now?
December 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Is this ‘Trump’ with you in the room right now?
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This is pretty precious 🥹 🥰
Romy Reiner, Michele and Rob Reiner’s daughter, asks her dad to pay for a BBL.
😂
😂
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is pretty precious 🥹 🥰
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has Four Seasons Total Landscaping announced the recipient of their Peace Prize yet
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
has Four Seasons Total Landscaping announced the recipient of their Peace Prize yet
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For the morning crowd and mol biol buffs, a spoof from 1990
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
For the morning crowd and mol biol buffs, a spoof from 1990
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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have heard from the 28 people my client definitely burgled, but in mitigation I have a letter from one person my client DIDN'T burgle.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28
Reform leader suggests he would boycott BBC, saying he has had letter from Dulwich pupils defending him
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have heard from the 28 people my client definitely burgled, but in mitigation I have a letter from one person my client DIDN'T burgle.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ooo ooo ooo! I have THE PERFECT Stan Laurel reaction GIF!
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Ooo ooo ooo! I have THE PERFECT Stan Laurel reaction GIF!
Gird your guts before embarking on this tour-de-force...
I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Gird your guts before embarking on this tour-de-force...
All the smarm, swagger and denial of every bully I've ever had the displeasure of encountering. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
All the smarm, swagger and denial of every bully I've ever had the displeasure of encountering. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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![[Scene is a MEDIEVAL PLAGUE PIT with all the bodies inside it. On the edge of it is a young peasant woman, in a sack cloth dress, covered in boils. She is lounging glamorously next to the pit. Her boyfriend is standing a few feet away, photographing her with an anachronistic mobile phone]
GIRL:
OK so I'll sit here...
With my hair like this…
Rubbing my cyst with the corpse's hand.
[She produces a whithered severed hand and starts rubbing it on her face.]
[We are treated to a revolting close up of her rubbing the severed hand on her disgusting massive cyst.]
[Her boyfriend takes a photo of her.]
SNAP
GIRL:
OK, now write this:
"Hanging out at the burial pit, rubbing my sebaceous cyst with a severed corpse hand from
#BurtsGraverobbers…”
And then: #selfcare, #metime, #BurtsGraverobbers…
... nails emoji, heart emoji, cyst emoji.
BOYFRIEND:
Um...
Should we really be promoting this?
I mean… does rubbing a corpse's hand on a cyst actually work?
GIRL:
Look, Burt's done research, OK?
And he's paying us four groats.
BOYFRIEND:
Hmm.
[Boyfriend dutifully taps out the post on his phone]
TAP TAP TAP
BOYFRIEND:
Cyst emoji?
GIRL:
Just use a fried egg.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreifyvq2vzehtutrj7ild2dd7kkljmkbcby7yompicekbbpa2bqpluq@jpeg)
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This used to be career-ending stuff.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This used to be career-ending stuff.
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Reposting my point-by-point debunking because Griffith apologists are on Bluesky too
DW Griffith directed BIRTH OF A NATION (1915), a virulently racist film (and neither his first nor his last one of those) that saw racist violence follow wherever it was screened.
So, naturally, there are film bros and gals who think we should "ignore the racism" and keep it in the canon.
Thread
So, naturally, there are film bros and gals who think we should "ignore the racism" and keep it in the canon.
Thread
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reposting my point-by-point debunking because Griffith apologists are on Bluesky too
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I’m officially no longer a young columnist. Watch out for my new era in the British commentariat with pieces including, “why house prices are very reasonable, actually” and “keep your hands off my pension.”
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I’m officially no longer a young columnist. Watch out for my new era in the British commentariat with pieces including, “why house prices are very reasonable, actually” and “keep your hands off my pension.”
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
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It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
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For anyone still tempted to take Dominic Cummings at all seriously, he's now an advocate of Donald Trump-style open racism.
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
For anyone still tempted to take Dominic Cummings at all seriously, he's now an advocate of Donald Trump-style open racism.
Really worth a watch. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - all of the "Anywhere But Westminster"s are.
October 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Really worth a watch. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - all of the "Anywhere But Westminster"s are.
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Reform aren't going to be able to win an FPTP election if 36% for "generally not racist" & 46% for "generally racist", however fair or unfair perceptions of racist/ not racist are
They did well to get 36% in Caerphilly but this is a big part of why they mobilise opponents (Plaid 47% Reform 36%)
They did well to get 36% in Caerphilly but this is a big part of why they mobilise opponents (Plaid 47% Reform 36%)
October 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Reform aren't going to be able to win an FPTP election if 36% for "generally not racist" & 46% for "generally racist", however fair or unfair perceptions of racist/ not racist are
They did well to get 36% in Caerphilly but this is a big part of why they mobilise opponents (Plaid 47% Reform 36%)
They did well to get 36% in Caerphilly but this is a big part of why they mobilise opponents (Plaid 47% Reform 36%)
Lobby gonna lobby... I dunno, you could - just spitballing here - accept lower profits for your shareholders... www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Supermarkets tell Reeves tax rises could push food prices higher
Households would ‘inevitably feel the impact’ of a surtax on business rates, say retailers in letter to chancellor
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Lobby gonna lobby... I dunno, you could - just spitballing here - accept lower profits for your shareholders... www.theguardian.com/business/202...