Danny van Read
@dannyvanread.bsky.social
Leftie liberal, politics, music, books, records. Mental and physical heath, neurodivergence and Dartmoor.
Expect tangents.
Expect tangents.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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When she says “ordinary” she means
- white
- cisgender
- non-disabled
- not Palestinian
- not seeking asylum
and any combination of the above, because they don’t give a shit about us
- white
- cisgender
- non-disabled
- not Palestinian
- not seeking asylum
and any combination of the above, because they don’t give a shit about us
Labour MPs tell us what a wonderful job they are doing and how much they are helping us, yet always disable quote posts. @lucympowell.bsky.social thinks they are rewiring the country for ‘ordinary people’
Is rewiring a modern word for demonising, oppressing and ostracising?
Is rewiring a modern word for demonising, oppressing and ostracising?
December 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
When she says “ordinary” she means
- white
- cisgender
- non-disabled
- not Palestinian
- not seeking asylum
and any combination of the above, because they don’t give a shit about us
- white
- cisgender
- non-disabled
- not Palestinian
- not seeking asylum
and any combination of the above, because they don’t give a shit about us
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I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
December 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
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This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
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The full video is even more astonishing, since you can see that he did that close to and in view of the second shooter. bsky.app/profile/bnon...
December 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The full video is even more astonishing, since you can see that he did that close to and in view of the second shooter. bsky.app/profile/bnon...
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“right to die” without adequate healthcare and a social safety net is eugenics
December 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“right to die” without adequate healthcare and a social safety net is eugenics
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People in the comments talking about the gun laws, and yes.
But it's not just the gun laws. It's a culture that centres violence as the first (often only) go-to solution. Try to have a convo about UK knife crime here & your @'s fill up with Americans telling you to arm yourselves & use weapons.
But it's not just the gun laws. It's a culture that centres violence as the first (often only) go-to solution. Try to have a convo about UK knife crime here & your @'s fill up with Americans telling you to arm yourselves & use weapons.
Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
December 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
People in the comments talking about the gun laws, and yes.
But it's not just the gun laws. It's a culture that centres violence as the first (often only) go-to solution. Try to have a convo about UK knife crime here & your @'s fill up with Americans telling you to arm yourselves & use weapons.
But it's not just the gun laws. It's a culture that centres violence as the first (often only) go-to solution. Try to have a convo about UK knife crime here & your @'s fill up with Americans telling you to arm yourselves & use weapons.
This absolutely breaks my fucking brain. There are no laws regarding which toilet cis people use. It’s all social convention. And people nip into the other gender’s from time to time without society collapsing.
Get a fucking grip.
Get a fucking grip.
It's not illegal to use the right toilets and no one should adhere to Mary-Ann Stephenson's headmistressly call to "follow rules" that serve no good purpose, breach the UK's human rights obligations, will be bad for all women, and debase trans dignity. Make her appoint her sodding toilet police.
December 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This absolutely breaks my fucking brain. There are no laws regarding which toilet cis people use. It’s all social convention. And people nip into the other gender’s from time to time without society collapsing.
Get a fucking grip.
Get a fucking grip.
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Wow. Amid horrific news of a shooting at Bondi Beach, this looks like a truly astonishing act of courage.
Video, I believe recorded off of local TV, of a bystander disarming one of the two killers.
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Wow. Amid horrific news of a shooting at Bondi Beach, this looks like a truly astonishing act of courage.
Horrific.
New South Wales Police say 11 people have now been killed in that shooting at Bondi Beach targeting the Jewish community, with 29 taken to hospital - including a child
An event being held at the beach to mark the start of Hanukkah had more than 1,000 in attendance, police say
An event being held at the beach to mark the start of Hanukkah had more than 1,000 in attendance, police say
December 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Horrific.
This cannot continue. What is it going to take?
Words can’t express my rage. At least 2 students on lockdown at Brown University already survived mass shootings.
Zoe Weissman survived Parkland in 2018.
Mia Tretta was shot in the stomach in Santa Clarita in 2019 and watched her best friend be murdered.
And now…again.
Zoe Weissman survived Parkland in 2018.
Mia Tretta was shot in the stomach in Santa Clarita in 2019 and watched her best friend be murdered.
And now…again.
December 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This cannot continue. What is it going to take?
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If you’re in the UK and were born between 1970-1990 you can just go to your GP and get revaccinated for MMR because you may have had single vaccines, which are no longer considered valid. I went & did it this summer. Easy way to help protect yourself & your community.
If you are worried this is too big an executive function barrier you can go to a pharmacy and they will probably just jab you. That is what I did.
I'm not saying it's necessarily the right way to do this, that is just how much I am not fucking around with the measles
I'm not saying it's necessarily the right way to do this, that is just how much I am not fucking around with the measles
Go to your doctor and get your measles titers checked to make sure you are still immune and if not get re-vaccinated. It’s more and more likely all of us are going to eventually come in contact with it.
December 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
If you’re in the UK and were born between 1970-1990 you can just go to your GP and get revaccinated for MMR because you may have had single vaccines, which are no longer considered valid. I went & did it this summer. Easy way to help protect yourself & your community.
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support
centralbylines.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Farage’s Reform UK attack on the young: austerity revisited
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK Ltd is taking aim at the young over the minimum wage, voting age and mental health support | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
This needs to go to the West End.
I AM THE VERY MODEL OF VAGINERY NONBINARY
I've thought some thinks political, and wear the finest finery
I diss the kings of England and take part in fights historical
From Gamer Gate to human rights in order categorical!
I've thought some thinks political, and wear the finest finery
I diss the kings of England and take part in fights historical
From Gamer Gate to human rights in order categorical!
December 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This needs to go to the West End.
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Conversely "the Dead Sea kindle" sounds shit.
We should bring back scrolls, books are great but scrolls would be cool
December 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Conversely "the Dead Sea kindle" sounds shit.
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
Rage-cry and then join the fierce moral clarity here.
c/w abortion obv
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c/w abortion obv
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Abortion: Say It With Your Chest
Podcast Episode · Diabolical Lies · 03/11/2024 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Rage-cry and then join the fierce moral clarity here.
c/w abortion obv
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
c/w abortion obv
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
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If your name is "Pócsin" maybe you should shut the fuck up about foreigners
Left: Sarah Pochin launches Christians for Reform UK
Right: Sarah Pochin, "It drives me mad when I see adverts full of black people, full of Asian people, full of people that are basically anything other than white"
Wait till she finds out that Jesus wasn't white 🤷♂️
Right: Sarah Pochin, "It drives me mad when I see adverts full of black people, full of Asian people, full of people that are basically anything other than white"
Wait till she finds out that Jesus wasn't white 🤷♂️
December 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
If your name is "Pócsin" maybe you should shut the fuck up about foreigners
I think you’ll have a lot of support. Whatever comes next.
Thank you for all the messages and solidarity - I know it could be a strange week ahead so I may be quite quiet - but I am chipper and ready
December 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I think you’ll have a lot of support. Whatever comes next.
This
The concept of the BBC is a wonderful, beautiful, precious thing. Evil people know this as well as I do. Since Hutton, they've done their absolute utmost to destroy it, and, like with the NHS, they're winning.
Heartbreaking.
All the support to Robin but I hate SO much that it's come to this.
Heartbreaking.
All the support to Robin but I hate SO much that it's come to this.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This
We’re going to get this dickhead, with his overinflated baby’s head and self-loathing transphobia, as our next fucking PM, aren’t we?
'Utterly irresponsible': BMA accuses Streeting of scaremongering over doctor strike
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
December 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
We’re going to get this dickhead, with his overinflated baby’s head and self-loathing transphobia, as our next fucking PM, aren’t we?
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Halal butchers in Newham are advertising their “festive Halal turkeys”. Tommy Robinson is scared of Newham but it’s most a place that shows what happen when lots of different faiths and cultures live happily alongside each other.
Absolute arsehole. I work in a London school as a teacher where 40 to 50% of the students are Muslim. What happens at Christmas? The classes decorate their rooms, organise secret santas, exchange Christmas cards with all participating. It is very much seen as a community festival for all.
C of E responds to Tommy Robinson’s carols event with ‘Christmas is for all’ message
Release of 43-second video comes as senior church figures speak out against dangers of Christian nationalism
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Halal butchers in Newham are advertising their “festive Halal turkeys”. Tommy Robinson is scared of Newham but it’s most a place that shows what happen when lots of different faiths and cultures live happily alongside each other.