Gareth Dee
@garethapdafydd.bsky.social
Soft left Brighton liberal, humanist, mostly harmless.
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It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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December 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
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Frank Capra’s 🇺🇸 American #Christmas fantasy drama film “IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE” starring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore premiered #OnThisDay in 1946 at the Globe Theatre, New York City
🎬 RKO Radio Pictures
#ChristmasCountdown2025
🎄🦌🔔🍷🕯✨☃️🎁❄️🎅🏻
#xmas2025
🎬 RKO Radio Pictures
#ChristmasCountdown2025
🎄🦌🔔🍷🕯✨☃️🎁❄️🎅🏻
#xmas2025
December 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Frank Capra’s 🇺🇸 American #Christmas fantasy drama film “IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE” starring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore premiered #OnThisDay in 1946 at the Globe Theatre, New York City
🎬 RKO Radio Pictures
#ChristmasCountdown2025
🎄🦌🔔🍷🕯✨☃️🎁❄️🎅🏻
#xmas2025
🎬 RKO Radio Pictures
#ChristmasCountdown2025
🎄🦌🔔🍷🕯✨☃️🎁❄️🎅🏻
#xmas2025
I am increasingly thinking that 9/11 attacks were more successful than Bin Laden could possibly have imagined. 25 years later and the West is almost broken and America seemingly about to invade another random country over oil.
December 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I am increasingly thinking that 9/11 attacks were more successful than Bin Laden could possibly have imagined. 25 years later and the West is almost broken and America seemingly about to invade another random country over oil.
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Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
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2025... Visitors to the USA required to hand over 5 years worth of social media records. Australia bans under 18s from accessing social media.
2030... The only tourists visiting the USA are young Australians.
2030... The only tourists visiting the USA are young Australians.
December 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
2025... Visitors to the USA required to hand over 5 years worth of social media records. Australia bans under 18s from accessing social media.
2030... The only tourists visiting the USA are young Australians.
2030... The only tourists visiting the USA are young Australians.
Moment of unintentional comedy brilliance on a training course today. An experienced sales manager was unable to state a single benefit of listening.
December 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Moment of unintentional comedy brilliance on a training course today. An experienced sales manager was unable to state a single benefit of listening.
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😱 "For example, the release of The Beatles’ first UK number one, Love Me Do, is closer to the reign of Queen Victoria than it is to the present day." @jackkessler.bsky.social
Time catches up with us all
When your memories become someone else’s history
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December 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
😱 "For example, the release of The Beatles’ first UK number one, Love Me Do, is closer to the reign of Queen Victoria than it is to the present day." @jackkessler.bsky.social
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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Huge fan of the classic understatement on this recreated vintage poster
November 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Huge fan of the classic understatement on this recreated vintage poster
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The Epstein Scandal is just like Watergate!
There's a 'Deep Throat' & everything. 🫠
There's a 'Deep Throat' & everything. 🫠
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I believe bsky.app/profile/midd...
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Some are querying whether Andrew can renounce a dukedom without an Act of Parliament.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Some are querying whether Andrew can renounce a dukedom without an Act of Parliament.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
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This might be one of the best remakes I’ve ever heard.
November 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
This might be one of the best remakes I’ve ever heard.
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My latest newsletter with all the analysis from a historic Caerphilly byelection
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
Plaid smash Reform to win in Caerphilly
These are the key takeaways from a massive night in Welsh politics
willhaywardwales.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
My latest newsletter with all the analysis from a historic Caerphilly byelection
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
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OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
October 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
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Hope you get the job, Steve!
October 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Hope you get the job, Steve!
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Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the recognition of Humanist marriage in England and Wales!
In June, I secured a debate on this very issue, alongside my colleagues Lizzi Collinge MP and Freddie van Mierlo MP, and I’m pleased that following that debate the law is changing.
In June, I secured a debate on this very issue, alongside my colleagues Lizzi Collinge MP and Freddie van Mierlo MP, and I’m pleased that following that debate the law is changing.
October 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the recognition of Humanist marriage in England and Wales!
In June, I secured a debate on this very issue, alongside my colleagues Lizzi Collinge MP and Freddie van Mierlo MP, and I’m pleased that following that debate the law is changing.
In June, I secured a debate on this very issue, alongside my colleagues Lizzi Collinge MP and Freddie van Mierlo MP, and I’m pleased that following that debate the law is changing.
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A simple rule of the right is that it is more egregious to call someone a racist than to be a racist. The latter is understandable, the former unforgivably rude.
October 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A simple rule of the right is that it is more egregious to call someone a racist than to be a racist. The latter is understandable, the former unforgivably rude.
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Every neighbourhood has a Ross. As a rule, they are eternally angry at their own lack of self-worth. It just manifests in different ways.
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Every neighbourhood has a Ross. As a rule, they are eternally angry at their own lack of self-worth. It just manifests in different ways.
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What's that in my eye?
As a teacher, I see how this works in our own school. The best aspect of my job.
As a teacher, I see how this works in our own school. The best aspect of my job.
September 4, 2025 at 5:45 AM
What's that in my eye?
As a teacher, I see how this works in our own school. The best aspect of my job.
As a teacher, I see how this works in our own school. The best aspect of my job.
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There is a tongue-in-cheek unit of volume called the Hubble-barn, equal to the volume of a cylinder with cross-sectional area of one barn (100 fm^2 - about the size of a uranium nucleus) and height of one Hubble length (14.4 billion light years).
It works out to three and a half gallons.
It works out to three and a half gallons.
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
August 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
There is a tongue-in-cheek unit of volume called the Hubble-barn, equal to the volume of a cylinder with cross-sectional area of one barn (100 fm^2 - about the size of a uranium nucleus) and height of one Hubble length (14.4 billion light years).
It works out to three and a half gallons.
It works out to three and a half gallons.
Walked out of my door to see a young girl maybe 3 or 4 wearing a sparkly dress and a set of rainbow fairy wings. I comment to her mum how cute she looks. Her mum smiles and says yeah and we've got a whole day of it, she loves pride.
Happy pride all hope it is as much fun for you as it is for her.
Happy pride all hope it is as much fun for you as it is for her.
August 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Walked out of my door to see a young girl maybe 3 or 4 wearing a sparkly dress and a set of rainbow fairy wings. I comment to her mum how cute she looks. Her mum smiles and says yeah and we've got a whole day of it, she loves pride.
Happy pride all hope it is as much fun for you as it is for her.
Happy pride all hope it is as much fun for you as it is for her.