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davidhickman.bsky.social
Documentary filmmaker. Taught film & TV University of York 2009-19. Visiting fellow Wolfson College Cambridge and CRASSH 2014. BAFTA film-voting member. Presently scribbling a lot.
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Hero. 🇺🇦

submitted 4 days ago • 286 comments

Quite the Elon and Felon double act now.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

One way of understanding the politics of autocracy is that the inner circle is always constructed in a manner that incentivises radicalisation To sustain one’s place, a lackey looks to impress the leader by outdoing their peers It creates a one-way ratchet toward increasingly radical outcomes 1/..

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

This video is just epic. The beauty of the human spirit’s ability to overcome & thrive. 🇵🇸 ❤️

submitted 17 days ago • 63 comments

Show this to anyone who thinks Brexit hasn’t been an economic disaster. The true cost spelled out in 5 simple stats:

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Sorry what?

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Damn. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

The look on their faces is priceless. Embarrassed not because Bishop Budde is right, but because they are made to sit silently through her elegantly, politely expressed sermon.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Dear god www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

I don't understand the political timidity when it comes to regulating social media. These are companies that have decimated the free press, fuelled race riots on our streets, undermined the mental health of our children, paid little tax and are now undermining liberal democracy itself.

submitted 47 days ago • 177 comments

Really happy about Fernanda Torres' win last night. What a film. What a performance. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

This is formidable. @anntelnaes.bsky.social is formidable. Her @washingtonpost.com post editors exposed as so cravenly-journalist-heart-crushingly puny. What have they become?!

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

submitted 50 days ago • 1093 comments

Hilarious www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Anna Tims deserves a medal for straightening out this bunch of time-wasters, cheats and incompetents. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Dear Labour, Not everything has to be a calculation about what your enemies may think. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments