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drdave89.bsky.social
Tyke, Cymro. Archaeologist, teacher and now runs design and manufacture company. And in too many choirs. Also on Mastodon @[email protected]
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🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨 I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk. My op-ed in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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As @oxfamgb.bsky.social makes clear, Israel’s decision to block aid to over 2 million Palestinians Gaza is “a reckless act of collective punishment, and is explicitly prohibited under international humanitarian law”. Full Oxfam statement here: oxfam.org.uk/mc/yf84ug/

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Er gwaethaf addewidion o 'bartneriaeth mewn pŵer' gan Lafur, dyw Cymru dal ddim yn derbyn cyllid teg. O'r fformiwla Barnett annheg, i'r £4BN o arian HS2 coll, mae Llafur yn gwrthod ymladd dros Gymru. Bydd Plaid Cymru wastad yn sefyll dros Gymru.

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Here’s an idea: If “waste, fraud and abuse” are actually being uncovered, could we see a couple examples that can be investigated and confirmed by an independent 3rd party? Because I believe DOGE is theater.

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British troops have fought and died alongside the Americans in Afghanistan and Iraq, just to be written off as non-existent people from "some random country". We have to maintain tolerable relations with this administration to try and minimise damage, but my god it's not easy.

submitted 11 hours ago • 218 comments

“Russia's current war is based on imperialistic ambitions that go beyond Ukraine. The Kremlin's appetite does not diminish when fed, it only grows” Elina Valtonen Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland

submitted 5 hours ago • 5 comments

If Russia is allowed to overrun Ukraine, Ukraine will become another Gaza. Netanyahu has demonstrated that you can commit repeated atrocities and still receive the support of successive US presidents. I fear that Gaza will be the model for future occupations.

submitted 12 hours ago • 70 comments

And while I'm on it, considering the magnitude of events, the tightrope gov't is trying to walk, and their earnest declarations of patriotism, it is at best naive for farmers to go ahead with some tin-eared “no pancakes without us” protest - let alone the Leader of the Opposition attending. AT BEST.

submitted 6 hours ago • 50 comments

I don't really get why anyone listens to the Today programme anymore, for precisely this reason. It's not biased really, it's just hopelessly glib and superficial. You learn very little.

submitted 12 hours ago • 128 comments

"Wow. A Vice-President who is as dumb as he is aggressive." @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social reacts to JD Vance describing Britain as 'some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years.'

submitted 10 hours ago • 99 comments

We were promised that things would be better with two Labour Governments. But Labour are refusing to fight for fair funding and the £4BN owed from HS2. This is a business-as-usual Budget, which does not provide the transformative change needed in Wales.

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Cawson ni addewid y byddai pethau'n well gyda dwy Lywodraeth Lafur. Ond mae Llafur yn gwrthod brwydro am ariannu teg a'r £4BN sy'n ddyledus o HS2. Mae hon yn Gyllideb busnes-fel-arfer, sydd ddim yn darparu'r newid trawsnewidiol sydd ei angen yng Nghymru.

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JD Vance is currently claiming that his obnoxious comments about France & the UK planning to put 20,000 peacekeeping troops on the ground in Ukraine had, wait for it, nothing to do with France & the UK. Doublespeak, dipshit or both?

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BREAKING: Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with King Charles 👏

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Starmer hugs Zelenskyy ahead of crisis talks at No 10 👏 news.sky.com/story/starme...

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Sadly, it’s time to revive this 2017 TIME cover.

submitted 3 days ago • 723 comments

Here's how to do it. Thank you @primeministeruk.bsky.social! #StandwithUkraine youtu.be/sY01i-aEvTc?...

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer 👏

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We all saw it and heard it with our own eyes. So did Europe! #TheGreatestBetrayal

submitted 3 days ago • 396 comments

This weeks cover from @theneweuropean.bsky.social was spot on as always

submitted 3 days ago • 94 comments

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 We all agree in the Senedd that there should be a bank holiday to celebrate but consecutive Labour and Conservative UK governments have refused. Another example of Westminster not working for Wales.

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The people who were warning you 8+ years ago were right therecord.media/hegseth-orde...

submitted 3 days ago • 80 comments

Dear world, please do not judge us harshly. Most of us are good-caring people, and we hate him too.

submitted 4 days ago • 1998 comments

The whole ‘Zelensky should have done …’ is the kind of ‘bothsideism’ that fails to take into account the deep betrayal, the power asymmetry and the decency asymmetry. Against unhinged bulldozing obnoxiousness, siding with authoritarians, by the US P and VP, no preparation will be enough

submitted 3 days ago • 73 comments

It took a while, but I found someone who still likes and respects us!

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what a day

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I'd refer the US to King Charles I of England and how he end his reign with a different height. Sadly, the time after Cromwell when England showed it wasn't ready for democracy and preferred monarchy, might be more where we're at.

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"A day that will live in infamy." #Trump #Whitehouse #SlavaUkraine

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I don’t think that enough people realize that the shitshow we saw today was a full and complete capitulation by the United States. The west lost the Cold War in front of our eyes.

submitted 3 days ago • 271 comments

Dusting off my old Oxford English Dictionary and consulting carefully, I could not find "attack friends and submit to enemies" as a definition of the word "strength."

submitted 3 days ago • 412 comments

Nobody should be surprised that our Secretary of State is a pathetic, weak, cowardly piece of shit.

submitted 3 days ago • 4563 comments

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

submitted 3 days ago • 781 comments

Evidently, the leader of the free world now is Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

submitted 4 days ago • 55 comments

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com

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With continental powers all around us, Europe cannot stay as a ragtag of little countries and more than could the Holy Roman Empire when dealing with France and England. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus i bawb sydd am weld system ynni cyfiawn a theg. Gwnewch y pethau bychain! 💫 We are reflecting on St David's message to "Do the little things" - what small, significant things can we all do for our communities? 💚💛

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland 👏

submitted 3 days ago • 27 comments

Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada 👏

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Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

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