Dave Garbutt
@davgar51.bsky.social
Poet, birder, house husband, father, photographer; programmer, IT consultant, zoologist. London, Reading, Basel, Southampton, Carbondale, Morogoro.
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I’ve long ago felt that right-wing culture opinion is basically “fuck you mom I won’t do what you tell me” and nothing more
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I’ve long ago felt that right-wing culture opinion is basically “fuck you mom I won’t do what you tell me” and nothing more
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Del Bigtree and and the MAHA Institute embrace being proudly antivax. I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.
MAHA: Its antivax mask has been dropped
Del Bigtree and and the MAHA Institute embrace being proudly antivax. I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.
www.respectfulinsolence.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Del Bigtree and and the MAHA Institute embrace being proudly antivax. I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.
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A strange experience yesterday. Afternoon collapsed on itself, not with a star’s power, exploded radiance falling back in concentrated immensity, but a drear apotheosis, a hum just above silent amid soiled white light. It was emptiness, not meditative or inviting action but a special kind of nothing
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A strange experience yesterday. Afternoon collapsed on itself, not with a star’s power, exploded radiance falling back in concentrated immensity, but a drear apotheosis, a hum just above silent amid soiled white light. It was emptiness, not meditative or inviting action but a special kind of nothing
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Violent Kitten
#connected #haiku
I leap down, prey still
Not aware of my presence
It dies, red on green
I roar to ward off
Trespassers in my domain
Go after my grub
I drag it back safe
To my special hiding spot
And lick my paws clean
I hold my soft tail
In my maw to remind me
I am still a cub
#connected #haiku
I leap down, prey still
Not aware of my presence
It dies, red on green
I roar to ward off
Trespassers in my domain
Go after my grub
I drag it back safe
To my special hiding spot
And lick my paws clean
I hold my soft tail
In my maw to remind me
I am still a cub
April 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Violent Kitten
#connected #haiku
I leap down, prey still
Not aware of my presence
It dies, red on green
I roar to ward off
Trespassers in my domain
Go after my grub
I drag it back safe
To my special hiding spot
And lick my paws clean
I hold my soft tail
In my maw to remind me
I am still a cub
#connected #haiku
I leap down, prey still
Not aware of my presence
It dies, red on green
I roar to ward off
Trespassers in my domain
Go after my grub
I drag it back safe
To my special hiding spot
And lick my paws clean
I hold my soft tail
In my maw to remind me
I am still a cub
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November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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"What do I want from COP30? I want leaders who will look their children in the eye and say: We chose courage. We stopped subsidising destruction. We stood with the global majority who did not cause this crisis," writes @zackpolanski.bsky.social.
Read here: https://bit.ly/47ATlWg
Read here: https://bit.ly/47ATlWg
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"What do I want from COP30? I want leaders who will look their children in the eye and say: We chose courage. We stopped subsidising destruction. We stood with the global majority who did not cause this crisis," writes @zackpolanski.bsky.social.
Read here: https://bit.ly/47ATlWg
Read here: https://bit.ly/47ATlWg
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"Brexit has reduced GDP by 6% to 8%"
So actually worse than 'project fear'. Great job everyone.
cc @mrjamesob.bsky.social
So actually worse than 'project fear'. Great job everyone.
cc @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"Brexit has reduced GDP by 6% to 8%"
So actually worse than 'project fear'. Great job everyone.
cc @mrjamesob.bsky.social
So actually worse than 'project fear'. Great job everyone.
cc @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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No, but I’ve been to Windsor Castle in Scotland
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
No, but I’ve been to Windsor Castle in Scotland
The results of the Brilliant poetry competition for sciencey poems are out —see the winners and read the short listed poems here
Congratulations every one!
And thanks for organising
@samillingworth.com
https://www.thebrilliantpoetry.com/2025
Congratulations every one!
And thanks for organising
@samillingworth.com
https://www.thebrilliantpoetry.com/2025
2025 — Brilliant Poetry
Read the winning entries from 2024.
www.thebrilliantpoetry.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The results of the Brilliant poetry competition for sciencey poems are out —see the winners and read the short listed poems here
Congratulations every one!
And thanks for organising
@samillingworth.com
https://www.thebrilliantpoetry.com/2025
Congratulations every one!
And thanks for organising
@samillingworth.com
https://www.thebrilliantpoetry.com/2025
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I'm in a new stage of my career* as a poet:
-What even is a poem.
-I don't have time for this.
-I don't even like this.
-Actually, I may not be smart enough to write a poem.
*morning before coffee
-What even is a poem.
-I don't have time for this.
-I don't even like this.
-Actually, I may not be smart enough to write a poem.
*morning before coffee
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I'm in a new stage of my career* as a poet:
-What even is a poem.
-I don't have time for this.
-I don't even like this.
-Actually, I may not be smart enough to write a poem.
*morning before coffee
-What even is a poem.
-I don't have time for this.
-I don't even like this.
-Actually, I may not be smart enough to write a poem.
*morning before coffee
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The two party system is incompatible with democracy.
We must change our electoral system to restore democracy.
We must change our electoral system to restore democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The two party system is incompatible with democracy.
We must change our electoral system to restore democracy.
We must change our electoral system to restore democracy.
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Fog at the creek again today. Making fall look extra good
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November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Fog at the creek again today. Making fall look extra good
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Good morning! A poem for #PoemsAbout #LockedDoors. This is a revision of an old poem. Thank you, as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for these weekly prompts!
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Good morning! A poem for #PoemsAbout #LockedDoors. This is a revision of an old poem. Thank you, as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for these weekly prompts!
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The #birdoftheday theme is Standing On Things so here you go #birds
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The #birdoftheday theme is Standing On Things so here you go #birds
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November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Will be BBC Director General for food
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Will be BBC Director General for food
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I posted this earlier in the week but it works for one for the #LockedDoors of knowledge that some of us experience #Poems About @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I posted this earlier in the week but it works for one for the #LockedDoors of knowledge that some of us experience #Poems About @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
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at the fringe of night
the sound of a
closing door
creaking
on
its failing hinges
& of crickets going quiet
& of
some bro-
ken
breaths
& lost s.l.nt counts
from one to ten to
to
naught
#PoemsAbout #lockeddoors #Oulens
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
the sound of a
closing door
creaking
on
its failing hinges
& of crickets going quiet
& of
some bro-
ken
breaths
& lost s.l.nt counts
from one to ten to
to
naught
#PoemsAbout #lockeddoors #Oulens
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
at the fringe of night
the sound of a
closing door
creaking
on
its failing hinges
& of crickets going quiet
& of
some bro-
ken
breaths
& lost s.l.nt counts
from one to ten to
to
naught
#PoemsAbout #lockeddoors #Oulens
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
the sound of a
closing door
creaking
on
its failing hinges
& of crickets going quiet
& of
some bro-
ken
breaths
& lost s.l.nt counts
from one to ten to
to
naught
#PoemsAbout #lockeddoors #Oulens
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
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Anyway, sod the frothings of a wiff waff wally. If you're nearby, come to the last day of Poetry in Aldeburgh. Loads on, it'd be lovely to see you. And the sun is shining on the sea! www.poetryinaldeburgh.org/programme-2025
Programme - 2025 | Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival
www.poetryinaldeburgh.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Anyway, sod the frothings of a wiff waff wally. If you're nearby, come to the last day of Poetry in Aldeburgh. Loads on, it'd be lovely to see you. And the sun is shining on the sea! www.poetryinaldeburgh.org/programme-2025
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Responding to the #vss365 prompt ‘law’, here’s an old one of mine – it’s a palindrome-by-word i.e. the poem reverses the words from the midpoint of line 6. Thanks go to Liz @young_liz our #vss365 host.
#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #palindrome
#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #palindrome
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Responding to the #vss365 prompt ‘law’, here’s an old one of mine – it’s a palindrome-by-word i.e. the poem reverses the words from the midpoint of line 6. Thanks go to Liz @young_liz our #vss365 host.
#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #palindrome
#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #palindrome
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Awesome Christmas gift klaxon!🚨🎅
Proud to announce that Trowbridge Stanza's poetry anthology 'Looking Up - Poems of Hope and Humanity', is available to pre-order. All proceeds to our local hospice Dorothy House. For blurb, sample poems, and how to order: trowbridgestanza.substack.com/p/anthology-...
Proud to announce that Trowbridge Stanza's poetry anthology 'Looking Up - Poems of Hope and Humanity', is available to pre-order. All proceeds to our local hospice Dorothy House. For blurb, sample poems, and how to order: trowbridgestanza.substack.com/p/anthology-...
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Awesome Christmas gift klaxon!🚨🎅
Proud to announce that Trowbridge Stanza's poetry anthology 'Looking Up - Poems of Hope and Humanity', is available to pre-order. All proceeds to our local hospice Dorothy House. For blurb, sample poems, and how to order: trowbridgestanza.substack.com/p/anthology-...
Proud to announce that Trowbridge Stanza's poetry anthology 'Looking Up - Poems of Hope and Humanity', is available to pre-order. All proceeds to our local hospice Dorothy House. For blurb, sample poems, and how to order: trowbridgestanza.substack.com/p/anthology-...
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I'm at 5 right now after a year of 1 and 3.
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I'm at 5 right now after a year of 1 and 3.
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There was a lot more to AA Milne than Pooh bear.
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
There was a lot more to AA Milne than Pooh bear.
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We've got a full house of women raring to go!!! Plus a supportive audience. Couldn't ask for anything better. Thanks
@thebrokenspine.co.uk & beloved colleague @alanparrywriter.co.uk for holding the match that lit this fire. #NotJustPretty #WomenSpeakUp #WomenSpeakOut
@thebrokenspine.co.uk & beloved colleague @alanparrywriter.co.uk for holding the match that lit this fire. #NotJustPretty #WomenSpeakUp #WomenSpeakOut
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
We've got a full house of women raring to go!!! Plus a supportive audience. Couldn't ask for anything better. Thanks
@thebrokenspine.co.uk & beloved colleague @alanparrywriter.co.uk for holding the match that lit this fire. #NotJustPretty #WomenSpeakUp #WomenSpeakOut
@thebrokenspine.co.uk & beloved colleague @alanparrywriter.co.uk for holding the match that lit this fire. #NotJustPretty #WomenSpeakUp #WomenSpeakOut