Daveydoodle
@daveydoodle.bsky.social
Rage against the dying of the light, politely.
Middle-aged guy in the UK, loves astronomy, landscapes, good politics & good people. Ready to help through the dark times ahead - bad guys always lose in the end
Middle-aged guy in the UK, loves astronomy, landscapes, good politics & good people. Ready to help through the dark times ahead - bad guys always lose in the end
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It took a literal miracle to get this autistic kiddo back home to his mother bc instead of the Houston police doing what was right, which would've been to contact his mother to let her know he was safe.
They chose to call ICE instead. And terrorize an autistic child and his family.
#SheShed
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They chose to call ICE instead. And terrorize an autistic child and his family.
#SheShed
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After 48 days, 3 pieces from the Houston Chronicle editorial board, requests for comment from others — like TBW — legal work by multiple attorneys and the advocacy organization FIEL, city council meetings, press conferences, and intercessions from Rep. Al Green, Garcia’s son was finally released.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It took a literal miracle to get this autistic kiddo back home to his mother bc instead of the Houston police doing what was right, which would've been to contact his mother to let her know he was safe.
They chose to call ICE instead. And terrorize an autistic child and his family.
#SheShed
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They chose to call ICE instead. And terrorize an autistic child and his family.
#SheShed
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This is also why universal basic income is such a good idea. Not only would it save money on the high costs of poverty, but it would grow GDP and reduce the costs of healthcare by reducing stress and improving physical and mental health.
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is also why universal basic income is such a good idea. Not only would it save money on the high costs of poverty, but it would grow GDP and reduce the costs of healthcare by reducing stress and improving physical and mental health.
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The decline of religion as a source of meaning in people's lives remains underrated as a factor shaping society. The need doesn't go away - they just seek it out elsewhere in (often false) health/wellness beliefs, (often highly polarized/conflictual) politics, etc. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The decline of religion as a source of meaning in people's lives remains underrated as a factor shaping society. The need doesn't go away - they just seek it out elsewhere in (often false) health/wellness beliefs, (often highly polarized/conflictual) politics, etc. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
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“I was ready to give him anything he wanted,” Mohamedou Ould Slahi testified about his treatment at the hands of ex-CPD Detective Richard Zuley. “When I told him I was not involved, he tortured me. When I told him I was involved, they treated me better.” @wttw.bsky.social
Man Testifies Ex-CPD Detective Brutally Tortured Him at Guantanamo Bay
Mohamedou Ould Slahi testified he was treated well at the U.S. detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, until then-CPD Detective Richard Zuley took command of the investigation into his ties to al-Qaid...
news.wttw.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“I was ready to give him anything he wanted,” Mohamedou Ould Slahi testified about his treatment at the hands of ex-CPD Detective Richard Zuley. “When I told him I was not involved, he tortured me. When I told him I was involved, they treated me better.” @wttw.bsky.social
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Hot of the press - new report from @futuregovforum.bsky.social on how govt can exit asylum hotels within 1yr while:
💰 saving up to £5bn
📝 cutting the asylum backlog
🫶 investing in communities
🏡 boosting temporary accommodation
Might sound too good to be true, but it's not. Read our 3-step plan 👇
💰 saving up to £5bn
📝 cutting the asylum backlog
🫶 investing in communities
🏡 boosting temporary accommodation
Might sound too good to be true, but it's not. Read our 3-step plan 👇
New @futuregovforum.bsky.social paper sets out 3-point plan to end use of asylum hotels by 2026 and deliver savings of btwn £3-5 billion for the Exchequer.
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/res...
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/res...
Restoring Order and Reducing Costs: How to close asylum hotels and save up to £5 billion - Future Governance Forum
Published by The Future Governance Forum with contributions from Nesta, Labour Together, the Refugee Council and housing expert Kate Wareing, Restoring Order and Reducing Costs puts forward a three st...
www.futuregovernanceforum.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hot of the press - new report from @futuregovforum.bsky.social on how govt can exit asylum hotels within 1yr while:
💰 saving up to £5bn
📝 cutting the asylum backlog
🫶 investing in communities
🏡 boosting temporary accommodation
Might sound too good to be true, but it's not. Read our 3-step plan 👇
💰 saving up to £5bn
📝 cutting the asylum backlog
🫶 investing in communities
🏡 boosting temporary accommodation
Might sound too good to be true, but it's not. Read our 3-step plan 👇
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In a two week period:
Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.
Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.
Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah
A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...
www.wkms.org
August 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In a two week period:
Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.
Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.
Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
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On top of fooling the Trump Administration into agreeing to his Peace Proposal for Ukraine, Putin has also proposed a Peace Plan to end the U.S. Venezuela war. Trump has scheduled a Press Conference to announce the U.S. surrender for 3pm this afternoon.
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
On top of fooling the Trump Administration into agreeing to his Peace Proposal for Ukraine, Putin has also proposed a Peace Plan to end the U.S. Venezuela war. Trump has scheduled a Press Conference to announce the U.S. surrender for 3pm this afternoon.
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Diane Cook, the MAGA Republican Legislative Aide to NC MAGA Republican Sen. Norman Sanderson (who was just arrested last month for DUI) was arrested yesterday for trying to burn two people alive in their homes. More Christian Conservative "love" from MAGA. #ncpol #ncleg www.cbs17.com/news/local-n...
Aide to NC senator arrested on first-degree arson charge
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The legislative assistant to Republican Senator Norman Sanderson, Diane Cook, has been arrested and booked into the Wake County Detention Center. Cook is accused of “wi…
www.cbs17.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Diane Cook, the MAGA Republican Legislative Aide to NC MAGA Republican Sen. Norman Sanderson (who was just arrested last month for DUI) was arrested yesterday for trying to burn two people alive in their homes. More Christian Conservative "love" from MAGA. #ncpol #ncleg www.cbs17.com/news/local-n...
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
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Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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"I went on to get a standing ovation from fascists with historical links to Hitler. What japes. No idea why they thought I would do so well."
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"I went on to get a standing ovation from fascists with historical links to Hitler. What japes. No idea why they thought I would do so well."
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The problem with UK fiscal policy is low productivity, Brexit and a refusal of Chancellors to be straight with the public about what it costs to have the services they want.
None of this is the responsibility of the OBR.
If anything, they've been too accommodating.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
None of this is the responsibility of the OBR.
If anything, they've been too accommodating.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The difficult question about how powerful the Budget watchdog is
Ahead of this week's Budget, some have accused the Office for Budget Responsibility of being a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The problem with UK fiscal policy is low productivity, Brexit and a refusal of Chancellors to be straight with the public about what it costs to have the services they want.
None of this is the responsibility of the OBR.
If anything, they've been too accommodating.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
None of this is the responsibility of the OBR.
If anything, they've been too accommodating.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I think Democrats should double down on trans rights now. It's obvious that most voters don't care about it so you might as well stick with your principles and goad Republicans into focusing on it at the expense of everything else so they're the ones who look like freaks.
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I think Democrats should double down on trans rights now. It's obvious that most voters don't care about it so you might as well stick with your principles and goad Republicans into focusing on it at the expense of everything else so they're the ones who look like freaks.
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10 October 2019
Nigel Farage and the Brexit party have voted against stronger EU measures aimed at countering... Russian disinformation... The text passed comfortably with the support of the largest political groups in the European parliament
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...
#R4Today
Nigel Farage and the Brexit party have voted against stronger EU measures aimed at countering... Russian disinformation... The text passed comfortably with the support of the largest political groups in the European parliament
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...
#R4Today
Brexit party MEPs vote against plans to tackle Russian propaganda
Resolution seeking upgrade of EU counter-disinformation unit nevertheless passes easily
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
10 October 2019
Nigel Farage and the Brexit party have voted against stronger EU measures aimed at countering... Russian disinformation... The text passed comfortably with the support of the largest political groups in the European parliament
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...
#R4Today
Nigel Farage and the Brexit party have voted against stronger EU measures aimed at countering... Russian disinformation... The text passed comfortably with the support of the largest political groups in the European parliament
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...
#R4Today
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This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
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Police have made 2100 arrests under terrorism laws for protesting peacefully against the banning of Palestine Action. This cannot go unchallenged. We need to urge the UK’s chief prosecutors not to prosecute them. Add your name to the letter. www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/end-...
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Police have made 2100 arrests under terrorism laws for protesting peacefully against the banning of Palestine Action. This cannot go unchallenged. We need to urge the UK’s chief prosecutors not to prosecute them. Add your name to the letter. www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/end-...
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DOGE is ending 8 months early. It will have cost us $135B to rehire workers, $21.7B in waste, a potential loss of more than $500B billion in tax revenue over 10 years & a loss of $10B in economic activity with the loss of programs that previously returned billions to taxpayers.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
DOGE is ending 8 months early. It will have cost us $135B to rehire workers, $21.7B in waste, a potential loss of more than $500B billion in tax revenue over 10 years & a loss of $10B in economic activity with the loss of programs that previously returned billions to taxpayers.
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Paul Weller has confirmed he has removed his music from streaming services in Israel as part of a movement to boycott a 'vile, brutal and apartheid system'
Paul Weller pulls music from streaming platforms in Israel
www.thenational.scot
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Paul Weller has confirmed he has removed his music from streaming services in Israel as part of a movement to boycott a 'vile, brutal and apartheid system'
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"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%