David Bell
@davidbell900.bsky.social
Proud dad, retired nurse, amateur musician, archery coach, volunteer for English Heritage, cat person, table top and video role-playing gamer since the late 70s, proud European, left wing member of the Liberal elite (allegedly) since 2016. 😊🇪🇺🏳️🌈🇺🇦
Reposted by David Bell
Crown Prince Responsible for Khashoggi Killing
“…American officials listened to a recording obtained by Turkish intelligence that not only captured Mr. Khashoggi’s struggle against Saudi agents and his killing, but also the sounds of the saw being used on his body.”
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/u...
“…American officials listened to a recording obtained by Turkish intelligence that not only captured Mr. Khashoggi’s struggle against Saudi agents and his killing, but also the sounds of the saw being used on his body.”
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/u...
Saudi Crown Prince Is Held Responsible for Khashoggi Killing in U.S. Report (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Crown Prince Responsible for Khashoggi Killing
“…American officials listened to a recording obtained by Turkish intelligence that not only captured Mr. Khashoggi’s struggle against Saudi agents and his killing, but also the sounds of the saw being used on his body.”
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/u...
“…American officials listened to a recording obtained by Turkish intelligence that not only captured Mr. Khashoggi’s struggle against Saudi agents and his killing, but also the sounds of the saw being used on his body.”
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/u...
Reposted by David Bell
Santana - Smooth (Official Video) ft. Rob Thomas
YouTube video by SantanaVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A European view on Mamdani's 'radical' policies that might add a useful, alternative perspective for US readers stuck in your own media bubble. 😏
“Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A European view on Mamdani's 'radical' policies that might add a useful, alternative perspective for US readers stuck in your own media bubble. 😏
“Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Statue of Liberty isn't what it was. 😏
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Statue of Liberty isn't what it was. 😏
Hilarious and terrifying. Two ignorant, incompetent, administrative failures vying for the presidency. The triumph of ambition and hubris over intelligence and competence. 🤬 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
President JD Vance or Marco Rubio? We’re seeing the first signs of the battle over Trump's succession | Simon Tisdall
It’s currently a two-horse race – and the next US leader is guaranteed to be a careerist who knows nothing of statesmanship, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Hilarious and terrifying. Two ignorant, incompetent, administrative failures vying for the presidency. The triumph of ambition and hubris over intelligence and competence. 🤬 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over 100 dead from Israeli airstrikes 'as ceasefire looks increasingly fragile.'
So, which 'ceasefire' would that be then?🤬
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
So, which 'ceasefire' would that be then?🤬
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 96 overnight as ceasefire looks increasingly fragile
Netanyahu ordered strikes on Tuesday evening after firefight between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Over 100 dead from Israeli airstrikes 'as ceasefire looks increasingly fragile.'
So, which 'ceasefire' would that be then?🤬
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
So, which 'ceasefire' would that be then?🤬
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Reposted by David Bell
🚨A RECORD 4.5 MILLION CHILDREN NOW LIVE IN POVERTY IN THE UK - a shocking & shameful 31% of all children
Ending the two-child limit would lift 470,000 children out of poverty NOW.
I’m joining Trussell in calling on the chancellor to end this cruel policy. Please join us🙏
youtu.be/xdtRtkOio8Y?...
Ending the two-child limit would lift 470,000 children out of poverty NOW.
I’m joining Trussell in calling on the chancellor to end this cruel policy. Please join us🙏
youtu.be/xdtRtkOio8Y?...
🚨A RECORD 4.5 MILLION CHILDREN NOW LIVE IN POVERTY IN THE UK - its a shocking 31% of all children
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🚨A RECORD 4.5 MILLION CHILDREN NOW LIVE IN POVERTY IN THE UK - a shocking & shameful 31% of all children
Ending the two-child limit would lift 470,000 children out of poverty NOW.
I’m joining Trussell in calling on the chancellor to end this cruel policy. Please join us🙏
youtu.be/xdtRtkOio8Y?...
Ending the two-child limit would lift 470,000 children out of poverty NOW.
I’m joining Trussell in calling on the chancellor to end this cruel policy. Please join us🙏
youtu.be/xdtRtkOio8Y?...
Reposted by David Bell
October 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Reposted by David Bell
Adil Ray, "Prince Andrew has given £12 million of his mum's money to someone he has never met before"
"Has renounced all his titles for something he didn't do"
"With the same person he's never met before"
"At the house of someone he was only friends with"
"To be polite"
#HIGNFY
"Has renounced all his titles for something he didn't do"
"With the same person he's never met before"
"At the house of someone he was only friends with"
"To be polite"
#HIGNFY
October 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Adil Ray, "Prince Andrew has given £12 million of his mum's money to someone he has never met before"
"Has renounced all his titles for something he didn't do"
"With the same person he's never met before"
"At the house of someone he was only friends with"
"To be polite"
#HIGNFY
"Has renounced all his titles for something he didn't do"
"With the same person he's never met before"
"At the house of someone he was only friends with"
"To be polite"
#HIGNFY
Reposted by David Bell
This is awful if correct. Chancellor preparing to save more than a billion pounds by targeting disabled people’s capacity to get cars through the benefits system
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves takes aim at Motability scheme to save £1bn in budget
Chancellor is examining reforms that include scrapping tax breaks on cars for disabled people using the programme
www.thetimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is awful if correct. Chancellor preparing to save more than a billion pounds by targeting disabled people’s capacity to get cars through the benefits system
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Reposted by David Bell
This is beautiful @zackpolanski.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This is beautiful @zackpolanski.bsky.social
I've just watched a great documentary called Letters from Baghdad. It tells the story of the English orientalist and Iraq expert Gertrude Bell, entirely through her letters (read by Tilda Swinton) and the memoirs of people who worked with her, from T E Lawrence to Winston Churchill. Excellent. 😎
October 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I've just watched a great documentary called Letters from Baghdad. It tells the story of the English orientalist and Iraq expert Gertrude Bell, entirely through her letters (read by Tilda Swinton) and the memoirs of people who worked with her, from T E Lawrence to Winston Churchill. Excellent. 😎
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Opponent of Maduro regime receives award and praise for keeping ‘flame of democracy burning’
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Reposted by David Bell
I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.
October 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.
Reposted by David Bell
The Tories need to stop mimicking Reform. It won’t help them.
Dominic Grieve: “It is a death wish for the Conservatives to essentially make them the same as Reform.”
“The idea that leaving the ECHR would end the migration crisis is a complete fantasy.”
https://bit.ly/3IW2OxG
Dominic Grieve: “It is a death wish for the Conservatives to essentially make them the same as Reform.”
“The idea that leaving the ECHR would end the migration crisis is a complete fantasy.”
https://bit.ly/3IW2OxG
Badenoch warned plans to ditch ECHR show ‘death wish’ for Tory party
Conservative leader has taken her party to the hard right with the announcement they would leave the European Convention on Human Rights and deport 150,000 illegal immigrants a year
www.independent.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The Tories need to stop mimicking Reform. It won’t help them.
Dominic Grieve: “It is a death wish for the Conservatives to essentially make them the same as Reform.”
“The idea that leaving the ECHR would end the migration crisis is a complete fantasy.”
https://bit.ly/3IW2OxG
Dominic Grieve: “It is a death wish for the Conservatives to essentially make them the same as Reform.”
“The idea that leaving the ECHR would end the migration crisis is a complete fantasy.”
https://bit.ly/3IW2OxG
How the Enshittification of the Internet works.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
How the Enshittification of the Internet works.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Reposted by David Bell
Here’s a comprehensive list of appropriate responses upon hearing that a man murdered worshippers at a synagogue:
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
October 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Here’s a comprehensive list of appropriate responses upon hearing that a man murdered worshippers at a synagogue:
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
Well done Moldova!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Moldova’s election result bolsters move towards EU and away from Moscow
Pro-European ruling party win comes after ‘massive pressure from Russia and its proxies’
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Well done Moldova!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
❤️ The competition was also a triumph for women's sports!
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
England outclass Canada to capture glorious Women’s Rugby World Cup triumph
England are Women’s Rugby World Cup winners for a third time after beating Canada 33-13 before a world-record crowd at Twickenham
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
❤️ The competition was also a triumph for women's sports!
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
Reposted by David Bell
Great to see #Tynemouth residents today at Monument, out saying loud & clear that Newcastle & the North East stand united against extremism & racism.
September 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Great to see #Tynemouth residents today at Monument, out saying loud & clear that Newcastle & the North East stand united against extremism & racism.
Reposted by David Bell
Statement from the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
"MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children"
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children"
www.gov.uk/government/n...
MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children
Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet
www.gov.uk
September 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Statement from the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
"MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children"
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children"
www.gov.uk/government/n...
I'm an invert! 😊
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...
Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they’re not what you think
The phenomenal response to an article we published on this question led to detailed cognitive research – and the findings have implications that go way beyond gamers
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I'm an invert! 😊
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...
Normal UK family wedding. 😊
September 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Normal UK family wedding. 😊