David Child
@davidchild.bsky.social
In a perpetual search for a beach house.
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Reading this piece and thinking: this guy seems like a cool dude. And then it turns out he loves Whitby. Good lad.
The TikToker who made Americans mad for Wigan
Kalani Smith is introducing the UK’s lesser-visited towns to an eager overseas audience
www.ft.com
August 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Reading this piece and thinking: this guy seems like a cool dude. And then it turns out he loves Whitby. Good lad.
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Sunshine in Leeds, River Aire.
August 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Sunshine in Leeds, River Aire.
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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A good excuse for my favourite 'Conservatism in the UK in 2025' image: first story is from 2022, second is from autumn of last year.
August 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A good excuse for my favourite 'Conservatism in the UK in 2025' image: first story is from 2022, second is from autumn of last year.
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Another 300 clicks here 🎁! on.ft.com/4ozyZmK Sunday at the garden party for Curtis Yarvin and the new, new right
August 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Another 300 clicks here 🎁! on.ft.com/4ozyZmK Sunday at the garden party for Curtis Yarvin and the new, new right
Early August and in jeans and a jumper and still a bit chilly. Ffs, the North.
August 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Early August and in jeans and a jumper and still a bit chilly. Ffs, the North.
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...on public health provision in the North-West of England. One of the cases was a not-spot of MMR vaccination in one of the most deprived communities. It turned out that local health services had closed down, so it was now a two-hour, £8, four-bus journey to the place where your kid could...
August 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
...on public health provision in the North-West of England. One of the cases was a not-spot of MMR vaccination in one of the most deprived communities. It turned out that local health services had closed down, so it was now a two-hour, £8, four-bus journey to the place where your kid could...
Sounds to me like the worst possible outcome from the Supreme Court ruling is about to transpire. Leaving aside the indignity for trans people, how is your local community centre, swimming baths, pub or restaurant going to police this to prevent bad faith actors suing them.
August 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Sounds to me like the worst possible outcome from the Supreme Court ruling is about to transpire. Leaving aside the indignity for trans people, how is your local community centre, swimming baths, pub or restaurant going to police this to prevent bad faith actors suing them.
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New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
August 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
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Any plans this evening?
Oh you know, probably pay a visit to Pornhub.
Oh you know, probably pay a visit to Pornhub.
Age gates are suddenly popping up all over the internet, and a law that went into effect in the UK is raising privacy concerns. More than 400,000 people have signed a petition saying that they want these changes to be reversed. nyti.ms/455ti8o
August 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Any plans this evening?
Oh you know, probably pay a visit to Pornhub.
Oh you know, probably pay a visit to Pornhub.
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These are the top replies, being financially rewarded for posting this stuff, and the explanation offered by the site’s own AI for why it’s like that.
Anyway just flicking through the Sunday newspapers reading about some minor content infractions that Ofcom might look into at the BBC/Channel 4.
Anyway just flicking through the Sunday newspapers reading about some minor content infractions that Ofcom might look into at the BBC/Channel 4.
August 3, 2025 at 6:34 AM
These are the top replies, being financially rewarded for posting this stuff, and the explanation offered by the site’s own AI for why it’s like that.
Anyway just flicking through the Sunday newspapers reading about some minor content infractions that Ofcom might look into at the BBC/Channel 4.
Anyway just flicking through the Sunday newspapers reading about some minor content infractions that Ofcom might look into at the BBC/Channel 4.
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I will never not understand how a minority of people have decided that wind farms - significantly prettier than pylons, coal power plants, nuclear power plants, and almost certainly fusion power plants - are ugly. In terms of energy generation, what else are you hoping for that is better?
On holiday, I notice that there are wind turbines on the shore of Lake Garda, which very much makes me think that residents with a view of some incredibly mid Cotswold or other can put a sock in it.
July 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I will never not understand how a minority of people have decided that wind farms - significantly prettier than pylons, coal power plants, nuclear power plants, and almost certainly fusion power plants - are ugly. In terms of energy generation, what else are you hoping for that is better?
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As a Bluesky user in good standing obviously I love TheModernHouse.com. The best bit is working out where the TV normally sits, which they've removed for the pictures. Bonus points here for proving it with an accidental glimpse in the fourth pic
July 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
As a Bluesky user in good standing obviously I love TheModernHouse.com. The best bit is working out where the TV normally sits, which they've removed for the pictures. Bonus points here for proving it with an accidental glimpse in the fourth pic
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Quite apart from the obvious xenophobia and cruelty, you'd have thought that this lot would have learnt from Windrush what requiring vulnerable people to provide evidence of citizenship leads to. But perhaps they just don't care.
Ban foreigners from claiming disability benefits, say Tories
Kemi Badenoch makes welfare a dividing line with Labour and Reform
www.telegraph.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Quite apart from the obvious xenophobia and cruelty, you'd have thought that this lot would have learnt from Windrush what requiring vulnerable people to provide evidence of citizenship leads to. But perhaps they just don't care.
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it honestly feels like there’s a section of the media which just wants an endless Westminster soap opera, while salivating over Farage’s every word without ever holding him to the same standard as others, rather than anyone fixing anything ever
July 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
it honestly feels like there’s a section of the media which just wants an endless Westminster soap opera, while salivating over Farage’s every word without ever holding him to the same standard as others, rather than anyone fixing anything ever
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It's a mark of what's gone wrong with British politics that it's regarded as some kind of career-ending humiliation when a govt has to make concessions to Members of Parliament.
We'd be much better governed if MPs found their backbones more often, & govts routinely had to respond to their concerns.
We'd be much better governed if MPs found their backbones more often, & govts routinely had to respond to their concerns.
June 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
It's a mark of what's gone wrong with British politics that it's regarded as some kind of career-ending humiliation when a govt has to make concessions to Members of Parliament.
We'd be much better governed if MPs found their backbones more often, & govts routinely had to respond to their concerns.
We'd be much better governed if MPs found their backbones more often, & govts routinely had to respond to their concerns.
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There may come a day when the BBC puts on air one of the other 29,999 headteachers currently estimated to be working in UK schools, but that day is not today
June 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
There may come a day when the BBC puts on air one of the other 29,999 headteachers currently estimated to be working in UK schools, but that day is not today
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So grateful to have @mcbride.house.gov as a role model and leader in Congress.
She embodies the hard truth that overcoming marginalization is hard work and requires grace from those fighting for meaningful inclusion.
She embodies the hard truth that overcoming marginalization is hard work and requires grace from those fighting for meaningful inclusion.
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
Representative Sarah McBride reckons with the trans rights movement’s shortcomings, and how to win hearts and minds through a politics of grace.
open.spotify.com/episode/1Ryl...
youtu.be/KlbNFsAGFRc?...
Representative Sarah McBride reckons with the trans rights movement’s shortcomings, and how to win hearts and minds through a politics of grace.
open.spotify.com/episode/1Ryl...
youtu.be/KlbNFsAGFRc?...
How to Beat Trump Back on Trans Rights — and Much Else | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
So grateful to have @mcbride.house.gov as a role model and leader in Congress.
She embodies the hard truth that overcoming marginalization is hard work and requires grace from those fighting for meaningful inclusion.
She embodies the hard truth that overcoming marginalization is hard work and requires grace from those fighting for meaningful inclusion.
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⛽️ Petrol is the cheapest it’s been in real terms since 2001, but no govt has gotten credit for freezing fuel duties. 1. It’s an implicit carbon subsidy - so much for Net Zero - and 2. it penalises city-dwellers.
Excellent piece from @tomcalver.bsky.social here: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Excellent piece from @tomcalver.bsky.social here: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
June 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
⛽️ Petrol is the cheapest it’s been in real terms since 2001, but no govt has gotten credit for freezing fuel duties. 1. It’s an implicit carbon subsidy - so much for Net Zero - and 2. it penalises city-dwellers.
Excellent piece from @tomcalver.bsky.social here: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Excellent piece from @tomcalver.bsky.social here: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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When you order Trooping the Colour on Temu.
I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.
CINEMATIC
CINEMATIC
June 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM
When you order Trooping the Colour on Temu.
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What I cannot work out is *why* Labour thinks saying "It was right to cut Winter Fuel Allowance last year and it's right to reinstate it this year because circumstances changed so much"
Is better than "We listened to you, we got it wrong, we've fixed it, and we're sorry".
Is better than "We listened to you, we got it wrong, we've fixed it, and we're sorry".
June 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
What I cannot work out is *why* Labour thinks saying "It was right to cut Winter Fuel Allowance last year and it's right to reinstate it this year because circumstances changed so much"
Is better than "We listened to you, we got it wrong, we've fixed it, and we're sorry".
Is better than "We listened to you, we got it wrong, we've fixed it, and we're sorry".
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Today's poll on 'if you had an unexpected bill for £1,000 could you cover it', with results compared by platform. Some interesting differences...
June 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Today's poll on 'if you had an unexpected bill for £1,000 could you cover it', with results compared by platform. Some interesting differences...
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While Robert Jenrick MP spends his days wandering about the underground tackling fare dodgers and going on about the capital for clicks... his constituency has a genuine problem.
● Newark crime rate: 123 crimes per 1,000
● London 105.8 per 1,000
But you know... "Sadiq"
● Newark crime rate: 123 crimes per 1,000
● London 105.8 per 1,000
But you know... "Sadiq"
May 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM
While Robert Jenrick MP spends his days wandering about the underground tackling fare dodgers and going on about the capital for clicks... his constituency has a genuine problem.
● Newark crime rate: 123 crimes per 1,000
● London 105.8 per 1,000
But you know... "Sadiq"
● Newark crime rate: 123 crimes per 1,000
● London 105.8 per 1,000
But you know... "Sadiq"
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Since we have video now, what better use for it than to share Dame Edna Everage on Cilla Black...?
September 15, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Since we have video now, what better use for it than to share Dame Edna Everage on Cilla Black...?