David Cottam
@davidcottam6.bsky.social
Inquisitive person. Writer and player of music. Ecology, arts and science enthusiast.
Alex Andreou’s Podyssey
Golden Apples
🍏 🍏
Spellbinding storytelling!
Synthesis & exegesis of the apple as a symbol and motif through myth, music and art.
A masterpiece of podcasting.
Treat yourself to an immersive listen & subscribe!
My Podcast of the Year 2025
Golden Apples
🍏 🍏
Spellbinding storytelling!
Synthesis & exegesis of the apple as a symbol and motif through myth, music and art.
A masterpiece of podcasting.
Treat yourself to an immersive listen & subscribe!
My Podcast of the Year 2025
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Alex Andreou’s Podyssey
Golden Apples
🍏 🍏
Spellbinding storytelling!
Synthesis & exegesis of the apple as a symbol and motif through myth, music and art.
A masterpiece of podcasting.
Treat yourself to an immersive listen & subscribe!
My Podcast of the Year 2025
Golden Apples
🍏 🍏
Spellbinding storytelling!
Synthesis & exegesis of the apple as a symbol and motif through myth, music and art.
A masterpiece of podcasting.
Treat yourself to an immersive listen & subscribe!
My Podcast of the Year 2025
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We anxiously await his appointment to a MAHA leadership position in US public health—along with Barney the dinosaur, Kid Rock, the QAnon Shaman guy from January 6th, and Inspector Gadget.
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
We anxiously await his appointment to a MAHA leadership position in US public health—along with Barney the dinosaur, Kid Rock, the QAnon Shaman guy from January 6th, and Inspector Gadget.
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Johnson took four days off at key covid period
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Johnson took four days off at key covid period
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Come on folks. Keep pushing this, please.
AT LAST! This is moving!
2nd most popular petition atm.
Should reach 10,000 signatures today.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
2nd most popular petition atm.
Should reach 10,000 signatures today.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Come on folks. Keep pushing this, please.
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Blimey this interview with Comrade Nathan Gill hasn’t aged well eh..
It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
November 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Blimey this interview with Comrade Nathan Gill hasn’t aged well eh..
The Economist magazine has commissioned one of the most irritating voice adverts I’ve heard. It’s a woman impersonating an upper class accent, dripping with genteel affectation. I’m not easily offended but that phoney fatuous voice boils my blood (much as Rees-Mogg does)
Am I being unreasonable?
Am I being unreasonable?
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Economist magazine has commissioned one of the most irritating voice adverts I’ve heard. It’s a woman impersonating an upper class accent, dripping with genteel affectation. I’m not easily offended but that phoney fatuous voice boils my blood (much as Rees-Mogg does)
Am I being unreasonable?
Am I being unreasonable?
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Love that Trump tries to distance himself from his pedo pal, by saying Epstein was "a lifelong Democrat who donated to that party". Presumably hoping nobody mentions that SO WAS HE - until he realised that the Dems would never nominate him and jumped ship about ten minutes before the 2016 primaries.
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Love that Trump tries to distance himself from his pedo pal, by saying Epstein was "a lifelong Democrat who donated to that party". Presumably hoping nobody mentions that SO WAS HE - until he realised that the Dems would never nominate him and jumped ship about ten minutes before the 2016 primaries.
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Well the physical assets can be exposed and taxed at the same rates as the rest of us.
Making Secrecy Jurisdictions/Tax Havens Illegal would be a great start.
Great Britain needs to start leading not the pet poodle of Trump.
Making Secrecy Jurisdictions/Tax Havens Illegal would be a great start.
Great Britain needs to start leading not the pet poodle of Trump.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Well the physical assets can be exposed and taxed at the same rates as the rest of us.
Making Secrecy Jurisdictions/Tax Havens Illegal would be a great start.
Great Britain needs to start leading not the pet poodle of Trump.
Making Secrecy Jurisdictions/Tax Havens Illegal would be a great start.
Great Britain needs to start leading not the pet poodle of Trump.
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Stick. Your. Cheap. Fast. Fashion. Up. Your. Arse.
"Toxic substances in Shein clothing 71 times higher than maximum allowed limits."
www.cdt.ch/news/svizzer...
"Toxic substances in Shein clothing 71 times higher than maximum allowed limits."
www.cdt.ch/news/svizzer...
«Nei vestiti di Shein sostanze nocive 71 volte superiori ai valori massimi consentiti»
Un rapporto di Greenpeace rimette sotto i riflettori il gigante cinese - «Identificati prodotti tossici che possono danneggiare il sistema endocrino e riproduttivo, oltre che compromettere lo sviluppo...
www.cdt.ch
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Stick. Your. Cheap. Fast. Fashion. Up. Your. Arse.
"Toxic substances in Shein clothing 71 times higher than maximum allowed limits."
www.cdt.ch/news/svizzer...
"Toxic substances in Shein clothing 71 times higher than maximum allowed limits."
www.cdt.ch/news/svizzer...
Origin Story podcast LIVE SHOW:
Ian Dunt & Dorian Lynskey scrutinise political trends while underplaying their cleverness and erudition. This is the really good stuff! I loved Ian’s rage & sardonic wit & Dorian’s geniality .
Ian Dunt’s final statement was perfectly expressed. I was moved.
Ian Dunt & Dorian Lynskey scrutinise political trends while underplaying their cleverness and erudition. This is the really good stuff! I loved Ian’s rage & sardonic wit & Dorian’s geniality .
Ian Dunt’s final statement was perfectly expressed. I was moved.
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Origin Story podcast LIVE SHOW:
Ian Dunt & Dorian Lynskey scrutinise political trends while underplaying their cleverness and erudition. This is the really good stuff! I loved Ian’s rage & sardonic wit & Dorian’s geniality .
Ian Dunt’s final statement was perfectly expressed. I was moved.
Ian Dunt & Dorian Lynskey scrutinise political trends while underplaying their cleverness and erudition. This is the really good stuff! I loved Ian’s rage & sardonic wit & Dorian’s geniality .
Ian Dunt’s final statement was perfectly expressed. I was moved.
I’ve just listened to the new Director’s cut of Podyssey : “Echo and Narcissus”
This is full of wonderful new detail. It’s profoundly satisfying, original and relevant to our times. If you missed it last time, you’re in for a treat. If you’ve heard it before, enjoy it again!
This is full of wonderful new detail. It’s profoundly satisfying, original and relevant to our times. If you missed it last time, you’re in for a treat. If you’ve heard it before, enjoy it again!
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I’ve just listened to the new Director’s cut of Podyssey : “Echo and Narcissus”
This is full of wonderful new detail. It’s profoundly satisfying, original and relevant to our times. If you missed it last time, you’re in for a treat. If you’ve heard it before, enjoy it again!
This is full of wonderful new detail. It’s profoundly satisfying, original and relevant to our times. If you missed it last time, you’re in for a treat. If you’ve heard it before, enjoy it again!
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
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Gislaine's father Robert Maxwell obtains passports for infamous Russian gangster Mogilevich, helps KGB
trumpfile.org/mogilevich-e...
trumpfile.org/mogilevich-e...
Robert Maxwell obtains passports for Mogilevich, helps KGB (July 1, 1988)
Sometime in 1988, Robert Maxwell obtains Israeli passports for Semion Mogilevich and 23 of his associates. With passports in hand and access to an account Maxwell set up with the Bank of New York for ...
trumpfile.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Gislaine's father Robert Maxwell obtains passports for infamous Russian gangster Mogilevich, helps KGB
trumpfile.org/mogilevich-e...
trumpfile.org/mogilevich-e...
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IN 1856:
FIRST EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING
IT'S 2025:
FOSSIL FUEL PURVEYORS NEED TO BE OUT OF BUSINESS
FIRST EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING
IT'S 2025:
FOSSIL FUEL PURVEYORS NEED TO BE OUT OF BUSINESS
Eunice Newton Foote discovered the Greenhouse Effect.Her first paper was in the "Annual Scientific Discovery", with the paper, "Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's rays".She was the first person to show that carbon dioxide is a heat-trapping gas in 1856.
rinconeducativo.org/en/recursos-...
rinconeducativo.org/en/recursos-...
Eunice Newton Foote, a pioneer in greenhouse research - Rincón educativo
Eunice Newton Foote, a pioneer in greenhouse research.
rinconeducativo.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
IN 1856:
FIRST EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING
IT'S 2025:
FOSSIL FUEL PURVEYORS NEED TO BE OUT OF BUSINESS
FIRST EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING
IT'S 2025:
FOSSIL FUEL PURVEYORS NEED TO BE OUT OF BUSINESS
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Trump did business with Russians connected to the infamous Russian gangster Semion Mogilevich, who was involved in trafficking women for sex. Trump fired American Mogilevich experts. Human trafficking is probably used to compromise politicians and blackmail them into supporting Russian goals.
READ!
READ!
Understanding Trump vs. Bruce Ohr: Think Russia’s top crime boss, Semion Mogilevich
Amidst President Donald Trump’s ongoing threats to revoke security clearances from various critics, perhaps the most mysterious person on his enemy list is Bruce Ohr, the Justice Department lawyer who...
www.justsecurity.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Trump did business with Russians connected to the infamous Russian gangster Semion Mogilevich, who was involved in trafficking women for sex. Trump fired American Mogilevich experts. Human trafficking is probably used to compromise politicians and blackmail them into supporting Russian goals.
READ!
READ!
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Hopefully, one day, in the not too distant future, even the mouth-breathing Brexiters will understand that Farage & his Reform IS JUST ANOTHER FUCKING GRIFT you stupid marks. Thanks, once again, to Private Eye magazine for shining a light on this absolute charlatan.
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hopefully, one day, in the not too distant future, even the mouth-breathing Brexiters will understand that Farage & his Reform IS JUST ANOTHER FUCKING GRIFT you stupid marks. Thanks, once again, to Private Eye magazine for shining a light on this absolute charlatan.
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Michael Prescott is not a journalist. He's a PR man & lobbyist for corporations & "high net worth" individuals with no love at all for the BBC.
This looks more & more like a highly calculated exercise in the dark arts that's done grave damage to public-service broadcasting.
This looks more & more like a highly calculated exercise in the dark arts that's done grave damage to public-service broadcasting.
🎥 Political editor @jamesrball.com breaks down The New World's exclusive that Michael Prescott - author of the dossier into the BBC - himself doctored Trump quotes in the report. It's an extraordinary revelation that calls into question Prescott’s journalistic judgement
Read now 👉 buff.ly/lRs7cws
Read now 👉 buff.ly/lRs7cws
November 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Michael Prescott is not a journalist. He's a PR man & lobbyist for corporations & "high net worth" individuals with no love at all for the BBC.
This looks more & more like a highly calculated exercise in the dark arts that's done grave damage to public-service broadcasting.
This looks more & more like a highly calculated exercise in the dark arts that's done grave damage to public-service broadcasting.
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"What next for the Telegraph after takeover collapses?"
People still have parrots, right? Their cages still have floors?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
People still have parrots, right? Their cages still have floors?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
‘We’re sick of being the story’: what next for the Telegraph after takeover collapses?
Media group’s future is again in limbo – and it faces questions over the asking price as well as regulatory hurdles
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"What next for the Telegraph after takeover collapses?"
People still have parrots, right? Their cages still have floors?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
People still have parrots, right? Their cages still have floors?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Trump appears in the Epstein files more than anyone else.
More than ANYONE ELSE.
More than ANYONE ELSE.
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump appears in the Epstein files more than anyone else.
More than ANYONE ELSE.
More than ANYONE ELSE.
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This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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🎥 Political editor @jamesrball.com breaks down The New World's exclusive that Michael Prescott - author of the dossier into the BBC - himself doctored Trump quotes in the report. It's an extraordinary revelation that calls into question Prescott’s journalistic judgement
Read now 👉 buff.ly/lRs7cws
Read now 👉 buff.ly/lRs7cws
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🎥 Political editor @jamesrball.com breaks down The New World's exclusive that Michael Prescott - author of the dossier into the BBC - himself doctored Trump quotes in the report. It's an extraordinary revelation that calls into question Prescott’s journalistic judgement
Read now 👉 buff.ly/lRs7cws
Read now 👉 buff.ly/lRs7cws
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Labour are doing things differently in government.
One of these is more partnerships.
At a time when money is scarce these partnerships bring great initiatives to save money or make it go further.
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One of these is more partnerships.
At a time when money is scarce these partnerships bring great initiatives to save money or make it go further.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Labour are doing things differently in government.
One of these is more partnerships.
At a time when money is scarce these partnerships bring great initiatives to save money or make it go further.
1/2
One of these is more partnerships.
At a time when money is scarce these partnerships bring great initiatives to save money or make it go further.
1/2
No fair minded person is in any doubt that Trump incited an insurrection. The BBC edit in no way altered the obvious meaning and intent of his speech. The rioters all understood its meaning and Trump was censured for incitement.
Trump and Johnson are infamous liars and Robbie Gibb is a stooge.
Trump and Johnson are infamous liars and Robbie Gibb is a stooge.
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
No fair minded person is in any doubt that Trump incited an insurrection. The BBC edit in no way altered the obvious meaning and intent of his speech. The rioters all understood its meaning and Trump was censured for incitement.
Trump and Johnson are infamous liars and Robbie Gibb is a stooge.
Trump and Johnson are infamous liars and Robbie Gibb is a stooge.
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1945 the British made sure that Germanys public broadcasting system would never be taken over by an authoritarian leader again by creating a complicated federal system.
They didn’t see to that at home which has left the BBC vulnerable.
This needs to change now.
They didn’t see to that at home which has left the BBC vulnerable.
This needs to change now.
Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
1945 the British made sure that Germanys public broadcasting system would never be taken over by an authoritarian leader again by creating a complicated federal system.
They didn’t see to that at home which has left the BBC vulnerable.
This needs to change now.
They didn’t see to that at home which has left the BBC vulnerable.
This needs to change now.
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Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.