David Firn
@davidfirn.bsky.social
Truth Nanny. Clean on Opsec. Have previously genetically engineered stuff and saved whales.
Wouldn't be surprised if the sort of people who use the cycle to work scheme for e-cargo bikes weren't also the sort of people who write letters to their MPs.
Labour ditched Cycle to Work cap two weeks before Budget after deciding it “wasn’t worth the revenue”, as bike shops hail “common sense prevailing”
“E-bikes and cargo bikes cost more, but they’re the tools that make cycling practical for people who couldn’t otherwise manage it. A cap would have slammed the door on exactly the people we should be ...
road.cc
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Wouldn't be surprised if the sort of people who use the cycle to work scheme for e-cargo bikes weren't also the sort of people who write letters to their MPs.
Yes and maybe fit a steel door to the kitchen if he won't..
a man wearing a helmet and goggles looks at the camera with makeagif.com at the bottom
Alt: Bomb disposal gif
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Yes and maybe fit a steel door to the kitchen if he won't..
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Oh no. Please don't hurt it. I'll do whatever you ask. I won't tell the cops. I promise.
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Oh no. Please don't hurt it. I'll do whatever you ask. I won't tell the cops. I promise.
Once Upon a Time in the Western Spiral Arm of the Galaxy, shurely? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Once Upon a Time in Space
The human story of space exploration.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Once Upon a Time in the Western Spiral Arm of the Galaxy, shurely? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
They do know he's friends with Helen Mirren and John Malkovich, right?
Pentagon threatens US Senator Mark Kelly with legal action over ‘seditious’ video
Defence department says it will investigate unspecified allegations against Democratic lawmaker
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
They do know he's friends with Helen Mirren and John Malkovich, right?
My daddy was a bank robber
But he never hurt nobody
He just loved to live that way
And he ...
But he never hurt nobody
He just loved to live that way
And he ...
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
My daddy was a bank robber
But he never hurt nobody
He just loved to live that way
And he ...
But he never hurt nobody
He just loved to live that way
And he ...
*Richard Burton voice* TBH with the way things are going no one would have been surprised in the early to mid years of the 21st century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet ...
NASA and the European Space Agency plan to bring samples back from Mars. Could they harbor a type of life that scientists warn could trigger mass extinctions on Earth?
Read more from NASA mathematician Bill Taber. ⬇️
Read more from NASA mathematician Bill Taber. ⬇️
Black swans from the red planet—Could NASA bring back “mirror life” from Mars?
NASA and the European Space Agency plan to bring samples back from Mars. Could they harbor a type of life that scientists warn could trigger mass extinctions on Earth?
thebulletin.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
*Richard Burton voice* TBH with the way things are going no one would have been surprised in the early to mid years of the 21st century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet ...
I had a sofa day yesterday which means I saw adverts and if AI in my phone is all that stands between civilisation and going out in unmatching trainers we are in more trouble than I thought.
Bandolero! on the other hand was 10/10 James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch all the western cliches.
Bandolero! on the other hand was 10/10 James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch all the western cliches.
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I had a sofa day yesterday which means I saw adverts and if AI in my phone is all that stands between civilisation and going out in unmatching trainers we are in more trouble than I thought.
Bandolero! on the other hand was 10/10 James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch all the western cliches.
Bandolero! on the other hand was 10/10 James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch all the western cliches.
Never again will the director general have to resign as ...
BBC to expand standards panel and add deputy director general after bias row
Planned overhaul of editorial guidelines committee would dilute influence of Tory board appointment Robbie Gibb
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Never again will the director general have to resign as ...
Make a movie shorter
Lawrence of Aqaba
Lawrence of Aqaba
Make a movie shorter
The Green Couple Of Yards
The Green Couple Of Yards
they should invent movies that are shorter
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Make a movie shorter
Lawrence of Aqaba
Lawrence of Aqaba
More evidence that the FT is in the pay of Big Cat.
Are wildcats too wild for the English countryside?
[FREE TO READ] Reintroduction isn’t just about bringing back animals but inviting change and risk into our landscapes
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
More evidence that the FT is in the pay of Big Cat.
[Man's name] met
[Woman's name]
He said to her ...
She said to him ...
The words and the consequence was ...
[Woman's name]
He said to her ...
She said to him ...
The words and the consequence was ...
“Thanks to Bobby, I am now aware of something called felching.”
The collapse of America’s media elite is quite something to watch, isn’t it?
www.telos.news/p/part-2-she...
The collapse of America’s media elite is quite something to watch, isn’t it?
www.telos.news/p/part-2-she...
Part 2: She Did It Again
If you are new to this series, start here.
www.telos.news
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
[Man's name] met
[Woman's name]
He said to her ...
She said to him ...
The words and the consequence was ...
[Woman's name]
He said to her ...
She said to him ...
The words and the consequence was ...
Things that happen when you don't decriminalise drugs.
Ex-Wirecard boss Jan Marsalek linked to multibillion-dollar laundering network
[FREE TO READ] Link is latest revelation in a years-long probe into Smart and TGR, which move money for criminals and sanctioned individuals
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Things that happen when you don't decriminalise drugs.
Hey, Siri. What's LibDem for SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH?
Nathan Gill has been sentenced to 10.5 years for endangering national security and taking Russian bribes.
Nigel Farage and Reform are a danger to national security, the Liberal Democrats will continue to hold them to account and defend our democracy.
Nigel Farage and Reform are a danger to national security, the Liberal Democrats will continue to hold them to account and defend our democracy.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Hey, Siri. What's LibDem for SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH?
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Also, employers increasingly don't want anyone much over 50: if you lose a job in your 50s, you might well be absolutely stuffed, and the small lifeline of the state pension doesn't kick in until your late 60s. This is a big crisis coming down the track. Put as much money as you can into a pension!
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Also, employers increasingly don't want anyone much over 50: if you lose a job in your 50s, you might well be absolutely stuffed, and the small lifeline of the state pension doesn't kick in until your late 60s. This is a big crisis coming down the track. Put as much money as you can into a pension!
Even Trump knows society is only ever three cups of Covfefe away from anarchy. on.ft.com/49xNEtA
Donald Trump lifts 40% tariff on some Brazilian food products
[FREE TO READ] White House cites ‘initial progress’ in trade talks with Brasília as it battles discontent over cost of living at home
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Even Trump knows society is only ever three cups of Covfefe away from anarchy. on.ft.com/49xNEtA
Definition of bightest and best still basically how rich you are, it has been confirmed.
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Definition of bightest and best still basically how rich you are, it has been confirmed.
I regret to inform you once again that the mainstream media is refusing to cover a story the mainstream media is covering.
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I regret to inform you once again that the mainstream media is refusing to cover a story the mainstream media is covering.
Stone cladding, shurely? Ed of a certan age.
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Stone cladding, shurely? Ed of a certan age.
And I bet it would still take until Series 2 Ep 7 to work out who killed Laura Palmer
AP finds a secretive Border Patrol intelligence program detains Americans for “suspicious” travel. Critics call it mass surveillance.
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
And I bet it would still take until Series 2 Ep 7 to work out who killed Laura Palmer
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The only reason any of these people want to move to Dubai is to pay no tax. Everything else is a lie.
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The only reason any of these people want to move to Dubai is to pay no tax. Everything else is a lie.
And that, your honour, is why I had a wazz against a garden wall in Notting Hill while waiting for an Uber.
Access to sanitation is a human right - essential for health and dignity.
This isn’t only a global issue. Here in the UK, many workers lack access to decent toilets or face unnecessary restrictions.
This UN World Toilet Day, let’s raise awareness — at home and across the world.
This isn’t only a global issue. Here in the UK, many workers lack access to decent toilets or face unnecessary restrictions.
This UN World Toilet Day, let’s raise awareness — at home and across the world.
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
And that, your honour, is why I had a wazz against a garden wall in Notting Hill while waiting for an Uber.
Having just listened to The Rest is History's WW1: the fall of the Habsburgs, I'm not too optimistic about the Eastern Front.
The surreal 45-day trek at the heart of Nato’s defence
Europe wrestles with crumbling bridges, narrow tunnels and red tape as it plans how to move an army eastward
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Having just listened to The Rest is History's WW1: the fall of the Habsburgs, I'm not too optimistic about the Eastern Front.
*Makes note to commission vox pops from the Brit expats-not-immigrant community in Spain about six months after the general election* .
Reform would ‘cut benefits for EU nationals and hike NHS immigration surcharge’
Party claims its policies would eliminate ‘black hole’ Rachel Reeves faces in the budget – but Labour says the ‘fantasy numbers don’t add up’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
*Makes note to commission vox pops from the Brit expats-not-immigrant community in Spain about six months after the general election* .
The furry boots have been deployed.
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The furry boots have been deployed.