Dave Vetter
@davidrvetter.bsky.social
Sustainability advisor; duck monitor; erstwhile journalist.
The fact that all large UK broadcasters continue to use X, an openly white supremacist platform that has been redesigned specifically to amplify far-right elites, is doing massive, real-time harm to the country.
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The fact that all large UK broadcasters continue to use X, an openly white supremacist platform that has been redesigned specifically to amplify far-right elites, is doing massive, real-time harm to the country.
Found some autumn
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Found some autumn
Private Eye nailing it.
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Private Eye nailing it.
Wafting my phone under my nose like a fine Bordeaux
October 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Wafting my phone under my nose like a fine Bordeaux
To this point, the top eight news stories served by Google News this morning, from six sources, are all about asylum seekers. To call the British news media unfit for purpose would be charitable.
October 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
To this point, the top eight news stories served by Google News this morning, from six sources, are all about asylum seekers. To call the British news media unfit for purpose would be charitable.
Our scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
October 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Our scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
British racists are mere weeks away from a scurvy outbreak because citrus fruits are "fancy foreign muck"
October 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
British racists are mere weeks away from a scurvy outbreak because citrus fruits are "fancy foreign muck"
You know what they say: if you have to ask -
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
You know what they say: if you have to ask -
The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.
October 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.
Spent yesterday evening in the ER after a bike crash, and the NHS was absolutely spectacular. Triaged in 3 minutes; drugged in 5; X-rayed in 10, all with a waiting room filled with Saturday drunks. The Health Service is a wonder of the world.
October 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Spent yesterday evening in the ER after a bike crash, and the NHS was absolutely spectacular. Triaged in 3 minutes; drugged in 5; X-rayed in 10, all with a waiting room filled with Saturday drunks. The Health Service is a wonder of the world.
Pouring one out for Professor Dame Jane Goodall, who has died aged 91. I consider myself fortunate to have met her on a couple of occasions, and proud to say we instantly gelled.
October 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Pouring one out for Professor Dame Jane Goodall, who has died aged 91. I consider myself fortunate to have met her on a couple of occasions, and proud to say we instantly gelled.
Are YOUR legs too pretty? Sick of getting compliments about your gorgeous getaway sticks? Then why not be a mountain biker? You, too can look like a plague survivor who's been attacked by a leopard.
September 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Are YOUR legs too pretty? Sick of getting compliments about your gorgeous getaway sticks? Then why not be a mountain biker? You, too can look like a plague survivor who's been attacked by a leopard.
For reasons I cannot begin to fathom, @davidho.bsky.social has decided to commandeer my midlife crisis.
September 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
For reasons I cannot begin to fathom, @davidho.bsky.social has decided to commandeer my midlife crisis.
Ok has anyone done this yet
September 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Ok has anyone done this yet
ICYMI: two weeks ago, Jeremy Kyle asked the infinitely flexible former Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik why he joined Reform. Opik says: "I go where the money is."
September 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
ICYMI: two weeks ago, Jeremy Kyle asked the infinitely flexible former Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik why he joined Reform. Opik says: "I go where the money is."
Malignant normality around us: when my mum switches on her Samsung TV, this is the default screen. Far-right propaganda channel GB News perpetually appears at #1 on the presented list of channels.
September 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Malignant normality around us: when my mum switches on her Samsung TV, this is the default screen. Far-right propaganda channel GB News perpetually appears at #1 on the presented list of channels.
This is the front page of Britain's most popular newspaper, today. The Daily Mail's owner, the 4th Viscount Rothermere, spends most of his time abroad and enjoys non-domicile tax status.
September 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This is the front page of Britain's most popular newspaper, today. The Daily Mail's owner, the 4th Viscount Rothermere, spends most of his time abroad and enjoys non-domicile tax status.
The word in energy circles is that the UK passed a significant milestone yesterday: for one hour, Britain's entire domestic electricity demand was met entirely by clean sources.
September 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The word in energy circles is that the UK passed a significant milestone yesterday: for one hour, Britain's entire domestic electricity demand was met entirely by clean sources.
"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
The US Department of Energy posted this.
September 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The US Department of Energy posted this.
