David F.
@dfarb.bsky.social
"Incorrigibly woke" (mainly) retired technical writer, lives with metastatic prostate cancer and lymphoedema. Former Green Party GE 2024 candidate. Trans ally. Some posts are just nonsense. Wülferhamptonian. He/him. לפעמים גם בעברית
Nothing to be proud of here...a Day of Shame for our UK, any Govt supporting this & an agency supposed to be representing Equality & Human Rights. Trans People were never a threat. Those seeking to remove Rights & exclude those who differ from them are. Not a debate just the latest move vs #ECHR.
Before "•Include a valid address for correspondence (either email or postal)" After "•tell us how we can contact you in writing – this can be an email address or your current street address" #ClearLanguage #ContentDesign #Readability #UserCentredDesign #UCD
Sometimes clearer is longer. Before "•Include your real full name (failure to do so may invalidate any later appeal)" After "•include your full, official name, for example the name on your birth certificate, passport or driver’s licence Not following these rules may mean you cannot appeal later."
I solved today’s #Gisnep in 12:40. 🎉 No. 728 | 5 August 2026 gisnep.com
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My son was wearing a "Vote Reform" t-shirt and an "I love Nigel" baseball hat. He's been spat at, abused, slapped around the head and told he's a brainless twat. God knows what's going to happen to him once he gets out of the house...
I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …
Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules
Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups
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Damaging new guidance from the EHRC will shut out Trans people from daily life simply for existing, and anyone who doesn't conform to narrow ideas of how people should look could face suspicion and confrontation. We are taking a stand against this attack on human rights.
‘They’re not alone’: Chris Hoy on his ambition to stop men dying of prostate cancer buff.ly/8E5Efbn “It’s so isolating when you get a cancer diagnosis,” Hoy says. “You’re suddenly on borrowed time" @prostateuk.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social @ucuequality.bsky.social
‘They’re not alone’: Chris Hoy on his ambition to stop men dying of prostate cancer
Cycling legend tells Donald McRae about the reality of living with stage 4 cancer, fundraising with Miguel Induráin and why Andy Burnham could be key to his ambition of helping others with similar…
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The US has now used up 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during the Iran war, Reuters World News reports.
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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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I'm a full Professor of Immunology and fully vaccinated. I didn't get vaccinated out of obedience, but after decades of studying the immune system and evaluating all evidence. Calling that "lack of critical thinking" is not an argument. It's ideology masked as pretend intellect.
Very good paper on this by Pratchett & Vimes (1993)
Max Dubler 🏳️🌈@maxdubler.com · 3d agoI think my most genuinely unpopular take is that a widely held and genuine consumer preference for cheaper, lower-quality goods, not private equity, is driving the decline in quality of consumer goods like clothing and housewares.
Good morning Wülferhampton have a magnificent Monday you manic monsters. We have this club in Wülferhampton, but it's not Keith its @wulfhelm.bsky.social Wulfie and its every day
Claudia Severa (born 11 September in the first century) was a literate Roman woman, the wife of Aelius Brocchus, commander of an unidentified fort near Vindolanda fort in northern England. #CelebratingWomen
According to Luke Tryl on Radio 4 disillusioned Reform voters think Farage is “just the same as the rest” on the corruption front. But he isn’t is he? He’s exponentially worse. And his grifter tendency has been obvious for a very long time.
Exclusive: Some EU citizens in the UK have been contacted by the Home Office to say they were granted settlement status after Brexit "in error". If you know anyone this happened to contact me on lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’
After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain
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🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
England and Wales just had their driest July in 190 years. Half of England is in drought. This isn't freak weather, it's the climate crisis arriving on our doorstep while ministers still hand out oil and gas approvals. Adaptation without ending fossil fuels is bailing out a sinking boat.
I think this is spot on in describing the challenge Burnham is to the Green Party. Sadly, I don't think the Green Party has the organisational mechanisms to respond appropriately www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Burnham bounce is eclipsing the Green surge – and Zack Polanski’s radical hope is being tested | Gaby Hinsliff
The new PM is enjoying a honeymoon period but the Greens have the freedom to say whatever Labour won’t, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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This country needs to: - Build reservoirs and a national grid for water (and renationalise all the water companies) - Massively upgrade the national grid for electricity to cope with variations from renewable sources - Give everyone 100% subsidies for air-to-air heat pumps
It's noticeable, too, that there wasn't a single question on the climate, at a time when Europe is experiencing catastrophic wild-fires & record-breaking heat. It's astonishing how low down the political agenda this remains in Britain, when all the environmental indicators are signalling disaster.
The world is on fire, yet still most of our political leaders doggedly defend business as usual, so emissions continue to rise, and nature to collapse. How can they keep up the pretence that driving us and nature off a cliff is 'acting responsibly'? www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Europe wildfires: Officials warn that wildfires could still be burning in November – as it happened
Firefighters in France and Spain face another day battling wildfires, as another heatwave set to hit this week
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