David Cottam

David Cottam

@davidcottam6.bsky.social

Inquisitive person. Composer and player of music. Ecology, arts and science enthusiast.

704 Followers 1,765 Following 1,268 Posts Joined Aug 2024
6 hours ago

No repatriation without taxation.

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16 hours ago
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‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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19 hours ago

BBC Radio 4 comedy hasn’t lost its edge…
The Naked Week, Episode 1 was razor sharp.

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20 hours ago

What was it about Farage’s disregard for any kind of financial regulation of crypto that first attracted you to Reform, Mr Harborne?
What are you expecting to get in return for your
£12 million?

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1 day ago

LEXICOGRAPHY(12)

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2 days ago
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Reform UK's Crypto Provider on Register That Housed North Korean Money Laundering Reform UK processes cryptocurrency donations through a foreign infrastructure that housed a US Treasury sanctioned crime syndicate laundering $4 billion in illicit funds – including proceeds from Nort...

Not content with Russia, now it's North Korea bylinetimes.com/2026/03/12/r...

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2 days ago

Great to hear about Arthur Snell’s book.

I found this episode very pleasing and the witty survey of Reform’s ragbag of misfits and shapeshifters made me choke on my toast and marmalade. Farage and Andrea Jenkyns star in their own shitcom. More mockery please.

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2 days ago

All flavoured crisps are unpleasant and Adrian Chiles endorsement makes them more so.

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2 days ago

It’s interesting how the document begins with simple clarity and becomes increasingly foggy in the subsections.
Michelle Mone is able to take leave of absence and escape disqualification.

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2 days ago

Ah! Sam …
I remember your wonderful interview with Vincent Deary which prompted me to read his book, “How we Break”.
Perhaps this is outside the remit of Quiet Riot but I enjoy your conversations with guests.

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2 days ago

This dynasty of deplorables with its
Insatiable greed illustrates the essential need for the separation of powers. Is the US constitution equal to the task.

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3 days ago

Thankyou.

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3 days ago

It’s impressive that someone as dim as Badenoch can draw on such enormous reserves of self esteem.
She’s ridiculous , smug & unlikeable and completely unaware of her inadequacy.

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3 days ago

They’re just emerging from hibernation. 🦔🦔🦔

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3 days ago

Twerp! Blocked

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3 days ago

Thanks, I didn’t know that.
Do occasional social visits and popping in to claim expenses count as attendance?

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4 days ago

At the local elections let’s see how many Reform supporters remember the broken promises and how many have the memory of a goldfish.
Or do they like to be lied to and treated like fools?

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3 days ago

Can you interview him please?

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3 days ago

Apt and memorable

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3 days ago

Fewer ranks and titles. Fixed term appointments and a requirement to take part in the legislative process.

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5 days ago
LIVE Trump says Iran war will be over 'pretty quickly' but US hasn't 'won enough' yet, as Israel launches strikes on Tehran
The US president says he is "more determined than ever to achieve ultimate victory", hours after telling CBS News the war is "very complete, pretty much". Trump at his golf club having selfies taken. Crude oil graph showing a 30% rise this month.

Soon as this genius thinks he's "won enough", world can go back to trying to recover from this crisis AND the last one, caused by his previous brilliant idea: tariffs.

Meanwhile, he's at his golf club taking selfies and Congress - only body with the power to stop this - continues to enable him.

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5 days ago
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Billionaires Are a National Disaster Chuck Collins on how income inequality undermines everyone’s quality of life—even the most wealthy.

BILLIONAIRES: SYMPTOM OF AN AMORAL SYSTEM

- Buying elections
- Contributing massively to global heating
- Owning the means of communication
- Evading regulations, laws, and taxation

sojo.net/magazine/dec...

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6 days ago
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Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran - bellingcatVideo Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran - bellingcat New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footage released by Mehr News, and geolocated by Bellingcat, also shows smoke already rising from the vicinity of the girls’ school, […]

~ Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran - bellingcat ~

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/08/video-shows-us-tomahawk-missile-strike-next-to-girls-school-in-iran/

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6 days ago

Great episode!
What was the conversation that came up at the end of the show after the credits. It sounded like two clueless US influencers. Was it a spoof or genuine? I can’t tell anymore!

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1 week ago

Loft insulation! Thick, lightweight and it brings you out in a rash.

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1 week ago

@quietriotpod.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social

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1 week ago

Dim witted good botherers who think prayer is a substitute for ethical behaviour

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1 week ago

Calling this war a Limited military operation is like Putin’s Special Military Operation. Death by euphemism. Slimy, evasive and dishonest.

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1 week ago

SQUELCHING(10)

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1 week ago

Dark panto

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