David Colquhoun

David Colquhoun

@davidcolquhoun.bsky.social

Likes #biophysics and #statistics, especially stochastic processes, dislikes pseudo-science. Twitter refugee: undecided between BlueSky and Mastodon @david_colquhoun@mstdn.social Blog: https://www.dcscience.net/ Work: https://onemol.org.uk/

1,893 Followers 1,843 Following 1,581 Posts Joined Dec 2023
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Quite. We went from being one of the three most powerful EU members / insiders, with an outsize influence on the EU's rules and exceptions to various ones we didn't like, to being a beggar, pan-handling at the gate and petitioning for favours.

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Trump pardons allies who boost his crypto coin.

Trump invests in corporations that he's supposed to be regulating.

Trump cuts deals with autocrats to advance his family's real estate business.

The list goes on.

We must not become numb to this blatant corruption.

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So Trump couldn't be bothered telling anyone he was going to start a war with Iran, and now he's begging everyone to come and help him keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
You made this bed, Don, so you can damn well lie in it.

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Orban claims he 'isn't rich'. Just like his pal Putin, who officially owns nothing but is believed to be one of the world's richest men. Or like Viktor Yanukovych, the pro-Putin Ukrainian President deposed in 2014, & his luxury bolthole Mezhyhirya, private zoo & all.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezhyhi...

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Afghan who fought for US forces dies in ICE custody as Trump on track for grim record Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal served with U.S. forces in Afghanistan and legally evacuated the country, then died within a day of being taken into ICE custody, according to his family

This doesn't add up. One day, this 41-year-old Afghani former soldier is picking up his kids from school, and gets arrested by ICE. The next day...he's dead? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Another really cheap night for electricity coming up. But battery is almost full from sun this morning.

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Reform’s Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax The deputy leader’s property company paid nothing in corporation tax on multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018-21

Richard Tice:
- engaged in highly aggressive tax avoidance to avoid nearly £600,000 of tax
- did so at a time when the taxpayer was already paying his salary as an MEP
Nothing patriotic about this party of grifters
www.thetimes.com/article/6f55...

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Thiel's secretive Rome conference draws Church attention Peter Thiel, the U.S. billionaire venture capitalist and early supporter of President Donald ​Trump, launched on Sunday a series of closed-door lectures in Rome exploring the concept of the ‌Antichris...

Peter Thiel's Secretive Conference in Rome on Antichrist draws Attention from Church

www.reuters.com/technology/t...

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FCC chair threatens to throttle news broadcasts over ‘hoaxes’ about Iran war Brendan Carr posts that he may cancel spectrum permits of ‘mainstream news’ outlets for ‘misleading’ coverage

Funny how all the "free speech" warriors go so quiet when actual state censorship comes along.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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23 hours ago

Not a person whom I'd trust. Something of the swivel-eyed loon about him.

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The absolute best case explanation for why Ministers are handing over vast troves of sensitive data to Palantir is that they are breathtakingly naive. Best case because the other explanations are: corruption or that they support its authoritarian, anti-human, far right agenda.

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There is pretty broad support for the anti-discrimination laws (though many people don't understand that they protect everybody, men + women, people from majority + minority groups).

But Reform voters are in a different place - so Yusuf's claim Reform would relegislate all the protections is ???

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23 hours ago

This ⬇️

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yes, But it was my fault.

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23 hours ago

exactly. I paid nothing for BScs and I got a maintenance grant. I got paid while doing PhD. And we've used the NHS a lot.

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In prefer this version.

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New York lawyer linked to Trump pardon charged with attempted extortion Joshua Nass, of alleged $600,000 extortion plot, played role in pardon of man convicted of failing to pay $40m in taxes A New York lobbyist and attorney connected to a presidential pardon issued by Donald Trump in November has been charged with attempting to extort a former client and the client’s son over an alleged $500,000 debt. Joshua Nass, 34, was arrested on Friday after being charged in federal court in Brooklyn with attempted Hobbs Act extortion. US justice department prosecutors contend that Nass threatened a client for payment that he claimed he was owed for his services. Continue reading...

New York lawyer linked to Trump pardon charged with attempted extortion

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WAR!!!

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

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US Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) holds as a sign reading "This is not Normal" as US President Donald Trump enters the House chamber. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP) (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Melanie Stansbury: “Epstein’s own accountant, Richard Kahn, gave contradictory testimony this week about whether or not an accuser of both Epstein & Trump (Jane Doe 4) received a settlement from the Epstein Estate for abuse — He now says he cannot confirm or deny”

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"But Trump has blundered in, crushing and trampling all before him, making a bad situation worse. He does not deserve the benefit of the doubt. He does not deserve his war to be assessed charitably. He deserves our contempt."

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"His “secretary of war” is a cable TV nonentity high on the smell of death, which he confuses for testosterone. "

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Part II: Apocalypse Now? Peter Thiel on Ancient Prophecies and Modern Tech YouTube video by Hoover Institution

Peter Thiel, the arch-villain of Palantir, seems to be totally crazy. Here he is talking quite seriously about "anti-christ" and "apocalypse".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTNI...

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It wasn't a "Military Academy"—it was a reform school.

And that isn't an army uniform—it's a costume from a community theater production of "The Nutcracker."

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The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. It would take away the rights of working people to make their voices heard at the ballot box.

The Senate must reject this bill.

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That's funny, I could have sworn he said something about not needing Royal Navy vessels because the war was already won.
You broke it Don, you fix it.

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Wall Street Bankers Offered Lucrative Access to Join the Pentagon

A Pentagon recruiter openly offers corruption: “unmatched access to top-level government officials and privileged information flow — whatever you need, you can get.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

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