David Vaudin

David Vaudin

@vaudindavid.bsky.social

watching Britain and the world from England after watching from Switzerland

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A new Dwarf Planet? Meet 2026 ED138, recently discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs. This Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) is estimated to be 600–1,500 km across. 🔭 #astro

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Stop what you are doing and look at this lovely story. A photography student in the 80s took pictures of punks and mods on the street in Preston. He’s now tracked them down and photographed them again. The pictures and stories are really ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukEmotional reunions as photographer recreates shots 46 years onSam Hill spent months tracking down the "special generation" he photographed as teenagers in 1980.

that came out wrong

CNN@cnn.com

Vice President JD Vance acknowledged Monday that high gas prices have left some voters undecided ahead of the midterm election, but argued that price spikes happen “every time some tinpot dictator decides to throw a tantrum.”

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This is just the maddest argument. These people would trap us in poverty to keep a decade old commitment, which no one ever actually made, to an electorate which no longer exists.

Politics.co.uk@politics.co.uk

“The perception that promises can subsequently be revisited by a political establishment removed from the realities of working communities has left lasting scars”, writes Labour MP @melanieonnmp.bsky.social 🗣️ EU free movement debate risks undermining voter trust www.politics.co.uk/2026/10/mela...

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Back in the US after a long break in the UK, I am suffering from total sticker shock after visiting a couple of DC supermarkets. I have never seen prices like it. Inflation numbers here are going to soar & are not yet telling the full story. The difference between late May & today is staggering.

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I somewhat try to do this but it's so hard. Outrage insists on being shared. Have to consciously fight the urge.

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

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My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

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In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

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First Orban, now Vučić. Both fundamentally undone by rank corruption of their regimes. Which is so often the reality of the authoritarian right in power. Really worth paying heed to in Western Europe right now

Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social

Wow. Vučić has conceded Serbian election. Massive moment for the entire Balkans

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oooo snazzy

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This supercut is likely to make Trump VERY upset. The difference between Trump and Obama is on full display, and the contrast is absolutely devastating. Watch until the end...

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Obama, "Iran didn't have nuclear weapons, because I put a deal in place that kept Iran from getting nukes, and I didn't have to fire a missile"

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Very impressive that he's talking about this.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social

Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he wants a more 'honest conversation' about freedom of movement, suggesting it could work better than post-Brexit immigration has. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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UK military procurement has been broken for a long time. Handing it over to Palantir is not the answer. That will only entrench the profiteering, but with ‘catchy’ slogans like ‘the need for speed’

Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social

🔴 REVEALED: Palantir led closed-door review of how MoD buys software The review was presented to defence minister Luke Pollard by Palantir UK boss Louis Mosley in Feb and has mostly been implemented None of this was made public New investigation🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-p...

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The pedophile protection party’s president is laundering right-wing conspiracy theories through the most corrupt DOJ in American history. Whenever the news turns bad, this creep reaches for one name: mine. So let’s make it crystal clear. My name has always been Ilhan Omar.

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You don’t fight fascists by pretending their ‘concerns’ are ‘legitimate’.

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social

The immigration doom loop, summed up here by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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i am on a plane sitting next to a lady who looks 40ish and has informed me that this is her first time flying she is visibly excited. she asked the flight attendant how much a soda costs and was happy to learn that drinks are free on airplanes. she's taking lots of pictures. i love this for her

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Funny isn't it how the "we're protecting our streets" people always start menacing anyone who questions them

Ireland against Fascism@irlagainstfascism.bsky.social

Danny Tommo's 'patriot platform' vigilantes were refused service in The George Inn, Portsmouth. They demanded to know why, despite the fact they do not have to be given a reason. Always make bigots feel unwelcome. Show the pub some love for doing the right thing. Things you love to see ✊❤️

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Nature bounces back: 5,000 butterflies appear at chalk grassland restoration project at Halnaker Hill in Sussex, two years after its reversion from arable land I’ll be talking lots about chalk grassland restoration in my next book THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY… www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com‘This isn’t greenwashing’: thousands of butterflies surprise experts on restored West Sussex farmlandRare small blues and dingy skippers among species found on former wheatfields two years after start of transformation under commercial nature project

most people don't know that dumb ends in a B

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social

Major media made a big deal about Biden taking a shorter set of stairs into Air Force One. But they treat a far more serious health issue – Trump's mental unfitness – as a minor curiosity. His deranged behavior endangers us. The media need to get serious about it. My Stop the Presses newsletter.

removing this has to be the way forward, it's actually just an abusive subscription charge

Martin Lewis@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com

Finally looks like we may be getting somewhere... @andyburnham at #PMQs just now "“I can tell the House today that I have asked the chancellor and the energy secretary to look at whether we can remove standing charges from gas bills and to report back to this House at the earliest opportunity.”

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"I think I might be sick..." James O'Brien reacts to Donald Trump's 'disturbing' comments about the war in Ukraine.