Dave Clark
@daveclarkreports.eurosky.social
News reporter, AFP
Immigrant: France
Emigrant: UK
Migrant: Kosovo, Nigeria, Iraq, US, Belgium
Immigrant: France
Emigrant: UK
Migrant: Kosovo, Nigeria, Iraq, US, Belgium
On the day my lad leaves home to start university, the courses I studied three decades ago are closing down.
EXC: 90 programmes in Edinburgh University's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are to be closed.
The casualties, which include 48 language and literature programmes, will be 'taught out', w/ no admissions after 2027.
@heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2655839...
The casualties, which include 48 language and literature programmes, will be 'taught out', w/ no admissions after 2027.
@heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2655839...
Ninety programmes to close at leading university as savings plan takes shape
According to the document, a total of 90 programmes will be “taught out” over the next several years, including 48 in the School of Language.
www.heraldscotland.com
September 18, 2026 at 8:46 AM
On the day my lad leaves home to start university, the courses I studied three decades ago are closing down.
Remember when Tucker Carlson was impressed by a French supermarket in Moscow? It's a Russian supermarket now, he should go back in a couple of months and see how it's doing
September 18, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Remember when Tucker Carlson was impressed by a French supermarket in Moscow? It's a Russian supermarket now, he should go back in a couple of months and see how it's doing
Space for Canada to join as an associate member?
IRELAND WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN EUROVISION 2027 - REPORTS
September 17, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Space for Canada to join as an associate member?
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1/ I've just finished a new investigation, and it's a biggie!
If you've seen The Levantine, Diplomatic Post, Global Reporters or Frontline Radar running ads on LinkedIn or Meta, you've seen an influence op pushing one side of Sudan's war to millions. 🧵
marcowenjones.substack.com/p/from-north...
If you've seen The Levantine, Diplomatic Post, Global Reporters or Frontline Radar running ads on LinkedIn or Meta, you've seen an influence op pushing one side of Sudan's war to millions. 🧵
marcowenjones.substack.com/p/from-north...
From North Macedonia to Khartoum: someone is paying to put one side of Sudan's war in front of millions
Investigation reveals info op involving a Hong Kong company, three North Macedonians, 558 ads across LinkedIn & Meta, reaching 5 million accounts in the EU alone — all pushing one side of Sudan’s war
marcowenjones.substack.com
September 9, 2026 at 9:06 AM
1/ I've just finished a new investigation, and it's a biggie!
If you've seen The Levantine, Diplomatic Post, Global Reporters or Frontline Radar running ads on LinkedIn or Meta, you've seen an influence op pushing one side of Sudan's war to millions. 🧵
marcowenjones.substack.com/p/from-north...
If you've seen The Levantine, Diplomatic Post, Global Reporters or Frontline Radar running ads on LinkedIn or Meta, you've seen an influence op pushing one side of Sudan's war to millions. 🧵
marcowenjones.substack.com/p/from-north...
To be fair to the UK authorities, ever since Dominic Raab left office there's been no one senior who understands that the Channel ports are important to British economy
September 5, 2026 at 1:22 PM
To be fair to the UK authorities, ever since Dominic Raab left office there's been no one senior who understands that the Channel ports are important to British economy
See, Eddie would have had Tindall do his mouthing off for him
Mark Douglas (@MsiDouglas)
First Jaissle booking of the season....
#nufc better last 10.
First Jaissle booking of the season....
#nufc better last 10.
September 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM
See, Eddie would have had Tindall do his mouthing off for him
"Thank you for interest in the British Museum. Our opening hours are 9:00am to 6:00pm daily.
"For group visit inquiries please impress a single vertical stripe in your clay tablet.
"To become a donor or to join Ea-Nasir's High Quality Copper Club please impress two."
"For group visit inquiries please impress a single vertical stripe in your clay tablet.
"To become a donor or to join Ea-Nasir's High Quality Copper Club please impress two."
This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress.
They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post.
I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail!
www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...
They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post.
I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail!
www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...
September 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM
"Thank you for interest in the British Museum. Our opening hours are 9:00am to 6:00pm daily.
"For group visit inquiries please impress a single vertical stripe in your clay tablet.
"To become a donor or to join Ea-Nasir's High Quality Copper Club please impress two."
"For group visit inquiries please impress a single vertical stripe in your clay tablet.
"To become a donor or to join Ea-Nasir's High Quality Copper Club please impress two."
That's only 34 presidents. Guess we'll never know how he thinks he ranks compared to Reagan? Nixon? LBJ?
August 28, 2026 at 1:39 PM
That's only 34 presidents. Guess we'll never know how he thinks he ranks compared to Reagan? Nixon? LBJ?
Great to be back in the UK for a bit. Centrist government with a comfortable majority, no looming elections, respected public broadcaster and diverse private media, economic growth. I imagine public discourse is very civili .... WTAF!?!
August 26, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Great to be back in the UK for a bit. Centrist government with a comfortable majority, no looming elections, respected public broadcaster and diverse private media, economic growth. I imagine public discourse is very civili .... WTAF!?!
Reposted by Dave Clark
Problem: Alive
Solution: Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Solution: Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Problem: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Solution: Foreign Object
Solution: Foreign Object
Ok, let’s play pop song problems and solutions. I’ll start:
Problem: Night Fever
Solution: Night Nurse
Problem: Night Fever
Solution: Night Nurse
August 23, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Problem: Alive
Solution: Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Solution: Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Autumn came early this year
August 19, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Autumn came early this year
Reposted by Dave Clark
Full marks for the typo. Chef’s kiss for the reply.
August 18, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Full marks for the typo. Chef’s kiss for the reply.
New York has invented bins.
Over to you Brussels @bxllaville.bsky.social ?
Over to you Brussels @bxllaville.bsky.social ?
All Mamdani does is get things done.
Best NYC Mayor of my lifetime.
Best NYC Mayor of my lifetime.
August 17, 2026 at 10:42 AM
New York has invented bins.
Over to you Brussels @bxllaville.bsky.social ?
Over to you Brussels @bxllaville.bsky.social ?
Is the little exclamation mark at the end supposed to make it cheery, @sncf-voyageurs.bsky.social ?
August 14, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Is the little exclamation mark at the end supposed to make it cheery, @sncf-voyageurs.bsky.social ?
Reposted by Dave Clark
Remember, in War&Peace, when there is a big comet on the sky over Moscow, and the servant warns Pierre it means war, but Pierre, having just confessed his love for Natascha, is too happy to believe it?
August 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Remember, in War&Peace, when there is a big comet on the sky over Moscow, and the servant warns Pierre it means war, but Pierre, having just confessed his love for Natascha, is too happy to believe it?
Reposted by Dave Clark
Massive jellyfish infestation forces closure of three French nuclear reactors
A massive influx of jellyfish has forced EDF to shut down three of the six reactors at the Gravelines nuclear power station (Nord), the largest in Western Europe
A massive influx of jellyfish has forced EDF to shut down three of the six reactors at the Gravelines nuclear power station (Nord), the largest in Western Europe
August 12, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Massive jellyfish infestation forces closure of three French nuclear reactors
A massive influx of jellyfish has forced EDF to shut down three of the six reactors at the Gravelines nuclear power station (Nord), the largest in Western Europe
A massive influx of jellyfish has forced EDF to shut down three of the six reactors at the Gravelines nuclear power station (Nord), the largest in Western Europe
The hills I will gripe on:
People on calls in public should wear their headphones.
People whose attention I am trying to attract should take them out.
If you're not sure which category you fall into, wear only one of your earphones.
People on calls in public should wear their headphones.
People whose attention I am trying to attract should take them out.
If you're not sure which category you fall into, wear only one of your earphones.
The hill I will die on: Remove those earphones – you’re blocking out the music of humanity | Stefan Stern
The hill I will die on: Remove those earphones – you’re blocking out the music of humanity | Stefan Stern
Beyond the white noise lies a vibrant world of possibility, so take your headphones off and listen to your surroundings. It may even save your life, says author Stefan Stern
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The hills I will gripe on:
People on calls in public should wear their headphones.
People whose attention I am trying to attract should take them out.
If you're not sure which category you fall into, wear only one of your earphones.
People on calls in public should wear their headphones.
People whose attention I am trying to attract should take them out.
If you're not sure which category you fall into, wear only one of your earphones.
So proud to work with colleagues like Christina
August 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
So proud to work with colleagues like Christina
Finland too.
A long way to swim, that
[Idle musing: If Spain gets kicked out of Schengen will Gibraltar have to secure the border?]
A long way to swim, that
[Idle musing: If Spain gets kicked out of Schengen will Gibraltar have to secure the border?]
July 31, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Finland too.
A long way to swim, that
[Idle musing: If Spain gets kicked out of Schengen will Gibraltar have to secure the border?]
A long way to swim, that
[Idle musing: If Spain gets kicked out of Schengen will Gibraltar have to secure the border?]
Reposted by Dave Clark
UEFA spokesperson Dietmar Fumm said to reporters "This decision effectively signals that Gianni Infantino is an enemy of world football".
tl;dr: FIFA "foe" - Fumm
tl;dr: FIFA "foe" - Fumm
July 30, 2026 at 5:32 PM
UEFA spokesperson Dietmar Fumm said to reporters "This decision effectively signals that Gianni Infantino is an enemy of world football".
tl;dr: FIFA "foe" - Fumm
tl;dr: FIFA "foe" - Fumm
He'll still need a rubber cap.
Otherwise no piscine
Otherwise no piscine
Nude artist returns to a Baltimore pedestal, this time in a Speedo
Nude artist returns to a Baltimore pedestal, this time in a Speedo
The man, a performative artist that goes by the name Hamb, reappeared on a pedestal in the Mount Vernon neighborhood Sunday.
buff.ly
July 26, 2026 at 10:22 PM
He'll still need a rubber cap.
Otherwise no piscine
Otherwise no piscine
I don't mind this. I'm an old man who studied books and languages in the late 1900s.
The people who buy and sell stuff are still dumb
The people who buy and sell stuff are still dumb
OIL FELL SHARPLY AND STOCK FUTURES ROSE AFTER THE U.S. AND IRAN PAUSED MILITARY STRIKES, EASING CONCERNS OVER MIDDLE EAST OIL SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS.
July 26, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I don't mind this. I'm an old man who studied books and languages in the late 1900s.
The people who buy and sell stuff are still dumb
The people who buy and sell stuff are still dumb