Andrew Davies
@ridings.bsky.social
Yorkshire expat 🏴🇬🇧, now in the great white North 🇨🇦. Interested in news 📰 politics 🗳️ construction 🚧 technology 💻 Leeds United ⚽️ and always on the lookout for a decent pie 🥧 or pint 🍻 Attempting to write a book l, while waiting for retirement 🙏
another reason not to use twatter
September 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
another reason not to use twatter
Reposted by Andrew Davies
The German consulate in St. Petersburg must close by Sept. 18, in response to Berlin’s recent “unfriendly actions,” Russia’s foreign ministry announced today.
Russia shuts German consulate as drone dispute escalates
The tit-for-tat move marks a new escalation in Berlin and Moscow’s worsening diplomatic fight.
www.politico.eu
September 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The German consulate in St. Petersburg must close by Sept. 18, in response to Berlin’s recent “unfriendly actions,” Russia’s foreign ministry announced today.
I don’t think China cares. They’re making money, they’re fucking the West.
EXCLUSIVE: New documents obtained by POLITICO provide the clearest evidence yet of a Chinese state firm supplying the Kremlin’s military industrial complex.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/chin...
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/chin...
September 7, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I don’t think China cares. They’re making money, they’re fucking the West.
September 7, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Reposted by Andrew Davies
📰 Whites squander chances to soar above Seagulls #LUFC
Whites squander chances to soar above Seagulls
Good Morning. It's Monday 7th September, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road... Whites squander chances to soar above Seagulls Leeds unbeaten start to the season continued, but they...
motforum.com
September 7, 2026 at 8:10 AM
📰 Whites squander chances to soar above Seagulls #LUFC
Reposted by Andrew Davies
Meta’s Threads is losing ground to Bluesky in capitalising on the exodus of users from Elon Musk’s X following Donald Trump’s election www.ft.com/content/e1b5...
November 25, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Meta’s Threads is losing ground to Bluesky in capitalising on the exodus of users from Elon Musk’s X following Donald Trump’s election www.ft.com/content/e1b5...
Not a surprise www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/b...
Severing of Baltic Sea Cables Was ‘Sabotage,’ Germany Says
Germany’s defense minister said damage to two fiber-optic cables on the sea floor appeared deliberate, but a culprit was not known.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Not a surprise www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/b...
Wow, that’s incredible … and expensive
A study estimates that 136.8 million Americans meet the criteria for semaglutide therapy, or more than half of the total U.S. adult population.
A Staggering Number of U.S. Adults Are Eligible for Ozempic, Study Finds
A groundbreaking Harvard study reveals that semaglutide could benefit more people in the U.S. than ever imagined.
gizmodo.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Wow, that’s incredible … and expensive
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What are the farmers planning?!?!!
November 18, 2024 at 11:15 AM
What are the farmers planning?!?!!
Well it seems to be working … CAD$3.99/month though 🤔 https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/16/croissant-app-for-threads-bluesky-mastodon/
November 18, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Well it seems to be working … CAD$3.99/month though 🤔 https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/16/croissant-app-for-threads-bluesky-mastodon/
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Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £7.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £16.99 for a completely blank notebook?
August 17, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £7.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £16.99 for a completely blank notebook?