infraredeyes.bsky.social
Scientist, Scot, UK and US citizen, now living in New Zealand. Opinions expressed are my own. If you don't like 'em, think up your own stuff.
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If there's a bar, my go-to is a soda water with a dash of bitters.
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Textbook example of the leopards-eating-faces meme.
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With all due respect to Hegseth and Rubio, this man is far and away the most dangerous member of Trump's cabinet.
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can we just take a moment to recognize the career CDC vaccine experts at ACIP who are explaining the data and facts to the committee?
they are under tremendous political pressure but they continue to do their jobs admirably and honestly. what courage under fascism looks like
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American usage of "liberal" is different from UK/Europe. For years, it meant left-wing, because they were terrified of the word "socialist". Now it's become almost meaningless.
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Both AOC and Sanders are much more accomplished politicians than Corbyn.
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I'm all for female solidarity, but Mrs B is wrong.
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Congratulations!
[All babies look like Winston Churchill circa 1950.]
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Indeed. And also Dan "Covid 19 isn't going to kill you, it really isn't" Hannan.
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And in Europe an the Middle East, it's mid-1914.
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I think this is a key to much of Trump's behaviour. And a frightening number of people are willing to play along.
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Yeah, Marge. He wasn't supposed to lie to *you*, was he? Just to the rest of us.
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Suspended now.
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Churchill also used the army against British citizens (Welsh miners).
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Surely there is a tipping point--perhaps when around 40-50% of everything is high-vis--where it becomes easier to find the one or two black or grey items in the room.
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"I can't believe I have to work through this!" Why the hell wouldn't you? Is your house being bombed? Is your kid's school closed? Are you or someone you know being called up?
No. There's something on the news that upsets you and will have downstream effects. That's just life. Go the fuck to work.
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No bathroom? Does it have running water?
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You'd be amazed (or maybe not) by the number of staunch Unionists who have Irish passports in their back pockets.
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Social tyranny in the name of community comes before and gives moral cover to political tyranny.
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So Birbalsingh is the only woman on the panel? Sigh...
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Are we sure it's really him? I mean, I'll block him anyway but...
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Nobody who has watched what is happening in Ukraine is going to give up a nuclear program. Nobody.
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As my mother used to say: Sorry means you won't do it again.
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Trump can't pardon him on state charges.
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Poor pup. But lucky to have such love and care at the end of her life.
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Is this supposed to make me feel better? Because it doesn't make me feel better.
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Apart from anything else, no-one is going to give up on nuclear weapons after seeing what happened to Ukraine. No-one.
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I think you're allowed to yodel.
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In 2015, the Scots were told that staying in the UK was the only way to stay in the EU. We were promised increased devolution too, which never happened. Don't have to be a nationalist to be angry.
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Streeting: "Nigel Farage... his political career is like a pub crawl - long, messy, and somehow someone else ends up picking up the tab"
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Mate, even here in New Zealand it's only Tuesday.
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Reform went from zero to about 26%. They bid fair to replace the Tories in Scotland and could have a presence in the Scottish Parliament next time around. It's not a colossal triumph for Farage, but there's no point ignoring it.
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The thing about "larger than life" types like Trump and Musk is that they are, in the end, deeply boring.
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It's not that Trump can't be bought. It's that he doesn't stay bought.
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But if they were any darker, you'd look like Scotland.