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Apologies for not posting for a week or so. I've been battling the "enemy within" - chronic pain and illness. I won't bore you with a sob story, just that it's been a real bugger! Plus I didn't fancy seeing the "enemy without" i.e.Trump's face and all his associated insanity at the same time.

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For those interested in the study of genome depression identifiers. Trans-ancestry genome-wide study of depression identifies 697 associations implicating cell types and pharmacotherapies: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Random Fact The mortar (for part) of the Great Wall of China is a mix of sticky rice soup & slacked lime. This was implemented during the Ming dynasty and proved to be stronger and more water & plant resistant than lime mortar without Sticky rice soup. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_...

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Last night, Gia Jvarsheishvili, a disability rights defender, was arrested in #Tbilisi and taken to a clinic. His lawyer said the ambulance team made the decision. Jvarsheishvili reported injuries, verbal abuse, and feeling unsafe around the police. #GeorgiaProtests

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January 12 - #Tbilisi 🔻 Police have arrested several more protesters near the judges' corporate party. #GeorgiaProtests

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Tension rises in #Batumi as protesters rally after a night of arrests. Elena Khoshtaria of Droa placed a “Georgia is Going on Strike” poster on a police car, the same posters that sparked the arrests last night. #GeorgiaProtests #RepressionInGeorgia #TerrorInGeorgia

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Judges of Georgia’s puppet regime are sneaking into the Babilos restaurant through the back entrance to dine with leaders of the judicial clan, as protesters chant “slaves.” Video: Mautskebeli

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If you haven’t read George Orwell's 1945 satirical novella Animal Farm, you really should. It’s a great allegory for what’s happening today in America.

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#georgiaprotests #terroringeorgia

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A water cannon has arrived at the restaurant where the regime’s judges are partying The regime is weaker and more scared than I thought Video: Khalibeg Magamedovi #TerrorInGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests

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If you’re teaching the American Revolution this semester and want a short piece on smallpox inoculation, I recommend this one that I wrote for Age of Revolutions on Charles Willson Peale’s most Revolutionary painting which implored parents to inoculate in 1776. ageofrevolutions.com/2021/11/15/i...

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#Tbilisi: One of the judges attending the judicial clan party was met with public outrage as he attempted to leave. He was egged. Over 15 people have been unlawfully remanded in custody over the New Years period, with over 500 unlawfully arrested in December, over 300 severely beaten/tortured

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We are forever indebted to these brave souls. 😔💔 Shame on the monster who will walk back into the "People's House! #Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist #TruthWarriors

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New: The right-wing Supreme Court majority is now looking to potentially overturn the Affordable Care Act’s policy that makes cancer screenings, heart statins, and HIV prevention free.

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Just in: the police violently detained several activists in front of the restaurant where people were protesting the banquet of the regime’s judges.

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January 12 - #Tbilisi 🔻 Police began detaining citizens near the Babilo restaurant, where a corporate party for judges was being held, as protesters gathered outside to demand the release of those unjustly detained. 📣"Unjust Judges, Unjust Georgia" – a slogan frequently heard there. #GeorgiaProtests

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The riot police are mobilized around the restaurant to ensure that the regime’s judges can have their feast undisturbed. Georgia, 2025 Video: Mautskebeli

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There is no more important story that needs your attention than the fact that the GOP is trying to steal a North Carolina Supreme Court seat. Please watch, share, and take action. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzh1...

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#georgiaprotests #terroringeorgia

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#georgiaprotests #terroringeorgia

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😂🤣😅🤣😅🤣

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Hundreds of police are being mobilized near a restaurant where regime judges are partying 🎥 Mariam Nikuradze #TerrorInGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests

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Do you honestly know of any other country where the regime has to deploy riot police just so judges can have dinner? This is simply surreal.

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Lawyers at the Tbilisi City Court, where the criminal case of 11 protesters is being heard, report a violation of the right to a fair trial. They state that prosecutors & the judge are collectively deciding whether they should remain in custody, instead of reviewing cases individually. 📷 Publika

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For anyone doubting 🇬🇪 Georgia’s so-called government’s ties to russia let me remind you: In 2021, they signed an agreement with Belarus’s KGB, meaning direct collaboration with the kremlin. #Russia #Georgia #Belarus

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Under the GOP's SAVE Act, Tribal IDs would NO LONGER be accepted as valid identification to register to vote. This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities. #StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/EC9Y1x2d

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There’s sham trials of several unlawfully imprisoned protesters. Due to abundance of supporters at the Tbilisi City Court, they had to move the hearings to a bigger courtroom. #terrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests

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Poles have made a film about Putin, which will be released tomorrow . The main role in the film is played by Pole Slawomir Sobala, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Putin. 1/4

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🇬🇪Please add your support and voice to the call for new elections in Georgia, freeing political prisoners, and for a Georgia free from Russian interference. #georgiaprotests #terroringeorgia #georgia #notmypresident #standwithgeorgia #sanctiongeorgia #newelectionsingeorgia

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⭕️Irakli Kobakhidze met with the Chinese Ambassador to #Georgia, marking their second meeting within the past month. 🔴Since the elections, the "Georgian Dream" party has held a total of four meetings with the Ambassador of #China.

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Not only is the word of the day, but it's also the one for the next four years.

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This morning's burning military factory near St Petersburg, set to Shostokovich's Walz #2.

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BREAKING #China Suddenly Building Fleet Of Special Barges Suitable For Taiwan Landings #OSINT www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

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🗣️"If you think that throwing a bottle is a crime punishable by 4-6 years of imprisonment, then I have a matchbox, and I will throw it at the prosecutor. You can add 3 more months to my sentence," Onise Tskhadadze to judge. #GeorgiaProtests

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My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.

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⭕️ Tbilisi City Court Judge Ketevan Jachvadze has ordered the continued pre-trial detention of 11 defendants involved in the #GeorgiaProtest. 🛑 The defense requested a change in the preventive measure and their release on bail, but the judge rejected the request.

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This is bad, and certainly smells of an intended assassination—though obviously we cannot know that yet. But you do not bring a trained killer into the United States just to have him conduct anodyne covert drone surveillance.

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🇬🇪Please add your support and voice to the call for new elections in Georgia, freeing political prisoners, and for a Georgia free from Russian interference. #georgiaprotests #terroringeorgia #georgia #notmypresident #standwithgeorgia #sanctiongeorgia #newelectionsingeorgia

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Cartoonist unknown.

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Do you feel old now? 😏

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🇬🇪Please add your support and voice to the call for new elections in Georgia, freeing political prisoners, and for a Georgia free from Russian interference. #georgiaprotests #terroringeorgia #georgia #notmypresident #standwithgeorgia #sanctiongeorgia #newelectionsingeorgia

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🇬🇪Please add your support and voice to the call for new elections in Georgia, freeing political prisoners, and for a Georgia free from Russian interference. #georgiaprotests #terroringeorgia #georgia #notmypresident #standwithgeorgia #sanctiongeorgia #newelectionsingeorgia

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The @nytimes.com should hire whoever wrote this headline. Seriously!

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🇬🇪Please add your support and voice to the call for new elections in Georgia, freeing political prisoners, and for a Georgia free from Russian interference. #georgiaprotests #terroringeorgia #georgia #notmypresident #standwithgeorgia #sanctiongeorgia #newelectionsingeorgia

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🇬🇪Please add your support and voice to the call for new elections in Georgia, freeing political prisoners, and for a Georgia free from Russian interference. #georgiaprotests #terroringeorgia #georgia #notmypresident #standwithgeorgia #sanctiongeorgia #newelectionsingeorgia

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Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?

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