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UK-trained GP in Canada; former epidemiologist, former health strategist, he/him
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sick public transit, gloria
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rice is life, and I got a thread to share about rice: Park Chung-hee's obsession to make South Korea rice self-sufficient in the 1970s changed everything about the country, including your favorite Korean foods and the urban environment 🧵
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The Guardian
3 days ago
‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1771654015
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The Guardian
5 days ago
Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life in prison for leading insurrection in South Korea
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Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life in prison for leading insurrection in South Korea
Former South Korean president found guilty over failed martial law declaration in 2024 A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the former president Yoon Suk Yeol to life imprisonment with labour over his failed martial law declaration in December 2024, finding him guilty of leading an insurrection and making him the first elected head of state in the country’s democratic era to receive the maximum custodial sentence. Under South Korean law, the charge of leading an insurrection carries three possible sentences: death, life imprisonment with labour, or life imprisonment without labour. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/19/yoon-suk-yeol-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-leading-insurrection-in-south-korea?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Rereading Hickman’s Fantastic Four and I have to say that his techbro take on Reed has not aged well.
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John Rogers
9 days ago
American culture of the 1840’s would have been *very fucking surprised* to see the Irish considered as co-founders. Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.
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Same old, same old. This is about the Canadian Exclusion Act in 1923.
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This is absolutely terrible. The Tavistock clinic was an absolute good, destroyed by TERF Island and NHS England.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique
11 days ago
I'd like at add a few things to this. (1) humanists have not been able to convince any political party that curiosity-driven humanities research is a public good that should be funded using tax dollars. Republicans don't believe this, but neither do Democrats.
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Kevin M. Kruse
16 days ago
"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.
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Katie Mack
17 days ago
GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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Annalee Newitz
18 days ago
No, really,
@washingtonpost.com
, I am the one who is sorry to see you go. Farewell to what was once my go-to, trusted news source. I'm sorry that you had to die in darkness.
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The Tennessee Holler
21 days ago
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Stephen Collins
21 days ago
This took me fucking ages
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer
27 days ago
Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath but never a source of God's charity, mercy, or compassion.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation
28 days ago
Poverty is deepening. 🔎 Our
#UKPoverty2026
report was launched this morning. People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people. This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
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Kit Yates
28 days ago
Bitterly disappointing that the UK has lost its Measles elimination status again. "UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established"
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UK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake
UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/26/who-drops-uk-status-measles-free-rise-in-deaths-fall-in-jab-uptake
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Maria Langholz
29 days ago
pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor: "Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
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sarah jeong
29 days ago
part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis
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Ryan Estrada
29 days ago
This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.
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Aaron Rupar
29 days ago
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux
about 1 month ago
I am past 'retrain ICE.' I am past 'reform ICE.' I am past 'abolish ICE.' I am at 'imprison ICE.'
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BeijingPalmer
about 1 month ago
a very good, thoughtful Helen Gao piece on actual *life in China* at the moment - and whether the economic slowdown and social crisis is making for a more interesting, thoughtful way of living for young people.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/23/c...
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The Great Chinese Vibe Shift
A country once obsessed with success is taking things slower.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/23/china-lying-flat-work-meritocracy-young/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=Y2hpbmEtbHlpbmctZmxhdC13b3JrLW1lcml0b2NyYWN5LXlvdW5n&pid=PNI6oXabXq1ydw6
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Adam Sawyer
about 1 month ago
If the admin's strategic goal was to break public resistance to immigration enforcement activities, it was a tactical mistake to go to the Twin Cities.
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Dorian Lynskey
about 1 month ago
"What I would really love to see — and the tech companies I'm talking to are very excited about this — is a situation where, if you like, Big Brother is watching you. A Thought Police could really transform the law and order space so that we can catch people before they even commit crimes."
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The Tennessee Holler
about 1 month ago
What an embarrassing circus this regime is 🎪
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MeidasTouch
about 1 month ago
Sir, you can’t break up with someone who already blocked your number
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Suggestions welcome.
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James Ball
about 1 month ago
I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans. When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
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Worcester Green Party
about 1 month ago
You could’ve fooled us…
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
about 1 month ago
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
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Jess O'Thomson
5 months ago
It cannot be made clearer. If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
about 1 month ago
If nothing else, pretty amazing Canadian PM Carney said the quiet part out loud today: international law has never been real and the ‘rules’ of the international order have never applied to the US and its allies. This may indeed be the actual death of neoliberalism.
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Virginia Gewin
about 1 month ago
“The speed, the scope and the severity of the attacks on science are beyond anything we’ve ever seen,” says
@gretchentg.bsky.social
. My
@nature.com
story on the human toll of the 2nd Trump presidency. Thx to
@dochfroehlich.bsky.social
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@briannosek.bsky.social
,
@katharinehayhoe.com
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‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers
Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00091-0
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Mike Galsworthy
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Svatli
about 1 month ago
A joke for the history buffs.
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floating in lotus position
about 1 month ago
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
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The Guardian
about 1 month ago
‘I was afraid for my life’: the transgender refugees fleeing Trump’s America
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‘I was afraid for my life’: the transgender refugees fleeing Trump’s America
Fear, abuse and eroding rights for trans people have created a hostile environment in the US – can they claim asylum in the Netherlands?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/19/i-was-afraid-for-my-life-the-transgender-refugees-fleeing-trumps-america?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1768825500
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Lancelot Blackburne, also Bishop of Exeter.
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Rebecca Solnit
about 1 month ago
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye:
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EDC 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮🇸🇪
about 1 month ago
Two people you should never trust; A religious leader who tells you how to vote, and a polition who tells you how to pray.
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Alexander Clarkson
about 1 month ago
This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
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The books of
@wiswell.bsky.social
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@percivaleverett.bsky.social
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@franceshardinge.bsky.social
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Mother Jones
about 1 month ago
Because you know that truth is not the same as what you want to hear.
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You are smarter than Elon Musk.
Truth is not always what we want to hear
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2022/12/you-are-smarter-than-elon-musk/
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jamelle
about 1 month ago
wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic — repression with goons — but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.
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Opinion | This Is the Only Card Trump Can Play
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/opinion/ice-minneapolis-occupation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFA.hn6m.mvcQZdqe5LCK&smid=url-share
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Katie Phang
about 1 month ago
“A federal judge on Friday barred federal agents in Minneapolis from arresting peaceful protesters, or using nonlethal munitions and crowd control tools against them.”
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Rebecca Solnit
about 1 month ago
Is there a bureau of exactly how much everyone should care about each thing and does the Atlantic run it and how does it measure that care and who exactly is the left anyway, and here we are in the US of A where the right regards human rights violations unto death with grisly enthusiasm, hello?
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The Tennessee Holler
about 1 month ago
A lawless regime — breaking the law to protect powerful pedophiles
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Of course the Home Secretary should not be allowed to dismiss police officers - it’s ridiculous to suggest it.
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