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Hormonal effects on emotions... have they never heard of PMS?
“in six months sec. kennedy has undermined 60 years of vaccine preventable diseases in this country.” dr. tom frieden frmr dir of CDC let that sink in-the damage this regime has inflicted on us.
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The genesis of this lies in the 1960s when a certain demographic rejected mainstream science cos it contradicted their religious beliefs. Since then they've made inroads into public education, sowing distrust in science ensuring science education is so poor that understanding is almost impossible.
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷
Please amplify Sen. Patty Murray's comments. Unless you're cool with all this, and haven't had enough yet. www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
In that order. #Ukraine #russia
open.substack.com/pub/thenorth... A Story That Should Have Rocked the World Two weeks ago, Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, one of the most senior cyberwarfare officials in the Israeli government — the Acting Head of Data & AI for Netanyahu’s National Cyber
The US officials telling Denmark to "calm down" have obviously never heard the word Anschluss. Their arrogance and obliviousness are astounding. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
You really need to quit with this idea of reporting stuff as if everything was normal. America isn't sliding into fascism, fullblown fascism has arrived and the US is in deep doo-doo.
Pro-kremlin fascist channels boast russia hit “military & energy facilities” at night, claiming 10 targets destroyed In fact russia hit residential buildings in Kyiv with drones&missiles Hundreds of sites damaged incl a mall&a train At least 14 killed incl children, 50+ injured Please share this
Personally, I date it as Fri 31st Jan 2025, when Musk spent the weekend, as he said, feeding USAID in the woodchipper. That was when DOGE seized control of OPM and GSA and gained access to the treasury's payment system. bsky.app/profile/joyc...
Reup: One thing many are missing abt Social Security whistleblower complaint is this: DOGE--including Big Balls, who has ties to criminal hackers--put ALL American Social Security data on an insecure AWS site AFTER SCOTUS GOPers intervened and let them do that. www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/26/a...
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I thought there was an interesting discussion to be had. My mistake.
So what "bad ulterior motives to the US" was Trump thinking about when he tried to strongarm the Scottish gov about a wind farm off the Aberdeenshire coast?
Shout out to all our “small government” Republican friends
Let the embogulations begin!
Load bearing? I said "some" to be clear that it was not "all". "Some" says nothing about numbers, ie whether it was a majority or a minority, it is delierately non-specific because I don't know the proportion, just know it was "some". I also wanted to be clear that I wasn't talking about "all".
We are very far off the cliff here folks. 🇺🇸
So... if you don't vote for the lesser of 2 evils you either vote for the greater of 2 evils out of spite, which is what some of the Bernie Bros did in 2016, or you don't vote at all which happened in 2024. In both cases the greater of 2 evils then won.
It's the tried and tested boiling frog syndrome.
Biden just got on with things quietly meaning all they had to report on was his health and age. They needed Trump reelected to give them a new scandal to report breathlessly every day. It's all about what makes news for them.
Its at this point that some other country needs to offer Mr Abrego Garcia political asylum from his persecution in the US.
25 August 1944 | Auschwitz II-Birkenau: gas chambers and crematoria II & III (left), gas chambers IV & V (right) & bunker II (top) - an early gas chamber used in 1942-43 and reopened in late spring 1944. Watch a short video about the history of gas chambers and crematoria: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
Let’s be clear about what is happening: This man is being punished — and disappeared — because he embarrassed our pretender king. They trumped up a criminal case against him because he was embarrassing.
I'm watching from Scotland and I'm appalled. Always loved the US, been a few times...NEVER again.
The world is watching this fiasco go down. The reputation of the US gov is in the gutter right now.
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Because the head of your government is a malignant narcissist and narcissistic injury was inflicted on him when it was demonstrated he was wrong.
JUST IN: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers say the Trump administration is trying to coerce him to plead guilty to the charges he is facing by promising to deport him to Costa Rica — and threatening to deport him to Uganda if he doesn’t. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Friends, here is some interesting information about russian sabotage operations in Europe. It's important to know www.rferl.org/a/russia-sab...
"... not seen in decades..." That's because never before has an authoritarian narcissist who is Putin's puppet sat in the Oval Office and threatened to sell them all out.
Tommy Robinson can do what he does thanks to enablers like that "management company".
It's because so many USians convinced themselves that they were somehow special and different from all other countries and were convinced it could never happen in their exceptional "land of the free and the home of the brave" so they got complacent.
Beats grout-raking in a tiny windowless room any day. Have fun for me.
He deserves aaalllllllll the hugs!
Sam piccies always bring a smile to my face.Thanks for brightening my day... and thank you Sam, just for being you.
There'll always be people who are better at things than we are. Bcs they are talented or work hard for it (mostly bcs of both). That's no reason to stop trying or doing things. No reason to be envious or nasty. Life's not a competition. Just enjoy their skill. #GoodMorning, everyone
The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize. “What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
Been asking the same question for quite some time.
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
The Justice Department absurdly says that there's no reason to stop its racial profiling program because racially profiled individuals can sue for damages for wrongful CBP/ICE detentions. They are lying! And its citation does not remotely demonstrate it. CBP/ICE acts with near-total impunity.
Careening towards? Nope, the US is already there.
In case a refresher is needed www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Those who don't realise that the US is already a fascist dictatorship are the same ones who said "It can't happen here cos we have this piece of paper..." Maybe look into how well a piece of paper served Neville Chamberlain, Munich Crisis 1938.
I think you are, I'm getting the same and there's no way to know if they're genuine or not. I haven't reported, but I block them. It's a sad reflection on the unchecked rise of the scammers.
And he will get away with this as long as idiots online, even those opposed to Trump, quote Washington *State* law, not realising that Washington DC ain't in Washington *State*, nor subject to Washington *State* law.
Call it what it is - trickle down criminality.
He is the king of hide and seek. I see no dog in this piccie.
Kennedy is throwing a fit because a large well designed study contradicts him. What would it take to help him see the errors of his ways? Sadly I don’t think he’ll learn. We need him removed from office. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Anti-vaxxers will remain in denial because otherwise it would mean having to admit to themselves they've been utterly wrong, bloody dangerous and are responsible for many unnecessary deaths. Also, the self-realisation that they're as dumb as a bag of hair is too much for them.
"... except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress..." which is why he declared it was an emergency. He's used legal loopholes his whole life.
Even worse,the memo denying use was issued 2 days prior. It was all planned. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ch...
And here is SecDef on Jan 4th 2021 saying that DC NG will not be used on Jan 6th.This is Trump's guy, appointed after Trump lost in Nov 2020. Insurrection was always the plan. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ch...
Nope, ultimate control of DC NG lies with POTUS. DC is the exception to rule. We went over this after Jan 6th 2021 - only POTUS could call in NG.
If I see one more post quoting Washington State law regarding the state governor controling the DC national guard I'll scream. Washington DC is NOT in Washington State, it doesn't come under Washington state law. DC NG has always been under control of POTUS via SecDef.
Doesn't apply in DC, that's the one exception. NG in DC comes under control of POTUS and gov exec, via SecDef. And that's why Chris Miller's memo denying use of DC NG on Jan 6th 2021 (written on Jan 4th) was such a big deal. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ch...
Sorry, too late. Today's declaration is basically a local version of Hitler's Enabing Act (1933) which established Hitler as a dictator.
Makes you wonder, huh?
DOCTORS W/O BORDERS: “‘This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing’ draws on medical data, patient testimonies — what has been branded “aid distribution” (secured by 🇺🇸 armed contractors) is institutionalised starvation & dehumanisation.” www.msf.org/not-aid-orch...
Sam, if you're reading...he's posting unflattering piccies of you again. Time to embogulate yourself then shake it all off in the front room as soon as you get in the house.
In a voice like a donkey being chainsawed 🎵Mull of Kintyre, oh mist rollin' in from the sea...🎵 That's my earworm set up for the weekend...sigh...
JFC, America! How long until you move on to using cattle trucks?
I feel this is probably quite important information. You wouldn't want to get it wrong.
Waves propagate outward from a storm complex over Nebraska. GOES-19 captured this fantastic view earlier this morning.
Been worrying about a sting jet since the models on Saturday seemed to show potential for one.
Don't worry if you struggle with this, I've been trying, and failing, to understand them for years. I can say all the right words, but my brain says "Nope!"
It's a small area of intense winds embedded in a storm system caused by cold, very dry air entering the main circulation along a very moist front. Cold air drops from high up towards and along the ground. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ortX...
The fact that it's also known as "Entrance of the Clowns" is just icing on the cake. 😇
Given Trump's recent image of him entering a gladiatorial arena, I suggest this royalty-free music for his next rally. "Entrance of the Gladiators" by Julius Fukic, 1897. I made a rough loop, I'm sure his peeps can tidy it up 😀 youtube.com/clip/Ugkx8rC...
"bribery charges"...!? Just remember, every accusation is a confession with this shower of clowns.
This smacks of "Why won't she come save the nation from the consequences of our nation's choices?".
Don't forget the polar swan, first spotted during one of the Fagradalsfjall eruptions when a volcano tourist saw a swan and reported it as a polar bear sighting. Screenie from Just Icelandic's video August 2021. He had "Save the Polar Swan"merch 😂 youtu.be/XPr70ZTLTwg?...
We have hit pay dirt, so please stop talking about what we will forever call "the Jeffrey EPSTEIN Hoax" Sadly, his PAST supporters have bought into this "bullshit" hook, line and sinker. We should just be grateful he doesn't want their support anymore & stick together like glue. #EPSTEINS4EVER
We can’t let this get lost in the noise.
And the piper is playing "Oh, Cambeltown Loch I wish you were whisky"... I love it! Drinking a whole loch full of whisky is the only way to make Trump's inane whifflings bearable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-oz...
Oops! Channeling his inner cat, was he? That look on his face is the same expression one of my cats had when he fell into the bath.
Continues to be shattered? Nope, it's already in bits, nothing left to shatter. This will take decades to fix. Tbh, the world is sick and tired of global policies being decided by about 20K swing voters in Wisconsin (hyperbole, but you get what I mean).
Regardless of any trade deals reached, I'm not compelled to buy US goods. Canada showed the rest of the world the way to deal with the bully - boycott.
To me it highlights that their own claims are fake and they know it, the entire purpose is to remove non-white people, but they're trying to hide it behind a sophomoric, pseudo-legal excuse.
The US was so convinced of its own exceptionalism that it thought "it can't happen here". They got complacent, they thought they didn't have to work at maintaining a democracy cos the constitution and judiciary would do it for them. That doesn't work when the judiciary is nobbled.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...
As a Scot having to endure Trump being in my country for four days, I'm happy and relieved to say I've been officially marked safe from Trump... I just managed to pass the Bluesky age verification.
With a bit of luck Scotland will spend the next four days festooned in Mexican and Canadian flags.🇲🇽🇨🇦 🏴
Read it again and pay attention to all mentions of mental illness then recall that Trump's lackeys want to have Trump Derangement Syndrome declared an official mental illness. Attend an anti-ICE protest? "Must be mentally ill with TDS, institutionalise them. Voted Democrat? Same." Been done before.
Everyone needs to reread this, paying particular attention to the parts about mental illness and then remember that Trump's cronies have been trying to get Trump Derangement Syndrome classified as an officially recognised mental disorder. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Don't forget the recent push by his cronies to have Trump Derangement Syndrome declared an official mental illness. That, combined with this ridiculous EO, is how he plans to lock up political opposition. The stench of Stephen Miller is all over this.
Did either of you touch the li'l fella without gloves on? If you did rabies vax may be wise. We get bats in our house in Scotland and I've been down the rabies vax route twice now... sigh...
Nippon Steel purchase of US Steel company puts Japan in control of the supply of US-produced steel. They can ship the whole lot to Japan, manufacture Toyotas there and send them to the US with only a 15% tarrif. Would US car manufacturers have to pay 50% tarrifs to reimport said US steel?
RIP Ozzy 😢 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Because as soon as he's released ICE will deport him again, the DOJ has said as much and admitted they can't stop ICE. Have you not noticed the number of peeps complying with immigration instructions who are being snatched at their hearings and deported?
Those "moderates" betrayed their constituents who hadn't in their worst nightmares dreamed that their candidate would get on board with what's going down right now. So don't give the "moderate" Repub politicians a pass, they're just as bad as the rest.
US governance is up to the people, the ordinary citizens, but never forget the "moderate" Republican politicians who helped to push through the most appalling appointments of racists, conspiracy thorists and QAnon nutcases, fully knowing they were racists,conspiracy theorists and QAnon nutcases.