Abigail Nunes-Richards
@abinr.bsky.social
Mum, scientist, archaeologist, geneticist, cheese monger.
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Ever notice how, when someone in a top level position has to step down after being caught in an illegal or immoral scandal, their resignation statement always says that “they don’t want to be a distraction”?
No. You WERE successfully distracting us. Your problem is that we’re no longer distracted.
No. You WERE successfully distracting us. Your problem is that we’re no longer distracted.
February 5, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Ever notice how, when someone in a top level position has to step down after being caught in an illegal or immoral scandal, their resignation statement always says that “they don’t want to be a distraction”?
No. You WERE successfully distracting us. Your problem is that we’re no longer distracted.
No. You WERE successfully distracting us. Your problem is that we’re no longer distracted.
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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so crazy to me that a woman asked trump if he has any words for epstein's victims and he said "you as a young woman should smile more." it will go nowhere bc republicans refuse to hold trump accountable, but it's still pretty crazy.
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 AM
so crazy to me that a woman asked trump if he has any words for epstein's victims and he said "you as a young woman should smile more." it will go nowhere bc republicans refuse to hold trump accountable, but it's still pretty crazy.
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People who make billions out of billions are invariably horrible, vicious, abusive, nasty, bitter human beings who think very highly of themselves and their needs and their pile of money and absolutely nothing of other human beings.
If the Epstein scandal has reminded us of anything it is that.
If the Epstein scandal has reminded us of anything it is that.
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
People who make billions out of billions are invariably horrible, vicious, abusive, nasty, bitter human beings who think very highly of themselves and their needs and their pile of money and absolutely nothing of other human beings.
If the Epstein scandal has reminded us of anything it is that.
If the Epstein scandal has reminded us of anything it is that.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Seriously? I know it's not as bad as living people, but the Israelis know how important dead bodies are.
Seriously? I know it's not as bad as living people, but the Israelis know how important dead bodies are.
Revealed: Israel bulldozed part of Gaza war cemetery containing allied graves
Satellite images and witness testimony show destruction as IDF claims it was forced to take defensive measures
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Seriously? I know it's not as bad as living people, but the Israelis know how important dead bodies are.
Seriously? I know it's not as bad as living people, but the Israelis know how important dead bodies are.
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The Guardian with a correction de nos jours, to place alongside that other, now legendary, correction where the Mirror explained why Katie Hopkins had really been arrested in South Africa.
February 4, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The Guardian with a correction de nos jours, to place alongside that other, now legendary, correction where the Mirror explained why Katie Hopkins had really been arrested in South Africa.
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🚨 NEW: Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman accidentally voted with Labour to abolish the two-child benefit cap tonight after entering the wrong lobby
February 3, 2026 at 10:15 PM
🚨 NEW: Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman accidentally voted with Labour to abolish the two-child benefit cap tonight after entering the wrong lobby
Greetings Cormorants have learnt to keep Heronstone clear.
February 3, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Greetings Cormorants have learnt to keep Heronstone clear.
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Welsh Valleys sheep. They've come into town, had a nice day eating people's gardens, now they're waiting for a lift back up the hill. Perfectly normal behaviour.
February 2, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Welsh Valleys sheep. They've come into town, had a nice day eating people's gardens, now they're waiting for a lift back up the hill. Perfectly normal behaviour.
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Here's the context:
When Mandelson was Business Minister, Epstein wrote asking him to make only the cash portion (ie not equity etc) of bankers’ bonuses taxable.
Mandelson's answer: “Trying hard to amend as I explained to Jes last night. Treasury digging in but I am on case.”
When Mandelson was Business Minister, Epstein wrote asking him to make only the cash portion (ie not equity etc) of bankers’ bonuses taxable.
Mandelson's answer: “Trying hard to amend as I explained to Jes last night. Treasury digging in but I am on case.”
February 2, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Here's the context:
When Mandelson was Business Minister, Epstein wrote asking him to make only the cash portion (ie not equity etc) of bankers’ bonuses taxable.
Mandelson's answer: “Trying hard to amend as I explained to Jes last night. Treasury digging in but I am on case.”
When Mandelson was Business Minister, Epstein wrote asking him to make only the cash portion (ie not equity etc) of bankers’ bonuses taxable.
Mandelson's answer: “Trying hard to amend as I explained to Jes last night. Treasury digging in but I am on case.”
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I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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“Hey, can we just talk about life right now without bringing up politics?”
“I want to know talk about human biology but can we just ignore blood and bones? And also organs. Tissue as well.”
“I just want to focus on matter itself and not carbon. Can you just leave carbon out of everything?”
“I want to know talk about human biology but can we just ignore blood and bones? And also organs. Tissue as well.”
“I just want to focus on matter itself and not carbon. Can you just leave carbon out of everything?”
January 30, 2026 at 4:22 PM
“Hey, can we just talk about life right now without bringing up politics?”
“I want to know talk about human biology but can we just ignore blood and bones? And also organs. Tissue as well.”
“I just want to focus on matter itself and not carbon. Can you just leave carbon out of everything?”
“I want to know talk about human biology but can we just ignore blood and bones? And also organs. Tissue as well.”
“I just want to focus on matter itself and not carbon. Can you just leave carbon out of everything?”
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"Our study revealing university degrees are a net drain on the rest of society turns out to contain an error. PPEs from Oxford are an outlier and should not have been included."
January 30, 2026 at 9:30 AM
"Our study revealing university degrees are a net drain on the rest of society turns out to contain an error. PPEs from Oxford are an outlier and should not have been included."
I'm becoming very Swiss.
Watching UK and US shows I get really itchy with the shoes in the house thing and feel the urge to scream when shoes are on furniture, especially beds..... ecklig.
Watching UK and US shows I get really itchy with the shoes in the house thing and feel the urge to scream when shoes are on furniture, especially beds..... ecklig.
January 29, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I'm becoming very Swiss.
Watching UK and US shows I get really itchy with the shoes in the house thing and feel the urge to scream when shoes are on furniture, especially beds..... ecklig.
Watching UK and US shows I get really itchy with the shoes in the house thing and feel the urge to scream when shoes are on furniture, especially beds..... ecklig.
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kristi noem is like a box of chocolates
they'll both kill your dog
they'll both kill your dog
January 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM
kristi noem is like a box of chocolates
they'll both kill your dog
they'll both kill your dog
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How? How do you double-check the accuracy, if you're not already an expert? Ask a different GenAI? Or do you, you know... Have to go and do the research you would have done anyway, pre-AI? Because I'm buggered if I can think of how you do that in a way where the GenAI saved you time.
January 28, 2026 at 1:12 PM
How? How do you double-check the accuracy, if you're not already an expert? Ask a different GenAI? Or do you, you know... Have to go and do the research you would have done anyway, pre-AI? Because I'm buggered if I can think of how you do that in a way where the GenAI saved you time.
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Next bit is about learning new skills for a role transition. Actually, a bit better! Although questionable advice, but we'll overlook that for now.
I can't help feeling that people needing training on "how to ask a question properly" is indicative of something broader going on here.
I can't help feeling that people needing training on "how to ask a question properly" is indicative of something broader going on here.
January 28, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Next bit is about learning new skills for a role transition. Actually, a bit better! Although questionable advice, but we'll overlook that for now.
I can't help feeling that people needing training on "how to ask a question properly" is indicative of something broader going on here.
I can't help feeling that people needing training on "how to ask a question properly" is indicative of something broader going on here.
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You're all focused on the first sentence, but I want to talk about the second sentence, featuring what might be the weakest ever constituency link.
January 27, 2026 at 8:43 PM
You're all focused on the first sentence, but I want to talk about the second sentence, featuring what might be the weakest ever constituency link.
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"This is my last territorial demand in Europe."
Sudetenland, 1938.
Sudetenland, 1938.
Putin's proposal for "peace" - give me all the Ukrainian defensive positions.
‼️ Russia will not be able to capture Donbas before August 2027, — ISW
Giving Russia the rest of the Ukrainian Donbas would be a strategic mistake, wrote the American Institute for the Study of War, arguing that it would take the Russian army at least 18 months to achieve this by force.
Giving Russia the rest of the Ukrainian Donbas would be a strategic mistake, wrote the American Institute for the Study of War, arguing that it would take the Russian army at least 18 months to achieve this by force.
January 28, 2026 at 4:55 PM
"This is my last territorial demand in Europe."
Sudetenland, 1938.
Sudetenland, 1938.
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#ItsAllAboutTheHistory News
Humberside Police Rural Task Force have arrested two metal detectorists alleged to have been detecting illegally in a scheduled area near Stamford Bridge.
Earlier the Task Force said it was increasing patrols in response to reports of such activity in the area.
Humberside Police Rural Task Force have arrested two metal detectorists alleged to have been detecting illegally in a scheduled area near Stamford Bridge.
Earlier the Task Force said it was increasing patrols in response to reports of such activity in the area.
January 28, 2026 at 12:45 PM
#ItsAllAboutTheHistory News
Humberside Police Rural Task Force have arrested two metal detectorists alleged to have been detecting illegally in a scheduled area near Stamford Bridge.
Earlier the Task Force said it was increasing patrols in response to reports of such activity in the area.
Humberside Police Rural Task Force have arrested two metal detectorists alleged to have been detecting illegally in a scheduled area near Stamford Bridge.
Earlier the Task Force said it was increasing patrols in response to reports of such activity in the area.
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”