Bruce Virgo
@bav58.bsky.social
Aussie #MND #ALS Warrior, now living in Scotland. Retired Maritime/Shipping lawyer (non-practising - Australia, England/Wales & Scotland).
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What struck me about this opening was that the Saturday Night Live writers picked up on the fact that Trump and Epstein were grinding their teeth in that famous video of them. I noticed that too, as someone who's been in a club with people who just did a key bump.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkF1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkF1...
Epstein White House Briefing Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What struck me about this opening was that the Saturday Night Live writers picked up on the fact that Trump and Epstein were grinding their teeth in that famous video of them. I noticed that too, as someone who's been in a club with people who just did a key bump.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkF1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkF1...
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A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
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Trump said, "I feel badly" for the royals over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal without mentioning the victims.
Donald Trump’s Remarks About Former Prince Andrew Under Scrutiny
www.newsweek.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Trump said, "I feel badly" for the royals over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal without mentioning the victims.
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#TCMParty All The President's Men is airing and I am torn between loving every dry, irascible moment of Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee, marvelling at the non-confirmation confirmations, and mourning the loss of a great newspaper in our present era.
#MoviesAreAmazing
#ResistanceIsNotFutile
#MoviesAreAmazing
#ResistanceIsNotFutile
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
#TCMParty All The President's Men is airing and I am torn between loving every dry, irascible moment of Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee, marvelling at the non-confirmation confirmations, and mourning the loss of a great newspaper in our present era.
#MoviesAreAmazing
#ResistanceIsNotFutile
#MoviesAreAmazing
#ResistanceIsNotFutile
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"This momentous case must either undermine or buttress the Constitution’s architecture: the separation of powers," George F. Will writes.
"Six amicus briefs explain why."
"Six amicus briefs explain why."
Opinion | Presidential power and the Supreme Court’s own stature ride on this case
The momentous tariffs case will undermine or buttress the Constitution’s separation of powers.
wapo.st
October 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"This momentous case must either undermine or buttress the Constitution’s architecture: the separation of powers," George F. Will writes.
"Six amicus briefs explain why."
"Six amicus briefs explain why."
I was honoured to talk on Patient Advisory Groups in research (particularly @mndsmart.bsky.social ) in a public lecture on #MND with @suvankarpal.bsky.social & Prof. Chandran honouring the late Euan MacDonald during a symposium organised by @euanscentre.bsky.social
(photos - Uni of Edinburgh)
(photos - Uni of Edinburgh)
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I was honoured to talk on Patient Advisory Groups in research (particularly @mndsmart.bsky.social ) in a public lecture on #MND with @suvankarpal.bsky.social & Prof. Chandran honouring the late Euan MacDonald during a symposium organised by @euanscentre.bsky.social
(photos - Uni of Edinburgh)
(photos - Uni of Edinburgh)
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Sen. Paul is right. These are murders.
Rand Paul on Trump's strikes on boats: "I would call them extrajudicial killings. This is akin to what China does, what Iran does with drug dealers -- they summarily execute people without presenting evidence to the public. So it's wrong."
October 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Sen. Paul is right. These are murders.
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It wasn't fake. It was edited. But Reagan really did spend a five-minute speech – an April 25, 1987, national radio address that the Reagan Library has published on YouTube – to rail against tariffs. It was a full-throated expression of support for free and fair trade.
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It wasn't fake. It was edited. But Reagan really did spend a five-minute speech – an April 25, 1987, national radio address that the Reagan Library has published on YouTube – to rail against tariffs. It was a full-throated expression of support for free and fair trade.
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
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The East Wing was built in 1902 & rebuilt in 1942, long after asbestos was used as a fire retardant. So, I’m sure the White House took steps to prevent a known carcinogen from entering the air during the current willy-nilly demolition.
Kidding! These irresponsible assholes don’t care who they kill.
Kidding! These irresponsible assholes don’t care who they kill.
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The East Wing was built in 1902 & rebuilt in 1942, long after asbestos was used as a fire retardant. So, I’m sure the White House took steps to prevent a known carcinogen from entering the air during the current willy-nilly demolition.
Kidding! These irresponsible assholes don’t care who they kill.
Kidding! These irresponsible assholes don’t care who they kill.
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Look, the Times was obviously unable to confirm at time of publication what the brown liquid that looked like diarrhea and that appeared to have been dumped from an AI-generated jet fighter by the president of United was intended to represent in his mind.
NYT sanewashing extends, apparently, to sparing NYT readers from a description of Trump's literal shit.
October 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Look, the Times was obviously unable to confirm at time of publication what the brown liquid that looked like diarrhea and that appeared to have been dumped from an AI-generated jet fighter by the president of United was intended to represent in his mind.
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Tomorrow's "No Kings" protests are, in part, protesting the shameless, dangerous lies the regime and its sycophants are telling on TV about the "No Kings" protesters themselves.
Disreputable, dishonest, authoritarian regimes slander peaceful citizens who oppose them.
Disreputable, dishonest, authoritarian regimes slander peaceful citizens who oppose them.
October 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Tomorrow's "No Kings" protests are, in part, protesting the shameless, dangerous lies the regime and its sycophants are telling on TV about the "No Kings" protesters themselves.
Disreputable, dishonest, authoritarian regimes slander peaceful citizens who oppose them.
Disreputable, dishonest, authoritarian regimes slander peaceful citizens who oppose them.
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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To @govpritzker.illinois.gov:
I understand why you frame your remarks as speaking for Illinois: “Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.”
Well said.
But you’re one of the few rising to the occasion, and the times require more than speaking for your state.
Speak for America.
I understand why you frame your remarks as speaking for Illinois: “Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.”
Well said.
But you’re one of the few rising to the occasion, and the times require more than speaking for your state.
Speak for America.
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
To @govpritzker.illinois.gov:
I understand why you frame your remarks as speaking for Illinois: “Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.”
Well said.
But you’re one of the few rising to the occasion, and the times require more than speaking for your state.
Speak for America.
I understand why you frame your remarks as speaking for Illinois: “Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.”
Well said.
But you’re one of the few rising to the occasion, and the times require more than speaking for your state.
Speak for America.
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These prescription drugs are available in most other countries. They, however, do not have the mass shooting problem the United States does.
Anything to avoid talking about the obvious problem--guns.
Anything to avoid talking about the obvious problem--guns.
Karoline Leavitt on the Minnesota shooting: "The HHS secretary said this morning that HHS is investigating perhaps links between some of these prescription drugs some of these minors might be taking and an increase in violence."
August 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
These prescription drugs are available in most other countries. They, however, do not have the mass shooting problem the United States does.
Anything to avoid talking about the obvious problem--guns.
Anything to avoid talking about the obvious problem--guns.
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A cult of personality. What could go wrong?
August 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A cult of personality. What could go wrong?
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Every. Single. Word. Is. A. Lie. Including “an,” “the,” and “it.”
July 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Every. Single. Word. Is. A. Lie. Including “an,” “the,” and “it.”
#mnd #als #GlobalMNDAwarenessDay is 21st June and designed to promote general education about our disease
This #GlobalMNDAwarenessDay, we honour our remarkable founder Euan MacDonald MBE who passed away just under a year ago.
Euan's legacy not only includes our research centre but also disabled access charity @euansguide.com and speech technology company SpeakUnique.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s7g...
Euan's legacy not only includes our research centre but also disabled access charity @euansguide.com and speech technology company SpeakUnique.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s7g...
This MND Awareness Day, We Celebrate our founder, Euan MacDonald MBE
A blog post by disabled access charity Euan's Guide on Motor Neuron Disease Awareness Day, to honour their late founder, Euan MacDonald MBE, an incredibly special man who turned a life-changing diagno...
www.euansguide.com
June 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#mnd #als #GlobalMNDAwarenessDay is 21st June and designed to promote general education about our disease
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That would be awful. Don’t share this.
May 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
That would be awful. Don’t share this.
Honoured to be asked to speak at #iDR25 in Amsterdam, Netherlands next week to share insights at the Innovative #ClinicalTrial designs track in connection with #MND/ #ALS and the MND-SMART Trial from a patient perspective highlighting the power of collaboration. #DrugRepurposing #RareDiseases
May 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Honoured to be asked to speak at #iDR25 in Amsterdam, Netherlands next week to share insights at the Innovative #ClinicalTrial designs track in connection with #MND/ #ALS and the MND-SMART Trial from a patient perspective highlighting the power of collaboration. #DrugRepurposing #RareDiseases
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A most eloquent thread.
May 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A most eloquent thread.
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🎉🎉Congratulations from us all @euanscentre.bsky.social
A fitting award for the extraordinary Euan MacDonald, MBE. We're thrilled for Euan's family and everyone
@euansguide.com for making the world more accessible for people with disabilities.
Hope you all enjoy your drams! 🥃
A fitting award for the extraordinary Euan MacDonald, MBE. We're thrilled for Euan's family and everyone
@euansguide.com for making the world more accessible for people with disabilities.
Hope you all enjoy your drams! 🥃
We won! Our founder Euan MacDonald, MBE was awarded Access Champion of the Year 2025 at the Blue Badge Access Awards yesterday!
We're so proud of Euan and all he achieved, and the work that his charity continues to do for disabled access in his legacy.
We're so proud of Euan and all he achieved, and the work that his charity continues to do for disabled access in his legacy.
Access Champion of the Year 2025: Euan MacDonald, MBE
A blog post by disabled access charity Euan's Guide abou the founder, Euan MacDonald MBE, being awarded Access Champion of the Year 2025 at the Blue Badge Access Awards on 1 May 2025.
buff.ly
May 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🎉🎉Congratulations from us all @euanscentre.bsky.social
A fitting award for the extraordinary Euan MacDonald, MBE. We're thrilled for Euan's family and everyone
@euansguide.com for making the world more accessible for people with disabilities.
Hope you all enjoy your drams! 🥃
A fitting award for the extraordinary Euan MacDonald, MBE. We're thrilled for Euan's family and everyone
@euansguide.com for making the world more accessible for people with disabilities.
Hope you all enjoy your drams! 🥃
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More harmful lies, lies, lies.
RFK Jr as monumentally horrible & destructive as predicted.
Complicit in this deadly authoritarian anti-science sh*t storm: Bhattacharya, Makary, et al.
RFK Jr falsely claim MMR vaccine includes ‘aborted fetus debris’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
RFK Jr as monumentally horrible & destructive as predicted.
Complicit in this deadly authoritarian anti-science sh*t storm: Bhattacharya, Makary, et al.
RFK Jr falsely claim MMR vaccine includes ‘aborted fetus debris’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
RFK Jr and health agency falsely claim MMR vaccine includes ‘aborted fetus debris’
Experts are alarmed as department says it will alter vaccine testing methods and build new ‘surveillance systems’
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
More harmful lies, lies, lies.
RFK Jr as monumentally horrible & destructive as predicted.
Complicit in this deadly authoritarian anti-science sh*t storm: Bhattacharya, Makary, et al.
RFK Jr falsely claim MMR vaccine includes ‘aborted fetus debris’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
RFK Jr as monumentally horrible & destructive as predicted.
Complicit in this deadly authoritarian anti-science sh*t storm: Bhattacharya, Makary, et al.
RFK Jr falsely claim MMR vaccine includes ‘aborted fetus debris’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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When President Donald Trump was reminded in an interview with Time magazine that he had said he would end the Russian war on Ukraine on “day one,” he claimed he hadn’t been speaking literally or seriously.
Fact check: It wasn’t ‘in jest.’ Here are 53 times Trump said he’d end Ukraine war within 24 hours or before taking office | CNN Politics
He wasn’t joking.
www.cnn.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
When President Donald Trump was reminded in an interview with Time magazine that he had said he would end the Russian war on Ukraine on “day one,” he claimed he hadn’t been speaking literally or seriously.
Lest we forget. ANZAC Day 2025
April 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Lest we forget. ANZAC Day 2025