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Felesroo
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American 🇺🇸 in London. 🇬🇧 I like quilling. I have a cat but do not identify as a cat lady. I have a doctorate but do not identify as a doctor. I have a spouse but do not identify as a Mrs.
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“Trading Places” is the best kind of Christmas movie: one about taking down the rich and powerful.
a man in a santa claus costume is standing in a dark room
ALT: a man in a santa claus costume is standing in a dark room
media.tenor.com
When your last parent dies, you are an orphan.

RIP, mom. You were a tragic, fucked up person who was a terrible mother and a worse wife, but god damn you were an amazing, creative, weird as hell person and I’m going to miss you until the end.

Now I step into an unknown country. Excelsior!
January 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Ann Telnaes, who has worked at The Washington Post as an editorial cartoonist since 2008, says her cartoon criticizing billions currying favor with Trump was spiked — and now she has quit the paper
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Time to unfollow @washingtonpost.com.
January 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Red sky at morning., sailors take warning. London storm tomorrow.
January 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation…

The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media”

We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
We need a free press
It’s vital for democracy that we receive verifiable information that is not manipulated or controlled
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 31, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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russia might be attacking us with drones since early morning but look how beautiful is sun rising over Kyiv !
December 20, 2024 at 5:49 AM
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We will soon be launching our Alt Junior Ranger program, which will cost $1 to join. While we initially wanted to make it free, our past experience with free seed packs and cleanup kits showed that groups opposed to our movement signed up simply to waste resources. 1/3
December 16, 2024 at 11:24 PM
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Amazing map work by @londonspy.bsky.social on bike theft in London: biketheft.thelondonspy.co.uk
Can show by total bike theft volumes or as rate compared to cycling in census. Latter is particularly fascinating IMO - as it shows 'risk' of your bike being stolen by area. @londoncycling.bsky.social
A detailed map of bike theft in London
Explore hotspots in your local borough
biketheft.thelondonspy.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 11:56 AM
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When I had a violent stalker who would graphically describe how he would have me gang raped, puncture my organs and and break all my bones, I was told the police "couldn't do anything".

Consider this a reminder that they absolutely ✨can✨ do something.

They just don't care about YOU.
December 14, 2024 at 10:08 PM
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This cartoon is from 1930.

It could have been today.
December 12, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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Welcome to Bluesky 🦋

The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) is now here too: @edmo-eu.bsky.social

EDMO is a unique stakeholder in the battle against #disinformation.

It unites scholars, fact checkers, media literacy communities, and policy work.

Share this and make EDMO blue 🚀🦋

edmo.eu
EDMO – United against disinformation
edmo.eu
December 11, 2024 at 10:34 AM
An update from Patrick Fealey on his fundraiser:
December 10, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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"analysis of Thames Water’s accounts shows that there has never been a year since privatisation when shareholders contributed more cash than they took out."
Was there ever ‘shareholder support’ for Thames Water?
New writer Stanley Root’s analysis of Thames Water’s accounts shows that there has never been a year since privatisation when shareholders contributed more cash than they took out
westenglandbylines.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 9:59 AM
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"Until you know that a certain proportion of any research budget has unambiguously been wasted, you cannot be sure that any of it has been well spent at all" - Stafford Beer
December 9, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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🚨Breaking news : A secret prison was found in the Radio and Television building in #Damascus, with 30 non-#Syrian prisoners inside.
December 9, 2024 at 12:41 PM
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The Assad regime's extensive apparatus of torture was set up with the help of SS Hauptsturmführer Alois Brunner, one of the most vicious Nazi war criminals to escape justice in 1945.

He lived in Damascus under the pseudonym Dr Georg Fischer till his death in 2001.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_B...
December 9, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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What Aristotle Knew About Oligarchy That We Forgot

How do the wealthy few come to rule, and why does it matter? Aristotle tackled these questions 2300 years ago, and his answers are still eye-opening today.
youtu.be/HMguSl8PHS4?...
What Aristotle Knew About Oligarchy That We Forgot
YouTube video by Legendary Lore
youtu.be
December 8, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Pumpkin muffins with crumble. Seriously good.
December 8, 2024 at 4:14 PM
“Trading Places” is the best kind of Christmas movie: one about taking down the rich and powerful.
a man in a santa claus costume is standing in a dark room
ALT: a man in a santa claus costume is standing in a dark room
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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Hello new Bluesky Followers!

I post about international relations and foreign affairs. That includes my weekly @wpr.bsky.social column, my IR Book of the week, and my IR Question of the Week.

When commenting on Trump's policies, I'll call out things I disagree with, and give credit when due.
November 11, 2024 at 11:41 PM
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I’m not a Syrian refugee anymore. I’m Syrian. Just Syrian.
December 8, 2024 at 4:18 AM
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
March 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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This story is uh, insane www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...
December 5, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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Writing a grant is great for developing ideas, but does your proposal actually affect whether or not you get funded?

Turns out, your full proposal does not affect your ranking much! Whaat? 😯

Simsek et al. 2024: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 5, 2024 at 1:41 PM