Gavin Crook
@gavin1958.bsky.social
Retired radiographer, and formerly warden on the Farne Islands. Lover of science and nature. Born at 315 ppm.
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Gavin Crook
@gavin1958.bsky.social
· Nov 11
A Richard Feynman quote to guide you:
Doubting the great Descartes … was a reaction I learned from my father: Have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who said it and instead look what he starts with, where he ends up, and ask yourself, "Is it reasonable?"
Doubting the great Descartes … was a reaction I learned from my father: Have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who said it and instead look what he starts with, where he ends up, and ask yourself, "Is it reasonable?"
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This person needs to be reported then blocked. She is putting up despicable threats and hate. @gothamcitygirl.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 11:35 PM
This person needs to be reported then blocked. She is putting up despicable threats and hate. @gothamcitygirl.bsky.social
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January 17, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
January 5, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
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A communication point we need to work on is that the immune system is not a muscle that needs to be flexed. It is a finite resource.
Many parents I’ve talked to view illness sharing as a twisted form of community care for children and coworkers. That by spreading it, they’re making them stronger.
Many parents I’ve talked to view illness sharing as a twisted form of community care for children and coworkers. That by spreading it, they’re making them stronger.
January 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM
A communication point we need to work on is that the immune system is not a muscle that needs to be flexed. It is a finite resource.
Many parents I’ve talked to view illness sharing as a twisted form of community care for children and coworkers. That by spreading it, they’re making them stronger.
Many parents I’ve talked to view illness sharing as a twisted form of community care for children and coworkers. That by spreading it, they’re making them stronger.
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“The United States will not let men steal trophies from women…”
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
January 17, 2026 at 8:58 AM
“The United States will not let men steal trophies from women…”
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
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Trump says he’s adding a 10% tariff to all the countries that sent troops to defend Greenland against an American invasion, increasing to 25% in June if he’s not allowed to buy Greenland.
“This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet.”
“This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet.”
January 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Trump says he’s adding a 10% tariff to all the countries that sent troops to defend Greenland against an American invasion, increasing to 25% in June if he’s not allowed to buy Greenland.
“This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet.”
“This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet.”
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Palantir, which Wes Streeting is giving your health care records to, and which Labour has given a contract for military analytics to, is working with ICE in the United States to work out who to raid. www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Palantir, which Wes Streeting is giving your health care records to, and which Labour has given a contract for military analytics to, is working with ICE in the United States to work out who to raid. www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
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U.S. citizen, Aliya Rahman was on her way to a doctor's appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when she was brutalized by #ICE on Tuesday.
"Masked agents dragged me from my car and bound me like an animal, even after I told them that I was disabled," she said.
Read what happened next. ⬇️
"Masked agents dragged me from my car and bound me like an animal, even after I told them that I was disabled," she said.
Read what happened next. ⬇️
January 16, 2026 at 8:51 AM
U.S. citizen, Aliya Rahman was on her way to a doctor's appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when she was brutalized by #ICE on Tuesday.
"Masked agents dragged me from my car and bound me like an animal, even after I told them that I was disabled," she said.
Read what happened next. ⬇️
"Masked agents dragged me from my car and bound me like an animal, even after I told them that I was disabled," she said.
Read what happened next. ⬇️
Performing this thought experiment caused me to reconsider what I thought was a rational outlook towards a contagious disease.
Complexities of having partial cognitive dissonance around covid 🧵
Someone who is covid aware but chooses to only take occasional mitigations invited me to an event that includes a dinner, and suggested that the people I’m sat next to do a pluslife test.
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Someone who is covid aware but chooses to only take occasional mitigations invited me to an event that includes a dinner, and suggested that the people I’m sat next to do a pluslife test.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Performing this thought experiment caused me to reconsider what I thought was a rational outlook towards a contagious disease.
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Simply horrifying. The whole of DHS has got to be disbanded. We did just fine without them before.
January 15, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Simply horrifying. The whole of DHS has got to be disbanded. We did just fine without them before.
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ICE's "presence is terrifying medical staff and raising concerns about patient care, according to five nurses at HCMC hospital in Minneapolis who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs."
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE agents appear at Twin Cities hospitals, alarming health care workers
Health care workers in the Twin Cities report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are entering hospitals with detained individuals, leaving some medical staff terrified and concerned ...
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:22 PM
ICE's "presence is terrifying medical staff and raising concerns about patient care, according to five nurses at HCMC hospital in Minneapolis who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs."
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
January 12, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
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ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
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There are a lot of really vapid climate denier claims, but this one is among the most ridiculous. Dave Peters is a Russian 🇷🇺 and not real, but Douglas gives the absolutely correct answer!
anyone who says co2 is a trace gas with no effect, has no understanding of physics.
anyone who says co2 is a trace gas with no effect, has no understanding of physics.
January 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
There are a lot of really vapid climate denier claims, but this one is among the most ridiculous. Dave Peters is a Russian 🇷🇺 and not real, but Douglas gives the absolutely correct answer!
anyone who says co2 is a trace gas with no effect, has no understanding of physics.
anyone who says co2 is a trace gas with no effect, has no understanding of physics.
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According to this FT article, Sir Paul Nurse says: “I’m afraid there’s many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances.”
The ‘but’ in this quote says it all…
So don’t blame us when we lose faith in institutions that regard integrity as irrelevant to designating scientific greatness.
The ‘but’ in this quote says it all…
So don’t blame us when we lose faith in institutions that regard integrity as irrelevant to designating scientific greatness.
Musk should remain member of UK Royal Society, says president ft.trib.al/tC0vaAa
Musk should remain member of UK Royal Society, says president
Paul Nurse tells FT that national science academy should avoid ‘making judgments’ about ‘character’ of fellows
ft.trib.al
January 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM
According to this FT article, Sir Paul Nurse says: “I’m afraid there’s many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances.”
The ‘but’ in this quote says it all…
So don’t blame us when we lose faith in institutions that regard integrity as irrelevant to designating scientific greatness.
The ‘but’ in this quote says it all…
So don’t blame us when we lose faith in institutions that regard integrity as irrelevant to designating scientific greatness.
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“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Redirecting...
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January 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
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Indian authorities raided a prominent climate activist Harjeet Singh's home and office, accusing him of using foreign funding to campaign against fossil fuels in ways that could undermine the country’s energy security.
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
India arrests top climate activist for campaigning against fossil fuels
Financial crimes agency raids Harjeet Singh’s home and office after accusing him of using foreign funds to promote an international green initiative
www.independent.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Indian authorities raided a prominent climate activist Harjeet Singh's home and office, accusing him of using foreign funding to campaign against fossil fuels in ways that could undermine the country’s energy security.
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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This is very important and very moving. Shahmir’s story cuts to the very heart of our current, ongoing malaise. (It also chronicles the tragic collapse of BBC credibility.) He is an incredibly brave man.
Wrote something. open.substack.com/pub/shahmirs...
How to kill a whistleblower.
In the middle of March 2018, I came forward about breaches of campaign financing laws during the 2016 Brexit referendum, facilitated by a sister branch of a global Data Analytics company, AIQ, formall...
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:15 AM
This is very important and very moving. Shahmir’s story cuts to the very heart of our current, ongoing malaise. (It also chronicles the tragic collapse of BBC credibility.) He is an incredibly brave man.
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Wrote something. open.substack.com/pub/shahmirs...
How to kill a whistleblower.
In the middle of March 2018, I came forward about breaches of campaign financing laws during the 2016 Brexit referendum, facilitated by a sister branch of a global Data Analytics company, AIQ, formall...
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Wrote something. open.substack.com/pub/shahmirs...
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After all this time, it's still genuinely hard to get over what an absolute fool this man is.
"We will not approve any windmills in this country" -- asked about Europe, Trump goes on a wild anti-wind rant
January 10, 2026 at 11:05 AM
After all this time, it's still genuinely hard to get over what an absolute fool this man is.
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He does know that the Pilgrims arrived 405 years ago
doesn't he...
doesn't he...
Trump: "I'm a fan of Denmark too. They've been very nice to me. But the fact that they had a boat land there [Greenland] 500 years ago doesn't mean they own the land. I'm sure we had lots of boats go there also."
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
He does know that the Pilgrims arrived 405 years ago
doesn't he...
doesn't he...
Becca Good's statement has far more humanity in it than any comment from the administration.
I cannot begin to imagine how she is feeling, but my heart goes out to her and the rest of the family 💔
I cannot begin to imagine how she is feeling, but my heart goes out to her and the rest of the family 💔
January 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Becca Good's statement has far more humanity in it than any comment from the administration.
I cannot begin to imagine how she is feeling, but my heart goes out to her and the rest of the family 💔
I cannot begin to imagine how she is feeling, but my heart goes out to her and the rest of the family 💔