MGJ
@jefferiesmg.bsky.social
Retired Entomologist and active family history researcher.
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#FlyFriday
visiting Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town today - great collection, great flies, (partial) view of Lions Head
assassin flies:
Anasillomos chrysopos with cicada prey
Acnephalomyia leukoros males
Teratopomyia cyanea - 1st species described from South Africa in 1781
#asiloidflies
visiting Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town today - great collection, great flies, (partial) view of Lions Head
assassin flies:
Anasillomos chrysopos with cicada prey
Acnephalomyia leukoros males
Teratopomyia cyanea - 1st species described from South Africa in 1781
#asiloidflies
January 23, 2026 at 12:57 PM
#FlyFriday
visiting Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town today - great collection, great flies, (partial) view of Lions Head
assassin flies:
Anasillomos chrysopos with cicada prey
Acnephalomyia leukoros males
Teratopomyia cyanea - 1st species described from South Africa in 1781
#asiloidflies
visiting Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town today - great collection, great flies, (partial) view of Lions Head
assassin flies:
Anasillomos chrysopos with cicada prey
Acnephalomyia leukoros males
Teratopomyia cyanea - 1st species described from South Africa in 1781
#asiloidflies
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This is apparently real. People who voted for him must've wanted someone stupider than they are. I'm sorry, but he's a " low-IQ individual," to quote the Low-IQ Individual in Chief.
January 23, 2026 at 8:35 PM
This is apparently real. People who voted for him must've wanted someone stupider than they are. I'm sorry, but he's a " low-IQ individual," to quote the Low-IQ Individual in Chief.
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To me, the clear fundamental issue in anarchism is “self-sovereignty/responsibility freedom,” so when I hear it limited to anti-statism, I don’t see this as grasping anarchism as it is about values, not lack of group unity or rules but freedom, from rulers.
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 PM
To me, the clear fundamental issue in anarchism is “self-sovereignty/responsibility freedom,” so when I hear it limited to anti-statism, I don’t see this as grasping anarchism as it is about values, not lack of group unity or rules but freedom, from rulers.
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social (leader of the @greenparty.org.uk) was hugely impressive politically in his interview with Channel 5 last night 👏🏾
January 24, 2026 at 7:38 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social (leader of the @greenparty.org.uk) was hugely impressive politically in his interview with Channel 5 last night 👏🏾
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As critics attack Ottawa’s agreement last week to start allowing a small number of Chinese electric vehicles into Canada, China’s envoy to Ottawa says Beijing wants to partner with Canadian autoworkers to create good jobs and build cheaper cars.
Chinese ambassador pitches new EVs as first step to new Canadian jobs, cheaper cars
As critics attack Ottawa's agreement last week to start allowing a small number of Chinese electric vehicles into Canada, China's envoy to Ottawa says Beijing wants to partner with Canadian autoworker...
www.chch.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 AM
As critics attack Ottawa’s agreement last week to start allowing a small number of Chinese electric vehicles into Canada, China’s envoy to Ottawa says Beijing wants to partner with Canadian autoworkers to create good jobs and build cheaper cars.
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0 days without being an international embarrassment.
Trump Is Getting Dragged Over The Groanworthy Logo For His New 'Board Of Peace'—And It's Peak Trump
www.comicsands.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:25 AM
0 days without being an international embarrassment.
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Mohamed Mansour: “What happened is a very big crime committed by the Israeli army by targeting a crew belonging to the Egyptian committee. This crew was not firing rockets nor fighting the Israeli army. The Egyptian committee’s crew was on a humanitarian mission.
January 22, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Mohamed Mansour: “What happened is a very big crime committed by the Israeli army by targeting a crew belonging to the Egyptian committee. This crew was not firing rockets nor fighting the Israeli army. The Egyptian committee’s crew was on a humanitarian mission.
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It's actually quite hard to decide on just which is the worst idea
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnVJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnVJ...
The 5 Worst Ideas of the 21st Century – And How They Went Wrong
YouTube video by New Scientist
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:13 PM
It's actually quite hard to decide on just which is the worst idea
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnVJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnVJ...
Yes, feral cats and foxes really have driven many Australian mammals to extinction
theconversation.com/yes-feral-ca...
theconversation.com/yes-feral-ca...
Yes, feral cats and foxes really have driven many Australian mammals to extinction
Decades of evidence link foxes and feral cats with extinctions of Australian mammals. Claims these introduced predators aren’t responsible don’t stack up.
theconversation.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Yes, feral cats and foxes really have driven many Australian mammals to extinction
theconversation.com/yes-feral-ca...
theconversation.com/yes-feral-ca...
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"I don’t think the government knows what the consequences of this legislation are, let alone the rest of us."
Democracy & Accountability Director Bill Browne unpacks new hate speech laws on the latest episode of Follow the Money. 💸
@browne90.bsky.social @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
Democracy & Accountability Director Bill Browne unpacks new hate speech laws on the latest episode of Follow the Money. 💸
@browne90.bsky.social @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
January 23, 2026 at 5:08 AM
"I don’t think the government knows what the consequences of this legislation are, let alone the rest of us."
Democracy & Accountability Director Bill Browne unpacks new hate speech laws on the latest episode of Follow the Money. 💸
@browne90.bsky.social @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
Democracy & Accountability Director Bill Browne unpacks new hate speech laws on the latest episode of Follow the Money. 💸
@browne90.bsky.social @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
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So the Attorney-General + Foreign Minister can’t concretely say whether people can be prosecuted for calling Israel’s actions “genocide”. How the fuck are ppl meant to know what speech is lawful? Do we just wait for the first activist or group to be arrested first? Grotesque.
January 22, 2026 at 4:39 AM
So the Attorney-General + Foreign Minister can’t concretely say whether people can be prosecuted for calling Israel’s actions “genocide”. How the fuck are ppl meant to know what speech is lawful? Do we just wait for the first activist or group to be arrested first? Grotesque.
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I have to wonder how Trump supporters can just mindlessly follow along with Trump's incoherent ramblings punctuated with claims of greatness. I mean, they've gotta get a memo each morning about "Here's the b.s. we're shoveling today," right? (Mindlessly is key)
January 22, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I have to wonder how Trump supporters can just mindlessly follow along with Trump's incoherent ramblings punctuated with claims of greatness. I mean, they've gotta get a memo each morning about "Here's the b.s. we're shoveling today," right? (Mindlessly is key)
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I think folks outside the US really don't grasp how racism is the evil singularity that warps everything in our society around itself with its hideous gravity
(In fairness, lotta folks IN the US don't)
Donald Trump's presidency is just its latest manifestation - a symptom of our chronic disease
(In fairness, lotta folks IN the US don't)
Donald Trump's presidency is just its latest manifestation - a symptom of our chronic disease
January 21, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I think folks outside the US really don't grasp how racism is the evil singularity that warps everything in our society around itself with its hideous gravity
(In fairness, lotta folks IN the US don't)
Donald Trump's presidency is just its latest manifestation - a symptom of our chronic disease
(In fairness, lotta folks IN the US don't)
Donald Trump's presidency is just its latest manifestation - a symptom of our chronic disease
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Wins the internet today
He should be impeached just for this if nothing else.
He should be impeached just for this if nothing else.
January 22, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Wins the internet today
He should be impeached just for this if nothing else.
He should be impeached just for this if nothing else.
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T rex also had very small hands
January 22, 2026 at 9:13 AM
T rex also had very small hands
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Trump on NATO:
"The problem with NATO is that we'll be there for them 100% but I'm not sure that they'd be there for us, if we gave them the call".
We did get the call on 9/11. 26 NATO members sent troops to defend the US. Hundreds died doing so. It was the only time Article 5 has been activated.
"The problem with NATO is that we'll be there for them 100% but I'm not sure that they'd be there for us, if we gave them the call".
We did get the call on 9/11. 26 NATO members sent troops to defend the US. Hundreds died doing so. It was the only time Article 5 has been activated.
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Trump on NATO:
"The problem with NATO is that we'll be there for them 100% but I'm not sure that they'd be there for us, if we gave them the call".
We did get the call on 9/11. 26 NATO members sent troops to defend the US. Hundreds died doing so. It was the only time Article 5 has been activated.
"The problem with NATO is that we'll be there for them 100% but I'm not sure that they'd be there for us, if we gave them the call".
We did get the call on 9/11. 26 NATO members sent troops to defend the US. Hundreds died doing so. It was the only time Article 5 has been activated.
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‘The leader of the government party negotiated with the leader of opposition party and she agreed to his terms, so this is very much Albanese’s fault’ is a cognitive dissidence not even my ex could manage
Hate to hand it to Albanese, but he's turned a month of horrid and unfair treatment at the hands of the Libs and media into another Coalition break up.
Dastardly masterful politics.
Dastardly masterful politics.
January 21, 2026 at 10:56 PM
‘The leader of the government party negotiated with the leader of opposition party and she agreed to his terms, so this is very much Albanese’s fault’ is a cognitive dissidence not even my ex could manage
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Just had a lovely evening at a @humanists.uk event, where the ace @jimalkhalili.bsky.social was interviewing the excellent @profaliceroberts.bsky.social . Given the frenetic nature of the news & the world at the moment, a dose of reason, science and nuanced debate was very welcome. More of that!
January 21, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Just had a lovely evening at a @humanists.uk event, where the ace @jimalkhalili.bsky.social was interviewing the excellent @profaliceroberts.bsky.social . Given the frenetic nature of the news & the world at the moment, a dose of reason, science and nuanced debate was very welcome. More of that!
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Play stupid games, win stupid prizes (written ahead of the party room meeting yesterday where the eight remaining Nationals quit the coalition cabinet. Ley is not yet accepting their resignations)
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Why the public are the real losers from the hate legislation fracas
These are the biggest losers, and winners, in the political brinkmanship Anthony Albanese and Labor lured Sussan Ley and the Liberals into.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
January 21, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes (written ahead of the party room meeting yesterday where the eight remaining Nationals quit the coalition cabinet. Ley is not yet accepting their resignations)
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Play: What is Love (baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me, no more)
January 21, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Play: What is Love (baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me, no more)
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Mark Carney's Davos speech got a lot of praise. This jumped out at me as chimes with theme of my book: "In this world you need a web of connections."
Proofs of TOGETHERNESS just arrived! (Pub June 4 but available for pre-order!)
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Mark Carney's Davos speech got a lot of praise. This jumped out at me as chimes with theme of my book: "In this world you need a web of connections."
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“CCS is a proven failure. It is a political tool designed to keep fossil fuel extraction going while pretending something meaningful is being done about dangerous climate change,” writes Louise Morris, Advocate at The Australia Institute.
Read Louise’s full piece on The Point: theaus.in/4qsiiKg
Read Louise’s full piece on The Point: theaus.in/4qsiiKg
January 22, 2026 at 12:14 AM
“CCS is a proven failure. It is a political tool designed to keep fossil fuel extraction going while pretending something meaningful is being done about dangerous climate change,” writes Louise Morris, Advocate at The Australia Institute.
Read Louise’s full piece on The Point: theaus.in/4qsiiKg
Read Louise’s full piece on The Point: theaus.in/4qsiiKg
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DEMENTED. Reporter: Greenlanders have made it clear they don't want to be part of the US. Trump: "I haven't talked to them. When I do, I'm sure they'll be thrilled." If that's really the case then why are "make America go away' hats so popular?
January 20, 2026 at 10:43 PM
DEMENTED. Reporter: Greenlanders have made it clear they don't want to be part of the US. Trump: "I haven't talked to them. When I do, I'm sure they'll be thrilled." If that's really the case then why are "make America go away' hats so popular?