Oca sapiens
@ocasapiens.bsky.social
Sylvie Coyaud, retired science reporter, not sapiens yet.
#transphobia
Ten cyberbullies have been found guilty of defamation for claiming on social media since 2021 that Brigitte Macron was "in fact" her older brother (who denied it).
Like Candace Owen she is suing in the US.
Ten cyberbullies have been found guilty of defamation for claiming on social media since 2021 that Brigitte Macron was "in fact" her older brother (who denied it).
Like Candace Owen she is suing in the US.
Paris court finds 10 guilty of harassing Brigitte Macron online
Teacher and publicist among those convicted of maliciously posting or sharing false claims French first lady is a man
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
#transphobia
Ten cyberbullies have been found guilty of defamation for claiming on social media since 2021 that Brigitte Macron was "in fact" her older brother (who denied it).
Like Candace Owen she is suing in the US.
Ten cyberbullies have been found guilty of defamation for claiming on social media since 2021 that Brigitte Macron was "in fact" her older brother (who denied it).
Like Candace Owen she is suing in the US.
#USpolitics
Nice, but only 45% "oppose the U.S. taking control of Venezuela and choosing a new government for the country".
Nice, but only 45% "oppose the U.S. taking control of Venezuela and choosing a new government for the country".
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
#USpolitics
Nice, but only 45% "oppose the U.S. taking control of Venezuela and choosing a new government for the country".
Nice, but only 45% "oppose the U.S. taking control of Venezuela and choosing a new government for the country".
#Venezuela
@maddow.bsky.social explained why Trump's rationale "made no sense" before he announced the US will run the country & threatened legitimate Latin American leaders.
See also Danish PM on his threats re. Greenland, from 16:28
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39z...
@maddow.bsky.social explained why Trump's rationale "made no sense" before he announced the US will run the country & threatened legitimate Latin American leaders.
See also Danish PM on his threats re. Greenland, from 16:28
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39z...
Maddow’s instant reaction to Trump 'capturing' Maduro
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
#Venezuela
@maddow.bsky.social explained why Trump's rationale "made no sense" before he announced the US will run the country & threatened legitimate Latin American leaders.
See also Danish PM on his threats re. Greenland, from 16:28
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39z...
@maddow.bsky.social explained why Trump's rationale "made no sense" before he announced the US will run the country & threatened legitimate Latin American leaders.
See also Danish PM on his threats re. Greenland, from 16:28
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39z...
Marine Le Pen: "Mais il existe une raison fondamentale pour s'opposer au changement de régime que les États-Unis viennent de provoquer au Venezuela. La souveraineté des États n'est jamais négociable..."
x.com/MLP_officiel...
x.com/MLP_officiel...
January 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Marine Le Pen: "Mais il existe une raison fondamentale pour s'opposer au changement de régime que les États-Unis viennent de provoquer au Venezuela. La souveraineté des États n'est jamais négociable..."
x.com/MLP_officiel...
x.com/MLP_officiel...
Edmundo Gonzales won the elections, Maduro's VP is called Delcy Rodriguez.
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Edmundo Gonzales won the elections, Maduro's VP is called Delcy Rodriguez.
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Reposted by Oca sapiens
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
#USpolitics
"Donald Trump had warned Iran that the US will come to the 'rescue' of protesters"
Now Iran's rulers can plausibly say the US "engineered" the protests, and accuse the protesters of being "America's foot soldiers"... www.iranintl.com/en/202111308...
"Donald Trump had warned Iran that the US will come to the 'rescue' of protesters"
Now Iran's rulers can plausibly say the US "engineered" the protests, and accuse the protesters of being "America's foot soldiers"... www.iranintl.com/en/202111308...
January 2, 2026 at 3:43 PM
#USpolitics
"Donald Trump had warned Iran that the US will come to the 'rescue' of protesters"
Now Iran's rulers can plausibly say the US "engineered" the protests, and accuse the protesters of being "America's foot soldiers"... www.iranintl.com/en/202111308...
"Donald Trump had warned Iran that the US will come to the 'rescue' of protesters"
Now Iran's rulers can plausibly say the US "engineered" the protests, and accuse the protesters of being "America's foot soldiers"... www.iranintl.com/en/202111308...
"Stay human", cont.
On Oct. 4, 2023 Palestinian and Israeli women were marching for peace in Jerusalem. "Among them, there was Vivian Silver", murdered by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7.
Pacifist, feminist, she called herself a "conditional Zionist", part of the Jewish people who had deprived
1/2
On Oct. 4, 2023 Palestinian and Israeli women were marching for peace in Jerusalem. "Among them, there was Vivian Silver", murdered by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7.
Pacifist, feminist, she called herself a "conditional Zionist", part of the Jewish people who had deprived
1/2
Grief, fear and fury: the Israeli and Palestinian mothers still standing united against bloodshed
Israeli movement Women Wage Peace and Palestinian group Women of the Sun held a mass rally in October 2023. Three days later a Hamas attack triggered war – leaving the women more determined than ever
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:31 PM
"Stay human", cont.
On Oct. 4, 2023 Palestinian and Israeli women were marching for peace in Jerusalem. "Among them, there was Vivian Silver", murdered by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7.
Pacifist, feminist, she called herself a "conditional Zionist", part of the Jewish people who had deprived
1/2
On Oct. 4, 2023 Palestinian and Israeli women were marching for peace in Jerusalem. "Among them, there was Vivian Silver", murdered by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7.
Pacifist, feminist, she called herself a "conditional Zionist", part of the Jewish people who had deprived
1/2
"Stay Human"
Israeli Human Rights NGOs Condemn Government Ban on International Aid Groups in Gaza
Their full statement and signatories
x.com/BtSIsrael/st...
(If you don't know Breaking the Silence, see www.breakingthesilence.org.il?tztc=1)
Israeli Human Rights NGOs Condemn Government Ban on International Aid Groups in Gaza
Their full statement and signatories
x.com/BtSIsrael/st...
(If you don't know Breaking the Silence, see www.breakingthesilence.org.il?tztc=1)
Israeli human rights NGOs condemn government ban on international aid groups in Gaza
The NGOs, Which Included Adalah and B'Tselem, Noted That the Aid Groups Not Only Provide Life-saving Support in Gaza, but Also Help Defend Palestinians in the West Bank From Rising Settler Violence. B...
www.haaretz.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:18 PM
"Stay Human"
Israeli Human Rights NGOs Condemn Government Ban on International Aid Groups in Gaza
Their full statement and signatories
x.com/BtSIsrael/st...
(If you don't know Breaking the Silence, see www.breakingthesilence.org.il?tztc=1)
Israeli Human Rights NGOs Condemn Government Ban on International Aid Groups in Gaza
Their full statement and signatories
x.com/BtSIsrael/st...
(If you don't know Breaking the Silence, see www.breakingthesilence.org.il?tztc=1)
Resolved and Unresolved eliminated by Police Are Scrambling = Drunk Raccoon Passes Out vindicated. Now even Pretty Obvious supporters are voting for Police Are Scrambling.
🎶Allez les œufs🎶
🎶Allez les œufs🎶
🎆🎇🎆2025 HEADLINE OF THE YEAR🎆🎇🎆
🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆GRAND FINAL🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆
After a seeding round and three rounds of voting, we have our finalists: Top seed Pretty Obvious will be facing off against 3rd seed Police Are Scrambling.
A reminder of how we got here:
🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆GRAND FINAL🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆
After a seeding round and three rounds of voting, we have our finalists: Top seed Pretty Obvious will be facing off against 3rd seed Police Are Scrambling.
A reminder of how we got here:
December 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Resolved and Unresolved eliminated by Police Are Scrambling = Drunk Raccoon Passes Out vindicated. Now even Pretty Obvious supporters are voting for Police Are Scrambling.
🎶Allez les œufs🎶
🎶Allez les œufs🎶
#humanitarianlaw
#Gaza
Minister of Diaspora Affairs' allegations concerning aren't MSFand Action Aid-Alianza por la Solidaridad aren't true.
The NGOs targeted so far:
apnews.com/article/gaza...
If you can, pls help.
#Gaza
Minister of Diaspora Affairs' allegations concerning aren't MSFand Action Aid-Alianza por la Solidaridad aren't true.
The NGOs targeted so far:
apnews.com/article/gaza...
If you can, pls help.
December 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
#humanitarianlaw
#Gaza
Minister of Diaspora Affairs' allegations concerning aren't MSFand Action Aid-Alianza por la Solidaridad aren't true.
The NGOs targeted so far:
apnews.com/article/gaza...
If you can, pls help.
#Gaza
Minister of Diaspora Affairs' allegations concerning aren't MSFand Action Aid-Alianza por la Solidaridad aren't true.
The NGOs targeted so far:
apnews.com/article/gaza...
If you can, pls help.
#Annushorribilis
Instructions from one of my maîtresses à penser on how to ask oneself fundamental questions at year's end, and answer them even if you aren't an academic and/or an activist.
Instructions from one of my maîtresses à penser on how to ask oneself fundamental questions at year's end, and answer them even if you aren't an academic and/or an activist.
I am not doing well, not a secret. Heck, who is? We live in a time of powerful complicity in mass livestreamed atrocities on people and planet. I have been turning to writing and journaling to help figure things out. Perhaps self-indulgent, but I don't know what else to do.
1/5
1/5
December 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#Annushorribilis
Instructions from one of my maîtresses à penser on how to ask oneself fundamental questions at year's end, and answer them even if you aren't an academic and/or an activist.
Instructions from one of my maîtresses à penser on how to ask oneself fundamental questions at year's end, and answer them even if you aren't an academic and/or an activist.
Nooo! Resolved ad Unresolved defeated Drunken Raccoon Passes Out.
Don't let it win, vote Police Scrambling...
Don't let it win, vote Police Scrambling...
🎆🎆Welcome to the edge-of-your-seat Semifinals for the 2025 Headline of the Year contest! 🎆🎆
The top 4 seeds have survived to the semis, with the #2 seed surviving two tough battles so far. Will Pretty Obvious hold off Leaked Memo? Will Resolved and Unresolved send the Police Scrambling?
The draw:
The top 4 seeds have survived to the semis, with the #2 seed surviving two tough battles so far. Will Pretty Obvious hold off Leaked Memo? Will Resolved and Unresolved send the Police Scrambling?
The draw:
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Nooo! Resolved ad Unresolved defeated Drunken Raccoon Passes Out.
Don't let it win, vote Police Scrambling...
Don't let it win, vote Police Scrambling...
#USpolitics
Robert Reich: "I’d like to believe that the horrific darkness of this past year is a necessary prelude to a brighter and saner future."
Rest of the world: Me too, but I didn't need the prelude.
Robert Reich: "I’d like to believe that the horrific darkness of this past year is a necessary prelude to a brighter and saner future."
Rest of the world: Me too, but I didn't need the prelude.
Americans are waking up. A grand reckoning awaits us | Robert Reich
Americans are waking up. A grand reckoning awaits us | Robert Reich
I’d like to believe that the horrific darkness of this past year is a necessary prelude to a brighter and saner future
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#USpolitics
Robert Reich: "I’d like to believe that the horrific darkness of this past year is a necessary prelude to a brighter and saner future."
Rest of the world: Me too, but I didn't need the prelude.
Robert Reich: "I’d like to believe that the horrific darkness of this past year is a necessary prelude to a brighter and saner future."
Rest of the world: Me too, but I didn't need the prelude.
#USpolitics
"When [CSACs'] work disappears, it leaves America and Americans more vulnerable to climate change."
Adaptation is local but declining water supplies, invasive species, biodiversity loss etc. are happening everywhere. Like NCAR's, their research benefits other countries & people too.
"When [CSACs'] work disappears, it leaves America and Americans more vulnerable to climate change."
Adaptation is local but declining water supplies, invasive species, biodiversity loss etc. are happening everywhere. Like NCAR's, their research benefits other countries & people too.
You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️
From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers
The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.
theconversation.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#USpolitics
"When [CSACs'] work disappears, it leaves America and Americans more vulnerable to climate change."
Adaptation is local but declining water supplies, invasive species, biodiversity loss etc. are happening everywhere. Like NCAR's, their research benefits other countries & people too.
"When [CSACs'] work disappears, it leaves America and Americans more vulnerable to climate change."
Adaptation is local but declining water supplies, invasive species, biodiversity loss etc. are happening everywhere. Like NCAR's, their research benefits other countries & people too.
Per ricordarla com'era prima, invece
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6-n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6-n...
December 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Per ricordarla com'era prima, invece
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6-n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6-n...
#USpolitics
Not sure about the camel, but ISIS's or perhaps Boko Haram's camps were identified thanks to Nigeria's armed forces & intelligence...
Not sure about the camel, but ISIS's or perhaps Boko Haram's camps were identified thanks to Nigeria's armed forces & intelligence...
December 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
#USpolitics
Not sure about the camel, but ISIS's or perhaps Boko Haram's camps were identified thanks to Nigeria's armed forces & intelligence...
Not sure about the camel, but ISIS's or perhaps Boko Haram's camps were identified thanks to Nigeria's armed forces & intelligence...
#pseudoscience
The description of Stephanie Seneff's research at American Loon #2234 - linked in @joho.bsky.social's year end review of failed predictions - is more accurate, albeit less flattering than at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory...
The description of Stephanie Seneff's research at American Loon #2234 - linked in @joho.bsky.social's year end review of failed predictions - is more accurate, albeit less flattering than at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory...
December 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#pseudoscience
The description of Stephanie Seneff's research at American Loon #2234 - linked in @joho.bsky.social's year end review of failed predictions - is more accurate, albeit less flattering than at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory...
The description of Stephanie Seneff's research at American Loon #2234 - linked in @joho.bsky.social's year end review of failed predictions - is more accurate, albeit less flattering than at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory...
Me too, davanti alla spremuta d'arancia.
December 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Me too, davanti alla spremuta d'arancia.
#USpolitics
Il governo Trump, che viola la libertà di espressione dei propri critici, esige che l'Europa occidentale la garantisca a chi incita all'odio e alla violenza contro di essi.
Il governo Trump, che viola la libertà di espressione dei propri critici, esige che l'Europa occidentale la garantisca a chi incita all'odio e alla violenza contro di essi.
Gli USA dichiarano guerra all’Europa per la regolamentazione delle piattaforme: è ora di togliersi i guanti bianchi | @valigiablu.it
Gli USA dichiarano guerra all'Europa per la regolamentazione delle piattaforme: è ora di togliersi i guanti bianchi - Valigia Blu
Le restrizioni imposte dall’amministrazione Trump sui visti a funzionari e attivisti europei coinvolti nell’applicazione delle leggi UE contro la disinformazione, trasformano la libertà di espressione...
www.valigiablu.it
December 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#USpolitics
Il governo Trump, che viola la libertà di espressione dei propri critici, esige che l'Europa occidentale la garantisca a chi incita all'odio e alla violenza contro di essi.
Il governo Trump, che viola la libertà di espressione dei propri critici, esige che l'Europa occidentale la garantisca a chi incita all'odio e alla violenza contro di essi.
#USpolitics
Rubio: “For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organised efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose."
That's fake news: EU laws sanction hate speech whatever the hater & platform owner's nationality.
Rubio: “For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organised efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose."
That's fake news: EU laws sanction hate speech whatever the hater & platform owner's nationality.
December 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#USpolitics
Rubio: “For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organised efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose."
That's fake news: EU laws sanction hate speech whatever the hater & platform owner's nationality.
Rubio: “For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organised efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose."
That's fake news: EU laws sanction hate speech whatever the hater & platform owner's nationality.
#AGW
#bufale
@caserinik.bsky.social e Claudio Della Volpe traggono cinque lezioni dal video di F. Rampini sulla ritrattazione di un paper di Nature.
Le sesta è che le falsità usate da Rampini per scandalizzarsi hanno suscitato anch'esse uno scandalo.
#bufale
@caserinik.bsky.social e Claudio Della Volpe traggono cinque lezioni dal video di F. Rampini sulla ritrattazione di un paper di Nature.
Le sesta è che le falsità usate da Rampini per scandalizzarsi hanno suscitato anch'esse uno scandalo.
Quello che ci insegna lo scandalo di Federico Rampini – Climalteranti.it
www.climalteranti.it
December 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#AGW
#bufale
@caserinik.bsky.social e Claudio Della Volpe traggono cinque lezioni dal video di F. Rampini sulla ritrattazione di un paper di Nature.
Le sesta è che le falsità usate da Rampini per scandalizzarsi hanno suscitato anch'esse uno scandalo.
#bufale
@caserinik.bsky.social e Claudio Della Volpe traggono cinque lezioni dal video di F. Rampini sulla ritrattazione di un paper di Nature.
Le sesta è che le falsità usate da Rampini per scandalizzarsi hanno suscitato anch'esse uno scandalo.
John Ioannidis is also an example of the "extreme publishing behavior" (>60 papers/year) he finds increasingly and "worryingly common" since 2000, as it "may herald a rapid depreciation of authorship standards".
Free preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Free preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
John Ioannidis is also an example of the "extreme publishing behavior" (>60 papers/year) he finds increasingly and "worryingly common" since 2000, as it "may herald a rapid depreciation of authorship standards".
Free preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Free preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#evolution
#anthropology
A helpful summary, imo, of the controversy between morphologists and geneticists on where Denisovans stand in our family tree.
As usual, they agree on one issue: More well-preserved fossils are needed.
(links to the papers, no?)
#anthropology
A helpful summary, imo, of the controversy between morphologists and geneticists on where Denisovans stand in our family tree.
As usual, they agree on one issue: More well-preserved fossils are needed.
(links to the papers, no?)
A Denisovan skull should have helped clarify who the group was and what role they played in human evolution. Instead it has done the opposite econ.st/3YAjKhm
Illustration: The Economist/Hebei GEO University
Illustration: The Economist/Hebei GEO University
December 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#evolution
#anthropology
A helpful summary, imo, of the controversy between morphologists and geneticists on where Denisovans stand in our family tree.
As usual, they agree on one issue: More well-preserved fossils are needed.
(links to the papers, no?)
#anthropology
A helpful summary, imo, of the controversy between morphologists and geneticists on where Denisovans stand in our family tree.
As usual, they agree on one issue: More well-preserved fossils are needed.
(links to the papers, no?)