Patrick
@pgvdw.bsky.social
Playwright, learning designer, parrot whisperer, growing stuff for native bees and lotsa birds.
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Jeff Bezos makes enough money to fully fund this literally every two minutes.
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Jeff Bezos makes enough money to fully fund this literally every two minutes.
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The professor of history at New York University described the phenomenon as “autocratic backfire."
Authoritarianism Expert Says Donald Trump Is Doing The Exact Thing That Never Ends Well
The professor of history at New York University described the phenomenon as “autocratic backfire."
www.huffpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:08 AM
The professor of history at New York University described the phenomenon as “autocratic backfire."
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Stop saying underage women.
They are children.
They are children.
February 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Stop saying underage women.
They are children.
They are children.
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How gorgeous are the colours on blue-winged parrots 😍
January 26, 2026 at 9:18 PM
How gorgeous are the colours on blue-winged parrots 😍
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Our $ are being used to pay a lynch mob roaming America, killing in the name of
No fucking more @albomp.bsky.social
Clear warning pal. Cease the AUKUS deal, now. Or face our wrath, and neither you nor any other @australianlabor.bsky.social will be spared
Your jobs are on the line, right now
No fucking more @albomp.bsky.social
Clear warning pal. Cease the AUKUS deal, now. Or face our wrath, and neither you nor any other @australianlabor.bsky.social will be spared
Your jobs are on the line, right now
January 25, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Our $ are being used to pay a lynch mob roaming America, killing in the name of
No fucking more @albomp.bsky.social
Clear warning pal. Cease the AUKUS deal, now. Or face our wrath, and neither you nor any other @australianlabor.bsky.social will be spared
Your jobs are on the line, right now
No fucking more @albomp.bsky.social
Clear warning pal. Cease the AUKUS deal, now. Or face our wrath, and neither you nor any other @australianlabor.bsky.social will be spared
Your jobs are on the line, right now
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Hey remember this blast from the past? Trump’s dumbass birthday parade
January 24, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Hey remember this blast from the past? Trump’s dumbass birthday parade
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Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
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mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 AM
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
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🌿 Raised garden beds = less bending, more beauty, and better harvests. Build your own with these step-by-step plans. Get them now! 🛠️
https://learndirt.com/raised-garden-bed-plans/
https://learndirt.com/raised-garden-bed-plans/
January 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
🌿 Raised garden beds = less bending, more beauty, and better harvests. Build your own with these step-by-step plans. Get them now! 🛠️
https://learndirt.com/raised-garden-bed-plans/
https://learndirt.com/raised-garden-bed-plans/
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The forest floor holds the ancient wisdom about soil which we've forgotten.
January 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The forest floor holds the ancient wisdom about soil which we've forgotten.
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It is so blatant that right-wing forces are calling for this royal commission because they want a few months of viciously xenophobic anti-immigration headlines - something that directly contributes to worse safety for everyone, surely including Australia's Jewish community.
Fully support Cathy
Fully support Cathy
January 12, 2026 at 9:43 AM
It is so blatant that right-wing forces are calling for this royal commission because they want a few months of viciously xenophobic anti-immigration headlines - something that directly contributes to worse safety for everyone, surely including Australia's Jewish community.
Fully support Cathy
Fully support Cathy
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Our relatives to the south are Indigenous. Borders don't exist. They are a colonial construct invented to aid in land conquest and subjugation of Black and Brown people.
January 10, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Our relatives to the south are Indigenous. Borders don't exist. They are a colonial construct invented to aid in land conquest and subjugation of Black and Brown people.
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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Stephen Miller’s cousin 👇🏽
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Stephen Miller’s cousin 👇🏽
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Now THIS is what Jesus would do.
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Now THIS is what Jesus would do.
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Egyptian wildcard Hajar Abdelkader drew attention after winning only three points and recording 20 double faults in her 'International Tennis Federation W35' first round match against Germany’s Lorena Schaedel in Nairobi, Kenya.
January 8, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Egyptian wildcard Hajar Abdelkader drew attention after winning only three points and recording 20 double faults in her 'International Tennis Federation W35' first round match against Germany’s Lorena Schaedel in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Here’s a closer look at the amazing prehistoric rufous scrub bird - ancient relatives to most song birds and related to lyrebirds, we are hoping that our breakthrough with capture techniques == new opportunities for conservation (1/2)
January 5, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Here’s a closer look at the amazing prehistoric rufous scrub bird - ancient relatives to most song birds and related to lyrebirds, we are hoping that our breakthrough with capture techniques == new opportunities for conservation (1/2)
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our research on rufous scrub birds in the news! Such fantastic little birds 😍
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
DNA study could save one of the world's oldest surviving songbirds
The Rufous scrub-bird is one of the world's oldest surviving species of songbird, but scientists believe fewer than 2,000 of the birds remain.
www.abc.net.au
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 AM
our research on rufous scrub birds in the news! Such fantastic little birds 😍
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Every time you think you have an understanding of the depth of Trump's pathos, you find out you're wrong--and it goes deeper.
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Every time you think you have an understanding of the depth of Trump's pathos, you find out you're wrong--and it goes deeper.
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Seth Harp: 'The unit that abducted President Nicolas Maduro was Delta Force, an organization filled with cokeheads and pervaded by drug trafficking. You can bet that the only narcotics involved were the ones that they were on.'
January 4, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Seth Harp: 'The unit that abducted President Nicolas Maduro was Delta Force, an organization filled with cokeheads and pervaded by drug trafficking. You can bet that the only narcotics involved were the ones that they were on.'
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Check out the fascinating work that @febiologia.bsky.social is doing to protect forty-spotted pardalotes!!
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
'So, I had this idea': Scientists dispense insecticide-coated feathers for birds to build nests
Donning a helmet and a well-equipped harness, Dr Fernanda Alves looks like she is set to take on an extreme sport. Instead, she is climbing trees to check nesting boxes for a tiny and very rare bird.
www.abc.net.au
January 4, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Check out the fascinating work that @febiologia.bsky.social is doing to protect forty-spotted pardalotes!!
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...