TheBossRoss
@thebossross.bsky.social
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Friendly & wordy. Work-from-home knitter. Kind, not stupid. Ally of decency.
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Team Science. Team Democracy. Team Diversity.
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Based in Germany. In love with Scotland. At home in more than one place.
Friendly & wordy. Work-from-home knitter. Kind, not stupid. Ally of decency.
***
Team Science. Team Democracy. Team Diversity.
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Based in Germany. In love with Scotland. At home in more than one place.
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TheBossRoss
@thebossross.bsky.social
· Apr 19
In country after country, far-right populists offer easy solutions to often non-existent crises, fuelling xenophobia, jealousy, rage for votes. Once in power, they (ab)use their position, serve themselves, & keep people angry while solving nothing. Those who have not yet realised this don't want to.
November 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Dinner:
Grilled chicken sandwich.
Home baked roll, cucumber & tomato slices, home grown cress sprouts, homemade ketchup, some mayo, and grilled organic chicken.
Had to have a bite.
Sorry not sorry.
Grilled chicken sandwich.
Home baked roll, cucumber & tomato slices, home grown cress sprouts, homemade ketchup, some mayo, and grilled organic chicken.
Had to have a bite.
Sorry not sorry.
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Dinner:
Grilled chicken sandwich.
Home baked roll, cucumber & tomato slices, home grown cress sprouts, homemade ketchup, some mayo, and grilled organic chicken.
Had to have a bite.
Sorry not sorry.
Grilled chicken sandwich.
Home baked roll, cucumber & tomato slices, home grown cress sprouts, homemade ketchup, some mayo, and grilled organic chicken.
Had to have a bite.
Sorry not sorry.
Reposted by TheBossRoss
Sich beschweren, daß 'die Ausländer' die deutsche Kultur nicht respektieren, und dann am Volkstrauertag um 11h den Mega-Flohmarkt auf dem IKEA Parkplatz stürmen, um bei ihnen shoppen zu gehen. Merkt ihr, ne?
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Sich beschweren, daß 'die Ausländer' die deutsche Kultur nicht respektieren, und dann am Volkstrauertag um 11h den Mega-Flohmarkt auf dem IKEA Parkplatz stürmen, um bei ihnen shoppen zu gehen. Merkt ihr, ne?
If I was Home Secretary, I'd be embarrassed...
Shabana Mahmood tells Nigel Farage to ‘sod off’ after invitation to join Reform
Shabana Mahmood tells Nigel Farage to ‘sod off’ after invitation to join Reform
Shabana Mahmood tells Nigel Farage to ‘sod off’ after invitation to join Reform
www.independent.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If I was Home Secretary, I'd be embarrassed...
ICE are not law enforcement officers. ICE are bounty hunters.
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
ICE are not law enforcement officers. ICE are bounty hunters.
This is America now.
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is America now.
We cannot make integration as difficult as possible and then blame immigrants for not integrating.
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We cannot make integration as difficult as possible and then blame immigrants for not integrating.
This is America now.
"huge turnout in Charlotte tonight for Siembra NC's "Safe to Work, Safe to School" training for people who want to learn how to protect their neighbors from Trump's mass deportation effort"
Siembra NC is a group of Latinos in North Carolina fighting to defend their community.
"huge turnout in Charlotte tonight for Siembra NC's "Safe to Work, Safe to School" training for people who want to learn how to protect their neighbors from Trump's mass deportation effort"
Siembra NC is a group of Latinos in North Carolina fighting to defend their community.
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This is America now.
"huge turnout in Charlotte tonight for Siembra NC's "Safe to Work, Safe to School" training for people who want to learn how to protect their neighbors from Trump's mass deportation effort"
Siembra NC is a group of Latinos in North Carolina fighting to defend their community.
"huge turnout in Charlotte tonight for Siembra NC's "Safe to Work, Safe to School" training for people who want to learn how to protect their neighbors from Trump's mass deportation effort"
Siembra NC is a group of Latinos in North Carolina fighting to defend their community.
"China is developing the world’s most ambitious network to transport its #CleanEnergy
Beijing is betting on an ultra-high voltage transmission system to integrate its huge #renewable #energy production into an interconnected national grid"
english.elpais.com/internationa...
Beijing is betting on an ultra-high voltage transmission system to integrate its huge #renewable #energy production into an interconnected national grid"
english.elpais.com/internationa...
China is developing the world’s most ambitious network to transport its clean energy
Beijing is betting on an ultra-high voltage transmission system to integrate its huge renewable energy production into an interconnected national grid
english.elpais.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
"China is developing the world’s most ambitious network to transport its #CleanEnergy
Beijing is betting on an ultra-high voltage transmission system to integrate its huge #renewable #energy production into an interconnected national grid"
english.elpais.com/internationa...
Beijing is betting on an ultra-high voltage transmission system to integrate its huge #renewable #energy production into an interconnected national grid"
english.elpais.com/internationa...
Reposted by TheBossRoss
UK: "Two-thirds of nurses in UK work while unwell, says union"
"A survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of more than 20,000 nursing staff found that 66% had worked when they should have been on sick leave, up from 49% in 2017."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"A survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of more than 20,000 nursing staff found that 66% had worked when they should have been on sick leave, up from 49% in 2017."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Two-thirds of nurses in UK work while unwell, says union
Understaffing is driving workers to ill health and discouraging them for taking leave, says Royal College of Nursing CEO
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
UK: "Two-thirds of nurses in UK work while unwell, says union"
"A survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of more than 20,000 nursing staff found that 66% had worked when they should have been on sick leave, up from 49% in 2017."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"A survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of more than 20,000 nursing staff found that 66% had worked when they should have been on sick leave, up from 49% in 2017."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Awareness and testing.
No longer a thing in this part of the world...😞
No longer a thing in this part of the world...😞
Princess Kako of Japan tested positive for COVID-19 after developing a fever on Tuesday. She had a sore throat Sunday after a Tokyo event and tested negative Monday, but a second test on Tuesday returned a positive result.
Source: archive.md/IAquh
Source: archive.md/IAquh
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Awareness and testing.
No longer a thing in this part of the world...😞
No longer a thing in this part of the world...😞
Reposted by TheBossRoss
I can’t believe how stupid everything is
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I can’t believe how stupid everything is
"Australia’s national scientific agency is expected to cut up to 350 research roles from next yr as it looks for savings & new sources of funding to plug budgetary shortfalls"
Do we really want to leave research to those who only fund what's profitable to them?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Do we really want to leave research to those who only fund what's profitable to them?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 AM
"Australia’s national scientific agency is expected to cut up to 350 research roles from next yr as it looks for savings & new sources of funding to plug budgetary shortfalls"
Do we really want to leave research to those who only fund what's profitable to them?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Do we really want to leave research to those who only fund what's profitable to them?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
We don't always act on advice. We often know it, even listened, considered, & weighed it. But we think we know better, we know best, so we park it. When our results prove us wrong, though, it's time to reverse out of that space.
Two speeches 🔽 that should be given.🧵
#GoodMorning, everyone
Two speeches 🔽 that should be given.🧵
#GoodMorning, everyone
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
We don't always act on advice. We often know it, even listened, considered, & weighed it. But we think we know better, we know best, so we park it. When our results prove us wrong, though, it's time to reverse out of that space.
Two speeches 🔽 that should be given.🧵
#GoodMorning, everyone
Two speeches 🔽 that should be given.🧵
#GoodMorning, everyone
Sich beschweren, daß 'die Ausländer' die deutsche Kultur nicht respektieren, und dann am Volkstrauertag um 11h den Mega-Flohmarkt auf dem IKEA Parkplatz stürmen, um bei ihnen shoppen zu gehen. Merkt ihr, ne?
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Sich beschweren, daß 'die Ausländer' die deutsche Kultur nicht respektieren, und dann am Volkstrauertag um 11h den Mega-Flohmarkt auf dem IKEA Parkplatz stürmen, um bei ihnen shoppen zu gehen. Merkt ihr, ne?
Today's random #German word of the day is this.
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
For some proper fun, #LearnALanguage !
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
For some proper fun, #LearnALanguage !
November 18, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Today's random #German word of the day is this.
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
For some proper fun, #LearnALanguage !
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
For some proper fun, #LearnALanguage !
Also, ihr wollt billige Handwerker & Lagerarbeiter; Lieferungen frei Haus & sofort; Döner, Pizza & Fladenbrot; genug Ärzte, Pfleger, Krankenschwestern, damit ihr nicht wartet; & freundlichen, kompetenten Service zum Temu-Preis - nur ohne die Menschen, ja? Das, meine Freunde, ist Kolonialismus.
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Also, ihr wollt billige Handwerker & Lagerarbeiter; Lieferungen frei Haus & sofort; Döner, Pizza & Fladenbrot; genug Ärzte, Pfleger, Krankenschwestern, damit ihr nicht wartet; & freundlichen, kompetenten Service zum Temu-Preis - nur ohne die Menschen, ja? Das, meine Freunde, ist Kolonialismus.
Little things like these make me chuckle:
Just walked past a car parked under a tree and all the fallen leaves had landed upside down with their stems pointing up.
You probably had to be there. 🤭
Just walked past a car parked under a tree and all the fallen leaves had landed upside down with their stems pointing up.
You probably had to be there. 🤭
November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Little things like these make me chuckle:
Just walked past a car parked under a tree and all the fallen leaves had landed upside down with their stems pointing up.
You probably had to be there. 🤭
Just walked past a car parked under a tree and all the fallen leaves had landed upside down with their stems pointing up.
You probably had to be there. 🤭
This morning's top news:
Sky:
1. Immigrants
2. Immigrants
3. Trump
BBC:
1. Immigrants
2. Trump
I'm so tired of it.
Sky:
1. Immigrants
2. Immigrants
3. Trump
BBC:
1. Immigrants
2. Trump
I'm so tired of it.
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This morning's top news:
Sky:
1. Immigrants
2. Immigrants
3. Trump
BBC:
1. Immigrants
2. Trump
I'm so tired of it.
Sky:
1. Immigrants
2. Immigrants
3. Trump
BBC:
1. Immigrants
2. Trump
I'm so tired of it.
He knows he'll lose the vote anyway so he's just put himself ahead of the tide.
Street cat smarts.
apnews.com/article/epst...
Street cat smarts.
apnews.com/article/epst...
In reversal, Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files
President Donald Trump said House Republicans should vote to release the files in the Jeffrey Epstein case, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal as a growing number of those in ...
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
He knows he'll lose the vote anyway so he's just put himself ahead of the tide.
Street cat smarts.
apnews.com/article/epst...
Street cat smarts.
apnews.com/article/epst...
Super interesting article!
"How housing became the key to winning elections in the West
Progressive political forces are increasingly taking the message away from the far right, posting recent victories in New York, the Netherlands and Ireland"
english.elpais.com/society/2025...
"How housing became the key to winning elections in the West
Progressive political forces are increasingly taking the message away from the far right, posting recent victories in New York, the Netherlands and Ireland"
english.elpais.com/society/2025...
english.elpais.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Super interesting article!
"How housing became the key to winning elections in the West
Progressive political forces are increasingly taking the message away from the far right, posting recent victories in New York, the Netherlands and Ireland"
english.elpais.com/society/2025...
"How housing became the key to winning elections in the West
Progressive political forces are increasingly taking the message away from the far right, posting recent victories in New York, the Netherlands and Ireland"
english.elpais.com/society/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The wilful creation of a 'migrant crisis' is irresponsible & worthy of Reform. The immigrant share of asylum seekers in the UK is 5% but nobody realises as govt & Tories paint it like the invasion Farage once postered. We're a dual national family & shan't return to this racism. Labour has lost it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The wilful creation of a 'migrant crisis' is irresponsible & worthy of Reform. The immigrant share of asylum seekers in the UK is 5% but nobody realises as govt & Tories paint it like the invasion Farage once postered. We're a dual national family & shan't return to this racism. Labour has lost it.
With Ukraine all but vanished from the news, I'm glad there are still solid news outlets that report on the war, aka Russian invasion.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
english.elpais.com/internationa...
More troops, forests and a river: How Ukraine is holding Russia back in Kupiansk
Kiev’s forces are using the natural obstacles in this municipality of Kharkiv province to repel Moscow’s onslaught
english.elpais.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
With Ukraine all but vanished from the news, I'm glad there are still solid news outlets that report on the war, aka Russian invasion.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
english.elpais.com/internationa...
Of course, the 70s were only yesterday ...
Kicking off the week with a chuckle.
Cartoon: nate_fakes [Insta]
Kicking off the week with a chuckle.
Cartoon: nate_fakes [Insta]
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Of course, the 70s were only yesterday ...
Kicking off the week with a chuckle.
Cartoon: nate_fakes [Insta]
Kicking off the week with a chuckle.
Cartoon: nate_fakes [Insta]