Barbara Appleby
@barbapple.bsky.social
French physician, Cambridge, board certified in Internal Medicine. 40+ years in global strategic drug development-now retired but still engaged
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You really suck when a children's book publisher has to scold you
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
You really suck when a children's book publisher has to scold you
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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora on Friday updated its regulation and monitoring of several iconic shark and ray species
Endangered Whale Sharks and Rays Just Got a Crucial Lifeline
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora on Friday updated its regulation and monitoring of several iconic shark and ray species
www.scientificamerican.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora on Friday updated its regulation and monitoring of several iconic shark and ray species
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a short-billed dowitcher(i think) at Morro Bay for #BirdOfTheDay #Reflections - not the best reflection but loved the colors #birds #photography #eastCoastKin
December 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
a short-billed dowitcher(i think) at Morro Bay for #BirdOfTheDay #Reflections - not the best reflection but loved the colors #birds #photography #eastCoastKin
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@mluckovich.bsky.social
Cowardly war criminal 😒
Cowardly war criminal 😒
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
@mluckovich.bsky.social
Cowardly war criminal 😒
Cowardly war criminal 😒
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This male Downy Woodpecker looking fierce as it pecks away on a palm tree.
#bird #birdphotography #photography #birdsofbluesky #woodpecker #downywoodpecker #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #birdphoto #blueskybirds #birdoftheday #dailybirdpic
#bird #birdphotography #photography #birdsofbluesky #woodpecker #downywoodpecker #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #birdphoto #blueskybirds #birdoftheday #dailybirdpic
December 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This male Downy Woodpecker looking fierce as it pecks away on a palm tree.
#bird #birdphotography #photography #birdsofbluesky #woodpecker #downywoodpecker #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #birdphoto #blueskybirds #birdoftheday #dailybirdpic
#bird #birdphotography #photography #birdsofbluesky #woodpecker #downywoodpecker #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #birdphoto #blueskybirds #birdoftheday #dailybirdpic
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Record-breaking 75-year-old mother #bird prepares to nest.
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Record-breaking 75-year-old mother #bird prepares to nest.
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
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🇺🇸 Marco Rubio will not attend the NATO Foreign Ministers’ summit in Brussels, scheduled for December 3–4.
🔹The last time a U.S. Secretary of State missed this meeting was in 1999
🔹The last time a U.S. Secretary of State missed this meeting was in 1999
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🇺🇸 Marco Rubio will not attend the NATO Foreign Ministers’ summit in Brussels, scheduled for December 3–4.
🔹The last time a U.S. Secretary of State missed this meeting was in 1999
🔹The last time a U.S. Secretary of State missed this meeting was in 1999
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NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, on the Kremlin’s cynical “peace plans”:
🔹️“I stopped commenting a long time ago on what Putin, Lavrov, and Peskov say. I’ve met them all, even when I was Prime Minister of the Netherlands: let them say what they want, it’s not always necessary to react.”
🔹️“I stopped commenting a long time ago on what Putin, Lavrov, and Peskov say. I’ve met them all, even when I was Prime Minister of the Netherlands: let them say what they want, it’s not always necessary to react.”
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, on the Kremlin’s cynical “peace plans”:
🔹️“I stopped commenting a long time ago on what Putin, Lavrov, and Peskov say. I’ve met them all, even when I was Prime Minister of the Netherlands: let them say what they want, it’s not always necessary to react.”
🔹️“I stopped commenting a long time ago on what Putin, Lavrov, and Peskov say. I’ve met them all, even when I was Prime Minister of the Netherlands: let them say what they want, it’s not always necessary to react.”
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20,000 People Blocked the AfD’s Founding Youth Congress and Showed How to Fight the Far Right
www.leftvoice.org/20000-people... Fascism is not "another point of view" entitled to rights and speech--it is a *practice* of genocide, murder, & violence. Let's do be clear about that, shall we?
www.leftvoice.org/20000-people... Fascism is not "another point of view" entitled to rights and speech--it is a *practice* of genocide, murder, & violence. Let's do be clear about that, shall we?
20,000 People Blocked the AfD’s Founding Youth Congress and Showed How to Fight the Far Right - Left Voice
Over 20,000 workers and students blocked the AfD’s new youth congress in Giessen, facing heavy police repression. Their struggle shows that only united, organized working-class action can stop the Far...
www.leftvoice.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
20,000 People Blocked the AfD’s Founding Youth Congress and Showed How to Fight the Far Right
www.leftvoice.org/20000-people... Fascism is not "another point of view" entitled to rights and speech--it is a *practice* of genocide, murder, & violence. Let's do be clear about that, shall we?
www.leftvoice.org/20000-people... Fascism is not "another point of view" entitled to rights and speech--it is a *practice* of genocide, murder, & violence. Let's do be clear about that, shall we?
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Senile Satan is still polling number one among drug dealers with huge crypto assets.
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Senile Satan is still polling number one among drug dealers with huge crypto assets.
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When Farage claims to be a man of the people, he is correct.
Except those "people" live in Moscow.
Except those "people" live in Moscow.
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
When Farage claims to be a man of the people, he is correct.
Except those "people" live in Moscow.
Except those "people" live in Moscow.
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“In a statement of the former JAGs Working Group, the former military lawyers analyzed … relevant international and domestic law, concluding that ‘both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both.’”—the Contrarian
Just as Congressmen warned.
Just as Congressmen warned.
December 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“In a statement of the former JAGs Working Group, the former military lawyers analyzed … relevant international and domestic law, concluding that ‘both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both.’”—the Contrarian
Just as Congressmen warned.
Just as Congressmen warned.
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After a "double-tap" strike was ordered to kill survivors of an initial attack on a so-called "drug boat," the White House has tried to gaslight the American people by fabricating their own reality. This spin is the latest in a pattern of denial and distortion at the highest levels of government.
Double-Tap Gate: A Case Study in Gaslighting
We’re all trapped in Trump’s fabricated world and need to pull ourselves up out of it.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
After a "double-tap" strike was ordered to kill survivors of an initial attack on a so-called "drug boat," the White House has tried to gaslight the American people by fabricating their own reality. This spin is the latest in a pattern of denial and distortion at the highest levels of government.
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#songsparrow #bird #drawing #art #artist
Song Sparrows are symbols of protection and guidance. When a sparrow visits someone, it can be seen as a sign from the divine, indicating that they are being watched over and protected.
richard-laeton.pixels.com/featured/son...
Song Sparrows are symbols of protection and guidance. When a sparrow visits someone, it can be seen as a sign from the divine, indicating that they are being watched over and protected.
richard-laeton.pixels.com/featured/son...
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#songsparrow #bird #drawing #art #artist
Song Sparrows are symbols of protection and guidance. When a sparrow visits someone, it can be seen as a sign from the divine, indicating that they are being watched over and protected.
richard-laeton.pixels.com/featured/son...
Song Sparrows are symbols of protection and guidance. When a sparrow visits someone, it can be seen as a sign from the divine, indicating that they are being watched over and protected.
richard-laeton.pixels.com/featured/son...
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Someone please leak the entirety of the Epstein Files so the world can move on from this stupidity and throw the criminals in prison to rot.
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Someone please leak the entirety of the Epstein Files so the world can move on from this stupidity and throw the criminals in prison to rot.
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Hegseth: Trust me, bro. They’re all guilty. Who needs things like evidence, proof and trials. Those are woke.
December 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hegseth: Trust me, bro. They’re all guilty. Who needs things like evidence, proof and trials. Those are woke.
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"They... they... they..."
That's the sound of the bus being driven over Admiral Bradley.
That's the sound of the bus being driven over Admiral Bradley.
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"They... they... they..."
That's the sound of the bus being driven over Admiral Bradley.
That's the sound of the bus being driven over Admiral Bradley.
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Lutnick demonstrates why he's called Nutlick: "The greatest cabinet ever for the greatest president ever. I can't be more proud of how you did it, sir. You created the greatest cabinet. It is a joy to be at this table."
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Lutnick demonstrates why he's called Nutlick: "The greatest cabinet ever for the greatest president ever. I can't be more proud of how you did it, sir. You created the greatest cabinet. It is a joy to be at this table."
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Please add "puppy killers" to your proposed travel ban.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Please add "puppy killers" to your proposed travel ban.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sadly relevant today.