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Georgia🇬🇪. Disability awareness. Chronic Illness. Autism. Stay out of people's lifestyle choices. Reproductive freedom.
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Apologies for not posting for a week or so. I've been battling the "enemy within" - chronic pain and illness. I won't bore you with a sob story, just that it's been a real bugger! Plus I didn't fancy seeing the "enemy without" i.e.Trump's face and all his associated insanity at the same time.
January 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
For those interested in the study of genome depression identifiers.

Trans-ancestry genome-wide study of depression identifies 697 associations implicating cell types and pharmacotherapies: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Trans-ancestry genome-wide study of depression identifies 697 associations implicating cell types and pharmacotherapies
Trans-ancestry GWAS of major depression identifies 697 genetic variants and 308 genes, implicating neural and molecular mechanisms and drug repurposing opportunities.
www.cell.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Random Fact

The mortar (for part) of the Great Wall of China is a mix of sticky rice soup & slacked lime.

This was implemented during the Ming dynasty and proved to be stronger and more water & plant resistant than lime mortar without Sticky rice soup.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_...
Sticky rice mortar - Wikipedia
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January 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Last night, Gia Jvarsheishvili, a disability rights defender, was arrested in #Tbilisi and taken to a clinic. His lawyer said the ambulance team made the decision. Jvarsheishvili reported injuries, verbal abuse, and feeling unsafe around the police.
#GeorgiaProtests
January 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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January 12 - #Tbilisi

🔻 Police have arrested several more protesters near the judges' corporate party.
#GeorgiaProtests
January 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Tension rises in #Batumi as protesters rally after a night of arrests. Elena Khoshtaria of Droa placed a “Georgia is Going on Strike” poster on a police car, the same posters that sparked the arrests last night.
#GeorgiaProtests
#RepressionInGeorgia
#TerrorInGeorgia
January 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Judges of Georgia’s puppet regime are sneaking into the Babilos restaurant through the back entrance to dine with leaders of the judicial clan, as protesters chant “slaves.” Video: Mautskebeli
January 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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If you haven’t read George Orwell's 1945 satirical novella Animal Farm, you really should. It’s a great allegory for what’s happening today in America.
January 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Family members and descendants of #SovietRepression victims marched on Rustaveli Avenue in #Tbilisi with the slogan "No to Repressions" on the 46th day of #GeorgiaProtests.
January 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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A water cannon has arrived at the restaurant where the regime’s judges are partying

The regime is weaker and more scared than I thought

Video: Khalibeg Magamedovi

#TerrorInGeorgia
#GeorgiaProtests
January 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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If you’re teaching the American Revolution this semester and want a short piece on smallpox inoculation, I recommend this one that I wrote for Age of Revolutions on Charles Willson Peale’s most Revolutionary painting which implored parents to inoculate in 1776. ageofrevolutions.com/2021/11/15/i...
Inoculate Before It Is Too Late: Lessons Drawn from Charles Willson Peale’s Rachel Weeping
Age of Revolutions is happy to present its “Art of Revolution” series. You can read through the entire series here as they become available. By Andrew Wehrman For portrait painters like…
ageofrevolutions.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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#Tbilisi: One of the judges attending the judicial clan party was met with public outrage as he attempted to leave. He was egged. Over 15 people have been unlawfully remanded in custody over the New Years period, with over 500 unlawfully arrested in December, over 300 severely beaten/tortured
January 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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We are forever indebted to these brave souls. 😔💔

Shame on the monster who will walk back into the "People's House!

#Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist #TruthWarriors
January 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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New: The right-wing Supreme Court majority is now looking to potentially overturn the Affordable Care Act’s policy that makes cancer screenings, heart statins, and HIV prevention free.
Supreme Court to review Obamacare’s no-cost coverage of cancer screenings, heart statins and HIV drugs | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court said Friday it will review the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s no-cost coverage mandates for certain preventive care services, putting the landmark health care law in ...
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January 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Just in: the police violently detained several activists in front of the restaurant where people were protesting the banquet of the regime’s judges.
January 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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January 12 - #Tbilisi
🔻 Police began detaining citizens near the Babilo restaurant, where a corporate party for judges was being held, as protesters gathered outside to demand the release of those unjustly detained.
📣"Unjust Judges, Unjust Georgia" – a slogan frequently heard there.
#GeorgiaProtests
January 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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The riot police are mobilized around the restaurant to ensure that the regime’s judges can have their feast undisturbed. Georgia, 2025

Video: Mautskebeli
January 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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There is no more important story that needs your attention than the fact that the GOP is trying to steal a North Carolina Supreme Court seat.

Please watch, share, and take action.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzh1...
The GOP Is Trying To Steal a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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January 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
In Batumi, the oligarch's police forcefully detain protesters

#GeorgiaProtests
#TerrorInGeorgia
January 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Watch as the police brutally arrest young female activist Nutsa Makharadze, who lost consciousness during the process. The regime is determined to defend the judicial clan’s feast, including those sanctioned by the US. They are the biggest enforcers of the repressive system.
January 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
😂🤣😅🤣😅🤣
In Tbilisi, Georgia protestors surrounded corrupt judges and pro-Russia collaborators when they tried to have a fancy state sponsored banquet.

The corrupt judges were forced to flee while being pelted by eggs. Reports indicate staff also spit in their food. #GeorgiaProtests
January 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Hundreds of police are being mobilized near a restaurant where regime judges are partying

🎥 Mariam Nikuradze

#TerrorInGeorgia
#GeorgiaProtests
January 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Do you honestly know of any other country where the regime has to deploy riot police just so judges can have dinner? This is simply surreal.
January 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Lawyers at the Tbilisi City Court, where the criminal case of 11 protesters is being heard, report a violation of the right to a fair trial. They state that prosecutors & the judge are collectively deciding whether they should remain in custody, instead of reviewing cases individually.

📷 Publika
January 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM