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Cayman Iguana
@caymaniguana.bsky.social
Academic, cynic
👆Quite!
April 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Sadly, nothing on earth would prompt me to apply for this interesting post. These days no academic with any sense would contemplate moving to the USA. Hopefully you will secure at least one well-qualified applicant born & raised in the US who’s not at any risk of unexpected deportation.
We're very excited about this strategically important position for LVA's future! The timeline is short, so don't hesitate. CTO, Library of Virginia, 150-160K.
April 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This woman has amazing courage and she deserves a hearing by anyone who values democracy.
Ok, Everyone:

STOP whatever you’re doing right now.

LISTEN to this TED talk by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

It is a critical warning and message of hope.

Watch. Share. Act.

#PrivacyIsPower
#NoTechnocrasy
#WeAreNotPowerless
Amazing. After nearly losing her house, and being locked away in a legal battle for years because of one innocuous line in her last TED Talk, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social returns to the Lion’s Den, and calls out the Broligarchs

This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
April 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Not a high bar, is it? Cornwall clears it easily. With added pasties!
"We won't kidnap you and throw you in a cage for a month" is going to be such a slam dunk tourism marketing campaign for countries that don't kidnap random tourists and throw them in a cage for a month
March 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social As I recall today’s the natal day of a certain Oxford Professor of Public Health. Wishing you penn-bloedh lowen, happy birthday!
March 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it

understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
February 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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New Christmas lights just went up in Clacton.

(Farage is still the MP who makes most money from second jobs. By a long way.)
December 17, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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There is now some hard evidence that X boosted the Trump campaign and suppressed the Harris campaign. What's to stop Musk from doing the same in other countries?
www.threads.net/@profsander....
Sander van der Linden (@profsander.vanderlinden) on Threads
New computational analyses from the University of Queensland on algorithmic bias suggest that the X algorithm substantially boosted Republican accounts right after Elon Musk's endorsement of Donald Tr...
www.threads.net
November 17, 2024 at 6:13 AM
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Round of applause for whoever did this.
October 12, 2024 at 11:57 AM
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Rachel Clarke writes better than anyone alive about the Covid pandemic. Here she is on the cowardice and cruelty of our ex Prime Minister. Please read and circulate widely.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How can any of us move on from the pandemic in the face of Boris Johnson's contempt? | Rachel Clarke
As a doctor, I will never forget those who died during Covid. Seeing Johnson lying to and dodging their families is sickening, says palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2023 at 9:47 PM
Dydh da, onen hag oll, hello everyone. Have just arrived on Bluesky, still finding my way around.
September 24, 2023 at 6:28 PM