Buchanty
@chopemurray.bsky.social
Family is foremost, followed by curiosity and critical thinking. Love art, music, and nature (in any order). Have always believed that an open mind is one that receives the most benefits.
Buchanty is my pen name - Colin Hope-Murray my birth name.
Buchanty is my pen name - Colin Hope-Murray my birth name.
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The Trump administration says it will dismantle a key climate-science center, while salvaging its forecasting capabilities. “Today, predicting the weather without considering the climate would be meteorological malpractice," Michelle Nijhuis argues.
The U.S. Is on the Verge of Meteorological Malpractice
The Trump administration says it will dismantle a premier climate center, while somehow keeping weather forecasting intact.
bit.ly
December 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The Trump administration says it will dismantle a key climate-science center, while salvaging its forecasting capabilities. “Today, predicting the weather without considering the climate would be meteorological malpractice," Michelle Nijhuis argues.
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Sunrise promise at #Bamburgh beach,#Northumberland that turned into lots of clouds shortly afterm. I lovecl these moments in time.
#landscapephotography
#UK
#sunrise
#landscapephotography
#UK
#sunrise
December 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Sunrise promise at #Bamburgh beach,#Northumberland that turned into lots of clouds shortly afterm. I lovecl these moments in time.
#landscapephotography
#UK
#sunrise
#landscapephotography
#UK
#sunrise
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The fact that the people still pay for the BBC but it has taken a crazy rightward shift is pretty sad.
I guarantee you have boomers there that still trust it to give them impartial news.
I guarantee you have boomers there that still trust it to give them impartial news.
December 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The fact that the people still pay for the BBC but it has taken a crazy rightward shift is pretty sad.
I guarantee you have boomers there that still trust it to give them impartial news.
I guarantee you have boomers there that still trust it to give them impartial news.
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
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Why the wind doesn’t need to blow all the time – breakthrough in new technology to blow all Scottish Labour arguments for nuclear ‘out of the water’ talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/15/w...
Why the wind doesn’t need to blow all the time – breakthrough in new technology to blow all Scottish Labour arguments for nuclear ‘out of the water’
EBARGOED UNTIL 15 Dec 2025 00:01 Professor John Robertson OBA From BBC Scotland, three days ago: In East Lothian, council leader Norman Hampshire has asked UK ministers to draw up a “characte…
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December 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Why the wind doesn’t need to blow all the time – breakthrough in new technology to blow all Scottish Labour arguments for nuclear ‘out of the water’ talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/15/w...
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Historian here he is right and regrettably the AHA is wrong on AI and its classroom use www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Historian here he is right and regrettably the AHA is wrong on AI and its classroom use www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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Share their shame Bluesky⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Share their shame Bluesky⬇️
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"Are the Nobel Prize judges…trolling Donald Trump?" Read Jen Rubin's latest.
A Nobel Prize for Trolling?
The distinguished awards further illustrated that Trump is wrong on just about everything
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October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Are the Nobel Prize judges…trolling Donald Trump?" Read Jen Rubin's latest.
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Feeding the country lies isn’t leadership—it’s cowardice.
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here’s the truth:
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here’s the truth:
Wait a damn minute! Shouting lies from the podium doesn’t make them facts. It just makes you loud and wrong.
Watch as @katiephang.bsky.social exposes the lies. Then share these posts and spread these facts…online and offline.
Together, we can shut down Don’s dangerous disinformation machine.
Watch as @katiephang.bsky.social exposes the lies. Then share these posts and spread these facts…online and offline.
Together, we can shut down Don’s dangerous disinformation machine.
June 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Feeding the country lies isn’t leadership—it’s cowardice.
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here’s the truth:
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here’s the truth:
"They bound their appetites by their necessities, and their happiness consists not in having much, but in coveting little," Sachervelle on visiting Mull and Iona in 1688.
Extract from The Scots Kitchen by F.Marian McNeil
Extract from The Scots Kitchen by F.Marian McNeil
June 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
"They bound their appetites by their necessities, and their happiness consists not in having much, but in coveting little," Sachervelle on visiting Mull and Iona in 1688.
Extract from The Scots Kitchen by F.Marian McNeil
Extract from The Scots Kitchen by F.Marian McNeil
It is uncertain if the Taco Wacko is attempting to imitate Robespierre and the Reign of Terror in revolutionary France. Instead the US is saddled with RobsthePoor and the Reign of Error.
June 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
It is uncertain if the Taco Wacko is attempting to imitate Robespierre and the Reign of Terror in revolutionary France. Instead the US is saddled with RobsthePoor and the Reign of Error.
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This cover of “America” is quite touching.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: A few days ago, the young folk duo Jack & Daisy (they're British but live in Spain) put out this cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "America." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq3S...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq3S...
America - Simon & Garfunkel (Cover by Jack & Daisy)
YouTube video by Jack and Daisy
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May 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This cover of “America” is quite touching.
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Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.
April 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
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Today, we have more income and wealth inequality than ever before.
But the greed of the oligarchs never stops.
Now, in order to get huge tax breaks, they want to cut back on Social Security, Medicaid and veterans programs.
Together we can stop them. We must stop them.
But the greed of the oligarchs never stops.
Now, in order to get huge tax breaks, they want to cut back on Social Security, Medicaid and veterans programs.
Together we can stop them. We must stop them.
March 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Today, we have more income and wealth inequality than ever before.
But the greed of the oligarchs never stops.
Now, in order to get huge tax breaks, they want to cut back on Social Security, Medicaid and veterans programs.
Together we can stop them. We must stop them.
But the greed of the oligarchs never stops.
Now, in order to get huge tax breaks, they want to cut back on Social Security, Medicaid and veterans programs.
Together we can stop them. We must stop them.
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@bsky.app CEO @jay.bsky.team details how the platform utilizes open networks to allow users to craft their own social media experience while maintaining their personal privacy.
March 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
@bsky.app CEO @jay.bsky.team details how the platform utilizes open networks to allow users to craft their own social media experience while maintaining their personal privacy.
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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Formations and flow on the River Orchy, Glen Orchy #Scotland #Argyll #Highlands www.damianshields.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Formations and flow on the River Orchy, Glen Orchy #Scotland #Argyll #Highlands www.damianshields.com
The Marsh Family perfectly capture European
reaction to the Brute A-Lister shakedown of Zelensky.
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE?...
reaction to the Brute A-Lister shakedown of Zelensky.
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE?...
"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
March 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The Marsh Family perfectly capture European
reaction to the Brute A-Lister shakedown of Zelensky.
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE?...
reaction to the Brute A-Lister shakedown of Zelensky.
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE?...
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Scotland’s a sense of change, an endless
becoming for which there was never a kind
of wholeness or ultimate category.
Scotland’s an attitude of mind.
—Maurice Lindsay, “Speaking of Scotland”
published in COLLECTED POEMS 1940–1990
Just in case anyone was wondering about being Scottish…
becoming for which there was never a kind
of wholeness or ultimate category.
Scotland’s an attitude of mind.
—Maurice Lindsay, “Speaking of Scotland”
published in COLLECTED POEMS 1940–1990
Just in case anyone was wondering about being Scottish…
February 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Scotland’s a sense of change, an endless
becoming for which there was never a kind
of wholeness or ultimate category.
Scotland’s an attitude of mind.
—Maurice Lindsay, “Speaking of Scotland”
published in COLLECTED POEMS 1940–1990
Just in case anyone was wondering about being Scottish…
becoming for which there was never a kind
of wholeness or ultimate category.
Scotland’s an attitude of mind.
—Maurice Lindsay, “Speaking of Scotland”
published in COLLECTED POEMS 1940–1990
Just in case anyone was wondering about being Scottish…
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🚨BREAKING: Ninth Circuit AFFIRMS lower court decision striking down Arizona voter suppression law H.B. 2492 which imposed unconstitutional and burdensome proof of citizenship requirements.
A big victory for our clients and the voters of Arizona. A stinging defeat for the RNC.
A big victory for our clients and the voters of Arizona. A stinging defeat for the RNC.
🚨 New Filing in Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes
Learn more.
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February 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🚨BREAKING: Ninth Circuit AFFIRMS lower court decision striking down Arizona voter suppression law H.B. 2492 which imposed unconstitutional and burdensome proof of citizenship requirements.
A big victory for our clients and the voters of Arizona. A stinging defeat for the RNC.
A big victory for our clients and the voters of Arizona. A stinging defeat for the RNC.
Super wealth is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, greed, and abuse....at the expense of the public wellbeing.
History has proved that gross imbalance in wealth is a recipe for national decline.
History has proved that gross imbalance in wealth is a recipe for national decline.
REPORTER: Can you say unequivocally that down the line, there won't be cuts to Medicaid programs?
MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
February 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Super wealth is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, greed, and abuse....at the expense of the public wellbeing.
History has proved that gross imbalance in wealth is a recipe for national decline.
History has proved that gross imbalance in wealth is a recipe for national decline.
Totally agree. It's like tasting a delicious but never before imagined recipe perfectly executed. Time stops, and all thought turns to repeating that sensation.
I respect a book that has me stopping to re-read a perfectly and beautifully constructed sentence. #BookSky
February 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Totally agree. It's like tasting a delicious but never before imagined recipe perfectly executed. Time stops, and all thought turns to repeating that sensation.