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Emergency RN practitioner x25 years Academic who loves books 📚
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It’s alright #sophiefromromania we’ll go out soon
December 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
It’s alright #sophiefromromania we’ll go out soon
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Goodness it seems almost every day this week another of my fav authors has died. I read some of her books many years ago and then passed them to my mom to read. Seems like yesterday. 🙏
Goodness it seems almost every day this week another of my fav authors has died. I read some of her books many years ago and then passed them to my mom to read. Seems like yesterday. 🙏
Author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82
The writer was famous for her stories about romance and intrigue in rural middle England.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Goodness it seems almost every day this week another of my fav authors has died. I read some of her books many years ago and then passed them to my mom to read. Seems like yesterday. 🙏
Goodness it seems almost every day this week another of my fav authors has died. I read some of her books many years ago and then passed them to my mom to read. Seems like yesterday. 🙏
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this is crazy, these people are 2nd grade-level liars
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
this is crazy, these people are 2nd grade-level liars
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The US is lost. As lost as it was when it decided to intern Japanese Americans. All the people in this administration and those enabling this will spend the rest of their lives denying they played a role. They will be the shame of their children and grandchildren. Ones who fought it will be heroes.
December 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The US is lost. As lost as it was when it decided to intern Japanese Americans. All the people in this administration and those enabling this will spend the rest of their lives denying they played a role. They will be the shame of their children and grandchildren. Ones who fought it will be heroes.
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
Sad that human beings are being treated like this.
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Sad that human beings are being treated like this.
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EXCELLENT!
BREAKING:
The Indiana Senate just REJECTED the gerrymandered congressional map that Trump and his allies pressured Republicans to support.
The GOP-controlled chamber voted down the map, 31-19.
The Indiana Senate just REJECTED the gerrymandered congressional map that Trump and his allies pressured Republicans to support.
The GOP-controlled chamber voted down the map, 31-19.
December 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
EXCELLENT!
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Here you go! Explanations in this thread.
EB-2 is an employment-based visa for people with either "exceptional ability in their field," or an advanced degree such as an MA or a PhD.
But there is a national interest waiver that bypasses the requirement of a job offer, and it's this loophole which Trump is driving a truck through.
But there is a national interest waiver that bypasses the requirement of a job offer, and it's this loophole which Trump is driving a truck through.
December 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Here you go! Explanations in this thread.
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Just saw the excellent production of The Importance of Being Earnest - a big shoutout to Hayley Carmichael as Lane/Merriman, who would have stolen the show against anyone other than Stephen Fry as Lady Bracknell
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Just saw the excellent production of The Importance of Being Earnest - a big shoutout to Hayley Carmichael as Lane/Merriman, who would have stolen the show against anyone other than Stephen Fry as Lady Bracknell
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Look what’s arrived #sophiefromromania -it’s your calendar! Tell everyone they’ve got until December 15 to order theirs and raise money for @cureparkinsons.org.uk
Look what’s arrived #sophiefromromania -it’s your calendar! Tell everyone they’ve got until December 15 to order theirs and raise money for @cureparkinsons.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
cureparkinsonsshop.com/products/sop...
Look what’s arrived #sophiefromromania -it’s your calendar! Tell everyone they’ve got until December 15 to order theirs and raise money for @cureparkinsons.org.uk
Look what’s arrived #sophiefromromania -it’s your calendar! Tell everyone they’ve got until December 15 to order theirs and raise money for @cureparkinsons.org.uk
I really hope whoever comes upon this post will take time to open the story and read every single word because it gives readers an in-depth look at what real journalism is. This piece is very well written and it exposes the writer’s heart and soul which makes it more believable. Well done 👏🏆🔥
Books about “Asian wife sharing.” Detailed descriptions of orgies. Scenes involving “ladyboys.”
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I really hope whoever comes upon this post will take time to open the story and read every single word because it gives readers an in-depth look at what real journalism is. This piece is very well written and it exposes the writer’s heart and soul which makes it more believable. Well done 👏🏆🔥
I will never give up any of these things. Why would tourists around the world want to travel to America if this is required.
this is a form of societal suicide. hermit nation curling up to die.
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I will never give up any of these things. Why would tourists around the world want to travel to America if this is required.
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
Dear God this was written by the President of the United States of America !
December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Dear God this was written by the President of the United States of America !
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We are hiring a Professor of Public Policy @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/profess...
Professorship of Public Policy
The Board of Electors to the Professorship of Public Policy invite applications from candidates whose work falls within the field of public policy. We are looking for a successful and dynamic leader
www.cam.ac.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We are hiring a Professor of Public Policy @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/profess...
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
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U.S. Southern Command X account for Latin America/Caribbean pictures a Jerusalem Cross - but no American flag - on this image.
The Trump administration is following Project 2025 blueprint for Christian nationalist regime change, unchecked by the two other branches of government.
The Trump administration is following Project 2025 blueprint for Christian nationalist regime change, unchecked by the two other branches of government.
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
U.S. Southern Command X account for Latin America/Caribbean pictures a Jerusalem Cross - but no American flag - on this image.
The Trump administration is following Project 2025 blueprint for Christian nationalist regime change, unchecked by the two other branches of government.
The Trump administration is following Project 2025 blueprint for Christian nationalist regime change, unchecked by the two other branches of government.
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12 FBI agents who were fired this year for taking a knee during racial justice protests in 2020 are suing the Bureau and Kash Patel, alleging unlawful retaliation.
December 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
12 FBI agents who were fired this year for taking a knee during racial justice protests in 2020 are suing the Bureau and Kash Patel, alleging unlawful retaliation.
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“The Matthew Effect applied to kebab shops”
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
“The Matthew Effect applied to kebab shops”
Please do everything in your power to halt this bill. I am speaking from a lived family member experience and as a medical practitioner. This is not the answer.
Lord Shinkwin points out the fact to supporters of the assisted dying bill that not a single organisation of, or for, people with disabilities supports it.
And while I'm extremely sensitive to the passionate support of many people, the more I consider this bill the more dangerous I think it is.
And while I'm extremely sensitive to the passionate support of many people, the more I consider this bill the more dangerous I think it is.
December 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Please do everything in your power to halt this bill. I am speaking from a lived family member experience and as a medical practitioner. This is not the answer.
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A certain dog #sophiefromromania didn’t realise it wasn’t going to be a leisurely sniff-tastic walk today
December 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A certain dog #sophiefromromania didn’t realise it wasn’t going to be a leisurely sniff-tastic walk today
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It's time to get science back into policymaking
Misunderstanding & hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.
@michaelkenny.bsky.social & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
discuss 'how' in their comment for @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Misunderstanding & hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.
@michaelkenny.bsky.social & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
discuss 'how' in their comment for @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to get science back into policymaking
Misunderstanding and hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It's time to get science back into policymaking
Misunderstanding & hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.
@michaelkenny.bsky.social & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
discuss 'how' in their comment for @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Misunderstanding & hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.
@michaelkenny.bsky.social & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
discuss 'how' in their comment for @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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It's their whole schtick to troll.
December 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
It's their whole schtick to troll.
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