Jon Pierre
@jonpierre.bsky.social
Dad, husband, professor emeritus in political science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Joined Bluesky to hang out with the good guys, so don't let me down.
Nothing good starts in a getaway car.
Nothing good starts in a getaway car.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Trump springs into action as a man collapses in the Oval Office.
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Trump springs into action as a man collapses in the Oval Office.
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Really worth reading the entire 60 minutes interview transcript but admit this part got me laughing out loud.
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Really worth reading the entire 60 minutes interview transcript but admit this part got me laughing out loud.
Oh yay.
‘White-knuckled wolf spider’ thought lost is rediscovered on Isle of Wight
‘White-knuckled wolf spider’ thought lost is rediscovered on Isle of Wight
Conservationists hail ‘remarkable’ rediscovery after 40 years, at nature reserve only accessible by boat
A tiny spider thought to have vanished for ever from the UK has been rediscovered on a remote area of a nature reserve accessible only by boat.
The Aulonia albimana, a member of the wolf spider family with orange legs, was found on the Isle of Wight in a spot grazed by a flock of Hebridean sheep. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Oh yay.
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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When someone tells you they aren’t into politics or that they aren’t affected by politics…
(h/t NATO Green)
#Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
(h/t NATO Green)
#Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
October 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
When someone tells you they aren’t into politics or that they aren’t affected by politics…
(h/t NATO Green)
#Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
(h/t NATO Green)
#Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
In the MAGA vernacular anyone and everyone who crticises Trumpism is a "terrorist".
The Affordable Care Act became law in 2010
Since then, Republicans tried to repeal, replace, defund and overturn it
NEVER did they offer a viable alternative to it
Now-as health insurance costs are exploding-they’re terrified
Because it threatens their hegemony over the American body politic
Since then, Republicans tried to repeal, replace, defund and overturn it
NEVER did they offer a viable alternative to it
Now-as health insurance costs are exploding-they’re terrified
Because it threatens their hegemony over the American body politic
COLLINS: If you have a healthcare plan, why not have that out there to talk about in the public so people can hear it?
MIKE JOHNSON: We need to get back to regular session so we can. We will not negotiate with legislative terrorists
MIKE JOHNSON: We need to get back to regular session so we can. We will not negotiate with legislative terrorists
October 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
In the MAGA vernacular anyone and everyone who crticises Trumpism is a "terrorist".
Projection 101.
October 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Projection 101.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt famously cancelled the plans for D-Day with the words:
"We think that what they should do is just to stop at the lines where they are. I think 78% of the land is already taken by Germany. You leave it the way it is."
"We think that what they should do is just to stop at the lines where they are. I think 78% of the land is already taken by Germany. You leave it the way it is."
Q: Did you tell Zelenskyy he needed to cede all of the Donbas region to Russia?
TRUMP: No. We think that what they should do is just stop at the lines where they are
Q: What do you think should happen w/ the Donbas?
T: I think 78% of the land is already taken by Russia. You leave it the way it is
TRUMP: No. We think that what they should do is just stop at the lines where they are
Q: What do you think should happen w/ the Donbas?
T: I think 78% of the land is already taken by Russia. You leave it the way it is
October 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Franklin D. Roosevelt famously cancelled the plans for D-Day with the words:
"We think that what they should do is just to stop at the lines where they are. I think 78% of the land is already taken by Germany. You leave it the way it is."
"We think that what they should do is just to stop at the lines where they are. I think 78% of the land is already taken by Germany. You leave it the way it is."
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🦠 One in six bacterial infections is now resistant to #antibiotics.
Without stronger real-time surveillance the next #pandemic could already be brewing.
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @unaids.org @gavi.org @helenclarknz.bsky.social
#AMR #OneHealth #PandemicPreparedness #WHS2025
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
Without stronger real-time surveillance the next #pandemic could already be brewing.
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @unaids.org @gavi.org @helenclarknz.bsky.social
#AMR #OneHealth #PandemicPreparedness #WHS2025
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
🦠 One in six bacterial infections is now resistant to #antibiotics.
Without stronger real-time surveillance the next #pandemic could already be brewing.🌍
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @unaids.org @gavi.org @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social @helenclarknz.bsky.social
#AMR #OneHealth #PandemicPreparedness
Without stronger real-time surveillance the next #pandemic could already be brewing.🌍
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @unaids.org @gavi.org @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social @helenclarknz.bsky.social
#AMR #OneHealth #PandemicPreparedness
One In Six Bacterial Infections Is Antibiotic Resistant; Calls For Stronger Real-Time Pandemic Risk Surveillance - Health Policy Watch
There is an urgent need for a more comprehensive pandemic risk monitoring system that tracks threats and preparedness in real time, according to the
healthpolicy-watch.news
October 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
🦠 One in six bacterial infections is now resistant to #antibiotics.
Without stronger real-time surveillance the next #pandemic could already be brewing.
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @unaids.org @gavi.org @helenclarknz.bsky.social
#AMR #OneHealth #PandemicPreparedness #WHS2025
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
Without stronger real-time surveillance the next #pandemic could already be brewing.
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @unaids.org @gavi.org @helenclarknz.bsky.social
#AMR #OneHealth #PandemicPreparedness #WHS2025
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
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Why does no one ever ask him what this means? How do you reduce a price by 500%?
Trump: "Drug prices went down for the year by 1/8 of 1 percent. Now I'm getting them down, Maria, 500, 600, 800 percent. In some cases even more than that. It's hard to believe."
October 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Why does no one ever ask him what this means? How do you reduce a price by 500%?
Played like a fiddle.
Q: What did you tell Putin about the Tomahawk missiles?
TRUMP: I will tell you we need Tomahawks for the United States of America too
TRUMP: I will tell you we need Tomahawks for the United States of America too
October 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Played like a fiddle.
The beauty contest no one won.
Latest party leader net favourability ratings, October 2025
Nigel Farage: -33
Kemi Badenoch: -33
Jeremy Corbyn: -38
Keir Starmer: -51
Ed Davey: -4 (38% DK)
Zack Polanski: -4 (62% DK)
Zarah Sultana: -17 (60% DK)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Nigel Farage: -33
Kemi Badenoch: -33
Jeremy Corbyn: -38
Keir Starmer: -51
Ed Davey: -4 (38% DK)
Zack Polanski: -4 (62% DK)
Zarah Sultana: -17 (60% DK)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
October 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The beauty contest no one won.
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Between 2018–2023, antibiotic resistance increased in over 40% of the pathogen–antibiotic combinations monitored, with an average annual rise of 5–15%.
Resistance is highest in the WHO South-East Asian & Eastern Mediterranean Regions, where 1 in 3 reported infections were resistant 👉 bit.ly/438Ta1u
Resistance is highest in the WHO South-East Asian & Eastern Mediterranean Regions, where 1 in 3 reported infections were resistant 👉 bit.ly/438Ta1u
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Between 2018–2023, antibiotic resistance increased in over 40% of the pathogen–antibiotic combinations monitored, with an average annual rise of 5–15%.
Resistance is highest in the WHO South-East Asian & Eastern Mediterranean Regions, where 1 in 3 reported infections were resistant 👉 bit.ly/438Ta1u
Resistance is highest in the WHO South-East Asian & Eastern Mediterranean Regions, where 1 in 3 reported infections were resistant 👉 bit.ly/438Ta1u
The Speaker of the House in the US congress, in a rare display of candor, says what he thinks about The First Amendment.
Mike Johnson on the No Kings Protests: “The Hate America rally that'll happen Saturday…I bet you see pro-Hamas supporters. I bet you you see Antifa types. I bet you see the Marxist in full display, the people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic.”
October 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Speaker of the House in the US congress, in a rare display of candor, says what he thinks about The First Amendment.
He probably thinks this song is about him.
‘The worst of all time’: Trump rails against ‘super bad’ Time magazine cover
‘The worst of all time’: Trump rails against ‘super bad’ Time magazine cover
Despite the glowing story, the cover earned the ire of the US president with criticism of his appearance
It is a glowing story in a publication Donald Trump has long exalted – but for one catch. The cover picture, the president decreed, “may be the Worst of All Time”.
Time magazine’s paean to Trump’s role in brokering a Gaza ceasefire, leading its 10 November issue, was accompanied by a photo of the president taken from below and with the sun behind his head. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
He probably thinks this song is about him.
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No words
May 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
No words
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BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw
October 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw
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⚓ @thinderberg.bsky.social & Ian Bailey: "The anchoring policy perspective on policy change: mechanisms, applications and analytical challenges" 🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
⚓ @thinderberg.bsky.social & Ian Bailey: "The anchoring policy perspective on policy change: mechanisms, applications and analytical challenges" 🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This is true. Unfortunately, Speaker Johnson very rarely visits that side. He prefers the other side, and to hide.
Mike Johnson: "When the simple truth is on your side, you have nothing to hide from."
October 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is true. Unfortunately, Speaker Johnson very rarely visits that side. He prefers the other side, and to hide.
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These two poll findings tell the story perfectly. Trump sending National Guard to cities is broadly unpopular (58% overall and 70% of independents oppose it) but it's popular among Republicans (79% support it). That last 21% of Republicans are alienated by MAGA violence, radicalism and hate.
October 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
These two poll findings tell the story perfectly. Trump sending National Guard to cities is broadly unpopular (58% overall and 70% of independents oppose it) but it's popular among Republicans (79% support it). That last 21% of Republicans are alienated by MAGA violence, radicalism and hate.
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Trump Tells the Navy to View Half the Country as the Enemy
Trump Tells the Navy to View Half the Country as the Enemy
newrepublic.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Trump Tells the Navy to View Half the Country as the Enemy
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Kollar Ryder Cup
September 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Kollar Ryder Cup
Maybe we should ask who is the greater menace to national security, Trump or Monaco?
President Trump is pressuring Microsoft to fire former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco.
Monaco has many years of national security experience.
Monaco has many years of national security experience.
September 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Maybe we should ask who is the greater menace to national security, Trump or Monaco?
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A reminder of how devastating many childhood infections can be and how easy it is to prevent them using safe and effective vaccines.
#VaccinesSaveLives
#VaccinesSaveLives
Pop-Up 2025 - Polio and measles — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
www.superbugs.online
September 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
A reminder of how devastating many childhood infections can be and how easy it is to prevent them using safe and effective vaccines.
#VaccinesSaveLives
#VaccinesSaveLives