Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺
@margaretmorgan.bsky.social
Dutch resident, Australian writer (fiction, TV, film, librettos) with earlier careers in law & biology.
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It is still so shocking.
I think what shocks me more than Trump's unforgivable behaviour, day after day, is those flying monkey apologetics.
Trump is so broken now, he is beyond recognising what a monster he is.
But those who enable him, even passively?
Their moral bankruptcy is contemptible.
I think what shocks me more than Trump's unforgivable behaviour, day after day, is those flying monkey apologetics.
Trump is so broken now, he is beyond recognising what a monster he is.
But those who enable him, even passively?
Their moral bankruptcy is contemptible.
Screenplay by the extraordinary @clmazin.bsky.social.
No wonder if looks such a delight. Stunning cast, no doubt all falling over each other to be in it.
youtu.be/ZfNLApPCa8E?...
No wonder if looks such a delight. Stunning cast, no doubt all falling over each other to be in it.
youtu.be/ZfNLApPCa8E?...
The Sheep Detectives - Official Trailer (2026) Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Patrick Stewart
YouTube video by IGN Movie Trailers
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December 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Screenplay by the extraordinary @clmazin.bsky.social.
No wonder if looks such a delight. Stunning cast, no doubt all falling over each other to be in it.
youtu.be/ZfNLApPCa8E?...
No wonder if looks such a delight. Stunning cast, no doubt all falling over each other to be in it.
youtu.be/ZfNLApPCa8E?...
Fantastic footage.
I was obsessed by amoebas when I was a 12 year old with a microscope. Seeing something like this would have blown my little mind with complete joy and wonder.
I was obsessed by amoebas when I was a 12 year old with a microscope. Seeing something like this would have blown my little mind with complete joy and wonder.
“A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known"
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
December 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Fantastic footage.
I was obsessed by amoebas when I was a 12 year old with a microscope. Seeing something like this would have blown my little mind with complete joy and wonder.
I was obsessed by amoebas when I was a 12 year old with a microscope. Seeing something like this would have blown my little mind with complete joy and wonder.
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willow ptarmigan. Thank you for spreading the bird word, @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
willow ptarmigan. Thank you for spreading the bird word, @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
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🚨🚨Breaking: #EU has secured essential funding through a loan to #Ukraine of EUR 90 billion for the years 2026-2027 but failed to secure agreement on a deal on sending Russian #frozenassets to Ukraine after a 16-hour summit in Brussels. 🧵 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
European Council, 18 December 2025, Ukraine
The European Council discussed the latest developments as regards Ukraine.
www.consilium.europa.eu
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🚨🚨Breaking: #EU has secured essential funding through a loan to #Ukraine of EUR 90 billion for the years 2026-2027 but failed to secure agreement on a deal on sending Russian #frozenassets to Ukraine after a 16-hour summit in Brussels. 🧵 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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This 'Aussie Christmas tree' photo is doing the rounds again - usually without attribution.
It was taken by Layn Simpson of Gympie - in his backyard.
An excellent snap.
I have an invitation to visit next time I'm in Gympie so I'll look forward to that.
You can find Layn on Instagram. Worth a follow.
It was taken by Layn Simpson of Gympie - in his backyard.
An excellent snap.
I have an invitation to visit next time I'm in Gympie so I'll look forward to that.
You can find Layn on Instagram. Worth a follow.
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This 'Aussie Christmas tree' photo is doing the rounds again - usually without attribution.
It was taken by Layn Simpson of Gympie - in his backyard.
An excellent snap.
I have an invitation to visit next time I'm in Gympie so I'll look forward to that.
You can find Layn on Instagram. Worth a follow.
It was taken by Layn Simpson of Gympie - in his backyard.
An excellent snap.
I have an invitation to visit next time I'm in Gympie so I'll look forward to that.
You can find Layn on Instagram. Worth a follow.
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They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
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Students in the #Netherlands built this #solar-powered camper van. It can travel up to 740km a day - while powering a laptop, TV and coffee-maker.
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal
December 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Students in the #Netherlands built this #solar-powered camper van. It can travel up to 740km a day - while powering a laptop, TV and coffee-maker.
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal
Imagine what Trump would choose for his presidential centre. Temo-Versailles, perhaps.
Ideally, though, it'll be a cell in Den Haag.
Ideally, though, it'll be a cell in Den Haag.
While in Chicago, I took a tour around the Obama Presidential Center. I can’t wait for you all to visit in June 2026. Here’s a sneak peek:
December 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine what Trump would choose for his presidential centre. Temo-Versailles, perhaps.
Ideally, though, it'll be a cell in Den Haag.
Ideally, though, it'll be a cell in Den Haag.
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Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
theonion.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
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Enoch Powell Fanfic Right: 28%
Rump Clubland Right: 17%
Depressing Authoritarian Left: 18%
Optimistic Eco-Progressive Left: 17%
Liberal Process Nerds: unchanged
Rump Clubland Right: 17%
Depressing Authoritarian Left: 18%
Optimistic Eco-Progressive Left: 17%
Liberal Process Nerds: unchanged
🧵/ How has political opinion changed over 2025?
In voting intention, Labour have made the biggest losses, while the Greens have gained most, and Reform UK have established a clear lead
Ref: 28% (+3 from 12-13 Jan)
Lab: 18% (-8)
Grn: 17% (+9)
Con: 17% (-5)
LD: 14% (=)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
In voting intention, Labour have made the biggest losses, while the Greens have gained most, and Reform UK have established a clear lead
Ref: 28% (+3 from 12-13 Jan)
Lab: 18% (-8)
Grn: 17% (+9)
Con: 17% (-5)
LD: 14% (=)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
December 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Enoch Powell Fanfic Right: 28%
Rump Clubland Right: 17%
Depressing Authoritarian Left: 18%
Optimistic Eco-Progressive Left: 17%
Liberal Process Nerds: unchanged
Rump Clubland Right: 17%
Depressing Authoritarian Left: 18%
Optimistic Eco-Progressive Left: 17%
Liberal Process Nerds: unchanged
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I partnered with @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social to test a bunch of AI editing tools, and something ~very interesting~ happened.
We asked Gemini to generate a professional photo of an actor crying at the Oscars. It did — including a fake copyright notice from a real AP photographer.
We asked Gemini to generate a professional photo of an actor crying at the Oscars. It did — including a fake copyright notice from a real AP photographer.
December 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I partnered with @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social to test a bunch of AI editing tools, and something ~very interesting~ happened.
We asked Gemini to generate a professional photo of an actor crying at the Oscars. It did — including a fake copyright notice from a real AP photographer.
We asked Gemini to generate a professional photo of an actor crying at the Oscars. It did — including a fake copyright notice from a real AP photographer.
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When all your targets are gone, you realise you hate yourself.
These people want leftist and liberals to come back to Twitter so badly. They give all kinds of reasons, but the fact is without them the Nazi bar marinates in its own juices and they can't stand it.
December 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
When all your targets are gone, you realise you hate yourself.
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brb gotta start a war to distract a lazy press from the fact I'm a rapist pedophile sex trafficker
December 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
brb gotta start a war to distract a lazy press from the fact I'm a rapist pedophile sex trafficker
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Good analysis from Sarah Martin, but misses a key point:
if the Bondi massacre is being hijacked by culture warriors like Howard and the anti-immigration right, it's because that's how mainstream media chooses to frame it.
They are lazy or complicit. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
if the Bondi massacre is being hijacked by culture warriors like Howard and the anti-immigration right, it's because that's how mainstream media chooses to frame it.
They are lazy or complicit. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
John Howard’s dog-whistle intervention in gun debate all but dashes any hope of meaningful reform
In the absence of strong, swift action from Anthony Albanese, the former PM is shifting political debate from gun control to a divisive culture war
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Good analysis from Sarah Martin, but misses a key point:
if the Bondi massacre is being hijacked by culture warriors like Howard and the anti-immigration right, it's because that's how mainstream media chooses to frame it.
They are lazy or complicit. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
if the Bondi massacre is being hijacked by culture warriors like Howard and the anti-immigration right, it's because that's how mainstream media chooses to frame it.
They are lazy or complicit. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Time was they’d have to send someone like Colin Powell to the UN to tell outrageous lies, butter up Tony Blair with flattery, and spend months doing television PR. You don’t see that kind of pride in artisanship any more
December 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Time was they’d have to send someone like Colin Powell to the UN to tell outrageous lies, butter up Tony Blair with flattery, and spend months doing television PR. You don’t see that kind of pride in artisanship any more
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It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression.
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
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Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression.
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
1/
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
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Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
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Interesting that Bongino is leaving the same day the Epstein files are supposed to be released, and 120 days after Bailey was appointed his co-deputy director.
BREAKING MS NOW:
FBI deputy director Dan Bongino has quietly told confidants he plans to formally leave his job early in the new year and will not be returning to headquarters to work this month, according to eight people briefed on his account. www.ms.now/news/bongino...
FBI deputy director Dan Bongino has quietly told confidants he plans to formally leave his job early in the new year and will not be returning to headquarters to work this month, according to eight people briefed on his account. www.ms.now/news/bongino...
FBI’s No. 2 quietly tells colleagues he’s moving on
Controversial deputy director has cleared out his office, sources tell MS NOW.
www.ms.now
December 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Interesting that Bongino is leaving the same day the Epstein files are supposed to be released, and 120 days after Bailey was appointed his co-deputy director.
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🚨🚨Major very welcome news of the day: EU’s #Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since #Brexit. Hopefully a return to more constructive EU-UK relationship. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
EU’s Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since Brexit at cost of £570m
Deal agreed to rejoin exchange programme in 2027, fulfilling Labour election manifesto pledge
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🚨🚨Major very welcome news of the day: EU’s #Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since #Brexit. Hopefully a return to more constructive EU-UK relationship. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Nice little video about public transport in Rotterdam. It's gets a bit... er, detailed about the history of specific metro lines, but the first ten mins or so shows a lot of my adopted home. 😊
youtu.be/pXwl6bhZRcY?...
youtu.be/pXwl6bhZRcY?...
The Original Dutch Metro | History of the Rotterdam Metro
YouTube video by Trains Are Awesome
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Nice little video about public transport in Rotterdam. It's gets a bit... er, detailed about the history of specific metro lines, but the first ten mins or so shows a lot of my adopted home. 😊
youtu.be/pXwl6bhZRcY?...
youtu.be/pXwl6bhZRcY?...
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Trump officials were warned repeatedly that cutting off food aid to refugees in Kenya would lead to violence and death. They did so anyway, and thousands starved. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/keny...
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Trump officials were warned repeatedly that cutting off food aid to refugees in Kenya would lead to violence and death. They did so anyway, and thousands starved. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/keny...
Hard to argue with this conclusion:
"Trump’s behavior is not created by his illness; it is who he has always been.
"He is just becoming uncontrollable."
"Trump’s behavior is not created by his illness; it is who he has always been.
"He is just becoming uncontrollable."
Trump's Cognitive Dysfunction
Trump’s horrid smear and shallow attack of Rob Reiner and his wife after their horrific murders left many Trump supporters agog.
Some who have been steadfastly loyal, were unable to explain or excuse his behavior.
open.substack.com/pub/jimstewa...
Trump’s horrid smear and shallow attack of Rob Reiner and his wife after their horrific murders left many Trump supporters agog.
Some who have been steadfastly loyal, were unable to explain or excuse his behavior.
open.substack.com/pub/jimstewa...
Trump’s Colonized Mind: The Cognitive Dysfunction Destabilizing the Planet
The neurological, psychological, and political breakdown of the American president—and the people taking full advantage of it.
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Hard to argue with this conclusion:
"Trump’s behavior is not created by his illness; it is who he has always been.
"He is just becoming uncontrollable."
"Trump’s behavior is not created by his illness; it is who he has always been.
"He is just becoming uncontrollable."
"Nobody cares about the longlist, Janet!" 😆
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"Nobody cares about the longlist, Janet!" 😆