Ellie Moodie
@noramoo.bsky.social
A Gallovidian exiled in Clackmannanshire. Lover of wind and high places. Psychology and corvids. Store all the good in your hump for the lean days.
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My main takeaway of the whole Epstein thing is that women, on a very fundamental level, still don‘t really matter.
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
My main takeaway of the whole Epstein thing is that women, on a very fundamental level, still don‘t really matter.
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Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects #Bees🐝
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
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Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects #Bees🐝
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
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There is a serious, principled case for a codified constitution, for some of the reasons George sets out.
But botching together a constitution to stop Farage - a constitution that could not command widespread support and that was widely seen as rigged - would deepen our problems, not resolve them.🧵
But botching together a constitution to stop Farage - a constitution that could not command widespread support and that was widely seen as rigged - would deepen our problems, not resolve them.🧵
We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution.
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot
It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
There is a serious, principled case for a codified constitution, for some of the reasons George sets out.
But botching together a constitution to stop Farage - a constitution that could not command widespread support and that was widely seen as rigged - would deepen our problems, not resolve them.🧵
But botching together a constitution to stop Farage - a constitution that could not command widespread support and that was widely seen as rigged - would deepen our problems, not resolve them.🧵
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Americans are on the verge of losing their ability to choose their government. But they don't seem to have realized it yet.
Donald Trumps plan to subvert the midterms is underway
From David Graham, on the cover of the next edition of @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
From David Graham, on the cover of the next edition of @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way
Our election system is reaching a breaking point.
www.theatlantic.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Americans are on the verge of losing their ability to choose their government. But they don't seem to have realized it yet.
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This is what happened to my Grandfather in Frankfurt, Germany on 9th November 1938, commonly known as Kristallnacht.
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This is what happened to my Grandfather in Frankfurt, Germany on 9th November 1938, commonly known as Kristallnacht.
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The fact that this is even seriously discussed, by frontbench politicians and in mainstream publications, shows that something fundamental has broken in UK politics. All those who look at Germany with horrified faces because of the rise of the AfD, kindly take a look in the mirror.
October 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The fact that this is even seriously discussed, by frontbench politicians and in mainstream publications, shows that something fundamental has broken in UK politics. All those who look at Germany with horrified faces because of the rise of the AfD, kindly take a look in the mirror.
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Sad to discover a new writer through their passing.
It’s only a 3 minute read but Kaleb Horton’s last blog says a lot.
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
It’s only a 3 minute read but Kaleb Horton’s last blog says a lot.
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
2025, So Far
I wish I had a time machine so I could go back in time and talk to my dad in 1988, just before I was born, and tell him what it’s like to live in the future. I’d tell him all the amazing things that a...
kalebhorton.ghost.io
September 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Sad to discover a new writer through their passing.
It’s only a 3 minute read but Kaleb Horton’s last blog says a lot.
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
It’s only a 3 minute read but Kaleb Horton’s last blog says a lot.
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
Is this the first step in saying brexit is a disaster with plans to start to remedy it or just looking to blame and then business as usual!
Rachel Reeves set to blame Nigel Farage for tax rises in the Budget, saying he delivered Brexit with “easy sloganeering” and then walked away
It’s about time
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It’s about time
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises
With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end
www.thetimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Is this the first step in saying brexit is a disaster with plans to start to remedy it or just looking to blame and then business as usual!
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I enjoyed this interview.
Writing as a way of dealing with the fact that you don‘t quite fit into the world.
Writing as a way of dealing with the fact that you don‘t quite fit into the world.
In which I talk about anxiety as a motivating force, never being considered for the Booker, and an early novel that's become problematic.
Jonathan Coe: ‘I have a fascination with the right’
The author on keeping his liberal instincts in check, his love of breaking the literary fourth wall, and not fitting comfortably into the world
observer.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I enjoyed this interview.
Writing as a way of dealing with the fact that you don‘t quite fit into the world.
Writing as a way of dealing with the fact that you don‘t quite fit into the world.
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Micheal Heseltine is a person with principles and a spine.
Michael Heseltine tells @europeanmovement.co.uk event that the Farage's Reform and European populist far right parties are “equivalents to the fascists of the thirties” and adds: ”We have to deal with President Trump for the next 3 years. We don't need his mouthpiece anywhere near No.10.” ~AA 🔥
October 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Micheal Heseltine is a person with principles and a spine.
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This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.
regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society
September 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.
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Still a few tickets for this event at Wigtown Book Festival next Wednesday. Talking all things wildlife and conservation in Galloway with Polly Pullar. Wind turbines, Sitka Spruce, Red Kites, open access and more. Plus my take on trying to stay positive, despite everything.
September 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Still a few tickets for this event at Wigtown Book Festival next Wednesday. Talking all things wildlife and conservation in Galloway with Polly Pullar. Wind turbines, Sitka Spruce, Red Kites, open access and more. Plus my take on trying to stay positive, despite everything.
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Interesting but at what environmental cost!
Google DeepMind beats human software coders, solving most of the coding problems set more quickly and solving one that no human team cracked bit.ly/4nC3KG5 an important step towards artificial general intelligence
DeepMind hails ‘Kasparov moment’ as AI beats best human coders
Google beat 135 human teams at the ‘coding Olympics’, marking a profound leap for AI comparable to chess grandmaster’s defeat to a computer
bit.ly
September 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Interesting but at what environmental cost!
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BREAKING: Ireland will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest next year if Israel is allowed to take part, RTE has announced
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news.sky.com/story/irelan...
Ireland will not participate in Eurovision if Israel is allowed to take part
Eurovision Song Contest's director Martin Green has said he would "respect" the decision of any country which chooses not to participate in the competition.
news.sky.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
BREAKING: Ireland will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest next year if Israel is allowed to take part, RTE has announced
news.sky.com/story/irelan...
news.sky.com/story/irelan...
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A 102-year-old Japanese man with a serious heart condition has been certified as the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji — but still shrugged off the feat as nothing special.
Japanese climber, 102, sets Mount Fuji record
'I have been there and seen the view many times, it wasn't anything special,' said Kokichi Akuzawa, shrugging off the feat.
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August 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
A 102-year-old Japanese man with a serious heart condition has been certified as the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji — but still shrugged off the feat as nothing special.
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The inglorious 12th tomorrow. On the left the devastation of a driven grouse moor on the right an alternative vision 🏴 🌳
August 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The inglorious 12th tomorrow. On the left the devastation of a driven grouse moor on the right an alternative vision 🏴 🌳
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John Swinney brands Israel's atrocities in Gaza as a genocide as Festival Fringe event is disrupted.
John Swinney brands Gaza as ‘genocide’ for first time as Fringe show disrupted
JOHN Swinney has described what Israel is doing to Palestinians in Gaza as a “genocide” for the first time ...
www.thenational.scot
August 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
John Swinney brands Israel's atrocities in Gaza as a genocide as Festival Fringe event is disrupted.
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This misrepresentation is a fairly regular occurrence ☹️
Oh BBC Radio 4 covering the situation with UK Water - but it's actually England's Water System they are talking about. Just to be clear, Scotland's Water is publicly owned. My tap water in Orkney is excellent, and yes perfectly clean for drinking.
July 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This misrepresentation is a fairly regular occurrence ☹️
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Mandy Haggith on a rainforest elm in Assynt, in her 'The Lost Elms: A Love Letter to Our Vanished Trees - and the Fight to Save Them', Wildfire (2025):
#BookSky 💙📚
#ScottishEnvironment 🌱
#AtlanticRainforest
#Assynt
#Elms
#BookSky 💙📚
#ScottishEnvironment 🌱
#AtlanticRainforest
#Assynt
#Elms
A quote from The Lost Elms
Between the disappearance of the river and its re-emegence is like a desert river valley, clearly carved by water, with rounded stones in the bottom and ...
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July 20, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Mandy Haggith on a rainforest elm in Assynt, in her 'The Lost Elms: A Love Letter to Our Vanished Trees - and the Fight to Save Them', Wildfire (2025):
#BookSky 💙📚
#ScottishEnvironment 🌱
#AtlanticRainforest
#Assynt
#Elms
#BookSky 💙📚
#ScottishEnvironment 🌱
#AtlanticRainforest
#Assynt
#Elms
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If you were born between 1970-1990 you may not have full MMR protection, even if you had parents who took you for all your jabs. The NHS will give you a free booster. With cases surging, this is a great way to protect yourself & your community. I’m getting mine tomorrow www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
July 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If you were born between 1970-1990 you may not have full MMR protection, even if you had parents who took you for all your jabs. The NHS will give you a free booster. With cases surging, this is a great way to protect yourself & your community. I’m getting mine tomorrow www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
They already can in Scotland along with PR. Why not introduce both for Westminster elections!
The government has described the move as the "biggest change to UK democracy in a generation”
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/16-...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/16-...
July 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
They already can in Scotland along with PR. Why not introduce both for Westminster elections!
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President Trump’s big tax-and-spending law includes new restrictions on how much students can borrow and how they repay. Here’s a guide to what is changing.
The Federal Government Is Retreating From Student Lending
President Trump’s tax-and-spending law includes new restrictions on how much students can borrow and how they repay, as Republicans try to force colleges to curb their prices.
on.wsj.com
July 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
President Trump’s big tax-and-spending law includes new restrictions on how much students can borrow and how they repay. Here’s a guide to what is changing.