Elizabeth Liddle
@pingu1.bsky.social
Part-time boat-dweller, cognitive psychologist and viol player, aging cat lady with ADHD. Trans Inclusive Cis Feminist. Pronouns she/her.
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Awful: Trump's boat bombings are now being justified by a new legal memo that relies on WH's own determinations as evidence. Memo also says people can't be prosecuted for the killings. But that reveals WH knows there's legal vulnerability here, Ds tell me.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Darken as Secret Memo Reveals Holes in Legal Case
A new White House memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the White House says so!
newrepublic.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Awful: Trump's boat bombings are now being justified by a new legal memo that relies on WH's own determinations as evidence. Memo also says people can't be prosecuted for the killings. But that reveals WH knows there's legal vulnerability here, Ds tell me.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
This part is absolutely bang on (as is the rest, but this sums up the mechanics):
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This part is absolutely bang on (as is the rest, but this sums up the mechanics):
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I gave up on white people after Sandy Hook & they've only gotten worse every day since in the failed democratic republic of the US of Forced Birth, Death, Surveillance Capitalism, & Moral Bankruptcy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I gave up on white people after Sandy Hook & they've only gotten worse every day since in the failed democratic republic of the US of Forced Birth, Death, Surveillance Capitalism, & Moral Bankruptcy.
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@alastaircampbell.bsky.social speaks openly about SENIOR members of the BBC being “so far over in the JK Rowling (read: ‘gender critical’ obsessive transphobe) camp”
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@alastaircampbell.bsky.social speaks openly about SENIOR members of the BBC being “so far over in the JK Rowling (read: ‘gender critical’ obsessive transphobe) camp”
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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Panorama made mistakes but this ‘scandal’ is the work of populists trying to control the airwaves. They won’t rest
✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
The malign right can't be allowed to destroy the BBC
Panorama made mistakes but this ‘scandal’ is the work of populists trying to control the airwaves. They won’t rest
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Panorama made mistakes but this ‘scandal’ is the work of populists trying to control the airwaves. They won’t rest
✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
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#OTD in Weather History, 48 years ago, on November 10, 1975, the ore freighter SS EDMUND FITZGERALD was lost with all hands in a severe storm on Lake Superior.
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
November 11, 2023 at 12:23 AM
#OTD in Weather History, 48 years ago, on November 10, 1975, the ore freighter SS EDMUND FITZGERALD was lost with all hands in a severe storm on Lake Superior.
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
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Written before the BBC resignations but this by @arusbridger.bsky.social is really worth reading. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Written before the BBC resignations but this by @arusbridger.bsky.social is really worth reading. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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This is really important.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This is really important.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
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I like this piece a lot about Rosalind Franklin’s role in solving the structure of DNA. It really respects her as a full scientist - what she saw, what she didn’t appreciate, what could have been if she’d had true peers to support her, or had not died so young.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I like this piece a lot about Rosalind Franklin’s role in solving the structure of DNA. It really respects her as a full scientist - what she saw, what she didn’t appreciate, what could have been if she’d had true peers to support her, or had not died so young.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
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This is not only exceptionally good work, it is also presented in a very clear visual way. Bravo, Sky News!
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is not only exceptionally good work, it is also presented in a very clear visual way. Bravo, Sky News!
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Who is wise? One who learns from all people.
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Who is wise? One who learns from all people.
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
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I've made a concrete flower pot.
By which I mean, I designed a pot. Modelled it. Made the mold and poured the concrete.
By which I mean, I designed a pot. Modelled it. Made the mold and poured the concrete.
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I've made a concrete flower pot.
By which I mean, I designed a pot. Modelled it. Made the mold and poured the concrete.
By which I mean, I designed a pot. Modelled it. Made the mold and poured the concrete.
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The rest of the world moved on, while Starmer’s TERF Island heads towards the dark ages.
November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The rest of the world moved on, while Starmer’s TERF Island heads towards the dark ages.
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Your daily reminder that the government continues to commercially support an individual who wants to destroy it through fascist violence.
Elon musk: ‘Civil war in Britain is inevitable. Just a question of when.’
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Your daily reminder that the government continues to commercially support an individual who wants to destroy it through fascist violence.
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i got punchy, but i was actually trying to make a real point: theories of Trump's political success undermine each other, and undermine some of the ideas informing what Democrats are fighting about right now. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
The poop plane and the Nazi tattoo
Why Trump vs. Trumpism matters
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
i got punchy, but i was actually trying to make a real point: theories of Trump's political success undermine each other, and undermine some of the ideas informing what Democrats are fighting about right now. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
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The EHRC has sent a new draft Code of Practice which would lead to the exclusion of trans people from public life.
The decision now is up to this government, will they sign a trans bathroom ban in secret?
Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-ba...
#ScrapTheBathroomBan
The decision now is up to this government, will they sign a trans bathroom ban in secret?
Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-ba...
#ScrapTheBathroomBan
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The EHRC has sent a new draft Code of Practice which would lead to the exclusion of trans people from public life.
The decision now is up to this government, will they sign a trans bathroom ban in secret?
Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-ba...
#ScrapTheBathroomBan
The decision now is up to this government, will they sign a trans bathroom ban in secret?
Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-ba...
#ScrapTheBathroomBan
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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thereviewshub.com/michael-rosen-getting-through-it-the-old-vic-london/
Best review I've ever had!
Best review I've ever had!
Michael Rosen: Getting Through It – The Old Vic, London - The Reviews Hub
Writer: Michael Rosen Michael Rosen’s Getting Through It is a two-part show formed of two stories: The Death of Eddie and Many Kinds of Love. In the first of these, he takes us through the day his son...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
thereviewshub.com/michael-rosen-getting-through-it-the-old-vic-london/
Best review I've ever had!
Best review I've ever had!