Iain Donaldson
@zaalouk.bsky.social
retd art gallerist, picture frame maker, software engineer, university teacher, research biochemist. Knows enough to be dangerous but rarely enough to be useful
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If you're wondering whether or not to get a flu shot, I didn't get one in time, and I just had a fever dream where I was in the Drew Carey Show because several days ago I was on the Wikipedia page for the Drew Carey Show. You don't have to do this to yourself.
October 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If you're wondering whether or not to get a flu shot, I didn't get one in time, and I just had a fever dream where I was in the Drew Carey Show because several days ago I was on the Wikipedia page for the Drew Carey Show. You don't have to do this to yourself.
Signalgate: withering assessment in closing paragraph of Moira Donegan's article in today's Guardian (UK) newspaper.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What the accidentally leaked war group chat reveals about the Trump administration | Moira Donegan
Thanks to the Signal leaks, we can see how the administration acts when they think they are in private. It’s not a pretty sight
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Signalgate: withering assessment in closing paragraph of Moira Donegan's article in today's Guardian (UK) newspaper.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why is everything so dumb
Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.
Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research
President Trump falsely claimed that Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but the real research was for human health.
www.rollingstone.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Why is everything so dumb
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A reminder for these times.
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A reminder for these times.
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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
February 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
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Spotted in Oaxaca, Mexico. #3E #EndOligarchy
February 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Spotted in Oaxaca, Mexico. #3E #EndOligarchy
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Americans proposed that Ukraine concede half of the profits from its mineral rights in perpetuity... in exchange for essentially nothing. This is not a monetary proposition, let alone a "deal," but rather the demand that Ukraine become a permanent American colony.
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
"Recoup the costs"
The sadism of American policy to war-torn Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Americans proposed that Ukraine concede half of the profits from its mineral rights in perpetuity... in exchange for essentially nothing. This is not a monetary proposition, let alone a "deal," but rather the demand that Ukraine become a permanent American colony.
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
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Shameful. No researcher should publish with the American Society for Microbiology.
Checked on the article I wrote about Juneteenth in 2023…
”under review”
”under review”
February 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Shameful. No researcher should publish with the American Society for Microbiology.
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Word of day is ‘unasinous’ (17th century): united in stupidity.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
January 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Word of day is ‘unasinous’ (17th century): united in stupidity.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
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Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
January 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
this is his
‘The Audacity of Trump’
‘The Audacity of Trump’
“The $TRUMP memecoin — a financial asset that didn't exist on Friday afternoon — now accounts for about 89% of Donald Trump's net worth.”
Trump just became one of the top 25 richest people on earth. Through this. Insane, open & now normalized corruption.
Trump just became one of the top 25 richest people on earth. Through this. Insane, open & now normalized corruption.
Donald Trump is the newest crypto billionaire
His $TRUMP wealth overshadows Truth Social and his real estate holdings.
www.axios.com
January 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
this is his
‘The Audacity of Trump’
‘The Audacity of Trump’
Judge Juan Merchan added:
“To be sure, it is the legal protections afforded to the office of the president of the United States that are extraordinary – not the occupant of the office.”
“To be sure, it is the legal protections afforded to the office of the president of the United States that are extraordinary – not the occupant of the office.”
January 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Judge Juan Merchan added:
“To be sure, it is the legal protections afforded to the office of the president of the United States that are extraordinary – not the occupant of the office.”
“To be sure, it is the legal protections afforded to the office of the president of the United States that are extraordinary – not the occupant of the office.”
Hunter Biden can refuse to accept his father’s Presidential Pardon. The US Constitution appears to require both delivery and *acceptance* of a Presidential Pardon see Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79, 94 (1915). Refusal would soften a bad precedent and provide political capital to both parties
December 2, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Hunter Biden can refuse to accept his father’s Presidential Pardon. The US Constitution appears to require both delivery and *acceptance* of a Presidential Pardon see Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79, 94 (1915). Refusal would soften a bad precedent and provide political capital to both parties