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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 2h

We’ve reached that time of year when I just feel like eating constantly. I think my body wants to prepare for hibernation

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@geoffmcgivern.bsky.social @gmcgiv.bsky.social · 14h

meanwhile

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14h

Thousands trapped in El Fasher siege on ‘edge of survival’, says report

The city – the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the west of the country – has withstood more than 500 days of attacks by paramilitary RSF

www.theguardian.com

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Vlad Vexler @vladvexler.bsky.social · 13h

Nigel Farage falls through the cracks of media scrutiny. He receives the attention of someone powerful, but the scrutiny of someone powerless. It’s a case study in how fear of democratic decline makes institutions submissive which accelerates democratic decline.

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Jules Gray @julesgray.bsky.social · 13h

Nick Worrall's Commercial Grab. His Golden Greats. Available to buy today. Me and him handpicked a selection of beauties from across his prodigious output. Stick a copy in your basket, you lovely people.

Nick Worrall @heathensquirrel.bsky.social · 16h

OUT NOW. Consider it a 'best of' if you prefer, or just a 'sampler', whatever it is, you can buy a CD and/or digital download from here and I really hope that you do. Not a bad introduction to my oeuvre. Love to you all. nickworrall.bandcamp.com/album/nick-w...

Nick Worrall's Commercial Grab, by Nick Worrall

14 track album

nickworrall.bandcamp.com

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 21h

Boost for younger patients using frailty scale www.bbc.com/news/article...

Boost for younger patients using Electronic Frailty Index

Researchers at the University of Dundee find that a measure used to assess the health of older people can improve quality of life for younger patients.

www.bbc.com

Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

(Well there are a couple of interesting accounts liking it - and quite a few rabbit fans)

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Giacomo is backomo… sigh…

He's back. And he's stealing. Again.

YouTube video by Danny Sapko

youtube.com

Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Aww. Hello Mouse! 👋🏻

Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Uh-huh-huh

Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

How’d you go at the dentist?

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

More of this, please.

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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Jörg Hillebrand @gaghyogi49.bsky.social · 1d

There is this one smaller unknown book in Picard's quarters in season 4 of #StarTrekTNG that is evading me. Here it is seen in "Qpid"↖️, "Suddenly Human"↗️ and "Devil's Due"⬇️. It is not one of his Shakespeare books but I have no clue what it is, the one illustration seen also isn't helping...

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Best show I’ve watched in a while 👍🏻

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 1d

This is who they are. It's what they've been for generations.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Whitney Dafoe @whitneydafoe.bsky.social · 1d

TODAY: Everything is too much to bear. Everything that is good is gone. All that is left is keeping on. (which I will)

#mecfs #chronicillness #pwME #LongCovid

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

I have string and plenty of empty Diet Coke cans… maybe I can rig something just to give them a fright that makes them think twice…

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

*cat safe!

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if I could rig up a booby trap (that is squirrel and trap safe)… 🤔

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, that’s twice in the last 3 days someone has used my garden as a shortcut route… 😒 They leave the front and back gates wide open too (not very good at covering their tracks!). Both times it was between 1-4pm so I guess I’ll be spending tomorrow afternoon by the back window to try to catch them 👀

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

a bald man wearing glasses and a suit says chippy chips

ALT: a bald man wearing glasses and a suit says chippy chips

media.tenor.com

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Great to see it’s been handled well though 👍🏻

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Snowfloe @snowfloe.bsky.social · 1d

Well, this is a tricky pickle...

Almost EVERY New Game Is Compromised, Valve Forced To Act

YouTube video by Bellular News

youtu.be

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ace @aceanbender.com · 1d

a blessed morning to you all

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

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@geoffmcgivern.bsky.social @gmcgiv.bsky.social · 1d

👀

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. Included AI-generated robot porn.

www.404media.co/man-stores-a...

Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. As part of ...

www.404media.co

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 1d

A British remake of Squid Game where adults don't play deadly children's games, we just go on Channel 5 and reminisce about them #SpanglesGame

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