Erica Gibson
@ericagibson.bsky.social
Anthropologist, dog mom, traveler, cook, reader, 🇳🇴immigrant and dual citizen! (Use alt text for reskeet.) She/her.
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Look all I’m saying is the Dutch have eaten one of their politicians AND his brother before. We need to catch up.
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Look all I’m saying is the Dutch have eaten one of their politicians AND his brother before. We need to catch up.
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Norwegian press/media manages to discuss record mild December temperatures without mentioning climate change.
Hvorfor det da, @vg.no? Ikke plass til et eneste ord om hvorfor?
Årets desember kan bli den mildeste noensinne i Oslo
Meteorologene varsler en mulig værrekord i Oslo.
www.vg.no
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Norwegian press/media manages to discuss record mild December temperatures without mentioning climate change.
I lied! Our show runs tomorrow at 4pm!
Check out the reprise of last week’s show US Politics, In Plain English today at 4pm on www.drammenunlimitedradio.com (listen there or on the RadioPlayer app). We’ll have a new show out on Friday at 7pm Oslo time! #DrammenUnlimitedRadio
Drammen Unlimited Radio
www.drammenunlimitedradio.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I lied! Our show runs tomorrow at 4pm!
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This is the compromise? This is the bipartisanship? This is the civility? This is the return to normalcy? This is the price of winning? WHAT WILL YOU HAVE WON
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is the compromise? This is the bipartisanship? This is the civility? This is the return to normalcy? This is the price of winning? WHAT WILL YOU HAVE WON
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Encouraging to see voters turn out in droves to reject a data centre being built in their town, especially as this former senator lobbied hard for it
lolz
"Residents packed a city council meeting to watch the data center go down in flames in a 7-0 vote. [Lobbyist Kyrsten] Sinema was nowhere to be found."
"Residents packed a city council meeting to watch the data center go down in flames in a 7-0 vote. [Lobbyist Kyrsten] Sinema was nowhere to be found."
Thumbs down: Chandler kills Sinema-backed data center in 7-0 vote
Sinema lobbied hard for the data center, but her involvement created exactly the opposition she tried to sweeping away.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Encouraging to see voters turn out in droves to reject a data centre being built in their town, especially as this former senator lobbied hard for it
Archocology! 🍫
Frozen chocolate actually fractures conchoidally! 🏺
Chocolate flint for #ChocolateCoveredAnythingDay!
Sadly not actually covered in chocolate, these lithics are named for their rich colour. Popular in prehistory (if not tasty), they have been found 100s of km away from their only known sources in Poland.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Sadly not actually covered in chocolate, these lithics are named for their rich colour. Popular in prehistory (if not tasty), they have been found 100s of km away from their only known sources in Poland.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
December 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Archocology! 🍫
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Any guesses on how Noem and Bovino would have handled Ahmed's case?
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Any guesses on how Noem and Bovino would have handled Ahmed's case?
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Happy Birthday to Jane Austen, born #OTD in 1775. For those needing an escape from the shopping crowds pop into The Wren Library to see the display or books and modern manuscripts related to her work. Weekdays 12-2pm. Try the parlour game quiz on Emma. Examiner's report to follow...
December 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Happy Birthday to Jane Austen, born #OTD in 1775. For those needing an escape from the shopping crowds pop into The Wren Library to see the display or books and modern manuscripts related to her work. Weekdays 12-2pm. Try the parlour game quiz on Emma. Examiner's report to follow...
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Well, this is an utter disaster for science.
This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
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This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Well, this is an utter disaster for science.
This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
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This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
Check out the reprise of last week’s show US Politics, In Plain English today at 4pm on www.drammenunlimitedradio.com (listen there or on the RadioPlayer app). We’ll have a new show out on Friday at 7pm Oslo time! #DrammenUnlimitedRadio
Drammen Unlimited Radio
www.drammenunlimitedradio.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Check out the reprise of last week’s show US Politics, In Plain English today at 4pm on www.drammenunlimitedradio.com (listen there or on the RadioPlayer app). We’ll have a new show out on Friday at 7pm Oslo time! #DrammenUnlimitedRadio
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Women's Organisations "pressured" and forced to exclude Trans+ people, amid legal threats 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/organisations-pressured-and-forced-to-exclude-trans-people-amid-legal-threats/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/organisations-pressured-and-forced-to-exclude-trans-people-amid-legal-threats/
Women's Orgs "pressured" and forced to exclude Trans+ people, amid legal threats
Two culturally significant women's organisations have reversed long-standing trans inclusive approaches, citing "reference to legal challenge" in communications
www.wearequeeraf.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Women's Organisations "pressured" and forced to exclude Trans+ people, amid legal threats 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/organisations-pressured-and-forced-to-exclude-trans-people-amid-legal-threats/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/organisations-pressured-and-forced-to-exclude-trans-people-amid-legal-threats/
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British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line
On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
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Congrats to Eileen Higgins on her historic victory in Miami!
With her runoff victory tonight, Eileen Higgins will be Miami's next mayor—the first woman in the city’s history and the first Democrat in nearly 30 years elected to the office.
Congrats, Mayor-elect!
Congrats, Mayor-elect!
December 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Congrats to Eileen Higgins on her historic victory in Miami!
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Congrats to Gie May on their win in Ohio!
An out nonbinary candidate just won a seat in their ruby-red Ohio town by 13 votes. They didn’t believe it, either.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/12/09/g...
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/12/09/g...
An out nonbinary candidate just won a seat in their ruby-red Ohio town by 13 votes. They didn’t believe it, either.
Gie May thought their race would help show Wadsworth that other candidates existed besides Republicans. Turns out, voters wanted more than that.
thebuckeyeflame.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Congrats to Gie May on their win in Ohio!
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Let’s go Miami Dems!
We have an incredible opportunity in Miami today to flip the mayoral seat for the first time in nearly 30 years! If you live in Miami, get out and vote for Eileen Higgins before polls close at 7pm.
Find your polling place at IWillVote.com.
Find your polling place at IWillVote.com.
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Let’s go Miami Dems!
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Join us for Pub Night this Wednesday! Brygg at 19:00.
kermit the frog is wearing a suit and tie and holding a glass of wine and saying `` hmm . cheers . ''
Alt: kermit the frog is wearing a suit and tie and holding a glass of wine and saying “hmm. cheers”
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Join us for Pub Night this Wednesday! Brygg at 19:00.
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How far does loyalty take you? It's the defining political challenge for people living abroad.
#BooksAbroad #HomeFire #GlobalWomensCaucus #DemocratsAbroad
#BooksAbroad #HomeFire #GlobalWomensCaucus #DemocratsAbroad
November 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
How far does loyalty take you? It's the defining political challenge for people living abroad.
#BooksAbroad #HomeFire #GlobalWomensCaucus #DemocratsAbroad
#BooksAbroad #HomeFire #GlobalWomensCaucus #DemocratsAbroad
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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I feel like I'm taking crazy pills: the emails from Landon Thomas has his New York Times signature block...he was employed by NY Times at the time. He was communicating directly with Epstein about Trump, and was given incriminating information about Trump. It's been in NYT's possession since 2015
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills: the emails from Landon Thomas has his New York Times signature block...he was employed by NY Times at the time. He was communicating directly with Epstein about Trump, and was given incriminating information about Trump. It's been in NYT's possession since 2015
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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Landon Thomas Jr of the New York Times got told by Jeffrey Epstein that Trump walked into a glass door bc he was so busy staring at girls in Epstein's house and didn't print it. wild that the Times didn't consider that newsworthy.
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Landon Thomas Jr of the New York Times got told by Jeffrey Epstein that Trump walked into a glass door bc he was so busy staring at girls in Epstein's house and didn't print it. wild that the Times didn't consider that newsworthy.
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Once a year, I think it is, the Eugene (Oregon) Emeralds play as the Exploding Whales, which is both a nice nod to funny local history and a naked gimmick to sell merch - which obviously worked on me, I couldn't buy this thing fast enough
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Once a year, I think it is, the Eugene (Oregon) Emeralds play as the Exploding Whales, which is both a nice nod to funny local history and a naked gimmick to sell merch - which obviously worked on me, I couldn't buy this thing fast enough
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![A screenshot of an email exchange from April 2, 2011, between Gislaine Maxwell “Gmax” and Jeffrey Epstein.
The body references someone spending hours at Epstein’s house and mentions a “police chief.” A portion of the text is redacted and replaced with “VICTIM.”
Verbatim text:
From: Gmax [gmax1@ellmax.com]
Sent: 4/2/2011 7:09:39 PM
To: jeevacation@gmail.com
Subject: Re:
Importance: High
I have been thinking about that…
—– Original Message —–
From: Jeffrey Epstein jeevacation@gmail.com
To: Gmax
Sent: Sat Apr 02 14:25:45 2011
Subject:
i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. [REDACTED] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been
mentioned. police chief. etc. im 75 % there
–
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The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may
constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of
Jeffrey Epstein Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this
communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and
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