@jimbucktoo.bsky.social
#Finnegans woke #Adoptee #guest #Cisgender #Trans Ally #Sufic @ishraq. 📽️
#Comfortably cosmopolitan: #English-Irish (non-Brit).
Spero ergo sero sum
Pronouns: Thee & Thou & Yon
#Comfortably cosmopolitan: #English-Irish (non-Brit).
Spero ergo sero sum
Pronouns: Thee & Thou & Yon
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A very informative thread:
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A very informative thread:
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"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation."
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation."
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
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ICE grabs another senior citizen who was complying with all immigration check ins.
Kazem Majd has called the US home for 60 years.
He is currently battling a serious and rare liver disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis.
His family fears for his health in the camps.
Kazem Majd has called the US home for 60 years.
He is currently battling a serious and rare liver disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis.
His family fears for his health in the camps.
77-year-old Iranian man living in the United States for 6 decades detained by ICE
The family of an elderly man who has been living in the United States for decades and now detained by ICE, is worried due to his complex medical needs.
abc7.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
ICE grabs another senior citizen who was complying with all immigration check ins.
Kazem Majd has called the US home for 60 years.
He is currently battling a serious and rare liver disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis.
His family fears for his health in the camps.
Kazem Majd has called the US home for 60 years.
He is currently battling a serious and rare liver disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis.
His family fears for his health in the camps.
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This "cautionary tale" from @timharford.ft.com about the 1974 Flixborough Disaster is worth listening to:
open.spotify.com/episode/0PLG...
Also these memories from people directly affected: northlincolnshiremuseum.co.uk/discover/fli... via @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0PLG...
Also these memories from people directly affected: northlincolnshiremuseum.co.uk/discover/fli... via @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This "cautionary tale" from @timharford.ft.com about the 1974 Flixborough Disaster is worth listening to:
open.spotify.com/episode/0PLG...
Also these memories from people directly affected: northlincolnshiremuseum.co.uk/discover/fli... via @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0PLG...
Also these memories from people directly affected: northlincolnshiremuseum.co.uk/discover/fli... via @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social
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I used to work for an American company and there was always the possibility of moving out there.
You honestly couldn't pay me enough to even try to visit there now
You honestly couldn't pay me enough to even try to visit there now
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I used to work for an American company and there was always the possibility of moving out there.
You honestly couldn't pay me enough to even try to visit there now
You honestly couldn't pay me enough to even try to visit there now
ft.pressreader.com/article/2816...
“The implications are enormous,” (Rob Davis( a project curator at the British Museum and co-author of the research published in Nature yesterday. “The ability to create and control fire is one of the most important turning points in human history.”
“The implications are enormous,” (Rob Davis( a project curator at the British Museum and co-author of the research published in Nature yesterday. “The ability to create and control fire is one of the most important turning points in human history.”
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
ft.pressreader.com/article/2816...
“The implications are enormous,” (Rob Davis( a project curator at the British Museum and co-author of the research published in Nature yesterday. “The ability to create and control fire is one of the most important turning points in human history.”
“The implications are enormous,” (Rob Davis( a project curator at the British Museum and co-author of the research published in Nature yesterday. “The ability to create and control fire is one of the most important turning points in human history.”
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The mass deportation of undocumented people was one of Hitler’s largest coercive policies before the war. This set off a chain of events which can give us a useful perspective on where we are now.
snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...
snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...
Land War or Self-Terrorism?
Trump's Likely Next Step
snyder.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The mass deportation of undocumented people was one of Hitler’s largest coercive policies before the war. This set off a chain of events which can give us a useful perspective on where we are now.
snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...
snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...
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Congratulations Democrats 🎊
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Congratulations Democrats 🎊
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
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“and a school therapist told Ruby's mum she must have "made" Ruby trans by hoping for a girl during pregnancy. Her advice was to start forcing Ruby into "boys' clothing" to restore authority.”
Let’s go back to a 16th century way of thinking. And while we’re at it, let’s violently oppress the child.
Let’s go back to a 16th century way of thinking. And while we’re at it, let’s violently oppress the child.
Of course they put this behind a pay wall.
“There are moments when I catch myself wishing she would just discover she wants to live as a boy,” says Ruby’s mum, “not because I doubt her identity but because I fear for her future in the UK."
Please share.
archive.is/newest/https...
“There are moments when I catch myself wishing she would just discover she wants to live as a boy,” says Ruby’s mum, “not because I doubt her identity but because I fear for her future in the UK."
Please share.
archive.is/newest/https...
archive.is
December 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
“and a school therapist told Ruby's mum she must have "made" Ruby trans by hoping for a girl during pregnancy. Her advice was to start forcing Ruby into "boys' clothing" to restore authority.”
Let’s go back to a 16th century way of thinking. And while we’re at it, let’s violently oppress the child.
Let’s go back to a 16th century way of thinking. And while we’re at it, let’s violently oppress the child.
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Bluesky's Correct English Usage tasr urges Daily Mail to stop using "less" when they mean "fewer".
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Bluesky's Correct English Usage tasr urges Daily Mail to stop using "less" when they mean "fewer".
“Why are there still so many radiologists? In 2016, Geoffrey Hinton, often described as the “godfather of AI”, said they were already on borrowed time.
So how has that prediction turned out, and what can we learn from it?”
ft.pressreader.com/article/2817...
Financial Times
News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
ft.pressreader.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
“Why are there still so many radiologists? In 2016, Geoffrey Hinton, often described as the “godfather of AI”, said they were already on borrowed time.
So how has that prediction turned out, and what can we learn from it?”
ft.pressreader.com/article/2817...
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Painting created by Anthony Dare, December 1964, in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital in Surrey, where he was compelled to live.
This is one of four surviving works by him & no biographical information is currently known to us
This is one of four surviving works by him & no biographical information is currently known to us
December 20, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Painting created by Anthony Dare, December 1964, in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital in Surrey, where he was compelled to live.
This is one of four surviving works by him & no biographical information is currently known to us
This is one of four surviving works by him & no biographical information is currently known to us
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A Dark Eyed Junco from this morning.
#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin
#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin
December 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A Dark Eyed Junco from this morning.
#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin
#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin
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We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
Ukrainian History Global Initiative
The Creative Humanities During a War of Destruction
snyder.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
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When I was a child I entered a colouring contest and my mum got my nan to post me a toothbrush, pretending I'd won it as a prize. I hadn't thought about this for years but I see that Trump has been awarded the FIFA Peace Prize and for some reason it came into my mind.
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
When I was a child I entered a colouring contest and my mum got my nan to post me a toothbrush, pretending I'd won it as a prize. I hadn't thought about this for years but I see that Trump has been awarded the FIFA Peace Prize and for some reason it came into my mind.
“Day Tripper” is a headlong, driving rocker that anglicises the urgent whoop of 1960s Stax and Motown. Ringo lifts the chorus with a four-onthe-snare groove similar to the Four Tops’ “I Can’t Help Myself”, the Beatles’ track has a momentum that never flags.
ft.pressreader.com/article/2822...
ft.pressreader.com/article/2822...
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
“Day Tripper” is a headlong, driving rocker that anglicises the urgent whoop of 1960s Stax and Motown. Ringo lifts the chorus with a four-onthe-snare groove similar to the Four Tops’ “I Can’t Help Myself”, the Beatles’ track has a momentum that never flags.
ft.pressreader.com/article/2822...
ft.pressreader.com/article/2822...
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Disclaimer (cheat sheet):
I worked concerts.
Still, ever, my favourite is was and will always be artists who treated min wage staff, me, decent.
Prodigy.
Michael Jackson.
Cliff Richard (no shit).
AC/DC.
Sven Vath.
Sven Vath, part doop
youtu.be/uInltd4OkTQ?...
I worked concerts.
Still, ever, my favourite is was and will always be artists who treated min wage staff, me, decent.
Prodigy.
Michael Jackson.
Cliff Richard (no shit).
AC/DC.
Sven Vath.
Sven Vath, part doop
youtu.be/uInltd4OkTQ?...
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Disclaimer (cheat sheet):
I worked concerts.
Still, ever, my favourite is was and will always be artists who treated min wage staff, me, decent.
Prodigy.
Michael Jackson.
Cliff Richard (no shit).
AC/DC.
Sven Vath.
Sven Vath, part doop
youtu.be/uInltd4OkTQ?...
I worked concerts.
Still, ever, my favourite is was and will always be artists who treated min wage staff, me, decent.
Prodigy.
Michael Jackson.
Cliff Richard (no shit).
AC/DC.
Sven Vath.
Sven Vath, part doop
youtu.be/uInltd4OkTQ?...
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Imagine your country being seen as a hope for a new life for thousands of people wanting to live and contribute in your towns and instead of being proud of it you go no nope nope this country should be a scary shitheap people should be scared to come here how dare they think we are good
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Imagine your country being seen as a hope for a new life for thousands of people wanting to live and contribute in your towns and instead of being proud of it you go no nope nope this country should be a scary shitheap people should be scared to come here how dare they think we are good
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Inez & Charlie Foxx
Jimi Hendrix
Zoot Money
Incredible String Band
The Roches
Jimi Hendrix
Zoot Money
Incredible String Band
The Roches
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Inez & Charlie Foxx
Jimi Hendrix
Zoot Money
Incredible String Band
The Roches
Jimi Hendrix
Zoot Money
Incredible String Band
The Roches