Dr Lindsay Maxwell
@parisdaguerre.bsky.social
Reluctantly retired professional engineer. Mother & grandmother. Maker of artisan perfume.
Francophile - London / Paris / Arles
Francophile - London / Paris / Arles
Slept in.
Woke.
Turned on radio to hear Chris Mason wittering on AGAIN about Rachel Reeves, claiming that she lied by what she DIDN’T say.
ARRRRGGGHHHH
Woke.
Turned on radio to hear Chris Mason wittering on AGAIN about Rachel Reeves, claiming that she lied by what she DIDN’T say.
ARRRRGGGHHHH
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Slept in.
Woke.
Turned on radio to hear Chris Mason wittering on AGAIN about Rachel Reeves, claiming that she lied by what she DIDN’T say.
ARRRRGGGHHHH
Woke.
Turned on radio to hear Chris Mason wittering on AGAIN about Rachel Reeves, claiming that she lied by what she DIDN’T say.
ARRRRGGGHHHH
I often listen to radio or audiobooks to lull myself into sleep at night, but just made the mistake of starting to listen to Bill Bryson’s « The secret history of Christmas » which almost immediately sent me into increasing paroxysms of laughter….
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I often listen to radio or audiobooks to lull myself into sleep at night, but just made the mistake of starting to listen to Bill Bryson’s « The secret history of Christmas » which almost immediately sent me into increasing paroxysms of laughter….
I’d have preferred if the headline had omitted the last 6 words
Trump’s approval rating has fallen among multiple polls as he nears the end of his second term’s first year.
Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Slips 5% To New Second-Term Low After End Of Historic Government Shutdown
Trump’s approval rating has fallen among multiple polls as he nears the end of his second term’s first year.
www.forbes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I’d have preferred if the headline had omitted the last 6 words
This sounds incredible.
Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This sounds incredible.
Oh
UK rules out joining EU's €150bn defence loans fund, Safe, after talks break down over joining cost - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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look, the people in homes worth £2million or more are just going to have to cut back on lattes and netflix
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Brilliantly tenacious interviewing by the normally very gentle Shelagh Fogarty!
‘Is Nigel Farage a Russian asset?’
‘Are you seriously asking me that?’
@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social refuses to back down while questioning Reform’s Zia Yusuf.
‘Are you seriously asking me that?’
@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social refuses to back down while questioning Reform’s Zia Yusuf.
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Brilliantly tenacious interviewing by the normally very gentle Shelagh Fogarty!
Sure.
DOJ fingers Kristi Noem as the person who made the call to defy a court order and send detainees to a concentration camp in El Salvador. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Noem made decision to continue deportation flights to El Salvador, justice department says
Justice department maintains that Trump administration didn’t violate judge’s order to return flights to US
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Sure.
Reposted by Dr Lindsay Maxwell
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
BREAKING: A federal judge has thrown out the criminal indictment of James Comey, ruling that Trump-installed prosecutor Lindsey Halligan was illegally appointed and had no lawful authority to bring the case. The court found her actions violated federal law and the Constitution’s Appointments Clause.
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Reposted by Dr Lindsay Maxwell
(> NYTIMES) 🎁
Judge Dismisses Comey Case, Finding Trump Prosecutor Was Unlawfully Appointed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
Judge Dismisses Comey Case, Finding Trump Prosecutor Was Unlawfully Appointed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
Judge Dismisses Comey Case, Finding Trump Prosecutor Was Unlawfully Appointed
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
(> NYTIMES) 🎁
Judge Dismisses Comey Case, Finding Trump Prosecutor Was Unlawfully Appointed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
Judge Dismisses Comey Case, Finding Trump Prosecutor Was Unlawfully Appointed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
It is now reported that he lied under oath about doing Government business when he wasn’t during arguably THE most critical period and not even been being briefed daily.
How can he just walk away from this with NO sanction at all?
How can he just walk away from this with NO sanction at all?
23,000 people died because Boris Johnson was too busy walking a dog, riding a motorbike and hosting guests as he took four days off at Chevening, instead of addressing warning signs of the pandemic
Why isn't Boris Johnson in jail?
Why isn't Boris Johnson in jail?
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
It is now reported that he lied under oath about doing Government business when he wasn’t during arguably THE most critical period and not even been being briefed daily.
How can he just walk away from this with NO sanction at all?
How can he just walk away from this with NO sanction at all?
Unbelievable
Too late. Marco Rubio already spilled the truth. The so called peace plan was Russia’s wish list, not something the US drafted. He’s trying to walk it back but the damage is done.
He’s scrambling.
He’s scrambling.
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Unbelievable
Why should Ukraine compromise, particularly when it has already done a deal with the USA over rare earths, and Russia has not been asked for any concessions?
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Why should Ukraine compromise, particularly when it has already done a deal with the USA over rare earths, and Russia has not been asked for any concessions?
Johnson should have been invited into the worst Covid wards and not offered more than a surgical mask.
“Have they given up? Are they just deciding to build up herd immunity by watching us die? The government has given up, hasn’t it? They are throwing us into the slaughterhouse.”
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Johnson should have been invited into the worst Covid wards and not offered more than a surgical mask.
Watching “Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator” which reveals that Hitler had Kallman syndrome and may have had a micro-penis.
Has anyone analysed Trump’s DNA?
Has anyone analysed Trump’s DNA?
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Watching “Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator” which reveals that Hitler had Kallman syndrome and may have had a micro-penis.
Has anyone analysed Trump’s DNA?
Has anyone analysed Trump’s DNA?
Seems like Trump could be described as a quockerwodger!
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Seems like Trump could be described as a quockerwodger!
Genius !
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Genius !
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November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Unbelievable
Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana the size of Manhattan — while Meta runs ads about how small towns love their data centers, we found furious locals who plan to leave town completely.
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Unbelievable
Anyone who paid attention to @independentsage.bsky.social from the time the group was created could have accurately predicted the headline conclusions of the Covid Inquiry - or at least those being presented by the BBC today.
It is tragic that they were ignored by those in power at the time.
It is tragic that they were ignored by those in power at the time.
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Anyone who paid attention to @independentsage.bsky.social from the time the group was created could have accurately predicted the headline conclusions of the Covid Inquiry - or at least those being presented by the BBC today.
It is tragic that they were ignored by those in power at the time.
It is tragic that they were ignored by those in power at the time.
Awake since 2.30am. Sleeping pills haven’t worked. It’s past 5 & I’ve got to be up in an hour or so.
I’m such a mess of internal psychological turmoil anxiety & anger my one free day a week has been trashed.
I’m such a mess of internal psychological turmoil anxiety & anger my one free day a week has been trashed.
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Awake since 2.30am. Sleeping pills haven’t worked. It’s past 5 & I’ve got to be up in an hour or so.
I’m such a mess of internal psychological turmoil anxiety & anger my one free day a week has been trashed.
I’m such a mess of internal psychological turmoil anxiety & anger my one free day a week has been trashed.
It’s pretty hard not to mistakenly chop up people who oppose you from time to time…. happens to all of us…
NOT
NOT
So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?
MBS claims the murder of Khashoggi was "a huge mistake and we're our doing our best that this doesn't happen again."
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It’s pretty hard not to mistakenly chop up people who oppose you from time to time…. happens to all of us…
NOT
NOT
You couldn’t make this crap up. Is he promoting cigarettes yet?
RFK Jr says he will end the "war" on saturated fats, contradicting decades of evidence-based dietary recommendations.
"We’re ending the war on saturated fats in this country. So, we’re going to publish dietary guidelines that are going to stress the importance of protein and saturated fats."
"We’re ending the war on saturated fats in this country. So, we’re going to publish dietary guidelines that are going to stress the importance of protein and saturated fats."
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
You couldn’t make this crap up. Is he promoting cigarettes yet?
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November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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