Ruth A+
@ruthea.bsky.social
Junior doctor (starting 01/01/2026), dog enthusiast, aspiring runner. Also interested in right to repair, various crafts (mostly fibre/textile related), and improving public transit.
It feels surreal to be able to say this but I’ve finished my medical degree and am now a Doctor! I have the rest of the year to rest and recharge (and move) before starting as an intern on 1 January 2026. It’s been a journey to get to this point with some real highs and some very low lows.
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It feels surreal to be able to say this but I’ve finished my medical degree and am now a Doctor! I have the rest of the year to rest and recharge (and move) before starting as an intern on 1 January 2026. It’s been a journey to get to this point with some real highs and some very low lows.
The next Cape Town Repair Cafe is just over a week away!
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The next Cape Town Repair Cafe is just over a week away!
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The identity of Sarah Kendzior, researcher on authoritarian states, and Sarah Kendzior's content discussing authoritarian states are...not really easy to separate.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
False attribution. If a person is suspended it is because of their identity? Could it not be because of their content? I wrote about it here aaron.leaflet.pub/3m52nqqmk322v
Moderating With Humans, For Humans - Trust Issues
aaron.leaflet.pub
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The identity of Sarah Kendzior, researcher on authoritarian states, and Sarah Kendzior's content discussing authoritarian states are...not really easy to separate.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
So glad to see/find one of my favourite knitwear designers/mending extraordinaire here on Bluesky! She has an incredible book on mending knitwear and also sells the most adorable mini skeins of wool and cashmere specifically for mending!
Learn to mend your knitwear with me in the new year, either in person or online:
www.collingwoodnorrisdesign.com/visible-mend...
I’m really excited to share my skills, and empower you to repair your clothes in style!
#visiblemending #repair #darning #makedoandmend #reducewaste
www.collingwoodnorrisdesign.com/visible-mend...
I’m really excited to share my skills, and empower you to repair your clothes in style!
#visiblemending #repair #darning #makedoandmend #reducewaste
November 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
So glad to see/find one of my favourite knitwear designers/mending extraordinaire here on Bluesky! She has an incredible book on mending knitwear and also sells the most adorable mini skeins of wool and cashmere specifically for mending!
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Ooooh now this looks like an interesting labeler
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Ooooh now this looks like an interesting labeler
Looking forward to tomorrow’s Cape Town Repair Cafe - our advertising has been much wider than usual so fingers crossed for a good turn out!
October 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Looking forward to tomorrow’s Cape Town Repair Cafe - our advertising has been much wider than usual so fingers crossed for a good turn out!
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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This line from Mamdani's father just really struck me. Great profile:
“I was an Indian in Uganda. I was a Muslim in India. And I was all of these things in New York City,” Mahmood Mamdani explained to his son. And “to be a minority is also to see the truth of the place amidst the promise of it.”
“I was an Indian in Uganda. I was a Muslim in India. And I was all of these things in New York City,” Mahmood Mamdani explained to his son. And “to be a minority is also to see the truth of the place amidst the promise of it.”
we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.
Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This line from Mamdani's father just really struck me. Great profile:
“I was an Indian in Uganda. I was a Muslim in India. And I was all of these things in New York City,” Mahmood Mamdani explained to his son. And “to be a minority is also to see the truth of the place amidst the promise of it.”
“I was an Indian in Uganda. I was a Muslim in India. And I was all of these things in New York City,” Mahmood Mamdani explained to his son. And “to be a minority is also to see the truth of the place amidst the promise of it.”
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🤖 If you use LinkedIn, please be aware that they automatically use your profile to train their GenAI. To turn off, go to Settings > Data Privacy > Data for Gen AI improvements.
October 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
🤖 If you use LinkedIn, please be aware that they automatically use your profile to train their GenAI. To turn off, go to Settings > Data Privacy > Data for Gen AI improvements.
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“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
I’ve so enjoyed helping to put on these Repair Cafe events - the last one had so many new faces. The next event will be on Saturday 25 October and it would be great to see more newcomers.
October 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I’ve so enjoyed helping to put on these Repair Cafe events - the last one had so many new faces. The next event will be on Saturday 25 October and it would be great to see more newcomers.
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The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.
October 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.
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Things to consider:
Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter
Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed
You are a witness.
Expose it.
Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter
Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed
You are a witness.
Expose it.
October 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Things to consider:
Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter
Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed
You are a witness.
Expose it.
Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter
Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed
You are a witness.
Expose it.
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New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."
"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...
www.404media.co
October 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."
"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
— Jane Goodall
#RIPJaneGoodall
— Jane Goodall
#RIPJaneGoodall
October 2, 2025 at 4:52 AM
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
— Jane Goodall
#RIPJaneGoodall
— Jane Goodall
#RIPJaneGoodall
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I hope this is a historic piece of writing. You should read it.
Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:
September 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I hope this is a historic piece of writing. You should read it.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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"In some places, French postal workers now pick up prescriptions, return library books, and deliver flowers. Last year, only twenty eight per cent of La Poste’s revenue came from sending mail."
Services can evolve in positive ways to meet new and growing needs.
Services can evolve in positive ways to meet new and growing needs.
For those who wonder what a modern postal service could look like, one example is in France, where letter carriers provide check-ins on the elderly for very affordable rates, while completing their routes.
I encourage everyone to read the whole thing
#CanadaPost
www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
I encourage everyone to read the whole thing
#CanadaPost
www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
In France, Elder Care Comes with the Mail
Carriers for La Poste have a new job: checking in on the aged.
www.newyorker.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"In some places, French postal workers now pick up prescriptions, return library books, and deliver flowers. Last year, only twenty eight per cent of La Poste’s revenue came from sending mail."
Services can evolve in positive ways to meet new and growing needs.
Services can evolve in positive ways to meet new and growing needs.
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No more devices designed to fail before their time!
🫵 Share our reaction and tag @microsoft.com, @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu and @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social
🔗 For our full comments: repair.eu
🫵 Share our reaction and tag @microsoft.com, @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu and @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social
🔗 For our full comments: repair.eu
September 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
No more devices designed to fail before their time!
🫵 Share our reaction and tag @microsoft.com, @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu and @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social
🔗 For our full comments: repair.eu
🫵 Share our reaction and tag @microsoft.com, @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu and @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social
🔗 For our full comments: repair.eu
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Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah
September 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah
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Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/
September 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/