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Bryne V.
@brynev.bsky.social
Artist, writer, explorer, foodie, graduate student; curator of my life...

And cats.. always cats..
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Job alert 💼 The School of Geography and Sustainable Development is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to work on the project “Identities, Migration and Democracy” (We-ID) with Prof Hill Kulu and Dr. @sarahchristison.bsky.social.

More details here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
January 30, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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January 30, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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Enjoy visiting woods in Scotland's central belt?
Please take this short survey & pin your favourite wood on the interactive map. Jiayi (a PhD researcher) is following up on research conducted 20 years ago, re how people use and feel about urban and community woods. Useful stuff. 👉 buff.ly/KzQCTQW,
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Ilhan Omar: “In the 4 years when Biden was president, my death threats went to almost zero — now they are back up — so there is a clear correlation between his presidency & the political violence that we see & the political danger that a lot of members of Congress & electeds feel across the country”
January 28, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, Greg Bovino.

They must all resign and be held accountable.
January 29, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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The City of Philadelphia has introduced legislation to limited ICE in the city. The Federal Agents can not be masked, must have ID visible, must have arrested warrants signed by federal judges. They can't attack people. If they can't do this, they will be arrested.
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
WATCH: Philadelphia lawmakers introduce 'ICE Out' legislation to restrict federal operations in city
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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If Kamala had been elected Minneapolis would not have been turned into a war zone where people are gunned down in the streets.
January 28, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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January 28, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.

#AccountabilityIsComing
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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‘Psychology has become an essential instrument of survival, testimony, and resistance…’
Aspa Paltoglou, a Chartered Psychologist at Manchester Metropolitan University, meets Basel El-Khodary, a fellow Chartered Psychologist at Islamic University of Gaza.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
‘Psychology has become an essential instrument of survival, testimony, and resistance’ | BPS
Aspa Paltoglou, a Chartered Psychologist at Manchester Metropolitan University, meets Basel El-Khodary, a fellow Chartered Psychologist at Islamic University of Gaza.
www.bps.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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OpenAI just released Prism, a LaTeX editor with embedded ChatGPT for free.
Writing a paper has never been easier.
Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier.
It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.

prism.openai.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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NEW SURVEY FINDINGS‼️
81% of women musicians in the Scottish folk music scene, who participated in a new survey, have been sexually assaulted or harassed.

Full report here: sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...

@uofgsociology.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk

🔊Video of findings.
January 22, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Just think about what would be happening in the US right now if Kamala had been elected.
January 28, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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The rightwing response to the murder of Alex Pretti is predictable: to outshout and talk over anyone taking another position. The shrillness on Twitter is especially grating, but again, not surprising. It's Orwell's doublespeak. If the man had a cell phone instead of a gun, yell louder.
January 26, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.

If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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Sending Tom Homan to Minnesota is like pouring gasoline on a fire.

The chaos is the point — let’s stop sending Trump officials in and start sending Trump’s agents home.
Live updates: Top Border Patrol official Bovino expected to leave Minneapolis as Trump sends Homan to the state | CNN
Tom Homan is headed to Minnesota after the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in an encounter Saturday with federal agents deepened outrage over the Trump administration’s surge, part of its nati...
www.cnn.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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Gregory Bovino has just been removed from his role as Border Patrol “Commander-at-Large” as ICE’s approval plummets nationwide.

The move reveals that Trump thinks Bovino is coming up short in his duties.
January 26, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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ALEX JEFFREY PRETTI. Gone, but never forgotten...

#RIP_Alex 💔
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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It's time to abolish Trump’s ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
January 24, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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The Trump administration's response to Renée Good's killing was more than a hint: Mess with ICE, and this could happen to you.
The Trump doctrine: Violence is us
The message is clear—be afraid.
www.motherjones.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:00 AM