Prof Michael Rigby
@michaeljrigby.bsky.social
Quietly retired in Calverstown, Ireland, but still alert, enquiring, and seeking to make a contribution.
Health, environment, equity, sustainable progress, governance, and happiness.
Health, environment, equity, sustainable progress, governance, and happiness.
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Beautifully Twisted. #twistedtree #naturelovers #moodyedits #gardenpath #gnarlybranches #treeappreciation #natureart #botanical #woodlandwalk #darknature #texture #smartphonephotography #photography
December 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Republicans are to blame, period.
December 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Republicans are to blame, period.
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Dick Van Dyke has been making us laugh for 65 yrs and has spent the last few years giving away money to the homeless, those in need and his favorite charities. One of the kindest human beings that's ever walked the earth turns 100 today. Kindness is good medicine. Happy Birthday #DickVanDyke🎂🥳💙🙏
December 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Dick Van Dyke has been making us laugh for 65 yrs and has spent the last few years giving away money to the homeless, those in need and his favorite charities. One of the kindest human beings that's ever walked the earth turns 100 today. Kindness is good medicine. Happy Birthday #DickVanDyke🎂🥳💙🙏
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Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again.
December 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again.
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#GVerse #FuckICE detain U.S. citizen for "looking" Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
December 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#GVerse #FuckICE detain U.S. citizen for "looking" Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited
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Sat in the doctor's and watching the dangers of flushing meds down the toilet on video and it's impact on marine life and now I can't stop thinking about fish on anti-depressants.
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Sat in the doctor's and watching the dangers of flushing meds down the toilet on video and it's impact on marine life and now I can't stop thinking about fish on anti-depressants.
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A detail from Levi Walter Yaggy's chromolithographic 1887 chart, Physical Geography: a classic mid-century Iguanodon dominates the 'Pre-Adamite' Mesozoic, dwarfing the timid-looking bipedal dinosaur half-heartedly added above. Whole image viewable on the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection.
December 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A detail from Levi Walter Yaggy's chromolithographic 1887 chart, Physical Geography: a classic mid-century Iguanodon dominates the 'Pre-Adamite' Mesozoic, dwarfing the timid-looking bipedal dinosaur half-heartedly added above. Whole image viewable on the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Power to harm with no control or accountability.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Power to harm with no control or accountability.
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“Accept us as we are or leave us as we are. For you don’t have the right to adjust us and we don’t have the wish to justify.”
Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian Nobel Prize winner in literature.
Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian Nobel Prize winner in literature.
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
“Accept us as we are or leave us as we are. For you don’t have the right to adjust us and we don’t have the wish to justify.”
Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian Nobel Prize winner in literature.
Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian Nobel Prize winner in literature.
Perceptive, overlooked, and not acknowledged. Gender and colour bias again?
MAGA will be delighted to recognise the prophet they are following.
MAGA will be delighted to recognise the prophet they are following.
Octavia Butler wrote "Parable of the Sower," in 1993 set in the 2020s. She described, climate crisis forcing mass migration,
economic collapse creating corporate slavery,fascist politics with the slogan "Make America Great Again."
Society falling apart while the powerful get richer. #AmazingWomen
economic collapse creating corporate slavery,fascist politics with the slogan "Make America Great Again."
Society falling apart while the powerful get richer. #AmazingWomen
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Perceptive, overlooked, and not acknowledged. Gender and colour bias again?
MAGA will be delighted to recognise the prophet they are following.
MAGA will be delighted to recognise the prophet they are following.
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Liberal Democrats vs Reform UK Ltd: who’s really the underdog?
The Liberal Democrats hold 72 parliamentary seats, yet the media have sidelined Ed Davey while Reform UK Ltd hogs column inches and airtime
@politicalsatirical.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
The Liberal Democrats hold 72 parliamentary seats, yet the media have sidelined Ed Davey while Reform UK Ltd hogs column inches and airtime
@politicalsatirical.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Liberal Democrats vs Reform UK Ltd: who’s really the underdog?
The Liberal Democrats hold 72 parliamentary seats, yet the media have sidelined Ed Davey while Reform UK Ltd hogs column inches and airtime
centralbylines.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Liberal Democrats vs Reform UK Ltd: who’s really the underdog?
The Liberal Democrats hold 72 parliamentary seats, yet the media have sidelined Ed Davey while Reform UK Ltd hogs column inches and airtime
@politicalsatirical.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
The Liberal Democrats hold 72 parliamentary seats, yet the media have sidelined Ed Davey while Reform UK Ltd hogs column inches and airtime
@politicalsatirical.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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A recent legal change now recognizes animals as sentient beings rather than mere property. This means that during a couple’s separation, courts must consider the pet’s well-being, its bond with each person, and who can provide proper care similar to how decisions are made for a child. #Pets
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A recent legal change now recognizes animals as sentient beings rather than mere property. This means that during a couple’s separation, courts must consider the pet’s well-being, its bond with each person, and who can provide proper care similar to how decisions are made for a child. #Pets
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Attempts at fixing gender equality at leadership level all tell us to adopt behaviours largely exhibited by men to ‘get there’: be more assertive& ambitious, less humble, sensitive & reflective etc. They don’t tell men to adopt any of our dominant behaviours. This messaging is in itself patriarchal.
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Attempts at fixing gender equality at leadership level all tell us to adopt behaviours largely exhibited by men to ‘get there’: be more assertive& ambitious, less humble, sensitive & reflective etc. They don’t tell men to adopt any of our dominant behaviours. This messaging is in itself patriarchal.
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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Some more of my 87 year old dad’s spectacular Huntington Beach photography. Enjoy!
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Some more of my 87 year old dad’s spectacular Huntington Beach photography. Enjoy!
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
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A reintroduction of shellfish, just to improve water quality and not as a commercial fishery. Welcome news for #Dublin Let’s see how they get on. #rewilding www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
Oysters returned to Dún Laoghaire harbour after 200 years
More than 18,000 oysters are being deployed in Dún Laoghaire harbour in Dublin, as part of an effort to try to reintroduce the shellfish to Dublin Bay over 200 years after they became extinct from the...
www.rte.ie
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A reintroduction of shellfish, just to improve water quality and not as a commercial fishery. Welcome news for #Dublin Let’s see how they get on. #rewilding www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
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Trump is now fighting in the Supreme Court to stop SNAP hunger payments, which affects one in four kids in America, as well as seniors and people with disabilities.
Trump also left for Mar-a-Lago, and wow have you seen his gilded gold bathroom sinks?
Trump also left for Mar-a-Lago, and wow have you seen his gilded gold bathroom sinks?
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Trump is now fighting in the Supreme Court to stop SNAP hunger payments, which affects one in four kids in America, as well as seniors and people with disabilities.
Trump also left for Mar-a-Lago, and wow have you seen his gilded gold bathroom sinks?
Trump also left for Mar-a-Lago, and wow have you seen his gilded gold bathroom sinks?
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One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc