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· Aug 29
Decided I wasn’t adding enough to Bluesky conversation with my posts so I am deleting a bunch of old posts and sticking to reposting.
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Five years after the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines started, it seems the mystery of why the Astra-Zeneca and J&J vaccines led to a rare but deadly side effect of unusual blood clots and bleeding has finally been solved.
It's a fascinating case of molecular mimicry that may help make vaccine safer.🧪
It's a fascinating case of molecular mimicry that may help make vaccine safer.🧪
Rare, dangerous side effects of some COVID-19 vaccines explained
“Groundbreaking” study uncovers why adenovirus-based shots caused life-threatening blood clots and bleeding in some people
www.science.org
February 11, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Five years after the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines started, it seems the mystery of why the Astra-Zeneca and J&J vaccines led to a rare but deadly side effect of unusual blood clots and bleeding has finally been solved.
It's a fascinating case of molecular mimicry that may help make vaccine safer.🧪
It's a fascinating case of molecular mimicry that may help make vaccine safer.🧪
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I understand I was really disruptive today but in my defense I’m literally a silly little guy
February 11, 2026 at 6:21 AM
I understand I was really disruptive today but in my defense I’m literally a silly little guy
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Join us for a new UHI Islands Matter free online seminar titled 'Faroese & Shetlandic Folklore'.
➕ 26/02/26 1.00pm - 2.30pm UK time.
➕ Free
➕ Online, so you can access from anywhere in the world (if you have internet access)
Register: tinyurl.com/bdzd9czu
➕ 26/02/26 1.00pm - 2.30pm UK time.
➕ Free
➕ Online, so you can access from anywhere in the world (if you have internet access)
Register: tinyurl.com/bdzd9czu
February 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Join us for a new UHI Islands Matter free online seminar titled 'Faroese & Shetlandic Folklore'.
➕ 26/02/26 1.00pm - 2.30pm UK time.
➕ Free
➕ Online, so you can access from anywhere in the world (if you have internet access)
Register: tinyurl.com/bdzd9czu
➕ 26/02/26 1.00pm - 2.30pm UK time.
➕ Free
➕ Online, so you can access from anywhere in the world (if you have internet access)
Register: tinyurl.com/bdzd9czu
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Episode 4 is out: Scottish Folk and European Music with Kirsteen McCue, Professor of Scottish Literature and Song Culture at @glasgow.ac.uk We discuss the history of Scottish folk music and particularly its influence on the birth of modern music — from Beethoven to Bob Dylan. 🎼🏴
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February 8, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Episode 4 is out: Scottish Folk and European Music with Kirsteen McCue, Professor of Scottish Literature and Song Culture at @glasgow.ac.uk We discuss the history of Scottish folk music and particularly its influence on the birth of modern music — from Beethoven to Bob Dylan. 🎼🏴
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Exit polls show socialist Antonio Jose Seguro has crushed the Far Right candidate Andre Ventura in Portugal’s presidential runoff.
February 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Exit polls show socialist Antonio Jose Seguro has crushed the Far Right candidate Andre Ventura in Portugal’s presidential runoff.
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"The Wounded" is still my favorite TNG episede, with the excellent Bob Gunton as Captain Maxwell, singing "The Minstrel Boy" with O'Brien.
And a steely-eyed Picard, informing the Cardassian that they hadn't fooled anybody.
And a steely-eyed Picard, informing the Cardassian that they hadn't fooled anybody.
February 8, 2026 at 5:02 AM
"The Wounded" is still my favorite TNG episede, with the excellent Bob Gunton as Captain Maxwell, singing "The Minstrel Boy" with O'Brien.
And a steely-eyed Picard, informing the Cardassian that they hadn't fooled anybody.
And a steely-eyed Picard, informing the Cardassian that they hadn't fooled anybody.
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band's version of "Blinded by the Light" moves up two spots to #6 - written by Bruce Springsteen. #AT40
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinded...
youtu.be/cgOvpIK_kSA?...
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light (Watch 1978)
YouTube video by Manfred Manns Earth Band (MMEB)
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February 7, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's version of "Blinded by the Light" moves up two spots to #6 - written by Bruce Springsteen. #AT40
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinded...
youtu.be/cgOvpIK_kSA?...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinded...
youtu.be/cgOvpIK_kSA?...
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Storm clouds and sunbeams over Loch Arkaig, Scotland for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sunlight
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #landscape
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #landscape
February 7, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Storm clouds and sunbeams over Loch Arkaig, Scotland for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sunlight
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #landscape
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #landscape
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The number of trans youth suicides in the UK quadrupled in 2021 following significant restrictions in access to care. The NHS tried to cover this up with a fake report that tried to hide the truth.
goodlawproject.org/new-data-sho...
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New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlawproject.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The number of trans youth suicides in the UK quadrupled in 2021 following significant restrictions in access to care. The NHS tried to cover this up with a fake report that tried to hide the truth.
goodlawproject.org/new-data-sho...
goodlawproject.org/new-data-sho...
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You might forget the exact sound of her voice
or how her face looked when sleeping.
You might forget the sound of her quiet weeping
curled into the shape of a half moon…
—Jackie Kay, “Darling”
published in DARLING, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 2007
#poem #poetry
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or how her face looked when sleeping.
You might forget the sound of her quiet weeping
curled into the shape of a half moon…
—Jackie Kay, “Darling”
published in DARLING, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 2007
#poem #poetry
www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/...
February 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
You might forget the exact sound of her voice
or how her face looked when sleeping.
You might forget the sound of her quiet weeping
curled into the shape of a half moon…
—Jackie Kay, “Darling”
published in DARLING, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 2007
#poem #poetry
www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/...
or how her face looked when sleeping.
You might forget the sound of her quiet weeping
curled into the shape of a half moon…
—Jackie Kay, “Darling”
published in DARLING, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 2007
#poem #poetry
www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/...
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Today we’re bringing you this charming print by Ohara Koson.
Koson was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer. He was famous as a master of bird-and-flower designs and was a prolific artist, creating around 500 print designs during his lifetime.
🦆 EA1957.81
Koson was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer. He was famous as a master of bird-and-flower designs and was a prolific artist, creating around 500 print designs during his lifetime.
🦆 EA1957.81
February 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Today we’re bringing you this charming print by Ohara Koson.
Koson was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer. He was famous as a master of bird-and-flower designs and was a prolific artist, creating around 500 print designs during his lifetime.
🦆 EA1957.81
Koson was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer. He was famous as a master of bird-and-flower designs and was a prolific artist, creating around 500 print designs during his lifetime.
🦆 EA1957.81
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Just had a fantastic interview with Prof Kirsteen McCue in Glasgow about Scottish song culture and folk music and the instrumental role they played in changing the fate (and sound) of Western music, from Beethoven to Bob Dylan. The episode will come out in a few days…
🎼🏴🎶
🎼🏴🎶
February 6, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Just had a fantastic interview with Prof Kirsteen McCue in Glasgow about Scottish song culture and folk music and the instrumental role they played in changing the fate (and sound) of Western music, from Beethoven to Bob Dylan. The episode will come out in a few days…
🎼🏴🎶
🎼🏴🎶
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Walker Art Center postpones opening reception of new exhibit due to safety concerns. More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/walker-art-center-postpones-opening-reception-for-new-exhibit-due-to-safety-concerns
February 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Walker Art Center postpones opening reception of new exhibit due to safety concerns. More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/walker-art-center-postpones-opening-reception-for-new-exhibit-due-to-safety-concerns
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The Trump Administration’s reckless foreign aid cuts are already undoing decades of progress, leading to surges in HIV/AIDS, malaria and hunger across the developing world.
Studies project this massive aid loss could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
Studies project this massive aid loss could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
Global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030, study projects
The Lancet study examines how the dismantling of international aid by the U.S. and other countries could undo decades of health gains.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The Trump Administration’s reckless foreign aid cuts are already undoing decades of progress, leading to surges in HIV/AIDS, malaria and hunger across the developing world.
Studies project this massive aid loss could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
Studies project this massive aid loss could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
…
32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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It was also the property of the American public, and they trashed it.
Killing the CIA World Factbook might seem like small potatoes, but it was a touchstone of curated facts in a sea of disinformation.
February 5, 2026 at 12:21 PM
It was also the property of the American public, and they trashed it.
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.
A thread.
A thread.
February 4, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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Time for some Doctor who art!!! I decided to share them in the order I painted them so lets start with the 13th Doctor.
February 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Time for some Doctor who art!!! I decided to share them in the order I painted them so lets start with the 13th Doctor.
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If you'd like to purchase the digital version now, I have it up on my shop:
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The Unfamiliars - Digital Download - PDF and ePub Version
Save a tree and download The Unfamiliars in a glorious digital edition. This is a story for anyone who has ever had to deal with having to come to terms with their favorite creator being a less than a...
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February 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
If you'd like to purchase the digital version now, I have it up on my shop:
blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com/products/the...
blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com/products/the...
Happy first WeRateDogs-in-Prague anniversary to all who celebrate. Shine on, good dog
This plaque in Prague has been rubbed to a shiny gold because for centuries, passersby have touched the dog for good luck, and also to reassure him that he's a very good boy. 14/10
February 3, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Happy first WeRateDogs-in-Prague anniversary to all who celebrate. Shine on, good dog
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Dive into “Fact versus Fabrication: Popular Depictions of Francis Marion and the Historical Record” to explore how art, storytelling, and national memory reshaped the Swamp Fox into an American hero, sometimes at the expense of accuracy.
Read it here 👉 ageofrevolutions.com/2026/02/02/f...
Read it here 👉 ageofrevolutions.com/2026/02/02/f...
Fact versus Fabrication: Popular Depictions of Francis Marion and the Historical Record
By Scott Kaufman More than a century ago, Sydney G. Fisher charged fellow historians with mythologizing the American Revolution. The colonists debated for years over whether to seek freedom from Gr…
ageofrevolutions.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Dive into “Fact versus Fabrication: Popular Depictions of Francis Marion and the Historical Record” to explore how art, storytelling, and national memory reshaped the Swamp Fox into an American hero, sometimes at the expense of accuracy.
Read it here 👉 ageofrevolutions.com/2026/02/02/f...
Read it here 👉 ageofrevolutions.com/2026/02/02/f...
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If you guys don’t wash your cups, we’re going to have to have another meeting about it and last time that meeting did NOT have snacks
February 2, 2026 at 7:08 AM
If you guys don’t wash your cups, we’re going to have to have another meeting about it and last time that meeting did NOT have snacks