Per Damkier
@perdamkier.bsky.social
Pragmatic clinical pharmacologist and a somewhat more rigorous researcher who owns too many guitars above his playgrade.
Drugs in pregnancy & lactation. Germline pharmacogenomics.
Music, vinyl records, movies, history, politics (born to the left).
Drugs in pregnancy & lactation. Germline pharmacogenomics.
Music, vinyl records, movies, history, politics (born to the left).
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Per Damkier
@perdamkier.bsky.social
· Dec 16
Watching this #Trump sh*tshow unfolding with aghast from overseas
With apologies to those not obeying in advance, I am stunned at the amount of shoulder-shrugging & half-assed attempts at rational🤮 takes on the incoming administration
GET A GRIP FOLKS
IT IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH WORSE THAN YOU THINK
With apologies to those not obeying in advance, I am stunned at the amount of shoulder-shrugging & half-assed attempts at rational🤮 takes on the incoming administration
GET A GRIP FOLKS
IT IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH WORSE THAN YOU THINK
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I'm teaching about Gaza on Monday. I assigned this article. You should read it if you haven't, because the trauma it describes is unbearable and we all need to sit with it.
archive.ph/JlVfm#select...
archive.ph/JlVfm#select...
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I'm teaching about Gaza on Monday. I assigned this article. You should read it if you haven't, because the trauma it describes is unbearable and we all need to sit with it.
archive.ph/JlVfm#select...
archive.ph/JlVfm#select...
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Israeli occupation forces clamp fown on worshipers heading to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem to perform the Friday prayers.
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Israeli forces have begun demolishing a group of homes in the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern occupied West Bank.
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Israeli forces have begun demolishing a group of homes in the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern occupied West Bank.
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Release the MRI results
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Release the MRI results
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'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
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Israeli soldiers are suspected of executing two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, after video of the alleged incident emerged following an operation to arrest militants. The footage, which first went viral on Palestinian and other Arabic media on Thursday, shows Israeli troops surrounding
Israeli forces suspected of executing unarmed Palestinians
Controversy comes as IDF makes new incursion into Syria, killing 13 in what it says was a raid to capture Islamists
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Israeli soldiers are suspected of executing two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, after video of the alleged incident emerged following an operation to arrest militants. The footage, which first went viral on Palestinian and other Arabic media on Thursday, shows Israeli troops surrounding
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social interview with Evan Davis @evanhd.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 PM #BBCPM
🧵 PART 1/4
🧵 PART 1/4
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social interview with Evan Davis @evanhd.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 PM #BBCPM
🧵 PART 1/4
🧵 PART 1/4
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Simple, sensible politics from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. A 10 minute listen that exemplifies an honest politician; one of the few out there! There is hope if you become a member of the @greenparty.org.uk 😎
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social interview with Evan Davis @evanhd.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 PM #BBCPM
🧵 PART 1/4
🧵 PART 1/4
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Simple, sensible politics from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. A 10 minute listen that exemplifies an honest politician; one of the few out there! There is hope if you become a member of the @greenparty.org.uk 😎
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He knows exactly what he did. Down to the numbers.
Don't Let this disappear. EVER 🤬
Don't Let this disappear. EVER 🤬
November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
He knows exactly what he did. Down to the numbers.
Don't Let this disappear. EVER 🤬
Don't Let this disappear. EVER 🤬
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The thing about this and the "Piggy" incident is how much it fires up MAGA nation. X has been braying for hours with approval. To them, the essence of the strong man is to tear down others, to humiliate and belittle. Even when awash in corruption, this is the love: he lets them feel strong again.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The thing about this and the "Piggy" incident is how much it fires up MAGA nation. X has been braying for hours with approval. To them, the essence of the strong man is to tear down others, to humiliate and belittle. Even when awash in corruption, this is the love: he lets them feel strong again.
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"As the U.S. administration tries to bully Ukraine and its allies into accepting an unjust “peace” that will never last, we must continue calling for Ukrainians to be heard, respected, and supported," writes historian Timothy Snyder in his recent op-ed.
The wrong way to peace in Ukraine
About the author: Timothy Snyder is an American author and historian who specializes in the history of Central and Eastern Europe and the Holocaust.
Last week, Russia attacked Ukrainian civilians wit...
kyivindependent.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
"As the U.S. administration tries to bully Ukraine and its allies into accepting an unjust “peace” that will never last, we must continue calling for Ukrainians to be heard, respected, and supported," writes historian Timothy Snyder in his recent op-ed.
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He is who we always knew he was. Anyone who didn't see it didn't want to.
www.didnothingwrongpod.com/p/tucker-car...
www.didnothingwrongpod.com/p/tucker-car...
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
He is who we always knew he was. Anyone who didn't see it didn't want to.
www.didnothingwrongpod.com/p/tucker-car...
www.didnothingwrongpod.com/p/tucker-car...
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Exclusive: Surrendering land to Russia to end the war is off-limits, Zelensky’s chief negotiator tells Simon Shuster. “As long as Zelensky is president, no one should count on us giving up territory.” bit.ly/48gNPXK
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Exclusive: Surrendering land to Russia to end the war is off-limits, Zelensky’s chief negotiator tells Simon Shuster. “As long as Zelensky is president, no one should count on us giving up territory.” bit.ly/48gNPXK
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FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
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Everything DT says is a lie. Everything he does is to advance his agenda - for himself. 1/2
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Everything DT says is a lie. Everything he does is to advance his agenda - for himself. 1/2
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Vance's religious arc could not be more normal for a guy with a deep, I interrogated sense of insufficiency. Evangelical to Atheist to Catholic has nothing to do with the nature of the faith, and everything to do with which one lets him feel smarter and better than other people.
November 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Vance's religious arc could not be more normal for a guy with a deep, I interrogated sense of insufficiency. Evangelical to Atheist to Catholic has nothing to do with the nature of the faith, and everything to do with which one lets him feel smarter and better than other people.
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I had to tell my mom not to move back to Taiwan. El Presidente is going to sell it out in exchange for nothing more than free rein in South America where the Chinese have been steadily growing their influence for years. This isn't a G-2, it's a fucking Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. Be honest.
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I had to tell my mom not to move back to Taiwan. El Presidente is going to sell it out in exchange for nothing more than free rein in South America where the Chinese have been steadily growing their influence for years. This isn't a G-2, it's a fucking Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. Be honest.
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There’s an investigation into an Army doctor who was sexually assaulting, filming and even inducing labour without consent.
He may have abused up to 2,500 women.
Why isn’t this bigger news?
It’s the largest sexual abuse case in the military’s history.
He may have abused up to 2,500 women.
Why isn’t this bigger news?
It’s the largest sexual abuse case in the military’s history.
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
There’s an investigation into an Army doctor who was sexually assaulting, filming and even inducing labour without consent.
He may have abused up to 2,500 women.
Why isn’t this bigger news?
It’s the largest sexual abuse case in the military’s history.
He may have abused up to 2,500 women.
Why isn’t this bigger news?
It’s the largest sexual abuse case in the military’s history.
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Shabana Mahmood, has announced plans for the biggest overhaul of the UK asylum system in decades.
Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, a former child refugee, has said that the home secretary is seeking to “use children as a weapon”.
Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, a former child refugee, has said that the home secretary is seeking to “use children as a weapon”.
How new asylum policies will affect child refugees
Child refugees could live their entire childhoods in Britain with no guarantee that they will remain in the place they have come to think of as home.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Shabana Mahmood, has announced plans for the biggest overhaul of the UK asylum system in decades.
Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, a former child refugee, has said that the home secretary is seeking to “use children as a weapon”.
Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, a former child refugee, has said that the home secretary is seeking to “use children as a weapon”.
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Politicians in 3 states have passed legislation mandating the Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools.
We've sued in all 3. We've won in all 3.
Don't mess with the separation of church and state.
We've sued in all 3. We've won in all 3.
Don't mess with the separation of church and state.
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Politicians in 3 states have passed legislation mandating the Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools.
We've sued in all 3. We've won in all 3.
Don't mess with the separation of church and state.
We've sued in all 3. We've won in all 3.
Don't mess with the separation of church and state.
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My parents were told that if Trump won, he would destroy my life, and my livelihood. He would make life for trans people impossible, particularly for our trans son. They knew if he won, were would leave, and they would never see us again.
They did it anyway
Still have no idea why we wrote them off
They did it anyway
Still have no idea why we wrote them off
An annual reminder:
The cognitive & emotional toll of staying in contact with abusive family can be both significant & difficult to recognize.
There's a kind of social contract that abusive parents have violated. You owe them nothing. Nothing.
Thanksgiving doesn't change that.
The cognitive & emotional toll of staying in contact with abusive family can be both significant & difficult to recognize.
There's a kind of social contract that abusive parents have violated. You owe them nothing. Nothing.
Thanksgiving doesn't change that.
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
My parents were told that if Trump won, he would destroy my life, and my livelihood. He would make life for trans people impossible, particularly for our trans son. They knew if he won, were would leave, and they would never see us again.
They did it anyway
Still have no idea why we wrote them off
They did it anyway
Still have no idea why we wrote them off
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The U.S. military strikes on Caribbean “drug boats” under the Trump regime amount to extrajudicial killings with no public evidence — no due process, no verified proof these people were trafficking drugs, just bombs and bodies. At least 80+ dead so far.
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The U.S. military strikes on Caribbean “drug boats” under the Trump regime amount to extrajudicial killings with no public evidence — no due process, no verified proof these people were trafficking drugs, just bombs and bodies. At least 80+ dead so far.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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This is so utterly disgusting & I really don’t understand the ultimate goal…WTF do they hope to accomplish by this?
"It took only weeks for Trump to turn the US from a biomedical & global health leader to a pariah, shattering trust while shattering lives, all the while posing fundamental threats to a law-based international order grounded in human rights & democratic governance"
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
The Trump presidency: Cascading global shocks on global health
journals.plos.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This is so utterly disgusting & I really don’t understand the ultimate goal…WTF do they hope to accomplish by this?