Claire Rooney (She/Her)
@rooneyverses.bsky.social
ND. Scottish with a South African accent. Vegetarian. Divorcing Amazon #BoycottAmazon. Loves fantasy and cute animals. Currently discovering kdramas.
Also find me on
https://mastodon.scot/@Rooneyverses
Also find me on
https://mastodon.scot/@Rooneyverses
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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Every day we see where the politics of Donald Trump and the far right leads.
It's a politics of hate, fear, corruption and destruction.
It's a politics everyone in Scotland must stand unequivocally against, abroad and at home.
It's a politics of hate, fear, corruption and destruction.
It's a politics everyone in Scotland must stand unequivocally against, abroad and at home.
January 8, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Every day we see where the politics of Donald Trump and the far right leads.
It's a politics of hate, fear, corruption and destruction.
It's a politics everyone in Scotland must stand unequivocally against, abroad and at home.
It's a politics of hate, fear, corruption and destruction.
It's a politics everyone in Scotland must stand unequivocally against, abroad and at home.
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Morrison: "The president & Noem are asking us to not believe what we're all seeing with our own eyes. It's incredibly irregular for the secretary to come out making pronouncements before victim had even been identified. We didn't even have her name & she was already calling her a domestic terrorist"
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Morrison: "The president & Noem are asking us to not believe what we're all seeing with our own eyes. It's incredibly irregular for the secretary to come out making pronouncements before victim had even been identified. We didn't even have her name & she was already calling her a domestic terrorist"
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January 8, 2026 at 5:37 AM
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Exactly one Allied combat fatality happened in Greenland during World War II, and he was a Danish soldier on patrol killed in a firefight with a German weather station crew.
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"
January 7, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Exactly one Allied combat fatality happened in Greenland during World War II, and he was a Danish soldier on patrol killed in a firefight with a German weather station crew.
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I'm so delighted that I complied with the Online Safety Act, blocking an accessibility feature on my site from UK users to 'protect the children' while Elon Musk's site can just generate CSAM with total impunity.
January 7, 2026 at 10:04 AM
I'm so delighted that I complied with the Online Safety Act, blocking an accessibility feature on my site from UK users to 'protect the children' while Elon Musk's site can just generate CSAM with total impunity.
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Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
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This Government has no moral authority left to protect. But still, this is an agonising read from the great @georgemonbiot.bsky.social.
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:38 PM
This Government has no moral authority left to protect. But still, this is an agonising read from the great @georgemonbiot.bsky.social.
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you know why 90's music was so awesome? Because there was so much of it that was unique and all of it was done well. Rock, Hip Hop, R&B, Country, Alternative, Punk, Ska, Swing/Big Band....like hits everywhere in every genre and they were all different...the variety we had in the 90's was unmatched
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
you know why 90's music was so awesome? Because there was so much of it that was unique and all of it was done well. Rock, Hip Hop, R&B, Country, Alternative, Punk, Ska, Swing/Big Band....like hits everywhere in every genre and they were all different...the variety we had in the 90's was unmatched
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God, this thread by Jason is depressing.
Can’t say he’s wrong tho!
Can’t say he’s wrong tho!
At some point, we’re going to have to admit they won and move the battle someplace else.
The truth doesn’t matter to anyone who knowingly believes lies, spreads lies, and bludgeons others with lies because those lies coddle their weakness.
The lies are the point now. That’s new.
The truth doesn’t matter to anyone who knowingly believes lies, spreads lies, and bludgeons others with lies because those lies coddle their weakness.
The lies are the point now. That’s new.
January 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
God, this thread by Jason is depressing.
Can’t say he’s wrong tho!
Can’t say he’s wrong tho!
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One of the nice things about Bluesky is not that it is bot-free (it is not), but that the moderation tools and lack of algorithm in the main feed make it bot-resistant.
January 4, 2026 at 2:41 PM
One of the nice things about Bluesky is not that it is bot-free (it is not), but that the moderation tools and lack of algorithm in the main feed make it bot-resistant.
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it's funny when watching US movies or tv shows i used to be like "man, they sure do use food poisoning as a plot device *a lot* in america..."
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 AM
it's funny when watching US movies or tv shows i used to be like "man, they sure do use food poisoning as a plot device *a lot* in america..."
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
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A very long and important THREAD -
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
A very long and important THREAD -
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
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What just happened ...
Comedy: Jamie Kaler
Comedy: Jamie Kaler
January 4, 2026 at 8:33 AM
What just happened ...
Comedy: Jamie Kaler
Comedy: Jamie Kaler
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Oh my goodness, I've never managed to capture steam catching the sunlight quite this well before.
I love these diffraction colours so much!
You get similar things in the clouds sometimes, usually in thin high clouds. They're known as iridescent clouds, but it's a different mechanism from oil etc.
I love these diffraction colours so much!
You get similar things in the clouds sometimes, usually in thin high clouds. They're known as iridescent clouds, but it's a different mechanism from oil etc.
January 4, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Oh my goodness, I've never managed to capture steam catching the sunlight quite this well before.
I love these diffraction colours so much!
You get similar things in the clouds sometimes, usually in thin high clouds. They're known as iridescent clouds, but it's a different mechanism from oil etc.
I love these diffraction colours so much!
You get similar things in the clouds sometimes, usually in thin high clouds. They're known as iridescent clouds, but it's a different mechanism from oil etc.
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Trump's attack on Venezuela will create global instability.
Will prolong the Ukraine war. How could the US condemn and sanction Russia?
Encourage Putin to kidnap Zelensky.
Encourage China to takeover Taiwan.
What is the point of the UN if rogue powers can do whatever they want?
Will prolong the Ukraine war. How could the US condemn and sanction Russia?
Encourage Putin to kidnap Zelensky.
Encourage China to takeover Taiwan.
What is the point of the UN if rogue powers can do whatever they want?
January 4, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Trump's attack on Venezuela will create global instability.
Will prolong the Ukraine war. How could the US condemn and sanction Russia?
Encourage Putin to kidnap Zelensky.
Encourage China to takeover Taiwan.
What is the point of the UN if rogue powers can do whatever they want?
Will prolong the Ukraine war. How could the US condemn and sanction Russia?
Encourage Putin to kidnap Zelensky.
Encourage China to takeover Taiwan.
What is the point of the UN if rogue powers can do whatever they want?
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This illegal invasion of another country while its citizens sleep is a cynical act of American imperialism.
The fact that Venezuela has some of the world’s largest oil reserves makes this feel very familiar.
Greens stand against this contempt of international law.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
The fact that Venezuela has some of the world’s largest oil reserves makes this feel very familiar.
Greens stand against this contempt of international law.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
Venezuela latest: Trump says US has 'captured' President Maduro in strikes on country - latest
The US President says Maduro has been
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 10:22 AM
This illegal invasion of another country while its citizens sleep is a cynical act of American imperialism.
The fact that Venezuela has some of the world’s largest oil reserves makes this feel very familiar.
Greens stand against this contempt of international law.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
The fact that Venezuela has some of the world’s largest oil reserves makes this feel very familiar.
Greens stand against this contempt of international law.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
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Trump's actions in Venezuela shows why it was wrong to dismiss his threats to Greenland. If he's willing to do this, he will be willing to do anything
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Trump's actions in Venezuela shows why it was wrong to dismiss his threats to Greenland. If he's willing to do this, he will be willing to do anything
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Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
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2026 has been a long year.
January 3, 2026 at 10:07 AM
2026 has been a long year.
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Cancel the LA Olympics, scrap the World Cup, the United States cannot be a trusted part of the international community so long as the White House operates this violently and with impunity.
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Cancel the LA Olympics, scrap the World Cup, the United States cannot be a trusted part of the international community so long as the White House operates this violently and with impunity.
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Gavin Monks, 48, is vaguely aware that before this morning he had hobbies, interests, and possessions, but has no idea what those could be, and even less idea where such possessions could ever be found.
AuDHD man will never see beloved possessions again after “tidying up”
An AuDHD man has reportedly resigned himself to no longer ever seeing many of his most treasured belongings, or even remembering that they still exist, after moving them slightly out of his direct…
thedailytism.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Gavin Monks, 48, is vaguely aware that before this morning he had hobbies, interests, and possessions, but has no idea what those could be, and even less idea where such possessions could ever be found.
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Happy new year! My favourite fact so far of 2026 is that "for reasons that remain unclear", Robbie Williams was last year's best-selling artist on cassette www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 1, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Happy new year! My favourite fact so far of 2026 is that "for reasons that remain unclear", Robbie Williams was last year's best-selling artist on cassette www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...