The Blacksheep
@skepticblacksheep.bsky.social
Random Ruminations of a Rebellious Ruminant. 🌍 🕊️💚🇿🇦
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This has to be the best thread of the decade 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This has to be the best thread of the decade 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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This has to be the best thread of the decade 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This has to be the best thread of the decade 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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FWIW, social democracies like Norway, Sweden etc have big businesses. They have billionaires.
They also have universal healthcare, quality free education & child care, and programs to curb poverty and food insecurity.
How?
Their billionaires pay taxes and don’t control the government.
They also have universal healthcare, quality free education & child care, and programs to curb poverty and food insecurity.
How?
Their billionaires pay taxes and don’t control the government.
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
FWIW, social democracies like Norway, Sweden etc have big businesses. They have billionaires.
They also have universal healthcare, quality free education & child care, and programs to curb poverty and food insecurity.
How?
Their billionaires pay taxes and don’t control the government.
They also have universal healthcare, quality free education & child care, and programs to curb poverty and food insecurity.
How?
Their billionaires pay taxes and don’t control the government.
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The fact a *single* Amazon full-time employee requires SNAP benefits should be a crime. The fact Amazon is the largest employer of SNAP recipients is a disgrace. Jeff Bezos shouldnt be that rich; he should be in jail.
November 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The fact a *single* Amazon full-time employee requires SNAP benefits should be a crime. The fact Amazon is the largest employer of SNAP recipients is a disgrace. Jeff Bezos shouldnt be that rich; he should be in jail.
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a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
I always learn something amazing from @mikeachim.bsky.social
As someone who loves geology, I had no idea about the existence of this waterfall.
Fascinating thread 👍🏻
As someone who loves geology, I had no idea about the existence of this waterfall.
Fascinating thread 👍🏻
This is Angel Falls in Venezuela, with its 807-metre sheer plunge - the tallest waterfall on our planet.
Except - it isn't. There's one that's bigger. MUCH bigger. And when I learned about it this week, my mind was fully blown.
OK. Buckle up! (Especially if you don't have a head for heights.)
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Except - it isn't. There's one that's bigger. MUCH bigger. And when I learned about it this week, my mind was fully blown.
OK. Buckle up! (Especially if you don't have a head for heights.)
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November 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I always learn something amazing from @mikeachim.bsky.social
As someone who loves geology, I had no idea about the existence of this waterfall.
Fascinating thread 👍🏻
As someone who loves geology, I had no idea about the existence of this waterfall.
Fascinating thread 👍🏻
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Crap like this is what destroys a species and their ecosystems.
Sharks absolutely get cancer, and people claiming otherwise are pseudoscientific grifters preying on the desperate.
Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Crap like this is what destroys a species and their ecosystems.
How dare they!!
We all know British food sucks, they could never have come up with something as delicious as Nando’s 😂
We all know British food sucks, they could never have come up with something as delicious as Nando’s 😂
The English claiming Nando's as their own is British Museum levels of cultural appropriation.
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
How dare they!!
We all know British food sucks, they could never have come up with something as delicious as Nando’s 😂
We all know British food sucks, they could never have come up with something as delicious as Nando’s 😂
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Millions of donkeys are slaughtered each year - their skins feeding a multi-billion dollar Chinese traditional medicine market. The trade is devastating many African communities, writes @romangoergen.bsky.social therevelator.org/skinned-for-...
Skinned for Profit: How Global Trade Is Driving Africa’s Donkeys to the Brink • The Revelator
Millions of animals are slaughtered each year for use in traditional Chinese medicine — a trade that’s devastating many African communities.
therevelator.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Millions of donkeys are slaughtered each year - their skins feeding a multi-billion dollar Chinese traditional medicine market. The trade is devastating many African communities, writes @romangoergen.bsky.social therevelator.org/skinned-for-...
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Remember that ceasefire everyone praised Trump for securing between Israel & Gaza?
Netanyahu just massacred 104 Palestinian civilians, including 46 children, on the mere accusation that Hamas handed over the 'wrong' corpse
HE MASSACRED 46 CHILDREN & I doubt you've heard one media outlet mention it
Netanyahu just massacred 104 Palestinian civilians, including 46 children, on the mere accusation that Hamas handed over the 'wrong' corpse
HE MASSACRED 46 CHILDREN & I doubt you've heard one media outlet mention it
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Only 3 attempts.
As I’ve explained to you before, a dementia screening test is as quick and simple as can be.
It only seems challenging to people who are quite cognitively impaired, like our President— who’s proud that he could identify a picture of an elephant.
America— what have you done?!!!!
It only seems challenging to people who are quite cognitively impaired, like our President— who’s proud that he could identify a picture of an elephant.
America— what have you done?!!!!
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Only 3 attempts.
The cat distribution system has sent us this little guy. First time he’s been inside. He looks around 4/5 months old.
He goes for a check up and to have his pockets picked on Wednesday.
Meet Monty
He goes for a check up and to have his pockets picked on Wednesday.
Meet Monty
October 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The cat distribution system has sent us this little guy. First time he’s been inside. He looks around 4/5 months old.
He goes for a check up and to have his pockets picked on Wednesday.
Meet Monty
He goes for a check up and to have his pockets picked on Wednesday.
Meet Monty
This is concerning. We absolutely should know where our medications are produced and what quality control measures are used.
We wanted to know something simple: Where a popular generic drug was made and whether that factory had quality problems.
Instead, we found ourselves navigating a labyrinth of company names and databases that few consumers would even know exist.
Instead, we found ourselves navigating a labyrinth of company names and databases that few consumers would even know exist.
Here’s What Happened When ProPublica Reporters Tried to Find Out Where a Popular Prescription Drug Was Made
We wanted to know where a widely used prescription drug that treats high cholesterol was manufactured and whether the factory had quality issues. The search led to a labyrinth of company names and dat...
www.propublica.org
October 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is concerning. We absolutely should know where our medications are produced and what quality control measures are used.
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We wanted to know something simple: Where a popular generic drug was made and whether that factory had quality problems.
Instead, we found ourselves navigating a labyrinth of company names and databases that few consumers would even know exist.
Instead, we found ourselves navigating a labyrinth of company names and databases that few consumers would even know exist.
Here’s What Happened When ProPublica Reporters Tried to Find Out Where a Popular Prescription Drug Was Made
We wanted to know where a widely used prescription drug that treats high cholesterol was manufactured and whether the factory had quality issues. The search led to a labyrinth of company names and dat...
www.propublica.org
October 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We wanted to know something simple: Where a popular generic drug was made and whether that factory had quality problems.
Instead, we found ourselves navigating a labyrinth of company names and databases that few consumers would even know exist.
Instead, we found ourselves navigating a labyrinth of company names and databases that few consumers would even know exist.
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Just 3 days ago,its servicemen committed yet another war crime by shooting civilians in the outskirts of Pokrovsk.
Now, the Russian command is trying to spread this practice to foreign citizens fighting for Moscow, in order to make them accomplices in crimes against the civilian population.
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Now, the Russian command is trying to spread this practice to foreign citizens fighting for Moscow, in order to make them accomplices in crimes against the civilian population.
📹HUR
October 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Just 3 days ago,its servicemen committed yet another war crime by shooting civilians in the outskirts of Pokrovsk.
Now, the Russian command is trying to spread this practice to foreign citizens fighting for Moscow, in order to make them accomplices in crimes against the civilian population.
📹HUR
Now, the Russian command is trying to spread this practice to foreign citizens fighting for Moscow, in order to make them accomplices in crimes against the civilian population.
📹HUR
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In the intercepted conversation,one of the field commanders, speaking in Spanish,gives an order to execute Ukrainian civilians
He specifically orders his subordinates to shoot women& children
The killing of civilians is a regular and command-driven practice of Russia’s 30th Motorized Rifle Brigade
He specifically orders his subordinates to shoot women& children
The killing of civilians is a regular and command-driven practice of Russia’s 30th Motorized Rifle Brigade
October 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
In the intercepted conversation,one of the field commanders, speaking in Spanish,gives an order to execute Ukrainian civilians
He specifically orders his subordinates to shoot women& children
The killing of civilians is a regular and command-driven practice of Russia’s 30th Motorized Rifle Brigade
He specifically orders his subordinates to shoot women& children
The killing of civilians is a regular and command-driven practice of Russia’s 30th Motorized Rifle Brigade
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In a recent radio intercept, Ukrainian intelligence recorded a war crime committed by Colombian "mercenaries" fighting against Ukraine as part of the 30th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, which belongs to the 2nd Combined Arms Army of Russia’s Central Military District.
October 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
In a recent radio intercept, Ukrainian intelligence recorded a war crime committed by Colombian "mercenaries" fighting against Ukraine as part of the 30th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, which belongs to the 2nd Combined Arms Army of Russia’s Central Military District.
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Justice must be done for the sake of our society, for healing the memory of our terrible past and, most importantly, to bring some closure to the families of the victims.
The truth about the Cradock Four, and who ordered the murders, matters
www.dailymaverick.co.za
October 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Justice must be done for the sake of our society, for healing the memory of our terrible past and, most importantly, to bring some closure to the families of the victims.
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This story is insane - “future development” is going to be the death of us.
“We have seen some councils in South Australia effectively choosing to ignore their flood mapping because it is seen to harm prospects for future development.”
www.theguardian.com/...
#ClimateCrisis
“We have seen some councils in South Australia effectively choosing to ignore their flood mapping because it is seen to harm prospects for future development.”
www.theguardian.com/...
#ClimateCrisis
Floods have devalued Australian homes by $42bn. Experts say that’s the cost of ‘a changing climate’
Of the 2m flood-prone houses across the country, at least 70% have had values reduced, a new report by Climate Council and PropTrack has found
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This story is insane - “future development” is going to be the death of us.
“We have seen some councils in South Australia effectively choosing to ignore their flood mapping because it is seen to harm prospects for future development.”
www.theguardian.com/...
#ClimateCrisis
“We have seen some councils in South Australia effectively choosing to ignore their flood mapping because it is seen to harm prospects for future development.”
www.theguardian.com/...
#ClimateCrisis
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Shawarma Hut, 292b Walworth Rd, London SE17 2TE
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October 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Shawarma Hut, 292b Walworth Rd, London SE17 2TE
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South African here 👋
We don’t want this racist ass here, thank you.
We don’t want this racist ass here, thank you.
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
October 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
South African here 👋
We don’t want this racist ass here, thank you.
We don’t want this racist ass here, thank you.
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People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"...more data would require research in a field that has been defunded & criticized by Trump-administration officials."
The lies & doubtmongering about mRNA research could have a broad impact.
"...more data would require research in a field that has been defunded & criticized by Trump-administration officials."
The lies & doubtmongering about mRNA research could have a broad impact.
People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine
mRNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer ― in an unexpected way.
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"...more data would require research in a field that has been defunded & criticized by Trump-administration officials."
The lies & doubtmongering about mRNA research could have a broad impact.
"...more data would require research in a field that has been defunded & criticized by Trump-administration officials."
The lies & doubtmongering about mRNA research could have a broad impact.
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Pacific Island nations suffering the impacts of climate change they did least to cause, have championed efforts to reduce maritime climate emissions.
They received no help from NZ during a key vote to stop petrostates delaying the work.
They received no help from NZ during a key vote to stop petrostates delaying the work.
October 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Pacific Island nations suffering the impacts of climate change they did least to cause, have championed efforts to reduce maritime climate emissions.
They received no help from NZ during a key vote to stop petrostates delaying the work.
They received no help from NZ during a key vote to stop petrostates delaying the work.