Gaye Murray
@tortymurray.bsky.social
European Scot. Located Alto Alantejo, Portugal. Prof career in psycho- therapeutic services. No more crofter, Isle of Skye.
Owned by Moça 🐕, a PWD.
Interests: thinking, learning, books!
Arts, past & present, r 🪟 to humanity's now.
Chronic pain.
Owned by Moça 🐕, a PWD.
Interests: thinking, learning, books!
Arts, past & present, r 🪟 to humanity's now.
Chronic pain.
Ok
One last thing!
How do you move the entire pop of an island nation?
( Not to take away from the human cost of 👇)
One last thing!
How do you move the entire pop of an island nation?
( Not to take away from the human cost of 👇)
How do you move a village? Residents of France’s last outpost in North America try to outrun the sea
As rising tides eat away at the Saint-Pierre and Miquelon archipelago off Canada, plans to move the historic village to higher ground have divided residents
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Ok
One last thing!
How do you move the entire pop of an island nation?
( Not to take away from the human cost of 👇)
One last thing!
How do you move the entire pop of an island nation?
( Not to take away from the human cost of 👇)
Taking short time off 🦋 , going to say bye to unwanted malignant passenger - graded T1 M0 L0 - so 🤞 bit of baler twine will pull this auld critter back the gither.
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Taking short time off 🦋 , going to say bye to unwanted malignant passenger - graded T1 M0 L0 - so 🤞 bit of baler twine will pull this auld critter back the gither.
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Incredibly graphic thread on the situation in #ElFasher #Sudan...
If you are new to the war in Sudan that started 2.5 ys ago, here is a light intro from #TheGlobalJigsaw on the first anniversary:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
If you are new to the war in Sudan that started 2.5 ys ago, here is a light intro from #TheGlobalJigsaw on the first anniversary:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC World Service - The Global Jigsaw, Sudan: A year of war
Sudan faces the largest humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Incredibly graphic thread on the situation in #ElFasher #Sudan...
If you are new to the war in Sudan that started 2.5 ys ago, here is a light intro from #TheGlobalJigsaw on the first anniversary:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
If you are new to the war in Sudan that started 2.5 ys ago, here is a light intro from #TheGlobalJigsaw on the first anniversary:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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GRAPHIC CONTENT
More than 150 000 people were killed, 14 millions were force to flee their homes
#EyesOnSudan
In this thread quotes from #BBCWorldService progs and online pieces on the fall of #ElFasher in #Sudan and the unfolding massacre:
More than 150 000 people were killed, 14 millions were force to flee their homes
#EyesOnSudan
In this thread quotes from #BBCWorldService progs and online pieces on the fall of #ElFasher in #Sudan and the unfolding massacre:
October 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
GRAPHIC CONTENT
More than 150 000 people were killed, 14 millions were force to flee their homes
#EyesOnSudan
In this thread quotes from #BBCWorldService progs and online pieces on the fall of #ElFasher in #Sudan and the unfolding massacre:
More than 150 000 people were killed, 14 millions were force to flee their homes
#EyesOnSudan
In this thread quotes from #BBCWorldService progs and online pieces on the fall of #ElFasher in #Sudan and the unfolding massacre:
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I reckon the collapse of Northern Rock was worse for consumer confidence. Wonder who the Chair was?
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I reckon the collapse of Northern Rock was worse for consumer confidence. Wonder who the Chair was?
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🚨BREAKING: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals voted to rehear President Donald Trump’s Portland National Guard case Tuesday — a step that vacates an earlier ruling that allowed Trump to federalize Oregon’s troops and deploy them against local protests. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Ninth Circuit Restores Block on Trump’s Portland Guard Deployment
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
🚨BREAKING: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals voted to rehear President Donald Trump’s Portland National Guard case Tuesday — a step that vacates an earlier ruling that allowed Trump to federalize Oregon’s troops and deploy them against local protests. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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#EyesOnSudan #ElFasher
BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher:
"Some friends are finding out their loved ones are dead through videos of executions on social media."
BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher:
"Some friends are finding out their loved ones are dead through videos of executions on social media."
October 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
#EyesOnSudan #ElFasher
BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher:
"Some friends are finding out their loved ones are dead through videos of executions on social media."
BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher:
"Some friends are finding out their loved ones are dead through videos of executions on social media."
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OK folks, here's the deal. Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads and has ignored asks to stop. It's time to tell them we won't stream fascism - by cancelling our subscriptions. Here's how to get started: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
OK folks, here's the deal. Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads and has ignored asks to stop. It's time to tell them we won't stream fascism - by cancelling our subscriptions. Here's how to get started: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
@bencanham.bsky.social
Might be of interest
Might be of interest
How to cope with long winter nights when the clocks go back
More than a million people in the UK experience symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder - but a project is aiming to help people in Orkney look after their mental health.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
@bencanham.bsky.social
Might be of interest
Might be of interest
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A new study looks at the conditions that contribute to extreme flooding in Italy
New research could explain extreme Mediterranean flooding
A new study looks at the conditions that contribute to extreme flooding in Italy
l.euronews.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
A new study looks at the conditions that contribute to extreme flooding in Italy
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“Ceasefire”.
Middle East crisis live: Israel has launched strikes on Gaza City, witnesses report
Benjamin Netanyahu orders IDF to carry out strikes on Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating the ceasefire
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“Ceasefire”.
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NHS makes morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England
NHS makes morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England
Those in need of free emergency contraception no longer have to see their GP or attend a sexual health clinic
The NHS has made the morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England in an effort to reduce a “postcode lottery” of access to emergency contraception.
Almost 10,000 pharmacies are now able to offer the pill without charge, saving those in need of free emergency contraception from having to visit their GP or to get an appointment at a sexual health clinic. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
NHS makes morning-after pill available for free across pharmacies in England
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Attention design teams! Help us turn this parking lot into a new urban park. The City of Toronto has launched an international design competition for a new park in Liberty Village. Details at tinyurl.com/5xzrwh6p
October 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Attention design teams! Help us turn this parking lot into a new urban park. The City of Toronto has launched an international design competition for a new park in Liberty Village. Details at tinyurl.com/5xzrwh6p
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Breaking WaPo:
The White House just fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of Trump's construction projects, including his planned arch in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The White House just fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of Trump's construction projects, including his planned arch in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House fires arts commission expected to review Trump construction projects
The moves comes as President Donald Trump pursues efforts to build a White House ballroom and a triumphal arch in Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Breaking WaPo:
The White House just fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of Trump's construction projects, including his planned arch in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The White House just fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of Trump's construction projects, including his planned arch in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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After years of research, scientist Leonid Pshenichnov concluded Russia + China cannot continue fishing krill, the main food source of many marine creatures, at current rates without risking breakdown of entire ocean ecosystems. Russia had him arrested:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing
‘Trumped-up’ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid Pshenichnov
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
After years of research, scientist Leonid Pshenichnov concluded Russia + China cannot continue fishing krill, the main food source of many marine creatures, at current rates without risking breakdown of entire ocean ecosystems. Russia had him arrested:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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More than 30 dead after resumption of Israeli air strikes on Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-30-dead-after-resumption-israeli-air-strikes-gaza
More than 30 dead after resumption of Israeli air strikes on Gaza
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www.middleeasteye.net
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
More than 30 dead after resumption of Israeli air strikes on Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-30-dead-after-resumption-israeli-air-strikes-gaza
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A UK Government minister blocked a Scottish deposit return scheme (DRS) in order to give the SNP a 'black eye', a court has been told
Former Scottish Secretary blocked return scheme to give SNP 'black eye', court hears
www.thenational.scot
October 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A UK Government minister blocked a Scottish deposit return scheme (DRS) in order to give the SNP a 'black eye', a court has been told
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This incident is spreading through Chicago running circles. A 67 year old man, driving back from a long run with his friends, is pulled from the car and thrown to the ground by ICE (or BP?) agents because he did... something.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWAw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWAw...
67-year old American citizen left with broken ribs by ICE #breakingnews #iceraids #savedemocracy
YouTube video by Nick Valencia News
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This incident is spreading through Chicago running circles. A 67 year old man, driving back from a long run with his friends, is pulled from the car and thrown to the ground by ICE (or BP?) agents because he did... something.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWAw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWAw...
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Thank you Will Bunch
The Founders knew Congress - especially the House - was the backbone of U.S. democracy. It should be a huge story that Mike Johnson, serving Trump, has all but shut it down
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It didn’t take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap.
www.inquirer.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Thank you Will Bunch
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Quite why is unclear at this point. Clearly this place is a bit of an echo chamber. It’s just an echo chamber full of people previously inclined to support Labour and half the journalists and think tankers in the country.
I just realised, the Labour Party doesn’t even have an account over here?!
October 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Quite why is unclear at this point. Clearly this place is a bit of an echo chamber. It’s just an echo chamber full of people previously inclined to support Labour and half the journalists and think tankers in the country.
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In our new paper, we show how, just hundreds of milliseconds after we have seen a food, many different attributes are reflected in brain activity. This happens extremely fast, long before a person can consciously decide whether or not to buy or eat the food. theconversation.com/our-brains-e...
Our brains evaluate food within milliseconds, long before we’ve decided to eat it
How tasty is it? How healthy is it? Our brains work this out faster than conscious thought.
theconversation.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
In our new paper, we show how, just hundreds of milliseconds after we have seen a food, many different attributes are reflected in brain activity. This happens extremely fast, long before a person can consciously decide whether or not to buy or eat the food. theconversation.com/our-brains-e...
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Literally one of the greatest soft power brands on planet earth driven into the ground by successive British governments that embrace failure, decline and irrelevance.
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
British Council ‘selling everything it can’ to survive
Cultural body plans more job cuts, sale of assets and closure in 35 countries to stave off ‘financial peril’
on.ft.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Literally one of the greatest soft power brands on planet earth driven into the ground by successive British governments that embrace failure, decline and irrelevance.
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
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The doomed ratio.
U.S. senate: ‘Passed, 52-48: Passage of S.J.Res.81, Kaine National Emergency Designation (Brazil Tariffs).’
October 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The doomed ratio.
October 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM