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Vegan cyclopath in my copious free time. Head to @bruceresearch.bsky.social for my professional posts.

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BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · Dec 7

Finally getting round to joining BlueSky.

Twitter is x.com/BruceRyan_ra...

Blog is bruceryandontexist.info

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BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · 7d

At Portobello town hall to celebrate 40 years of being friends with my much better half!

Just from the photo, without googling, can you tell what’s happening?

BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · 14d

I think we've been working too much to read @theguardian.com thoroughly this week.

BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · 18d

I remembered my 'going away music' list from 2016 this morning: bruceryandontexist.info/2020/10/08/g.... I've played it through: no changes required!

Interesting that genius.com/Roy-harper-a... had a much larger emotional effect than normal. This is despite me not having and never wanting children.

Going-away music

I just found this in my files from when I was recovering from serious illness in late 2016. My tastes haven’t changed much since then. NB I don’t currently plan to go away soon – …

bruceryandontexist.info

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Bruce_Research @bruceresearch.bsky.social · 19d

Take your information science MSc at Edinburgh Napier: www.napier.ac.uk/courses/msc-.... Course leader is bsky.app/profile/fran...

The course has fab lecturers and emphases on supporting students and making positive differences to society.

More about Napier at blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

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BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · 20d

Oops. Possibly because I made coffee at home. (My better half says the coffee was lovely, so perhaps not going out was the root cause.)

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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 25d

It’s beyond time for people to stop making excuses for the genocide perpetrated by the politicians and state of Israel. Our countries should stop cooperation with them immediately, and start bringing them to book.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says

The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.

www.bbc.com

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BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · 28d

The @theguardian.com Thursday quiz is back. Yay! Good wishes to @MartinBelam.Bsky.social!

BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · Aug 24

A song on YouTube: youtu.be/Bwxrk4ZFQBg?...

Supercallousfascistracistsexistnazipotus – The Ultimate Political Parody Anthem!

YouTube video by John D. Cundle

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BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · Jul 30

Ongoing silence is partly because the Guardian Thursday quiz is paused. Much sadness here. Hoping Martin Belam is OK.

BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · May 31

We're less ill this weekend.

BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · May 31

Will anyone be allowed to do that? (I guess not :( )

BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · May 31

Awww!

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BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · May 25

getting better

BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · May 17

Because it’s Eurobollox night

BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · May 16

Where the streets have no name!

BruceRyan_rants @bruceryanrants.bsky.social · May 12

This is more painful than insertion of canullae for my current bout of diabetic ketoacidosis. Once upon a time I might have given UK Labour a slight benefit of doubt. No longer