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Jules Duhamel @julesduhamel.bsky.social · 1h

The 🇺🇸 #US Embassy in 🇲🇬 #Madagascar has issued a new alert, strongly advising US citizens to shelter in place due to reports that "the gendarmerie and military have exchanged gunfire (...) and that some factions of the security forces have joined the protests".

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Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social · 1h

Times like this I miss our third floor view.

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The Edinburgh Minute @edinburghminute.bsky.social · 1h

Amazing clouds pouring over the Pentlands just now! If you can find a way to see them somehow, have a look! #Edinburgh

My photos are too rubbish to share :(

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 7h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social · 7h

Definitely a lot of locums supporting GPs working short hours.

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Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social · 8h

I didn’t find it great for babies / pregnancy and definitely not keen to go back dealing with “older people issues”.

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Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social · 8h

Dealing with some serious health issues at present and really not keen to see a different doctor every time.

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Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social · 8h

I left the uni clinic for polwarth because it was 2 mins from my front door and b/c the size of uni clinic had become impersonal/ no continuity.

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Zakeriye Ahmed @zakeriye.bsky.social · 2d

#Ethiopia accuses #Eritrea of preparing for war as Red Sea tensions rise in a letter its Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos sent to the UN chief Antonio Guterres.

Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of preparing for war as Red Sea tensions rise

Ethiopia has written to the UN, accusing Eritrea of "funding, mobilizing and directing armed groups" on its soil.

www.bbc.com

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Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social · 10h

Of course. But South Edinburgh needs more practices not fewer. Presumably they think larger practices more efficient.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 11h

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 20h

We are realizing that we have no idea what British people think a “flapjack” is.

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Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social · 11h

Really upsetting to hear that Polwarth medical practice is closing via social media. I suppose it was inevitable after they mived to Tollcross. But crazy that they’d close a practice, given levels of demand. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

Edinburgh medical practice closure will see 5,000 patients relocated

An Edinburgh medical practice is set to close next month following a review by the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership and NHS Lothian.

www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social · 12h

Terrifying. Especially for those of us remember when this street was targeted in the nail bombings.

Nicolas Chinardet @zefrog.eu · 1d

Here we go... it was only a matter of time, as the far-right gets ever more vocal without check

Homophobic Christian Nationalist mob targets London’s gay district

A homophobic religious mob calling themselves the ‘King’s Army’ organised an intimidating mob in the streets of London’s Soho – the heart of London’s LGBT+ community, home to many LGBT+ bars, clubs, a...

humanists.uk

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 14h

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 15h

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 13h

Reform accused of 'thriving on hate' after asylum accommodation misinformation

news.stv.tv/north/reform...

Reform accused of 'thriving on hate' after asylum accommodation misinformation

Rumours spread online that Kilgraston School was going to be turned into large-scale asylum accommodation.

news.stv.tv

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 1d

Not exaggerating when I say that SB 79, a bill making it easier to build housing near mass transit, is the most consequential piece of legislation that the Democratic Party has passed all year. Saying no to the worst people in our coalition proves we're serious about the future.

Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 1d

WE DID IT!!!

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d

Came out of something, saw this, and am choosing to believe the Swedes have finally given Just A Minute the recognition it deserves.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d

we have been working on this new polling aggregation website for a few months now, and are excited to share it with the world! plenty more features and polls to come.

FiftyPlusOne.news @fiftyplusone.news · 2d

new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 1d

We'll be exploring the Thatcher legacy & her impact on British politics today at the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social on 20 Oct.

With former Thatcher minister, Gillian Shephard; Conservative peer Simone Finn; legendary politics guru @philipjcowley.bsky.social & me.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/still-that...

Still “Thatcher’s Britain”? The Thatcher Legacy, 1925-2025

Join the Mile End Institute to explore why Margaret Thatcher continues to cast such a shadow across British politics!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social · 2d

Economic decline means that regime is increasingly reliant on the business cronies and under constant pressure to permit more and more exploitation of resources - notably mining/gold smuggling, but previously fuel cartels and much else. 3/3

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Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social · 2d

Competing co-opted business networks in a situation of economic decline align with competing military/political factions all aligned with regime, but with slightly different crony networks. The outcome in 2017 a coup in which one group manages to seize control. 2/3

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Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social · 2d

Haven't discussed in class yet. I enjoyed reading it a lot. Works for many cases I am familiar with, but your final paras and discussion of 'exit' would benefit from consideration of the Zimbabwe case. 1/3

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