Barbara Appleby
@barbapple.bsky.social
French physician, Cambridge, board certified in Internal Medicine. 40+ years in global strategic drug development-now retired but still engaged
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The Trump National Security Strategy is bonkers in many ways but this objective stood out:
"Cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations"
Making their strategy of supporting radical right and extremist parties explicit.
"Cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations"
Making their strategy of supporting radical right and extremist parties explicit.
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The Trump National Security Strategy is bonkers in many ways but this objective stood out:
"Cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations"
Making their strategy of supporting radical right and extremist parties explicit.
"Cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations"
Making their strategy of supporting radical right and extremist parties explicit.
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Huge thanks to our wonderful friends at agathachristie.com for sending us these brilliant Mr Men/Little Miss books featuring Mr Poirot and Little Miss Marple, along with some brilliant #AgathaChristie / #MrMen merch! ❤️
December 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Huge thanks to our wonderful friends at agathachristie.com for sending us these brilliant Mr Men/Little Miss books featuring Mr Poirot and Little Miss Marple, along with some brilliant #AgathaChristie / #MrMen merch! ❤️
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We also note that you can come to the event and, even if you don't buy any gifts for underserving and ungrateful relatives, you can get in to the Palace for a fiver, which is £10 cheaper than normal!
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We also note that you can come to the event and, even if you don't buy any gifts for underserving and ungrateful relatives, you can get in to the Palace for a fiver, which is £10 cheaper than normal!
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The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts
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The Trump administration released its latest National Security Strategy--and one thing that can be said is that there is no more pretending. It’s a plan to weaken European unity, to make Europe MAGA, to force Europe to take economic dictation by the USA…. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The New US National Security Strategy
Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The Trump administration released its latest National Security Strategy--and one thing that can be said is that there is no more pretending. It’s a plan to weaken European unity, to make Europe MAGA, to force Europe to take economic dictation by the USA…. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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La Sécu soigne son compte Insta à coups de millions ! Elle s'apprête à externaliser à prix d'or une partie de sa com' sur les réseaux sociaux. Montant du marché : 2,1 millions d'euros pour quelques messages à poster chaque semaine durant quatre ans.
Dépenses publiques : La Sécu soigne son Instagram à coups de millions | Le Canard enchaîné
A l’heure où les services publics sont invités à se serrer la ceinture, l’Assurance-maladie s’apprête à externaliser à prix d'or une partie de sa communication……
f.mtr.cool
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
La Sécu soigne son compte Insta à coups de millions ! Elle s'apprête à externaliser à prix d'or une partie de sa com' sur les réseaux sociaux. Montant du marché : 2,1 millions d'euros pour quelques messages à poster chaque semaine durant quatre ans.
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Russia signing a friendship treaty with you is the traditional advance notice of an invasion.
December 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Russia signing a friendship treaty with you is the traditional advance notice of an invasion.
Five drones overflew last night the French naval base at Finistère, Brittany-home to its nuclear submarines….they were fired on by the navy-no further reports
Cinq drones ont survolé jeudi soir la base sous-marine de l’Île Longue (Finistère), qui abrite les sous-marins nucléaires lanceurs d'engins de la dissuasion française. →https://l.lefigaro.fr/J8J4
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Five drones overflew last night the French naval base at Finistère, Brittany-home to its nuclear submarines….they were fired on by the navy-no further reports
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So he’s saying when he was a podcaster he was being paid to lie and invent conspiracies for his listeners but now he has to tell the truth.
December 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
So he’s saying when he was a podcaster he was being paid to lie and invent conspiracies for his listeners but now he has to tell the truth.
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It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
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The utter hypocrisy of
Reform backed vigilante groups
with domestic violence perpetrating members
which say they care about women's safety
while eulogising leaders
who proudly promote misogyny
meme via Alison Royles
Reform backed vigilante groups
with domestic violence perpetrating members
which say they care about women's safety
while eulogising leaders
who proudly promote misogyny
meme via Alison Royles
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The utter hypocrisy of
Reform backed vigilante groups
with domestic violence perpetrating members
which say they care about women's safety
while eulogising leaders
who proudly promote misogyny
meme via Alison Royles
Reform backed vigilante groups
with domestic violence perpetrating members
which say they care about women's safety
while eulogising leaders
who proudly promote misogyny
meme via Alison Royles
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A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone comp
popular.info
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
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Paul Duginski really nailed it with this political cartoon. Follow the money, it always leads you to the corruption.
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Paul Duginski really nailed it with this political cartoon. Follow the money, it always leads you to the corruption.
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Try explaining to a MAGA that *we* pay the tariffs, not China- they look like YOU'RE the one in the stupid red hat. Buddy, that “America First” surcharge on your groceries? That’s your “patriot tax.” Congrats on owning yourself for the flag.
#TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
#TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Try explaining to a MAGA that *we* pay the tariffs, not China- they look like YOU'RE the one in the stupid red hat. Buddy, that “America First” surcharge on your groceries? That’s your “patriot tax.” Congrats on owning yourself for the flag.
#TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
#TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
More than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved to death as a result of disappearing sardines, a new paper has found.
More than 95% of the African penguins in two of the most important breeding colonies, on Dassen Island and Robben Island, died between 2004 and 2012. The breeding penguins probably starved to death during the moulting period, according to the paper, which said the climate crisis and overfishing were driving declines. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
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The European Space Agency’s new Greenland base will provide an additional and more secure route for receiving satellite imagery, traffic monitoring and weather data.
ESA is building a new Greenland base amid electronic warfare
The European Space Agency’s new Greenland base will provide an additional and more secure route for receiving satellite imagery, traffic monitoring and weather data.
l.euronews.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The European Space Agency’s new Greenland base will provide an additional and more secure route for receiving satellite imagery, traffic monitoring and weather data.
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PETIRROJO EUROPEO /Erithacus rubecula/ cantando como un campeón en una mañana fría cuando el sol empezaba ya a deshacer la escarcha
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
PETIRROJO EUROPEO /Erithacus rubecula/ cantando como un campeón en una mañana fría cuando el sol empezaba ya a deshacer la escarcha
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Putin repeatedly emphasizes that he wants "peace" in Ukraine. We in the West have not yet understood that the word "peace" has a completely different meaning in the Russian language.
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Putin repeatedly emphasizes that he wants "peace" in Ukraine. We in the West have not yet understood that the word "peace" has a completely different meaning in the Russian language.
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A cabinet meeting that would make North Koreans say, “Damn, this is a bit much!”
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A cabinet meeting that would make North Koreans say, “Damn, this is a bit much!”
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Finally someone says it.
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Finally someone says it.
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"The Trump administration has been quietly pressuring Europe to NOT seize the Russian BILLIONS for Ukraine. He fully
intends to give it back to Russia and likely will find a way to profit himself."
Adam Kinzinger
intends to give it back to Russia and likely will find a way to profit himself."
Adam Kinzinger
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"The Trump administration has been quietly pressuring Europe to NOT seize the Russian BILLIONS for Ukraine. He fully
intends to give it back to Russia and likely will find a way to profit himself."
Adam Kinzinger
intends to give it back to Russia and likely will find a way to profit himself."
Adam Kinzinger
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I have THOUGHTS.
1. If he is found hanging from a tree, he’d better not be determined to be a “suicide”.
BLACK MEN DON'T HANG THEMSELVES FROM TREES.
2. He's a missing person. I’m sure his family sent several pictures.
So why THIS PHOTO?
Yeah.
We know why.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
1. If he is found hanging from a tree, he’d better not be determined to be a “suicide”.
BLACK MEN DON'T HANG THEMSELVES FROM TREES.
2. He's a missing person. I’m sure his family sent several pictures.
So why THIS PHOTO?
Yeah.
We know why.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Police in Suffolk searching for missing 32-year-old man
SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY)– Police in Suffolk are searching for a missing 32-year-old man. Isaiah Brown was last seen on November 28 at his residence on East Washington Street prior to commuting to Norfolk t...
www.yahoo.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I have THOUGHTS.
1. If he is found hanging from a tree, he’d better not be determined to be a “suicide”.
BLACK MEN DON'T HANG THEMSELVES FROM TREES.
2. He's a missing person. I’m sure his family sent several pictures.
So why THIS PHOTO?
Yeah.
We know why.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
1. If he is found hanging from a tree, he’d better not be determined to be a “suicide”.
BLACK MEN DON'T HANG THEMSELVES FROM TREES.
2. He's a missing person. I’m sure his family sent several pictures.
So why THIS PHOTO?
Yeah.
We know why.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.