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Mandy Patrish
@mandypatrish.bsky.social
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British European. Interested in science, history (natural and man-made), music etc etc. Wish the world wasn't in such a mess, appreciate the people who are trying to make it better. Will block anti-science nonsense, aggression and spam.
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mandypatrish.bsky.social
Actually it's just tea. Most people have a preferred brand and drink it morning, noon and night. Tea geeks might like fancy varieties and special breakfast blends, but most of us just drink tea.
February 10, 2026 at 2:05 AM
mandypatrish.bsky.social
The president of the United States is bringing the whole weight of his administration to bully and punish a child whose only crime was to make him look bad. Psychopath? Sociopath? Demented narcissist?
Whatever you call him his regime is evil.
katiephang.bsky.social Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 3d
The Trump Administration is now targeting 5-year old Liam Ramos and his father, trying to expedite their deportations.
katiephang.bsky.social Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 3d
Rep. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social joins me with the latest from the South Texas ICE Processing Center, which he just visited this afternoon.

We discuss 5-year old Liam Ramos, Trump's ruthless attack of immigrants, & how DHS must be disbanded with Kristi Noem impeached.

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February 7, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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thelongestjohns.bsky.social
Help us fund our new album and merch, and get your hands on new stuff at the earliest convenience!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

#TheLongestJohns #Kickstarter #FolkMusic #NewAlbum #NewMusic
February 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
mandypatrish.bsky.social
Had the privilege of seeing him perform this live a few years back. Never more apt.
#Thestrangerscase
lalahaenzy.com Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.com · 4d
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
mandypatrish.bsky.social
I can only applaud, and hope one day to achieve this level of culinary and zoological achievement.
February 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.

Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’

I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
Full text at https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/05/zack-polanski-writes-to-wes-streeting-urging-him-to-cancel-palantir-nhs-contract/
February 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
mandypatrish.bsky.social
He knows he would end up looking like the contemptible Trump-loving weasel he really is.
And apologies to weasels.
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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governorwalz.mn.gov
They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.

For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.

www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Gorton & Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.

And Farage knows his candidate is weak as.

Hannah Spencer for the win.
Farage rejects Polanskis request for tv debate as Gorton byelection heats up
February 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
mandypatrish.bsky.social
Chance? Absolute certainty! He's an easily manipulated puppet, and the people running him know how to ladle on the flattery.
February 3, 2026 at 8:57 AM
mandypatrish.bsky.social
"Wonder if they'll do a cover of my favourite song?"
youtu.be/4zpDF3Py7r8?...
Hippopotamus song
YouTube video by Peter Mc
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February 2, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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chrislintott.bsky.social
Fun astronomy/archives story - Kate Bond @royalastrosoc.bsky.social has tracked down the only photograph of 19th century astronomer Richard Carrington, who spotted the first recorded solar flare. academic.oup.com/astrogeo/art...
Capturing Carrington
A speculative search in the right place at the right time turned up what is thought to be the only image of the eponymous solar observer.
academic.oup.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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pmf-englishteacher.bsky.social
“Call us the many-headed multitude: some brown, some black, some abram, some bald…“
Shakespeare, CORIOLANUS, 2.3

#ShakespeareSunday
#Heroes
January 31, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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kjhealy.co
As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
That which is for me through the medium of money - that for which I can pay (i.e., which money can buy) - that am I myself, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my - the possessor's - properties and essential powers. Thus, what I am and am capable of is by no means determined by my individuality. I am ugly, but I can buy for myself the most beautiful of women. Therefore I am not ugly, for the effect of ugliness - its deterrent power - is nullified by money. I, according to my individual characteristics, am lame, but money furnishes me with twenty-four feet. Therefore I am not lame. I am bad, dishonest, unscrupulous, stupid; but money is honoured, and hence its possessor. Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good. Money, besides, saves me the trouble of being dishonest: I am therefore presumed honest. I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless? Besides, he can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has [In the manuscript: is. - Ed.] power over the clever not more clever than the clever? Do not I, who thanks to money am capable of all that the human heart longs for, possess all human capacities? Does not my money, therefore, transform all my incapacities into their contrary?
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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wrazn.bsky.social
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A video from board-certified ophthalmologist a @glaucomflecken.bsky.social - FYI if you ever get pepper spray somehow onto you, in some manner.
What To Do If You Get Pepper Sprayed
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
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January 30, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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startribune.com
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.

📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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marciag9848.bsky.social
After a short post-holiday hiatus @homefreeguys.bsky.social are back with a dynamic animated video for a cover of @thelongestjohns.bsky.social “Nantucket”.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPVr...
Home Free - Nantucket
YouTube video by Home Free
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January 30, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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thelongestjohns.bsky.social
If you're wondering what's the best way to help our new album's Kickstarter campaign: get LOUD! Share the art, tell your friends, show your cat, show your friend's cat the artwork... word of mouth is the best thing you can do!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

#TheLongestJohns #NewAlbum #Folk
A crop from the upcoming Ends of the Earth artwork, showing a friendly cartoon dugong (also known a the manatee) with a couple of sea birds perched on its snout, asking the question "Hey The Longest Johns, how can I help your Kickstarter campaign?" A second crop of the artwork, this time showing a LOUD HIPPO! Him shouting. Mouth is wide, big teeth fully on display, this lad's having a screm and shouting "MAKE SOME NOISE!"
January 30, 2026 at 5:01 PM
mandypatrish.bsky.social
A display of abuse and anger by a crazed and out of control president whose stock has collapsed.
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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sallymaria.bsky.social
Premiere tomorrow of the video for Home Free's version of @thelongestjohns.bsky.social song Nantucket.

Now I have two versions to love.

youtu.be/MPVrPGvv-BI?...
Home Free - Nantucket
YouTube video by Home Free
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January 29, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
My article in the Metro.

Why the Green Party must beat the Reform extremists in Gorton & Denton.

metro.co.uk/2026/01/28/z...
Reform’s choice in Gorton and Denton tells you everything you need to know
Goodwin is a dangerous extremist with views on race that the vast majority of us find absolutely abhorrent.
metro.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:29 AM
mandypatrish.bsky.social
"I have no capacity for rational independent thought and just do what I'm told". Pathetic excuse for vicious bigotry.
January 28, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
We can't believe we have to say this, but POLIO IS REALLY BAD.

RFK Jr.'s "independent" "expert" ACIP is destroying the foundations of our public health system.

It cannot be clearer: if we want to save lives, we have to #RemoveRFKJr.

Take action now: standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
ACIP CHAIR’S COMMENTS — The head of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s panel of independent vaccine advisers recently questioned the necessity of the polio vaccine — spurring a sharp backlash from Democrats and public health experts. “As you look at polio, we need to not be afraid to consider that we are in a different time now than we were then,” said Kirk Milhoan, chair of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, on the podcast “Why Should I Trust You?” “Our sanitation is different, our risk of disease is different, and so those all play into the evaluation of whether this is worthwhile of taking a risk for a vaccine or not,” Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist and a senior fellow at the anti-mRNA Independent Medical Alliance, added. Milhoan also said that “we have to take into account” whether the U.S. is enjoying herd immunity, and whether the disease burden could go up “if we take away all of the herd immunity.” Key context: Before the polio vaccine became available in 1955, roughly 16,000 polio cases occurred each year in the U.S., often paralyzing children. If polio vaccination rates dip, the U.S. could see the return of a disease that once caused widespread fear in America, critics of Kennedy’s advisory panel warn.
January 27, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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magaziner.house.gov
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.

His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
mandypatrish.bsky.social
Getting mantis shrimp vibes.
a close up of a shrimp in a tank with a bucket in the background
Alt: A dark creature with a shrimpish head and long thick lobsterish body is sitting on white sand in an aquarium. Suddenly it pounces on a hapless little crab sitting just in front of it, grabs it in it's broad heavy claws and swims off to hide in rocks. One might assume that once hidden, the crab becomes lunch.
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:50 AM