Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺
@margaretmorgan.bsky.social
Dutch resident, Australian writer (fiction, TV, film, librettos) with earlier careers in law & biology.
Plantenliefhebber, GL-PvdA
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https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/margaret-morgan
https://www.margaretmorgan.info/
Plantenliefhebber, GL-PvdA
[🚫DM unless we know each other]
https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/margaret-morgan
https://www.margaretmorgan.info/
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It really is a staggering disappointment to watch how countries across the globe simply acquiesce to this miscreant's whims.
Trade, the sharing of intelligence, diplomatic niceties, allowing US troops on sovereign territory...
By its inaction, the world is saying, "Sure. This is fine. Carry on."
Trade, the sharing of intelligence, diplomatic niceties, allowing US troops on sovereign territory...
By its inaction, the world is saying, "Sure. This is fine. Carry on."
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So either Trump spoke to Bolsonaro about plotting to escape to the US right before the latter got caught trying to saw off his ankle monitor, or Trump imagined a conversation he didn’t have. Both scenarios are incredibly dark
An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So either Trump spoke to Bolsonaro about plotting to escape to the US right before the latter got caught trying to saw off his ankle monitor, or Trump imagined a conversation he didn’t have. Both scenarios are incredibly dark
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Trump objectively IS the most openly corrupt president in U.S. history. And suing people to stop them from saying it is part of that unprecedented corruption.
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Trump objectively IS the most openly corrupt president in U.S. history. And suing people to stop them from saying it is part of that unprecedented corruption.
There comes a point where the distinction between conspiracy theories and paranoid psychosis becomes wafer thin.
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
There comes a point where the distinction between conspiracy theories and paranoid psychosis becomes wafer thin.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Dutch public broadcaster NOS is finally leaving Xitter.
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Dutch public broadcaster NOS is finally leaving Xitter.
This is so good. It mightn't save the world, but it'll save species and ecosystems... and is a perfect antidote to climate anxiety and despair.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This is so good. It mightn't save the world, but it'll save species and ecosystems... and is a perfect antidote to climate anxiety and despair.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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your brain on narcissism, yes men, and chatbots that take full advantage of it
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
your brain on narcissism, yes men, and chatbots that take full advantage of it
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Nature Communications: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of vaccination on prevention of long COVID / Rhiannon Green et al
go.nature.com/4rgBz22
go.nature.com/4rgBz22
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Nature Communications: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of vaccination on prevention of long COVID / Rhiannon Green et al
go.nature.com/4rgBz22
go.nature.com/4rgBz22
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PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
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The surprise factor should have died a while back.
Kill it in the crib Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business share.google/yHvW345Glzsk...
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
share.google
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The surprise factor should have died a while back.
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We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
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Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
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I am really losing patience with Americans who treat their elected officials like celebrities they have to defend, instead of representatives they have to hold responsible. Grow the fuck up. Millions of lives are at stake.
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I am really losing patience with Americans who treat their elected officials like celebrities they have to defend, instead of representatives they have to hold responsible. Grow the fuck up. Millions of lives are at stake.
Spreading seasonal cheer! 🎄
I just love this.
I just love this.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Spreading seasonal cheer! 🎄
I just love this.
I just love this.
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
November 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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The shop phone isn’t working, but Michael has sent me this ridiculous photo and assured me that we’re open.
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The shop phone isn’t working, but Michael has sent me this ridiculous photo and assured me that we’re open.
"When the people who make AI seem trustworthy are those who trust it the least, experts believe it signals a much larger issue."
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"When the people who make AI seem trustworthy are those who trust it the least, experts believe it signals a much larger issue."
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'Snowy river bank' by contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
'Snowy river bank' by contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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US to sever ties with civilization.
Marco Rubio 🤮
adjective
1. So weak, cruel, or pitiful that it provokes a sharp mix of disappointment and contempt.
adjective
1. So weak, cruel, or pitiful that it provokes a sharp mix of disappointment and contempt.
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
US to sever ties with civilization.