Bruce Virgo
@bav58.bsky.social
Aussie #MND #ALS Warrior, now living in Scotland. Retired Maritime/Shipping lawyer (non-practising - Australia, England/Wales & Scotland).
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The European Union urged the adherence to international law after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro earlier today.
EU urges respect for international law after US capture of Maduro
“We call for restraint,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said after U.S. operation to fly Maduro out of Venezuela.
www.politico.eu
January 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The European Union urged the adherence to international law after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro earlier today.
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1. Maduro is not a good guy by any stretch of the imagination.
2. But capturing him through an extra-legal action that violates international law undermines any US credibility with Russia in Ukraine and China with Taiwan.
3. We have a terrible history with topping leaders without a post-war plan.
2. But capturing him through an extra-legal action that violates international law undermines any US credibility with Russia in Ukraine and China with Taiwan.
3. We have a terrible history with topping leaders without a post-war plan.
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
1. Maduro is not a good guy by any stretch of the imagination.
2. But capturing him through an extra-legal action that violates international law undermines any US credibility with Russia in Ukraine and China with Taiwan.
3. We have a terrible history with topping leaders without a post-war plan.
2. But capturing him through an extra-legal action that violates international law undermines any US credibility with Russia in Ukraine and China with Taiwan.
3. We have a terrible history with topping leaders without a post-war plan.
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Inspired by a post from the great Russell Crowe on X recently, it is a great time to personally reflect on all the things to be grateful for in 2025 and to remember those who won’t have the chance to see what 2026 brings. Happy #NewYear2026 and whenever you bring in the bells remember …
December 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Inspired by a post from the great Russell Crowe on X recently, it is a great time to personally reflect on all the things to be grateful for in 2025 and to remember those who won’t have the chance to see what 2026 brings. Happy #NewYear2026 and whenever you bring in the bells remember …
After another turbulent year for a range of reasons - Wishing everyone a Merry #Christmas,
Frohe Weihnachten! Joyeux Noël, ¡Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad! Gleðileg Jól! Buon Natale! Vrolijk Kerstfeest! or just #HappyHolidays, as well as a safer, happier & healthy #NewYear 2026!
Frohe Weihnachten! Joyeux Noël, ¡Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad! Gleðileg Jól! Buon Natale! Vrolijk Kerstfeest! or just #HappyHolidays, as well as a safer, happier & healthy #NewYear 2026!
December 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
After another turbulent year for a range of reasons - Wishing everyone a Merry #Christmas,
Frohe Weihnachten! Joyeux Noël, ¡Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad! Gleðileg Jól! Buon Natale! Vrolijk Kerstfeest! or just #HappyHolidays, as well as a safer, happier & healthy #NewYear 2026!
Frohe Weihnachten! Joyeux Noël, ¡Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad! Gleðileg Jól! Buon Natale! Vrolijk Kerstfeest! or just #HappyHolidays, as well as a safer, happier & healthy #NewYear 2026!
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The #manosphere influencer #testosterone hype out of control, causing real harm.
Social media misinformation driving men to seek unneeded NHS testosterone therapy www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"TRT has increasingly been reframed as a lifestyle or 'performance optimisation' tool."
Social media misinformation driving men to seek unneeded NHS testosterone therapy www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"TRT has increasingly been reframed as a lifestyle or 'performance optimisation' tool."
Social media misinformation driving men to seek unneeded NHS testosterone therapy, doctors say
Endocrinologists warn taking testosterone unnecessarily can suppress natural hormone production
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The #manosphere influencer #testosterone hype out of control, causing real harm.
Social media misinformation driving men to seek unneeded NHS testosterone therapy www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"TRT has increasingly been reframed as a lifestyle or 'performance optimisation' tool."
Social media misinformation driving men to seek unneeded NHS testosterone therapy www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"TRT has increasingly been reframed as a lifestyle or 'performance optimisation' tool."
I hesitated with my greeting on Chanukah due to the horror at Bondi in case the photo (from a FB Group I am in) was insensitive. Given Australia’s response to around our Jewish community, it seems now quite apt. To all who observe, Happy Hanukkah, at a time where hope feels more important than ever!
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I hesitated with my greeting on Chanukah due to the horror at Bondi in case the photo (from a FB Group I am in) was insensitive. Given Australia’s response to around our Jewish community, it seems now quite apt. To all who observe, Happy Hanukkah, at a time where hope feels more important than ever!
Texan Warrior, Sunny, & I met at a 2018 an #ALS/MND meeting in #Glasgow. Since we've attended 4 such Conferences (incl. The International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations meetings in #Toronto) in 4 countries. Our mind set towards our disease hasn't changed in 7 years, nor has her blouse or my shoes!
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Texan Warrior, Sunny, & I met at a 2018 an #ALS/MND meeting in #Glasgow. Since we've attended 4 such Conferences (incl. The International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations meetings in #Toronto) in 4 countries. Our mind set towards our disease hasn't changed in 7 years, nor has her blouse or my shoes!
This is a reminder that words matter! (Stolen from a Group I am in) 😁
December 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This is a reminder that words matter! (Stolen from a Group I am in) 😁
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📖 New publication: St Andrews ALS research team supervised by Dr Matthew Broadhead and Prof Gareth Miles finds early synapse loss in ALS mouse model.
#science #MND #ALS #research
Read more ➡️ www.euanmacdonaldcentre.org/about/news/n...
#science #MND #ALS #research
Read more ➡️ www.euanmacdonaldcentre.org/about/news/n...
New publication: Synaptopathy in the TDP-43ΔNLS Mouse Model of Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | The Euan MacDonald Centre
www.euanmacdonaldcentre.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📖 New publication: St Andrews ALS research team supervised by Dr Matthew Broadhead and Prof Gareth Miles finds early synapse loss in ALS mouse model.
#science #MND #ALS #research
Read more ➡️ www.euanmacdonaldcentre.org/about/news/n...
#science #MND #ALS #research
Read more ➡️ www.euanmacdonaldcentre.org/about/news/n...
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Some say that Lindsey Halligan is a wildly incompetent lawyer.
Others say she gets her cases resolved incredibly quickly.
Others say she gets her cases resolved incredibly quickly.
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Some say that Lindsey Halligan is a wildly incompetent lawyer.
Others say she gets her cases resolved incredibly quickly.
Others say she gets her cases resolved incredibly quickly.
@paulinepantsdown.bsky.social Have you considered a presence on Threads? A good amount of interesting traffic on the platform particularly following the stunt in the Senate by your namesake
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
@paulinepantsdown.bsky.social Have you considered a presence on Threads? A good amount of interesting traffic on the platform particularly following the stunt in the Senate by your namesake
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What struck me about this opening was that the Saturday Night Live writers picked up on the fact that Trump and Epstein were grinding their teeth in that famous video of them. I noticed that too, as someone who's been in a club with people who just did a key bump.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkF1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkF1...
Epstein White House Briefing Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What struck me about this opening was that the Saturday Night Live writers picked up on the fact that Trump and Epstein were grinding their teeth in that famous video of them. I noticed that too, as someone who's been in a club with people who just did a key bump.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkF1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkF1...
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A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
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Trump said, "I feel badly" for the royals over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal without mentioning the victims.
Donald Trump’s Remarks About Former Prince Andrew Under Scrutiny
www.newsweek.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Trump said, "I feel badly" for the royals over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal without mentioning the victims.
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#TCMParty All The President's Men is airing and I am torn between loving every dry, irascible moment of Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee, marvelling at the non-confirmation confirmations, and mourning the loss of a great newspaper in our present era.
#MoviesAreAmazing
#ResistanceIsNotFutile
#MoviesAreAmazing
#ResistanceIsNotFutile
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
#TCMParty All The President's Men is airing and I am torn between loving every dry, irascible moment of Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee, marvelling at the non-confirmation confirmations, and mourning the loss of a great newspaper in our present era.
#MoviesAreAmazing
#ResistanceIsNotFutile
#MoviesAreAmazing
#ResistanceIsNotFutile
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"This momentous case must either undermine or buttress the Constitution’s architecture: the separation of powers," George F. Will writes.
"Six amicus briefs explain why."
"Six amicus briefs explain why."
Opinion | Presidential power and the Supreme Court’s own stature ride on this case
The momentous tariffs case will undermine or buttress the Constitution’s separation of powers.
wapo.st
October 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"This momentous case must either undermine or buttress the Constitution’s architecture: the separation of powers," George F. Will writes.
"Six amicus briefs explain why."
"Six amicus briefs explain why."
I was honoured to talk on Patient Advisory Groups in research (particularly @mndsmart.bsky.social ) in a public lecture on #MND with @suvankarpal.bsky.social & Prof. Chandran honouring the late Euan MacDonald during a symposium organised by @euanscentre.bsky.social
(photos - Uni of Edinburgh)
(photos - Uni of Edinburgh)
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I was honoured to talk on Patient Advisory Groups in research (particularly @mndsmart.bsky.social ) in a public lecture on #MND with @suvankarpal.bsky.social & Prof. Chandran honouring the late Euan MacDonald during a symposium organised by @euanscentre.bsky.social
(photos - Uni of Edinburgh)
(photos - Uni of Edinburgh)
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Sen. Paul is right. These are murders.
Rand Paul on Trump's strikes on boats: "I would call them extrajudicial killings. This is akin to what China does, what Iran does with drug dealers -- they summarily execute people without presenting evidence to the public. So it's wrong."
October 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Sen. Paul is right. These are murders.
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It wasn't fake. It was edited. But Reagan really did spend a five-minute speech – an April 25, 1987, national radio address that the Reagan Library has published on YouTube – to rail against tariffs. It was a full-throated expression of support for free and fair trade.
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It wasn't fake. It was edited. But Reagan really did spend a five-minute speech – an April 25, 1987, national radio address that the Reagan Library has published on YouTube – to rail against tariffs. It was a full-throated expression of support for free and fair trade.
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv
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The East Wing was built in 1902 & rebuilt in 1942, long after asbestos was used as a fire retardant. So, I’m sure the White House took steps to prevent a known carcinogen from entering the air during the current willy-nilly demolition.
Kidding! These irresponsible assholes don’t care who they kill.
Kidding! These irresponsible assholes don’t care who they kill.
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The East Wing was built in 1902 & rebuilt in 1942, long after asbestos was used as a fire retardant. So, I’m sure the White House took steps to prevent a known carcinogen from entering the air during the current willy-nilly demolition.
Kidding! These irresponsible assholes don’t care who they kill.
Kidding! These irresponsible assholes don’t care who they kill.
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Look, the Times was obviously unable to confirm at time of publication what the brown liquid that looked like diarrhea and that appeared to have been dumped from an AI-generated jet fighter by the president of United was intended to represent in his mind.
NYT sanewashing extends, apparently, to sparing NYT readers from a description of Trump's literal shit.
October 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Look, the Times was obviously unable to confirm at time of publication what the brown liquid that looked like diarrhea and that appeared to have been dumped from an AI-generated jet fighter by the president of United was intended to represent in his mind.
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Tomorrow's "No Kings" protests are, in part, protesting the shameless, dangerous lies the regime and its sycophants are telling on TV about the "No Kings" protesters themselves.
Disreputable, dishonest, authoritarian regimes slander peaceful citizens who oppose them.
Disreputable, dishonest, authoritarian regimes slander peaceful citizens who oppose them.
October 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Tomorrow's "No Kings" protests are, in part, protesting the shameless, dangerous lies the regime and its sycophants are telling on TV about the "No Kings" protesters themselves.
Disreputable, dishonest, authoritarian regimes slander peaceful citizens who oppose them.
Disreputable, dishonest, authoritarian regimes slander peaceful citizens who oppose them.
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.