Colin Farlow
@coleccs.bsky.social
Despairing UK citizen (or is it 'subject of our King?)
Also in despair at where the Anthropocene is taking us and our children.
Also in despair at where the Anthropocene is taking us and our children.
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Rodents, whose evolution separated from humans some 80 million years ago, make poor models for medical testing.
Do lab mice, held in stressful, unnatural conditions, make even worse models?
Seems likely ....
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Do lab mice, held in stressful, unnatural conditions, make even worse models?
Seems likely ....
phys.org/news/2025-12...
From cages to fields: Lab mice lose their anxiety after a week outdoors
When postdoctoral researcher Matthew Zipple releases lab mice into a large, enclosed field just off Cornell's campus, something remarkable happens.
phys.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Rodents, whose evolution separated from humans some 80 million years ago, make poor models for medical testing.
Do lab mice, held in stressful, unnatural conditions, make even worse models?
Seems likely ....
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Do lab mice, held in stressful, unnatural conditions, make even worse models?
Seems likely ....
phys.org/news/2025-12...
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Two months after POLITICO exposed a racist Young Republican group chat, the NYC chapter showed it’s willing to welcome almost anyone.
Its gala featured a white nationalist and far-right German politicians — while GOP elected officials stayed away.
Its gala featured a white nationalist and far-right German politicians — while GOP elected officials stayed away.
New York Young Republican Club gala draws white nationalist, far-right Germans as elected officials skip out
The annual soiree took place as young Republican groups across the country are reeling from POLITICO’s reporting on a racist and antisemitic chat group among prominent leaders.
politi.co
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Two months after POLITICO exposed a racist Young Republican group chat, the NYC chapter showed it’s willing to welcome almost anyone.
Its gala featured a white nationalist and far-right German politicians — while GOP elected officials stayed away.
Its gala featured a white nationalist and far-right German politicians — while GOP elected officials stayed away.
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President Donald Trump refused to walk back his insensitive Truth Social post about the murder of Hollywood legend of Rob Reiner.
Trump: I Was Not A Fan Of Rob Reiner
President Donald Trump refused to walk back his insensitive Truth Social post about the murder of Hollywood legend of Rob Reiner.
www.huffpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
President Donald Trump refused to walk back his insensitive Truth Social post about the murder of Hollywood legend of Rob Reiner.
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I saw this and had to check it wasn't faked or a spoof. Sadly, it is real.
Every time I think Trump has reached the nadir of decency and propriety, some hellish trapdoor opens, revealing a hitherto undiscovered sub-basement of obscenity and barbarity. ~AA
Every time I think Trump has reached the nadir of decency and propriety, some hellish trapdoor opens, revealing a hitherto undiscovered sub-basement of obscenity and barbarity. ~AA
December 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I saw this and had to check it wasn't faked or a spoof. Sadly, it is real.
Every time I think Trump has reached the nadir of decency and propriety, some hellish trapdoor opens, revealing a hitherto undiscovered sub-basement of obscenity and barbarity. ~AA
Every time I think Trump has reached the nadir of decency and propriety, some hellish trapdoor opens, revealing a hitherto undiscovered sub-basement of obscenity and barbarity. ~AA
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The Latest: Rob Reiner's son in custody after deaths of director-writer and his wife
The Latest: Rob Reiner's son in custody after deaths of director-writer and his wife
The Latest: Rob Reiner's son in custody after deaths of director-writer and his wife
www.independent.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Latest: Rob Reiner's son in custody after deaths of director-writer and his wife
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You'd need a heart of stone not to laugh out loud ....
December 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
You'd need a heart of stone not to laugh out loud ....
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"Regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered," Rep. Thomas Massie wrote.
House Republicans Call Out Trump's Sick Rob Reiner Post
www.huffpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered," Rep. Thomas Massie wrote.
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I agree.
"This summer the bunting came out. It felt cheap and vulgar. We were remembering winning a war, not why it had been fought"
"I heard raw fury at President Trump for appeasing Vladimir Putin, echoing Neville Chamberlain’s yielding to Hitler."
Anthony Seldon
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
"This summer the bunting came out. It felt cheap and vulgar. We were remembering winning a war, not why it had been fought"
"I heard raw fury at President Trump for appeasing Vladimir Putin, echoing Neville Chamberlain’s yielding to Hitler."
Anthony Seldon
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
In 1945 we said ‘never again’, yet already we’ve forgotten | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I agree.
"This summer the bunting came out. It felt cheap and vulgar. We were remembering winning a war, not why it had been fought"
"I heard raw fury at President Trump for appeasing Vladimir Putin, echoing Neville Chamberlain’s yielding to Hitler."
Anthony Seldon
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
"This summer the bunting came out. It felt cheap and vulgar. We were remembering winning a war, not why it had been fought"
"I heard raw fury at President Trump for appeasing Vladimir Putin, echoing Neville Chamberlain’s yielding to Hitler."
Anthony Seldon
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Person of the Year? Every European other than those with family there should avoid travelling to the USA in solidarity.
The United States has imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, a United Nations official, and here she's asked how those sanctions have affected her.
December 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Person of the Year? Every European other than those with family there should avoid travelling to the USA in solidarity.
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Just for those who may be a little confused: “Pro-life” would be 20 Sandy Hook students being college sophomores this year.
December 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Just for those who may be a little confused: “Pro-life” would be 20 Sandy Hook students being college sophomores this year.
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The Trump regime is pushing for Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Italy to leave European Union, this is the latest ploy by MAGA to weaken support for Ukraine and help Russia. Trump's inner circle is hoping to plunder Ukraine's territories and dissolve the EU for financial gain.
December 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The Trump regime is pushing for Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Italy to leave European Union, this is the latest ploy by MAGA to weaken support for Ukraine and help Russia. Trump's inner circle is hoping to plunder Ukraine's territories and dissolve the EU for financial gain.
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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The very same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
The Farage Apologists
The same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The very same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
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‘“I can’t pay my rent with prestige,” one sign said. Another was a mock-up of the cover of Great Expectations, with “Great” crossed out and replaced by “Reasonable”.’
@anna-aslanyan.bsky.social on the picket line at the British Library, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
@anna-aslanyan.bsky.social on the picket line at the British Library, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line
On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
‘“I can’t pay my rent with prestige,” one sign said. Another was a mock-up of the cover of Great Expectations, with “Great” crossed out and replaced by “Reasonable”.’
@anna-aslanyan.bsky.social on the picket line at the British Library, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
@anna-aslanyan.bsky.social on the picket line at the British Library, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
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Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
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We must prepare for war with Russia, says Nato chief in stark new warning
We must prepare for war with Russia, says Nato chief in stark new warning
Mark Rutte warns allies to start ramping up preparations "for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured".
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We must prepare for war with Russia, says Nato chief in stark new warning
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U.S. Preparing To Seize More Tankers Off Venezuela's Coast: Report
U.S. Preparing To Seize More Tankers Off Venezuela's Coast: Report
U.S. Preparing To Seize More Tankers Off Venezuela's Coast: Report
www.huffpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
U.S. Preparing To Seize More Tankers Off Venezuela's Coast: Report
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Growing more common as the climate warms, once-rare “atmospheric rivers” could ultimately accelerate ice loss. https://scim.ag/4pwFAhx
Warm, humid ‘atmospheric rivers’ threaten Antarctica
Growing more common as climate warms, these once-rare events could ultimately accelerate ice loss
scim.ag
December 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Growing more common as the climate warms, once-rare “atmospheric rivers” could ultimately accelerate ice loss. https://scim.ag/4pwFAhx
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Last week I reported the Dept of Labor was holding its “Inaugural Secretary's Prayer Service." It took place yesterday and I've gotten disturbing reports, including comments made by right wing Rabbi Yaakov Menken.
This story confirms what I've been told: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/department...
This story confirms what I've been told: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/department...
![“Hanukkah is not just about a festival of lights. Hanukkah is about redemption from religious persecution,” Menken said during the DoL service. “The miracle of Hanukkah was a sign from God that [the Maccabees] had done the right thing and that they would be successful in their efforts.”
“We also live in a generation where too many, even in things that the Department of Labor deals with directly, are focused upon how to do it wrong, persecuting individuals based on their religious beliefs,” he added. “There are employers out there who will try to force even and, of course, in government to certify same-sex weddings, require preferred gender pronouns, force a baker to bake a cake celebrating something he doesn’t like, force nurses to perform abortions, endocrinologists to administer unnecessary and harmful hormones. And in too many firms, anyone with a Jewish name need not apply. Hanukkah tells us that not only that there is a right and a wrong, but there is an almighty God who stands with us when we fight to move in the right direction.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreiczmk7hz2vyvjp2mvoyzsvzs4wixecvl55ot3iwwpg7ihixab4h5m@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Last week I reported the Dept of Labor was holding its “Inaugural Secretary's Prayer Service." It took place yesterday and I've gotten disturbing reports, including comments made by right wing Rabbi Yaakov Menken.
This story confirms what I've been told: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/department...
This story confirms what I've been told: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/department...
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Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk