Meloni61
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When the history of this cruel era is written, the shame should be no less than the shame we now feel about the roundups and detention of Japanese Americans in World War II. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-brazen-cruelty-of-the-trump-regime
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When the history of this cruel era is written, the shame should be no less than the shame we now feel about the roundups and detention of Japanese Americans in World War II. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-brazen-cruelty-of-the-trump-regime
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Israeli soldiers celebrate Christmas by shooting a machine gun randomly into homes in the West Bank.
Even at Christmas they don't stop committing War Crimes.
Even at Christmas they don't stop committing War Crimes.
December 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Israeli soldiers celebrate Christmas by shooting a machine gun randomly into homes in the West Bank.
Even at Christmas they don't stop committing War Crimes.
Even at Christmas they don't stop committing War Crimes.
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What an absolutely marvellous Christmas story
However bad things get, we must never forget that there is a great deal of good in the world, even if it is hard to see these days
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
However bad things get, we must never forget that there is a great deal of good in the world, even if it is hard to see these days
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
What an absolutely marvellous Christmas story
However bad things get, we must never forget that there is a great deal of good in the world, even if it is hard to see these days
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
However bad things get, we must never forget that there is a great deal of good in the world, even if it is hard to see these days
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Don’t hold the fact that some of my nonsense is in this against Lev. The other stuff (especially the Rob Reiner bits) is marvellous
I’m on my nonsense again. The last Six Things of 2025:
- Radio TV Times
- a Christmas Cracker
- Batman smells
- Rob Reiner
- 52 Things
- Georacer
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
- Radio TV Times
- a Christmas Cracker
- Batman smells
- Rob Reiner
- 52 Things
- Georacer
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
Six Things, Volume 140
Radio TV Times | Cracker | Batman | Reiner | 52 Things | Georacers
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Don’t hold the fact that some of my nonsense is in this against Lev. The other stuff (especially the Rob Reiner bits) is marvellous
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The number of flowering species is falling now (and will fall further before the NYPH no doubt) but some sturdy types are hanging on - pleased to find this Small-flowered Crane’s-bill
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
December 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The number of flowering species is falling now (and will fall further before the NYPH no doubt) but some sturdy types are hanging on - pleased to find this Small-flowered Crane’s-bill
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
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Blue Fleabane is still to be found. The Latin name Erigeron means “old man’s ear-hair” apparently - very accurate!
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
December 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Blue Fleabane is still to be found. The Latin name Erigeron means “old man’s ear-hair” apparently - very accurate!
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
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14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
December 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
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How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has no choice but to teach Trump a lesson about free speech
The corporation may have lost a director general, but now needs to prove it still has a spine
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.
December 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.
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Welcome to the UK where a right wing academic seeks to defend a man who wrote:
'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.'
By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"
'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.'
By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"
December 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Welcome to the UK where a right wing academic seeks to defend a man who wrote:
'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.'
By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"
'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.'
By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"
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Worth a shot at least, amirite?
December 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Worth a shot at least, amirite?
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Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
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The English countryside in a nutshell.
December 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The English countryside in a nutshell.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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His opportunism is bad enough.
But never forget that this is the same Nigel Farage who allegedly made hissing noises and whispered "Hitler was right" to a Jewish contemporary at school.
Things he has NEVER apologised for.
But never forget that this is the same Nigel Farage who allegedly made hissing noises and whispered "Hitler was right" to a Jewish contemporary at school.
Things he has NEVER apologised for.
December 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
His opportunism is bad enough.
But never forget that this is the same Nigel Farage who allegedly made hissing noises and whispered "Hitler was right" to a Jewish contemporary at school.
Things he has NEVER apologised for.
But never forget that this is the same Nigel Farage who allegedly made hissing noises and whispered "Hitler was right" to a Jewish contemporary at school.
Things he has NEVER apologised for.
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The real divide in America isn’t whether or not you believe this. Literally no one believes this.
The real divide is between the people who think lying should matter—and the people who’ll make an exception for our Great Leader.
The real divide is between the people who think lying should matter—and the people who’ll make an exception for our Great Leader.
Trump suggests he actually won California last year but it was “rigged”
December 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The real divide in America isn’t whether or not you believe this. Literally no one believes this.
The real divide is between the people who think lying should matter—and the people who’ll make an exception for our Great Leader.
The real divide is between the people who think lying should matter—and the people who’ll make an exception for our Great Leader.
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Arable weeds in a harrowed-not-sprayed field near Dover.
Plants like Dwarf Spurge, Field Madder and Dense-flowered Fumitory are good to see, especially in December.
#wildflowerhour #wnter10
Plants like Dwarf Spurge, Field Madder and Dense-flowered Fumitory are good to see, especially in December.
#wildflowerhour #wnter10
December 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Arable weeds in a harrowed-not-sprayed field near Dover.
Plants like Dwarf Spurge, Field Madder and Dense-flowered Fumitory are good to see, especially in December.
#wildflowerhour #wnter10
Plants like Dwarf Spurge, Field Madder and Dense-flowered Fumitory are good to see, especially in December.
#wildflowerhour #wnter10
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Labour are attacking Greens. Fine. I have yet to see any party that has entirely affordable aspirations.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Labour are attacking Greens. Fine. I have yet to see any party that has entirely affordable aspirations.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
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Strolling round Sandwich we happened upon St Clement’s church, where the churchyard is sensitively managed for wildlife. @kentwildlife.bsky.social www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/rewildi...
December 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Strolling round Sandwich we happened upon St Clement’s church, where the churchyard is sensitively managed for wildlife. @kentwildlife.bsky.social www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/rewildi...
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Plentiful Cut-Leaved Dead-Nettle in a newly-planted orchard brightened up a dull floral week #wildflowerhour
December 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Plentiful Cut-Leaved Dead-Nettle in a newly-planted orchard brightened up a dull floral week #wildflowerhour
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In a grim world, this story is a necessary source of joy and laughter.
news.sky.com/story/jeremy...
news.sky.com/story/jeremy...
Jeremy Corbyn declines to call Zarah Sultana a friend as Your Party holds first conference
Ms Sultana had previously claimed she was being "sidelined" by a "sexist boys' club" within the fledgling party.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In a grim world, this story is a necessary source of joy and laughter.
news.sky.com/story/jeremy...
news.sky.com/story/jeremy...
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It's a mark of our moral disintegration that there's even a discussion about Ukraine giving up land. To even countenance it is to reward colonialism.
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It's a mark of our moral disintegration that there's even a discussion about Ukraine giving up land. To even countenance it is to reward colonialism.
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Look how visibly excited Robert Jenrick is by his brilliance as a statesman; how high on his own supply.
It is astonishing that this bitter, angry, talentless bingo-caller is considered a serious prospect in a major party. If he or Badenoch are the best they can do, what does it say about the rest?
It is astonishing that this bitter, angry, talentless bingo-caller is considered a serious prospect in a major party. If he or Badenoch are the best they can do, what does it say about the rest?
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Look how visibly excited Robert Jenrick is by his brilliance as a statesman; how high on his own supply.
It is astonishing that this bitter, angry, talentless bingo-caller is considered a serious prospect in a major party. If he or Badenoch are the best they can do, what does it say about the rest?
It is astonishing that this bitter, angry, talentless bingo-caller is considered a serious prospect in a major party. If he or Badenoch are the best they can do, what does it say about the rest?
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Tree of Hell (Ailanthus altissima) shot yesterday in the Dickinson Narrows.
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Tree of Hell (Ailanthus altissima) shot yesterday in the Dickinson Narrows.