Ruadh Grian
@ruadhgrian.bsky.social
Retired academic, cat lover, left of center. Formerly dismayed but now horrified at the lack of critical thinking skills among the general US population.
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Based upon images from Gearrannan Blackhouse Village, Isle of Lewis. Oil on Fabriano, 70 x 100cm
#oilpainting #scotland #isleoflewis #outerhebrides
#oilpainting #scotland #isleoflewis #outerhebrides
November 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Based upon images from Gearrannan Blackhouse Village, Isle of Lewis. Oil on Fabriano, 70 x 100cm
#oilpainting #scotland #isleoflewis #outerhebrides
#oilpainting #scotland #isleoflewis #outerhebrides
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there is no reason to expect—or fear—computers becoming intelligent. we should be afraid that people have already stopped thinking for themselves
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
there is no reason to expect—or fear—computers becoming intelligent. we should be afraid that people have already stopped thinking for themselves
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And now for some of my very favourite Smol Paul moments in no particular order, starting with the first ever yeet
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
And now for some of my very favourite Smol Paul moments in no particular order, starting with the first ever yeet
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The Montana Plan could be the tool we need to free ourselves from Citizens United. It uses an entirely different mechanism to ban corporate money from politics. wessiler.substack.com/p/citizens-u...
Citizens United Broke American Politics. This New Plan From Montana Aims To Fix That
By removing dark money from politics, The Montana Plan could restore American democracy
wessiler.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Montana Plan could be the tool we need to free ourselves from Citizens United. It uses an entirely different mechanism to ban corporate money from politics. wessiler.substack.com/p/citizens-u...
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Found this guy buried in the snow this morning. Not sure what to do with him!?!?!
November 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Found this guy buried in the snow this morning. Not sure what to do with him!?!?!
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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Joanne Woodward won the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of three personalities in the 🇺🇸American film noir drama “THE THREE FACES OF EVE” (1957) directed by Nunnally Johnson and co-starring David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb
🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #Noirvember
🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #Noirvember
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Joanne Woodward won the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of three personalities in the 🇺🇸American film noir drama “THE THREE FACES OF EVE” (1957) directed by Nunnally Johnson and co-starring David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb
🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #Noirvember
🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #Noirvember
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The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
robertreich.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
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I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
November 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
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Chaos has engulfed the first 24 hours of the inaugural 'Your Party' conference in Liverpool, with Zarah Sultana boycotting the first day of the event, Jeremy Corbyn facing "witch-hunt" allegations, and an entryism row
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
“End The Witch-hunt”: The First 24 Hours At The Chaotic ‘Your Party’ Conference
Chaos has engulfed the first 24 hours of the inaugural conference of ‘Your Party’, the new political party being founded by Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Su...
www.politicshome.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Chaos has engulfed the first 24 hours of the inaugural 'Your Party' conference in Liverpool, with Zarah Sultana boycotting the first day of the event, Jeremy Corbyn facing "witch-hunt" allegations, and an entryism row
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
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South Queensferry before the road bridge, early-1960s. Pic: IRJ Woods Collection
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
South Queensferry before the road bridge, early-1960s. Pic: IRJ Woods Collection
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Mural at the entrance to Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital.
Pic: paul4jags | Threads
Pic: paul4jags | Threads
November 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Mural at the entrance to Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital.
Pic: paul4jags | Threads
Pic: paul4jags | Threads
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over ‘Kill Them All’ Orders
A follow-up missile allegedly killed survivors of a U.S. strike on a drug boat.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
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Billy Wilder’s multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸American drama “THE LOST WEEKEND” starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard da Silva, Doris Dowling and Frank Faylen premiered #OnThisDay in 1945 at the Paramount Theatre, Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles
🎬 Paramount Pictures
🎞 #Noirvember
🎬 Paramount Pictures
🎞 #Noirvember
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Billy Wilder’s multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸American drama “THE LOST WEEKEND” starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard da Silva, Doris Dowling and Frank Faylen premiered #OnThisDay in 1945 at the Paramount Theatre, Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles
🎬 Paramount Pictures
🎞 #Noirvember
🎬 Paramount Pictures
🎞 #Noirvember
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We Ain't Buying It: Turning our Dollars into Defiance
open.substack.com/pub/thepeopl...
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We Ain't Buying It: Turning our Dollars into Defiance
Today is day one of the We Ain’t Buying It blackout.
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We Ain't Buying It: Turning our Dollars into Defiance
open.substack.com/pub/thepeopl...
open.substack.com/pub/thepeopl...
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One of my favorite Douglas Adams quotes:
“All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
“All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
One of my favorite Douglas Adams quotes:
“All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
“All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.”
More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
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🌎 From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, workers and allies across 30+ countries unite to say: Enough is enough. It's time to #MakeAmazonPay. Join us in demanding fair wages, union rights, environmental responsibility, and tax justice! 📣
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🌎 From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, workers and allies across 30+ countries unite to say: Enough is enough. It's time to #MakeAmazonPay. Join us in demanding fair wages, union rights, environmental responsibility, and tax justice! 📣
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Tell Congress: in the war against Putin’s aggression, there are not “fine people on both sides.”
Stand with Ukraine. Not with Putin.
Stand with Ukraine. Not with Putin.
Tell Congress: Stand with Ukraine over Russia
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Tell Congress: in the war against Putin’s aggression, there are not “fine people on both sides.”
Stand with Ukraine. Not with Putin.
Stand with Ukraine. Not with Putin.
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If you still don’t want to leave Spotify (despite the fact you can transfer your playlists to other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE), we ask you not to share your Spotify Wrapped this year.
Spotify is running ads to recruit for the regime’s secret police. Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you still don’t want to leave Spotify (despite the fact you can transfer your playlists to other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE), we ask you not to share your Spotify Wrapped this year.
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Okay, okay. Time for some real holiday cheer.
A Christmas Carol (1984)
The classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, haunted by three ghosts before Christmas Day.
George C. Scott is still a powerful force, and makes this TV movie an all timer.
Who's seen this one? Or what's your definitive Christmas Carol?
A Christmas Carol (1984)
The classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, haunted by three ghosts before Christmas Day.
George C. Scott is still a powerful force, and makes this TV movie an all timer.
Who's seen this one? Or what's your definitive Christmas Carol?
November 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Okay, okay. Time for some real holiday cheer.
A Christmas Carol (1984)
The classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, haunted by three ghosts before Christmas Day.
George C. Scott is still a powerful force, and makes this TV movie an all timer.
Who's seen this one? Or what's your definitive Christmas Carol?
A Christmas Carol (1984)
The classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, haunted by three ghosts before Christmas Day.
George C. Scott is still a powerful force, and makes this TV movie an all timer.
Who's seen this one? Or what's your definitive Christmas Carol?
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Even now, thinking about himself
November 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Even now, thinking about himself