Paul McMenamin
scottishkiwi.bsky.social
Paul McMenamin
@scottishkiwi.bsky.social
Him/He. Human( mostly) ex-cancer haver( sort of , definitely not a survivor just lucky) Not ADHD ( well maybe if you believe those lying doctors, counsellors , family members) One of those lying doctors . Father , husband, adoptive doggie dad. Views owns
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Greg Bovino sadly filling one steamer trunk after another with elaborate fashy overcoats, the teargas canisters he always has bouncing around on him like labubus, and dozens of "chest-belts." They will be shipped ahead of him as he prepares to return to his home, which is a men's size 10 boot.
January 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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"Every time a scientist abdicates work to an AI tool, that is a tacit admission that the work is not worth being done by the scientist. Perhaps we skip a seminar & read the AI summary. Maybe we generate a 15min podcast of a new book. Perhaps an LLM does the literature search for our latest paper."
January 27, 2026 at 4:56 AM
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took a picture of my dog that looks like a New Yorker profile about her getting her life back on track after she was cancelled for calling basset hounds "lazy" and "unnecessary"
January 26, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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Minnesotans are showing the soul of the United States to the world.
January 25, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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Being surrounded by people who talk too much can be confusing to the many voices in my head.
January 23, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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This is one hell of a quote. European leaders really are running out of patience.
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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new: during 2 competing rallies outside the Supreme Court as it heard a case on trans youth sports, police swarmed a trans woman and advocate after an anti-trans commentator yelled assault—releasing her and arresting him for assault after watching the tape

"This is about power" @us.theguardian.com
‘They’re here to antagonize us’: trans advocates say hostility at rallies is up as supreme court hears key case
As high court considers trans kids’ participation in school sports, tensions run high between opposing protest groups
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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Hello Tim Cook I worked at Tumblr when you gave us 48 hours to get rid of all the consenting, adult boobs. Up all night at your whim, out of the blue. But you're still cool with Twitter and its CSAM and revenge porn and whatever the fuck this is? Why do you even HAVE guidelines?
Previously, several of these companies, like Apple, IBM, and Disney, have paused advertising on X in response to antisemitic content. But antisemitism on X never slowed, sexual abuse imagery increased, and all of these companies quietly resumed advertising anyways.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
Why isn't there a bigger Grok boycott?
Advertisers, politicians, and investors are still all-in on X, despite a sexual abuse crisis.
spitfirenews.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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wow really helpful, thank you new york times
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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January 8, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Holy fuck they actually did it
January 8, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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Story updated with new brand new photos of Jonathan Ross, one in Iraq, and with more new info about the officer who killed Renee Good:

theintercept.com/2026/01/08/i...
January 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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OLD JOHN BROWN'S BODY LIES A MOLDERING IN THE GRAVE,
WHILE WEEP THE SONS OF BONDAGE WHOM HE VENTURED ALL TO SAVE;
BUT THOUGH HE SLEEPS HIS LIFE WAS LOST WHILE STRUGGLING FOR THE SLAVE,
HIS SOUL IS MARCHING ON.

GLORY, GLORY HALLELUJAH! (X3)
HIS SOUL GOES MARCHING ON.
Blood and stuffies. Trump’s America.
January 8, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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GROK IS GENERATING ABOUT ‘ONE NONCONSENSUAL SEXUALIZED IMAGE PER MINUTE www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Grok Is Generating About 'One Nonconsensual Sexualized Image Per Minute'
Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok keeps churning out nonconsenual images of women and minors in bikinis and lingerie, outraging users and regulators
www.rollingstone.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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words from lexi alexander, who had been suspended from this platform for being palestinian
January 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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Indeed, if you think Trump is bad but you're fine with Alistair Campbell having a nice podcast where he tells liberals they're very clever, you're a baby brained chowderhead of the first water.
Alistair Campbell is a nice guy now 🙏
January 4, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:

⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year

Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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December 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM