English American. Older than my namesake's books. Not fond of fascists or ignorance. Enjoy humor, history, science. Cancer patient. Occasionally vent!

Stuck in a CA desert
Joined July 2023
Replying to @GeorgeTakei
Those who wish to find out just how well written a book can be should try John Sweeney's Killer in the Kremlin! I am half way through my copy - and oh my goodness!
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James Bond, MA (Oxon) retweeted
Wow! U.S. Senator @ElissaSlotkin just said that Trump "wants Putin to win" the war with Ukraine this winter: "I think this president in the past two weeks has laid bare that he's had this longstanding bromance with Putin. I think in the last two weeks it's become very clear he wants Putin to win this war this winter. And he's taking steps to allow them to sell oil and give them money again, to disrupt Starlink, to show the Ukrainians where his hand actually lies. I think that's a huge strategic mistake for the United States."
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This is horrific. Residents of occupied Oleshky who wish to escape to free Ukraine will not be allowed to cross the Dnipro River – which is less than 4 km away. They will be taken to occupied Crimea or to the Russian Federation, where they will be subjected to coercive measures.
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Absolutely appalling. #Traitor
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Not just a betrayal of Ukraine, but to Europe also. The Trump administration is actively supporting Putin’s invasion.
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The Trump administration is considering dropping sanctions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund, run by Kirill Dmitriev. An unbelievable betrayal of Ukraine. nytimes.com/2026/10/27/us/po… via @NYTimes
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On your marks, set! Before the times of precapture you had to really look for tells of take off as you would often miss the moment. This was 4 years ago 👌🏿 Canon R5 and EF 400mm f2.8 + 2x tele mkiii SS1/3200 F8 ISO3200 #kingfisher #bird #birdoftheday #photography #wildlifephoto
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"Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody goes bankrupt there because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because their insurance said no."
This Australian's reply to Trump's rant about “NATO not being there for America” is perfect. "Mate. You run a country with 600,000 homeless people sleeping on the street tonight. A country where 40% of adults can't cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money. A country where insulin costs more than a car payment and people are rationing it to survive. A country where medical debt is the number 1 cause of bankruptcy. A country where women are dying in hospital car parks because doctors are too scared of abortion laws to treat a miscarriage. You lock up more of your own citizens than any nation on earth. More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea. The land of the free has 2 million people in cages, and a quarter of them haven't even been convicted of anything. They're just too poor to make bail. Your life expectancy is going backwards. You're the only developed nation where that's happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba's. Your kids do active shooter drills between maths and English while you sell the gunmaker's stock to your mates. Your minimum wage hasn't moved in 15 years. You've got teachers working 2 jobs and veterans sleeping under bridges and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that didn't attack you. And you’ve got a convicted felon, adjudicating raping, paedophile protecting, porn star shagging insurrectionist running the biggest dumpster fire war campaign since the Taliban in Afghanistan thanked you very much for losing again. And you're calling Greenland poorly run? Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody goes bankrupt there because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because their insurance said no. 'NATO wasn't there when we needed them." When exactly was that, champ? September 11? Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU. Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU. Australia wasn't even in NATO and we still showed up. For 20 years. And you pulled out at 2am without telling anyone and left them to deal with the mess. So maybe before you start calling other countries poorly run, have a look at your own backyard, you spray-tanned aluminium siding salesman. The only thing poorly run in this picture is your f----- mouth." Credit to: Jim Keller
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Shameful. Disgraceful.
Today we learned that it was a 28-year-old DOGE operative who gutted USAID, and HR had no record of him working there. Totally normal stuff.
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‼️This is absolutely despicable. Russia is planning to forcibly deport Ukrainian civilians from Oleshky to russian territory against their will!
🚨 FT: Residents of occupied Oleshky seeking evacuation would be taken to Crimea or Russia instead of Ukrainian-controlled territory just across the Dnipro River. This is a terrifying warning sign. Russia is preparing to turn an evacuation into a deportation operation. It will exploit people’s desperation for a propaganda stunt, put them through filtration camps, and forcibly keep them under Russian occupation, where they would remain in grave danger.
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Have a guess who this is a photograph of? It’s Vincent Van Gogh. I’m blown away that there is an actual photograph of him. How did I not know? He was 19 years old when this was taken. I can’t tell you who the photographer was as it’s not recorded.
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The head of Africa CDC has warned that the unprecedented Ebola outbreak could reach the UK. Comparing the threat to Covid, he said: "We want all countries to know that they are not safe." theguardian.com/global-devel…
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James Bond, MA (Oxon) retweeted
Hey @Meta 👋We are currently hosting a get-out-the-vote rally in Osceola County, home to a large Puerto Rican community, and our #LatinosConAngie @instagram page was suddenly taken down while we were actively posting content from the event. This page is a critical communication tool for reaching Latino voters and mobilizing our community. With just seven days until Election Day, every minute matters. We are calling on Meta to immediately restore the page and provide an explanation for its removal. Voters deserve access to critical election information, especially in these final days. @andymstone
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🔥1/Putin left his own hometown, St. Petersburg, without diesel so the tankers could sail to America for Trump’s photo-op. The oil superpower cannot even fuel its own backyard 🧵
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🔥 🐝 Guys, since Elon's latest algorithm changes, my posts are getting buried harder than ever If you see this thread, pls RT, reply & like. It helps get these posts seen, and the more people we reach, the more support we can raise for the Wild Hornets' drones #NAFO #NafoFellas
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Getting Finns to speak on the phone at all is difficult. This is enemy action which should produce a new generation of White Death snipers.
NEW: Vladimir Putin spent most of his call with the leaders of Finland and Norway ranting about Slavic history, underscoring Europe's tough task backing Ukraine in peace talks. The planned 20-minute call dragged on for 90. A ceasefire barely came up: ft.com/content/a384acd1-c90c…
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James Bond, MA (Oxon) retweeted
I created this photo using recent research so it relaxes your brain when you pause to look at the details. I'd so love to hear which is your favourite item in this collection (mine are the striped curlew feathers). As I'm sometimes too unwell to post here & the algorithm punishes creators who don't post every day, it would help so much if you could maybe RT my photo. Many thanks 🌿
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This is thoughtful reporting from the front lines in Ukraine.  War is shape-shifting in front of our eyes.  The question is whether the US military can learn and apply in an accelerating adaptive way.  And the best way to do that is to continue to support Ukraine. @thecipherbrief
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"this is not the affordability crisis you are suffering from"
Kevin Hassett: "The affordability crisis is a myth"
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I am sad to see this Dr. Shuford is brilliant: she helped lead Texas through COVID and the largest measles outbreak in 30 years The White House recruited her to restore trust in @CDCgov Her sudden departure portends badly for CDC’s commitment to protect the American people
SCOOP: The CDC's deputy director is leaving. Jennifer Shuford, an infectious-disease physician who had been Texas's health commissioner, was hired to help restore trust in CDC. Now she's out after six months. w @bylenasun washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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