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This clip should be in every Dem campaign ad until the day he’s gone and the media is barely talking about it.

Sheldon Cooper in Big Bang Theory, "I am not crazy. My mother had me tested."

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we go live to Heard Island:

That's how it is done.

So every other day we see Trump endorsing Orban and Fico and every other day we have Rubio telling us we have to "reverse the decline" of Europe.
Exactly how stupid do you think we are?

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Ancient bacteria from 5,000-year-old ice reveals clues to fighting superbugs Five-thousand-year-old microbes reveal nature’s antibiotic arms race, and hold clues to both the threat of drug resistance and the cure.

When it comes to antimicrobials, we've brought a spoon to a bazooka fight.

theconversation.com/ancient-bact...

The Trump administration is government without policy. It is all about Trump, period.

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

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Watters can't seem to decide which is worse; that he is a fascist or that people know he is a fascist.

Are parties responsive to public opinion? In my first research note, just published in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, I find consistent evidence that parties across the EU shift their positions to align with the preferences of their partisan supporters: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
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Because Trump only speaks one language.
Bigly.

YouTube video by AP Archive President Bush reacts to Obama's victory in 2008 election

This is how it is done.
youtu.be/HcOgwJ9uAMQ?...

NEW: Huge cheers earlier for the Ukrainian athletes at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

Then huge BOOS as JD Vance comes on the big screen in the stadium.

Even the commentators can’t hide it…

“You are one pathetic loser!” Lloyd Christmas

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Co-guest edited by @gcapano.bsky.social, Philippe Zittoun & Stefania Profeti, the Special Issue analyses the politics of governing #crises

The contributions examine crisis governance across continents and policy sectors👇

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They should all have stood up, left their press cards and walked out like they did at the State Department press briefing.

The really sad part is that NYT will do what the rest of the media, universities, Congress, and corporations do. They will cave to Trump.

Doktorand i statsvetenskap med inriktning offentlig förvaltning Statsvetenskapliga institutionen är en dynamisk och stark utbildnings- och forskningsmiljö vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Stockholms universitet. Institutionens mål är att vara nationel

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This is funny, but also brilliant. Once people go down the path (of any wrong decision), it is sooooo hard to turn back -- because it is tantamount to admitting you were foolish. As hard as it is, we need to offer soft landings and gentle off ramps (which is what we'd want too)

Trump hangs picture of himself and Vladimir Putin in latest White House redecoration Trump hangs picture of himself and Vladimir Putin in latest White House redecoration

Trump hangs picture of himself and Vladimir Putin in latest White House redecoration

How do #PublicOrganisations undertake policy learning to influence policymaking and governance❓

@bishoyzaki.bsky.social suggests #OrganisationalPolicyLearning as a process by which they seek and process information & knowledge about policy & governance 👇

doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

We also have a greater woodpecker visiting us!

Tim Stanley - Trump controls the world, and Britain ought to let him have it

Tim Stanley - Britain must declare independence from America or it will die

11th January 2026
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WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?

BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency

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