Dr. Margo C. Watt

Paul Conroy’s Last Photo Essay: Cuba’s Moment of Reckoning Veteran war photographer and correspondent Paul Conroy died of natural causes a short time after returning from Cuba with this report of another city under siege. He never stopped bearing witness

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www.mediaite.com UN Secretary General Condemns US and Israeli Strikes on Iran: ‘Grave Threat to International Peace’

UN Secretary General Condemns US and Israeli Strikes on Iran: ‘Grave Threat to International Peace’ Mediaite

The Gravitas of Hillary Rodham Welcome to Chappaqua

We all lost when Hilary lost. 😞 substack.com/@kmeggleston...

Sociopaths are terrific at spotting other sociopaths.

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When the President mocks the US women’s hockey team after a win, that’s not harmless banter. Misogyny is alive and well. And as a physician, let me be clear: misogyny is a public health threat to women’s health.

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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."

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

A picture of bad bunny with the word love

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

The Psychology of Goons: Why Authoritarians Always Find Enforcers From the Sheriff of Nottingham’s men in the Robin Hood legends to the Nazi Gestapo, Soviet KGB, Pinochet’s DINA, and modern police in various authoritarian states, the tyrants groom their enforcers.

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Today in Psychology (1st Feb 1844), Granville Stanley Hall was born. A key figure in the development of modern psychology, Hall earned the first Ph.D. degree in psychology to be awarded in the United States.

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#psychology #PsychologyFacts

More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.

Palestinians do not need another peace circus, nor shark billionaires who view Gaza through the prism of a real-estate opportunity rather than a people. There can be no “peace” that erases Palestinian agency while entrenching Israeli criminal impunity.

Thank you, Charlie Angus!

American owned newspaper asks convicted criminal who was pardoned by Trump to weigh in on Canadian affairs.
Now over to the guy on the beach in Costa Rica.

This👇!!!!!

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

People in winter clothes at a vigil for Alex Pretti. One person in a medical mask and gloves holds a poster that says JUSTICE FOR ALEX PRETTI. A headline reads: "Alex Pretti, the Man Killed by Agents, Was a Nurse and U.S. Citizen" Photo by David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents on Saturday, was a registered nurse who worked in the ICU at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. “He wanted to be helpful, to help humanity and have a career that was a force of good in the world,” a colleague said. trib.al/0Yb3jXF

I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.

Two former presidents felt compelled to comment publicly

The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*

Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."

Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

Domestic violence groups sound alarm after 4 women killed in Quebec so far in 2026 Advocates and organizations are raising red flags after four women have been killed in 2026 in Quebec.

It’s called Femicide

“This is the tip of the iceberg,” said Thibaudeau. “There are so many women facing intimate partner violence in our society and femicide is the ultimate price to pay.”

Four women killed in #Quebec so far in 2026 💔

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Carney:

"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".

🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them:

"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."

"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)

Two Thousand Miles to Pictou: Part II American pastoral.

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