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Dilettante at 56Β°N. Writer, copy-editor, proofreader, TV subtitler, molecular biologist, one-time fashion model, two-time star* of STV's Take The High Road. Fiction, history of science and medicine. * corridor nurse, woman on the loch shore

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In a way, aren't we all just some wig's meat puppet?

07.10.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a true pro, though, its lips never moved.

07.10.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gottle a gittish geer.

07.10.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

BLORP indeed.

07.10.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep.

07.10.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Justin Bieber films new music video in Dundee pub The Canadian singer was seen in Abandon Ship in the city centre at the weekend.
07.10.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Succession - Kendall Rapping
YouTube video by Luca Pennisi Succession - Kendall Rapping

Justin Bieber films new music video in Dundee pub, you say?

07.10.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

THREE FUCKING YEARS OF THESE HEADLINES ARE YOU SHITTING ME?!

07.10.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Okay, I confess, my unfathomable attachment to breathing was single-handedly responsible for global heating all along. You've got me bang to rights. Sorry, everyone. You can all once again jet off for the weekend with a clear conscience.

07.10.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Dozens of sex toys have been found washed up on a Scottish beach.

Dozens of sex toys have been found washed up on a Scottish beach.

RISQUE GALORE

07.10.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 555    πŸ” 151    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 17
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SARS-CoV-2 delta and omicron variants alter trophoblast cell fusion and syncytiotrophoblast dynamics: new insights into placental vulnerability - Cell Death & Disease Cell Death & Disease - SARS-CoV-2 delta and omicron variants alter trophoblast cell fusion and syncytiotrophoblast dynamics: new insights into placental vulnerability

Pregnancy and C-19 are NOT good friends πŸ€¬β€ΌοΈ

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

07.10.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

"One of us! One of us!"

07.10.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll admit I know next to nothing about any of them.

07.10.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Luciani was elected on the fourth ballot of the August 1978 papal conclave. Luciani had previously said to his secretary, Father Diego Lorenzi, and Father Prospero Grech (later a cardinal himself), that he would decline the papacy if elected, and that he intended to vote for AloΓ­sio Lorscheider, whom he met in Brazil.[4] Cardinal Sin of the Philippines told him: "You will be the new pope."[16]

Luciani was elected on the fourth ballot of the August 1978 papal conclave. Luciani had previously said to his secretary, Father Diego Lorenzi, and Father Prospero Grech (later a cardinal himself), that he would decline the papacy if elected, and that he intended to vote for AloΓ­sio Lorscheider, whom he met in Brazil.[4] Cardinal Sin of the Philippines told him: "You will be the new pope."[16]

Old men were more reliably terminal in those days. I'm reminded of Pope John Paul I, and my sister taking a look at the telly and saying well he's not got long. Which has now led me to this strange detail from his Wiki page: there was a Cardinal Sin!

07.10.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The dread common-sense groupthink is unkillable.

07.10.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Cartoon of 2 people having a coffee
1st square - Person 1 β€œLet's not talk about politics anymore, I can't bear it” β€œ
Person 2 β€œSame” 
2nd square - Both stare silently
3rd square - Person 1 β€œTHE THING IS THOUGH…”
Person 2 β€œTHOSE FUCKING IDIOTS”
@emilyscartoons

Cartoon of 2 people having a coffee 1st square - Person 1 β€œLet's not talk about politics anymore, I can't bear it” β€œ Person 2 β€œSame” 2nd square - Both stare silently 3rd square - Person 1 β€œTHE THING IS THOUGH…” Person 2 β€œTHOSE FUCKING IDIOTS” @emilyscartoons

We all have the same conversation, everyday πŸ˜‚

07.10.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my God this.

07.10.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 535    πŸ” 200    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re right: protesting genocide is β€˜anti British’, as historically it’s often been the British supporting and on occasion committing genocide.

07.10.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

I'm a little nostalgic for those heady days post Brezhnev when General Secretaries only lasted a year at a time.

07.10.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Journalistic disingenuousness plumbs ever deeper lows.

07.10.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you read Emma Smith's Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers?

06.10.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They should come with assorted pipe cleaners and bottle brushes for all those awkward corners.

06.10.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No but I'll get right on it, Sarge.

06.10.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Chart showing a full moon and a dot for Saturn nearby.

Chart showing a full moon and a dot for Saturn nearby.

Tonight's full moon will be a Super #HarvestMoon, bigger and brighter! It’ll be the 1st of 4 #supermoons in a row. The #moon will be visible all night and will be close to #Saturn. For more sky events, visit EarthSky's night sky guide:
buff.ly/mP9BY1V

πŸ“Έ EarthSky.org.

06.10.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Two years of all-out war in Gaza As the genocide in Gaza continues, world leaders must take action now to stop the horrors.

We are calling for an immediate ceasefire and a surge of lifesaving humanitarian aid. All remaining hostages taken in Israel must be allowed to return home, and Palestinians held in arbitrary detention must be released.

www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/two-y...

06.10.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

MSF is calling on leadersβ€―β€―to stop the genocide. States must stop sending weapons to Israel that are being used to kill and maim civilians.

06.10.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed. Nearly 2 million have been forcibly displaced.

We are confronting a grim reality: Doctors can’t stop genocide. World leaders can.

06.10.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Over the past two years, Israeli forces have systematically destroyed the conditions necessary for life in the Stripβ€”attacking hospitals; striking camps for displaced people; destroying vital civilian infrastructure; and choking off access to food, water, medicines, and other basic needs.

06.10.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

On October 7, 2023, Hamas militants launched a horrific attack inside Israel, leaving 1,200 people dead and taking 251 people hostage.

In response, the Israeli military launched an all-out war in Gaza.

06.10.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two years of all-out war in Gaza As the genocide in Gaza continues, world leaders must take action now to stop the horrors.

For two agonizing years in Gaza, we’ve been providing surgical care, wound and burn care, malnutrition screening and treatment, maternal and pediatric care, and other vital services while working under fire and under siege.β€―www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/two-y...

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