Maureen

American + @BritbyDescent (English mother) but I reject unfair path to British citizenship. Interests: birds, gardening, science, politics. Also @BookishMagpie

[Maureen @ViewFromEngland]

I have joined BlueSky:
https://t.co/QXBXGgs7xi
(books + science and politics)

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Oh my goodness. What an opening on 60 Minutes re Trump’s cabinet. This is how it’s done. Watch and share this.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Make America Healthy Again lasted less than a Scaramucci

[Nick Tyrone @NicholasTyrone]

The Conservative Party made yet another mistake in choosing their new leader, following years of consistently making mistakes (particularly around the choosing of leaders).

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

Hi friends!

I wanted to give a quick update on The Onion’s purchase of InfoWars, which we can’t wait to relaunch as the dumbest site on the internet.

Long and short of it: We won the bid and — you're not going to believe it — the previous InfoWars folks aren't taking it well.

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

I just moved into my new office! Yes it’s a bare wall windowless transition space in the basement that looks like the set of the show Severance, but that won’t stop me from being proud of what it took to get here to the Senate and excited for the opportunity.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Russia did exactly this to HRC in 2016, aiming to suppress her vote, and probably did. Musk no doubt did suppress Harris voting as well with these demotivation techniques. This should be illegal.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

As with Musk doing foreign policy and everything else, this is the privatization of public power, which is always followed by the privatization of public money into the same hands. We saw this in Russia and it's how to replace a democracy with oligarchy.

[Brent Erickson @BErickson_BIO]

Timothy Snyder "Imagine that you are a foreign leader who wishes to destroy the United States.  How could you do so?  The easiest way would be to get Americans to do the work themselves, to somehow induce Americans to undo their own health, law, administration, defense, and intelligence.  From this perspective, Trump's proposed appointments -- Kennedy, Jr.; Gaetz; Musk; Ramaswamy; Hegseth; Gabbard -- are perfect instruments.  They combine narcissism, incompetence, corruption, sexual incontinence, personal vulnerability, dangerous convictions, and foreign influence as no group before them has done.  These proposed appointments look like a decapitation strike: destroying the American government from the top, leaving the body politic to rot, and the rest of us to suffer.
I do not defend the status quo. I have no doubt whatsoever that the Department of Defense and the Food and Drug Administration require reform.  But such a reform, of these or other agencies, would have to be guided by people with knowledge and experience, who cared about their country, and who had a vision of improvement.  That is simply not what is happening here.  We are confronted instead with a group of people who, were they to hold the positions they have been assigned, could bring an end to the United States of America."

[Maureen @ViewFromEngland]

@Sofaflyer Thanks, Mike! I've followed back.

[Maureen @ViewFromEngland]

I have joined BlueSky:
https://t.co/QXBXGgs7xi
(books + science and politics)

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

“For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team”

Me for @BylineTimes⁩ on what Trump’s election means for US-UK-EU relations.

https://t.co/I0pHNXUI6x https://t.co/I0pHNXUI6x

[Jessica Simor KC @JMPSimor]

I take no position on Brexit but must point out that its consequences are disastrous. #classic.

[Anna Soubry 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇦🇪🇺🖤🤍 @Anna_Soubry]

Today’s growth stats show it is slowing. So which politician now has the courage to say the bleedin obvious ?
#Brexit has been bad for trade, bad for growth, bad for our economy and all would be significantly boosted if we at the very least joined the #EU custom union.

[Annette Dittert  @annettedittert]

It’s November 2024 and I am listening for the first time ever to BBCs ‚Today‘ talking about the damage Brexit has done to Britain. I mean, it has just been 8 years..

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Tick tock... Putin is searching for lifelines, but without giving up his invasion or even his stated goal of destroying Ukraine. Keep the pressure on.

[Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath]

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”

Hannah Arendt
The Origins of Totalitarianism

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Trump turning his cabinet into a freak show this time was predictable. He can’t run again, so in his mind he has nothing to gain from his administration being good or bad for the American people, including his voters. Settle scores, loot, do favors, put on a show for his image.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

As I was saying…

[Oliver Kamm @OliverKamm]

Against unimaginably stiff competition, this is the worst appointment of the lot. People will die if the dangerous nonsense espoused by this crank anti-vaxxer becomes public policy.

Donald Trump picks Robert Kennedy Jr to run US health department via @FT
https://t.co/Ax83zOjyvj

[Timothy Caulfield @CaulfieldTim]

Dear antivaxx world,

Appointing RFK Jr isn't "karma" for science advocates. It is karma for YOU!

Though we're not celebrating.

This is bad for biomedicine. This is bad for public health. This is bad for the children of the world. This is bad for humanity.