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Dr Margaret Prior

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She/her. Recovering academic. Trade unionist. Books, films, music, art. Cat servant. #ActuallyAutistic. Woke and proud lefty. Peace. Got my PhD in my fifties so still milking it. Plymouth, UK.

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Gonzo, did you know that in Britain we sometimes call a fart a 'trump'?

10.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them.

I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

05.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 9558 πŸ” 2763 πŸ’¬ 473 πŸ“Œ 112

I’m not convinced everything’s a distraction from the Epstein Files.

I think he’s doing all this bullshit because he’s an asshole.

01.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 1685 πŸ” 215 πŸ’¬ 176 πŸ“Œ 37
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27.02.2026 07:19 πŸ‘ 1451 πŸ” 422 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 20

Or you could just have put the details into your calendar manually, using the repeat function. Thus saving some of that precious water and power. (Yes, it might change when there's a bank holiday, but bin collections are never earlier than usual - just later.)

20.02.2026 11:48 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

More fantastic news!

19.02.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A real loss in this moment of darkness.

17.02.2026 09:47 πŸ‘ 279 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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16.02.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 988 πŸ” 285 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 8

Curling?

15.02.2026 11:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And she deliberately didn't look at them

12.02.2026 11:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would be good if the Prime Minister and/or Home Secretary would for once come out and describe this as the unadulterated racism and xenophobia it so clearly is.

11.02.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 544 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 9

Perhaps the Democrats should let him name anything he wants after himself, especially if it involves funding. He's not going to be around much longer, after all, and once he's gone it can all revert to the proper names. And it's not as if anybody's going to change what they've always called things.

09.02.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The measles vaccine wasn't developed when I was a small child, so lots of kids got it (don't know if I did, but probably). One of the kids in my class - we were five or six years old - ended up permanently deaf because of measles.

02.02.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This just makes me want to weep in frustration at the ignorance and hate trans people experience

02.02.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So where do these people plan to put trans men?

02.02.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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01.02.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 1242 πŸ” 422 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 24

I didn't say that, either.

01.02.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Where did I say 'living in the real world'? I said 'working in the real world'. Like having a job outside academia.

01.02.2026 22:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I bet he’s sweating now.

01.02.2026 11:25 πŸ‘ 2311 πŸ” 235 πŸ’¬ 128 πŸ“Œ 12

A good example of why more academics should have experience of working in the real world first (like I, and the colleagues I respected, had).

01.02.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to be the first time local police...

www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

31.01.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

WTF. They did this because she was using a dashcam? Every time you think it couldn't get any worse ...

31.01.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Same, but airside at Heathrow when I was doing a job there. Not helped by the big 'British Airways' on the back of the hi-viz

31.01.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When the DLR first opened, we went on it as soon as we could. Not the first day, but the third (I think). If I still lived up that London I'd probably be on this one this weekend.

31.01.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Greg Bovino was asked how he felt about his demotion today. "Well, obviously, I'm not happy", he replied.
Someone in the crowd shouted back, "So which one are you?"

daendeleon 2d @ Threads Greg Bovino was asked how he felt about his demotion today. "Well, obviously, I'm not happy", he replied. Someone in the crowd shouted back, "So which one are you?"

just choked on my beverage

29.01.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 18498 πŸ” 3224 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 523

Yes. I thought I was the only person who remembered that.

27.01.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent coverage as ever. And don't let's forget how excited Trump was when he discovered that the Ukraine presidential election was postponed because of martial law.

25.01.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If it walks like a Nazi, talks like a Nazi and acts like a Nazi, its probably Stephen Miller

25.01.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes, It’s Fascism Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.

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

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