Reposted by Margery Harrisonjuli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Again, 'El Niño-driven'! These wildfires are fuelled by deforestation, land clearing, peatland drainage for palm oil plantations, and anthropogenic climate change. To say 'El Niño-driven' deviates from the actual causes. 🧪🌍🔥🌳🍁🦍 12618
Reposted by Margery HarrisonC&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The plastics industry has held up pyrolysis as one of the solutions to the plastic waste crisis. A few firms still in the business say they are learning to manage the process well and remain hopeful that it will help mitigate plastic waste. cen.acs.org/business/con... #chemsky 🧪 064
Reposted by Margery HarrisonWriting Africa @writingafrica.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Maaza Mengiste, Bryan Washington Named MacArthur Fellows 2026 www.writingafrica.com/maaza-mengis...writingafrica.comMaaza Mengiste, Bryan Washington Named MacArthur Fellows 2026Maaza Mengiste and Bryan Washington are among the twenty MacArthur Fellows 2026 announced on Tuesday, September 29, 2026. 001
Reposted by Margery HarrisonNBC News @nbcnews.com · 30/09/2026A journalist is crowned king of a traditional monarchy after it lost its “boy king” last month, triggering widespread grief and a succession dispute in Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom.nbcnews.toA T.V. journalist is crowned king of a traditional monarchy in UgandaEdward Rukidi Nyabongo is a prince who had been employed as a broadcaster and editor. He performed formal rituals and was ushered into the palace on Tuesday. 0113
Reposted by Margery HarrisonThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 30/09/2026Ethiopia is sliding toward war again. Fighting is escalating in the north, armed groups are joining forces against the government, and tensions with neighboring Eritrea are rising. theconversation.com/ethiopia-is-...theconversation.comEthiopia is sliding back toward war – a look at what is driving the fighting and why it mattersAn offensive in the Tigray region followed months of aerial strikes by the Ethiopian government. The situation could spark a wider regional conflict. 062
Reposted by Margery HarrisonGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026Burundi joins several other African nations in accepting people deported under Trump’s hardline policytheguardian.comBurundi agrees to receive ‘third-country’ migrant deportees from US 368
Reposted by Margery Harrisonrichard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#SaturdayShadows on a #SaturdayStaircase Tate Britain #aofoto 613516
Reposted by Margery Harrisonrichard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#BlueSkyArtShow #Light Bus Painting 0202
Reposted by Margery Harrisonrichard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#BlueSkyArtShow #Light Liverpool Street Station 0512
Reposted by Margery HarrisonMurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“All right,” she said, and looked at me for what objectively I knew was 2.4 seconds and subjectively about twenty excruciating minutes. 0505
Reposted by Margery HarrisonKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5976802143
Reposted by Margery HarrisonKelli the Opera Geek @theoperageek.com · 10/11/2024"And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions." - Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay #Discworld 13711
Reposted by Margery HarrisonKelli the Opera Geek @theoperageek.com · 10/11/2024"There were people who’d steal money from people. Fair enough. That was just theft. But there were people who, with one easy word, would steal the humanity from people. That was something else." - Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms #Discworld 1307
Reposted by Margery HarrisonKelli the Opera Geek @theoperageek.com · 10/11/2024"But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning, heartless and terrible. But this much I can tell you, we never burned and tortured and ripped one another apart and called it *morality*." - The Dragon on human nature (Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards) #Discworld 1364
Reposted by Margery HarrisonKelli the Opera Geek @theoperageek.com · 10/11/2024"And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say “we’re the good guys” and do bad-guy things." - Vimes on policing & excuses, part three. (Terry Pratchett, THUD!) #Discworld 1366
Reposted by Margery HarrisonKelli the Opera Geek @theoperageek.com · 10/11/2024"He asked you to shoot at people who weren’t shooting back,” growled Vimes, striding forward. [...] “They are throwing STONES, Sarge,” said Colon. “So? Stay out of range. They’ll get tired before we do." " -Sam Vimes on policing, again. (Terry Pratchett, Night Watch) #Discworld 1336
Reposted by Margery HarrisonKelli the Opera Geek @theoperageek.com · 10/11/2024"...but what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?" - Terry Pratchett, Snuff #Discworld 1759
Reposted by Margery HarrisonMiddletown Books @middletownbooks.bsky.social · 14/11/2024A quote for these times from #GNU Sir Terry Pratchett #discworld #Jingo 726659
Reposted by Margery HarrisonKirsten 🇺🇦 @kirstenrv.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Terry Pratchett quote of this particular day #gnuterrypratchett #discworld #lordvetinari 031
Margery Harrison @pargery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"..I shall have to write to the Times again. I am certain that 1-down 6-across 9-down appeared in that same combination three months ago. On a Friday, I believe." He dropped the crossword page onto the desk with a look of disdain. "So much for a free press." #discworld #LordVetinari #FreePress 020
Reposted by Margery HarrisonLuiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification': 8566297
Reposted by Margery HarrisonGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 19/09/2026Group trapped at Hotel Bamy after US removal as rights groups sound alarm over poor conditions and violencetheguardian.comMen deported from US bound and beaten in Equatorial Guinea detention hotel, lawyers say 14237
Reposted by Margery HarrisonFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 19/09/2026TODAY: @jidesalawu.bsky.social on Dolly Parton's impact on Nigeria (and elsewhere). "This simple book-mailing program could easily confront the moribund culture that has set in through the failed leadership of a corrupt, anti-book political class." flaminghydra.com/issue-651/?a...flaminghydra.comFun-damentalOne more bouquet for Dolly Parton, from Jídé Salawu 17017
Margery Harrison @pargery.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I Will Fear No Evil That's the novel in which I learned about rare blood types and also that sex is better from the female POV. 010
Margery Harrison @pargery.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I remember reading a diatribe against the working mom at the end of Podkayne of Mars and thinking I couldn't understand it exactly but it didn't matter because the story was good. Whatever his faults, Heinlein got me through some miserable times in Jr High. I remain grateful for the escapes. 000
Margery Harrison @pargery.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I suppose they'll have to stay in the library to read the books. 000
Margery Harrison @pargery.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If librarians don't reshelve most of the books in the Children Section, how can kids research reports for homework? All history, biography, science,... 120
Reposted by Margery Harrison🍂 Simon Threadgold 🎃 @sthreadgold.bsky.social · 07/09/2026When you're about to drink someone's blood, but your nails aren't dry yet. 05110
Reposted by Margery HarrisonCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 04/09/2026This is the basic information you need to include to dispute any particular publisher's claim. 1) Explain who the rights holder is. 2) Attach contracts, if you have them. 3) Explain that the allocation is incorrect, and this publisher, who is not a rights holder in the work at issue, should get 0%. 14512
Reposted by Margery HarrisonEric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 02/09/2026Scoop: CISA is ending six free cybersecurity assessments for critical infrastructure operators, significantly reducing the hands-on guidance it offers to those organizations even as it tries to rebuild and reassert its value: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-cy... 816875
Margery Harrison @pargery.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Isn't that the main purpose of Unseen University? #discworld 100
Reposted by Margery Harrison🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I would 100% support a law that says if any digital platform removes your access to media you paid for then they are required to refund you the entirety of the original purchase price. That would solve this whole thing in a hurry. 9699573085
Reposted by Margery HarrisonCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"the money, which was supposed to be used to provide health insurance for poor children, was instead hastily passed through multiple organizations before eventually landing in the bank accounts of two political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida." www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...cbsnews.comGrand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope FloridaA Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes. 14126911263
Reposted by Margery HarrisonDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A family is rightly outraged that Republicans are trying to exploit their family tragedy to stir up hatred against immigrants.nytimes.comA Republican Attack Ad Used a Family’s Tragedy. Now They’re Furious. (Gift Article)Relatives of a family killed by a semi truck say they were not consulted about the ad, which connected the crash to illegal immigration. 19129
Reposted by Margery HarrisonDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I'm gifting this article from @crampell.bsky.social, the best writer in the business.nytimes.comOpinion | Wall Street Loved Scott Bessent and Kevin Warsh. Not Anymore. (Gift Article)We are approaching a credibility crisis with Scott Bessent and Kevin Warsh leading our economy. 1313750
Margery Harrison @pargery.bsky.social · 01/09/2026But I've met Brianna & her spouse at SF conventions and they were both very nice. 000
Margery Harrison @pargery.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"Individuals .... need to be bounced around by the Brownian motion of society, which is a mechanism by which human beings constantly remind one another that they are... well... human beings." --Terry Pratchett, 'Men at Arms' 110
Reposted by Margery HarrisonKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 31/08/2026More grift and corruption, this time at the DOD. 572886967
Reposted by Margery HarrisonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It is the root of our dysfunction. 38194853080
Reposted by Margery HarrisonPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026If you have a Maps embed on your website, remember to specify the region code as Canada (®ion=CA) to get the unfucked version 47425
Reposted by Margery HarrisonMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... 10033771416
Reposted by Margery HarrisonLos Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The 2026 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form goes to Murderbot: “All Systems Red”, written by Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz, directed by Roseanne Liang, based on the book All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Apple TV). 328755
Reposted by Margery HarrisonAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously. 4331301631
Reposted by Margery HarrisonKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Leaving the US at the end of last year felt like I was quitting and not living up to my potential. Friends reminded me it wasn't, and it was okay to move back to a country where I have citizenship, healthcare, and supportive family nearby. 931614
Reposted by Margery HarrisonNPR @npr.org · 01/09/2026The highly regarded FEWS NET network stopped posting data on Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen -- then says it will start posting again in September. What's the reason for this back-and-forth? n.pr/4qP9DCOn.prWhatever happened to the U.S. famine alert system that Trump shut down, then reopenedThe highly regarded FEWS NET network stopped posting data on Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen -- then says it will start posting again in September. What's the reason for this back-and-forth? 115063
Reposted by Margery HarrisonMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This is appropriate. When you have public antisemitic outbursts (plural), there are consequences even if you repent as Galliano seems to have done, and one of those consequences is that you forfeit your right to be the subject of a giant New York City tribute. But...> www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/s...nytimes.comJohn Galliano Bows Out of Met Museum Show After Criticism Mounts (Gift Article)Donors, politicians and Jewish leaders questioned the Met’s decision to honor Galliano, a fashion designer who was found guilty of a hate crime for his antisemitic outbursts. 422126
Reposted by Margery HarrisonNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026John Roberts himself pointed out that the ballroom is ILLEGAL, & he joined the three liberals in dissent The Chief Justice of the United States is telling you Trump broke the law & the five in the majority just didn't want to admit it I broke down today's ruling w/ @ahylton26.bsky.social 👇 831371548