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Shows a doctor on the edge of a forest trying to put out a small COVID fire. There is a large fire in the forest behind the doctor labeled "long Covid". A frightened deer runs out of the forest to escape the fire. The deer is labeled ME/CFS. The cartoon shows that while Covid is somewhat less prevalent (though still a dangerous threat), the huge problems of Long Covid and ME/CFS still loom.

March is Long COVID Awareness Month. Please offer support to your stricken friends. @thesicktimes.org @guitarmoog.bsky.social @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social @chromatowski.bsky.social @emilyrj.bsky.social @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social @davetuller1.bsky.social @mileswgriffis.bsky.social

Apricots seem to be the worst offender. It looks like they don't pick them quite ripe enough. One day....

I've had the same problem when I buy apricots. It's really frustrating. I'd really like to try them fresh.
I've bought other so called 'perfectly ripe fruit' & found they're a long way from it, but other times they're too ripe. It's annoying.

Labour have become the 'moderate arm' of Reform. This is a vicious dehumanising policy of 'some people are more equal than others'. #GeorgeOrwell #ShameOnLabour

A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔

Senate Republicans just voted to block our War Powers Resolution & allow Trump's regime-change war of choice in Iran. Once again, they're contracting out their constitutional duties to Donald Trump, despite the will of their constituents.

Shameful.

www.axios.com/2026/03/04/i...

Remember: what Trump and his administration are doing is only possible because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional functions of check and balance.

Ummmmm..... Postal Voting has been around for many decades, long before the Blair- Brown governments - I remember having a postal vote for the 1983 General Election. He can't even get the history right. What an ignorant, stupid Loser he is.

Lofty vantage point today to observe bigger hills, and how there's still good, fairly consistent snow up high. Glas Maol showing off its ski slopes...

Finest ham at the ready?😬

A very round white and brown shorebird stands on the sand with blurry ocean waves behind.

The news is terrible but I’m going to continue posting birds and frogs and flowers and the sky because looking at nature can help us keep going in the face of all the awful. Please take good care of yourselves

#birds 🌿

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994-2004, following six young adults-Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe--living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers and personal growth over ten seasons."

Dundee Uni reopens voluntary redundancies in cost-saving move YouTube video by STV News

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYhL...

Read our statement on the announcement of 200 jobs to be lost at the University of Dundee.

“DUCU believes that the timing of exits proposed in the VS scheme will cause massive disruption at a very sensitive time…when exams, marking, & processing of grades are taking place.

sites.dundee.ac.uk/ducu/

An X-ray of a penguin showing the knees much higher up than you'd think

Turns out penguins do have knees. They're just not where you think they ought to be.

(Can you tell I'm trying to distract you from our collective sense of impending doom by putting out the most random content imaginable?!)

NEW

Land and Expand - how Palantir captured the Ministry of Defence

What a close reading of public domain documents tells us about two concerning contract awards

Detailed post by me, following-up on my FT column

emptycity.substack.com/p/land-and-e...

Time to sack this management team. They're more incompetent, dishonest & venal than the last one. Why won't #ScotGov act? Are they so worried about voter reaction they won't intervene to help salvage the uni's future or do they remember the #STUC naming Dundee University a Rogue Employer in 2023?

“Irreparable Damage”: University Face Backlash After Voluntary Severance Scheme Announced. Dundee University has faced backlash after announcing a further 180 FTE staff cuts through voluntary severance. This announcement arrives in the middle of a major restructuring of the eight schools…

An excellent article summarising the strength of feeling on campus against the VS scheme and its timing, at the University of Dundee.

thejutejournal.com/2026/02/22/i...

I doubt it will, he has no conscience.

A question I ask myself more often than I would like

Or....
Put on your red shoes & dance the blues

We’re a very tolerant and diverse island area. That being said, we do find this news quite vexing. We are not okay with our submerged body parts being nibbled at by mysterious creatures.

Unless it’s consensual.

The North Sea is unforgiving at the best of times. The impact will be strongly felt in the local area.

Sad news. Here's hoping the missing one is found.

I've also just got hoodies in!

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Our ambassador was pleasantly surprised that holographic stickers are still a thing out in human cities.

Stockport Express ad board: DOMINATRIX “WON’T GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT”.

The safe word is “Ron is innocent”

Staines News ad board: PANIC AS MAN BURNS CRUMPETS.

Yet another classic from the archives: First Ali G and now this. Staines has never recovered.