spoke to soon. bollocks....

Apologies for not posting for a week or so. I've been battling the "enemy within" - chronic pain and illness. I won't bore you with a sob story, just that it's been a real bugger! Plus I didn't fancy seeing the "enemy without" i.e.Trump's face and all his associated insanity at the same time.

Trans-ancestry genome-wide study of depression identifies 697 associations implicating cell types and pharmacotherapies Trans-ancestry GWAS of major depression identifies 697 genetic variants and 308 genes, implicating neural and molecular mechanisms and drug repurposing opportunities.

For those interested in the study of genome depression identifiers.

Trans-ancestry genome-wide study of depression identifies 697 associations implicating cell types and pharmacotherapies: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Sticky rice mortar - Wikipedia

Random Fact

The mortar (for part) of the Great Wall of China is a mix of sticky rice soup & slacked lime.

This was implemented during the Ming dynasty and proved to be stronger and more water & plant resistant than lime mortar without Sticky rice soup.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_...

Last night, Gia Jvarsheishvili, a disability rights defender, was arrested in #Tbilisi and taken to a clinic. His lawyer said the ambulance team made the decision. Jvarsheishvili reported injuries, verbal abuse, and feeling unsafe around the police.
#GeorgiaProtests

January 12 - #Tbilisi

🔻 Police have arrested several more protesters near the judges' corporate party.
#GeorgiaProtests

Tension rises in #Batumi as protesters rally after a night of arrests. Elena Khoshtaria of Droa placed a “Georgia is Going on Strike” poster on a police car, the same posters that sparked the arrests last night.
#GeorgiaProtests
#RepressionInGeorgia
#TerrorInGeorgia

Judges of Georgia’s puppet regime are sneaking into the Babilos restaurant through the back entrance to dine with leaders of the judicial clan, as protesters chant “slaves.” Video: Mautskebeli

If you haven’t read George Orwell's 1945 satirical novella Animal Farm, you really should. It’s a great allegory for what’s happening today in America.

#georgiaprotests #terroringeorgia

A water cannon has arrived at the restaurant where the regime’s judges are partying

The regime is weaker and more scared than I thought

Video: Khalibeg Magamedovi

#TerrorInGeorgia
#GeorgiaProtests

Inoculate Before It Is Too Late: Lessons Drawn from Charles Willson Peale’s Rachel Weeping Age of Revolutions is happy to present its “Art of Revolution” series. You can read through the entire series here as they become available. By Andrew Wehrman For portrait painters like…

If you’re teaching the American Revolution this semester and want a short piece on smallpox inoculation, I recommend this one that I wrote for Age of Revolutions on Charles Willson Peale’s most Revolutionary painting which implored parents to inoculate in 1776. ageofrevolutions.com/2021/11/15/i...

#Tbilisi: One of the judges attending the judicial clan party was met with public outrage as he attempted to leave. He was egged. Over 15 people have been unlawfully remanded in custody over the New Years period, with over 500 unlawfully arrested in December, over 300 severely beaten/tortured

We are forever indebted to these brave souls. 😔💔

Shame on the monster who will walk back into the "People's House!

#Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist #TruthWarriors

Supreme Court to review Obamacare’s no-cost coverage of cancer screenings, heart statins and HIV drugs | CNN Politics The Supreme Court said Friday it will review the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s no-cost coverage mandates for certain preventive care services, putting the landmark health care law in ...

New: The right-wing Supreme Court majority is now looking to potentially overturn the Affordable Care Act’s policy that makes cancer screenings, heart statins, and HIV prevention free.

Just in: the police violently detained several activists in front of the restaurant where people were protesting the banquet of the regime’s judges.

January 12 - #Tbilisi
🔻 Police began detaining citizens near the Babilo restaurant, where a corporate party for judges was being held, as protesters gathered outside to demand the release of those unjustly detained.
📣"Unjust Judges, Unjust Georgia" – a slogan frequently heard there.
#GeorgiaProtests

The riot police are mobilized around the restaurant to ensure that the regime’s judges can have their feast undisturbed. Georgia, 2025

Video: Mautskebeli

Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı

🎉

#georgiaprotests #terroringeorgia

#georgiaprotests #terroringeorgia

😂🤣😅🤣😅🤣

Hundreds of police are being mobilized near a restaurant where regime judges are partying

🎥 Mariam Nikuradze

#TerrorInGeorgia
#GeorgiaProtests

Do you honestly know of any other country where the regime has to deploy riot police just so judges can have dinner? This is simply surreal.

Lawyers at the Tbilisi City Court, where the criminal case of 11 protesters is being heard, report a violation of the right to a fair trial. They state that prosecutors & the judge are collectively deciding whether they should remain in custody, instead of reviewing cases individually.

📷 Publika

For anyone doubting 🇬🇪 Georgia’s so-called government’s ties to russia let me remind you:

In 2021, they signed an agreement with Belarus’s KGB, meaning direct collaboration with the kremlin.
#Russia #Georgia #Belarus

Under the GOP's SAVE Act, Tribal IDs would NO LONGER be accepted as valid identification to register to vote.

This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.

#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/EC9Y1x2d

There’s sham trials of several unlawfully imprisoned protesters. Due to abundance of supporters at the Tbilisi City Court, they had to move the hearings to a bigger courtroom. #terrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests

Poles have made a film about Putin, which will be released tomorrow .

The main role in the film is played by Pole Slawomir Sobala, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Putin. 1/4