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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12h

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do Microplastics have been found almost everywhere: in blood, placentas, lungs – even the human brain. One study estimated our cerebral organs alone may contain 5g of the stuff, or roughly a teaspoon. If true, plastic isn’t just wrapped around our food or woven into our clothes: it is lodged deep inside us. Now, researchers suspect these particles may also be meddling with our gut microbes. When Dr Christian Pacher-Deutsch at the University of Graz in Austria exposed gut bacteria from five healthy volunteers to five common microplastics, the bacterial populations shifted – along with the chemicals they produced. Some of these changes mirrored patterns linked to depression and colorectal cancer. Continue reading...

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 9d

“Clever, isn’t he?”

From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Simon's Cat @simonscatofficial.bsky.social · 10d

Watch this Kitten's wildest Moments! Sit back and enjoy the second part of our Kitten colour compilation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8AA... 😺💖

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 10d

Goodall transcribes field notes by lamplight in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park c.1960

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 16d

Bad news for the rivers and the lakes that we’re used to.

Vanishing waters in a warming world

Bad news for the rivers and the lakes that we’re used to.

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 17d

Our research provides strong evidence against the concerning claims made recently by US president Donald Trump.

Paracetamol use during pregnancy not linked to autism, our study of 2.5 million children shows

Our research provides strong evidence against the concerning claims made recently by US president Donald Trump.

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The New Statesman @handle.invalid · 18d

EXCLUSIVE: ANDY BURNHAM’S PLAN FOR BRITAIN by @tommctague.bsky.social

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GB News @gbnewsonline.bsky.social · 19d

Moment GB News reporter confronts London cyclists for running red lights

'None of your business!' Moment GB News reporter confronts London cyclists for running red lights

The City of London Police is looking to go beyond the £50 Fixed Penalty Notice

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 20d

What impact do you think the UK recognising Palestine as an independent country will have on the Gaza conflict?

No impact: 50%
Makes end to conflict more likely: 15%
Makes end to conflict less likely: 12%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 20d

With the Lib Dems reportedly considering dropping opposition to ID cards, our most recent tracker poll found that 57% of Britons would support them, including 56% of Lib Dem voters

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GB News @gbnewsonline.bsky.social · 22d

Jeremy Corbyn's hard-left Your Party plunged into chaos as Zarah Sultana calls in lawyers over 'baseless attacks'

The Coventry South MP was left off a letter signed by Jeremy Corbyn and the remaining four Independent Alliance MPs

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 22d

In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 23d

Yesterday Donald Trump told Keir Starmer he should use the military to tackle small boat crossings: 59% of Britons agree with the US president

By party
Reform: 94% say military should be used
Con: 82%
Lab: 46%
Lib Dem: 41%

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 24d

It’s happening.
No free speech in the land of the free. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

James O'Brien Daily

Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show. Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 23d

Political chaos in Peterborough, where the city council’s Labour leader, Dennis Jones, has been suspended after calling grooming gang victims “poor white trash from Rotherham” in a charming message to another councillor.

Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 23d

Vance in Charlie Kirk free speech update

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 24d

Everyone, from big business CEOs to small business owners to highly paid professionals and lowly paid service staff, has urged the Chancellor to tax someone else.

From the new Private Eye, out now.

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Sep 11

Considering the biggest trade-offs in the budget, what do Britons think the government should avoid most of all?

Avoid cuts to services: 33% (-4 from 1-2 June)
Avoid tax rises: 29% (=)
Avoid borrowing more: 18% (+2)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Sep 10

65% of Britons oppose removing the £100 cap on contactless card payments, as proposed by the Financial Conduct Authority

Support: 24%
Oppose: 65%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Sep 9

While Nigel Farage has declined to publish his tax returns, saying it's "an intrusion too far", 80% of Britons think senior politicians should be required to published the amount of tax they pay each year

Should: 80%
Should not: 8%

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · Sep 4

There was outrage in Conservative circles at the revelation that Angela Rayner has a property empire extending to two actual residences.

From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Arse of the Deal

The new Private Eye is out now.

A photo of the front cover of issue 1656 of Private Eye magazine with the caption "on shelves now." The front cover headline reads “THE ARSE OF THE DEAL” and shows Donald Trump speaking at a podium with the U.S. presidential seal. He is pictured with a speech bubble saying, “I’m going to win the Nobel Appease Prize.” At the bottom, the subheading reads: “WILL PUTIN KEEP CONTROL OF DONBAS AND DONTRUMP?”

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · Aug 17

The lesson about the vineyard from Isaiah this morning was all about Israel falling short of God's standards. Right-wing Israelis talk of the land being given to them by God. They do not talk of how God commanded them to live. Slaughtering & starving innocent people is NOT God's plan.

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · Aug 15

Have you ever seen a wild hamster?? 😊 #bluesky

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GB News @gbnewsonline.bsky.social · Aug 8

Civil service loses more than four million working days to staff sickness per year

The Home Office's sickness rates have increased by 11.8 per cent in the year to March

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