Echinatum
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My likes are sometimes acknowledgements rather than endorsements.
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Echinatum
@echinatum.bsky.social
· Feb 23
Home - electronic medicines compendium (emc)
The most up to date, comprehensive, regulated information about medicines. Easy to use, trusted and recommended by healthcare professionals
www.medicines.org.uk
If you look at UK health pages, many NHS & other “official” pages, there are vast numbers of references to the Electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC).
www.medicines.org.uk
The impression is that the eMC has Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) for all UK medicines. And that is where we should look.
www.medicines.org.uk
The impression is that the eMC has Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) for all UK medicines. And that is where we should look.
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Remember the controversy when Obama was accused of intervening in UK politics? This is the current US government openly seeking to undermine liberal democracy in Europe.
February 6, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Remember the controversy when Obama was accused of intervening in UK politics? This is the current US government openly seeking to undermine liberal democracy in Europe.
If they can't even get to the starting line without breaking the law...
EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton.
The party confirmed they sent out campaign materials without proper party imprint, something it insists was a mistake.
The party confirmed they sent out campaign materials without proper party imprint, something it insists was a mistake.
February 6, 2026 at 5:53 PM
If they can't even get to the starting line without breaking the law...
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Here is former Tory James Evans (who has just joined Reform) saying he would never join Reform...
February 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Here is former Tory James Evans (who has just joined Reform) saying he would never join Reform...
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They say no one is above the law, but Reform UK has tested that theory by ignoring the legal data rights of the very voters they claim to represent.
That changed this week 👇
https://goodlaw.social/384h
That changed this week 👇
https://goodlaw.social/384h
Reform’s day in court | Good Law Project
We faced Reform at the High Court this week – here’s how it went
goodlaw.social
February 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
They say no one is above the law, but Reform UK has tested that theory by ignoring the legal data rights of the very voters they claim to represent.
That changed this week 👇
https://goodlaw.social/384h
That changed this week 👇
https://goodlaw.social/384h
Ginger biscuits. With added small bits of crystallised ginger.
Having made these several times now, I'm not allowed to stop. Far, far nicer than any commercial ones.
Based on almond flour and white teff.
Recipe from Georgina:
fromthelarder.co.uk/ginger-nut-b...
Having made these several times now, I'm not allowed to stop. Far, far nicer than any commercial ones.
Based on almond flour and white teff.
Recipe from Georgina:
fromthelarder.co.uk/ginger-nut-b...
February 5, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Ginger biscuits. With added small bits of crystallised ginger.
Having made these several times now, I'm not allowed to stop. Far, far nicer than any commercial ones.
Based on almond flour and white teff.
Recipe from Georgina:
fromthelarder.co.uk/ginger-nut-b...
Having made these several times now, I'm not allowed to stop. Far, far nicer than any commercial ones.
Based on almond flour and white teff.
Recipe from Georgina:
fromthelarder.co.uk/ginger-nut-b...
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Still very little mention in the media of Starmer awarding Peter Thiel and Palantir over £1.5b in Government contracts.
Thiel… associate of Mandelson and mentioned 2,200 in the Epstein files released so far.
Thiel… associate of Mandelson and mentioned 2,200 in the Epstein files released so far.
February 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Still very little mention in the media of Starmer awarding Peter Thiel and Palantir over £1.5b in Government contracts.
Thiel… associate of Mandelson and mentioned 2,200 in the Epstein files released so far.
Thiel… associate of Mandelson and mentioned 2,200 in the Epstein files released so far.
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They've also been advised by Tom Watson, and represented by Lodestone Oxford, of which Watson also sits on the advisory council.
February 5, 2026 at 8:38 AM
They've also been advised by Tom Watson, and represented by Lodestone Oxford, of which Watson also sits on the advisory council.
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so hang on a minute, the UK (significantly, erm, “represented“ in negotiations by Mandelson) has just signed a trade deal with the US that gives into their demands for NHS to pay way more for medicines…. & yet Streeting won’t even tell us the barest details? 🤯
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Pressure grows on ministers to end secrecy over UK medicines deal with Trump
Critics say government hiding true cost of agreement ‘despite being forced to admit financial burden will grow year on year’
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
so hang on a minute, the UK (significantly, erm, “represented“ in negotiations by Mandelson) has just signed a trade deal with the US that gives into their demands for NHS to pay way more for medicines…. & yet Streeting won’t even tell us the barest details? 🤯
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Costs of medicines having been a major issue for many years.
The NHS has managed to overpay even UK-made medicines, more than US retail prices for equivalent (Cytomel or Sigmapharm).
Total transparency is essential.
www.gov.uk/cma-cases/ph...
The NHS has managed to overpay even UK-made medicines, more than US retail prices for equivalent (Cytomel or Sigmapharm).
Total transparency is essential.
www.gov.uk/cma-cases/ph...
February 5, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Costs of medicines having been a major issue for many years.
The NHS has managed to overpay even UK-made medicines, more than US retail prices for equivalent (Cytomel or Sigmapharm).
Total transparency is essential.
www.gov.uk/cma-cases/ph...
The NHS has managed to overpay even UK-made medicines, more than US retail prices for equivalent (Cytomel or Sigmapharm).
Total transparency is essential.
www.gov.uk/cma-cases/ph...
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Israel bulldozed British and Australian war graves from WW1 and WW2
Revealed: Israel bulldozed part of Gaza war cemetery containing allied graves
Satellite images and witness testimony show destruction as IDF claims it was forced to take defensive measures
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Israel bulldozed British and Australian war graves from WW1 and WW2
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Pleased to see the jury make this decision.
We need to have eyes wide open this is exactly why the Government wants to abolish juries.
People protesting against a genocide are not the criminals here - it's the politicians who continue to provide cover.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We need to have eyes wide open this is exactly why the Government wants to abolish juries.
People protesting against a genocide are not the criminals here - it's the politicians who continue to provide cover.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Palestine Action protesters not guilty of defence firm burglary
The group are cleared of aggravated burglary over the alleged raid at an Elbit Systems warehouse.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Pleased to see the jury make this decision.
We need to have eyes wide open this is exactly why the Government wants to abolish juries.
People protesting against a genocide are not the criminals here - it's the politicians who continue to provide cover.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We need to have eyes wide open this is exactly why the Government wants to abolish juries.
People protesting against a genocide are not the criminals here - it's the politicians who continue to provide cover.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Let us see independent internet archives in different countries.
I'm not comfortable with there being one organisation in the USA. And that is from someone who has supported them for years.
I'm not comfortable with there being one organisation in the USA. And that is from someone who has supported them for years.
Support the internet archive
I don't mean to seem alarmed, but it appears Google's book search function is, just...gone.
In a sane country it would be a huge deal, front page news, that a privately owned utility that millions researches, from journalists to scholars, rely on every day to advance knowledge can just disappear.
In a sane country it would be a huge deal, front page news, that a privately owned utility that millions researches, from journalists to scholars, rely on every day to advance knowledge can just disappear.
February 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Let us see independent internet archives in different countries.
I'm not comfortable with there being one organisation in the USA. And that is from someone who has supported them for years.
I'm not comfortable with there being one organisation in the USA. And that is from someone who has supported them for years.
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Like a screwdriver in my face - Life with 'the world's most painful known medical condition.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pontarddulais man on living with 'world's most painful condition'
Trigeminal neuralgia is a rare condition where something as simple as a gust of wind can cause excruciating pain.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Like a screwdriver in my face - Life with 'the world's most painful known medical condition.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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➡️ WHAT ARE THEY HIDING? ⬅️
Reform is harvesting your data, and ignoring people when they get in touch – so we’re taking them to court
https://goodlaw.social/t42c
Reform is harvesting your data, and ignoring people when they get in touch – so we’re taking them to court
https://goodlaw.social/t42c
Farage’s Reform is collecting your data: here’s why | Good Law Project
Reform is harvesting your data, and ignoring people when they get in touch – so we’re taking them to court
goodlaw.social
February 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM
➡️ WHAT ARE THEY HIDING? ⬅️
Reform is harvesting your data, and ignoring people when they get in touch – so we’re taking them to court
https://goodlaw.social/t42c
Reform is harvesting your data, and ignoring people when they get in touch – so we’re taking them to court
https://goodlaw.social/t42c
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Only in the UK can we have documentary evidence of documents being leaked, no denial of the leak, but journalists still have to put "alleged" in the headline.
Libel law is broken.
Libel law is broken.
February 3, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Only in the UK can we have documentary evidence of documents being leaked, no denial of the leak, but journalists still have to put "alleged" in the headline.
Libel law is broken.
Libel law is broken.
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Dan Neidle, "The most appalling e-mail exchange in 2009"
"There's a discussion between Mandelson and Epstein on how to lobby the government"
"That is a senior British cabinet minister (Mandelson) advising a foreign bank, that they should threaten the Chancellor"
@danneidle.bsky.social
"There's a discussion between Mandelson and Epstein on how to lobby the government"
"That is a senior British cabinet minister (Mandelson) advising a foreign bank, that they should threaten the Chancellor"
@danneidle.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Dan Neidle, "The most appalling e-mail exchange in 2009"
"There's a discussion between Mandelson and Epstein on how to lobby the government"
"That is a senior British cabinet minister (Mandelson) advising a foreign bank, that they should threaten the Chancellor"
@danneidle.bsky.social
"There's a discussion between Mandelson and Epstein on how to lobby the government"
"That is a senior British cabinet minister (Mandelson) advising a foreign bank, that they should threaten the Chancellor"
@danneidle.bsky.social
Starmer, and rest of HoC, urgently do whatever is needed to absolutely require all future PMs (and others? e.g. all ministers) to publish verified tax accounts BEFORE being sworn into office.
At least attempt to avoid the failure to publish we have seen over there.
At least attempt to avoid the failure to publish we have seen over there.
Epstein to Peter Thiel - August 2016: "donalds new york supporters concerned, . we can talk if you like. he cannot release his tax returns so what are his options?"
February 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Starmer, and rest of HoC, urgently do whatever is needed to absolutely require all future PMs (and others? e.g. all ministers) to publish verified tax accounts BEFORE being sworn into office.
At least attempt to avoid the failure to publish we have seen over there.
At least attempt to avoid the failure to publish we have seen over there.
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This from Private Eye some 15 years ago. Dismissed as nonsense at the time.
February 2, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This from Private Eye some 15 years ago. Dismissed as nonsense at the time.
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So much of this sleaze was in plain sight. When US Ambassador, Mandelson took Starmer for a photo opp at Palantir, a client of Global Counsel in which he had a huge stake. This was a monstrous conflict of interest and it was all public domain. Why did Starmer think it appropriate to go?
February 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM
So much of this sleaze was in plain sight. When US Ambassador, Mandelson took Starmer for a photo opp at Palantir, a client of Global Counsel in which he had a huge stake. This was a monstrous conflict of interest and it was all public domain. Why did Starmer think it appropriate to go?
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Just like with so-called Corridor Care, burnout amongst doctors (and other HCPs) is now basically normalised.
Govts throughout the UK must address systemic issues.
You cannot run a health service by sacrificing the health of those keeping it afloat.
healthandcare.scot/mobile_defau...
Govts throughout the UK must address systemic issues.
You cannot run a health service by sacrificing the health of those keeping it afloat.
healthandcare.scot/mobile_defau...
Two thirds of doctors experiencing burnout
An expert group of senior medics says the next Scottish government must put doctors’ wellbeing at the heart of NHS workforce planning if they are to avoid doctors leaving in numbers that could make th...
healthandcare.scot
February 2, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Just like with so-called Corridor Care, burnout amongst doctors (and other HCPs) is now basically normalised.
Govts throughout the UK must address systemic issues.
You cannot run a health service by sacrificing the health of those keeping it afloat.
healthandcare.scot/mobile_defau...
Govts throughout the UK must address systemic issues.
You cannot run a health service by sacrificing the health of those keeping it afloat.
healthandcare.scot/mobile_defau...
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PRIVATE EYE NAMED IN EPSTEIN FILES
In the latest files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, the Eye is denounced as “an absolute rag of a publication” by Epstein’s then lawyer, Paul Tweed…
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In the latest files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, the Eye is denounced as “an absolute rag of a publication” by Epstein’s then lawyer, Paul Tweed…
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February 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
PRIVATE EYE NAMED IN EPSTEIN FILES
In the latest files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, the Eye is denounced as “an absolute rag of a publication” by Epstein’s then lawyer, Paul Tweed…
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In the latest files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, the Eye is denounced as “an absolute rag of a publication” by Epstein’s then lawyer, Paul Tweed…
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How about prosecuting him for divulging secret government documents to a foreign actor?
February 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
How about prosecuting him for divulging secret government documents to a foreign actor?
And note that "shatter" is probably "to (cause something to) break suddenly into very small pieces" rather than related to shat.
Bring back the older Germanic participles. "The President is beshitten."
February 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
And note that "shatter" is probably "to (cause something to) break suddenly into very small pieces" rather than related to shat.
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Party that doesn’t have a leader, candidates or policies for Wales says it’s going to put Wales first.
Whilst lying that immigration is a devolved issue.
Immigration is not devolved, the Welsh Government has zero say on UK immigration policy.
Reform, Tories & Labour lying constantly at the mo.
Whilst lying that immigration is a devolved issue.
Immigration is not devolved, the Welsh Government has zero say on UK immigration policy.
Reform, Tories & Labour lying constantly at the mo.
February 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Party that doesn’t have a leader, candidates or policies for Wales says it’s going to put Wales first.
Whilst lying that immigration is a devolved issue.
Immigration is not devolved, the Welsh Government has zero say on UK immigration policy.
Reform, Tories & Labour lying constantly at the mo.
Whilst lying that immigration is a devolved issue.
Immigration is not devolved, the Welsh Government has zero say on UK immigration policy.
Reform, Tories & Labour lying constantly at the mo.