Eleanor
@eleanoralbaugh.bsky.social
Crafter by necessity to stay occupied whilst dealing with health issues. MCAS PoTS Hypothyroidism (need T3 for life) ME. Please entertain me and let’s connect.
In a previous life xcountry skier, hen and beekeeper, keen gardener and HCW.
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Eleanor
@eleanoralbaugh.bsky.social
· Oct 21
I am here to say the same re #Thyroid problems.
Only one hormone ‘allowed’ for Hypothyroidism and research quoted at us that is pitiful and ancient.
My plan was for a Thyroid patient seal of approval for those studies of some use to us and well designed rather than more rationing and ruined lives.
Only one hormone ‘allowed’ for Hypothyroidism and research quoted at us that is pitiful and ancient.
My plan was for a Thyroid patient seal of approval for those studies of some use to us and well designed rather than more rationing and ruined lives.
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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November 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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November 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year as the county council scraps 100% rebates for people of working age.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Council tax shock for thousands of Durham’s poorest – thanks to Reform UK
Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year as the county council scraps 100% rebates for people of working age.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
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Our letter in lancet diabetes and endocrinology highlighting the need to preserve natural intelligence in an age of artificial intelligence and the threat to the UK from iodine insufficiency
t.co/F96DYNw4c4?s...
t.co/F96DYNw4c4?s...
Safeguarding natural intelligence: the case for renewed action on iodine sufficiency in the UK
Amid accelerating advances in artificial intelligence, the UK risks neglecting the
biological foundations of natural intelligence. Iodine, essential for thyroid hormone
synthesis and neurodevelopment,...
t.co
October 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Our letter in lancet diabetes and endocrinology highlighting the need to preserve natural intelligence in an age of artificial intelligence and the threat to the UK from iodine insufficiency
t.co/F96DYNw4c4?s...
t.co/F96DYNw4c4?s...
Saw a headline yesterday re OBR early release of budget and was benused why a cyber security expert is needed. Delaying the inevitable “they did it” and resignation by trying to claim a hack is costly plus a very silly way to behave.
Using the same file name as last budget 🤦🏼♀️
Wake up people.
Using the same file name as last budget 🤦🏼♀️
Wake up people.
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Saw a headline yesterday re OBR early release of budget and was benused why a cyber security expert is needed. Delaying the inevitable “they did it” and resignation by trying to claim a hack is costly plus a very silly way to behave.
Using the same file name as last budget 🤦🏼♀️
Wake up people.
Using the same file name as last budget 🤦🏼♀️
Wake up people.
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Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
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I’m tired of people griping about paying a bit more tax. If this is you - find out how much health insurance would cost for you, or by how much your wages would fall if your employer paid it. Add in the costs of excess for any claims you might have made, oh yes, and the costs of any drugs you take
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I’m tired of people griping about paying a bit more tax. If this is you - find out how much health insurance would cost for you, or by how much your wages would fall if your employer paid it. Add in the costs of excess for any claims you might have made, oh yes, and the costs of any drugs you take
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
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Even for someone earning £33,000 it is the same as a 7.5% increase in Income Tax.
For people on the minimum wage it is worse than paying the higher 40% rate of Income Tax.
For people on the minimum wage it is worse than paying the higher 40% rate of Income Tax.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Even for someone earning £33,000 it is the same as a 7.5% increase in Income Tax.
For people on the minimum wage it is worse than paying the higher 40% rate of Income Tax.
For people on the minimum wage it is worse than paying the higher 40% rate of Income Tax.
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April 2022 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
April 2031 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
Should be about £16,970.
Meaning every person earning £16,970 or more is paying £1,231.86 more in tax.
Threshold freezes are a tax on the poorest.
April 2031 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
Should be about £16,970.
Meaning every person earning £16,970 or more is paying £1,231.86 more in tax.
Threshold freezes are a tax on the poorest.
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
April 2022 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
April 2031 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
Should be about £16,970.
Meaning every person earning £16,970 or more is paying £1,231.86 more in tax.
Threshold freezes are a tax on the poorest.
April 2031 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
Should be about £16,970.
Meaning every person earning £16,970 or more is paying £1,231.86 more in tax.
Threshold freezes are a tax on the poorest.
A new ear worm for all.
Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?
Sesame Street - Mahna Mahna (1969)
YouTube video by Tiny Dancer
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A new ear worm for all.
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The not-at-all racist man to address a not-at-all racist German far right rally at the invitation of Hitler's finance minister's granddaughter.
And people only claim he said racist things because they don't like his not-at-all racist politics. Got it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
And people only claim he said racist things because they don't like his not-at-all racist politics. Got it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Nigel Farage to address far-right rally in Germany
Former Ukip leader accepts invitation by the granddaughter of Hitler's finance minister, Beatrix von Storch, to speak at Spandau Citadel in Berlin
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The not-at-all racist man to address a not-at-all racist German far right rally at the invitation of Hitler's finance minister's granddaughter.
And people only claim he said racist things because they don't like his not-at-all racist politics. Got it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
And people only claim he said racist things because they don't like his not-at-all racist politics. Got it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
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One of the under-reported things in yesterdays' UK budget was that Rachel Reeves has confirmed that ECO4 will end in 2026 for “refocusing priorities”.
ECO4 was a classic English thing of a good idea badly implemented. It set up a delivery chain where managing agents held all the budget.
ECO4 was a classic English thing of a good idea badly implemented. It set up a delivery chain where managing agents held all the budget.
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
One of the under-reported things in yesterdays' UK budget was that Rachel Reeves has confirmed that ECO4 will end in 2026 for “refocusing priorities”.
ECO4 was a classic English thing of a good idea badly implemented. It set up a delivery chain where managing agents held all the budget.
ECO4 was a classic English thing of a good idea badly implemented. It set up a delivery chain where managing agents held all the budget.
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On Ernie Wise's birthday, a classic Morecambe & Wise moment 😍
Classic Comedy Morecambe and Wise
YouTube video by billy bullshit
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
On Ernie Wise's birthday, a classic Morecambe & Wise moment 😍
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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Funnily enough Nick
there is a Budget
*every year* because
circumstances change.
I think making sure children
aren’t suffering now and for life
is a very reasonable choice.
Ukraine, Trump, Brexit,
the Liz Truss Budget
many factors are having
a biting long term impact
on the economy
#r4today
there is a Budget
*every year* because
circumstances change.
I think making sure children
aren’t suffering now and for life
is a very reasonable choice.
Ukraine, Trump, Brexit,
the Liz Truss Budget
many factors are having
a biting long term impact
on the economy
#r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Funnily enough Nick
there is a Budget
*every year* because
circumstances change.
I think making sure children
aren’t suffering now and for life
is a very reasonable choice.
Ukraine, Trump, Brexit,
the Liz Truss Budget
many factors are having
a biting long term impact
on the economy
#r4today
there is a Budget
*every year* because
circumstances change.
I think making sure children
aren’t suffering now and for life
is a very reasonable choice.
Ukraine, Trump, Brexit,
the Liz Truss Budget
many factors are having
a biting long term impact
on the economy
#r4today
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JRF modelling finds we are all going to experience a fall in living standards over next few years but lifting two child benefit limit will help lift some of that pressure from poorer families
www.jrf.org.uk/news/new-jrf...
www.jrf.org.uk/news/new-jrf...
New JRF modelling shows bleakest parliament on record for living standards but less pain for worst off
New JRF modelling finds that living standards are still set to fall across the rest of the parliament but that the decline will be less painful for low-income households.
www.jrf.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
JRF modelling finds we are all going to experience a fall in living standards over next few years but lifting two child benefit limit will help lift some of that pressure from poorer families
www.jrf.org.uk/news/new-jrf...
www.jrf.org.uk/news/new-jrf...
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More often than not, speed doesn't matter. So your neighbours have already brought out the Xmas lights? The ironing needs done, or the cupboard dusted? Life's no competition or race. It's fine to just get there. You do you. Your life, your time, your schedule.
#GoodMorning, everyone
#GoodMorning, everyone
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
More often than not, speed doesn't matter. So your neighbours have already brought out the Xmas lights? The ironing needs done, or the cupboard dusted? Life's no competition or race. It's fine to just get there. You do you. Your life, your time, your schedule.
#GoodMorning, everyone
#GoodMorning, everyone
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The media narrative around Farage here needs to be "You're grotesque and stupid and fascistic now for not understanding with hindsight how cruel and stupid you were", not (just) "You were a protofascist dickhead as a teen".
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The media narrative around Farage here needs to be "You're grotesque and stupid and fascistic now for not understanding with hindsight how cruel and stupid you were", not (just) "You were a protofascist dickhead as a teen".
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I actually really don't think it much matters that Farage was a racist idiot at school, really. What matters is how he a) reflects on that behaviour now, and b) what he's learned and c) done in the 40 years since.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I actually really don't think it much matters that Farage was a racist idiot at school, really. What matters is how he a) reflects on that behaviour now, and b) what he's learned and c) done in the 40 years since.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
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Budget 2025.
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Budget 2025.
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social does it again. All you need to understand what happened today.
m.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social does it again. All you need to understand what happened today.