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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 1h

Stunning irresponsibility from leaders in the BMA.

Somebody needs to go after them for this, very publicly and very, very hard: www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

BMA leaders suggest GPs ‘overwhelm A&Es’ in revolt against NHS reforms

A letter sent by senior members of the union has been condemned for advising doctors to sabotage the Pharmacy First scheme, which they claim undermines them

www.thetimes.com

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 1h

Oh, yes please! @scottygb.bsky.social you’ll know this stuff!

Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 2h

I was just musing on when he’s going to deploy the National Guard onto the streets of Oslo

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 2h

Is that because voters won’t vote for higher taxes in high enough numbers

Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 2h

María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace prize 2025.

“A brave and committed champion of peace"

"A woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness."

Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 3h

Surely the massive increase in population since 1948 (when the (state) pension age was set at 65 for men and 60 for women) will have a much greater impact on tax revenues.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 4h

They should stop polling, and just stick with the big one we had in 2016 that revealed that roughly half of us will believe any old shit.

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 3h

As a child in Whitehaven, I remember the coal mine (long gone), the Quaker Oats factory (long gone), the chemical works (Marchon) - and its large cargo ships, the Marchon Trader & Enterprise - all long gone, the textile works (where my Dad worked) (long gone)

Sellafield remains.

Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 3h

Having lived in Whitehaven as a child, it’s certainly scrubbed up well

David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 3h

Coughs politely. Whitehaven may have seen better days but it remains an architectural gem www.countrystride.co.uk/single-post/...

#133: Whitehaven - A remarkable history

...in which we tour the west coast town of Whitehaven in the company of Blue Badge guide and historic buildings expert Alexandra Fairclough. From the heart of the bustling harbour, we paint a picture ...

www.countrystride.co.uk

Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 3h

‘The result is that everybody “either works at Sellafield or knows people who do”, says Lacey, whose mum, aunt and cousins all work on the site.’

When I lived in Whitehaven >50 yrs ago, people could have said (and did) say that. (My Dad *didn’t* work there.)

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s Sellafield or nothing’: what life is like growing up in the shadow of Europe’s oldest nuclear site

Young people growing up in Whitehaven on England’s north-west coast rely on the power plant for everything from jobs to civic investment. But for those who see their future elsewhere, options can be l...

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 11h

Brandolini’s Law (also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle):

The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.

H/t @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social

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David Juurlink @davidjuurlink.bsky.social · 13h

PSA: When a naturopath recommends chelation “to remove the metal from your body,” that is exactly what you should not do.

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 12h

Those statements may be correct, but has anyone found a way of implementing a wealth tax that (a) works, (b) only hits (or hits predominantly) the super rich that Polanski refers to, or (c) raises the predicted amounts of revenue?

taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/22/u...

UK wealth tax: high risk and anti-growth

Claims of £24bn from a UK wealth tax ignore delays, capital flight (£200–£500bn) risks to growth and employment. Data, country evidence & better reforms.

taxpolicy.org.uk

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 1d

What a quote #CelebrityTraitors

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Zack Fox 🦊 @zjfox.bsky.social · 1d

It'll be wild when Charlotte Church reveals she's been pretending to be Welsh this entire time #TheTraitorsUK #CelebrityTraitors

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 14h

Legendary side-eye from Tom Daley there #celebritytraitors

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 16h

You *really* should be by now but you don’t *actually* have to call them liars or racists, if it offends your commitment to now almost entirely redundant BBC principles of ‘objectivity’ & ‘ balance’. You just have to ask them again & again & again to justify their words & explain their exact meaning

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17h

I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!

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Rob Corp @robcorp.bsky.social · 17h

It takes a lot to tempt me to watch football and the word “friendly” is not enough

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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 17h

This is interesting fullfact.org/health/when-...

When Power Meets the Wellness Algorithm: Why We Mistake Virality for Truth – Full Fact

Health misinformation today doesn’t come from a shifty snake oil salesman but from sources wrapped in confidence and intimacy: a president at a podium, a celebrity doctor on a podcast, or a wellness i...

fullfact.org

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 17h

Carr was an inspired selection….

“My aim was to go under the radar, and I think I've pole-vaulted over it”

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 20h

Why do they even need to retain the photos?

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Steve Senior @stevensenior.bsky.social · 1d

Bit nerdy, but it's worth having a skim over the number needed to vaccinate figures here. E.g. to avoid one hospitalisation in otherwise healthy people JCVI estimated 60-100k would need to be vaccinated (based on Autumn 2024 data).

www.gov.uk/government/p...

Appendix A: estimating the number needed to vaccinate to prevent a COVID-19 hospitalisation in autumn 2024 in England

www.gov.uk

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 20h

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Stuart McDonald @actuarybyday.bsky.social · 20h

First Covid wave for 12 months is well underway. Hospital admissions are already higher than last year's peak, but are much lower than we were seeing in earlier waves.

There will be weekly surveillance reports through the winter months here:
www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Stuart McDonald @actuarybyday.bsky.social · 20h

First Covid wave for 12 months is well underway. Hospital admissions are already higher than last year's peak, but are much lower than we were seeing in earlier waves.

There will be weekly surveillance reports through the winter months here:
www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Paulb @paulb3964.bsky.social · 23h

I found this too. It also changed the way that I approached clinical situations in so many ways.

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