Tom Marshall
@tompmarshall.bsky.social
Researcher
University of Birmingham
Primary care, health policy, public health, health economics.
Occasional runner.
University of Birmingham
Primary care, health policy, public health, health economics.
Occasional runner.
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Reminder that the administration now arresting journalists, and its sycophants, are also whining that the EU and the UK are enemies of free speech
January 30, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Reminder that the administration now arresting journalists, and its sycophants, are also whining that the EU and the UK are enemies of free speech
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Really?!?!
Shocked?!?! Where has he been all this time?
Shocked?!?! Where has he been all this time?
January 30, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Really?!?!
Shocked?!?! Where has he been all this time?
Shocked?!?! Where has he been all this time?
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Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
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ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
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That's a point as valid for the EU and UK as it is for Ukraine
Security guarantees from Trump can’t be relied on. He treats any decision point as an opportunity for extortion.
The Trump admin has indicated to Ukraine that US security guarantees are contingent on Kyiv first agreeing a peace deal that would likely involve ceding the Donbas region to Russia…
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January 27, 2026 at 8:50 AM
That's a point as valid for the EU and UK as it is for Ukraine
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Jonesy cartoon in Private Eye No. 1667
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Jonesy cartoon in Private Eye No. 1667
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If you wanted to start a civil war in the USA, how would you do it?
I’m thinking an armed shootout between federal & state agencies.
Who’d benefit? I guess someone who wanted to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I’m thinking an armed shootout between federal & state agencies.
Who’d benefit? I guess someone who wanted to invoke the Insurrection Act.
January 25, 2026 at 8:36 PM
If you wanted to start a civil war in the USA, how would you do it?
I’m thinking an armed shootout between federal & state agencies.
Who’d benefit? I guess someone who wanted to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I’m thinking an armed shootout between federal & state agencies.
Who’d benefit? I guess someone who wanted to invoke the Insurrection Act.
Maybe a simple & unsophisticated effort to rig elections and prevent defeat
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strange to me that a lot of people on this website simultaneously agree that the administration is run by incompetents who struggle to carry out their agenda without major political blowback AND that they’ll pull off a complex and sophisticated effort to rig elections and prevent defeat in November
January 25, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Maybe a simple & unsophisticated effort to rig elections and prevent defeat
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🤔
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An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 AM
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
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1/ Others have pointed this out, but there are massive hidden costs in terms of effort and contingency planning to all the Trump threats that never materialize because he never meant them, TACO'd, got talked out of it, or got distracted.
I wanted to talk about why by explaining risk mitigation.
I wanted to talk about why by explaining risk mitigation.
January 24, 2026 at 1:58 PM
1/ Others have pointed this out, but there are massive hidden costs in terms of effort and contingency planning to all the Trump threats that never materialize because he never meant them, TACO'd, got talked out of it, or got distracted.
I wanted to talk about why by explaining risk mitigation.
I wanted to talk about why by explaining risk mitigation.
Is there a reliable way to distinguish between “instinct” or “intuition” and “stereotyping or “prejudice”.
Or are they just different words to describe people reaching conclusions before they have evidence?
Or are they just different words to describe people reaching conclusions before they have evidence?
January 24, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Is there a reliable way to distinguish between “instinct” or “intuition” and “stereotyping or “prejudice”.
Or are they just different words to describe people reaching conclusions before they have evidence?
Or are they just different words to describe people reaching conclusions before they have evidence?
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Congratulations to Russia and China.
You did it! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
USA will never be looked at as a trusted partner and ally in the world ever again, by any sane or decent country. You spent years propping up the idiot occupying the Whitehouse, and it is working.
You did it! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
USA will never be looked at as a trusted partner and ally in the world ever again, by any sane or decent country. You spent years propping up the idiot occupying the Whitehouse, and it is working.
January 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Congratulations to Russia and China.
You did it! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
USA will never be looked at as a trusted partner and ally in the world ever again, by any sane or decent country. You spent years propping up the idiot occupying the Whitehouse, and it is working.
You did it! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
USA will never be looked at as a trusted partner and ally in the world ever again, by any sane or decent country. You spent years propping up the idiot occupying the Whitehouse, and it is working.
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‘It’s too early to judge if the shark is eating people’
January 22, 2026 at 1:26 PM
‘It’s too early to judge if the shark is eating people’
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👏😂 People want to join the EU. Nobody wants to join China or US.
Well played Belgian PM Bart De Wever.
Well played Belgian PM Bart De Wever.
January 21, 2026 at 5:16 PM
👏😂 People want to join the EU. Nobody wants to join China or US.
Well played Belgian PM Bart De Wever.
Well played Belgian PM Bart De Wever.
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In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
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The BS whisperers
January 20, 2026 at 1:55 PM
The BS whisperers
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New opinion piece in @bmj.com by @hughalderwick.bsky.social and @luisaptg.bsky.social with colleagues from @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk sets out some of the potential unintended consequences of policies to increase access to general practice in England.
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Policies to increase access to general practice may have unintended consequences
Strengthening primary care is central to the three shifts set out in the government’s 10 year health plan for England: from hospital to community, sickness to prevention, and analogue to digital. New ...
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January 20, 2026 at 3:20 PM
New opinion piece in @bmj.com by @hughalderwick.bsky.social and @luisaptg.bsky.social with colleagues from @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk sets out some of the potential unintended consequences of policies to increase access to general practice in England.
Read more ⬇️
bit.ly/4jNOAwN
Read more ⬇️
bit.ly/4jNOAwN
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A joke for the history buffs.
January 20, 2026 at 12:39 AM
A joke for the history buffs.
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🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀
1.This is an actual Reform candidate.
2.This is what iCE have been allowed to do
3.This is #Farage’s future ICEUK army
And the media is avidly preparing the country for exactly this.
Some of us warned and warned you. You didn’t believe us. I will be dead by then. Good luck.
1.This is an actual Reform candidate.
2.This is what iCE have been allowed to do
3.This is #Farage’s future ICEUK army
And the media is avidly preparing the country for exactly this.
Some of us warned and warned you. You didn’t believe us. I will be dead by then. Good luck.
January 18, 2026 at 11:42 AM
🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀
1.This is an actual Reform candidate.
2.This is what iCE have been allowed to do
3.This is #Farage’s future ICEUK army
And the media is avidly preparing the country for exactly this.
Some of us warned and warned you. You didn’t believe us. I will be dead by then. Good luck.
1.This is an actual Reform candidate.
2.This is what iCE have been allowed to do
3.This is #Farage’s future ICEUK army
And the media is avidly preparing the country for exactly this.
Some of us warned and warned you. You didn’t believe us. I will be dead by then. Good luck.
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
Somehow life doesn’t seem quite so bad right now. 🙂🍷
January 19, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Somehow life doesn’t seem quite so bad right now. 🙂🍷
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Europe is heading to a point where Atlanticism becomes equated with Appeasement
January 18, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Europe is heading to a point where Atlanticism becomes equated with Appeasement