Bob Williams
@bob-uu.bsky.social
Retired GP.
#sailing #beekeeping #music #jazz #rock #folk #photography #Linux #software
@humanists.uk
@greenparty.org.uk
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@csbka.bsky.social
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West Sussex, UK
#sailing #beekeeping #music #jazz #rock #folk #photography #Linux #software
@humanists.uk
@greenparty.org.uk
@bbka.org.uk
@csbka.bsky.social
https://mas.to/web
No Lists or Starter Packs please
West Sussex, UK
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Today the #independent newspaper is bleating about “why are the pensioners a special case” when they should be asking “why are millionaires a special case”
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Today the #independent newspaper is bleating about “why are the pensioners a special case” when they should be asking “why are millionaires a special case”
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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🧵New observational study:
Starting metformin within 6 days of COVID was linked to half the long COVID risk compared with patients given other meds (fluvoxamine, fluticasone, ivermectin, montelukast): 4.0% vs 8.5% (aRR 0.47). Small study, but aligns with #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #IDSky #SciSky 1/2
Starting metformin within 6 days of COVID was linked to half the long COVID risk compared with patients given other meds (fluvoxamine, fluticasone, ivermectin, montelukast): 4.0% vs 8.5% (aRR 0.47). Small study, but aligns with #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #IDSky #SciSky 1/2
Metformin at the time of Covid-19 infection and risk of Long Covid: A Target Trial Emulation Study
Background: Our objective was to evaluate metformin prescribed at the time of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the risk of developing Long Covid (LC) in electronic health record data. Methods: We conducted a n...
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November 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Alongside declining polls for Reform, the good news about the Telegraph’s volte face on Brexit is that it gives Labour political cover from the far right to reapply to rejoin the EU. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
Told you so! The Telegraph denounces Brexit as 'unmitigated economic disaster'
We've now got The Telegraph joining the Brexit resistance, after the formerly pro-leave paper ripped into its 'near-disastrous' consequences.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Alongside declining polls for Reform, the good news about the Telegraph’s volte face on Brexit is that it gives Labour political cover from the far right to reapply to rejoin the EU. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
Hannah Arendt On Standing Up to the Banality of Evil | Philosophy Break
For 20th-century German philosopher Hannah Arendt, most evil is committed by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
philosophybreak.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
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Yes, another petition, but if you don't sign any others, please sign this one. 🐝🙏🏻
act.gp/3Hlg2Qe
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Save bees from deadly pesticides
We can’t allow pesticides to destroy our environment and kill any more bees.
act.gp
December 16, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Yes, another petition, but if you don't sign any others, please sign this one. 🐝🙏🏻
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The Telegraph admits that Brexit has been a disaster a mere 9 years after the vote.
Very demure.
Very mindful.
Very brave.
Very demure.
Very mindful.
Very brave.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Telegraph admits that Brexit has been a disaster a mere 9 years after the vote.
Very demure.
Very mindful.
Very brave.
Very demure.
Very mindful.
Very brave.
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Do Labour MPs think they're gonna get away with doubling down?
Everyone is struggling. Meanwhile the super rich get richer.
No wonder they're spiralling. The alternative is here.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Everyone is struggling. Meanwhile the super rich get richer.
No wonder they're spiralling. The alternative is here.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The OBR downgraded productivity by £16billion. It's not, 'made up' Zack. Have another read.
New taxes on remote gambling, dividends, a mansion tax on homes worth more than £2million.
450,000 children lifted out of poverty. £150 off energy bills next year.
Progressive choices. That's who we are.
New taxes on remote gambling, dividends, a mansion tax on homes worth more than £2million.
450,000 children lifted out of poverty. £150 off energy bills next year.
Progressive choices. That's who we are.
Rachel Reeves says on Laura Kuenssberg that she's asking working people to pay a little bit more.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Do Labour MPs think they're gonna get away with doubling down?
Everyone is struggling. Meanwhile the super rich get richer.
No wonder they're spiralling. The alternative is here.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Everyone is struggling. Meanwhile the super rich get richer.
No wonder they're spiralling. The alternative is here.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Greetings from Kyiv!
On this last day of November, I want to thank everyone who supported my work this month –
who stayed,
who joined,
who upgraded,
who didn’t step away.
Thank you.
As always, here’s a short video to capture this month’s mood.
On this last day of November, I want to thank everyone who supported my work this month –
who stayed,
who joined,
who upgraded,
who didn’t step away.
Thank you.
As always, here’s a short video to capture this month’s mood.
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Greetings from Kyiv!
On this last day of November, I want to thank everyone who supported my work this month –
who stayed,
who joined,
who upgraded,
who didn’t step away.
Thank you.
As always, here’s a short video to capture this month’s mood.
On this last day of November, I want to thank everyone who supported my work this month –
who stayed,
who joined,
who upgraded,
who didn’t step away.
Thank you.
As always, here’s a short video to capture this month’s mood.
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This is an excellent, level-headed, informative piece. I'd kill for a government which could discuss the issue with the same sense of objectivity and calm.
Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Net migration is plummeting. Why can’t Labour say so? | Heather Stewart
An honest debate is needed on this polarising topic as sectors such as social care struggle with recruitment
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is an excellent, level-headed, informative piece. I'd kill for a government which could discuss the issue with the same sense of objectivity and calm.
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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If the Telegraph can do this, why can’t #BBC journalists challenge all politicians who bemoan our lack of growth on the elephant in the room: the damage of #Brexit+what can be done to repair it? @omrgriffiths @Nshallice @dianamartinbbc @JonathanAspinw1 @JohntNeal @jonathancmunro
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If the Telegraph can do this, why can’t #BBC journalists challenge all politicians who bemoan our lack of growth on the elephant in the room: the damage of #Brexit+what can be done to repair it? @omrgriffiths @Nshallice @dianamartinbbc @JonathanAspinw1 @JohntNeal @jonathancmunro
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Rachel Reeves says on Laura Kuenssberg that she's asking working people to pay a little bit more.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Rachel Reeves says on Laura Kuenssberg that she's asking working people to pay a little bit more.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
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The army appoints a brave decorated Afghanistan veteran as its first humanist ‘chaplain’ to give moral and pastoral support to thousands of nonreligious men and women who serve our country. The Mail sneers and rents a quote from Rees-Mogg to sneer more. Has there ever been a less patriotic paper?
November 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The army appoints a brave decorated Afghanistan veteran as its first humanist ‘chaplain’ to give moral and pastoral support to thousands of nonreligious men and women who serve our country. The Mail sneers and rents a quote from Rees-Mogg to sneer more. Has there ever been a less patriotic paper?
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Oops sorry we ruined the country and everything we voted for was a lie. Our total bad. Anyway, how about those bloody migrants eh??
November 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Oops sorry we ruined the country and everything we voted for was a lie. Our total bad. Anyway, how about those bloody migrants eh??
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here's the thing, Madame Premier: science doesn't care whether industry can afford a carbon tax. the world will continue to warm. as usual, you show no leadership and are instead trying to placate the separatist whack jobs in your party
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
here's the thing, Madame Premier: science doesn't care whether industry can afford a carbon tax. the world will continue to warm. as usual, you show no leadership and are instead trying to placate the separatist whack jobs in your party
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So so close to £200,000!
Other parties are funded by the super rich, hedge funders with private healthcare, oil and gas and arms traders.
We're growing our movement with the people.
If you want to help take the fight to Reform - please do chip in!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Other parties are funded by the super rich, hedge funders with private healthcare, oil and gas and arms traders.
We're growing our movement with the people.
If you want to help take the fight to Reform - please do chip in!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, we hit our £100,000 target. We're doubling our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
So so close to £200,000!
Other parties are funded by the super rich, hedge funders with private healthcare, oil and gas and arms traders.
We're growing our movement with the people.
If you want to help take the fight to Reform - please do chip in!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Other parties are funded by the super rich, hedge funders with private healthcare, oil and gas and arms traders.
We're growing our movement with the people.
If you want to help take the fight to Reform - please do chip in!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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The economic damage Brexit has caused is undeniable - even Brexiteers are now admitting it.
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
We Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving Europe
Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The economic damage Brexit has caused is undeniable - even Brexiteers are now admitting it.
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
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A new mural has appeared in Ternopil, dedicated to children killed in Russia’s attack.
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A new mural has appeared in Ternopil, dedicated to children killed in Russia’s attack.
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
The artwork, showing a child shielding her toys from a Russian missile, was created by artist Andriy Yermolenko. He described it as “a cry for help to the global community.”
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The FDA’s Vinay Prasad is claiming that COVID19 vaccines killed 10 children.
Usually, to make a claim this extraordinary, one would submit a paper to a leading scientific journal for peer review.
Maybe he has, I don’t know, whatever he is doing is not how one conducts rigorous science.
Usually, to make a claim this extraordinary, one would submit a paper to a leading scientific journal for peer review.
Maybe he has, I don’t know, whatever he is doing is not how one conducts rigorous science.
November 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The FDA’s Vinay Prasad is claiming that COVID19 vaccines killed 10 children.
Usually, to make a claim this extraordinary, one would submit a paper to a leading scientific journal for peer review.
Maybe he has, I don’t know, whatever he is doing is not how one conducts rigorous science.
Usually, to make a claim this extraordinary, one would submit a paper to a leading scientific journal for peer review.
Maybe he has, I don’t know, whatever he is doing is not how one conducts rigorous science.
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I seriously need to suck it up and just learn Blender properly instead of trying to shortcut it. I keep feeling like I can like learn just by doing small edits and such but it is not going well!!!! I do not understand this software or process it is not intuitive to me!!!
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I seriously need to suck it up and just learn Blender properly instead of trying to shortcut it. I keep feeling like I can like learn just by doing small edits and such but it is not going well!!!! I do not understand this software or process it is not intuitive to me!!!
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Copying Denmark’s hardline asylum policy a ‘terrible idea’, Danes say
Helene Brydensholt of the The Alternative party has urged the UK Government to think again, explaining it’s been a disaster for integration and led to more racism
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Helene Brydensholt of the The Alternative party has urged the UK Government to think again, explaining it’s been a disaster for integration and led to more racism
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Copying Denmark’s hardline asylum policy a ‘terrible idea’, Danes say
Helene Brydensholt of the The Alternative party has urged the UK Government to think again, explaining it’s been a disaster for integration and led to more racism
www.mirror.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Copying Denmark’s hardline asylum policy a ‘terrible idea’, Danes say
Helene Brydensholt of the The Alternative party has urged the UK Government to think again, explaining it’s been a disaster for integration and led to more racism
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Helene Brydensholt of the The Alternative party has urged the UK Government to think again, explaining it’s been a disaster for integration and led to more racism
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Rachel Reeves said: “It’s quite clear that the economic burden in the budget was not about age. It was about wealth. People who bear more of the burden are those with big incomes and assets … so I don’t accept that.”
She didn't tax those assets. Why not?
Fear of upsetting the rich and powerful?
She didn't tax those assets. Why not?
Fear of upsetting the rich and powerful?
November 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Rachel Reeves said: “It’s quite clear that the economic burden in the budget was not about age. It was about wealth. People who bear more of the burden are those with big incomes and assets … so I don’t accept that.”
She didn't tax those assets. Why not?
Fear of upsetting the rich and powerful?
She didn't tax those assets. Why not?
Fear of upsetting the rich and powerful?