Christine Symington
@chrissym1352.bsky.social
Scot living in Saddleworth. Mostly a book and arts person with the occasional foodie meander.
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Cartoon by Mike Luckovich
January 11, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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This 73 year old cartoon by Yuliy Ganf called "At This Restaurant Only One Person Is Served," is as true today as it ever was.
January 1, 2026 at 8:23 PM
This 73 year old cartoon by Yuliy Ganf called "At This Restaurant Only One Person Is Served," is as true today as it ever was.
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Whenever media say “end trans ideology,” they mean end the rights of trans people. Remember “gay ideology” referred to gay people marrying, having kids, not getting fired from work, showing affection in public without harassment (aka basic human rights). Transphobic rhetoric is recycled homophobia.
December 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Whenever media say “end trans ideology,” they mean end the rights of trans people. Remember “gay ideology” referred to gay people marrying, having kids, not getting fired from work, showing affection in public without harassment (aka basic human rights). Transphobic rhetoric is recycled homophobia.
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‘The NHS would collapse within hours’: BME staff say Britain fails to appreciate their roles
‘The NHS would collapse within hours’: BME staff say Britain fails to appreciate their roles
Long-serving workers say they faced racism as they helped build health service – but it ‘seems things have got worse’
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
‘The NHS would collapse within hours’: BME staff say Britain fails to appreciate their roles
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Interviewing future medical students gave me that rare thing: hope for the NHS | Devi Sridhar
Interviewing future medical students gave me that rare thing: hope for the NHS | Devi Sridhar
They face long hours, mediocre pay and, at worst, no job, but their optimism is astonishing – let’s support them better, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Interviewing future medical students gave me that rare thing: hope for the NHS | Devi Sridhar
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Let them shine.
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Let them shine.
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Breaking. Liz Truss wins this year's FIFA Prize for Economics.
December 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Breaking. Liz Truss wins this year's FIFA Prize for Economics.
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zombie hands clawing at a zombie world.
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
zombie hands clawing at a zombie world.
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At the library in Utrecht, Netherlands you can recharge your electric devices by cycling #Power #PedalPower #Libraries
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
At the library in Utrecht, Netherlands you can recharge your electric devices by cycling #Power #PedalPower #Libraries
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Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Imagine if every immigrant to the UK fully integrated and subsumed who they were to become part of this deeply beige country. What a dull place it would be. Bring the colour of their cultures, the music, the sound, the flavours, the creativity, the passion. We are at our best as an alloy.
November 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Imagine if every immigrant to the UK fully integrated and subsumed who they were to become part of this deeply beige country. What a dull place it would be. Bring the colour of their cultures, the music, the sound, the flavours, the creativity, the passion. We are at our best as an alloy.
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Were Covid parties “more important” than jobs, the pandemic death rate, corruption, or other issues? Maybe not!
Were they what ended Boris Johnson’s premiership? Absolutely.
Push. On. Epstein.
Were they what ended Boris Johnson’s premiership? Absolutely.
Push. On. Epstein.
November 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Were Covid parties “more important” than jobs, the pandemic death rate, corruption, or other issues? Maybe not!
Were they what ended Boris Johnson’s premiership? Absolutely.
Push. On. Epstein.
Were they what ended Boris Johnson’s premiership? Absolutely.
Push. On. Epstein.
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At what point does the name change to the Trump files?
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
At what point does the name change to the Trump files?
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A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
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A deep commitment to anti-wokeness
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A deep commitment to anti-wokeness
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photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
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am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
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