David Roulston
@davidroulston.bsky.social
Trying to find nuance in a bipolar world. Reader, occasional activist, cook, gardener, dog owner and aspiring writer. Retired from health and social care.
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Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
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This is plausible because if there's one thing you associate with ballet stars it's clumsiness.
November 18, 2024 at 12:12 PM
This is plausible because if there's one thing you associate with ballet stars it's clumsiness.
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What I'd like to hear from farmers and those supporting them is an alternative proposal. It seems few are willing to defend billionaires buying up farmland to avoid tax but want to protect smaller farms.
What's the best way to do that? Seems more useful than a protest.
What's the best way to do that? Seems more useful than a protest.
November 19, 2024 at 9:57 AM
What I'd like to hear from farmers and those supporting them is an alternative proposal. It seems few are willing to defend billionaires buying up farmland to avoid tax but want to protect smaller farms.
What's the best way to do that? Seems more useful than a protest.
What's the best way to do that? Seems more useful than a protest.
A slippery slope. Surely one of the things we've learned in the last decade is the importance of expertise and understanding.
The debate around the use of physician associates in the NHS is certain to be debated on this app as it was over in the other place
Last month I published this long read after speaking to Merseyside medics about their concerns
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Last month I published this long read after speaking to Merseyside medics about their concerns
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Mersey doctors slam 'irresponsible' use of staff in the NHS
A number of doctors have spoken to the ECHO as the row over physician associate roles in the NHS intensifies
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM
A slippery slope. Surely one of the things we've learned in the last decade is the importance of expertise and understanding.
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"It's 'free speech' when they 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 what's being said."
After backlash over a police investigation into a journalist's tweet, The News Agents discuss the right’s so-called "free speech absolutism" which, as it turns out, comes with conditions.
After backlash over a police investigation into a journalist's tweet, The News Agents discuss the right’s so-called "free speech absolutism" which, as it turns out, comes with conditions.
November 18, 2024 at 7:44 PM
"It's 'free speech' when they 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 what's being said."
After backlash over a police investigation into a journalist's tweet, The News Agents discuss the right’s so-called "free speech absolutism" which, as it turns out, comes with conditions.
After backlash over a police investigation into a journalist's tweet, The News Agents discuss the right’s so-called "free speech absolutism" which, as it turns out, comes with conditions.
X summed up in this post 👇-
In the show I explore the concept of free speech fundamentalism, which is prized by much of the online right. As I explain, it’s nearly always intellectually dishonest.
November 19, 2024 at 7:49 AM
X summed up in this post 👇-
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Which.... is the case for all other property owners as well. The gap between the coverage of this proposal and its reality can be seen from space.
memo to farmers protesting today, if you’re desperate to hand your farm to your offspring then give it to them while you’re still alive, panic over, so long as you live another 7 years there’s no inheritance tax
November 19, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Which.... is the case for all other property owners as well. The gap between the coverage of this proposal and its reality can be seen from space.
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good for him! work-life balance is so important
November 18, 2024 at 2:58 AM
good for him! work-life balance is so important
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A health charity has published an assessment of the effects on primary schools and families of Sadiq Khan's free school meals policy. I've written about it for OnLondon: www.onlondon.co.uk/sadiq-khans-.... #london
Sadiq Khan's free school meals policy having positive effects, says report - OnLondon
The provision of free meals for all of London’s primary school children has alleviated food poverty, benefited school communities and been good for their family lives, according to a report by an inde...
www.onlondon.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 6:57 AM
A health charity has published an assessment of the effects on primary schools and families of Sadiq Khan's free school meals policy. I've written about it for OnLondon: www.onlondon.co.uk/sadiq-khans-.... #london
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If the intent of Scholz's call was to ask if Putin was interested in deescalation, I think he has his answer.
Massive Russian drone, cruise missile, and ballistic missile attack on Ukraine ongoing this morning.
The Ukrainian Air Force has issued dozens of warnings, covering nearly the entire country.
The Ukrainian Air Force has issued dozens of warnings, covering nearly the entire country.
November 17, 2024 at 8:43 AM
If the intent of Scholz's call was to ask if Putin was interested in deescalation, I think he has his answer.
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This is a great piece from @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social with some good lessons for progressive rethink in three ways 1) On cultural issues you have to embrace politics of “and” so on immigration public will care about compassion but also control and contribution.
on.ft.com/40KKDBt
on.ft.com/40KKDBt
November 15, 2024 at 10:31 AM
This is a great piece from @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social with some good lessons for progressive rethink in three ways 1) On cultural issues you have to embrace politics of “and” so on immigration public will care about compassion but also control and contribution.
on.ft.com/40KKDBt
on.ft.com/40KKDBt
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Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29 | George Monbiot
What would it witness in Azerbaijan? A species that knows it is destroying itself but is too greedy to change course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Progressives take note - stop lecturing people and start listening to them. Seek points of commonality not difference.
🧵There's a line of thought that Trump's victory means progressive causes are doomed in the court of public opinion. I don't think that's true, but I do think it shows more thought needs to be given to what ought to be a tautology but infact often isn't - inclusive progressivism.
November 12, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Progressives take note - stop lecturing people and start listening to them. Seek points of commonality not difference.
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The case for the UK to join the EU is getting stronger by the day.
If you’re onboard, make sure you join the >23,400 members of European Movement UK. This is how it builds.
—> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership
If you’re onboard, make sure you join the >23,400 members of European Movement UK. This is how it builds.
—> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership
November 11, 2024 at 12:58 PM
The case for the UK to join the EU is getting stronger by the day.
If you’re onboard, make sure you join the >23,400 members of European Movement UK. This is how it builds.
—> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership
If you’re onboard, make sure you join the >23,400 members of European Movement UK. This is how it builds.
—> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership
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As the US elections have proved, our politics is distorted by billionaire press owners and big tech broligarchy. People live in information bubbles, starved of truth.
The resistance begins here
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The resistance begins here
👉http://subscribe.bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2024 at 6:03 PM
As the US elections have proved, our politics is distorted by billionaire press owners and big tech broligarchy. People live in information bubbles, starved of truth.
The resistance begins here
👉http://subscribe.bylinetimes.com
The resistance begins here
👉http://subscribe.bylinetimes.com
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Column. Clunky analogue democracy struggling to renew itself in the age of digital extremes. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Left, right, Harris, Trump: all prisoners of political nostalgia in an era few understand | Rafael Behr
The digital age has turbo-boosted extremism, and analogue democracy is struggling to keep up, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2024 at 7:04 AM
Column. Clunky analogue democracy struggling to renew itself in the age of digital extremes. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“One of the challenges the NHS has with cyber security is that many NHS computers are still using Windows XP”
(which was released in 2001 and stopped receiving cyber security support from Microsoft a decade ago)
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“One of the challenges the NHS has with cyber security is that many NHS computers are still using Windows XP”
(which was released in 2001 and stopped receiving cyber security support from Microsoft a decade ago)
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October 21, 2024 at 7:24 AM
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“One of the challenges the NHS has with cyber security is that many NHS computers are still using Windows XP”
(which was released in 2001 and stopped receiving cyber security support from Microsoft a decade ago)
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“One of the challenges the NHS has with cyber security is that many NHS computers are still using Windows XP”
(which was released in 2001 and stopped receiving cyber security support from Microsoft a decade ago)
🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃