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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 4d

Individual rooftop installations are too small to be systematically attacked. That’s why there’s been a huge boom in small-scale #solar across Ukraine.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
(via @billmckibben.bsky.social)

Ukrainians find new energy sources to beat blackouts as winter arrives

In Kyiv, daily blackouts of eight hours are common.

www.reuters.com

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James Moules @jamesmoules.bsky.social · 2d

I’m old enough to remember when a comment like this would have been a resigning matter…

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Care Opinion @careopinion.org.uk · 2d

✨ We're excited to announce that our upcoming Autumn Conference will offer a unique chance to hear directly from an author sharing their experience of Care Opinion #COconf25

📖 The Story behind the Story: A Care Opinion author reflection

Registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4feed0...

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Annie M Leonard @anniemleonard.bsky.social · 3d

How bad does it have to get before R Senators realize standing by this man is not good for their career or their legacy? Clearly it’s not good for the country, but that’s not enough to move them. At some point, some of them have got to stand up and say “this is wrong” and stop enabling him. When??

‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd

The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences

www.theguardian.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d

This is absolutely right on every point and everyone who sits on a governing board or serves as president or provost or similar should please make the time to read it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Charlie Jones @charliepsych.bsky.social · 6d

I'm sad to hear the Point of Care Foundation is closing. They have flown a flag for 'humanising healthcare'- a relentless task. I've been to a few Schwartz Rounds & always found them moving.

Maybe the forces that de-humanise healthcare are far stronger than we think, & are often hidden.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 8d

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social · 7d

This is the book that @mrjamesob.bsky.social just discussed with #RussellScott. In a sane country, the Tories would be finished for good

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 8d

5. Not only is one ship of solar panels providing more electricity than 100 ships of coal. It also costs less than half the price:

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 8d

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 10d

I sat down with the Prime Minister and asked him if he’s been doing enough to counter the shocking rise of the far right in this country.

It may have taken too long, but it’s good to hear him speaking like this now.

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

'This far-right politics will pull apart what we are as a country'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer vows to tackle the far right and child poverty as he speaks to the ECHO ahead of the Labour party conference

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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Mike Chitty @mikechitty.bsky.social · 10d

We must reject the imported theatre of division, and renew a politics of attentiveness, hospitality, and care in our own communities.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11d

If ever there was a time not to normalize Trump’s authoritarian fever dreams, this is it.

This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.

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Care Opinion @careopinion.org.uk · 12d

Last week we marked 5 years of Care Opinion in Northern Ireland.

Every Trust shared how they’re using stories to improve care. We celebrated what listening can make possible — and where it can take us next.

Here’s a reflection on the day from our CEO: www.careopinion.org.uk/blogposts/13...

What Listening Makes Possible: Five Years of Care Opinion in Northern Ireland

Update from Care Opinion

www.careopinion.org.uk

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Patient Experience Library @patientlibrary.bsky.social · 12d

@england.nhs.uk - looking to improve how we hear from patients? Have a look at this...

Care Opinion @careopinion.org.uk · 12d

Last week we marked 5 years of Care Opinion in Northern Ireland.

Every Trust shared how they’re using stories to improve care. We celebrated what listening can make possible — and where it can take us next.

Here’s a reflection on the day from our CEO: www.careopinion.org.uk/blogposts/13...

What Listening Makes Possible: Five Years of Care Opinion in Northern Ireland

Update from Care Opinion

www.careopinion.org.uk

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Care Opinion @careopinion.org.uk · 12d

This person shared how @scotambservice.bsky.social performed over an hour of resuscitation to save their life after a cardiac arrest. They are now recovering well and have expressed deep gratitude for the team’s skill, persistence & compassion.
Read the full story👇
www.careopinion.org.uk/1392806

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 13d

After years of making the running on immigration, Farage may this week have handed the initiative back to his opponents'. @robfordmancs.bsky.social for @ukandeu.bsky.social on the unpopularity of Reform's proposals on ILR ukandeu.ac.uk/reforms-radi...

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 13d

"The political logic of treating migrants as permanent second-class citizens is not clear."

@robfordmancs.bsky.social shows making it harder for migrants working and paying taxes to settle here is *incredibly* unpopular.

Also applies to Labour/Tory proposals! (1/2)

ukandeu.ac.uk/reforms-radi...

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 15d

Interesting thread. Christina is quite right about the MHRA, which is in law simply an agency of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with no separate legal personality.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 15d

IMPORTANT 🧵

We've been seeing how RFK Jr & anti-vax lobby has been steadily and effectively reducing access to vaccines in the US.

But it could happen in UK too.

It's a threat worth considering given Malhotra's speech at Reform conf & big overlap between anti-vax and RW populsim.

Read on!
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14d

NYT accurate here

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 14d

Again, the *obvious* weakness Reform has is combining its first ~10%, who are much more conspiracy adjacent, with wider mainstream appeal. This is a wedge both Labour and Tories should be kicking.

Remember how much Ref. floundered under Tice when they became the party of Covid-skepticism?

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 14d

"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."

Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.

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Patient Safety Learning @patientsafetylearning.org · 14d

🆕The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital was one of the pilot sites chosen to test and roll out Martha’s Rule in its first year. This blog outlines the hospital's efforts over the past year to integrate Martha’s Rule into everyday clinical practice. www.pslhub.org/learn/improv...

Embedding Martha's Rule into practice—Lessons from the national pilot

This blog outlines Royal Manchester Children's Hospital's (RMCH) efforts over the past year to integrate Martha’s Rule into everyday clinical practice

www.pslhub.org

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15d

Ed Davey made a confident speech: there is a great deal of strategic logic in a liberal challenge to Nigel Farage is offering Britain the chaos and cruelty of Donald Trump's America, and in taking a strong stand that Elon Musk should not be above the rule of law

www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...

Don’t let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain

Leader's Speech to Autumn Conference 2025

www.libdems.org.uk

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 16d

Is it really *that hard* to say that it is totally morally wrong to say to people who have come here legally, worked, paid taxes, built their lives here, contributed to Britain, that they have to fuck off now, rather than "unfunded".

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16d

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.

So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 17d

Reform are now coming after people with permanent residency. It'll be citizens next. No one is safe from authoritarian governments.

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