Natasha
@natashaeu.bsky.social
GP working in Out of Hours, interested in politics, baking, reading, being social online!
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“Power is the rock on which truth founders. It will always find willing enforcers: no one ever lost money by telling billionaires what they want to hear. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.”
- George Monbiot
- George Monbiot
January 15, 2026 at 8:43 AM
“Power is the rock on which truth founders. It will always find willing enforcers: no one ever lost money by telling billionaires what they want to hear. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.”
- George Monbiot
- George Monbiot
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The BBC will take legal steps to have Donald Trump’s 10 billion dollar defamation lawsuit over a Panorama programme edit dismissed, court documents have shown
BBC to file motion to have Donald Trump defamation lawsuit thrown out
www.thenational.scot
January 13, 2026 at 10:18 AM
The BBC will take legal steps to have Donald Trump’s 10 billion dollar defamation lawsuit over a Panorama programme edit dismissed, court documents have shown
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Notice how they photograph her and upload it to a database before walking away?
That should scare every one of us.
They’ve got facial recognition software and access to databases to determine citizenship.
They’re demanding papers from people just walking on the street.
This is not freedom.
That should scare every one of us.
They’ve got facial recognition software and access to databases to determine citizenship.
They’re demanding papers from people just walking on the street.
This is not freedom.
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 13, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Notice how they photograph her and upload it to a database before walking away?
That should scare every one of us.
They’ve got facial recognition software and access to databases to determine citizenship.
They’re demanding papers from people just walking on the street.
This is not freedom.
That should scare every one of us.
They’ve got facial recognition software and access to databases to determine citizenship.
They’re demanding papers from people just walking on the street.
This is not freedom.
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Imagine if China was shooting innocent women in the face.
Imagine they kidnapped the leader of Singapore and killed 80 people there.
Imagine they were staging a coup in Malaysia.
Imagine they were threatening to invade Japan.
Why is it fine the USA is doing it?
Imagine they kidnapped the leader of Singapore and killed 80 people there.
Imagine they were staging a coup in Malaysia.
Imagine they were threatening to invade Japan.
Why is it fine the USA is doing it?
January 12, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Imagine if China was shooting innocent women in the face.
Imagine they kidnapped the leader of Singapore and killed 80 people there.
Imagine they were staging a coup in Malaysia.
Imagine they were threatening to invade Japan.
Why is it fine the USA is doing it?
Imagine they kidnapped the leader of Singapore and killed 80 people there.
Imagine they were staging a coup in Malaysia.
Imagine they were threatening to invade Japan.
Why is it fine the USA is doing it?
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The UK Labour Government has 'snubbed' the north of Scotland in the latest Westminster funding round, Moray parliamentarians have said, highlighting how nowhere north of Dundee is set to benefit
Fury as Labour ministers 'snub everywhere north of Dundee' with £140m fund
www.thenational.scot
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The UK Labour Government has 'snubbed' the north of Scotland in the latest Westminster funding round, Moray parliamentarians have said, highlighting how nowhere north of Dundee is set to benefit
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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It is not just about how Scotland protects itself – but about what kind of power the country chooses to be in the world, writes Xander Elliards ✍️
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25754030.questions-snp-answer-independence-defence/
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25754030.questions-snp-answer-independence-defence/
January 11, 2026 at 10:22 AM
It is not just about how Scotland protects itself – but about what kind of power the country chooses to be in the world, writes Xander Elliards ✍️
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25754030.questions-snp-answer-independence-defence/
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25754030.questions-snp-answer-independence-defence/
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
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How does SARS-CoV-2 infection lead to dysregulation of the immune system in severe and #LongCovid?
An unanticipated mechanism described @pnas.org with depletion of specific immune T and dendritic cells, open-access
www.pnas.org/doi/suppl/10...
An unanticipated mechanism described @pnas.org with depletion of specific immune T and dendritic cells, open-access
www.pnas.org/doi/suppl/10...
January 10, 2026 at 12:54 PM
How does SARS-CoV-2 infection lead to dysregulation of the immune system in severe and #LongCovid?
An unanticipated mechanism described @pnas.org with depletion of specific immune T and dendritic cells, open-access
www.pnas.org/doi/suppl/10...
An unanticipated mechanism described @pnas.org with depletion of specific immune T and dendritic cells, open-access
www.pnas.org/doi/suppl/10...
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Donald Trump "Denmark only owns Greenland because a boat arrived there 500 years ago."
Does this stupid POS know the USA's history?
Does this stupid POS know the USA's history?
January 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Donald Trump "Denmark only owns Greenland because a boat arrived there 500 years ago."
Does this stupid POS know the USA's history?
Does this stupid POS know the USA's history?
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The education and children committee has been concerned about the rights of children from England who are placed in secure accommodation in Scotland. I asked the children minister whether she had discussed the issue with her counterpart in the UK Government.
January 8, 2026 at 9:44 AM
The education and children committee has been concerned about the rights of children from England who are placed in secure accommodation in Scotland. I asked the children minister whether she had discussed the issue with her counterpart in the UK Government.
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Stopping weight loss drugs is followed by weight regain and reversal of beneficial effects on heart and metabolic health markers like high blood pressure, finds new BMJ Research.
Regain was faster than after behavioural weight management programmes
t.co/DOHTIlVzrE
Regain was faster than after behavioural weight management programmes
t.co/DOHTIlVzrE
January 8, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Stopping weight loss drugs is followed by weight regain and reversal of beneficial effects on heart and metabolic health markers like high blood pressure, finds new BMJ Research.
Regain was faster than after behavioural weight management programmes
t.co/DOHTIlVzrE
Regain was faster than after behavioural weight management programmes
t.co/DOHTIlVzrE
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"Reform UK refused to turn up to the first Senedd election debate of 2026
Five Welsh parties showed up.
Reform didn’t.
No explanation. No accountability"
via Reform are not your friends
(ps maybe cos they didn't want people remembering
Wales Reform UK ex-leader
jailed for taking Russian bribes)
Five Welsh parties showed up.
Reform didn’t.
No explanation. No accountability"
via Reform are not your friends
(ps maybe cos they didn't want people remembering
Wales Reform UK ex-leader
jailed for taking Russian bribes)
January 5, 2026 at 10:34 AM
"Reform UK refused to turn up to the first Senedd election debate of 2026
Five Welsh parties showed up.
Reform didn’t.
No explanation. No accountability"
via Reform are not your friends
(ps maybe cos they didn't want people remembering
Wales Reform UK ex-leader
jailed for taking Russian bribes)
Five Welsh parties showed up.
Reform didn’t.
No explanation. No accountability"
via Reform are not your friends
(ps maybe cos they didn't want people remembering
Wales Reform UK ex-leader
jailed for taking Russian bribes)
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OMG! what the fuck is wrong with them, data held on US servers, plus Palantir already in the NHS, MOD, Home Office, Border management, & local government. everyone's worried about Canada or Greenland becoming the 51st state, too late we are already there🤦♂️
July 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
OMG! what the fuck is wrong with them, data held on US servers, plus Palantir already in the NHS, MOD, Home Office, Border management, & local government. everyone's worried about Canada or Greenland becoming the 51st state, too late we are already there🤦♂️
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BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
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Just saw this in LinkedIn for anyone interested in looking into Grok's production of CSAM and non-consensual sexualised imagery.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
January 6, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Just saw this in LinkedIn for anyone interested in looking into Grok's production of CSAM and non-consensual sexualised imagery.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
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Maduro wasn't a corrupt dictator.
Saudi Arabia has a corrupt murderous dictator.
Israel has a corrupt genocidal dictator.
The USA which also has a corrupt genocidal dictator loves those countries.
It is that Venezuela wasn't a US puppet.
Saudi Arabia has a corrupt murderous dictator.
Israel has a corrupt genocidal dictator.
The USA which also has a corrupt genocidal dictator loves those countries.
It is that Venezuela wasn't a US puppet.
January 6, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Maduro wasn't a corrupt dictator.
Saudi Arabia has a corrupt murderous dictator.
Israel has a corrupt genocidal dictator.
The USA which also has a corrupt genocidal dictator loves those countries.
It is that Venezuela wasn't a US puppet.
Saudi Arabia has a corrupt murderous dictator.
Israel has a corrupt genocidal dictator.
The USA which also has a corrupt genocidal dictator loves those countries.
It is that Venezuela wasn't a US puppet.
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In 1945 billionaires in the USA would have to pay 94% tax on almost all their earnings.
In the UK it was 98%.
We can tax rich people, the rich people have just decided we can't.
In the UK it was 98%.
We can tax rich people, the rich people have just decided we can't.
January 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
In 1945 billionaires in the USA would have to pay 94% tax on almost all their earnings.
In the UK it was 98%.
We can tax rich people, the rich people have just decided we can't.
In the UK it was 98%.
We can tax rich people, the rich people have just decided we can't.
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Happy New Year, everyone.
I used to start the New Year with a little hope of a refreshed start, an opportunity to leave some of the rubbish in the previous year.
Every year recently has given me such a thorough kicking it is tricky to be hopeful anymore. I'll try. Best anyone can do really.
I used to start the New Year with a little hope of a refreshed start, an opportunity to leave some of the rubbish in the previous year.
Every year recently has given me such a thorough kicking it is tricky to be hopeful anymore. I'll try. Best anyone can do really.
January 1, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Happy New Year, everyone.
I used to start the New Year with a little hope of a refreshed start, an opportunity to leave some of the rubbish in the previous year.
Every year recently has given me such a thorough kicking it is tricky to be hopeful anymore. I'll try. Best anyone can do really.
I used to start the New Year with a little hope of a refreshed start, an opportunity to leave some of the rubbish in the previous year.
Every year recently has given me such a thorough kicking it is tricky to be hopeful anymore. I'll try. Best anyone can do really.
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If you work and you have a job you are taxed.
If you don't work, if you 'earn' your money by being a landlord or a stock trader, you pay half the tax or less than people who work do.
If you are a CEO, if you own a company, you pay virtually no tax at all.
Tax the rich.
If you don't work, if you 'earn' your money by being a landlord or a stock trader, you pay half the tax or less than people who work do.
If you are a CEO, if you own a company, you pay virtually no tax at all.
Tax the rich.
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If you work and you have a job you are taxed.
If you don't work, if you 'earn' your money by being a landlord or a stock trader, you pay half the tax or less than people who work do.
If you are a CEO, if you own a company, you pay virtually no tax at all.
Tax the rich.
If you don't work, if you 'earn' your money by being a landlord or a stock trader, you pay half the tax or less than people who work do.
If you are a CEO, if you own a company, you pay virtually no tax at all.
Tax the rich.
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and the failure to implement solutions right in front of our eyes because of the fixation with "innovation" and digital for its own sake
Examples from my daily practice which have got worse by far recently
1. Endless (discharge) transport delays
2. Endless (discharge) equipment delivery delays
Examples from my daily practice which have got worse by far recently
1. Endless (discharge) transport delays
2. Endless (discharge) equipment delivery delays
December 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
and the failure to implement solutions right in front of our eyes because of the fixation with "innovation" and digital for its own sake
Examples from my daily practice which have got worse by far recently
1. Endless (discharge) transport delays
2. Endless (discharge) equipment delivery delays
Examples from my daily practice which have got worse by far recently
1. Endless (discharge) transport delays
2. Endless (discharge) equipment delivery delays
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Greenland has rewritten what it means to be a small state in a complex world. An independent Scotland could do the same, writes Toni Giugliano ✍️
What Greenland can teach Scotland about asserting our rights on the world stage
www.thenational.scot
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Greenland has rewritten what it means to be a small state in a complex world. An independent Scotland could do the same, writes Toni Giugliano ✍️
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
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It's crazy that labour is even more homophobic than reform.
This poll also shows how stupid it is that people believe parents are transing away the gay when they're far more transphobic than homophobic.
This poll also shows how stupid it is that people believe parents are transing away the gay when they're far more transphobic than homophobic.
We really are a nation that loves animals and hates children. These figures are so shameful (via @natacha.bsky.social).
December 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It's crazy that labour is even more homophobic than reform.
This poll also shows how stupid it is that people believe parents are transing away the gay when they're far more transphobic than homophobic.
This poll also shows how stupid it is that people believe parents are transing away the gay when they're far more transphobic than homophobic.