The Random Coyle
@randomcoyle.bsky.social
A Nordie in Occupied North Yorkshire.
Science, health, politics, music, art, sport, craic ... random stuff.
Science, health, politics, music, art, sport, craic ... random stuff.
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To every NHS staff member working this Christmas 💙🎄
While we're with family, you're caring for those who need you most.
Thank you for your care, courage, compassion & dedication.
You're missing precious moments so others don't have to face theirs alone.
You are seen. You are valued. ❤️
While we're with family, you're caring for those who need you most.
Thank you for your care, courage, compassion & dedication.
You're missing precious moments so others don't have to face theirs alone.
You are seen. You are valued. ❤️
December 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
To every NHS staff member working this Christmas 💙🎄
While we're with family, you're caring for those who need you most.
Thank you for your care, courage, compassion & dedication.
You're missing precious moments so others don't have to face theirs alone.
You are seen. You are valued. ❤️
While we're with family, you're caring for those who need you most.
Thank you for your care, courage, compassion & dedication.
You're missing precious moments so others don't have to face theirs alone.
You are seen. You are valued. ❤️
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Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
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Sign now to demand an end to big money in politics
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December 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
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'Hyden Hill'
by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #womensart ❄️
by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #womensart ❄️
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
'Hyden Hill'
by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #womensart ❄️
by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #womensart ❄️
Even more beautiful when seen up close.
Detail from the Art Nouveau gesso panels by Glasgow School artist Margaret Macdonald, c.1907 #WomensArt ❄️
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December 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Even more beautiful when seen up close.
Teachtaireacht na Nollag ón Uachtarán Catherine Connolly
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Christmas Message from President Catherine Connolly
youtu.be/mEdpfmyL2nc?...
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Christmas Message from President Catherine Connolly
youtu.be/mEdpfmyL2nc?...
Teachtaireacht na Nollag ón Uachtarán Connolly / Christmas Message from President Connolly - 2025
YouTube video by Áras an Uachtaráin
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Nollaig shona daoibh a chairde
Teachtaireacht na Nollag ón Uachtarán Catherine Connolly
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Christmas Message from President Catherine Connolly
youtu.be/mEdpfmyL2nc?...
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Christmas Message from President Catherine Connolly
youtu.be/mEdpfmyL2nc?...
Teachtaireacht na Nollag ón Uachtarán Connolly / Christmas Message from President Connolly - 2025
YouTube video by Áras an Uachtaráin
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Nollaig shona daoibh a chairde
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'Stag in the birches'
by printmaker Celia Lewis #WomensArt ❄️
by printmaker Celia Lewis #WomensArt ❄️
December 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
'Stag in the birches'
by printmaker Celia Lewis #WomensArt ❄️
by printmaker Celia Lewis #WomensArt ❄️
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Today is 2025-12-21, the sun sets at 16:07:44 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 02 mins and 1 sec. #GrandStretch #TheGrandStretchIsBack
December 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Today is 2025-12-21, the sun sets at 16:07:44 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 02 mins and 1 sec. #GrandStretch #TheGrandStretchIsBack
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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This makes a lot of sense.
Foreign interventions being used to trigger domestic legal powers.
Foreign interventions being used to trigger domestic legal powers.
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
December 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This makes a lot of sense.
Foreign interventions being used to trigger domestic legal powers.
Foreign interventions being used to trigger domestic legal powers.
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But we see these sorts of headlines every year - it’s the sheer predictability of these headlines and the lack of any real plan to stabilise the NHS over winter that should be the front page story!
Not some - in my opinion - highly misleading use of statistics!
END OF RANT 10/10
Not some - in my opinion - highly misleading use of statistics!
END OF RANT 10/10
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
But we see these sorts of headlines every year - it’s the sheer predictability of these headlines and the lack of any real plan to stabilise the NHS over winter that should be the front page story!
Not some - in my opinion - highly misleading use of statistics!
END OF RANT 10/10
Not some - in my opinion - highly misleading use of statistics!
END OF RANT 10/10
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The Christmas issue of The BMJ is coming soon!
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue, and respond to some articles.
Inspired by this article evaluating the cognitive abilities of AI 🤖
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue, and respond to some articles.
Inspired by this article evaluating the cognitive abilities of AI 🤖
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The Christmas issue of The BMJ is coming soon!
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue, and respond to some articles.
Inspired by this article evaluating the cognitive abilities of AI 🤖
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue, and respond to some articles.
Inspired by this article evaluating the cognitive abilities of AI 🤖
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
Both Tees Trusts...
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Both Tees Trusts...
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'40 Below 0' painting by painter, singer and musician Joni Mitchell #WomensArt
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
'40 Below 0' painting by painter, singer and musician Joni Mitchell #WomensArt
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December 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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'Cley windmill in winter', machine and hand embroidery by UK textile artist Rachel Wright #WomensArt
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
'Cley windmill in winter', machine and hand embroidery by UK textile artist Rachel Wright #WomensArt
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Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
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If we are serious about reducing reoffending, we can't allow public humiliation to become part of the justice system.
Shaming individuals carrying out unpaid work risks harming families, especially children who bear the weight of a crime they didn’t commit.
#Rehabilitation
Shaming individuals carrying out unpaid work risks harming families, especially children who bear the weight of a crime they didn’t commit.
#Rehabilitation
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If we are serious about reducing reoffending, we can't allow public humiliation to become part of the justice system.
Shaming individuals carrying out unpaid work risks harming families, especially children who bear the weight of a crime they didn’t commit.
#Rehabilitation
Shaming individuals carrying out unpaid work risks harming families, especially children who bear the weight of a crime they didn’t commit.
#Rehabilitation
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Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part
RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel
Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part...
www.rte.ie
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part
Nothing lasts forever, not even cold November rain...
Happy December folks.
Happy December folks.
December 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Nothing lasts forever, not even cold November rain...
Happy December folks.
Happy December folks.
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Yes, the NHS budget will always increase, just as the price of a loaf of bread I buy will always increase.
The key question is: Has the NHS budget kept up with rising demand due to increasing population, people living longer, people being sick for longer, etc.
The answer is a categorical: no.
The key question is: Has the NHS budget kept up with rising demand due to increasing population, people living longer, people being sick for longer, etc.
The answer is a categorical: no.
One thing they keep banging on about is Historically High tax income.
Surely inflation means it should be historically high, like most people's wages, utility bills etc.
The NHS budget is historically high but everyone knows it has had several real term cuts.
Surely inflation means it should be historically high, like most people's wages, utility bills etc.
The NHS budget is historically high but everyone knows it has had several real term cuts.
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Yes, the NHS budget will always increase, just as the price of a loaf of bread I buy will always increase.
The key question is: Has the NHS budget kept up with rising demand due to increasing population, people living longer, people being sick for longer, etc.
The answer is a categorical: no.
The key question is: Has the NHS budget kept up with rising demand due to increasing population, people living longer, people being sick for longer, etc.
The answer is a categorical: no.
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Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Stunning!
Red on the Cuillins, Skye, painting by Pam Carter (1952-2022), Scottish landscape and seascape artist. #WomensArt
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Stunning!