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Sean Kenny @sean73.bsky.social · 18m

Clearly more cosmopolitan than British skiiers! (I don’t ski.)

Sean Kenny @sean73.bsky.social · 18m

Fair enough, but I’d never heard of them!

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Sean Kenny @sean73.bsky.social · 23m

Maybe “Chinese Science” would be a better title.

Sean Kenny @sean73.bsky.social · 39m

I do struggle to see how the government really understand actually existing Britain, never mind express any enjoyment or pleasure in its better aspects.

Yes, fun is not a priority, but the phrase bread and circuses exists for a reason…

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Sean Kenny @sean73.bsky.social · 1h

Never heard of it, probably because no English people go there, thanks to that z!

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Sean Kenny @sean73.bsky.social · 2h

This is a government of tedious Gradgrinds whose vision of the UK is 1950s cosplay but with AI. A later pub opening time is spot on a another “40 years too late” policy for yesterday’s Britain.

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Sean Kenny @sean73.bsky.social · 2h

It would involve councils owning places that can be cheaply rented by various groups, ie requiring real money and capacity, purely for “fun”. So it is not going to happen under this government.

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Sean Kenny @sean73.bsky.social · 2h

All French climbing areas are weird to pronounce.

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Sean Kenny @sean73.bsky.social · 10h

Aberdeen Steakhouse.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Sean Kenny @sean73.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah but you have your dignity.