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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 11h

And jailing feminists ...

Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 11h

"While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China was building five nuclear reactors," says Kemi Badenoch.

I cannot be the only person curious about how these two things are related

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 12h

Important thread and Wesseley alert

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15h

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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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 13h

Jenrick's argument that he's talking about 'integration' rather than skin colour is patently absurd and @stephenkb.bsky.social does a great job of spelling that our here.
Also love the comment about pathogenesis.
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Thank the Tories for keeping Robert Jenrick out of high office

Shadow justice secretary’s comment about not seeing a ‘white face’ shows he does not understand integration

on.ft.com

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 1d

The moral vacuity.
It's like a wound-up Duracell bunny version of Marco Rubio.

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 1d

It's not like his public statements are any better or more thoughtful tbh

Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 1d

黨委書記?

David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 1d

The notion that Bari will be "running CBS News" is slightly misleading. What the reporting suggests is that Tom Cibrowski, a guy with normal qualifications, will be doing that. Bari will be Emperor Ellison's Vader-esque enforcer, outside the chain of command, intervening at will.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

JFC the man has not one ounce of shame in him.

He went to private school and Cambridge. He owns three homes and rents a fourth!

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 1d

I know plenty of politicians 'working classify' their backgrounds, but this from Jenrick is taking the piss.

His father's linked in is here: uk.linkedin.com/in/bill-jenr...

He was a managing accountant who ended up as the Managing Director of Cannon Industries

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 1d

Throughout 2019, I told myself "Hope dies last". I tell myself again.

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 1d

Utterly reprehensible.
Stirring hate and outrage, endangering people.

The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 1d

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 2d

Homemade 猪仔餅 says "Hi!"

A moon cake cookie in the shape of a piglet

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone who knows anything about ME/CFS and the harm that was done to people by the move to psychologize it will know this is extremely worrying.

Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 2d

Simon Wessely — the controversial psychiatrist once dubbed “Britain’s most hated doctor” has been appointed vice chair of Labour’s review into overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 2d

Managed to get a good skin to filling ratio this year. Fam doesn't liked salted egg yolks in their moon cakes though 🤷‍♀️

A quarter of a cut moon cake showing lotus seed filling in soft pastry, held between thumb and finger. Another cut quarter behind it resting on white plate

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Mid-Autumn festival to everyone celebrating 🌕🥮
但願人長久，千里共嬋娟

A small, round baked pastry (moon cake) on a china dish featuring a pair of painted rabbits.

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 3d

Agree.
The online version, which reads: "Partisan Shutdown Messages Could Hurt Civil Service, Experts Warn", though not exactly strong, is nonetheless better.

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 3d

Great point: "Polarisation may be an unhelpful term for what is happening in both US and UK politics. It implies that both sides are becoming equally extreme. Arguably the real dynamic is that elements of the right have hardened, embracing positions that would have been unacceptable a decade ago."

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 4d

All of My Heart by ABC
Film: Angel Heart

Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 5d

They've edited it to take out husband's name but still describes her as married with two children before her professional accomplishments.

Screenshot of Sky News Headline and standfirst, reads:
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first (in big headline type), followed by:

Sarah Mullally, 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married with has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 5d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 5d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 5d

Well, GB News are already on it, so ...
bsky.app/profile/jim....

Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 5d

So interesting that GB News is sticking with female archbishop story longer than BBC/Sky, going through her tweets live on air, starting to cancel her for being woke.

They keep talking about the Christian public taking it badly, fits with the growing US-style religious vibe of the British right?

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 5d

All will become tears in the rain.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 5d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 6d

Student journalist Lucas Griffith faces trial today for covering a protest against the deportation of Ayman Soliman, who himself fled persecution for his journalism in Egypt.

Lucas did nothing wrong. This is a big deal and would be national news in normal times.

On trial for journalism in Kentucky.

Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges.

www.cjr.org

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Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · 5d

Brilliant article by a teacher highlighting the current dire situation for teachers and kids every winter when it comes to infection risk and spread. We continue to fight for our kids to have the right to breathe clean air.

stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/d...

Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please Can We Talk About Health?

Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please can we talk about health? It’s autumn 2025. We’re one month into the school year, in England. Two of my children are ill, again.With Covid, again.It&#821…

stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 6d

Well, hello, Rupert.

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