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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 12h

Patients want access to GPs yet there are unemployed GPs

£1.7bn to ARRS additional roles ~ 5m appts/month
£600m for Pharmacy First to reduce demand on GPs ~ 500k/month

Yet just £80m for ARRS GPs & core GP funding 20% less ccd 2015

Half the cost £1.15bn = 11k GPs & more appts

Both are possible⚖️

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 54m

Just so

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 1h

Referring to global history during the 'Victorian era', but de-centering Europe:
The Meiji era of Japan lasted from 1868 to 1912.

So:
"Cowboys were roaming warrior-gunmen who managed cattle empires for the noble class in early Meiji-era America."

"The Meiji Emperor 明治5年. Albumen silver print. Uchida Kuichi was the only photographer granted a sitting by the Emperor Meiji and in 1872 Uchida photographed the Emperor and Empress Haruko in full court dress and everyday robes. In 1873, Uchida again photographed the Emperor, who this time wore military dress, and a photograph from this sitting became the official imperial portrait (Ishii and Iizawa). Copies of the official portrait were distributed among foreign heads of state and Japanese regional governmental offices, but their private sale was prohibited. Nevertheless, many copies of the photograph were made and circulated on the market. (Kinoshita). Published in the Japanese book, Meiji Tenno gyoden (Tokyo: Kaneo Bun'endo, 1912)"

CREDIT: Uchida Kuichi - Tenno Yondai No Shozo "天皇四代の肖像", published by Mainichi Shinbun Sha 毎日新聞社, 1999.

"A historical photograph of a group of cowboys from the American West, likely from the late 19th century. The photograph appears to be a promotional image for Buffalo Bill's Wild West show"

The name "Johnny Baker" is written at the bottom, either as the photographer or labeling a gentleman in fancy hat holding a long rifle.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 55m

Brilliant

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 3h

I really don’t like wearing a tie with a crease. Not a contradiction, a preference

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15h

Another corporate scandal.

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing.

98% of the the 23,000 homes fitted with botched external wall insulation need repairs.

Companies have vanished, people left with the problems.

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds

Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 4h

Motherfuckers. Collective punishment is a war crime

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 9h

14 October 1913 | Pole Józef Garlinski was born in Kyiv. A lawyer. He served in the counterintelligence of the Home Army.

In #Auschwitz from May 13, 1943.
No. 121421
Transferred to KL Neuengamme. He survived.
Author of "Auschwitz Fighting" about the resistance in Auschwitz.

Black and white portrait of a man in a white shirt and polka dot tie, looking to the side.

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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 13h

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Peter Matejic @statspeter.bsky.social · 13h

We are still at near zero real earnings growth since Sept 2024, 11th month in row. We had a very small rise in earnings in August 2025 on previous month, leaving earnings up just 0.2% on Sept 2024.

A chart showing how regular wages are growing after taking account of inflation. The first few months of the period starting September 2023 showed relatively slow growth, but there was consistent growth between February 2024 and September 2024, meaning wages grew by 2.4% over the year. This latter period is in contrast to the period starting September 2024, where growth has hovered around zero. Between September 2023 and August 2024, wages grew 2.1%, but in the same period a year later, they grew just 0.2%.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 14h

Our monetary capital is being mined and exported

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14h

Temu’s EU operations doubled pre-tax profits to $120m (£90m), employed just 8 people, $18m corporation tax,

It is smoke and mirrors of profit shifting, offshore tax havens.

UK High street can't compete.

Govt must review customs duty exemptions, require multinationals to show where they pay taxes.

China’s Temu more than doubles EU profits to nearly $120m despite having only eight staff

Online marketplace paid just $18m in corporation tax, leading campaigners to call for government action

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 16h

Alexa, is it cold outside?

Spenser Dispenser @spenserdispenser.bsky.social · 18h

As hoarie frost with spangles doth attire

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

apple.news

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 17h

“The government created an overly complex system that ultimately failed.” It blamed “unclear and fragmented roles, responsibilities and accountabilities” among the scheme providers, the certification bodies, the regulator Ofgem, and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).

#r4today

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17h

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds

Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp Almost all the external insulation fitted under the previous government’s energy efficiency scheme was installed so poorly it will have to be repaired or replaced, an investigation has found. Thousands of homeowners who took advantage of the home insulation schemes have been left with incompetently fitted cladding that in some cases is likely to cause damp and mould. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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lila7.bsky.social @lila7.bsky.social · 1d

The UK must stand up for human rights and reject calls to leave the ECHR - Sign the open letter

www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e...

Open Letter: Keep the UK in the ECHR

Sign the European Movement UK's open letter now if you agree that the UK must remain in the ECHR.

www.europeanmovement.co.uk

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

Biden-era hostage outcomes 🇮🇱👇

≈89 released by Hamas:
≈8 rescued by IDF

≈97 Israelis returned alive — the result of both diplomacy and military action.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

What a find. Faceache made my skin crawl, which was quite something, I had macabre tastes for a child

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

They should call the liquor bar Tail Chasers

Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

Decades in prison and then $150k in medical bills.

Pal (she/they) @48oniram.bsky.social · 1d

www.chuffed.org/project/1247...

Leonard Peltier Medical Care Fundraiser

On February 18, 2025, Leonard Peltier—member of the Chippewa and Lakota Nations—was finally released after more than 49 years behind bars, making him the longest-serving Indigenous political prisoner ...

www.chuffed.org

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. Actually shunning the news today, waiting for a) the genuine facts to emerge b) every word out of his mouth is worthless garbage so why listen?

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

Hear hear

David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

Actual laugh/cry interface

Feelingantsy 🇬🇧🇩🇪. Maker of Puns @feelingantsy.bsky.social · 1d

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Feelingantsy 🇬🇧🇩🇪. Maker of Puns @feelingantsy.bsky.social · 1d

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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ECIU @eciu.net · 2d

England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows

England has seen its second worst harvest on record, according to an analysis of Government figures, after the country’s hottest spring and summer on record as well as the driest spring in more than 100 years.
buff.ly/ip0wwGL

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