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John Dalton - brain marinated in woke sauce @johndaledalton.bsky.social · Aug 8

Brexit benefits keep on coming. #wato

Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · Aug 8

🚨🚨 New @bestforbritain.org research suggests that England's swimming waters are five times likely to be polluted than in the European Union.

'Dirty man of Europe' is the expression.

#brexitbenefits #brexitshambles
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

England’s swimming waters five times more likely to be polluted than in EU, research finds

Experts warn country is in danger of becoming ‘dirty man of Europe’ as it falls to bottom of bathing water leaderboard

www.theguardian.com

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Professor Ruth Parry @cacenotes.bsky.social · May 15

A family member of mine who started out merely as a rather extreme clean eating fan has turned conspiracy theorist thanks to that dangerous idiot.
I know she’s one of many

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · May 11

Labour promises cuts to migration – but without a plan, care homes, hospitals and families will suffer.

By The Bear

‘Who voted for this?’: Why the migration debate needs more honesty, and a plan

Labour promises cuts to migration – but without a plan, care homes, hospitals and families will suffer

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Professor Ruth Parry @cacenotes.bsky.social · May 15

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Big Bearded Spookteller @bigbeardybooks.bsky.social · May 15

Today (Thursday 15th of May) is Global Accessibility Awareness day.

A couple of things you can do on Bluesky to help accessibility is to us CamelBack hashtags, e.g. #MondayReads, where each word is capitalised.

and use alt text on your images, this can be set in settings

Both help screen readers

Image of Bluesky Accessibility Setting with the "Require alt text before posting" switch activated

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · May 14

🔥 "The Reform company, sorry party, has already seen four of their new cohort announce that they can’t or won’t represent them in the council chamber, decisions that in some cases will cost local government tens of thousands of pounds."

Ineligible, inept and unspeakable

Reform UK Ltd’s councillors, are already proving they are unfit or unwilling to serve

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · May 15

Bosses of England hospitals that spend too much or treat too few will not get pay rise.

Populist claptrap, not real analysis.

NHS lacks capacity, staff.

Discharging patients prematurely and subsequent readmission boosts treatment stats but is dangerous and achieves nothing.

Fund the NHS.

Bosses of hospitals that spend too much or treat too few will not get pay rise

Health secretary instigates ‘carrot and stick’ policy for England that will award bonuses for cutting waiting times

www.theguardian.com

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Michael Baym @baym.lol · May 13

Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab

A screenshot of the termination notice showing "Outstanding Investigator Grants"

A screenshot of the termination notice with "This award is terminated effective the date of this award, due to unsafe antisemitic actions that suggest the institution lacks concern for the safety and wellbeing of Jewish students." highlighted

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TJM @tjmarsden.bsky.social · May 14

It's a squalid contribution that's doing incalculable damage to the quality of the debate and to people who have chosen to make their homes here.

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · May 14

He still said immigration caused incalculable damage. Which is, to put it mildly, a surprising thing for a Labour leader, and leading human rights lawyer, to say.

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Vimes @ohmydays.bsky.social · May 14

I've only been speaking English since 2004 or so, but "incalculable damage" and "squalid" are not positive words when referring to immigrants, right?

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Professor Ruth Parry @cacenotes.bsky.social · May 15

It’s the “could be heard as” that is the key thing.
Abstract analysis interesting. But what’s actually key is how meaning and understanding work in real world interactions
Potential hearings of what he said include the Enoch Powell connection. He and speech writers know that.
#EMCA

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · May 14

Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

Poem response to Starmer's Farage/Powell cosplay - full text in the link

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Professor Ruth Parry @cacenotes.bsky.social · May 15

But you literally are an integral part of ‘the government’

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Professor Ruth Parry @cacenotes.bsky.social · May 15

#EMCA
@darg-sessions.bsky.social
@rolsi-journal.bsky.social

Galina Bolden @galinabolden.bsky.social · May 14

(via John Heritage) For those of you who cannot attend this event, a livestream will begin May 18th at 2:15 Pacific on:
youtube.com/live/ldel0Ea...
Please pass this on! @iscaupdates.bsky.social #emca

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Professor Ruth Parry @cacenotes.bsky.social · May 15

Sino Nasal Outcome Test
SNOT-22
Well played #ENT researchers
Best outcome measure acronym ever
Rehab has things like the FIS and the FIM.
Do share if you know anything you think beats the SNOT
@clinicalrehab.bsky.social
@mancunianmedic.bsky.social
@trishaelliott.bsky.social
#MedicalBSky

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · May 15

Waves hand from the back 👋: "You can only call the Albanian returns deal a "success" if you ignore how it created a shift in routes, increased exploitation and embedded the cycle of human trafficking".

Starmer should be scrapping the deal not expanding it.

news.sky.com/story/sir-ke...

Sir Keir Starmer in Albania to tackle 'revolving door' of migration

Working with officials in Albania is seen as a success story in stopping migration at source, partly due to the actions of the previous Conservative government which Sir Keir will build on.

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Healthwatch @healthwatch.bsky.social · Apr 29

“The NHS has one of the lowest levels of capital intensity in the OECD, with just 2,300 hospital beds per million people- 2000 fewer than OECD average-and a backlog of £13.8 billion in maintenance, including £2.7 billion deemed ‘high risk’.”
www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/...

www.resolutionfoundation.org

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Apr 29

Cecilia Paredes, Peruvian photographer noted for her images of camouflaged bodies against patterned surfaces #WomensArt #Tuesday

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Tor Butler-Cole @torbc.bsky.social · Apr 28

This advice also applies to position statements and skeleton arguments

Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Apr 18

𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: How does a seemingly bewildered 1970s TV detective in a rumpled beige trench coat hold the keys to structuring the introduction to your thesis?
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a man in a trench coat and tie is standing in front of a window

Alt: Animated GIF of Detective Columbo, looking bewildered

media.tenor.com

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · Apr 28

Err… hello… @theguardian.com … a whole article on when to worry about forgetfulness and you forgot to include even one mention of (peri)menopausal brain fog, which more than half of all women suffer from? Help for that sort of brain fog is available, and women should know they can ask for it.

Signs of dementia or normal forgetfulness? How to tell the difference

Some memory lapses are nothing to worry about, but getting help for early warning signs can reduce the risk of them progressing

www.theguardian.com

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Professor Ruth Parry @cacenotes.bsky.social · Apr 24

Ordinary, law-abiding, clever, compassionate women who are regularly insulted & intimidated by angry men (whether in woman-face/dress or not) don’t deserve employers and colleagues deludedly pandering and fawning to aggressive / entitled men via their communications
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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · Apr 23

Absolute cracker of an interview with @ForWomenScot Director Susan Smith. First item.
Better late than never I suppose but how much better would this have been if the powers that be had listened to women from the get go.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Woman's Hour - Eni Aluko, For Women Scotland, An Army of Women documentary, Bad Friends. - BBC Sounds

Susan Smith of For Women Scotland, with her reflections on the UK Supreme Court’s ruling.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Apr 23

Britain wakes up every day, aims the gun at its feet and pulls the trigger. Just a prolonged exercise in meanspiritedness and self-harm.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Apr 22

Another report on how our high visa costs deter top R&D talent
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

"The UK's upfront immigration costs now vastly exceed other leading research nations, so the UK is struggling to compete.
EU countries can more easily attract talent from the EU due to free movement, and from non-EU countries due to their relatively low visa costs.
"Non-EU countries are also attractive to global research talent due to lower comparative immigration costs than the
UK."
British scientific institutions are having to spend huge sums on visa costs for cancer professionals they wish to attract and recruit.
The Francis Crick Institute, one of the world's leading biomedical research centres, is now spending more than £500,000 a year on visas for cancer scientists. Cancer Research UK institutes are spending almost £690,000 a year, up 44% from £470,000 in 2022-23.

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