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Jenn @jennralize.bsky.social · 11h

Just got a call from a lovely but very nervous Dr, who advised I wouldn't be routinely screened for breast cancer because I'm not indicated as being "biologically female" on the central NHS database and my biology wouldn't indicate I'm at risk.

My records have been altered, which is upsetting.

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DDOwen @llyfrgellbabel.bsky.social · 3h

Would be good to know if this is just NHS England or if it's any of the devolved nations as well (since iirc the records systems are seperate).

Isobel Gray 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ @isobelsgray.bsky.social · 10h

The NHS is changing trans people back to birth sex on file, meaning we will not be treated appropriately for our bodies.

This is deadly, completely unacceptable, and the result of hateful far right ideology in our politics and healthcare.

Jenn @jennralize.bsky.social · 11h

Just got a call from a lovely but very nervous Dr, who advised I wouldn't be routinely screened for breast cancer because I'm not indicated as being "biologically female" on the central NHS database and my biology wouldn't indicate I'm at risk.

My records have been altered, which is upsetting.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 3h

This is how Farage and Tice reacted at PMQs when someone raised the issue of one of their politicians accepting bribes to spread Russian propaganda. Apparently it’s funny to be a traitor.

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Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 8h

There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.

Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts

Spending is controlled, not spiralling

Worklessness is near record lows

My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 4h

In one crisp para — & the 2 charts he highlights — @chrisgiles.ft.com bursts a huge number of “welfare” myths www.ft.com/content/ee67...

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horru-online @horru-online.bsky.social · 2h

¿Sabíes qu'hai horros con más de 4 pegoyos ya paneres con menos de seis pegollos?👍
Pues, a les alministraciones asturianes lo únicu que-yos interesa ye qu'esbarrumben el mayor númberu d'ellos... 🤬
Tamos equí pa torgar esi vezu. ¿Échesmos un gabitu?🤔

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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 2h

ICYMI @almagroschool.bsky.social

Spain's radically different approach to African migration www.bbc.com/news/article...

Spain-Africa: Madrid's radically different approach to African migration

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government is kicking against the prevailing mood among Western nations.

www.bbc.com

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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 4h

Excellent article. I wanted to focus on Marshall’s ideology for my analysis but to get into this journal I had to use a corpus (not 1 person). I found that ARC reflects different aspects of his ideology back at him. Much as his outlets & think tanks do. journals.sagepub.com/overview-met...

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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 8h

Da iawn @cyngorcaerdydd.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽

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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 8h

Shwmae Nicki! Does neb yn berffaith, mewn unrhyw iaith. Ond mae pawb yn gallu siarad digon i eraill eu deall, ac wrth gwrs gwrando ar bobl eraill, sgil sy’n cael eu esgeuluso’n aml.

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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 14h

Ail bont Afon Hafren, pont yr M4, ar gau heno ar gyfer ‘gwaith atgyweirio brys’. Bydd lorïau’n gorfod mynd ar daith lawer hirach (A40 - fel bod nôl 60 mlynedd) achos dydyn nhw ddim yn cael croesi Pont Hafren M48.
newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/30838

Cau Pont Tywysog Cymru ar gyfer ‘gwaith atgyweirio brys’

Bydd un o’r prif ffyrdd sy’n cysylltu Cymru â Lloegr yn cau nos Fercher ar gyfer gwaith atgyweirio brys.

newyddion.s4c.cymru

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 14h

Today is the centenary of the birth of the great Tony Hart who opened the eyes of generations to visual art and who is forever associated with this, the shimmering Gallery theme from Vision On – which was also pretty much everyone’s introduction to the vibraphone. youtu.be/-ZNkJXKV7_w

Vision On - The Gallery Tune - BBC1 1960/70s

YouTube video by Lost 1960s TV and Radio

youtu.be

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NoelTuñón 🔻 @noelst1.bsky.social · 14h

Prisioneros republicanos en Sama de Langreo, 31 de octubre de 1937.
Imagen procedente de los fondos de la Biblioteca Nacional de España.

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 14h

My hatred of Adams and SF is profound but I agree with this

Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 23h

The UK Govt isn't a huge fan of Gerry Adams. Fine. But hundreds of people, including him, were locked up without trial in NI and one of the v few safeguards, Secretary of State permission, was not fulfilled. The UK, too often, cannot cope with its own wrongdoing:

www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...

New UK legislation moves to block payouts to Gerry Adams and other Troubles detainees

UK supreme court previously ruled internees who were detained without trial during conflict were held unlawfully

www.irishtimes.com

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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 14h

Hyn

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Ditch ‘shrink it and pink it’ women’s trainer design, say experts

Study of female runners in Canada highlights shortcomings of footwear traditionally based on male anatomy

www.theguardian.com

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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 1d

I'd need a bigger house!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Correct Response: "What an incredibly inappropriate thing to say, you creepy, crazy old man."

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 1d

Today is the 112th anniversary of the Senghenydd colliery disaster.

The blast on October 14, 1913, killed 439 men and boys, with another dying during rescue operations. It was, and remains, the worst coal mining disaster in British history and also the sixth worst in the world.

Here Be Dragons - The Senghenydd Explosion

YouTube video by Here Be Dragons

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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 1d

Ble welest ti fe?

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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 1d

1974 rwy'n credu, adeg arholiadau. Mae gen i yn rhywle!

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 1d

Loooooooooooooool

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

BREAKING | Alex Jones loses Supreme Court bid to avoid paying $1.4B to Sandy Hook families

Alex Jones loses Supreme Court bid to avoid paying $1.4B to Sandy Hook families

www.independent.co.uk

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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 1d

Aren’t they usually shooting arrows as they gallop? Arms fully occupied.

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Translation: British coach drivers routinely overstay unlawfully in Schengen.

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Golwg360 @golwg.360.cymru · 1d

Mary Lloyd Jones yn rhoi 150 o’i darnau celf i’r Llyfrgell Genedlaethol

“Y lle a ddaeth i’m meddwl ar unwaith oedd y Llyfrgell Genedlaethol gan fod y lle wedi cael effaith bersonol a dwfn ar fy addysg gynnar”

✍️ Cadi Dafydd

Mary Lloyd Jones yn rhoi 150 o’i darnau celf i’r Llyfrgell Genedlaethol

“Y lle a ddaeth i’m meddwl ar unwaith oedd y Llyfrgell Genedlaethol gan fod y lle wedi cael effaith bersonol a dwfn ar fy addysg gynnar”

golwg.360.cymru

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 1d

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... The peerless Paul Krugman with the truth about the crypto industry - “one of the prime beneficiaries from a new regime of crony capitalism, in which an industry’s success depends on its ability and willingness to bribe the right people.”

How Crypto Became a Trump Trade

It’s primarily a vehicle for crony capitalism now

open.substack.com

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