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Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his

@colbobs.bsky.social

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Radiographer-Sonography. MSK Trainee. Sentientist - humanist. Call me Col. LGBTQIA+ he/him. Science fan 🗿 Green Party member. Pro-EU and NHS. NW UK. Vegan from '21 Posts include thoughts out loud, not pinned to flags or employer.

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Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his @colbobs.bsky.social · Nov 17

@thegreenparty.bsky.social
"The Green Party completely rejects privatisation and fragmentation of the NHS. Private companies are focused on creaming off profits which can result in degraded services and more people not getting the treatment they need from the NHS. "

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 25m

It's so bad

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

ChatGPT ‘upgrade’ giving more harmful answers than previously, tests find

Campaigners ‘deeply concerned’ about response to prompts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 20m

Trump: "You wouldn't have a world domination by the dollar if I didn't win this election."

Since Trump returned to office, the share of global foreign exchange reserves held in US dollars has fallen, largely as a result of the dollar's fall in value due to Trump's economic chaos.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 15m

The SNP are 'putting their own party interests ahead of the independence cause', the Scottish Greens co-leader has said

John Swinney putting 'SNP interests ahead of independence cause', say Greens

www.thenational.scot

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12m

Trump blows up six more civilians.

Trump Administration Strikes Another Boat It Says Was Trafficking Drugs — The Wall Street Journal

President says that six are killed in latest military action off the coast of Venezuela

apple.news

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 4h

I’m really sorry about your losses. But please understand they continue, in a different form, to this day. No more morgue trucks, etc., but more people are becoming long term ill & disabled. More evidence is linking COVID to cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, diabetes, etc. It’s clearly not harmless

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Nov 8

and as someone who lost multiple family members to covid, it is not unnoticed by me that the retcon crowd is almost uniformly affluent professionals whose exposure to the worst of the pandemic death toll was minimal

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 5h

We could really use a good, well-respected journalist to write about the true (and alarming) science on COVID & how it was propagandized & normalized so that tragically everyone now thinks it’s just a cold—and that they’re no longer in danger. Know anyone who might be interested?

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 5h

Please familiarize yourself with the Great Barrington Declaration. It’s a right-wing/libertarian project—headed by some of the people now employed by RFK—that influenced many in positions of power to basically prioritize the economy & politics over the people’s health.

Great Barrington Declaration - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 5h

Everyone is vulnerable to the harms of COVID—not just the immunocompromised. Incorrectly thinking the latter is due to purposeful disinformation.

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 5h

The vaccines help prevent hospitalization & serious illness, so everyone should get them. But unfortunately they don’t block all transmission or prevent long term effects.

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 5h

The NYT has regularly “safewashed” COVID—not unlike how they’ve sanewashed Trump. Both are dangers to the public that should be reported on honestly.

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 5h

Really disappointed & surprised to see this unscientific & unkind take from you, @jamellebouie.net. COVID is still dangerous: it can cause organ- & immune system damage. New damning studies—that aren’t reported by the media—come out regularly.

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Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his @colbobs.bsky.social · 38m

Missed the op!

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Mikeus Jaye - Maledictus @mikejay.link · 1h

I hate how uneventful the weather has been and will continue to be for a while longer.

Weather models currently show a high pressure system sitting over and close to the UK meaning a blocking of low pressure systems that typically result in eventful and damaging weather.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 57m

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Mikeus Jaye - Maledictus @mikejay.link · 55m

Do it...

Those with any intelligence to understand the UKs cost of living issues shouldn't or won't be gambling.

Shutting your gambling shops would allow those who happen to visit them would gain financial respite.

Shutter the fucking doors, William Hill.

William Hill owner says it could shut shops if Reeves raises gambling taxes

Evoke considering the plans before expected tax increases in budget, with up to 1,500 jobs potentially affected

www.theguardian.com

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 1d

‘An entire people are, before our eyes… being exterminated with our support.’

On the latest episode of ‘Two Outspoken,’ Mehdi and Owen unpack the growing anti-immigrant sentiment in the UK, the Starmer ministry’s complicity in the Gaza genocide, and more.

Watch now: zeteo.com/p/are-britis...

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 1d

💩Thames Water wants Ofwat to let them carry on pouring sewage into our rivers beyond the next general election.

😡And the one after that.

😡😡And the one after that.

✍️Sign our petition today and tell Ofwat this cannot happen!

vist.ly/4a9yj

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 1d

'Meanwhile, 6.9 million people in risk groups such as pregnant women and people with chronic heart and liver disease will also be excluded for this time. However, one million immunosuppressed people with weak immune systems will continue to be eligible.' @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/news/health/...

Rising Covid cases see surge in private tests

UK's largest online chemist said it has recorded an 81 per cent month-on-month increase in Covid test sales, reflecting a 'clear rise' in demand

inews.co.uk

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 1d

As COVID-19 infections rise in England, more people appear to be turning to private tests especially now that NHS vaccines are restricted to fewer groups this winter.
Meanwhile, COVID hospitalisations (🔗 @ukhsa.bsky.social) creep up despite a mild autumn. @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/news/health/...

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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 1d

All pretence has been dropped.

They are planning for Trump to run in 2028 for a third term.

And then his son, and then his son's son.

MAGA now stands for:
Monarchy And Generational Authoritarianism.

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 1d

‘My joy was shattered’: Journalist grieves killing of third son as ceasefire arrives too late

Motasem Dalloul lost his wife and two-year-old child in February 2024, and a 21-year-old son in May

www.middleeasteye.net

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 1d

Palestine and its global supporters secured this ceasefire, not Trump

DONALD TRUMP, the self-aggrandising showman, has no need of a praise-giver. He is his own PR machine and seizes every opportunity for boasting without the slightest sense of the ridiculous.But if to t...

morningstaronline.co.uk

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Seth Andrews @sethandrews.com · 1d

Christopher Columbus wasn’t the first explorer to land in the Americas. He landed in the Bahamas by mistake. He “discovered” nothing. He never set foot in North America. He cruelly enslaved, oppressed, and killed the indigenous people.

Let’s choose better heroes.
#ColumbusDay #IndigenousPeoplesDay

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suprion_verlag @suprion.bsky.social · 10d

BTW, if you follow viral load (hence incidence) over time and countries … #covid19 is NOT seasonal, even within the same hemisphere of our globe.

Just an other wrong assumption many make.

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