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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 51m

Did they want chaos? Or are they just spectacularly incompetent?

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 2d

The causes can be preventable but only with the genuine involvement of young people in designing the right 'why' and 'how' questions and coming up with the solutions.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns

Alcohol, suicide and injuries driving rises among teenagers and young adults despite overall rates falling, authors say

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 1d

If I walk up to a fully grown adult who’s acting like a twat & slap them, it’s assault.

But if it’s the smallest, weakest, most vulnerable person in my family, someone who depends on me entirely for love & safety, some would call it discipline.

It’s mad, isn’t it?
news.sky.com/story/alan-s...

Alan Shearer and Michael Caine join calls for PM to ban smacking

Smacking is already banned in Wales and Scotland, but in England, the Children's Act allows for the practice in cases where it is "reasonable punishment".

news.sky.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 2d

A huge relief to see the Israeli hostages released and the joy on family faces. But the fact that Israel has banned Palestinians from celebrating the release of their relatives, posting on social media or giving interviews - most held without charge - tells us how much there is to go.

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 3d

I need a Tommy Flowers Was Robbed t-shirt. Great piece!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies

The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of comput...

www.theguardian.com

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 3d

#MigrantsWelcome #GoodNews

Let's all get together to tackle our mutiple crises, in a world where human time, energy and talents are a scarce resource

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance

Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

www.theguardian.com

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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Jacqui Young and @bmj.com for discussing this important subject with myself and @dralig.bsky.social

www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Covid-19: Excluding doctors from vaccination programme puts patients at risk, clinicians warn

Doctors have warned that the government’s decision to exclude health and social care workers from its covid vaccination programme is putting patients at risk and will have a major impact on an overstr...

www.bmj.com

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Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social · 4d

I'd love to know what every comedian who played the Riyadh Comedy Festival thinks of this piece by Jonathan Liew. It's an electrifying read. And really hard to think what any counter-justification from the participating comics would consist of. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We know what the comedians got out of the Riyadh comedy festival. What about the Saudi regime? | Jonathan Liew

The tawdry event was an ultimately doomed attempt by the Saudi government to buy the kind of authentic grassroots culture it is unwilling to countenance, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 3d

@endlessyesterday.bsky.social Do you know this place?

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 4d

Timeline cleanse
came across tiny postman's gardens in old London where there is a wall of plaques, set up in 1900, for ordinary people who sacrificed themselves to save others...

Beautiful small garden and beautiful tributes

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 5d

Fantastic ending. Hope you get the 1970s film reference.

The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 6d

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 7d

🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 6d

And here is a great article about the work by @helentbiz.ft.com

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/str...

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Matthew Jee @freedomforall.net · 6d

@wanderinggaia.bsky.social

Gaia Vince making the positive and plain case for the inevitability of clean energy and necessity for migration on BBC Radio 4 'Radical' with Amol Rajan - very refreshing.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Radical with Amol Rajan - Climate Migration: Confronting the Reality of Global Warming (Gaia Vince) - BBC Sounds

Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration despite public concern over the issue.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 6d

The little red hen was a favourite in our house.

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 6d

Could be a whole other book

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 11d

The Trump Action Tracker is a British academic’s answer to Trump “flooding the zone” with anti-democratic and anti- rule of law behaviours.

It’s a one-stop-shop for logging thd lot. And the neta-analysis of what is happening is very enlightening… darkly.

See TrumpActionTracker.info

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Amar Hujan @amarhujan.bsky.social · 6d

Why do governments continually try to make General Practictioners practice anything but medicine?

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 6d

Guilty as charged.
But I still have patients who would find job coaches another surgery quite threatening

Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 6d

My thoughts on job advisers in GP surgeries. As you might guess, I'm not a fan.
Will make anxious patients worse. How about incentivising employers instead of telling patients to try harder.

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 6d

How about approaching this from the other side- how do we incentivise employers to make the adjustments necessary to help people with disabilities into work. Rather than suggesting that if sick people just tried a bit harder they could not be sick, which is what this looks like

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 6d

The reaction of everyone who actually works in health is 'What a ridiculous idea!'
People come to the GP surgery because they're unwell, many are anxious already and having what are widely perceived as the 'benefits police' on site will make this worse.

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 6d

I had this one!

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 6d

I always thought the Rawlsian veil was a good concept - if you're going to design a social system assume you have no idea where or who you will be in that society.

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