@pheadtony.bsky.social
Near Bristol UK.
Likes: well behaved politicians, bikes, football (#LFC)
Dislikes: dishonesty, populist nonsense
Likes: well behaved politicians, bikes, football (#LFC)
Dislikes: dishonesty, populist nonsense
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
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Surely you’d type this number, this initial line, and you’d think “hang on a moment, what on earth am I claiming here?”
December 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Surely you’d type this number, this initial line, and you’d think “hang on a moment, what on earth am I claiming here?”
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Treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS: Unfinished business
#WorldAIDSDay piece @plosmedicine.bsky.social by Anthony Fauci & @gregfolkers.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
#WorldAIDSDay piece @plosmedicine.bsky.social by Anthony Fauci & @gregfolkers.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
Treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS: Unfinished business
In recognition of World AIDS Day 2025, this Perspective by Gregory Folkers and Anthony Fauci reflects on the progress made in antiretroviral treatments and prevention of HIV/AIDS, highlighting promisi...
journals.plos.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS: Unfinished business
#WorldAIDSDay piece @plosmedicine.bsky.social by Anthony Fauci & @gregfolkers.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
#WorldAIDSDay piece @plosmedicine.bsky.social by Anthony Fauci & @gregfolkers.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
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Yet he seems to have forgiven and is working with the Tories that jumped ship.
Farage forgets that his own team are mostly a bunch of Tory has beens…
Danny Kruger, Nadine Dorries, Jonathan Gullis, Pochin, Berry, Anderson could surely answer for the lies he accuses them of?
Farage forgets that his own team are mostly a bunch of Tory has beens…
Danny Kruger, Nadine Dorries, Jonathan Gullis, Pochin, Berry, Anderson could surely answer for the lies he accuses them of?
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Yet he seems to have forgiven and is working with the Tories that jumped ship.
Farage forgets that his own team are mostly a bunch of Tory has beens…
Danny Kruger, Nadine Dorries, Jonathan Gullis, Pochin, Berry, Anderson could surely answer for the lies he accuses them of?
Farage forgets that his own team are mostly a bunch of Tory has beens…
Danny Kruger, Nadine Dorries, Jonathan Gullis, Pochin, Berry, Anderson could surely answer for the lies he accuses them of?
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Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
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Ilhan Omar rose from a single parent immigrant family where her dad drove a taxi to her current position. Trump is the kid of a racist wealthy slum landlord who headed multiple failed businesses. One of these people is the example of failed ambition and it's not her.
What a racist piece of shit.
What a racist piece of shit.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Ilhan Omar rose from a single parent immigrant family where her dad drove a taxi to her current position. Trump is the kid of a racist wealthy slum landlord who headed multiple failed businesses. One of these people is the example of failed ambition and it's not her.
What a racist piece of shit.
What a racist piece of shit.
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We’ve all done it.
Drunk raccoon found passed out in liquor store bathroom: Officials
A raccoon collapsed in the bathroom of the Ashland ABC Store Saturday morning, where he had ransacked shelves and drank multiple types of alcohol.
abcnews.go.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
We’ve all done it.
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‘They should not face trial by media.’
But we did. By your media.
But we did. By your media.
December 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
‘They should not face trial by media.’
But we did. By your media.
But we did. By your media.
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Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
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Pete Hegseth: "[Trump] changed the rules of engagement [and] untied the hands of war fighters…We don't need burdensome rules of engagement that make it impossible for us to win these wars."
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Pete Hegseth: "[Trump] changed the rules of engagement [and] untied the hands of war fighters…We don't need burdensome rules of engagement that make it impossible for us to win these wars."
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🌟 Porthcawl Town Council Christmas Lights Switch-on
📅 Saturday 6 December, 1pm - 5pm
📍John St, Porthcawl
Enjoy the festivities at Porthcawl Town Council’s Christmas light switch-on event.
🔗 www.bridgend.gov.uk/residents/le...
📅 Saturday 6 December, 1pm - 5pm
📍John St, Porthcawl
Enjoy the festivities at Porthcawl Town Council’s Christmas light switch-on event.
🔗 www.bridgend.gov.uk/residents/le...
December 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🌟 Porthcawl Town Council Christmas Lights Switch-on
📅 Saturday 6 December, 1pm - 5pm
📍John St, Porthcawl
Enjoy the festivities at Porthcawl Town Council’s Christmas light switch-on event.
🔗 www.bridgend.gov.uk/residents/le...
📅 Saturday 6 December, 1pm - 5pm
📍John St, Porthcawl
Enjoy the festivities at Porthcawl Town Council’s Christmas light switch-on event.
🔗 www.bridgend.gov.uk/residents/le...
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And here is the Monday after that Mini Budget (26th September 2022)...
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
And here is the Monday after that Mini Budget (26th September 2022)...
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Fun to look back at how the Truss-Kwarteng mini-budget was covered in the immediate aftermath...
December 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Fun to look back at how the Truss-Kwarteng mini-budget was covered in the immediate aftermath...
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Anyway, here are some front pages from the day after the most disastrous fiscal event in the UK since Robert Peston started a run on Northern Rock...
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Anyway, here are some front pages from the day after the most disastrous fiscal event in the UK since Robert Peston started a run on Northern Rock...
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Real ones remember the Foie Gras Ghanaians
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Real ones remember the Foie Gras Ghanaians
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And 47% of the “welfare bill” is on the State Pension. I really wish those two things were decoupled and reported separately.
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
And 47% of the “welfare bill” is on the State Pension. I really wish those two things were decoupled and reported separately.
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Indeed. And labelling it “welfare” let’s wealthier older people and media blame younger people who have never had if worse in terms of a social contract/opportunity
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Indeed. And labelling it “welfare” let’s wealthier older people and media blame younger people who have never had if worse in terms of a social contract/opportunity
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They say the same about their excessive use of NHS services too.
November 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
They say the same about their excessive use of NHS services too.
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True... I've seen numerous comments about "paid in all my life, It's owed to me" etc.
"Benefits" seems to be a dirty word. Which is WRONG.
In full these are "Benefits from living in a society"
Pensions ARE a Benefit.
"Benefits" seems to be a dirty word. Which is WRONG.
In full these are "Benefits from living in a society"
Pensions ARE a Benefit.
November 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
True... I've seen numerous comments about "paid in all my life, It's owed to me" etc.
"Benefits" seems to be a dirty word. Which is WRONG.
In full these are "Benefits from living in a society"
Pensions ARE a Benefit.
"Benefits" seems to be a dirty word. Which is WRONG.
In full these are "Benefits from living in a society"
Pensions ARE a Benefit.
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'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
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We are richer than ever and there are only two countries that are both as rich per person and as populous as the UK: the US and Germany. While America might be richer, we live longer and equally happy lives – and even the safest US state has a higher homicide rate than London.
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We are richer than ever and there are only two countries that are both as rich per person and as populous as the UK: the US and Germany. While America might be richer, we live longer and equally happy lives – and even the safest US state has a higher homicide rate than London.
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My lad just said to me “What time did Everton Kick off?” I said, “so far every 15 minutes, son!” 🤣🤣🤣
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My lad just said to me “What time did Everton Kick off?” I said, “so far every 15 minutes, son!” 🤣🤣🤣
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
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🔔 Reminder: Covid-19 was a leading case of death among US children and young people during the pandemic with 821 deaths in the year from August 1, 2021, to July 31, 2022 @jamanetworkopen.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 as the Underlying Cause of Death Among Individuals Aged 0 to 19 Years in the US
This cross-sectional study evaluates whether COVID-19 is among the top 10 causes of death in children and young people aged 0 to 19 years in the US.
jamanetwork.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
🔔 Reminder: Covid-19 was a leading case of death among US children and young people during the pandemic with 821 deaths in the year from August 1, 2021, to July 31, 2022 @jamanetworkopen.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Black Friday Realities...
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Black Friday Realities...