The Random Coyle
@randomcoyle.bsky.social
A Nordie in Occupied North Yorkshire.
Science, health, politics, music, art, sport, craic ... random stuff.
Science, health, politics, music, art, sport, craic ... random stuff.
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But we see these sorts of headlines every year - it’s the sheer predictability of these headlines and the lack of any real plan to stabilise the NHS over winter that should be the front page story!
Not some - in my opinion - highly misleading use of statistics!
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Not some - in my opinion - highly misleading use of statistics!
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December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
But we see these sorts of headlines every year - it’s the sheer predictability of these headlines and the lack of any real plan to stabilise the NHS over winter that should be the front page story!
Not some - in my opinion - highly misleading use of statistics!
END OF RANT 10/10
Not some - in my opinion - highly misleading use of statistics!
END OF RANT 10/10
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The Christmas issue of The BMJ is coming soon!
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue, and respond to some articles.
Inspired by this article evaluating the cognitive abilities of AI 🤖
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue, and respond to some articles.
Inspired by this article evaluating the cognitive abilities of AI 🤖
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The Christmas issue of The BMJ is coming soon!
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue, and respond to some articles.
Inspired by this article evaluating the cognitive abilities of AI 🤖
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
To get us in the mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue, and respond to some articles.
Inspired by this article evaluating the cognitive abilities of AI 🤖
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
Both Tees Trusts...
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Both Tees Trusts...
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'40 Below 0' painting by painter, singer and musician Joni Mitchell #WomensArt
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
'40 Below 0' painting by painter, singer and musician Joni Mitchell #WomensArt
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December 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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'Cley windmill in winter', machine and hand embroidery by UK textile artist Rachel Wright #WomensArt
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
'Cley windmill in winter', machine and hand embroidery by UK textile artist Rachel Wright #WomensArt
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Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
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If we are serious about reducing reoffending, we can't allow public humiliation to become part of the justice system.
Shaming individuals carrying out unpaid work risks harming families, especially children who bear the weight of a crime they didn’t commit.
#Rehabilitation
Shaming individuals carrying out unpaid work risks harming families, especially children who bear the weight of a crime they didn’t commit.
#Rehabilitation
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If we are serious about reducing reoffending, we can't allow public humiliation to become part of the justice system.
Shaming individuals carrying out unpaid work risks harming families, especially children who bear the weight of a crime they didn’t commit.
#Rehabilitation
Shaming individuals carrying out unpaid work risks harming families, especially children who bear the weight of a crime they didn’t commit.
#Rehabilitation
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Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part
RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel
Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part...
www.rte.ie
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part
Nothing lasts forever, not even cold November rain...
Happy December folks.
Happy December folks.
December 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Nothing lasts forever, not even cold November rain...
Happy December folks.
Happy December folks.
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Yes, the NHS budget will always increase, just as the price of a loaf of bread I buy will always increase.
The key question is: Has the NHS budget kept up with rising demand due to increasing population, people living longer, people being sick for longer, etc.
The answer is a categorical: no.
The key question is: Has the NHS budget kept up with rising demand due to increasing population, people living longer, people being sick for longer, etc.
The answer is a categorical: no.
One thing they keep banging on about is Historically High tax income.
Surely inflation means it should be historically high, like most people's wages, utility bills etc.
The NHS budget is historically high but everyone knows it has had several real term cuts.
Surely inflation means it should be historically high, like most people's wages, utility bills etc.
The NHS budget is historically high but everyone knows it has had several real term cuts.
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Yes, the NHS budget will always increase, just as the price of a loaf of bread I buy will always increase.
The key question is: Has the NHS budget kept up with rising demand due to increasing population, people living longer, people being sick for longer, etc.
The answer is a categorical: no.
The key question is: Has the NHS budget kept up with rising demand due to increasing population, people living longer, people being sick for longer, etc.
The answer is a categorical: no.
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Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Stunning!
Red on the Cuillins, Skye, painting by Pam Carter (1952-2022), Scottish landscape and seascape artist. #WomensArt
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Stunning!
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1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
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Hard day today
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Hard day today
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
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BREAKING: UK Government chaos and a failure to take Covid-19 seriously cost 23,000 lives.
Former prime minister Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic” culture in Number 10 and regularly changed his mind, a public inquiry has concluded
Former prime minister Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic” culture in Number 10 and regularly changed his mind, a public inquiry has concluded
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
BREAKING: UK Government chaos and a failure to take Covid-19 seriously cost 23,000 lives.
Former prime minister Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic” culture in Number 10 and regularly changed his mind, a public inquiry has concluded
Former prime minister Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic” culture in Number 10 and regularly changed his mind, a public inquiry has concluded
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“Do not go gentle into that good night, Rage, rage against the dying of the light”
Old certainties are disappearing before our eyes – we need to fight for the light before we lose it for good
By Andy Brown
Old certainties are disappearing before our eyes – we need to fight for the light before we lose it for good
By Andy Brown
“Do not go gentle into that good night, Rage, rage against the dying of the light”
Old certainties are disappearing before our eyes – we need to fight for the light before we lose it for good
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
“Do not go gentle into that good night, Rage, rage against the dying of the light”
Old certainties are disappearing before our eyes – we need to fight for the light before we lose it for good
By Andy Brown
Old certainties are disappearing before our eyes – we need to fight for the light before we lose it for good
By Andy Brown
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What the Labour Party used to understand was that it wasn’t that immigration was tearing the country apart, but that immigration was what was holding the country together. Immigration kept our NHS going, our transport system going, our education and much more.
It’s still true. They must know it.
It’s still true. They must know it.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
What the Labour Party used to understand was that it wasn’t that immigration was tearing the country apart, but that immigration was what was holding the country together. Immigration kept our NHS going, our transport system going, our education and much more.
It’s still true. They must know it.
It’s still true. They must know it.
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We do what we do on a shoestring - and it's enough to stake a flag in the ground alongside the billionaire-owned press.
But we're also growing this new model with your help. Everything that you chip in now is part of that development.
Thank you. 🙏
But we're also growing this new model with your help. Everything that you chip in now is part of that development.
Thank you. 🙏
Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...
chuffed.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
We do what we do on a shoestring - and it's enough to stake a flag in the ground alongside the billionaire-owned press.
But we're also growing this new model with your help. Everything that you chip in now is part of that development.
Thank you. 🙏
But we're also growing this new model with your help. Everything that you chip in now is part of that development.
Thank you. 🙏
Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever chuffed.org/project/byli...
Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...
chuffed.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever chuffed.org/project/byli...
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'Capitalism also depends on domestic labour' by See Red Womens Workshop, feminist silk-screen poster collective, UK (1970s-90s) #womensart #Monday
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
'Capitalism also depends on domestic labour' by See Red Womens Workshop, feminist silk-screen poster collective, UK (1970s-90s) #womensart #Monday