CarolineJMolloy
@carolinejmolloy.bsky.social
Writer, editor, #healthpolicy nerd. Loves evidence, humans, the NHS, equity. NUJ. Green. Grew up on free school meals.
Surprisingly good at identifying plants. Stroud-based. 📧[email protected]
Surprisingly good at identifying plants. Stroud-based. 📧[email protected]
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bylinetimes.com/2025/11/20/d...
Great story by @nafeez.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social We have been banging on about this for a long time, not using #insurance data but using the great work of @climatecentral.org where you can play with parameters for hours! Warning - it's scary!
Great story by @nafeez.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social We have been banging on about this for a long time, not using #insurance data but using the great work of @climatecentral.org where you can play with parameters for hours! Warning - it's scary!
Drowning in Denial: One in Five Homes in Reform UK Heartlands Could Be Under Water Within 25 Years
As Nigel Farage's party scraps climate schemes around the country, new data shows flood risk surging across the ten councils it leads
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/20/d...
Great story by @nafeez.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social We have been banging on about this for a long time, not using #insurance data but using the great work of @climatecentral.org where you can play with parameters for hours! Warning - it's scary!
Great story by @nafeez.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social We have been banging on about this for a long time, not using #insurance data but using the great work of @climatecentral.org where you can play with parameters for hours! Warning - it's scary!
The first thing I read about something sticks, so starting a learning journey by figuring out which bits the LLM/“AI” has got wrong is a terrible, depressing, time consuming way of starting a learning journey.
Start with Wikipedia instead. & turn off default AI Google (search “udm=14” for how to).
Start with Wikipedia instead. & turn off default AI Google (search “udm=14” for how to).
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The first thing I read about something sticks, so starting a learning journey by figuring out which bits the LLM/“AI” has got wrong is a terrible, depressing, time consuming way of starting a learning journey.
Start with Wikipedia instead. & turn off default AI Google (search “udm=14” for how to).
Start with Wikipedia instead. & turn off default AI Google (search “udm=14” for how to).
Slow to the Glasman / Telegraph interview, but imagine using a phrase like “my beloved working class” unironically!
The son of a businessman, and himself a transatlantic academic, with a pretty rarefied education, MG knows *far* less about working class people than he is allowed to pretend to.
The son of a businessman, and himself a transatlantic academic, with a pretty rarefied education, MG knows *far* less about working class people than he is allowed to pretend to.
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Slow to the Glasman / Telegraph interview, but imagine using a phrase like “my beloved working class” unironically!
The son of a businessman, and himself a transatlantic academic, with a pretty rarefied education, MG knows *far* less about working class people than he is allowed to pretend to.
The son of a businessman, and himself a transatlantic academic, with a pretty rarefied education, MG knows *far* less about working class people than he is allowed to pretend to.
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It is a truly depressing indictment of politics that Lord My wife won't sleep with me because of progressives Glasman has such sway and is treated even remotely seriously by some in power.
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Glasman seems… kinda stupid?
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Glasman seems… kinda stupid?
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Oh no, my mountain of free money is slightly smaller than I would have hoped! To the papers!
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Oh no, my mountain of free money is slightly smaller than I would have hoped! To the papers!
”The climate crisis is making our infrastructure more fragile. We can’t tackle that with market tinkering or timid regulatory reforms. We need a vision rooted in public ownership for the public good, environmental repair, and democratic accountability”
Councillor Martin Abrams left Labour for the Green Party over a key issue: the 'catastrophic failure' of Thames Water
When the River Turns Brown: Why I Left Labour for the Greens
Councillor Martin Abrams left Labour for the Green Party over a key issue: the 'catastrophic failure' of Thames Water
leftfootforward.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
”The climate crisis is making our infrastructure more fragile. We can’t tackle that with market tinkering or timid regulatory reforms. We need a vision rooted in public ownership for the public good, environmental repair, and democratic accountability”
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
so - do we expect too much of the state or not enough?
I feel like the proper question is too rarely asked
what is the balance between state intervention/control/mandates, and state support/funding/provision?
it is not a political rule that they are intertwined, is it? These days we seem to get/
I feel like the proper question is too rarely asked
what is the balance between state intervention/control/mandates, and state support/funding/provision?
it is not a political rule that they are intertwined, is it? These days we seem to get/
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
so - do we expect too much of the state or not enough?
I feel like the proper question is too rarely asked
what is the balance between state intervention/control/mandates, and state support/funding/provision?
it is not a political rule that they are intertwined, is it? These days we seem to get/
I feel like the proper question is too rarely asked
what is the balance between state intervention/control/mandates, and state support/funding/provision?
it is not a political rule that they are intertwined, is it? These days we seem to get/
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Oh my goodness, it's true!
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Oh my goodness, it's true!
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Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
Missed this at the time but it’s lovely
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Missed this at the time but it’s lovely
This is lovely.
Such a refreshing contrast to seeing the British Labour front bench cringing when Boris Johnson regularly started droning on in Latin, because they didn‘t understand but were ashamed to admit it. Latin being the language of “don’t question me, pleb, I’m born to rule” since year dot
Such a refreshing contrast to seeing the British Labour front bench cringing when Boris Johnson regularly started droning on in Latin, because they didn‘t understand but were ashamed to admit it. Latin being the language of “don’t question me, pleb, I’m born to rule” since year dot
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This is lovely.
Such a refreshing contrast to seeing the British Labour front bench cringing when Boris Johnson regularly started droning on in Latin, because they didn‘t understand but were ashamed to admit it. Latin being the language of “don’t question me, pleb, I’m born to rule” since year dot
Such a refreshing contrast to seeing the British Labour front bench cringing when Boris Johnson regularly started droning on in Latin, because they didn‘t understand but were ashamed to admit it. Latin being the language of “don’t question me, pleb, I’m born to rule” since year dot
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Fucking Hell, why didn't anybody say?
Palestine Action ban could lead to people being wrongly criminalised, Home Office official says
Palestine Action ban could lead to people being wrongly criminalised, Home Office official says
Exclusive: Member of homeland security group says anti-terrorism Prevent scheme risks being overwhelmed by Palestine advocates
The anti-terrorism Prevent programme risks being overwhelmed because of the government’s ban on Palestine Action and could lead to people being wrongly criminalised, a member of the Home Office’s homeland security group has warned.
The official said there was already confusion among counter-terrorism police, officials and in schools and hospitals as a result of the proscription of the direct action group, which makes being a member of – or showing support for – it a criminal offence under the Terrorism Act. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Fucking Hell, why didn't anybody say?
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What have we lost? “Something hard-to-define but powerful” writes Jack Walton. “The sense that a particular place matters; The knowledge that a group of people are going to work every day to chronicle not just any little corner of the planet, but your corner.”
manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
The clattering, chaotic, romantic world of Greater Manchester’s lost newspapers
What happens when a community loses its champion?
manchestermill.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
What have we lost? “Something hard-to-define but powerful” writes Jack Walton. “The sense that a particular place matters; The knowledge that a group of people are going to work every day to chronicle not just any little corner of the planet, but your corner.”
manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
ssssh, you’ll frighten the horses
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
ssssh, you’ll frighten the horses
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I am grateful for @adamjkucharski.bsky.social. He takes such care to deconstruct a claim made by the director of National Institutes of Health on excess mortality during the pandemic. We need sober analyses more than ever right now, even amidst the madness.
kucharski.substack.com/p/excess-mor...
kucharski.substack.com/p/excess-mor...
Excess mortality or excessive assumptions?
How to make a popular metric tell any story you like
kucharski.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I am grateful for @adamjkucharski.bsky.social. He takes such care to deconstruct a claim made by the director of National Institutes of Health on excess mortality during the pandemic. We need sober analyses more than ever right now, even amidst the madness.
kucharski.substack.com/p/excess-mor...
kucharski.substack.com/p/excess-mor...
Yep - and other medical care. The line from medical misogyny to pink-pilled far right rabbit hole is getting deeper. Beyond health, too, cavalier treatment from welfare administrators & educationalists can leave people vulnerable to “the state is just all bad & this sovereign weird shit sounds good”
People love to pretend like pastel QAnon and RFK and anti-vaxx moms are just a function of bored privilege and ignorance, but the reality is much more complex.
These anti-medical birth movements cross class and race lines and exploit very real gendered trauma from medical sexism related to birth.
These anti-medical birth movements cross class and race lines and exploit very real gendered trauma from medical sexism related to birth.
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Yep - and other medical care. The line from medical misogyny to pink-pilled far right rabbit hole is getting deeper. Beyond health, too, cavalier treatment from welfare administrators & educationalists can leave people vulnerable to “the state is just all bad & this sovereign weird shit sounds good”
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November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Ooooooooooh
how grimly predictable
Incredible really that people are being told a mere fortnight before the event that they have been picked to attend Your Party conference. Most people I know who have been selected cannot actually go, because it turns out train tickets & two weekend-nights in a hotel is prohibitively expensive
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
how grimly predictable
Can someone explain to me why im suddenly noticing a lot of LinkedIn love here on BlueSky?
(I do recall Jaron Lanier saying it was the only one of the social media platforms that wasn’t a BUMMER… though that was pre BlueSky etc… so I guess I’ve always been LinkedIn curious… )
(I do recall Jaron Lanier saying it was the only one of the social media platforms that wasn’t a BUMMER… though that was pre BlueSky etc… so I guess I’ve always been LinkedIn curious… )
November 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Can someone explain to me why im suddenly noticing a lot of LinkedIn love here on BlueSky?
(I do recall Jaron Lanier saying it was the only one of the social media platforms that wasn’t a BUMMER… though that was pre BlueSky etc… so I guess I’ve always been LinkedIn curious… )
(I do recall Jaron Lanier saying it was the only one of the social media platforms that wasn’t a BUMMER… though that was pre BlueSky etc… so I guess I’ve always been LinkedIn curious… )
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Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
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Hmmm - so tacking hard right on immigration led the Danish equivalent of Labour to lose the capital city for the first time in a century to a “Green-Left” party?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Hmmm - so tacking hard right on immigration led the Danish equivalent of Labour to lose the capital city for the first time in a century to a “Green-Left” party?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
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"In Scotland, all personal care is free at the point of need. The principal being, that our elderly have paid more than enough in taxation already."
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
Will Scottish independence improve Scotland’s healthcare?
Egalitarian ideals shape Scotland’s distinct health policies, but independence raises a key question: party agenda or public belief?
bylines.scot
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"In Scotland, all personal care is free at the point of need. The principal being, that our elderly have paid more than enough in taxation already."
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
The main thing that unites the v different two right wings of the Labour Party (the neoliberal investment friendly section, & the reactionary, anti-migration blue Labour section) is Atlanticism (ie, attachment to armaments). Expect these dishonest attacks on ZP about it, cos it’s all they got.…🧵
The leader of the greens thinks he can persuade Putin to give up weapons. The leader of reform thinks he can cut public spending without cutting services. Labour risks falling into same trap in its immigration and asylum policies. To actually change the world we need less bravado and more scrutiny.
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The main thing that unites the v different two right wings of the Labour Party (the neoliberal investment friendly section, & the reactionary, anti-migration blue Labour section) is Atlanticism (ie, attachment to armaments). Expect these dishonest attacks on ZP about it, cos it’s all they got.…🧵