Cheryl
@cheryl-blue.bsky.social
Well, it seems I'm still on this plane of existence! Disability rights stuff, fashion history. Cumbria (UK). Autistic. She, for the moment.
"Is this cheaper than the standard package?"
I was in the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow on Tuesday and I saw a man rap his knuckles on the ancient Egyptian sarcophagus of the chief steward Pa-ba-sa like he was checking the workmanship
January 23, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"Is this cheaper than the standard package?"
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Best bit of this article is when he complains he couldn't get anyone to fix it because they'd outsourced customer service to AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
www.nature.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Best bit of this article is when he complains he couldn't get anyone to fix it because they'd outsourced customer service to AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Why don't the charities (partic @actionforme.bsky.social and @meassociation.org.uk) set up their own private unit to show the NHS how to do it?
If they can't (or won't), then how the hell can the NHS be expected get anything right given the enormous systemic failures of the past 4 decades???
If they can't (or won't), then how the hell can the NHS be expected get anything right given the enormous systemic failures of the past 4 decades???
URGENT:
An NHS hospital is starving a severe ME patient & has now stopped giving her fluids. Savannah has now lived with severe ME for several years - but the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in South London is putting her life at risk. @h-sharland.bsky.social has the story
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
An NHS hospital is starving a severe ME patient & has now stopped giving her fluids. Savannah has now lived with severe ME for several years - but the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in South London is putting her life at risk. @h-sharland.bsky.social has the story
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
An NHS hospital is starving a severe ME patient and has now stopped giving her fluids
Savannah has now lived with severe ME for several years - but the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in South London is putting her life at risk
www.thecanary.co
January 23, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Why don't the charities (partic @actionforme.bsky.social and @meassociation.org.uk) set up their own private unit to show the NHS how to do it?
If they can't (or won't), then how the hell can the NHS be expected get anything right given the enormous systemic failures of the past 4 decades???
If they can't (or won't), then how the hell can the NHS be expected get anything right given the enormous systemic failures of the past 4 decades???
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If my party is serious about anti-racism: implement the Forde recommendations, adopt the APPG’s definition of Islamophobia, address disproportionate poverty rates and poor health outcomes.
Do not cynically deploy an all-BAME shortlist to shut down party democracy. Offensive and politically weak.
Do not cynically deploy an all-BAME shortlist to shut down party democracy. Offensive and politically weak.
Starmer Allies Say Burnham Will Not Be Allowed To Stand For Manchester Seat
Allies of Keir Starmer have told PoliticsHome that Andy Burnham will not be allowed to stand as the Labour candidate in the upcoming by-election in...
www.politicshome.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:18 AM
If my party is serious about anti-racism: implement the Forde recommendations, adopt the APPG’s definition of Islamophobia, address disproportionate poverty rates and poor health outcomes.
Do not cynically deploy an all-BAME shortlist to shut down party democracy. Offensive and politically weak.
Do not cynically deploy an all-BAME shortlist to shut down party democracy. Offensive and politically weak.
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News article on the hub today - Osteoporosis patients ‘abandoned’ after being diagnosed by text, damning inquiry reveals (via @the-independent.com). www.pslhub.org/blogs/entry/...
Osteoporosis patients ‘abandoned’ after being diagnosed by text, damning inquiry reveals
The NHS is failing osteoporosis patients, diagnosing them via text message only to then "forget" them, a damning parliamentary inquiry has found. Some individuals told MPs they received no scheduled f...
www.pslhub.org
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 AM
News article on the hub today - Osteoporosis patients ‘abandoned’ after being diagnosed by text, damning inquiry reveals (via @the-independent.com). www.pslhub.org/blogs/entry/...
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Hey if you have a problem with the White House sharing A.I. generated photos of their political enemies great reminder to not also do that
January 23, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Hey if you have a problem with the White House sharing A.I. generated photos of their political enemies great reminder to not also do that
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this would quite literally be prison on a vast scale, shutdowns on a vast scale, bans and blocks, servers hauled off, doors kicked in, under any other circumstance
A study on the artificial intelligence chatbot Grok embedded on X estimates it created 3 million sexualized images in 11 days in January, including 23,000 of children.
Grok could have produced 3 million sexual deepfakes in 11 days, says estimate
European regulators have yet to decide how to handle the explosion of nonconsensual deepfakes on the platform.
www.politico.eu
January 23, 2026 at 11:05 AM
this would quite literally be prison on a vast scale, shutdowns on a vast scale, bans and blocks, servers hauled off, doors kicked in, under any other circumstance
One of the things that most infuriates me about AI is that is has forced the rest of us to see the world the way these psychopathic racists and rapists imagine it: "Ha ha! Here are our fantasies about minorities blubbering and crying, like children do when we abuse them!"
i find it sinister how they often use ai to make "liberals" cry, this power fantasy thing in which they want not only their enemies defeated but also in pain.
January 23, 2026 at 12:06 PM
One of the things that most infuriates me about AI is that is has forced the rest of us to see the world the way these psychopathic racists and rapists imagine it: "Ha ha! Here are our fantasies about minorities blubbering and crying, like children do when we abuse them!"
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are YOU a university professor, professor emeriti or associate professor of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion?
Did you know you can nominate people for the Nobel Peace Prize?
Did you know you can nominate people for the Nobel Peace Prize?
Some thoughts:
1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1.
2. History professors are qualified nominators.
3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence.
4. He would be so mad.
1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1.
2. History professors are qualified nominators.
3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence.
4. He would be so mad.
Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates - NobelPrize.org
A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria. A letter of invitation to submit is not required. The names of the nominees and other informati...
www.nobelprize.org
January 23, 2026 at 7:58 AM
are YOU a university professor, professor emeriti or associate professor of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion?
Did you know you can nominate people for the Nobel Peace Prize?
Did you know you can nominate people for the Nobel Peace Prize?
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incredible work by the Forward who found the one Jew in Greenland so they could work the Jewish angle on the Greenland story
(spoiler alert: he does not want Trump to take over Greenland)
(spoiler alert: he does not want Trump to take over Greenland)
Greenland’s only Jew hears a familiar pattern in Trump’s annexation talk
Paul Cohen, Greenland’s only Jew, explains how Jewish history shapes his response to Trump’s renewed talk of annexing the island.
forward.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:23 PM
incredible work by the Forward who found the one Jew in Greenland so they could work the Jewish angle on the Greenland story
(spoiler alert: he does not want Trump to take over Greenland)
(spoiler alert: he does not want Trump to take over Greenland)
Chiune Sugihara, Japan's Lithuanian ambassador, issued ~6000 visas in 1940 without permission and faced some consequences for it. I have this simple but jawdropping book on him...
January 22, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Chiune Sugihara, Japan's Lithuanian ambassador, issued ~6000 visas in 1940 without permission and faced some consequences for it. I have this simple but jawdropping book on him...
Hey, everyone, I know even sending an e-mail takes a lot out of us, but if we could email the hospital about this (form letter you can c&p in article)
URGENT:
An NHS hospital is starving a severe ME patient & has now stopped giving her fluids. Savannah has now lived with severe ME for several years - but the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in South London is putting her life at risk. @h-sharland.bsky.social has the story
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
An NHS hospital is starving a severe ME patient & has now stopped giving her fluids. Savannah has now lived with severe ME for several years - but the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in South London is putting her life at risk. @h-sharland.bsky.social has the story
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
An NHS hospital is starving a severe ME patient and has now stopped giving her fluids
Savannah has now lived with severe ME for several years - but the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in South London is putting her life at risk
www.thecanary.co
January 22, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Hey, everyone, I know even sending an e-mail takes a lot out of us, but if we could email the hospital about this (form letter you can c&p in article)
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The U.S.A. is due to officially exit the World Health Organization (@who.int) on Thursday (today?)
Trump gave notice on the first day of his presidency, a year ago.
Everything's falling apart.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Trump gave notice on the first day of his presidency, a year ago.
Everything's falling apart.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US set to quit World Health Organization
The U.S. is due to officially exit the World Health Organization on Thursday, in the face of warnings it will hit both U.S. health and global health and also in violation of a U.S. law that requires W...
www.reuters.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The U.S.A. is due to officially exit the World Health Organization (@who.int) on Thursday (today?)
Trump gave notice on the first day of his presidency, a year ago.
Everything's falling apart.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Trump gave notice on the first day of his presidency, a year ago.
Everything's falling apart.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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🧠 New study: neurological #LongCOVID symptoms associated w/ a marker of brain inflammation that has been tied to Alzheimer’s
🫁 A new “state-of-the-art” review on POTS
💊 A phase II clinical trial is testing the efficacy and safety of the drug Uplizna in LC and ME
Research updates: bit.ly/4sRydmT
🫁 A new “state-of-the-art” review on POTS
💊 A phase II clinical trial is testing the efficacy and safety of the drug Uplizna in LC and ME
Research updates: bit.ly/4sRydmT
January 22, 2026 at 3:48 PM
🧠 New study: neurological #LongCOVID symptoms associated w/ a marker of brain inflammation that has been tied to Alzheimer’s
🫁 A new “state-of-the-art” review on POTS
💊 A phase II clinical trial is testing the efficacy and safety of the drug Uplizna in LC and ME
Research updates: bit.ly/4sRydmT
🫁 A new “state-of-the-art” review on POTS
💊 A phase II clinical trial is testing the efficacy and safety of the drug Uplizna in LC and ME
Research updates: bit.ly/4sRydmT
It has annoyed me my whole life that people don't know "slay" is an irregular verb conjugated slay/slain/slew, and I suppose it will continue to piss me off whenever I read or watch fantasy lol
a man in a white suit is singing into a microphone while playing a guitar
Alt: Noddy Holder of Slade. Which is not the past or perfect tense of "slay".
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:41 PM
It has annoyed me my whole life that people don't know "slay" is an irregular verb conjugated slay/slain/slew, and I suppose it will continue to piss me off whenever I read or watch fantasy lol
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🇵🇱🇺🇦 Sikorski: People in Ukraine depend on area heating plants for heat and electricity. When heat and electricity don’t come through, you have to drain water from the radiators, and then their housing becomes unlivable.
January 22, 2026 at 9:20 AM
🇵🇱🇺🇦 Sikorski: People in Ukraine depend on area heating plants for heat and electricity. When heat and electricity don’t come through, you have to drain water from the radiators, and then their housing becomes unlivable.
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I had a taxi driver tonight tell me that he thinks 20-30% of all disability benefit claims are fraud. I told him the actual figure was around 4%. He didn’t believe me and changed the subject.
The thing is the actual figure is less than 1%, but I knew he wouldn’t believe that.
The thing is the actual figure is less than 1%, but I knew he wouldn’t believe that.
January 20, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I had a taxi driver tonight tell me that he thinks 20-30% of all disability benefit claims are fraud. I told him the actual figure was around 4%. He didn’t believe me and changed the subject.
The thing is the actual figure is less than 1%, but I knew he wouldn’t believe that.
The thing is the actual figure is less than 1%, but I knew he wouldn’t believe that.
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the nail polish girlies are going absolutely feral and it’s so good
January 19, 2026 at 1:53 AM
the nail polish girlies are going absolutely feral and it’s so good
OMG, Worldle now has a "thirty for Thursday" general knowledge geography quiz. This will destroy me.
Worldle - Guess the Country
A daily geography game where you guess the country from its shape and get clues with every attempt. Play daily or explore the archive.
worldle.teuteuf.fr
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
OMG, Worldle now has a "thirty for Thursday" general knowledge geography quiz. This will destroy me.
The Ridge living dangerously with this interesting funeral angle. (Sorry, couldn't resist)
January 21, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The Ridge living dangerously with this interesting funeral angle. (Sorry, couldn't resist)
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I know this is off-topic, but wow these fits...
Indigenous Inuit (Kalaallit) native Greenlanders.
January 21, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I know this is off-topic, but wow these fits...
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Balenciaga shares a birthday with Dior as well & what better excuse to share a favourite, Vilmorin from 1952. The graduated daisy embroidery, more dense at the waist & trailing away towards the hem, stitched by artisans at Rebé makes it a beautiful collaboration @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 21, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Balenciaga shares a birthday with Dior as well & what better excuse to share a favourite, Vilmorin from 1952. The graduated daisy embroidery, more dense at the waist & trailing away towards the hem, stitched by artisans at Rebé makes it a beautiful collaboration @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Dr Diane O'Leary has made an excellent comment on Emily Mendenhall's Substack, revealing she had a similar experience with Wessely.
We agree that the world would be a better place if the silenced material could be published.
We agree that the world would be a better place if the silenced material could be published.
January 21, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Dr Diane O'Leary has made an excellent comment on Emily Mendenhall's Substack, revealing she had a similar experience with Wessely.
We agree that the world would be a better place if the silenced material could be published.
We agree that the world would be a better place if the silenced material could be published.
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Hear me out, I have a cunning plan……
January 21, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Hear me out, I have a cunning plan……
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“sex scenes don’t even advance the plot!!”
i dunno dude the plot said these people were gonna fuck
i dunno dude the plot said these people were gonna fuck
January 20, 2026 at 10:15 PM
“sex scenes don’t even advance the plot!!”
i dunno dude the plot said these people were gonna fuck
i dunno dude the plot said these people were gonna fuck