Neil Squires
@neilsquires.bsky.social
Edinburgh's tallest vegetarian paediatric biochemist.
How is stealing an oil tanker "a major escalation in President Trump's war on drugs"?
Scotland has a major drugs problem. Should I steal some petrol?
Scotland has a major drugs problem. Should I steal some petrol?
December 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
How is stealing an oil tanker "a major escalation in President Trump's war on drugs"?
Scotland has a major drugs problem. Should I steal some petrol?
Scotland has a major drugs problem. Should I steal some petrol?
Honoured to have received the prestigious inaugral FIFA prize for Paediatric Biochemistry.
December 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Honoured to have received the prestigious inaugral FIFA prize for Paediatric Biochemistry.
"I realise now calling GPs feckless cynical bastards was divisive. We need better evidence."
-Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
-Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence | Wes Streeting
The surge in mental ill health is hugely distressing. That’s why I’ve commissioned a review to find out what’s driving it, says health secretary Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
"I realise now calling GPs feckless cynical bastards was divisive. We need better evidence."
-Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
-Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wes Streeting calls GPs "a bunch of crybaby workshy layabouts" and orders an investigation into the overdiagnosis of stress.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar
Health secretary has asked experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Wes Streeting calls GPs "a bunch of crybaby workshy layabouts" and orders an investigation into the overdiagnosis of stress.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
What a cool picture. No idea what I'm looking at, but what a wonderful piece of engineering.
Our Wendelstein 7-X stellarator is about to celebrate an anniversary!
www.ipp.mpg.de/5585948/10ja...
www.ipp.mpg.de/5585948/10ja...
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
What a cool picture. No idea what I'm looking at, but what a wonderful piece of engineering.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Might be time to revisit this www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemoc...
We need to talk about where Brexit funder Arron Banks gets his money
openDemocracy investigations raise fresh questions about Arron Banks's wealth and the real source of the Brexit campaign's largest donations.
www.opendemocracy.net
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Might be time to revisit this www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemoc...
I saw Mani with Primal Scream in Edinburgh and he stole the show because everyone was feeding off his humble joy. The others were sullen but he was delighted to be there and clearly taken aback by the audience's excitement to see him.
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I saw Mani with Primal Scream in Edinburgh and he stole the show because everyone was feeding off his humble joy. The others were sullen but he was delighted to be there and clearly taken aback by the audience's excitement to see him.
I'm looking for a poem about a dad who gets up before the rest of the family to set the fire. It starts, "He rose like a warrior."
I know that's not much information but does anyone know what it is?
#poetry
I know that's not much information but does anyone know what it is?
#poetry
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I'm looking for a poem about a dad who gets up before the rest of the family to set the fire. It starts, "He rose like a warrior."
I know that's not much information but does anyone know what it is?
#poetry
I know that's not much information but does anyone know what it is?
#poetry
@petermbenglish.bsky.social I liked your response in BMJ about vaping. Bravo.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Should a smoke-free generation also be vape-free?
The UK is set to make global history with a bill promising a “smoke-free” generation. What the legislation says on vaping calls into question its role in smoking cessation, as well as its impact on yo...
www.bmj.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
@petermbenglish.bsky.social I liked your response in BMJ about vaping. Bravo.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
So the Epstein emails confirms Trump was a Russian asset?
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
So the Epstein emails confirms Trump was a Russian asset?
The BBC has the opportunity to do the funniest thing and put someone less biased like George Monbiot in charge.
Can we promote Ros Atkins to Head of News?
Can we promote Ros Atkins to Head of News?
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The BBC has the opportunity to do the funniest thing and put someone less biased like George Monbiot in charge.
Can we promote Ros Atkins to Head of News?
Can we promote Ros Atkins to Head of News?
"You now get a free Optimus and it’s just going to follow you around and stop you from doing crime,” Musk said. “You don’t have to put people in prisons and stuff."
Like his promise of fully autonomous cars and unobtainable battery distance claims, how is this not fraud akin to Theranos?
Like his promise of fully autonomous cars and unobtainable battery distance claims, how is this not fraud akin to Theranos?
Tesla shareholders approve $1tn pay package for Elon Musk
Chants of ‘Elon’ erupt after compensation plan approved despite opposition from several high-profile investors
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"You now get a free Optimus and it’s just going to follow you around and stop you from doing crime,” Musk said. “You don’t have to put people in prisons and stuff."
Like his promise of fully autonomous cars and unobtainable battery distance claims, how is this not fraud akin to Theranos?
Like his promise of fully autonomous cars and unobtainable battery distance claims, how is this not fraud akin to Theranos?
Happy halloween! Currently dressed as a disgustingly haggard paediatric pathologist with a meibomian cyst the size of a quail's egg. As I've been since about April; maybe it'll do for next year as well.
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Happy halloween! Currently dressed as a disgustingly haggard paediatric pathologist with a meibomian cyst the size of a quail's egg. As I've been since about April; maybe it'll do for next year as well.
He's been like this for over 4 hours. This is actually a live video.
October 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
He's been like this for over 4 hours. This is actually a live video.
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I just want to make this *abundantly clear*.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I just want to make this *abundantly clear*.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
What a star.
the new Plaid Cymru assembly member for Caerphilly sounds like a proper community-minded character:
"Still a councillor, he also has four voluntary jobs, working in two local schools, a community coffee shop and a foodbank...."
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
"Still a councillor, he also has four voluntary jobs, working in two local schools, a community coffee shop and a foodbank...."
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
What you need to know about Lindsay Whittle, new Senedd member for Caerphilly
The veteran Plaid Cymru campaigner won the Caerphilly by-election
www.walesonline.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
What a star.
God, covid's rife at the moment, isn't it? I'm looking forward to when we achieve that sweet, sweet herd immunity, because as things stand, we went back to normal, which means everyone getting covid once or twice a year.
October 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
God, covid's rife at the moment, isn't it? I'm looking forward to when we achieve that sweet, sweet herd immunity, because as things stand, we went back to normal, which means everyone getting covid once or twice a year.
Rainbow at dawn, Blairgowrie.
October 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Rainbow at dawn, Blairgowrie.
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Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?
Oopsie, Stephen.
Oopsie, Stephen.
October 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?
Oopsie, Stephen.
Oopsie, Stephen.
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DEMOCRACY SUNDAY: NIGEL FARAGE AND THE REFORM LIES
1. Nigel Farage owns the Party as a private company.
2. Farage met the Russian Ambassador to London in 2013 while later claiming he had never met the Russian Ambassador.
3. Nigel Farage made many appearances as a commentator on RT the Russian
1. Nigel Farage owns the Party as a private company.
2. Farage met the Russian Ambassador to London in 2013 while later claiming he had never met the Russian Ambassador.
3. Nigel Farage made many appearances as a commentator on RT the Russian
September 28, 2025 at 5:53 AM
DEMOCRACY SUNDAY: NIGEL FARAGE AND THE REFORM LIES
1. Nigel Farage owns the Party as a private company.
2. Farage met the Russian Ambassador to London in 2013 while later claiming he had never met the Russian Ambassador.
3. Nigel Farage made many appearances as a commentator on RT the Russian
1. Nigel Farage owns the Party as a private company.
2. Farage met the Russian Ambassador to London in 2013 while later claiming he had never met the Russian Ambassador.
3. Nigel Farage made many appearances as a commentator on RT the Russian
Did anyone else get raptured yesterday or was it just me? Feeling very lonely rn. It's just me and God and he doesn't seem very chatty. I think he's in a mood.
Send cat memes.
Send cat memes.
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Did anyone else get raptured yesterday or was it just me? Feeling very lonely rn. It's just me and God and he doesn't seem very chatty. I think he's in a mood.
Send cat memes.
Send cat memes.
It seems to me, it pays to have increasingly extreme viewpoints, especially on the right. Where's the left balance? I argue we haven't gone nearly woke enough. I want to see:
transgender beef
non-binary computer code
mandatory rainbows at all times, preferably them double ones
transgender beef
non-binary computer code
mandatory rainbows at all times, preferably them double ones
September 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
It seems to me, it pays to have increasingly extreme viewpoints, especially on the right. Where's the left balance? I argue we haven't gone nearly woke enough. I want to see:
transgender beef
non-binary computer code
mandatory rainbows at all times, preferably them double ones
transgender beef
non-binary computer code
mandatory rainbows at all times, preferably them double ones
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I think Musk's comments to a rally of 100k people are the highest profile advocacy of political violence in the UK since the end of the Northern Ireland conflict. Does anybody have a counter-example?
"Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."
"Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."
September 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I think Musk's comments to a rally of 100k people are the highest profile advocacy of political violence in the UK since the end of the Northern Ireland conflict. Does anybody have a counter-example?
"Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."
"Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."
Elon Musk, appearing via video link, told the crowd: “Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that’s the truth."
How is this not incitement to violence? Surely this is clearly illegal?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
How is this not incitement to violence? Surely this is clearly illegal?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Far right’s show of force leaves Met desperately kettling counter-protesters
Police almost overwhelmed by brawlers whipped up by Tommy Robinson and his guest demagogues
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Elon Musk, appearing via video link, told the crowd: “Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that’s the truth."
How is this not incitement to violence? Surely this is clearly illegal?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
How is this not incitement to violence? Surely this is clearly illegal?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...