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Captures it perfectly.

submitted 8 days ago • 459 comments

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as allude to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

submitted 8 days ago • 2108 comments

"Laboratories in a national network of 58 facilities responding to the spread of bird flu were notified Friday that 25 percent of the staff in a central program office coordinating their work were fired" Emerging 4th world country in North America! www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 8 days ago • 227 comments

A weekend at the #smallholdingdream (aka antidote to the shitshow that is US politics). A new #H5N1 #Flockdown started in Herefordshire today. With no paddock time, the chickens need toys and ⬆️ environmental enrichment starting with corn on the cob vs curly kale… watch tomorrow for more! n/1

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Tens of thousands of American children studying in Pentagon schools serving US military families have had all access to library books suspended for a week while officials conduct a “compliance review” under Donald Trump’s crackdown on DEI and gender equality www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 10 days ago • 53 comments

i gotted a prezint frum mine frens bootiful fren miss corie an bootiful fren olib an bootiful fren gerta,,, 😻 dis it,,,! rite heer,,! i not shur if dem has a @ i go see,,,! #hedgewatch #cats #catsofbluesky

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

Brexit’s failure and Trump’s fury have turned the tide for the UK and EU Two new polls show Britons are now firmly aligned with Europe, not the USA www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexits-fail...

submitted 29 days ago • 48 comments

Off the back of this. #medsky gamers Block or dodge? I dodge

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

When Johnson announced his "40 hospitals", he only provided enough funding for 6. So Labour were bequeathed an unfunded promise of 34 hospitals. They're not cancelling anything, if the original "plans" included no money

submitted 37 days ago • 18 comments

The French Human Rights League is asking the public to join them in a mass exodus of X on January 20 www.euronews.com/next/2025/01...

submitted 38 days ago • 386 comments

Spread the word. ✊

submitted 38 days ago • 47 comments

2025: Fiona Bruce, "People voted to leave the European Union, whether you agree with it or not" #BBCQT 2016: Danial Hannan, Michael Gove, Owen Patterson all explained how leaving the European Union would not take us outside the European Union Single Market

submitted 38 days ago • 18 comments

Left: Nadine Dorries criticises Labour for paying billions in debt interest Right: Nadine Dorries forgets to mention that it was the Conservatives who took our national debt from £759 billion in 2010 to over £2.69 trillion in 2024

submitted 38 days ago • 28 comments

First primrose. It’s a year since I made one of my botanical photos. Things aren’t good mental health-wise atm so I made this just now to focus on small good things & quieten relentless churning thoughts. It should do similar to your brain if you pause on it for a while 🌿

submitted 38 days ago • 13 comments

DWP's 'misleading and unfair' consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules. UK's Tory Govt presented reforms to disability benefits as a way to support disabled people into work, but made them up to £416.19 per month worse-off. Shameless. www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

submitted 38 days ago • 10 comments

I am on BBC Newswatch tomorrow morning 7.45am getting cross about disaster reporting. Do tune in

submitted 38 days ago • 4 comments

1/ 🚨 The UK introduced Physician Associates (PAs) as a response to the healthcare workforce crisis. But the journey has been contentious, with lessons for other countries considering similar measures. A 🧵 on the findings from our new paper with Louella Vaughan and Giuliano Russo

submitted 38 days ago • 6 comments

Exciting news!! Anaesthetists United are through to the next stage of their legal case. They argue that Anaesthetic Associates are not doctors and should not be used as substitutes for doctors. This is a no-brainer. They need money to fight the next stage. anaesthetistsunited.com?utm_source=s...

submitted 38 days ago • 4 comments

Hope you have a lovely weekend 💐

submitted 38 days ago • 3 comments

The spread of health misinformation and disinformation poses a serious threat to public health. How can we respond to the danger and combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation to protect public health? Find out more in our latest Editorial: tinyurl.com/mtf95p25

submitted 38 days ago • 9 comments

The gap between hospitals & GPs has grown This must be bridged for good patient care I used to call colleagues for advice but it’s now a challenge to even get patients accepted for a referral Often rejected for the smallest thing & worsened by the long waits Yet many more consultants & fewer GPs

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments

Please sign and share 🙏🏻

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments

Looks like an interesting @gerisoc.bsky.social meeting... www.bgs.org.uk/events/2025-...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Friends! Thank you so much for all the Get Well Messages for our little hero, Percy. We are delighted to say that he has bounced back beautifully and is eating again. Sweet Ron stayed by his side yesterday and they played gently together with a paper wrapper Mum gave them (full video on X / Insta)

submitted 38 days ago • 23 comments

Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade.

submitted 38 days ago • 175 comments

A hand-written & illustrated winter nature journal✒️🌿 A copy of this is sent with every Etsy parcel that is late arriving atm due to my rubbish mental health. My customers are very patient.

submitted 38 days ago • 5 comments

We’re putting on a conference for those interested in community emergency medicine on 8th May 2025 in London - keen people please sign up to register interest for when tickets are available! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

Failure to retain the staff trained in the UK, letting skilled & knowledgable staff leave by focus on numbers of staff not retention This is failure @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @nhsengland.bsky.social @nhsemployers.bsky.social

submitted 40 days ago • 7 comments

Senator: I’ll speak in his defense because to err is human. Who among us hasn’t shown up drunk to work? Who here hasn’t cheated on their wife? Hegseth: Please stop helping me Senator: Who hasn’t taken off their pants at the zoo?

submitted 41 days ago • 657 comments

Left: Kemi Badenoch blames Labour for the increased cost of service our national debt Right: Even if you take into account the £400 billion spent for covid, the Conservative party increased national debt by over £1 trillion

submitted 40 days ago • 14 comments

Academic clinicians, I’m preparing a report on why professionals need more than 2 years training to be competent and safe. I’d welcome suggestions of articles on the complexity of clinical knowledge and how it is acquired. Thanks if you can recommend any (I have my own obvs). #medsky #academicsky

submitted 43 days ago • 26 comments

❗ TODAY ❗ I'm proud to present my 🇪🇺 Youth Mobility Scheme Bill 🇬🇧 – a vital step to give young Brits the chance to live, work, and study across Europe. The botched Brexit deal robbed them of these opportunities. It's time to fix that and reset our relationship with the EU.

submitted 40 days ago • 72 comments

Left: Kemi Badenoch, "There is no way we should be giving up British territory in Chagos" Right: Keir Starmer, "The negotiations was started by the Conservative government. The then Foreign Secretary came to this house to say why he was starting negotiations and what he wanted to achieve"

submitted 40 days ago • 11 comments

Dear BlueSkyers. Sadly I'm getting many reports of scammers pretending to be me here, incl messaging people with 'investments' . Pls share/help me spread word that, as you know, THIS IS MY ONLY BLUE SKY account (proved as my handle is an official MoneySavingExpert one). All others are scams

submitted 40 days ago • 74 comments

Prime Minister Keir Starmer jokes at #PMQs about the cease and desist letter he got last week from Liz Truss 'She was complaining that saying she'd 'crashed the economy' was damaging her reputation - it was actually crashing the economy that damaged her reputation'

submitted 40 days ago • 29 comments

Chums! Baby Dog here. Our mornings have been SO COLD and FROSTY recently. Now, I don’t want to scare you, but Dad took me into the Frozen Forest and we heard a Ghost Dog in there! Dad captured the sound on camera. Try not to be too frightened when you watch this! (Full video on X / Instagram)

submitted 41 days ago • 19 comments

Chums! Baby Dog here. I feel a bit sad because Percy didn’t want to play with me yesterday. I tried everything to get his attention… but he wasn’t interested, which isn’t like him. Do you think he’s ok? I’m going to keep a close eye on him ❤️ (full video on X / Instagram)

submitted 40 days ago • 22 comments

Friends! Just a quick note to let you know that we have made a few more 2025 Calendars available to buy from the shop - but be quick if you want one! Also, you can now order our very own Cotton Tote Bags and Playing Cards from our shop. Very exciting! 😺 special-gifts.net/malcolm

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Snow gone 😹😹😹hooray

submitted 42 days ago • 8 comments

Gavin Newsom made a website to fight the misinformation about the fires. Give it a read. REPOST gavinnewsom.com/california-f...

submitted 43 days ago • 394 comments

Research from the EMJ has found fewer than one in 10 emergency doctors feel confident they could evacuate their A&Es in a crisis, because they are routinely too full. Read RCEM President's full response here 👇 rcem.ac.uk/emergency-de...

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Friends! Let’s reveal a bit more of Ron’s personality. He a very THOUGHTFUL kitten. I look at him sometimes and can tell he’s thinking DEEP THOUGHTS. Here he is, trying to understand how the Washing Machine is working. He keeps looking back at Mum for reassurance. Anyone else’s cats do this? ❤️❤️

submitted 42 days ago • 21 comments

MPs are set to vote through Labour ’s Renters Rights bill on Tuesday, banning no-fault evictions and demanding landlords fix serious health hazards like damp and mould 👏 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 44 days ago • 85 comments