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Retired environment, health and safety professional following over 40 years working in health care and pharmaceuticals. Grandfather who would like to see a better world for his grandchildren to live in.
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Trump on NATO: “If the US was in trouble and we called them. You think they're going to come and protect us? I’m not so sure.” This already happened, after 9/11. And every single member state backed the US. He really does talk a load of old blathering shite.

In just two weeks, Trump has: 🔴 Sent his team to hold unilateral ceasefire talks with Russia - the aggressor - while excluding Ukraine, the country being invaded. 🔴 Tried to strong-arm Ukraine into handing over 50% of its mineral wealth to the US, with no security guarantees in return.

Beautiful.

Leader of the Free World 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇬🇧🇨🇦🇳🇿🇦🇺🇯🇵🇰🇷

I'm curious to know if it is my imagination or whether other people who use Facebook find that it is becoming more toxic in the same way that Twitter/X did?

Really not far to go now. Link —> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Badenoch's spokesman repeatedly refuses to condemn Trump's Gaza plan or repeat Conservative party's previous support for a two state solution. Pushed to say whether Palestinians should have right to return to their homes, he refused to do so @adambienkov.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/02/05/k...

This is #WorldCancerDay & NHS Give Blood is highlighting the extraordinary power your donations have to help fight cancer. Whether blood, platelets or stem cells, every donation counts, and yours could be a lifeline for someone with cancer www.blood.co.uk/why-give-blo...

Absolutely spot on from Rory Stewart

If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it We cannot allow them to rewrite history. If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...

Dozens of Palestinians released from Israeli jails show signs of torture and starvation, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said following the latest batch that was released on Saturday.

🧪 University of Virginia researchers created computer models to design targeted antibiotics, reducing bacterial resistance. By identifying metabolic traits, these precision treatments limit unnecessary antibiotic exposure. 🧬💻 #MLSky

The true essence of President Jimmy Carter. 💙

Just tried to pay for my pick 'n' mix at Cineworld with a fifty pound note & got told they don't accept them? So I had to give her two twenties & a ten instead.

WaPo cartoonist resigns after Post rejects her cartoon of billionaires paying tribute to Donald Trump, one of whom happens to be her boss, Jeff Bezos. Satire has literally died. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

NEW: Friends, chums & agents of foreign influence. But how to tell the difference? New newsletter out with details of new podcast Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring. And its uncanny overlaps to the current Chinese spy scandal featuring my new boss 😱 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Couldn’t agree more. Resist!

Fires broke out in parts of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, after the Israeli military ordered medical staff and patients to evacuate northern Gaza’s last medical facility, according to the report. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️ aje.io/7zkxmc

Looks an interesting read and something to look out for when I go to the bookshop.

“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”

Just sayin....🤷‍♂️

Our mesmerising rise on BlueSky continues and we are nearly on 60k followers. It's a lovely space here that seems largely free from the right wing spreaders of hate and disinformation seen on so many other platforms. Please spread the word and help us get to 60K followers.

Three UN experts have called for Israel to facilitate the medical evacuation of injured Al Jazeera cameraman Fadi al-Wahidi from besieged Gaza. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

NEVER FORGET AND NEVER GO BACK.

Heavy rains flood tents in Gaza, bringing further misery to Palestinians in the besieged enclave. — in pictures ⤵️

🔴 About 130,000 Palestinian children under the age of 10 trapped in north Gaza since October 6 when Israeli forces launched a siege, reports Save the Children. LIVE updates: aje.io/34qdmr

Lebanon’s Health Ministry has accused Israel of 'war crimes' for targeting medical staff and health facilities, while Israel continues its siege of Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital and the targeting of its staff and patients. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage ⤵️ aje.io/6yjo63

🔴 Israel continues its bombardment on Gaza while launching its "most violent" attacks on Lebanon's Nabatieh amid escalating regional tensions. Follow our LIVE coverage ⤵️ aje.io/v3v04w

Hahahahahahahaha... Breathe Hahahahahahahaha 😂👇🏼

Imagine there's no Twitter It isn't hard to do No bigots here to heckle And no Space Karen too