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This ought to be top of the UK government's thinking re Palantir's role in the NHS. The dependency risk is not theoretical under Trump 2.0

submitted 16 hours ago • 13 comments

File under "best news you've heard in a while". Wisdom the albatross has a new baby ❤️ #birds 🌿 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

The Ukraine mineral "deal" is objectively terrible in every way. Many of these foreign relations were built on the belief that the US could offer security. But in Trump's first term he held up Ukraine aid for 2 months in an attempt to pressure their president into digging up dirt on Hunter Biden 1/6

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Rory Stewart, "Trump plays divide and rule" "He'd love the idea of splitting Britain off from Europe" "We're better sticking closely together to Europe and Canada" "The opportunity for the UK is a closer relationship with Europe"

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

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It was previously believed that our pupil size was only affected by three things: light, focusing on nearby objects and cognitive effects.

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🔴 ‘Don’t Buy a Swasticar’: Tesla Hit by UK Boycott Campaign Over Elon Musk’s Far-Right Support Electric vehicle producer Tesla has been targeted by activists due to its far-right owner’s interference in British politics bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...

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Since Reply Guys™ have been suggesting that $100 billion would somehow be insufficient funding to develop an HIV vaccine A South African research group had developed a promising mRNA candidate in animal trials funded entirely by a now gutted $45 million USAID grant www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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This is a poor headline from the BBC. The US aren't offering a "deal" - they want the minerals in return for support already given. It's straight up extortion.

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Champagne fascists screaming about ‘net zero madness’ while quietly investing in solar and wind like the greedy frauds they are. Grifting off the culture war while cashing in on the transition they claim to hate. Absolute piss-taking wankers. #ukpolitics

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Every year we host an exhibition by Nantwich Camera Club, displaying new work by the Club's members (the exhibition runs until Sat 3 May). Admission is free so if you're in the area please drop in Tue-Sat 10am-4pm. The lovely picture featured here is entitled "Tryfan at sunset" #Wales #Snowdonia

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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

submitted 7 days ago • 410 comments

🤣😂🤣 THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

‘It became a lifeline’: the charity bringing cinema to hospital patients

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Live your life in such a way as to avoid the debate following your media appearances being whether it's more appropriate to compare you to Chamberlain or Mosley.

submitted 8 days ago • 8 comments

Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it: www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

submitted 8 days ago • 440 comments

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

submitted 8 days ago • 537 comments

VG from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social but as others have said the historical analogy is wrong. Chamberlain wasn't a Nazi fellow-traveller. AfD supporter and far-right propagandist Goodwin is much closer to Oswald Mosley.

submitted 8 days ago • 53 comments

Chernobyl reactor shield hit by Russian drone, Ukraine says

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One day, after the dust has settled, they will teach this era in history classes and everyone will claim they were against appeasement of Putin, that of course they wouldn't have been a Faragist giving into a bullying Kremlin's demands The true test of appeasement is not after the fact, it is now

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Monbiot nails it: "this is direct appeasement ... these people who go on and on about sovereignty, say they are the defenders of sovereignty, when it actually comes to the crunch they will sell anyone down the river."

submitted 9 days ago • 10 comments

“there are Neville Chamberlain’s in every generation” George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt

submitted 9 days ago • 147 comments

no money for cancer research, $400 million to boost elon’s flagging car sales www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...

submitted 9 days ago • 32 comments

A historic graphic of corruption. The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies. (📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)

submitted 10 days ago • 60 comments

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have developed a nasal COVID-19 vaccine that BLOCKS transmission of the virus. This suggests vaccines delivered directly to the nose or mouth could play a CRITICAL role in containing the spread of respiratory infections. Phase I clinical trials HAVE BEEN APPROVED! 🧪🧵⬇️

submitted 11 days ago • 201 comments

The new National Pine Marten Monitoring Programme from @vincentwt.bsky.social is a citizen science collaboration to collect data on pine martens to inform conservation actions. Get involved with monitoring & report sightings. See CJS Focus on Volunteering at c-js.co.uk/CJSFocus#pm

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Lies, damn lies, and immigration statistics: me in @prospectmagazine.co.uk on the endless torrent of falsehoods and half-truths pumped out by right-wong "journalists and " thinktanks" in the British media. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

submitted 12 days ago • 21 comments

1. Here are just a few of the ways in which Starmer’s Labour Party seems determined to alienate its voters and lose the next election. As they pile up, you have to keep pinching yourself and asking, “what the hell is it playing at?” 🧵

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Some good news for a change! protectthewild.substack.com/p/bird-shoot...

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Nature lovers unite! It's time for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award 2024, developed & produced by the Natural History Museum, London. 📸 Feast your eyes on this year's incredible selection & cast a vote for your favourite by 29th January. 👇 www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/peoples-...

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

Kingdom come deliverance 2 is out, I'll be streaming a walk around the medieval city soon, probably this weekend, come along and hear me be both delighted and annoyed at the same time about details nobody cares about and be distracted by dapper gentlemen!

submitted 18 days ago • 6 comments

CompSci teacher sets lab task: Accidentally breaking the university

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

PLEASE SHARE 🧪‼️ Since CDC websites and datasets are being taken down by the Administration… The ENTIRE archive of ALL CDC datasets uploaded BEFORE January 28th, 2025 can be found here: archive.org/details/2025...

submitted 20 days ago • 164 comments

If you’d like to apply for this job at our ‘ultra-progressive institution’ please visit the National Trust Jobs website. NB our member retention has remained higher than average throughout the cost of living crisis and visits & donations have increased. www.gbnews.com/news/nationa...

submitted 20 days ago • 78 comments

Our gorgeous native Red Squirrels are a rare sight, with only a few isolated populations in England & Wales. I have never actually photographed one before so here's my drawing, I'll call it 'Smile'! 😊🧡 Please see special thanks below. #Art #SciArt #NearbyNature2025 #mammals #squirrel #UKWildlife

submitted 22 days ago • 69 comments

‘Groundbreaking’ potential cure for sickle cell in England approved for NHS use

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Just want to say, I'm alert enough to post this on BlueSky because I had an NHS blood transfusion less than a week ago. Please give blood now if you can — and ReTweet this post to help spread the word: www.blood.co.uk/news-and-cam...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Well said, Pete Buttigieg

submitted 23 days ago • 971 comments

What the hell did I just watch for 120 seconds before having to stop due to nausea? The President of the United States, in the wake of 67 Americans dying in the worst aviation accident in a quarter century, has gathered together a gaggle of sycophants to praise him and attack DEI... for _no reason_?

submitted 23 days ago • 445 comments

Our reaction to the Chancellor’s speech on Wednesday🗣️: "If the Chancellor wants to drive economic growth, she must also prioritise a healthy, resilient and thriving natural world. Clean water, healthy ecosystems and a stable climate are vital for sustainable growth.”

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Cardiff University 400 job cuts 'threaten supply of nurses'

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Stop Musk from funding far-right politics in the UK! I just signed this petition 'Tighten the rules on political donations' - it's nearly at 30,000 signatures - can you add your name too? - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

submitted 27 days ago • 31 comments