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“Nigel Farage wants to cosy up to Trump and Musk. I don’t think that’s what people in this country want to see.”

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submitted 20 hours ago • 3 comments

found on wikipedia: the capture of russian explorers by samurai of the tokugawa shogunate in 1811

submitted 23 hours ago • 20 comments

bittersweet news: today is my last day at Bluesky. 💙 i’m very thankful to the team for letting me learn many new things on the job (including React Native). i’m wishing them luck in the improbable — but inevitable — task of making decentralized social media usable and competitive.

submitted 30 days ago • 312 comments

BREAKING: Emmanuel Macron: 'I want to believe US will stand by our side but we have to be ready for that not to be the case We need to be able to recognise the Russian threat & better defend ourselves in order to deter such attacks The future of Europe cannot be decided in Washington or Moscow'

submitted 10 hours ago • 49 comments

It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.

submitted 12 hours ago • 452 comments

Clearly there’s a shortfall in funding but Government cuts as proposed will fall on the people that will feel it the most - those that have the least. We have an alternative, ask those who have the most to pay a little more.

submitted 13 hours ago • 6 comments

deeply disrespectful.= insulting

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

“Our objective must be a just and lasting peace that respects international law, including the prohibition of annexation of territory through the use of force. Let me, emphasize, peace does not and must not mean submission” Elina Valtonen Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland 👏

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Your water bills are going through the roof, meanwhile, water companies are dumping sewage into local rivers and making a fortune off it. We need a new regulator with the power to rein in these out of control water companies.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

JD Vance is erasing from history the hundreds of British troops who gave their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

“So far we have not seen any sign that President Putin has any genuine will to negotiate a lasting agreement. On the contrary, a week ago on Monday, on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion, Russia launched the so far largest drone attack” Elina Valtonen Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

It's not ironic that Trump promised cheaper prices and they are higher than ever, cheaper Healthcare and it's more expensive than ever, or jobs and he is making Americans unemployed at a record rate. It's what populists do, they tell lies and they deliver the opposite.

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

“There is no reason whatsoever to believe that Putin has moderated his demands from those he laid out in December 2021. Demands that if accepted, would roll back decades of progress in European security” Elina Valtonen Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

bylinetimes.com/2025/02/03/t...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

This is shameful 😥 Deporting people won't make your life better. Only redistribution of wealth will. Why are Labour joining in the hate game? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 26 days ago • 42 comments

www.bmj.com/content/388/...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Tree of the Day

submitted 26 days ago • 7 comments

How many does the USA have?

submitted 26 days ago • 55 comments

In recent decades we’ve lost too many general and acute hospital beds in the UK, without creating sufficient alternative capacity outside hospital. This has resulted in entirely predictable risks and harms, writes @mancunianmedic.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Might be? MIGHT be???

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

1,391 practices have closed since 2015 Factors causing this can include partner retirements, the inability to recruit staff or GP partners Whilst the GP workforce has been declining, the number of patients continues to increase, demonstrating the ever-mounting workload www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

To our many American friends. The National Academies have assembled a package of resources for researchers facing threats or attacks in the US www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...

submitted 36 days ago • 14 comments

Yikes! Pretty damning verdict on NHS England leadership from @laylamoran.bsky.social and @commonshealth.bsky.social MPs

submitted 35 days ago • 8 comments

Health Committee Meeting 2’ care focus Amanda Pritchard mentions GPs without any specific support Mention shifting to community but suggest virtual wards are part of this but at £665/‘admission’ this is 2’ care not 1’ care ARRS highlighted but no cost benefit analysis @laylamoran.bsky.social

submitted 35 days ago • 3 comments