Alan Abraham
@alanroyabraham.bsky.social
Chair ‘designate’ RDC, AoMRC | Ophthalmology Registrar, Bristol UK | YIMBY | Interested in politics, views my own #eyesky #yimby
Timely and comprehensive review of Uveitis in Adults published in JAMA this month #eyesky #uveitis #JAMA jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Uveitis in Adults: A Review
This narrative review summarizes current evidence on the pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of uveitis in adults.
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May 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Timely and comprehensive review of Uveitis in Adults published in JAMA this month #eyesky #uveitis #JAMA jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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The best place to build new homes is wherever people want to build them.
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The government shouldn’t tell people where to live
Housing belongs where the demand is
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April 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The best place to build new homes is wherever people want to build them.
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The entire history of US civilian nuclear power, which has produced 1/5th of our electricity for decades with no CO2 or air pollution, has produced less than 100,000 tons of high level waste. We burn billions of tons of fossil fuels EVERY YEAR.
December 19, 2024 at 2:19 AM
The entire history of US civilian nuclear power, which has produced 1/5th of our electricity for decades with no CO2 or air pollution, has produced less than 100,000 tons of high level waste. We burn billions of tons of fossil fuels EVERY YEAR.
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Dafoe to @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Dafoe to @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Syrian state TV has announced the fall of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Follow our live blog for the latest updates: www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...
December 8, 2024 at 9:27 AM
BREAKING: Syrian state TV has announced the fall of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Follow our live blog for the latest updates: www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...
Welcome news Labour are moving forward with some version of ‘zoning’ or permitted development for house building.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Planning committees could be bypassed to speed up house building
The move is part of what ministers say will be a
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December 8, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Welcome news Labour are moving forward with some version of ‘zoning’ or permitted development for house building.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Starmer triples down on planning reform. Cites the £100m bat tunnel and no reservoirs for 30 years. “We have long freeloaded off the British genius of the past because we haven’t built the future... This government will not accept this nonsense any more."
December 5, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Starmer triples down on planning reform. Cites the £100m bat tunnel and no reservoirs for 30 years. “We have long freeloaded off the British genius of the past because we haven’t built the future... This government will not accept this nonsense any more."
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Medics are as a group terrible (for understandable reasons) at falling into a rut of living for "after on-calls", "after exam(s)", "after ARCP" etc etc
As someone who, if I'm honest, probably fell into this trap myself, this thread strikes a chord
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As someone who, if I'm honest, probably fell into this trap myself, this thread strikes a chord
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not to be v Eat Pray Love but having a truly horrible year last year showed me that when there are lows you've just got to immediately create some highs to counterbalance them, there's no "oh when this is over I'll do nice things", you've got to actively live alongside the bad stuff
I really need to get better at finding pleasure in being alive and simply existing, rather than constantly thinking "If I can just get through this ordeal..." and "If I can just get past that deadline..." Then what? The next ordeal or deadline, and repeat, until death?
December 3, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Medics are as a group terrible (for understandable reasons) at falling into a rut of living for "after on-calls", "after exam(s)", "after ARCP" etc etc
As someone who, if I'm honest, probably fell into this trap myself, this thread strikes a chord
bsky.app/profile/youn...
As someone who, if I'm honest, probably fell into this trap myself, this thread strikes a chord
bsky.app/profile/youn...
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Climate policy is energy policy and energy policy is economic policy and any kind of workable economic populism needs an approach to climate & energy that takes growth and abundance seriously.
www.slowboring.com/p/we-need-re...
www.slowboring.com/p/we-need-re...
We need reality-based energy policy
A common sense approach to climate demands a balance of costs and benefits
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December 2, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Climate policy is energy policy and energy policy is economic policy and any kind of workable economic populism needs an approach to climate & energy that takes growth and abundance seriously.
www.slowboring.com/p/we-need-re...
www.slowboring.com/p/we-need-re...
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It is not up to councils to set national housebuilding targets. Councils calling it "unrealistic" in this instance really just mean "inconvenient". www.bbc.com/news/article...
Backlash from councils over Angela Rayner's housing targets
The vast majority of councils in England believe housing targets are unrealistic, the BBC can reveal.
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December 2, 2024 at 11:30 AM
It is not up to councils to set national housebuilding targets. Councils calling it "unrealistic" in this instance really just mean "inconvenient". www.bbc.com/news/article...
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New start on blue sky, Scottish Highlands winter adventure, what next?
November 30, 2024 at 11:00 AM
New start on blue sky, Scottish Highlands winter adventure, what next?
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Only in Britain would this be the legislature's next move after a once in a generation vote passing the first ever majority in favour of assisted dying
And then, because this is arguably the most preposterous country on earth, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle says: "Right, thank you everybody. We're going to move on to the ferrets bill if people wish to leave."
November 29, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Only in Britain would this be the legislature's next move after a once in a generation vote passing the first ever majority in favour of assisted dying
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In another break from election-related commentary, I try to look at what it would look like to have family-friendly high rises with large multi-bedroom units and common courtyard spaces where kids can play safely unsupervised.
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Can we have a family friendly high rise?
The case for not-so-gentle density
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November 21, 2024 at 11:16 AM
In another break from election-related commentary, I try to look at what it would look like to have family-friendly high rises with large multi-bedroom units and common courtyard spaces where kids can play safely unsupervised.
www.slowboring.com/p/can-we-hav...
www.slowboring.com/p/can-we-hav...
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This place is too cozy, so let me be a little provocative:
In the last 5 years or so, the climate movement had the opportunity to pivot away from No No No (fighting/blocking things) to Yes Yes Yes (supporting abundance, more RE, more housing, more building).
But ...
In the last 5 years or so, the climate movement had the opportunity to pivot away from No No No (fighting/blocking things) to Yes Yes Yes (supporting abundance, more RE, more housing, more building).
But ...
November 22, 2024 at 6:46 PM
This place is too cozy, so let me be a little provocative:
In the last 5 years or so, the climate movement had the opportunity to pivot away from No No No (fighting/blocking things) to Yes Yes Yes (supporting abundance, more RE, more housing, more building).
But ...
In the last 5 years or so, the climate movement had the opportunity to pivot away from No No No (fighting/blocking things) to Yes Yes Yes (supporting abundance, more RE, more housing, more building).
But ...
The key points of the ‘common sense Democrat’ manifesto here are great but also reminiscent of the Labour Party and its electoral success under Starmer. Particularly agree re: major political parties often being led astray trying to placate the base ‘groups’.
open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
A Common Sense Democrat manifesto
Where do we go from here?
open.substack.com
November 16, 2024 at 11:50 AM
The key points of the ‘common sense Democrat’ manifesto here are great but also reminiscent of the Labour Party and its electoral success under Starmer. Particularly agree re: major political parties often being led astray trying to placate the base ‘groups’.
open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
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November 14, 2024 at 11:19 AM
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as long as journalists and pundits act as if they are amateur political strategists & not people trying to understand and tell the truth about the world, they are going to take the implicit view that voters can never be wrong, which then demands endless explanation of their morally blameless choice
November 8, 2024 at 2:53 AM
as long as journalists and pundits act as if they are amateur political strategists & not people trying to understand and tell the truth about the world, they are going to take the implicit view that voters can never be wrong, which then demands endless explanation of their morally blameless choice
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i think that the people interested in recriminations and score settling right now aren’t seriously grappling with the magnitude of what happened and the implications for the rest of our lives. most of us will probably die living in the political order that will emerge out of this election.
November 6, 2024 at 1:26 PM
i think that the people interested in recriminations and score settling right now aren’t seriously grappling with the magnitude of what happened and the implications for the rest of our lives. most of us will probably die living in the political order that will emerge out of this election.
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Agree very much with this from @davekarpf.bsky.social davekarpf.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
November 6, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Agree very much with this from @davekarpf.bsky.social davekarpf.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
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I'm never going to have a better use for this meme.
November 6, 2024 at 8:44 AM
I'm never going to have a better use for this meme.
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Trump grasps that many of his supporters feel like losers but believe it is their birthright to feel like winners. His political talent, like that of other populist demagogues, is giving them other categories of people to look down on. open.substack.com/pub/jamesblo...
Donald Trump and the cult of masculine dominance
Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on
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November 6, 2024 at 6:33 AM
Trump grasps that many of his supporters feel like losers but believe it is their birthright to feel like winners. His political talent, like that of other populist demagogues, is giving them other categories of people to look down on. open.substack.com/pub/jamesblo...
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Reminder: Victory for Trump is likely to all but end global hopes of staying below 1.5C, our analysis found in March
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November 6, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Reminder: Victory for Trump is likely to all but end global hopes of staying below 1.5C, our analysis found in March
www.carbonbrief.org/...
www.carbonbrief.org/...