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Christopher McCabe
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🇨🇦 🇮🇪 🇬🇧Professor of Health Economics. Queens University Belfast. Health Policy, Health Technology Assessment and Innovation. Opinions my own - nobody else would want them.
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 8h
All of this nonsense at the BBC probably wouldn't be happening if the board wasn't stuffed with Tory appointees for over a decade who, despite their best efforts, couldn't hold back the tide of cultural change.

This week is all just Robbie Gibb's tantrum about that.

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NJ @nojusticemtg.bsky.social · 9h
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 9h
As the ~discourse~ seems to bend interminably towards Republicans trying to figure out how they can (further) HDHP-ify ACA coverage, it's worth revisiting what is probably our best (most rigorous) study on the effect of deductibles in health insurance.

academic.oup.com/qje/article-...

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 9h
"electrification is also the key to a dramatic improvement in energy efficiency, potentially reducing global final energy demand by 24% over the next 25 years, even as global GDP doubles"

A truly stunning point.

This is why I write about energy efficiency so much!

www.ft.com/content/7258...
Electrification is the key to energy efficiency
Productivity gains could cut final energy demand by nearly a quarter over the next 25 years, even as global GDP doubles
www.ft.com

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 11h
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.

New piece from me.

open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com

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Declan Gaffney @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social · 5d
The first question to ask whenever you hear a statisical claim about sickness & disability benefit receipt is 'has @benbgeiger.bsky.social posted on this yet?' and if the answer is 'no' wait until he has before commenting. inequalities.substack.com/p/have-new-w...
Have new WCA claims exploded in the last year?
Yet again, the DWP has been publishing data in a misleading way, making it hard to know what's going on...
inequalities.substack.com

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 6d
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

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Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 6d
#ClimateChange #cdnpoli #MarkCarney
Canadian apocalyptic wildfire background, content reads "QUIT OIL AND ELECTRIFY EVERYTHING OR WATCH IT ALL BURN"

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 7d
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 7d
mamdani is the model for future dem candidates and it can work in all 50 states. not the boring milquetoast candidates who refuse to take a position on hot button issues. they inspire nobody but dnc ad makers.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 11d
How low will it go?

@jamesbowes01.bsky.social's detailed analysis projects net migration will collapse: from its peak of nearly a million to perhaps just over 100K in 2026.

ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
The coming collapse in immigration to the United Kingdom - UK in a changing Europe
James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic consequences.
ukandeu.ac.uk

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12d
The "don't worry about facial recognition tech" arguments are not faring well...
josephcox.bsky.social Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 12d
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 12d
I've written for the Metro on how Starmer's latest attempt to look 'tough' on asylum seeker hotels has exposed him as a coward.

A government spending more just in order to inflict greater misery on refugees is beyond contempt - & that contempt is showing up in the polls. metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 12d
A techno-wizz way of referring to the fact that these cars have computers in them that could be doing more things when the car is idle. Except that would reduce the remaining mileage left by draining the batteries. Mind blown.

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dindin6.bsky.social @dindin6.bsky.social · 18d
"The moral crisis of our age has nothing to do with gay marriage or abortion; It's Insider Trading, Obscene CEO Pay, Wage Theft from ordinary workers, Wall Streets continued Gambling Addiction, Corporate Payoffs To Friendly Politicians and the Billionaire Takeover of Our Democracy"
-Robert Reich
The End Of Democracy and Defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations. Thomas Jefferson, 1816

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18d
Alabama has just executed Anthony Boyd tonight.

Lauren Gill explained so much that went wrong in his case and trial. Important to not look away.
laurengill.bsky.social Lauren Gill @laurengill.bsky.social · 24d
Alabama plans to execute Anthony Boyd next week with nitrogen gas for a 1993 murder.

No physical evidence linked Boyd to the crime.

He was convicted solely on the testimony of a co-defendant who avoided the death penalty by testifying against him.

boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...
He Was Convicted Entirely On Clashing Eyewitness Testimony. Alabama Plans to Execute Him Next Week. - Bolts
No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. He was sent to death row on the word of a co-defendant who testified under the threat of capital punishment.
boltsmag.org

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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 18d
Announced yesterday in ‘Berta 🤦🏻‍♀️ reddeeradvocate.com/2025/10/22/u...
UCP government to allow Albertans to privately pay for medical tests, screenings - Red Deer Advocate
‘More out-of-pocket health care costs for families’: Friends of Medicare
reddeeradvocate.com

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UNGRIPP @ungripp.bsky.social · 18d
As long as there are IPP’s still wasting away in our justice system, we will never give up. Sending love and solidarity to everybody still under the abolished IPP sentence. ♥️♥️

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 19d
I find it interesting that we know the monetary value of museum artefacts when they are stolen but not when indigenous communities want their stuff back.

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Christopher McCabe @cjmccabe.bsky.social · 21d
One frightening answer is that they aren't imitating them, they (the cabinet) are them but with a red rosette.

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Alisa 🏳️‍⚧️ @al15a.bsky.social · 21d
The Internet was designed such that each site would run it's own server(s). This outage's wide range of affected services is a direct result of violating the principle of decentralization and self-hosting. The "cloud" is a weakness, reducing resiliency

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 21d
BNP Paribas in trouble AGAIN for facilitating international human rights crimes.
on.ft.com/4n4kfKl
US jury finds BNP Paribas liable for damages over Sudan banking role
‘Bellwether’ verdict may set stage for potentially far more damages as thousands of victims assert claims
on.ft.com

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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 21d
WTF is wrong with people?! The ABS were doing their job, providing evidence and responding to mis/disinformation. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Head of ABS defends debunking far-right ‘mass migration’ claims after censorship accusations
Chief statistician David Gruen says bureau did not censor anyone and is ‘trying to take the side of truth’ after misuse of overseas arrivals figures
www.theguardian.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22d
A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik
A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik
It’s easier for politicians to blame others than to face the truth: Britain has been stripped of the spaces and opportunities that allow for true social integration, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 22d
Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...
Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike
It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.
www.huffpost.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · Oct 10
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
SHOCK POLL: NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW IN an amazing poll conducted by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like. However, 99 percent of journalists agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · Oct 10
Saw this on the dead bird place.

Would it be a different story if it was tobacco or alcohol or cannabis the subject matter … ?

Another shameful story #auspol.

www.threads.com/@davidpocock...
David Pocock (@davidpocock) on Threads
Why I’ve been banned from playing parliamentary sport...
www.threads.com

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UNGRIPP @ungripp.bsky.social · Oct 8
Serving an IPP sentence is like walking on eggshells that are scattered over a minefield.

- Marc Conway, speaking at the Labour Conference 2025

#LabourPartyConference #endipp

@libertyhq.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social

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Alf Collins @alfcollins.bsky.social · Oct 8
I’d add that this comprehensive review by Sally Gainsbury and Huceyin Nasi makes the same argument: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/th...
It is unconscionable that we accede to big pharma.
The tough choices at the heart of the government’s dispute with big pharma
The government has been locked in a dispute with pharmaceutical companies for a number of months over how much the NHS pays for new branded medicines. Sally Gainsbury and Huseyin Naci set out the issu...
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk

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Christopher McCabe @cjmccabe.bsky.social · Oct 7
The reality of policy is all in the details. Good intentions and good government co-exist through attention to detail. Its so annoying.