Anne Murphy
@drannemurphy.bsky.social
Interests: Humans, general practice, vaccines, fresh air, London. Talks too much. Retweets eclectic. Bot-blocker. Obviously personal account. http://drannemurphynhs.wordpress.com
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Anne Murphy
@drannemurphy.bsky.social
· Aug 9
A 2016 metastudy of 102 samples representing 56,984 firms finds that employee ownership is positively associated with productivity.
These findings align with a growing body of research showing that businesses owned by their workers tend to be more productive than other companies.
These findings align with a growing body of research showing that businesses owned by their workers tend to be more productive than other companies.
Employee ownership and firm performance: a meta‐analysis
Employee ownership has been an area of significant practitioner and academic interest for the past four decades. Yet, empirical results on the relationship between employee ownership and firm perform....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
The GP partnership model matters.
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JUST WHEN I THOUGHT TODAY COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES❗@karlamcgregor.bsky.social and co are 🔥on fire🔥 in @ashajournals.bsky.social in a 🆓🔓 article about #devlangdis and its spectral nature. This assertion will stay with me: "To diagnose is to categorize". pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....
Developmental Language Disorder as a Multidimensional Neurodevelopmental Spectrum: Implications for Diagnosis
Purpose: We aimed to create a comprehensive understanding of the dilemmas involved
in the diagnosis of developmental language disorder (DLD) and ...
pubs.asha.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT TODAY COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES❗@karlamcgregor.bsky.social and co are 🔥on fire🔥 in @ashajournals.bsky.social in a 🆓🔓 article about #devlangdis and its spectral nature. This assertion will stay with me: "To diagnose is to categorize". pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....
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Today at The Comprehensive Futures AGM we heard about the devastating impact on self-belief that failing the 11+ has on young children, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Why does selection at 11 still happen in English state schools? It makes a mockery of the idea of inclusion.
November 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Today at The Comprehensive Futures AGM we heard about the devastating impact on self-belief that failing the 11+ has on young children, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Why does selection at 11 still happen in English state schools? It makes a mockery of the idea of inclusion.
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This is literally the point of offering people protection. They are talking about undermining the entire principle of refugee status and punishing people for having the misfortune of being forced to leave their country. I cannot imagine a more callous, cruel thing to think, let alone say out loud.
Honestly might be one of the bleakest sentences I’ve read in a while
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This is literally the point of offering people protection. They are talking about undermining the entire principle of refugee status and punishing people for having the misfortune of being forced to leave their country. I cannot imagine a more callous, cruel thing to think, let alone say out loud.
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Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
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🔴Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Plans Will Put Human Trafficking Victims at Risk, Warn Anti-Slavery Groups
Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/s...
Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/s...
Shabana Mahmood's Asylum Plans Will Put Human Trafficking Victims at Risk, Warn Anti-Slavery Groups
Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive
bylinetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🔴Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Plans Will Put Human Trafficking Victims at Risk, Warn Anti-Slavery Groups
Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/s...
Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/s...
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My post on why Kent and Reform's other councils have got into such a mess....
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November 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
My post on why Kent and Reform's other councils have got into such a mess....
samf.substack.com/p/the-realit...
samf.substack.com/p/the-realit...
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In the last episode of Empire, David Olusoga points out that while Windrush was disgorging immigrants, even greater numbers of Brits were emigrating to Canada, Australia and NZ. So this is not a new phenomenon
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In the last episode of Empire, David Olusoga points out that while Windrush was disgorging immigrants, even greater numbers of Brits were emigrating to Canada, Australia and NZ. So this is not a new phenomenon
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Up until relatively recently the UK was one of the top ten countries in the world for nationals emigrating, ironically when politicians seem so fixated on people coming here. Work, family, cost of living (all three reasons why I left at one point) etc. It's not new, but so, so, often ignored.
It's time we asked a different question about migration: Why are so many British people leaving the UK?
inews.co.uk/opinion/immi...
inews.co.uk/opinion/immi...
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Up until relatively recently the UK was one of the top ten countries in the world for nationals emigrating, ironically when politicians seem so fixated on people coming here. Work, family, cost of living (all three reasons why I left at one point) etc. It's not new, but so, so, often ignored.
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ICYMI and want to read about Something Else for a minute: I wrote about the history and evolution of deaf representation for @pbs.org American Masters. You can stream their documentary "Not Alone Anymore" on Marlee Matlin for free on the site, including an ASL version 🤩. www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
How the portrayal of Deaf people in film has evolved over time | American Masters | PBS
March 30th, 1987—21-year-old Marlee Matlin, bespectacled and in a puff-sleeved purple gown, cautiously took the stage and changed the course of film
www.pbs.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
ICYMI and want to read about Something Else for a minute: I wrote about the history and evolution of deaf representation for @pbs.org American Masters. You can stream their documentary "Not Alone Anymore" on Marlee Matlin for free on the site, including an ASL version 🤩. www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
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This isn't new, Mahmood is just the latest in an increasingly long line of Home Secretary's, and others, to actively stereotype and dehumanise Albanians in the UK.
It is rhetoric which has actively worsened the situation for many trafficking victims.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It is rhetoric which has actively worsened the situation for many trafficking victims.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shabana Mahmood accused of ‘ethnic stereotyping’ by Albania’s PM
Edi Rama says home secretary using ‘rhetoric of populist far-right’ after 700 Albanian families singled out for deportation UK politics live – latest updates
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This isn't new, Mahmood is just the latest in an increasingly long line of Home Secretary's, and others, to actively stereotype and dehumanise Albanians in the UK.
It is rhetoric which has actively worsened the situation for many trafficking victims.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It is rhetoric which has actively worsened the situation for many trafficking victims.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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when all the lawyers on your timeline go off at once
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
when all the lawyers on your timeline go off at once
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In Steubenville, fresh snow on the ground would turn gray after a few hours. The nuns who wore black and white had to launder their white habits twice as often or they turned gray as well.
Literally just lectured about this!
In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.
In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.
Oh, I don’t know. Our rivers no longer catch on fire and our air is far less poisonous than it used to be, even in smog bowls like Los Angeles. And I think those are good things.
November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In Steubenville, fresh snow on the ground would turn gray after a few hours. The nuns who wore black and white had to launder their white habits twice as often or they turned gray as well.
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Priestley member, Prof Simon Lewis, features in The Guardian, discussing the Congo Basin and how it is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but it is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#COP30 #tropicalrainforests #CongoBasin
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#COP30 #tropicalrainforests #CongoBasin
The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?
It is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but this tropical rainforest is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Priestley member, Prof Simon Lewis, features in The Guardian, discussing the Congo Basin and how it is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but it is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#COP30 #tropicalrainforests #CongoBasin
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#COP30 #tropicalrainforests #CongoBasin
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Researchers analyzed symptoms from 1,661 long COVID patients and found at least 10 biological subtypes and 3 severity levels.
Machine learning predicted recovery and even linked symptoms to antibody levels.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Machine learning predicted recovery and even linked symptoms to antibody levels.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Machine Learning Analysis of Post-Acute COVID Symptoms Identifies Distinct Clusters and Severity Groups
Questionnaires that capture patient-reported symptomatology provide low-cost but potentially high-value data for the de novo discovery of disease phenotype, severity, and responsiveness to interventio...
www.medrxiv.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Researchers analyzed symptoms from 1,661 long COVID patients and found at least 10 biological subtypes and 3 severity levels.
Machine learning predicted recovery and even linked symptoms to antibody levels.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Machine learning predicted recovery and even linked symptoms to antibody levels.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Doing shit to make the country better is the only way to be a Minister. Wonderful thread from this MP.
Thanks to Barbara Castle we put in place really important road safety measures that now seem like common-sense such as 70MPH speed limit, breathalyser tests, mandatory seatbelts, a register for driving instructors and a strong drink limit!
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Doing shit to make the country better is the only way to be a Minister. Wonderful thread from this MP.
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ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
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"Children at my son's Spanish immersion preschool in Chicago bore witness to a teacher being violently abducted by ICE agents who entered their school, armed with weapons, earlier this month."
ICE Raided My Son’s Daycare to Abduct a Teacher. This Kind of Trauma Lasts.
Children in Illinois have suffered months of systematic abuse by federal agents enacting Trump’s immigration raids.
truthout.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"Children at my son's Spanish immersion preschool in Chicago bore witness to a teacher being violently abducted by ICE agents who entered their school, armed with weapons, earlier this month."
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Just vile: "About 15 to 20 church members were doing yard work on the property while their children played games and their spouses cooked meals... The agents asked no questions and showed no identification before taking one man away, whose wife and child were inside. They attempted to grab others."
Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
Witnesses say one man was detained while doing yard work while his wife and child were inside.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Just vile: "About 15 to 20 church members were doing yard work on the property while their children played games and their spouses cooked meals... The agents asked no questions and showed no identification before taking one man away, whose wife and child were inside. They attempted to grab others."
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Tbh we’ve known this since Blair cosied up to Bill Gates on the Number 10 sofa and locked us into paying squillions for stuff that open source software would have done better www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Microsoft has ‘ripped off the NHS’, says MP amid call for contracts with British firms
Samantha Niblett highlighted government’s multi-billion-pound deals with Microsoft and ‘getting locked in’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Tbh we’ve known this since Blair cosied up to Bill Gates on the Number 10 sofa and locked us into paying squillions for stuff that open source software would have done better www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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I'm taking🌲etsy orders for just a few more days:
🌿Real flowers cast in silver+ tiny hand-sculpted silver wren necklaces
💐Victorian ink bottle kits to improve mental health
🗓️A very few calendars*
🪸Ltd ed'n art prints of my photos*
*Looking at them's likely to ⬇️⬇️ anxiety:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
🌿Real flowers cast in silver+ tiny hand-sculpted silver wren necklaces
💐Victorian ink bottle kits to improve mental health
🗓️A very few calendars*
🪸Ltd ed'n art prints of my photos*
*Looking at them's likely to ⬇️⬇️ anxiety:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I'm taking🌲etsy orders for just a few more days:
🌿Real flowers cast in silver+ tiny hand-sculpted silver wren necklaces
💐Victorian ink bottle kits to improve mental health
🗓️A very few calendars*
🪸Ltd ed'n art prints of my photos*
*Looking at them's likely to ⬇️⬇️ anxiety:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
🌿Real flowers cast in silver+ tiny hand-sculpted silver wren necklaces
💐Victorian ink bottle kits to improve mental health
🗓️A very few calendars*
🪸Ltd ed'n art prints of my photos*
*Looking at them's likely to ⬇️⬇️ anxiety:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
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The only way to understand this is to realize that they are eugenicists.
To Survive the Next Pandemic, Walk More, the NIH Says
The agency is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The only way to understand this is to realize that they are eugenicists.
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Anyone in academic medicine or public health who attempts to rehabilitate Bhattacharya, Makary, Prasad etc and grant them endowed chairs or professorships should be asked to account for the generational damage these dangerous men are inflicting on millions of
“…Bhattacharya and Memoli’s proposal reflects the spread of a dangerous philosophy that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of HHS, has been pushing for years: a dismissal of germ theory, or the notion that infectious microbes are responsible for many of the diseases that plague humankind.” 💀
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Anyone in academic medicine or public health who attempts to rehabilitate Bhattacharya, Makary, Prasad etc and grant them endowed chairs or professorships should be asked to account for the generational damage these dangerous men are inflicting on millions of
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One of the most powerful, lucid and actionable blueprints about how to turn the boat around on the UK economy.
Truly excellent - if you want to learn how the UK economy dysfunctions, and how it could work better, read this.
(London should maybe hire John and Andrew as advisors to stoke growth).
Truly excellent - if you want to learn how the UK economy dysfunctions, and how it could work better, read this.
(London should maybe hire John and Andrew as advisors to stoke growth).
New essay out today by me and @acjsissons.bsky.social - ‘Getting Britain out of the hole: a plan for the economy’. You can read the whole thing here getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
Getting Britain out of the hole
A plan for the UK economy
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
One of the most powerful, lucid and actionable blueprints about how to turn the boat around on the UK economy.
Truly excellent - if you want to learn how the UK economy dysfunctions, and how it could work better, read this.
(London should maybe hire John and Andrew as advisors to stoke growth).
Truly excellent - if you want to learn how the UK economy dysfunctions, and how it could work better, read this.
(London should maybe hire John and Andrew as advisors to stoke growth).
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From the great new NBER paper by Bloom et al on the cost of Brexit.
It ain't pretty - they estimate UK GDP is down between 6-8%. Consistent with the doppelgang model of @johnspringford.bsky.social for CER.
A lot of 'free' GDP available availabe for Labour if it had the courage to reset properly.
It ain't pretty - they estimate UK GDP is down between 6-8%. Consistent with the doppelgang model of @johnspringford.bsky.social for CER.
A lot of 'free' GDP available availabe for Labour if it had the courage to reset properly.
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
From the great new NBER paper by Bloom et al on the cost of Brexit.
It ain't pretty - they estimate UK GDP is down between 6-8%. Consistent with the doppelgang model of @johnspringford.bsky.social for CER.
A lot of 'free' GDP available availabe for Labour if it had the courage to reset properly.
It ain't pretty - they estimate UK GDP is down between 6-8%. Consistent with the doppelgang model of @johnspringford.bsky.social for CER.
A lot of 'free' GDP available availabe for Labour if it had the courage to reset properly.