Helen Salisbury
@helensalisbury.bsky.social
GP, medical educator, writer (BMJ columnist, Dr Helen in 'Take a Break') Independent SAGE, BMA Council.
Up your street @endlessyesterday.bsky.social
Pollie Parsons, 1886: typesetter, caricaturist, editor and delivery woman for Toby. When her husband was jailed for its words, she kept the presses rolling. A forgotten pioneer of grassroots media.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
Rise and silencing of the East End’s pioneering paper
“That’s the way to do it!” Toby, a paper named after Punch’s dog bit back at power – until satire, scandal and love brought it to heel
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Up your street @endlessyesterday.bsky.social
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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I'm so, so sick of hearing about immigration. It's like a foghorn 24/7. On the news. In the papers. In the shops and the pub. In the coffee shop. For God's sake just knock it off - yeah it's important, but it's not the only or even the main thing going on.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK seeks inspiration from Denmark to shake up immigration system
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is taking cues from some of the toughest migration laws in Europe.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I'm so, so sick of hearing about immigration. It's like a foghorn 24/7. On the news. In the papers. In the shops and the pub. In the coffee shop. For God's sake just knock it off - yeah it's important, but it's not the only or even the main thing going on.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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What is is about the insatiable desire of pathetic old men to sacrifice the lives of young men?
Putin is just the last in a long line.
My granddad, who survived 4 years in WWI, saw pretty much all the friends he'd started out with killed.
His anger at the waste never abated.
#Remembranceday2025
Putin is just the last in a long line.
My granddad, who survived 4 years in WWI, saw pretty much all the friends he'd started out with killed.
His anger at the waste never abated.
#Remembranceday2025
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
What is is about the insatiable desire of pathetic old men to sacrifice the lives of young men?
Putin is just the last in a long line.
My granddad, who survived 4 years in WWI, saw pretty much all the friends he'd started out with killed.
His anger at the waste never abated.
#Remembranceday2025
Putin is just the last in a long line.
My granddad, who survived 4 years in WWI, saw pretty much all the friends he'd started out with killed.
His anger at the waste never abated.
#Remembranceday2025
This is full of really useful and interesting info - like the good bits of a local newspaper
Once more for the weekend long read crowd👇
Oxford’s essential newsletter – now published twice a week! Featuring today:
🚍 Congestion charge, one week in
🦏 Baby rhino
🚴♀️ New cycleway
🚗 Oxford traffic x JRR Tolkien
🥖 Artisan baker x Kanye West
🕳 Potholes x C20th choral music
Get it online or by email: oxfordclarion.uk/clarion-week...
🚍 Congestion charge, one week in
🦏 Baby rhino
🚴♀️ New cycleway
🚗 Oxford traffic x JRR Tolkien
🥖 Artisan baker x Kanye West
🕳 Potholes x C20th choral music
Get it online or by email: oxfordclarion.uk/clarion-week...
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This is full of really useful and interesting info - like the good bits of a local newspaper
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Well, I'm thrilled that we beat off 'Restore Trust' again this year, and that their number of votes was well down. But N.B. also a drop in other #NationalTrust voters. We must not let our guard down.
Participation peaked in 2023 as Restore Trust mobilised their support & their opponents
Energy dropping now
Endorsed slate
35k (2025)
42-43k (2024)
80k+ (2023)
Restore Trust campaign
12-13k (2025)
17,500 - 20,000 votes (2024)
46k-48k (2023)
Non-slate candidates have little or no chance now
Energy dropping now
Endorsed slate
35k (2025)
42-43k (2024)
80k+ (2023)
Restore Trust campaign
12-13k (2025)
17,500 - 20,000 votes (2024)
46k-48k (2023)
Non-slate candidates have little or no chance now
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Well, I'm thrilled that we beat off 'Restore Trust' again this year, and that their number of votes was well down. But N.B. also a drop in other #NationalTrust voters. We must not let our guard down.
I was given a tiny seedling in June. It has grown to a mighty 5 foot plant. And eventually produced its first flowers in November.
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I was given a tiny seedling in June. It has grown to a mighty 5 foot plant. And eventually produced its first flowers in November.
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Sad, but that’s the reality in the U.S.
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Sad, but that’s the reality in the U.S.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
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📈Latest England data show 145 deaths involving COVID-19 in w/ending 24 Oct 2025:
📈Large increase since August (weekly deaths were 47).
🛑Stop treating COVID-19 as closed chapter.
🤷The virus hasn’t gone away.
🤦Neither has the responsibility to protect the vulnerable.
💉Improve COVID-19 vaccine access.
📈Large increase since August (weekly deaths were 47).
🛑Stop treating COVID-19 as closed chapter.
🤷The virus hasn’t gone away.
🤦Neither has the responsibility to protect the vulnerable.
💉Improve COVID-19 vaccine access.
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
📈Latest England data show 145 deaths involving COVID-19 in w/ending 24 Oct 2025:
📈Large increase since August (weekly deaths were 47).
🛑Stop treating COVID-19 as closed chapter.
🤷The virus hasn’t gone away.
🤦Neither has the responsibility to protect the vulnerable.
💉Improve COVID-19 vaccine access.
📈Large increase since August (weekly deaths were 47).
🛑Stop treating COVID-19 as closed chapter.
🤷The virus hasn’t gone away.
🤦Neither has the responsibility to protect the vulnerable.
💉Improve COVID-19 vaccine access.
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"Things have gone horribly backwards over the past five or six years."
With far right rallies being held across the UK, our latest podcast episode disucusses how racism affects doctors.
@kamranabbasi.bsky.social
Listen at open.spotify.com/episode/1zS9...
Or podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
With far right rallies being held across the UK, our latest podcast episode disucusses how racism affects doctors.
@kamranabbasi.bsky.social
Listen at open.spotify.com/episode/1zS9...
Or podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
November 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Things have gone horribly backwards over the past five or six years."
With far right rallies being held across the UK, our latest podcast episode disucusses how racism affects doctors.
@kamranabbasi.bsky.social
Listen at open.spotify.com/episode/1zS9...
Or podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
With far right rallies being held across the UK, our latest podcast episode disucusses how racism affects doctors.
@kamranabbasi.bsky.social
Listen at open.spotify.com/episode/1zS9...
Or podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
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This is yet another example of how you beat the far right. By beating them, not trying to be them. By having your own agenda, not aping theirs. With courage and conviction - and humour - not fear and timidity.
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
This is yet another example of how you beat the far right. By beating them, not trying to be them. By having your own agenda, not aping theirs. With courage and conviction - and humour - not fear and timidity.
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“I agree it would be nice to get a diagnosis, but prepare yourself that we might not”
Diagnostic journeys for patients with possible endometriosis are often complex, with #PrimaryCare identified as a pivotal bottleneck doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #GeneralPractice
Diagnostic journeys for patients with possible endometriosis are often complex, with #PrimaryCare identified as a pivotal bottleneck doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #GeneralPractice
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
“I agree it would be nice to get a diagnosis, but prepare yourself that we might not”
Diagnostic journeys for patients with possible endometriosis are often complex, with #PrimaryCare identified as a pivotal bottleneck doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #GeneralPractice
Diagnostic journeys for patients with possible endometriosis are often complex, with #PrimaryCare identified as a pivotal bottleneck doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #GeneralPractice
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👏 Prof Lidia Morawska: global champion for truth, science and public health. While others hesitated, she spoke with courage - showing that #SARSCoV2 spreads through the air, indoors and over distance. Her work helped reshape global guidance, ventilation standards and public awareness - saving lives!
November 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
👏 Prof Lidia Morawska: global champion for truth, science and public health. While others hesitated, she spoke with courage - showing that #SARSCoV2 spreads through the air, indoors and over distance. Her work helped reshape global guidance, ventilation standards and public awareness - saving lives!
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Prostate Screening - an update
Prostate Screening – an update
Roobol MJ, de Vos II, Månsson M, Godtman RA, Talala KM, den Hond E, et al. European Study of Prostate Cancer Screening - 23-Year Follow-up. N Engl J Med. 2025 Oct 30;393(17):1669–80. Long-Term Outcomes of PSA ScreeningThis paper caught my eye while reading a summary in one of the broadsheets. Also, being a man of a certain age, it has a more personal relevance.
antonywillman.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Prostate Screening - an update
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"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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Worked in fundraising a lot of my career and truly believe this.
Under-taxation is the issue.
Under-taxation is the issue.
October 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Worked in fundraising a lot of my career and truly believe this.
Under-taxation is the issue.
Under-taxation is the issue.
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This is what freedom of speech looks like in America.
Helena Kennedy, one of the UK’s top human rights lawyers, just got denied a US visa
Big Brother Trump is watching & he doesn’t like rights defenders 🕵️♂️🚫
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/commons-confidential/2025/10/human-rights-lawyer-helena-kennedy-denied-a-us-visa
Big Brother Trump is watching & he doesn’t like rights defenders 🕵️♂️🚫
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/commons-confidential/2025/10/human-rights-lawyer-helena-kennedy-denied-a-us-visa
Human rights lawyer Helena Kennedy denied a US visa
Big Brother Trump is watching. Plus, your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster
www.newstatesman.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is what freedom of speech looks like in America.
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Ann Arbor killing it with the Halloween decorations, 10/10, no notes
![A house in Ann Arbor with homemade Halloween gravestone decorations that read:
- Here lies female bodily autonomy, 1972-2022
- Forever in our hearts, Non-Partisan military, 1776-2025
- Gone but not forgotten, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion [blocked by skeleton head] 2025
- In memorial, Science and Evidence-based Medicine, 1543-2025](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:itjtznnibvywkyrussyw3vhp/bafkreigurq42p3bisisclasz3yi7fb5oivgk4y4hjji7r5s4ij23a2s2n4@jpeg)
October 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ann Arbor killing it with the Halloween decorations, 10/10, no notes
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If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight.
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Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
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Welcome to the National Trust 2025 voting website, hosted by independent voting service provider Civica Election Services.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight.
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
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“A month’s supply of Miebo, Bausch & Lomb’s prescription dry eye drug, costs $800 or more in the U.S. before insurance. But the same drug — sold as EvoTears — has been available over-the-counter (OTC) in Europe since 2015 for about $20. I ordered it online from an overseas pharmacy for $32”
A $20 over-the-counter drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in the U.S.
A month’s supply of Miebo requires $800 and a prescription in the U.S. In Europe, it’s over-the-counter and $20.
www.statnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“A month’s supply of Miebo, Bausch & Lomb’s prescription dry eye drug, costs $800 or more in the U.S. before insurance. But the same drug — sold as EvoTears — has been available over-the-counter (OTC) in Europe since 2015 for about $20. I ordered it online from an overseas pharmacy for $32”
The word that springs to mind listening to the Today programme is 'lickspittle'
Can they not see that the monarchy is well passed it's sell-by date?
Can they not see that the monarchy is well passed it's sell-by date?
October 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The word that springs to mind listening to the Today programme is 'lickspittle'
Can they not see that the monarchy is well passed it's sell-by date?
Can they not see that the monarchy is well passed it's sell-by date?