Juliet Baker Sparks
@julietjbaker.bsky.social
Buckinghamshire, UK
Interests: NHS (patient experience), disability & access, brain tumours, stroke, education, politics, radio, Bruce Springsteen, what's going on in the world.
Interests: NHS (patient experience), disability & access, brain tumours, stroke, education, politics, radio, Bruce Springsteen, what's going on in the world.
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This is CDC now directed to push disinformation -which given RFJ been empowered to remove multiple staff has been made easier to do. For the avoidance of doubt extensive studies conducted by multiple groups show NO link with Autism #HealthPolicy 🧪🧵
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This is CDC now directed to push disinformation -which given RFJ been empowered to remove multiple staff has been made easier to do. For the avoidance of doubt extensive studies conducted by multiple groups show NO link with Autism #HealthPolicy 🧪🧵
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When Edith Head designed this sequinned marvel for Ginger Rogers in 1944, it was the most costly film costume ever made. Worn in the film Lady in the Dark it is a lovely aperitif to my Hollywood Costume lecture with Falmouth Uni Costume Design 2nd years tomorrow #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
When Edith Head designed this sequinned marvel for Ginger Rogers in 1944, it was the most costly film costume ever made. Worn in the film Lady in the Dark it is a lovely aperitif to my Hollywood Costume lecture with Falmouth Uni Costume Design 2nd years tomorrow #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Also they're not criminals! They're human beings who are allowed to have fun while in a difficult situation
There is so much messed up about this front page Express story today.
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Also they're not criminals! They're human beings who are allowed to have fun while in a difficult situation
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Apparently Tesco trusts their customers to know that a plastic Tree in a display box labelled MERRY CHRISTMAS is indeed a Christmas Tree!
The Telegraph, Express, GB News and Daily Mail do not believe their readers are capable of that!
And given the comments sections, they’re not wrong🫣
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The Telegraph, Express, GB News and Daily Mail do not believe their readers are capable of that!
And given the comments sections, they’re not wrong🫣
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November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Apparently Tesco trusts their customers to know that a plastic Tree in a display box labelled MERRY CHRISTMAS is indeed a Christmas Tree!
The Telegraph, Express, GB News and Daily Mail do not believe their readers are capable of that!
And given the comments sections, they’re not wrong🫣
8/
The Telegraph, Express, GB News and Daily Mail do not believe their readers are capable of that!
And given the comments sections, they’re not wrong🫣
8/
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The first wintry bite is making itself felt today & thoughts of a cosy cape are very appealing. This early #1880s example is constructed from stranded down filaments & silk so that it is almost weightless but warm. Precursor to the down jacket but in white bobbly style #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
November 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The first wintry bite is making itself felt today & thoughts of a cosy cape are very appealing. This early #1880s example is constructed from stranded down filaments & silk so that it is almost weightless but warm. Precursor to the down jacket but in white bobbly style #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Fly-tipping is a huge issue in rural areas. How on earth it could happen at this scale raises some huge questions (in my village there'd have been reports to the council within hours!).
Mountain of waste dumped in Oxfordshire field contains rubbish from councils
Evidence of waste from primary schools and local authorities in south-east England points to possible large-scale corruption, expert says
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Fly-tipping is a huge issue in rural areas. How on earth it could happen at this scale raises some huge questions (in my village there'd have been reports to the council within hours!).
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In the city of Ternopil, NINE people were killed when a Russian missile hit a tower block.
There may be yet more bodies in the rubble - the apartment block was hit by a Russian missile at half-past-7 this morning.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
In the city of Ternopil, NINE people were killed when a Russian missile hit a tower block.
There may be yet more bodies in the rubble - the apartment block was hit by a Russian missile at half-past-7 this morning.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
November 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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In the city of Ternopil, NINE people were killed when a Russian missile hit a tower block.
There may be yet more bodies in the rubble - the apartment block was hit by a Russian missile at half-past-7 this morning.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
In the city of Ternopil, NINE people were killed when a Russian missile hit a tower block.
There may be yet more bodies in the rubble - the apartment block was hit by a Russian missile at half-past-7 this morning.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
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Still got a massive smile all over my face at this. Sometimes i remember what just happened and start laughing all over again. The sheer unadulterated joy of football concentrated in just a few minutes.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Tierney and McLean send Scotland to World Cup with thrilling win against Denmark
Scotland scored twice in added time to beat Denmark 4-2 and secure a place at World Cup for the first time in 28 years
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Still got a massive smile all over my face at this. Sometimes i remember what just happened and start laughing all over again. The sheer unadulterated joy of football concentrated in just a few minutes.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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This illegal mountain of rubbish needs to be seen to be believed. 🤢
The Liberal Democrats are calling for the National Crime Agency to crack down on the criminal gangs ruining our countryside.
The Liberal Democrats are calling for the National Crime Agency to crack down on the criminal gangs ruining our countryside.
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This illegal mountain of rubbish needs to be seen to be believed. 🤢
The Liberal Democrats are calling for the National Crime Agency to crack down on the criminal gangs ruining our countryside.
The Liberal Democrats are calling for the National Crime Agency to crack down on the criminal gangs ruining our countryside.
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If someone has travelled thousands of miles, paying everything they own to an exploitative people smuggling gang, risking their life in a deadly channel crossing, I do not want to be the person who takes their last valuables – a mother’s necklace? A gift? – from them. And nor should the rest of us.
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If someone has travelled thousands of miles, paying everything they own to an exploitative people smuggling gang, risking their life in a deadly channel crossing, I do not want to be the person who takes their last valuables – a mother’s necklace? A gift? – from them. And nor should the rest of us.
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Can you see the problem 🤷🏻♂️
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Can you see the problem 🤷🏻♂️
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
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Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
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Prime example of why the contract between the public and the police is breaking down, regardless of long term crime trends. Thames Valley Police don’t even think it’s their job to investigate this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kidlington fly-tipping: Criminals dump mountain of waste in field
The enormous pile of rubbish is called an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Prime example of why the contract between the public and the police is breaking down, regardless of long term crime trends. Thames Valley Police don’t even think it’s their job to investigate this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'#Autumn light' by contemporary painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
'#Autumn light' by contemporary painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt
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Incredible story!
And before anyone comments... N.b. the mini data centre in question is *not* running AI.
"they swapped their gas boiler for a HeatHub – a small data centre containing more than 500 computers."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And before anyone comments... N.b. the mini data centre in question is *not* running AI.
"they swapped their gas boiler for a HeatHub – a small data centre containing more than 500 computers."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'I heat my Essex home with a data centre in the shed'
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Incredible story!
And before anyone comments... N.b. the mini data centre in question is *not* running AI.
"they swapped their gas boiler for a HeatHub – a small data centre containing more than 500 computers."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And before anyone comments... N.b. the mini data centre in question is *not* running AI.
"they swapped their gas boiler for a HeatHub – a small data centre containing more than 500 computers."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Good morning ☀️
Starting the day with this powerful Nelson Mandela quote:
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
Isn’t that what it’s all about? The choices we have to make. And what moves us to make them.
Starting the day with this powerful Nelson Mandela quote:
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
Isn’t that what it’s all about? The choices we have to make. And what moves us to make them.
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Good morning ☀️
Starting the day with this powerful Nelson Mandela quote:
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
Isn’t that what it’s all about? The choices we have to make. And what moves us to make them.
Starting the day with this powerful Nelson Mandela quote:
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
Isn’t that what it’s all about? The choices we have to make. And what moves us to make them.
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Illegal migration isn't tearing this country apart, but our obsession with it is. It's an obsession fuelled by our media and politicians. Both profit from blowing the problem out of all proportion. It's been happening for decades, but never more so than now
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Illegal migration isn't tearing this country apart, but our obsession with it is. It's an obsession fuelled by our media and politicians. Both profit from blowing the problem out of all proportion. It's been happening for decades, but never more so than now
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
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So there’s this Google pixel advert where a woman’s outside a florist’s looking at some flowers and she asks her phone how long the flowers will last and call me old-fashioned but you’re at a florist and the flowers are right there and your phone doesn’t know shit so why not ASK THE FLORIST
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
So there’s this Google pixel advert where a woman’s outside a florist’s looking at some flowers and she asks her phone how long the flowers will last and call me old-fashioned but you’re at a florist and the flowers are right there and your phone doesn’t know shit so why not ASK THE FLORIST
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My favorite Donald Trump fact is that in 2016, there was a leak of a conversation during an Access Hollywood interview where what he said about his treatment of women was so egregious that the interviewer lost his job.
Then Donald Trump went on to be elected president. Twice.
Then Donald Trump went on to be elected president. Twice.
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My favorite Donald Trump fact is that in 2016, there was a leak of a conversation during an Access Hollywood interview where what he said about his treatment of women was so egregious that the interviewer lost his job.
Then Donald Trump went on to be elected president. Twice.
Then Donald Trump went on to be elected president. Twice.
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“Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests.”https://centralbylines.co.uk/politics/a-new-survey-reveals-negative-attitudes-to-reform-uk-ltd/
A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
centralbylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests.”https://centralbylines.co.uk/politics/a-new-survey-reveals-negative-attitudes-to-reform-uk-ltd/
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Reading through it, I felt physically ill by the complete understanding of the caliber of people that the current U.S. government threw out because of bigotry and malice.
It is disgraceful. And the net result is that every single person in the U.S. has lost their investment in public health.
It is disgraceful. And the net result is that every single person in the U.S. has lost their investment in public health.
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Reading through it, I felt physically ill by the complete understanding of the caliber of people that the current U.S. government threw out because of bigotry and malice.
It is disgraceful. And the net result is that every single person in the U.S. has lost their investment in public health.
It is disgraceful. And the net result is that every single person in the U.S. has lost their investment in public health.
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I had the opportunity to review the work experience and skills of numerous people who were laid off or fired from public health jobs by Donald Trump.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I had the opportunity to review the work experience and skills of numerous people who were laid off or fired from public health jobs by Donald Trump.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
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BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.