SysEngShep
@sysengshep.bsky.social
Engineer Conservationist
I work for the NHS but not in a clinical role - one of those thousands of unrecognised workers quietly keeping the thing running in the background.
I work for the NHS but not in a clinical role - one of those thousands of unrecognised workers quietly keeping the thing running in the background.
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UN’s Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese:
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
UN’s Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese:
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
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Damn right! No excuse for it!
December 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Damn right! No excuse for it!
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Merry Christmas to the majority!
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Reform UK do NOT have the public on side, no matter what they say!
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Reform UK do NOT have the public on side, no matter what they say!
December 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Merry Christmas to the majority!
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Reform UK do NOT have the public on side, no matter what they say!
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Reform UK do NOT have the public on side, no matter what they say!
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Goodbye, Monkey Cage - not as infinite as I imagined
December 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Goodbye, Monkey Cage - not as infinite as I imagined
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This year’s Presidential Christmas card.
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This year’s Presidential Christmas card.
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“Brexit was a national experiment in Farage’s political project. The British people were convinced to demolish their own economy in order to get rid of Polish plumbers. And the result was catastrophic.”
inews.co.uk/opinion/nige...
inews.co.uk/opinion/nige...
Nigel Farage’s great project is to destroy the country he claims to love
In a normal nation his career would have been over years ago – but this is not a normal nation
inews.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“Brexit was a national experiment in Farage’s political project. The British people were convinced to demolish their own economy in order to get rid of Polish plumbers. And the result was catastrophic.”
inews.co.uk/opinion/nige...
inews.co.uk/opinion/nige...
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Tell that to the Palestine Action hunger strikers.
December 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Tell that to the Palestine Action hunger strikers.
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Greta Thunberg arrested for standing in solidarity with Palestine hunger strikers. Pensioners charged under terrorism legislation for holding placards opposing genocide Jury trials stripped away. Arabic words criminalised. Judges hand-picked by the government to oversee judicial reviews.👇
December 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Greta Thunberg arrested for standing in solidarity with Palestine hunger strikers. Pensioners charged under terrorism legislation for holding placards opposing genocide Jury trials stripped away. Arabic words criminalised. Judges hand-picked by the government to oversee judicial reviews.👇
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Left: Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a placard in London
Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"
Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"
December 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Left: Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a placard in London
Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"
Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"
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#IsraelisATerorristState #ZionistsAreWarCriminals
Francesca Albanese: Israel Breaks All Agreements With Impunity
⚠️Israel has committed over 700 violations of the ceasefire.
🗣Nearly 400 Palestinians have been killed.
🗣And Israel is occupying 50% of the Gaza Strip.
Via @theAxisofTruth (Telegram)
Francesca Albanese: Israel Breaks All Agreements With Impunity
⚠️Israel has committed over 700 violations of the ceasefire.
🗣Nearly 400 Palestinians have been killed.
🗣And Israel is occupying 50% of the Gaza Strip.
Via @theAxisofTruth (Telegram)
December 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
#IsraelisATerorristState #ZionistsAreWarCriminals
Francesca Albanese: Israel Breaks All Agreements With Impunity
⚠️Israel has committed over 700 violations of the ceasefire.
🗣Nearly 400 Palestinians have been killed.
🗣And Israel is occupying 50% of the Gaza Strip.
Via @theAxisofTruth (Telegram)
Francesca Albanese: Israel Breaks All Agreements With Impunity
⚠️Israel has committed over 700 violations of the ceasefire.
🗣Nearly 400 Palestinians have been killed.
🗣And Israel is occupying 50% of the Gaza Strip.
Via @theAxisofTruth (Telegram)
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Only everyone.
So that’s it, she gets away with it.
Meanwhile if a benefit claimant is late or misses an appointment they’ll be sanctioned.
This two tier legal system is outrageous.
Billionaires are not our friends.
So that’s it, she gets away with it.
Meanwhile if a benefit claimant is late or misses an appointment they’ll be sanctioned.
This two tier legal system is outrageous.
Billionaires are not our friends.
December 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Only everyone.
So that’s it, she gets away with it.
Meanwhile if a benefit claimant is late or misses an appointment they’ll be sanctioned.
This two tier legal system is outrageous.
Billionaires are not our friends.
So that’s it, she gets away with it.
Meanwhile if a benefit claimant is late or misses an appointment they’ll be sanctioned.
This two tier legal system is outrageous.
Billionaires are not our friends.
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A new Australian study using a Bayesian network model estimates the risk of at least one Long COVID symptom 6 months after #COVID19 for completely vaccinated (2+ doses) people:
1st infection: 32%
2nd infection: 48%
3rd infection: 55%
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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1st infection: 32%
2nd infection: 48%
3rd infection: 55%
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Estimating risk of long COVID using a Bayesian network-based decision support tool
Long COVID causes substantial health burden globally, affecting over 30 % of adults who have ever had symptomatic COVID-19. Individuals at continued r…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A new Australian study using a Bayesian network model estimates the risk of at least one Long COVID symptom 6 months after #COVID19 for completely vaccinated (2+ doses) people:
1st infection: 32%
2nd infection: 48%
3rd infection: 55%
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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1st infection: 32%
2nd infection: 48%
3rd infection: 55%
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1/2
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Cycling is changing at speed – but is Britain keeping pace?
Cycling is changing at speed – but is Britain keeping pace?
Emulating the bike-friendly highways enjoyed by our continental neighbours will take a lot more money and political will
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Cycling is changing at speed – but is Britain keeping pace?
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This video is completely correct.
£3bn a year has been taken from the NHS to give to US billionaires because Donald Trump demanded it, in return we get nothing.
And MPs don't even get a vote on it.
£3bn a year has been taken from the NHS to give to US billionaires because Donald Trump demanded it, in return we get nothing.
And MPs don't even get a vote on it.
December 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This video is completely correct.
£3bn a year has been taken from the NHS to give to US billionaires because Donald Trump demanded it, in return we get nothing.
And MPs don't even get a vote on it.
£3bn a year has been taken from the NHS to give to US billionaires because Donald Trump demanded it, in return we get nothing.
And MPs don't even get a vote on it.
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Under current climate policies, 79 per cent of the world’s glaciers will disappear by 2100, endangering the water supply for 2 billion people and raising sea levels dramatically
The world will soon be losing 3000 glaciers every year
Under current climate policies, 79 per cent of the world’s glaciers will disappear by 2100, endangering the water supply for 2 billion people and raising sea levels dramatically
www.newscientist.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Under current climate policies, 79 per cent of the world’s glaciers will disappear by 2100, endangering the water supply for 2 billion people and raising sea levels dramatically
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Labour’s green promises crumble as UK airport expansions soar, risking Net Zero goals and leaving communities under growing flight paths | Jonathan Fox
Aviation expansion: the myths and the hot air!
Labour’s green promises crumble as UK airport expansions soar, risking Net Zero goals and leaving communities under growing flight paths
bylines.scot
December 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Labour’s green promises crumble as UK airport expansions soar, risking Net Zero goals and leaving communities under growing flight paths | Jonathan Fox
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"Investigative journalist Richard Sanders on how Starmer's government is more worried about protecting Israel's genocide in Gaza than averting the deaths of eight political prisoners in British jails. "
www.doubledown.news/watch/2025/d...
www.doubledown.news/watch/2025/d...
Hunger Strikers are Dying for Gaza & no one’s allowed to talk about It
The Video The Government Doesn’t Want You To See
www.doubledown.news
December 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"Investigative journalist Richard Sanders on how Starmer's government is more worried about protecting Israel's genocide in Gaza than averting the deaths of eight political prisoners in British jails. "
www.doubledown.news/watch/2025/d...
www.doubledown.news/watch/2025/d...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Starmer is using the appalling attacks in Bondi to justify a ban on pro-Palestine marches (link), so it's worth considering whether the scales are evenly balanced...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Today's Right-wing 'Freedom' demonstration: Dozens of police injured by racist thugs = 25 arrests.
Last week's Left-wing 'Palestine' demonstration: Totally passive pensioners sitting with placards = 890 arrests.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Last week's Left-wing 'Palestine' demonstration: Totally passive pensioners sitting with placards = 890 arrests.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Police hurt during Tommy Robinson's Unite the Kingdom rally in London
Some 25 arrests are made after
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Starmer is using the appalling attacks in Bondi to justify a ban on pro-Palestine marches (link), so it's worth considering whether the scales are evenly balanced...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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“In other news that made no headlines:
In under 24 hours, 14 Palestinians died of severe cold, including months-old infants, as the Zionist blockade on Gaza denied them … basic warmth necessities …. The storm also destroyed 3,000 tents”
In under 24 hours, 14 Palestinians died of severe cold, including months-old infants, as the Zionist blockade on Gaza denied them … basic warmth necessities …. The storm also destroyed 3,000 tents”
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“In other news that made no headlines:
In under 24 hours, 14 Palestinians died of severe cold, including months-old infants, as the Zionist blockade on Gaza denied them … basic warmth necessities …. The storm also destroyed 3,000 tents”
In under 24 hours, 14 Palestinians died of severe cold, including months-old infants, as the Zionist blockade on Gaza denied them … basic warmth necessities …. The storm also destroyed 3,000 tents”
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Lineker & now Ince. Even for those not paying attention it should now be obvious that the sort of people who whine loudest about “cancel culture” are the ones doing the cancelling.
The far right’s commitment to “freedom of speech” is an authoritarian joke & the BBC has disgraced itself.
The far right’s commitment to “freedom of speech” is an authoritarian joke & the BBC has disgraced itself.
December 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Lineker & now Ince. Even for those not paying attention it should now be obvious that the sort of people who whine loudest about “cancel culture” are the ones doing the cancelling.
The far right’s commitment to “freedom of speech” is an authoritarian joke & the BBC has disgraced itself.
The far right’s commitment to “freedom of speech” is an authoritarian joke & the BBC has disgraced itself.
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Robin Ince: “Voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump [and] numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry … were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter.”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Comedian Robin Ince quits Radio 4 show, claiming BBC found his views ‘problematic’
Ince says he resigned as co-host of Infinite Monkey Cage because of what he described as his lack of ‘obedience’
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Robin Ince: “Voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump [and] numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry … were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter.”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar