Flavourguy
@cd-rnd.bsky.social
Yorkshire, migrant, living in deepest darkest Surrey, UK. Ever curious. Consultant for the Food & Bev industry. Researched tomatoes, potatoes, and mosquitoes... amongst other things. Proud dad. Somewhat bookish... HG Wells😢
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Access to hospital treatments is being restricted in many areas of England as the NHS struggles to balance its books, the BBC has learnt
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NHS orders hospitals to cut back on treating patients
Documents seen by BBC show hospitals being ordered to slow down on activity to help balance the books.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Access to hospital treatments is being restricted in many areas of England as the NHS struggles to balance its books, the BBC has learnt
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Perhaps the flu hysteria is being somewhat manufactured...
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Perhaps the flu hysteria is being somewhat manufactured...
bsky.app/profile/chri...
This is a year-by-year comparison of hospital admissions with flu using the latest data up to 30 Nov.
Yes, this year’s flu season started a few weeks earlier than normal. But otherwise, its pattern looks very similar to 2022/23 and 2024/25. 3/10
Yes, this year’s flu season started a few weeks earlier than normal. But otherwise, its pattern looks very similar to 2022/23 and 2024/25. 3/10
December 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Perhaps the flu hysteria is being somewhat manufactured...
bsky.app/profile/chri...
Perhaps the flu hysteria is being somewhat manufactured...
bsky.app/profile/chri...
This is a year-by-year comparison of hospital admissions with flu using the latest data up to 30 Nov.
Yes, this year’s flu season started a few weeks earlier than normal. But otherwise, its pattern looks very similar to 2022/23 and 2024/25. 3/10
Yes, this year’s flu season started a few weeks earlier than normal. But otherwise, its pattern looks very similar to 2022/23 and 2024/25. 3/10
December 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Thanks for some sensible analysis! Frustrating listening to alarmist media coverage. Not a word on ventilation or what type of masks to use. Just talk of hand washing and pics of people in surgical masks. Where are the gov info broadcasts? Have we learnt nothing over the past 5 years...seems not.
PS1: Yes, get a flu vaccine. Yes, if you’re sick avoid mixing with people and wear a mask (preferably an FFP2 one). Yes, if you are in a crowded indoor space, you might consider wearing a mask to reduce your chance of infection (again, FFP2 one). But this is good practice every winter!
December 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Thanks for some sensible analysis! Frustrating listening to alarmist media coverage. Not a word on ventilation or what type of masks to use. Just talk of hand washing and pics of people in surgical masks. Where are the gov info broadcasts? Have we learnt nothing over the past 5 years...seems not.
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Horrifying
AI is a runaway train and I’d like to get off at the nearest station.
I’ll jump off and roll down a hill like they do in the movies if I have to.
Video: @varunmayya.bsky.social
I’ll jump off and roll down a hill like they do in the movies if I have to.
Video: @varunmayya.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Horrifying
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Trump’s nominee to be the Army’s lawyer is confused about the First Amendment.
Independent journalists must be free to report the facts without fear of retaliation.
If we're sending troops to war under false pretenses, Americans have a right to know.
Independent journalists must be free to report the facts without fear of retaliation.
If we're sending troops to war under false pretenses, Americans have a right to know.
October 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Trump’s nominee to be the Army’s lawyer is confused about the First Amendment.
Independent journalists must be free to report the facts without fear of retaliation.
If we're sending troops to war under false pretenses, Americans have a right to know.
Independent journalists must be free to report the facts without fear of retaliation.
If we're sending troops to war under false pretenses, Americans have a right to know.
I should tell you about my favourite subject...Flavour, or Flavor 😉 and the FlavourTalk Conference I am organising next year. The Psychology of Flavour- check out the programme here www.flavourhorizons.com/conference-2...
October 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I should tell you about my favourite subject...Flavour, or Flavor 😉 and the FlavourTalk Conference I am organising next year. The Psychology of Flavour- check out the programme here www.flavourhorizons.com/conference-2...
How can the most powerful, most wealthy, country in the world fail so badly. Clearly, there is a fine line between strength and weakness, but currently, the word that comes to mind that describes the current USA gov is INCOMPETENT! So much childlike finger pointing. Ridiculous.
October 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
How can the most powerful, most wealthy, country in the world fail so badly. Clearly, there is a fine line between strength and weakness, but currently, the word that comes to mind that describes the current USA gov is INCOMPETENT! So much childlike finger pointing. Ridiculous.
I had a treat yesterday evening. Only the second time I have seen a hummingbird hawkmoth at close range.
October 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I had a treat yesterday evening. Only the second time I have seen a hummingbird hawkmoth at close range.
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Maria Ressa - Fighting Back Against Trump’s Authoritarian Algorithm With Truth | The Daily Show
youtu.be/Tsb1I7hqaJ4
youtu.be/Tsb1I7hqaJ4
Maria Ressa - Fighting Back Against Trump’s Authoritarian Algorithm With Truth | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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September 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Maria Ressa - Fighting Back Against Trump’s Authoritarian Algorithm With Truth | The Daily Show
youtu.be/Tsb1I7hqaJ4
youtu.be/Tsb1I7hqaJ4
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Sigh...instead of dealing with child poverty and climate emergency, I know, let's have ID Cards 💡 Another bright idea from Starmer!
September 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Sigh...instead of dealing with child poverty and climate emergency, I know, let's have ID Cards 💡 Another bright idea from Starmer!
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Curse of private equity.
After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.
PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits.
People killed for profit.
Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.
After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.
PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits.
People killed for profit.
Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.
Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds
The increased deaths in emergency departments at private equity-owned hospitals are most likely the result of reduced staffing levels, researchers say.
www.nbcnews.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Curse of private equity.
After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.
PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits.
People killed for profit.
Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.
After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.
PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits.
People killed for profit.
Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.
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A hugely underreported scandal.
Those responsible still not adequately held to account.
An important, but infuriating watch.
Those responsible still not adequately held to account.
An important, but infuriating watch.
The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever
This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A hugely underreported scandal.
Those responsible still not adequately held to account.
An important, but infuriating watch.
Those responsible still not adequately held to account.
An important, but infuriating watch.
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The PFI disaster
Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed.
Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value.
Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.
Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed.
Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value.
Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.
Fears of new PFI-style ‘disaster’ as firms handed £6m to advise on using private funds for NHS clinics
Exclusive: Consultants and lawyers hired to advise on using public-private partnerships to build ‘neighbourhood health centres’ in England
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The PFI disaster
Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed.
Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value.
Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.
Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed.
Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value.
Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.
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In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong".
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
September 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong".
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
@cyclingnews.com Can there be a campaign that reminds our cycling community that it is not OK to discard litter on the roadside outside organised events? Some poor local residents have to clear it up afterwards. It gives all cyclists a bad name.
September 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
@cyclingnews.com Can there be a campaign that reminds our cycling community that it is not OK to discard litter on the roadside outside organised events? Some poor local residents have to clear it up afterwards. It gives all cyclists a bad name.
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Our politics and media have become viciously obsessed with immigration. Farage has made sure of it. And in that obsession, they’ve all lost sight of the people they target. Fellow human beings trying to live and belong somewhere.
Shame on everyone responsible for this daily inhumanity
(Letter,Times)
Shame on everyone responsible for this daily inhumanity
(Letter,Times)
September 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Our politics and media have become viciously obsessed with immigration. Farage has made sure of it. And in that obsession, they’ve all lost sight of the people they target. Fellow human beings trying to live and belong somewhere.
Shame on everyone responsible for this daily inhumanity
(Letter,Times)
Shame on everyone responsible for this daily inhumanity
(Letter,Times)
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The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
September 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
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Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever
This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
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If you’ve just watched our documentary on ITV “The Covid Contracts” and want to read more about the governments unlawful VIP lane do consider buying my latest book 👇
@bylinetimes.bsky.social @goodlawproject.bsky.social
@bylinetimes.bsky.social @goodlawproject.bsky.social
📣I am very pleased to announce my book "VIP Lane" which covers 5 years of investigation uncovering the previous governments PPE procurement scandal + much more is now on sale.
👀 Buy a copy here: viplanebook.com
🚨Now the subject of a major ITV documentary hitting the screen next week.
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👀 Buy a copy here: viplanebook.com
🚨Now the subject of a major ITV documentary hitting the screen next week.
🧵
September 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If you’ve just watched our documentary on ITV “The Covid Contracts” and want to read more about the governments unlawful VIP lane do consider buying my latest book 👇
@bylinetimes.bsky.social @goodlawproject.bsky.social
@bylinetimes.bsky.social @goodlawproject.bsky.social
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“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
news.harvard.edu
September 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”
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