cyvonne.bsky.social
@cyvonne.bsky.social
Rapid reviewer of health technologies with an academic nutrition background. Lover of good food, good books and wicked cats.
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People ask me why I'm publishing on Amazon, who are indisputably evil. They say I should publish via an ethical company.
So here's why.
I've published 3 Sunday Times Bestsellers through ethical publishers, and made - drum roll - absolutely zero. Literally not one penny.
In fact ...
So here's why.
I've published 3 Sunday Times Bestsellers through ethical publishers, and made - drum roll - absolutely zero. Literally not one penny.
In fact ...
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
People ask me why I'm publishing on Amazon, who are indisputably evil. They say I should publish via an ethical company.
So here's why.
I've published 3 Sunday Times Bestsellers through ethical publishers, and made - drum roll - absolutely zero. Literally not one penny.
In fact ...
So here's why.
I've published 3 Sunday Times Bestsellers through ethical publishers, and made - drum roll - absolutely zero. Literally not one penny.
In fact ...
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Feel like I'm going mad. The Budget's 'headroom' is based on frankly irresponsible and wildly optimistic claims about what Labour will do in the final year of the forecast, and on ignoring a bunch of upward pressures on spending, and the claim is that she was being exaggeratedly *pessimistic*?
Suggestion Rachel Reeves exaggerated fiscal pressures is absurd
Chancellor was instead far too optimistic about public finances and government’s ability to secure cuts
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Feel like I'm going mad. The Budget's 'headroom' is based on frankly irresponsible and wildly optimistic claims about what Labour will do in the final year of the forecast, and on ignoring a bunch of upward pressures on spending, and the claim is that she was being exaggeratedly *pessimistic*?
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The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
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Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
2
[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
3
NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
4
MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
5
NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
6
NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
7
NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
8
KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
9
[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
10
MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
11
[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
12
[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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I wrote some words for this.weekinsecurity.com about the security and privacy risks with AI browsers, like Perplexity's Comet and OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas, and why they should really come with enormous warning labels: "⚠️ Use at your own risk! ⚠️"
AI browsers are a hot mess of security risks
AI-enabled web browsers are putting their users' data, security, and privacy at risk from rudimentary prompt injection attacks.
this.weekinsecurity.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I wrote some words for this.weekinsecurity.com about the security and privacy risks with AI browsers, like Perplexity's Comet and OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas, and why they should really come with enormous warning labels: "⚠️ Use at your own risk! ⚠️"
What is wrong with @bristolcouncil.bsky.social?
The structure enhances the street, (unlike the cars and vans that regularly illegally park at the ends).
Anyway support the new planning application here: pa.bristol.gov.uk/online-appli...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
The structure enhances the street, (unlike the cars and vans that regularly illegally park at the ends).
Anyway support the new planning application here: pa.bristol.gov.uk/online-appli...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
Bristol tapas restaurant calls for support to save its terrace
"Without an enclosed terrace, it simply isn't sustainable - and at least eight jobs are at risk"
www.bristolpost.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
What is wrong with @bristolcouncil.bsky.social?
The structure enhances the street, (unlike the cars and vans that regularly illegally park at the ends).
Anyway support the new planning application here: pa.bristol.gov.uk/online-appli...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
The structure enhances the street, (unlike the cars and vans that regularly illegally park at the ends).
Anyway support the new planning application here: pa.bristol.gov.uk/online-appli...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
How do town centres and the high street recover from 14 years of Tory rule, and the austerity and cuts to council funding that Gove supported? #bbcbh
September 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
How do town centres and the high street recover from 14 years of Tory rule, and the austerity and cuts to council funding that Gove supported? #bbcbh
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We all need to be having these conversations.
September 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
We all need to be having these conversations.
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At the risk of sounding like a government spokesperson, I wonder if we're too gloomy. NHS waiting times are falling, as are net migration numbers. Growth hasn't been fast, but it's improved. Real wages are growing. Inflation is a bit sticky, but much reduced.
September 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
At the risk of sounding like a government spokesperson, I wonder if we're too gloomy. NHS waiting times are falling, as are net migration numbers. Growth hasn't been fast, but it's improved. Real wages are growing. Inflation is a bit sticky, but much reduced.
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These were the words I was looking for. "That is not policy. That is barbarism"
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
Nigel Farage and Reform UK would break what makes Britain strong
When Nigel Farage stood up this week and outlined his so-called “plan” for immigration, he didn’t sound like a democrat. He sounded like Vladimir Putin. He called for uniformed officers to raid Britai...
www.politics.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
These were the words I was looking for. "That is not policy. That is barbarism"
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
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This was about the same time as Exxon's research told us about anthropogenic climate change - or would have done if they'd published the results.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#r4today
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#r4today
NEW: The president of one of the world's largest plastics producers acknowledged in 1974 that recycling plastic was "not feasible."
It's “further proof that the plastics industry has been actively deceiving the public for decades about the recyclability of plastics” says @davisallen.bsky.social.
It's “further proof that the plastics industry has been actively deceiving the public for decades about the recyclability of plastics” says @davisallen.bsky.social.
‘Maddening’ Proof Plastics Industry Knew Recycling Was False Solution in 1974, New Document Shows
Exclusive finding by DeSmog shows high-level industry awareness that recycling plastic ‘not feasible’ as companies face lawsuits over alleged public deception campaign.
www.desmog.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:35 AM
This was about the same time as Exxon's research told us about anthropogenic climate change - or would have done if they'd published the results.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#r4today
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#r4today
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My feature for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on global migration trends and why the battle between economic wellbeing and nationalism is only going to get more intense.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Demonising migrants won’t fill jobs or boost falling popu...
‘Stop the boats’ is a popular refrain but it obscures the real issues rich countries across the world are facing
observer.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My feature for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on global migration trends and why the battle between economic wellbeing and nationalism is only going to get more intense.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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I wonder what it could be about the cost, queues, red tape, loss of investment, loss of opportunity, isolation, dishonesty, failure and downright tedium of the Brexit moronathon that has led to people not rating it any more…
August 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I wonder what it could be about the cost, queues, red tape, loss of investment, loss of opportunity, isolation, dishonesty, failure and downright tedium of the Brexit moronathon that has led to people not rating it any more…
Look at me in my magnificence! (No, it is most definitely not a clown ruff). #proofofcat
July 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Look at me in my magnificence! (No, it is most definitely not a clown ruff). #proofofcat
Health Technology Wales annual report for 2024/2025 is out. It summarises the guidance issued to NHS Wales on technology that should be adopted (or not) for use. We even found useful AI technology!
healthtechnology.wales/health-techn...
healthtechnology.wales/health-techn...
healthtechnology.wales
July 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Health Technology Wales annual report for 2024/2025 is out. It summarises the guidance issued to NHS Wales on technology that should be adopted (or not) for use. We even found useful AI technology!
healthtechnology.wales/health-techn...
healthtechnology.wales/health-techn...
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In the past week
- Israel killed 10 children waiting for nutritional supplements
- Israel killed 7 children waiting for drinking water
But holding up a flag is terrorism?
"Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag"
- Israel killed 10 children waiting for nutritional supplements
- Israel killed 7 children waiting for drinking water
But holding up a flag is terrorism?
"Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag"
Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag
Officers accused Laura Murton who also had a sign saying ‘Free Gaza’ of supporting a proscribed organisation
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
In the past week
- Israel killed 10 children waiting for nutritional supplements
- Israel killed 7 children waiting for drinking water
But holding up a flag is terrorism?
"Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag"
- Israel killed 10 children waiting for nutritional supplements
- Israel killed 7 children waiting for drinking water
But holding up a flag is terrorism?
"Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag"
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I don’t want to pile on, but at some point people really do need to engage with a) how high the minimum wage now is and b) that labour costs are, you know, a big part of how much an organisation costs. Minimum wage is now just c£1900 shy of what an early career teacher earns!
Really quite misleading of Jonathan, this.
Hinder is right about the care sector though. Should be well paid & a positive career choice, with high prestige.
We need a Teach First for social care.
Hinder is right about the care sector though. Should be well paid & a positive career choice, with high prestige.
We need a Teach First for social care.
"Stopping women from working was once a left-wing cause. It was a basic tenet of trade unionism – not to mention economics – that the number of workers in a labour market dictates the rate of pay. "
Labour MP Jonathan Hinder.
[Not quite his words. But close enough]
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Labour MP Jonathan Hinder.
[Not quite his words. But close enough]
archive.ph/g8Sg7#select...
July 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I don’t want to pile on, but at some point people really do need to engage with a) how high the minimum wage now is and b) that labour costs are, you know, a big part of how much an organisation costs. Minimum wage is now just c£1900 shy of what an early career teacher earns!
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I think the conundrum of this century for developed countries with ageing populations is basically:
it should be a race to attract talented young people from abroad, but reactionary nativist populism has turned it into a race to keep them away
it should be a race to attract talented young people from abroad, but reactionary nativist populism has turned it into a race to keep them away
July 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I think the conundrum of this century for developed countries with ageing populations is basically:
it should be a race to attract talented young people from abroad, but reactionary nativist populism has turned it into a race to keep them away
it should be a race to attract talented young people from abroad, but reactionary nativist populism has turned it into a race to keep them away
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