Echinatum
@echinatum.bsky.social
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Feel free to like or follow - or not. I'm not here for the numbers.
My likes are sometimes acknowledgements rather than endorsements.
Feel free to like or follow - or not. I'm not here for the numbers.
My likes are sometimes acknowledgements rather than endorsements.
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Echinatum
@echinatum.bsky.social
· Feb 23
Home - electronic medicines compendium (emc)
The most up to date, comprehensive, regulated information about medicines. Easy to use, trusted and recommended by healthcare professionals
www.medicines.org.uk
If you look at UK health pages, many NHS & other “official” pages, there are vast numbers of references to the Electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC).
www.medicines.org.uk
The impression is that the eMC has Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) for all UK medicines. And that is where we should look.
www.medicines.org.uk
The impression is that the eMC has Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) for all UK medicines. And that is where we should look.
"Age verification is not available at this time."
The fact that I've had my Amazon account for 23 years doesn't count! (Yes - I can see history that far back.)
Unfortunately, Amazon is the only current UK source for what I want.
The fact that I've had my Amazon account for 23 years doesn't count! (Yes - I can see history that far back.)
Unfortunately, Amazon is the only current UK source for what I want.
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"Age verification is not available at this time."
The fact that I've had my Amazon account for 23 years doesn't count! (Yes - I can see history that far back.)
Unfortunately, Amazon is the only current UK source for what I want.
The fact that I've had my Amazon account for 23 years doesn't count! (Yes - I can see history that far back.)
Unfortunately, Amazon is the only current UK source for what I want.
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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.
Of course the government should stop using it!
X is a radicalisation machine that pushes people into angry extremism, peddles disinformation and conspiracy theories and is run by an egomaniacal lunatic who threatens civil war on our streets and wants to trash our democracy.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Of course the government should stop using it!
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The Telegraph sides with Trump against the BBC and, so, the country.
Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.
Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The Telegraph sides with Trump against the BBC and, so, the country.
Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.
Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.
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Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
Yesterday I was stopped for a few minutes during some very heavy rain and took some photos through the windscreen. Had wiped just before starting photos. No image manipulation except sticking them together.
The effect on visibility was dramatic.
Let's Be Careful Out There
The effect on visibility was dramatic.
Let's Be Careful Out There
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Yesterday I was stopped for a few minutes during some very heavy rain and took some photos through the windscreen. Had wiped just before starting photos. No image manipulation except sticking them together.
The effect on visibility was dramatic.
Let's Be Careful Out There
The effect on visibility was dramatic.
Let's Be Careful Out There
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"When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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I sure hope they get new marketing people!
Calling your product Squitex suggests a failure to fully understand English!
Calling your product Squitex suggests a failure to fully understand English!
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I sure hope they get new marketing people!
Calling your product Squitex suggests a failure to fully understand English!
Calling your product Squitex suggests a failure to fully understand English!
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ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky
The talks focus on ITV's Media and Entertainment division, which include its TV channels as well as its streaming service, ITV X.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
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PPE Medpro linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes.
The company also owes the public purse £148m for supplying unusable surgical gowns.
Company is bankrupt. HMRC ranks as unsecured creditor for taxes owed by the company.
Where has the money vanished to? Will anything be recovered?
The company also owes the public purse £148m for supplying unusable surgical gowns.
Company is bankrupt. HMRC ranks as unsecured creditor for taxes owed by the company.
Where has the money vanished to? Will anything be recovered?
Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes
Statement by administrators puts PPE Medpro’s total debts at £188m, including £39m said to be owed to HMRC
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
PPE Medpro linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes.
The company also owes the public purse £148m for supplying unusable surgical gowns.
Company is bankrupt. HMRC ranks as unsecured creditor for taxes owed by the company.
Where has the money vanished to? Will anything be recovered?
The company also owes the public purse £148m for supplying unusable surgical gowns.
Company is bankrupt. HMRC ranks as unsecured creditor for taxes owed by the company.
Where has the money vanished to? Will anything be recovered?
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This is no way to treat our veterans Prime Minister.
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
These national heroes have now waited more than a year for a meeting with Keir Starmer to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition. They are now in their eighties and are dying waiting for justice. This is no way to treat veterans Prime Minister
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
Video emerges of Deputy PM,Defence Secretary & other Ministers BACKING compensation for Nuclear Vets
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is no way to treat our veterans Prime Minister.
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
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🔴Nigel Farage’s Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party’s candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’ and attacked ‘third world cultures’ in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
The party’s candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’ and attacked ‘third world cultures’ in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Nigel Farage's Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party's candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon 'lineage' and attacked 'third world cultures' in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🔴Nigel Farage’s Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party’s candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’ and attacked ‘third world cultures’ in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
The party’s candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’ and attacked ‘third world cultures’ in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
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75 years ago, the ECHR was signed after the horrors of the war.
Today, Nigel Farage and many Westminster politicians want to tear up the laws that protect our basic human rights.
Our rights are not Westminster’s to take away. We will stand firmly against that.
Today, Nigel Farage and many Westminster politicians want to tear up the laws that protect our basic human rights.
Our rights are not Westminster’s to take away. We will stand firmly against that.
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
75 years ago, the ECHR was signed after the horrors of the war.
Today, Nigel Farage and many Westminster politicians want to tear up the laws that protect our basic human rights.
Our rights are not Westminster’s to take away. We will stand firmly against that.
Today, Nigel Farage and many Westminster politicians want to tear up the laws that protect our basic human rights.
Our rights are not Westminster’s to take away. We will stand firmly against that.
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🔴The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🔴The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
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Everyone can #swim!
I would like to make a suggestion to all people who cannot swim and to all those who have small children. I think it is helpful if we all know and understand a few physical facts, e.g. that humans basically float when they have inhaled.
Here comes my thread:
I would like to make a suggestion to all people who cannot swim and to all those who have small children. I think it is helpful if we all know and understand a few physical facts, e.g. that humans basically float when they have inhaled.
Here comes my thread:
Ich möchte allen Menschen, die nicht #schwimmen können und allen, die kleine Kinder haben etwas nahelegen.
Ich denke, es ist hilfreich, wenn wir alle ein paar physikalische Gegebenheiten wissen und vertanden haben, z.B. dass der Mensch ganz grundsätzlich schwimmt, wenn er eingeatmet hat.
Hier /
Ich denke, es ist hilfreich, wenn wir alle ein paar physikalische Gegebenheiten wissen und vertanden haben, z.B. dass der Mensch ganz grundsätzlich schwimmt, wenn er eingeatmet hat.
Hier /
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Everyone can #swim!
I would like to make a suggestion to all people who cannot swim and to all those who have small children. I think it is helpful if we all know and understand a few physical facts, e.g. that humans basically float when they have inhaled.
Here comes my thread:
I would like to make a suggestion to all people who cannot swim and to all those who have small children. I think it is helpful if we all know and understand a few physical facts, e.g. that humans basically float when they have inhaled.
Here comes my thread:
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Real life hero’s don’t wear capes, or drape themselves in Union flags.. they’re often humble, average & in this case wore a Train Drivers Uniform👇🏼
Andrew Johnson served in Iraq, his quick thinking undoubtedly saved lives but no praise from Farage, Reform, Lowe etc
He doesn’t fit their narrative 🤷🏼♂️
Andrew Johnson served in Iraq, his quick thinking undoubtedly saved lives but no praise from Farage, Reform, Lowe etc
He doesn’t fit their narrative 🤷🏼♂️
'Hero' train driver saved many lives after 'doing right thing' in mass stabbing
Andrew Johnson, who has been working as a train driver since 2018, is believed to have served in the Royal Navy for 17 years and was deployed to Iraq in 2003 during the second Gulf War
www.mirror.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Real life hero’s don’t wear capes, or drape themselves in Union flags.. they’re often humble, average & in this case wore a Train Drivers Uniform👇🏼
Andrew Johnson served in Iraq, his quick thinking undoubtedly saved lives but no praise from Farage, Reform, Lowe etc
He doesn’t fit their narrative 🤷🏼♂️
Andrew Johnson served in Iraq, his quick thinking undoubtedly saved lives but no praise from Farage, Reform, Lowe etc
He doesn’t fit their narrative 🤷🏼♂️
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The vehicles are completely impractical, but we all know that's not even the point.
It'd be obvious to everyone who was disabled and who wasn't.
The first stage in the fascist playbook is to "other" sections of the population you would rather didn't exist.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
It'd be obvious to everyone who was disabled and who wasn't.
The first stage in the fascist playbook is to "other" sections of the population you would rather didn't exist.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Give blue three-wheelers to Motability drivers, says Reform
Lee Anderson, the party's chief whip, said today the current scheme - which allows disabled people to obtain financing for luxury brands such as BMWs and Mercedes - was an 'absolute scandal'.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The vehicles are completely impractical, but we all know that's not even the point.
It'd be obvious to everyone who was disabled and who wasn't.
The first stage in the fascist playbook is to "other" sections of the population you would rather didn't exist.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
It'd be obvious to everyone who was disabled and who wasn't.
The first stage in the fascist playbook is to "other" sections of the population you would rather didn't exist.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Farage, Reform and the ‘Russia question’ that won’t go away
Farage, Reform and the 'Russia question' that won't go away | Searchlight
Nigel Farage with Nadia Borodi, wife of Oleg Voloshin the spymaster who bribed Nathan Gill In the wake of Nathan Gill’s guilty verdict on multiple counts of ...
searchlightmagazine.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Farage, Reform and the ‘Russia question’ that won’t go away
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Part of the point of developing the spreadsheet will be to empty out the category of unknown unknowns. We’ll know that when a fact was unknown that it was unknown. That’s how the science will advance.
November 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Part of the point of developing the spreadsheet will be to empty out the category of unknown unknowns. We’ll know that when a fact was unknown that it was unknown. That’s how the science will advance.
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Delivery firm DPD in “revenge” sackings after workers spoke out against a plan to cut thousands of pounds from their earnings.
DPD had £200m pre-tax profit last year. Boss paid £1.5m.
Wants to cut £6,000 - £8,000 in pay to workers.
Can't grow economy without protecting worker rights.
DPD had £200m pre-tax profit last year. Boss paid £1.5m.
Wants to cut £6,000 - £8,000 in pay to workers.
Can't grow economy without protecting worker rights.
Delivery firm DPD accused of ‘revenge’ sacking drivers who criticised pay cuts
Exclusive: Labour peer calls for change in the law after company terminates contracts of strike ‘ringleaders’
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Delivery firm DPD in “revenge” sackings after workers spoke out against a plan to cut thousands of pounds from their earnings.
DPD had £200m pre-tax profit last year. Boss paid £1.5m.
Wants to cut £6,000 - £8,000 in pay to workers.
Can't grow economy without protecting worker rights.
DPD had £200m pre-tax profit last year. Boss paid £1.5m.
Wants to cut £6,000 - £8,000 in pay to workers.
Can't grow economy without protecting worker rights.
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Am I missing something here?
Is it not LITERALLY his job to make sure it IS easier to see a GP?
Is it not LITERALLY his job to make sure it IS easier to see a GP?
November 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Am I missing something here?
Is it not LITERALLY his job to make sure it IS easier to see a GP?
Is it not LITERALLY his job to make sure it IS easier to see a GP?
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open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Beforehand there were disagreements amongst the #Movers&Shakers about giving publicity to what some regard as a fringe therapy. But I think you’ll agree that the scientist promoting this idea gave us plenty to think about.
Movers and Shakers: Light Therapy
Can infrared light help treat Parkinson’s?
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Beforehand there were disagreements amongst the #Movers&Shakers about giving publicity to what some regard as a fringe therapy. But I think you’ll agree that the scientist promoting this idea gave us plenty to think about.
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Labour continues to disappoint. They had a mandate to clear out the rot of the Tories, not carry out a watered down version of their mistaken policies.
🔴Keir Starmer’s Election Reforms Will Leave UK Politics Exposed to Dark Money and Foreign Interference, Warns Labour MP
The party’s former Shadow Democracy Minister said the Government was failing to take the bold steps required to eliminate foreign interference in our elections
The party’s former Shadow Democracy Minister said the Government was failing to take the bold steps required to eliminate foreign interference in our elections
Keir Starmer's Election Reforms Will Leave UK Politics Exposed to Dark Money and Foreign Interference, Warns Labour MP
The party's former Shadow Democracy Minister said the Government was failing to take the bold steps required to eliminate foreign interference in our elections
bylinetimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Labour continues to disappoint. They had a mandate to clear out the rot of the Tories, not carry out a watered down version of their mistaken policies.
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A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
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Starmer is putting up pension age yet again. Claims that longevity is going up is not supported by the stats. The unsustainable claim is crap too. With increasing population there is much more tax & NI coming in. So what is going on? Govt choose to rob pensioners & bail PE running our Utilities.
October 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Starmer is putting up pension age yet again. Claims that longevity is going up is not supported by the stats. The unsustainable claim is crap too. With increasing population there is much more tax & NI coming in. So what is going on? Govt choose to rob pensioners & bail PE running our Utilities.