@irenetwanky.bsky.social
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November 26, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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Archaic hominin admixture and its consequences for modern humans www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Archaic hominin admixture and its consequences for modern humans
As anatomically modern humans dispersed out of Africa, they encountered and mated with now extinct hominins, including Neanderthals and Denisovans. It…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Archaic hominin admixture and its consequences for modern humans www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We All Carry Neanderthal And Denisovan DNA – Here’s How That Affects Us www.iflscience.com/we-all-carry...
We All Carry Neanderthal And Denisovan DNA – Here’s How That Affects Us
Our immune system got pimped when we had sex with other human species.
www.iflscience.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:16 AM
We All Carry Neanderthal And Denisovan DNA – Here’s How That Affects Us www.iflscience.com/we-all-carry...
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Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to end one of the most cruel, shocking & monumental injustices of the past half century - the #IPPscandal
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🚨 No one should spend 12 yrs in jail for stealing a mobile phone! It’s unthinkable! #IPPscandal
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 22, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to end one of the most cruel, shocking & monumental injustices of the past half century - the #IPPscandal
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
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Some crazy calls this week. This one was unbelievably moving. youtu.be/gJYHyIGaqA4?...
James O'Brien's extraordinary call with rabbi who supports arrest warrant for Netanyahu | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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November 22, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Some crazy calls this week. This one was unbelievably moving. youtu.be/gJYHyIGaqA4?...
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“If you choose to leave the world’s biggest trading bloc and drift gently around in the Atlantic — and are not sure whether you want to join an American regulatory regime for trade or the EU one — it’s going to leave you looking very isolated.”
The UK’s high-wire act between the US and Europe
Post-Brexit Britain faces stark strategic choices with Trump taking office. Walking a line between both powers will be tricky
www.ft.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:41 PM
“If you choose to leave the world’s biggest trading bloc and drift gently around in the Atlantic — and are not sure whether you want to join an American regulatory regime for trade or the EU one — it’s going to leave you looking very isolated.”
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Not so much Scotland.
November 19, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Not so much Scotland.
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Listening to the Record yesterday you'd think this was only a Scottish problem but ... as we learn here, all roads lead to Westminster.
ScotGov can only mitigate so much.
#AreYouYESYet?
ScotGov can only mitigate so much.
#AreYouYESYet?
Shocking news. 36% of UK children are living in poverty according to the latest Social Metrics Commission research (I am one of the Commissioners)
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
November 19, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Listening to the Record yesterday you'd think this was only a Scottish problem but ... as we learn here, all roads lead to Westminster.
ScotGov can only mitigate so much.
#AreYouYESYet?
ScotGov can only mitigate so much.
#AreYouYESYet?
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‘Classic BBC’ :)
“So it’s not about you, it’s not about your farm and the fact you bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax?”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Jeremy Clarkson at the farmers’ protest in Westminster where thousands of farmers are protesting the government’s inheritance tax plans.
#Newsnight
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Jeremy Clarkson at the farmers’ protest in Westminster where thousands of farmers are protesting the government’s inheritance tax plans.
#Newsnight
November 19, 2024 at 3:41 PM
‘Classic BBC’ :)
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Spare a sob for Don Jr – replaced in Daddy’s affections by Elon Musk
Marina Hyde
This least deserving of nepo-babies struggles at the best of times to catch Trump Sr’s attention – and now the world’s biggest billionaire is in the way
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Marina Hyde
This least deserving of nepo-babies struggles at the best of times to catch Trump Sr’s attention – and now the world’s biggest billionaire is in the way
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spare a sob for Don Jr – replaced in Daddy’s affections by Elon Musk | Marina Hyde
This least deserving of nepo-babies struggles at the best of times to catch Trump Sr’s attention – and now the world’s biggest billionaire is in the way, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Spare a sob for Don Jr – replaced in Daddy’s affections by Elon Musk
Marina Hyde
This least deserving of nepo-babies struggles at the best of times to catch Trump Sr’s attention – and now the world’s biggest billionaire is in the way
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Marina Hyde
This least deserving of nepo-babies struggles at the best of times to catch Trump Sr’s attention – and now the world’s biggest billionaire is in the way
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It’s happening
November 19, 2024 at 2:20 PM
It’s happening
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Kate Forbes: There is a credible path forward for Scottish independence
www.thenational.scot/news/2473307...
www.thenational.scot/news/2473307...
There is a credible path forward for Scottish independence, says Kate Forbes
KATE Forbes has said that there is still a “credible path” forward for Scottish independence ...
www.thenational.scot
November 18, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Kate Forbes: There is a credible path forward for Scottish independence
www.thenational.scot/news/2473307...
www.thenational.scot/news/2473307...
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My latest tv offering: me and my rather fabulous MRI scanned, 3D printed brain. New two-part Horizon special coming in the Spring on BBC2.
November 17, 2024 at 6:56 PM
My latest tv offering: me and my rather fabulous MRI scanned, 3D printed brain. New two-part Horizon special coming in the Spring on BBC2.
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Our hospitals are full to the brim as so many people who are ready to go home cannot get home due to lack of care availability, or accessible housing. The knock on effect means no space in wards =no movement in A&E
Emergency doctors have sounded the alarm over an approaching winter crisis that they say is already putting patients in overstretched A&E departments at risk
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Doctors warn of ‘massive’ winter crisis in UK’s overstretched A&E departments
Royal College of Emergency Medicine warns of ‘unacceptable risk’ posed by lack of funding to NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Our hospitals are full to the brim as so many people who are ready to go home cannot get home due to lack of care availability, or accessible housing. The knock on effect means no space in wards =no movement in A&E
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Our co-chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:
"50k patients deteriorating or dying in corridors and on trolleys waiting for over 12 hours for a bed is not a sign of staff failure but of systemic neglect of our health service, its staff and patients." www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nhs-...
"50k patients deteriorating or dying in corridors and on trolleys waiting for over 12 hours for a bed is not a sign of staff failure but of systemic neglect of our health service, its staff and patients." www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nhs-...
NHS winter crisis begins as doctors accuse government of ‘writing off’ patients
www.morningstaronline.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Our co-chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:
"50k patients deteriorating or dying in corridors and on trolleys waiting for over 12 hours for a bed is not a sign of staff failure but of systemic neglect of our health service, its staff and patients." www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nhs-...
"50k patients deteriorating or dying in corridors and on trolleys waiting for over 12 hours for a bed is not a sign of staff failure but of systemic neglect of our health service, its staff and patients." www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nhs-...
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Make Jacobs day. JOIN A UNION TODAY
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Let’s make Jacob’s day and join a union today
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 18, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Make Jacobs day. JOIN A UNION TODAY
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
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Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social are doing tremendous work in tackling inequality in the UK and are now on @BlueSky. Do give them a follow
November 17, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social are doing tremendous work in tackling inequality in the UK and are now on @BlueSky. Do give them a follow
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Child poverty is the big issue of our time. Every politician should be focused on eradicating it. A POVERTY ZERO LAW is the only way. That’s why I’m backing the @bigissue.bsky.social campaign👇
🚨Millions of people in this country are living in poverty, destitution & using food banks. It’s barely getting a mention.
I’m joining forces with @bigissue.bsky.social in calling for a POVERTY ZERO LAW - a statutory duty for every gov’t to set POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETS
youtu.be/uAr58YqXW7I?...
I’m joining forces with @bigissue.bsky.social in calling for a POVERTY ZERO LAW - a statutory duty for every gov’t to set POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETS
youtu.be/uAr58YqXW7I?...
🚨Millions of people are living in poverty, destitution & using food banks - It’s barely mentioned
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 17, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Child poverty is the big issue of our time. Every politician should be focused on eradicating it. A POVERTY ZERO LAW is the only way. That’s why I’m backing the @bigissue.bsky.social campaign👇
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In a significant Intervention Bank of England governor said this week that Brexit has undermined the UK economy. @skynews.com.web.brid.gy didn’t think that was important enough to raise with the Government Minister this morning. I disagree. If you do too share this report
youtu.be/jvo1JM6xZqQ?...
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The Bank of England governor says Brexit has undermined the UK economy. Hold onto your seats..
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 17, 2024 at 8:54 AM
In a significant Intervention Bank of England governor said this week that Brexit has undermined the UK economy. @skynews.com.web.brid.gy didn’t think that was important enough to raise with the Government Minister this morning. I disagree. If you do too share this report
youtu.be/jvo1JM6xZqQ?...
youtu.be/jvo1JM6xZqQ?...
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Wow. BBC also didn’t think this was important enough to raise with the Government Minister this morning. What do we think is going on here?
In a significant Intervention Bank of England governor said this week that Brexit has undermined the UK economy. @skynews.com.web.brid.gy didn’t think that was important enough to raise with the Government Minister this morning. I disagree. If you do too share this report
youtu.be/jvo1JM6xZqQ?...
youtu.be/jvo1JM6xZqQ?...
The Bank of England governor says Brexit has undermined the UK economy. Hold onto your seats..
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 17, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Wow. BBC also didn’t think this was important enough to raise with the Government Minister this morning. What do we think is going on here?
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PROPHESY: When AI perfects deep-fakes of people, places, & things, no news will be trusted. Even those who previously believed fake news will think their fake news is faked. At that moment a tear in the spacetime continuum will open and swallow all social media from the internet.
February 28, 2024 at 4:18 PM
PROPHESY: When AI perfects deep-fakes of people, places, & things, no news will be trusted. Even those who previously believed fake news will think their fake news is faked. At that moment a tear in the spacetime continuum will open and swallow all social media from the internet.
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My interview on BBC Newsnight last night on why I’ve moved over to Bluesky. Segment starts around 20 mins in. Sorry to those outside UK who don’t have access.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Newsnight - Free Speech Debate Reignited
A police investigation into a journalist’s social media post sparks the return of the Great British free speech debate. And is Elon Musk's X damaged by his association with Donald Trump?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 8:22 AM
My interview on BBC Newsnight last night on why I’ve moved over to Bluesky. Segment starts around 20 mins in. Sorry to those outside UK who don’t have access.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Part 5 of Newsnight's coverage of people leaving Twitter/X for @bsky.app we hear from @jimalkhalili.bsky.social that
"Bluesky is very easy to use.. Some say it's like an echo chamber, you only listen to people you agree with.. Why not, what's wrong with that" - concur 👏
"Bluesky is very easy to use.. Some say it's like an echo chamber, you only listen to people you agree with.. Why not, what's wrong with that" - concur 👏
November 15, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Part 5 of Newsnight's coverage of people leaving Twitter/X for @bsky.app we hear from @jimalkhalili.bsky.social that
"Bluesky is very easy to use.. Some say it's like an echo chamber, you only listen to people you agree with.. Why not, what's wrong with that" - concur 👏
"Bluesky is very easy to use.. Some say it's like an echo chamber, you only listen to people you agree with.. Why not, what's wrong with that" - concur 👏