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Jobe Doherty 🇬🇧🇻🇦🌹
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President of Uni of Hull’s Politics Society. Classical social democrat. Roman Catholic. ¡Visca Barça!
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"Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows."
Americans Spend More Years Sick Than Rest of World, Study Finds
Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.
www.bloomberg.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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5th person to be cured of HIV

“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV
Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.
abcnews.go.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:19 AM
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"All we do, no matter the department, must be working towards achieving our number one manifesto pledge – to get Britain building again."

Mike Reader MP on why all ministers have a role to play in fixing the housing crisis
‘Why Angela alone can’t fix the housing crisis – and all ministers have a role’ – LabourList
The current legislative programme driving change in the sector is primarily coming through the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (DHCLG), notably the Renters…
labourlist.org
December 12, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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🔊 Today on Reuters World News daily podcast:

- FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign
- Trump's crypto business raises red flags for ethics, financial crimes experts
- Syrian refugees in Germany fear being forced to return after Assad’s fall reut.rs/3OSHxo0
Podcast: FBI director’s resignation, Trump’s crypto venture and Syrians in Europe
FBI Director Christopher Wray will step down from his post after President-elect Donald Trump signaled his plan to fire him and replace him with Kash Patel.
https://reut.rs/3OSHxo0"
December 12, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Praise God that Syria is free from Bashar Al-Assad. Putin, the world watches as freedom prospers whilst you house yet another devil in your home. From Kyiv to Damascus, you are humiliated. Long may it continue.
December 8, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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🚨 Liverpool make opening contract offer to Mohamed Salah. Does not mean agreement done or close (any outcome expected to take time) but Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold have all now received proposals + talks with #LFC ongoing www.nytimes.com/athletic/597...
Liverpool make opening Mohamed Salah contract offer
Liverpool have made an opening contract offer to Mohamed Salah. The 32-year-old’s existing terms expire at the end of this season and — like with Virgil van Dijk, who is also on course to become a fre...
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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Today, November 25th 2024 is the day we officially learned that justice in America, in fact, does NOT matter. #sad
The moral of the story, kids: It’s fine to try to stop the peaceful transfer of power and incite a mob to storm the Capitol and do all you can to overturn an election as long as you run again and win 🇺🇸
November 25, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Our older generations carry with them the sentimental British tradition of duty & the "stiff upper lip" attitude that means that they don't want to be fussed over by their families, friends, & others. I saw it with my beloved grandma, & whilst they are no burden, they'll see themselves that way.
“You can’t write in black and white a law that's safe, that won’t be progressively loosened and won’t be abused.”

Conservative MP Danny Kruger fears that if MPs vote in favour of assisted dying this week, the frail and elderly will be obliged to think about it as an option.

#Newsnight
November 26, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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“You can’t write in black and white a law that's safe, that won’t be progressively loosened and won’t be abused.”

Conservative MP Danny Kruger fears that if MPs vote in favour of assisted dying this week, the frail and elderly will be obliged to think about it as an option.

#Newsnight
November 26, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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New Labour grandee Peter Mandelson told Times Radio that Prescott "anchored New Labour in the party's history and its trade union past."
labourlist.org/2024/11/lord...
John Prescott: Updates on latest tributes as PM and Blair praise ‘true Labour giant’ – LabourList
Tributes are flowing in to the former Labour Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who has died at the age of 86. Former Prime Minister Tony…
labourlist.org
November 21, 2024 at 9:16 AM
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Thanks for noticing.
November 17, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.
November 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
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You may lose ya phone and wallet but Alicia Keys still there
November 19, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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Jay on Bluesky: We've been scaling up. There's been about a million people joining a day for the past week
November 20, 2024 at 4:52 AM
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Your cowardice will not be forgotten.
President-elect Donald Trump, the only former president to have been charged with mishandling classified information, has begun receiving intelligence briefings, U.S. officials said.
President-elect Donald Trump is now receiving intelligence briefings
Trump took regular intelligence briefings during his first term but has a history of being cavalier with classified information.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Hello Bluesky!
November 19, 2024 at 11:32 PM