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Psychiatrists giving facelifts? Cosmetic surgery needs so...
As demand exceeds supply in the UK, too many practitioners are wielding needles and knives without the relevant skills
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October 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Reposted by Martha Gill
The second is on a little noticed counter to the narrative that social bonds are unravelling. By almost every indicator we are becoming more isolated, polarised and antisocial. Except one. Absolutely loads of people are volunteering observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Altruism is holding Britain together | The Observer
Volunteers keep vital services afloat and offer an antidote to our ever more isolated society
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October 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The second is on a little noticed counter to the narrative that social bonds are unravelling. By almost every indicator we are becoming more isolated, polarised and antisocial. Except one. Absolutely loads of people are volunteering observer.co.uk/news/columni...
The second is on a little noticed counter to the narrative that social bonds are unravelling. By almost every indicator we are becoming more isolated, polarised and antisocial. Except one. Absolutely loads of people are volunteering observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Altruism is holding Britain together | The Observer
Volunteers keep vital services afloat and offer an antidote to our ever more isolated society
observer.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The second is on a little noticed counter to the narrative that social bonds are unravelling. By almost every indicator we are becoming more isolated, polarised and antisocial. Except one. Absolutely loads of people are volunteering observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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How can we change the culture of cover-ups? First, accept...
From grooming gangs to the NHS, scandals show us that whistleblowers are the exception – and dysfunction and complicity are rife
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June 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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This means our current approach - inquiries to root out offenders and bad practice - don't take the source of the problem
To prevent cover-ups, we would need to totally transform the workplace
To prevent cover-ups, we would need to totally transform the workplace
June 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This means our current approach - inquiries to root out offenders and bad practice - don't take the source of the problem
To prevent cover-ups, we would need to totally transform the workplace
To prevent cover-ups, we would need to totally transform the workplace
Reposted by Martha Gill
Yes. Huge incentives, notably keeping your own job, in staying quiet about this stuff. Great examples in ents where various alarming individuals keep working for years after it’s known they are dangerous because the dynamic is if you speak up you will be the one who loses your job
June 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Yes. Huge incentives, notably keeping your own job, in staying quiet about this stuff. Great examples in ents where various alarming individuals keep working for years after it’s known they are dangerous because the dynamic is if you speak up you will be the one who loses your job
We virtue signal when a cover-up comes to light with expressions of shock and disgust - "how on earth could that happen?"
We fool ourselves that rooting out bad apples and installing new rules will help
The truth is these things rarely makes a difference...
We fool ourselves that rooting out bad apples and installing new rules will help
The truth is these things rarely makes a difference...
June 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We virtue signal when a cover-up comes to light with expressions of shock and disgust - "how on earth could that happen?"
We fool ourselves that rooting out bad apples and installing new rules will help
The truth is these things rarely makes a difference...
We fool ourselves that rooting out bad apples and installing new rules will help
The truth is these things rarely makes a difference...
1. Professionals want to be team players, fit in, trust others, be loyal and please those in authority
2. Responsibility is diffused, which makes it easy for people to rationalise away their part in the process
3. Habit eventually makes the harm seem normal
2. Responsibility is diffused, which makes it easy for people to rationalise away their part in the process
3. Habit eventually makes the harm seem normal
June 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
1. Professionals want to be team players, fit in, trust others, be loyal and please those in authority
2. Responsibility is diffused, which makes it easy for people to rationalise away their part in the process
3. Habit eventually makes the harm seem normal
2. Responsibility is diffused, which makes it easy for people to rationalise away their part in the process
3. Habit eventually makes the harm seem normal
We convince ourselves that institutional cover-ups are rare: the result of uniquely terrible people or uniquely dysfunctional systems
The ugly truth: cover-ups are the RULE
They are the result of normal human dynamics that come with every workplace
The ugly truth: cover-ups are the RULE
They are the result of normal human dynamics that come with every workplace
June 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We convince ourselves that institutional cover-ups are rare: the result of uniquely terrible people or uniquely dysfunctional systems
The ugly truth: cover-ups are the RULE
They are the result of normal human dynamics that come with every workplace
The ugly truth: cover-ups are the RULE
They are the result of normal human dynamics that come with every workplace
Cover-ups are not the exception, they are the rule.
What if the incentives pushing people towards complicity are features of MOST work places?
My piece for @observeruk.bsky.social
What if the incentives pushing people towards complicity are features of MOST work places?
My piece for @observeruk.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Cover-ups are not the exception, they are the rule.
What if the incentives pushing people towards complicity are features of MOST work places?
My piece for @observeruk.bsky.social
What if the incentives pushing people towards complicity are features of MOST work places?
My piece for @observeruk.bsky.social
We have enormous capacity to be shocked by cover-ups.
Each time, we conclude they must be the result of uniquely malign characters or uniquely dysfunctional systems - and commission inquiries to rootle these out
Yet they happen again and again
Each time, we conclude they must be the result of uniquely malign characters or uniquely dysfunctional systems - and commission inquiries to rootle these out
Yet they happen again and again
June 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We have enormous capacity to be shocked by cover-ups.
Each time, we conclude they must be the result of uniquely malign characters or uniquely dysfunctional systems - and commission inquiries to rootle these out
Yet they happen again and again
Each time, we conclude they must be the result of uniquely malign characters or uniquely dysfunctional systems - and commission inquiries to rootle these out
Yet they happen again and again