Nik
@nikacp.bsky.social
🇺🇦 I stand with Ukraine
NHS 💙 Urgent & Emergency Care. SI: Modern Slavery, homelessness. Med Ed.
Political, love nature/outdoor pursuits.
#Medsky
NHS 💙 Urgent & Emergency Care. SI: Modern Slavery, homelessness. Med Ed.
Political, love nature/outdoor pursuits.
#Medsky
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) narrowly passed the House now in Senate debate. If passed, gut healthcare, slash food aid, raise energy costs, deepen poverty. Contact your senator loudly, publicly before this reckless bill becomes law. Time's running out open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: A Beautiful Disaster in the Making
Behind the Spin, a Blueprint for National Decline
open.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) narrowly passed the House now in Senate debate. If passed, gut healthcare, slash food aid, raise energy costs, deepen poverty. Contact your senator loudly, publicly before this reckless bill becomes law. Time's running out open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
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Since Trump's election and the talk of ceasefire, Russian air attacks on Ukraine have increased to new levels
June 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Since Trump's election and the talk of ceasefire, Russian air attacks on Ukraine have increased to new levels
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Anti-vax and anti-medicine conspiracy theories kill. They dissuade vulnerable and potentially desperate people from accepting the medical help they need. Sometimes to the point of the resurgence of formerly (nearly) eradicated diseases.
It is biological terrorism and should be treated as such
It is biological terrorism and should be treated as such
Conspiracy Theories kill.
BBC News - Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
Paloma Shemirani’s brothers say she refused chemotherapy because of their mother’s beliefs.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Anti-vax and anti-medicine conspiracy theories kill. They dissuade vulnerable and potentially desperate people from accepting the medical help they need. Sometimes to the point of the resurgence of formerly (nearly) eradicated diseases.
It is biological terrorism and should be treated as such
It is biological terrorism and should be treated as such
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We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
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The 2024 Lancet Commission stated that there are multiple preventable risk factors for #dementia. Addressing these factors may reduce future risk but there is a lack of interventional studies.
June 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The 2024 Lancet Commission stated that there are multiple preventable risk factors for #dementia. Addressing these factors may reduce future risk but there is a lack of interventional studies.
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UK government withholding details of Palantir contract
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June 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
UK government withholding details of Palantir contract
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Nightmare in Minnesota: A gunman shot State Senator John Hoffman & State Rep. Melissa Hortman.
Political violence is a lethal threat to our freedom & democracy.
Let’s keep the nonviolent movements of American history close in our hearts today & pray for these public servants.
Political violence is a lethal threat to our freedom & democracy.
Let’s keep the nonviolent movements of American history close in our hearts today & pray for these public servants.
2 Minnesota lawmakers shot in apparent 'targeted' incidents, in grave condition; manhunt underway
Two Minnesota state lawmakers were shot in apparent "targeted" incidents on Saturday that left them in grave condition, officials said.
abcnews.go.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Nightmare in Minnesota: A gunman shot State Senator John Hoffman & State Rep. Melissa Hortman.
Political violence is a lethal threat to our freedom & democracy.
Let’s keep the nonviolent movements of American history close in our hearts today & pray for these public servants.
Political violence is a lethal threat to our freedom & democracy.
Let’s keep the nonviolent movements of American history close in our hearts today & pray for these public servants.
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An Irish sunset. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend wherever you are in the world. Seeing this gave me #Joy #BlueSkyArtShow #sunset #photography #EastCoastKin
June 14, 2025 at 5:21 AM
An Irish sunset. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend wherever you are in the world. Seeing this gave me #Joy #BlueSkyArtShow #sunset #photography #EastCoastKin
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A Democratic Mayor arrested.
A Democratic Congresswoman indicted.
A Democratic Senator tackled and detained.
A Democratic State Representative killed.
A Democratic State Representative in critical condition.
We can all see where this is going.
A Democratic Congresswoman indicted.
A Democratic Senator tackled and detained.
A Democratic State Representative killed.
A Democratic State Representative in critical condition.
We can all see where this is going.
June 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A Democratic Mayor arrested.
A Democratic Congresswoman indicted.
A Democratic Senator tackled and detained.
A Democratic State Representative killed.
A Democratic State Representative in critical condition.
We can all see where this is going.
A Democratic Congresswoman indicted.
A Democratic Senator tackled and detained.
A Democratic State Representative killed.
A Democratic State Representative in critical condition.
We can all see where this is going.
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MPs and peers urge govt to investigate how a US private equity company is funding £500m takeover of the Telegraph. Concerns about "Chinese state influence”.
Why not the same concerns about the ownership of water, steel, auto, airports, banks, real estate?
Why not the same concerns about the ownership of water, steel, auto, airports, banks, real estate?
MPs call for inquiry into how RedBird Capital is funding £500m Telegraph deal
Exclusive: Cross-party group including peers warns of risk of ‘potential Chinese state influence’ in private equity firm
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
MPs and peers urge govt to investigate how a US private equity company is funding £500m takeover of the Telegraph. Concerns about "Chinese state influence”.
Why not the same concerns about the ownership of water, steel, auto, airports, banks, real estate?
Why not the same concerns about the ownership of water, steel, auto, airports, banks, real estate?
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Fair Brook and Ashop Clough
A lovely walk with a somewhat traumatic end.
Thought my car had been knicked!
Turns out I'd gone to the wrong layby (only found this out after I'd phoned my wife and the police!)
#kinderscout
#peakdistrict
#derbyshire
#landscape
#hillwalking
#scenic
#nature
#hiking
A lovely walk with a somewhat traumatic end.
Thought my car had been knicked!
Turns out I'd gone to the wrong layby (only found this out after I'd phoned my wife and the police!)
#kinderscout
#peakdistrict
#derbyshire
#landscape
#hillwalking
#scenic
#nature
#hiking
June 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Fair Brook and Ashop Clough
A lovely walk with a somewhat traumatic end.
Thought my car had been knicked!
Turns out I'd gone to the wrong layby (only found this out after I'd phoned my wife and the police!)
#kinderscout
#peakdistrict
#derbyshire
#landscape
#hillwalking
#scenic
#nature
#hiking
A lovely walk with a somewhat traumatic end.
Thought my car had been knicked!
Turns out I'd gone to the wrong layby (only found this out after I'd phoned my wife and the police!)
#kinderscout
#peakdistrict
#derbyshire
#landscape
#hillwalking
#scenic
#nature
#hiking
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Imagine if the chicken came before the egg during the first pandemic—most of us would be dead or stuck with long COVID. But hey, not all bad: the pricey drug cocktail that barely saved Trump wouldn’t exist yet… and he would’ve surely died. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
Kennedy Announces Eight New Members of C.D.C. Vaccine Advisory Panel
www.nytimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Imagine if the chicken came before the egg during the first pandemic—most of us would be dead or stuck with long COVID. But hey, not all bad: the pricey drug cocktail that barely saved Trump wouldn’t exist yet… and he would’ve surely died. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
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And they're coming to your town too
June 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
And they're coming to your town too
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I agree with you.
June 10, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I agree with you.
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Good quotes here from our co-lead Laura Revell 🇳🇿🚀
Booming space industry could hurt ozone layer's recovery - NZ study
Booming space industry could hurt ozone layer's recovery - NZ study
The rapidly growing number of rocket launches could slow the recovery of the ozone layer, a NZ-led study shows.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Good quotes here from our co-lead Laura Revell 🇳🇿🚀
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New paper day! In 'Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery', we show that scaling up use of launch vehicles 🚀 has a point where the healing of the ozone layer is affected 🧪🛰️
Open access, free to read & share
Open access, free to read & share
Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery
rdcu.be
June 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
New paper day! In 'Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery', we show that scaling up use of launch vehicles 🚀 has a point where the healing of the ozone layer is affected 🧪🛰️
Open access, free to read & share
Open access, free to read & share
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How the British far-right apes the American far-right
Reform UK and the MAGAfication of Britain
How the British far-right ape the American far-right
northeastbylines.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
How the British far-right apes the American far-right
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Not my normal bird shot today. This is a little Stonechat sitting on what looks to be a stone wall but is in fact an extremely old famine era abandoned ruin of a cottage on the mountain. Thought you might like a close up of the wall and how it was made. #photography #birds #EastCoastKin #Ireland
June 7, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Not my normal bird shot today. This is a little Stonechat sitting on what looks to be a stone wall but is in fact an extremely old famine era abandoned ruin of a cottage on the mountain. Thought you might like a close up of the wall and how it was made. #photography #birds #EastCoastKin #Ireland
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The Amazon could be poisoned to death. If we don’t stop the next oil drilling projects, the mouth of the Amazon River could soon bleed black poison.
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The Amazon could be poisoned to death. If we don’t stop the next oil drilling projects, the mouth of the Amazon River could soon bleed black poison.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
This is how a river dies…
No one on Earth could contain an oil spill in the Amazon where Lula wants to drill!
secure.avaaz.org
June 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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The Amazon could be poisoned to death. If we don’t stop the next oil drilling projects, the mouth of the Amazon River could soon bleed black poison.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
The Amazon could be poisoned to death. If we don’t stop the next oil drilling projects, the mouth of the Amazon River could soon bleed black poison.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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Despite damning evidence the govt clinging on to private ownership of water in England; people fleeced for 36 years.
Prospect is sewage dumping, health hazards, lack of investment, higher domestic/business costs, tax dodges, asset-stripping.
Public ownership is the only way out.
Prospect is sewage dumping, health hazards, lack of investment, higher domestic/business costs, tax dodges, asset-stripping.
Public ownership is the only way out.
Nationalisation is the only way to fix the crisis in the water industry
Despite the damning evidence the government is clinging on to private ownership of water, which has fleeced customers for 36 years.
leftfootforward.org
June 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Despite damning evidence the govt clinging on to private ownership of water in England; people fleeced for 36 years.
Prospect is sewage dumping, health hazards, lack of investment, higher domestic/business costs, tax dodges, asset-stripping.
Public ownership is the only way out.
Prospect is sewage dumping, health hazards, lack of investment, higher domestic/business costs, tax dodges, asset-stripping.
Public ownership is the only way out.
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'The US health care system was deliberately built this way.
Insurers profit from obscurity.
Politicians reap campaign contributions and avoid blame.
Patients – especially the uninsured and underinsured – are left to make impossible choices.'
#ChangeTheSystem!
theconversation.com/us-health-ca...
Insurers profit from obscurity.
Politicians reap campaign contributions and avoid blame.
Patients – especially the uninsured and underinsured – are left to make impossible choices.'
#ChangeTheSystem!
theconversation.com/us-health-ca...
US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians
Research shows that decades of policy choices shaped today’s fragmented health care system – which is precisely why reform is so difficult.
theconversation.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
'The US health care system was deliberately built this way.
Insurers profit from obscurity.
Politicians reap campaign contributions and avoid blame.
Patients – especially the uninsured and underinsured – are left to make impossible choices.'
#ChangeTheSystem!
theconversation.com/us-health-ca...
Insurers profit from obscurity.
Politicians reap campaign contributions and avoid blame.
Patients – especially the uninsured and underinsured – are left to make impossible choices.'
#ChangeTheSystem!
theconversation.com/us-health-ca...
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If you are curious about what’s really going on
June 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
If you are curious about what’s really going on
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If you’re an American and you aren’t livid about this, then you don’t ever get to say we’re a country of laws and you should never receive any protections from these laws!
Also stop calling Medicare recipients the abusers of the system! 🤬
#ProudBlue
Also stop calling Medicare recipients the abusers of the system! 🤬
#ProudBlue
June 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If you’re an American and you aren’t livid about this, then you don’t ever get to say we’re a country of laws and you should never receive any protections from these laws!
Also stop calling Medicare recipients the abusers of the system! 🤬
#ProudBlue
Also stop calling Medicare recipients the abusers of the system! 🤬
#ProudBlue