Polly Russell
@pollyrussell.bsky.social
Gardener, adores nature, my dogs and my daughter. Detest the Tories and social injustice. Women's rights.
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The entire post-WWII world is turning into sand under the “leadership” of Trump and Musk. It’s small solace that so many who fought so hard to win against Nazis are now safely at rest.
February 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The entire post-WWII world is turning into sand under the “leadership” of Trump and Musk. It’s small solace that so many who fought so hard to win against Nazis are now safely at rest.
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GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
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February 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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❤️ #BRETURN ❤️
January 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
❤️ #BRETURN ❤️
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The average age of death for homeless people in the UK is 47 for men and 43 for women, compared to 79.5 for men and 83.1 for women in the general population.
Makes you proud to be British, eh?
If like me you don't find this acceptable, consider donating to Shelter UK.
www.shelter.org.uk
Makes you proud to be British, eh?
If like me you don't find this acceptable, consider donating to Shelter UK.
www.shelter.org.uk
Shelter - The housing and homelessness charity - Shelter England
Shelter believes everyone should have a home. More than one million people a year come to us for advice and support via our website, helplines and national network of services.
www.shelter.org.uk
January 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The average age of death for homeless people in the UK is 47 for men and 43 for women, compared to 79.5 for men and 83.1 for women in the general population.
Makes you proud to be British, eh?
If like me you don't find this acceptable, consider donating to Shelter UK.
www.shelter.org.uk
Makes you proud to be British, eh?
If like me you don't find this acceptable, consider donating to Shelter UK.
www.shelter.org.uk
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This is a real demonstration of the human impact of an ever-increasing hostile space for protest in the UK.
Gaie should not have to return to prison due to failures of the justice system.
We stand in full solidarity.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Gaie should not have to return to prison due to failures of the justice system.
We stand in full solidarity.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just Stop Oil activist, 77, faces jail recall as wrists too small for electronic tag
Gaie Delap was sent to prison in August for her part in disruptive protests on M25 in November
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:38 PM
This is a real demonstration of the human impact of an ever-increasing hostile space for protest in the UK.
Gaie should not have to return to prison due to failures of the justice system.
We stand in full solidarity.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Gaie should not have to return to prison due to failures of the justice system.
We stand in full solidarity.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Using or recognising the signal for “I NEED HELP” or “I’M NOT SAFE” can save a life, it might even be your own. If you see someone making the sign act immediately. This girl was seen by a passing driver and rescued. Not everyone can speak when in danger.
www.nytimes.com/2021/11/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2021/11/08/u...
December 4, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Using or recognising the signal for “I NEED HELP” or “I’M NOT SAFE” can save a life, it might even be your own. If you see someone making the sign act immediately. This girl was seen by a passing driver and rescued. Not everyone can speak when in danger.
www.nytimes.com/2021/11/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2021/11/08/u...
November 25, 2024 at 7:06 AM
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You know why Finland housed their homeless?
Because it's cheaper - saving Finland about $14K per person per year in crime, addiction, mental health, and emergency housing services.
In Canada/UK/US, we mostly rely on raising police budgets instead & still watch those problems rising exponentially.
Because it's cheaper - saving Finland about $14K per person per year in crime, addiction, mental health, and emergency housing services.
In Canada/UK/US, we mostly rely on raising police budgets instead & still watch those problems rising exponentially.
Finland’s successful approach to ending homelessness catches eye of Quebec City | Globalnews.ca
Quebec City Mayor Bruno Marchand has suggested that the solution to the crisis may be a Finnish model, which is a 'housing first' approach that aims to give everyone a home.
globalnews.ca
January 21, 2024 at 1:24 PM
You know why Finland housed their homeless?
Because it's cheaper - saving Finland about $14K per person per year in crime, addiction, mental health, and emergency housing services.
In Canada/UK/US, we mostly rely on raising police budgets instead & still watch those problems rising exponentially.
Because it's cheaper - saving Finland about $14K per person per year in crime, addiction, mental health, and emergency housing services.
In Canada/UK/US, we mostly rely on raising police budgets instead & still watch those problems rising exponentially.
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More Bad Ice News: a new study finds that Greenland ice sheet loss has been underestimated by as much 20%.
An area bigger than Rhode Island disappeared and we didn't account for it before.
An area bigger than Rhode Island disappeared and we didn't account for it before.
We've Underestimated How Much Ice Greenland Has Lost By A Trillion Tons
The new findings add to the mountain of evidence showing Greenland's ice is in dire straits
themessenger.com
January 17, 2024 at 4:06 PM
More Bad Ice News: a new study finds that Greenland ice sheet loss has been underestimated by as much 20%.
An area bigger than Rhode Island disappeared and we didn't account for it before.
An area bigger than Rhode Island disappeared and we didn't account for it before.
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An average of 300 bombs every day for a little over 3 months. On a stretch of land very slightly larger than Las Vegas.
January 14, 2024 at 10:58 PM
An average of 300 bombs every day for a little over 3 months. On a stretch of land very slightly larger than Las Vegas.
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🚨 “For ages 50-64, deaths involving cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke were 33% higher than expected. Other causes with significant excess deaths at ages 50-64 were acute respiratory infections (43% excess) and diabetes (35% excess).”
15% excess overall in that age group.
15% excess overall in that age group.
Our new commentary published in Lancet Regional Health discusses the ongoing excess deaths in the UK, and for the first time provides granular analysis by age, place and cause.
Excess deaths are now highest for middle aged adults, driven by cardiovascular causes.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Excess deaths are now highest for middle aged adults, driven by cardiovascular causes.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Excess mortality in England post Covid-19 pandemic: implications for secondary prevention
Many countries, including the UK, have continued to experience an apparent excess
of deaths long after the peaks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.1,2
Numbers of excess deaths est...
www.thelancet.com
December 4, 2023 at 5:52 PM
🚨 “For ages 50-64, deaths involving cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke were 33% higher than expected. Other causes with significant excess deaths at ages 50-64 were acute respiratory infections (43% excess) and diabetes (35% excess).”
15% excess overall in that age group.
15% excess overall in that age group.
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"The Government’s failure to act quickly in response to warnings about rising Covid-19 cases in autumn 2020 led to preventable deaths, the nation’s chief scientific adviser has said."
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Boris Johnson 'sat in silence as adviser told him to get a grip', Covid inquiry told
Chief scientific adviser Dame Angela McLean said lack of action by former PM led to preventable deaths
www.standard.co.uk
November 24, 2023 at 7:11 PM
"The Government’s failure to act quickly in response to warnings about rising Covid-19 cases in autumn 2020 led to preventable deaths, the nation’s chief scientific adviser has said."
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Has public health died? Have we replaced infection control with information control?
johnsnowproject.org/insights/end...
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'Endemic' SARS-CoV-2 and the death of public health
Information control has replaced infection control, and that does not bode well for the near- and medium-term future of the human species on planet Earth.
johnsnowproject.org
November 7, 2023 at 5:58 AM
Has public health died? Have we replaced infection control with information control?
johnsnowproject.org/insights/end...
johnsnowproject.org/insights/end...
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'Tens of billions of pounds have been “syphoned out of the industry” by the private sector and into the pockets of the shareholders, according to the RMT dossier. '
bylinetimes.com/2023/11/06/r...
bylinetimes.com/2023/11/06/r...
Rail Union Condemns '30 Years of Waste' as England Marks Three Decades of Privatisation – Byline T...
Renationalising the railways remains highly popular amid transport delays, cancellations, expensive fares and strikes.
bylinetimes.com
November 6, 2023 at 4:43 PM
'Tens of billions of pounds have been “syphoned out of the industry” by the private sector and into the pockets of the shareholders, according to the RMT dossier. '
bylinetimes.com/2023/11/06/r...
bylinetimes.com/2023/11/06/r...
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Medicine shortages in the #UK are “as bad as they have ever been”, a new report warns that #Brexit is a major factor in “severe” supply delays. Vital antibiotics, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are among those in desperately short supply this winter
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
NHS hit by ‘severe’ drug shortages due to Brexit red tape
Exclusive: Patients put at risk as crisis hits supplies of vital antibiotics, HRT and anti-depressants
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2023 at 6:29 PM
Medicine shortages in the #UK are “as bad as they have ever been”, a new report warns that #Brexit is a major factor in “severe” supply delays. Vital antibiotics, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are among those in desperately short supply this winter
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
"Democracies seldom die suddenly. Instead, they are chipped away. In the early stages of collapse, it is very typical that small, subtle public signals of disapproval from government sources gradually cause individuals to become scared to speak up, in case they are also seen as ‘non-compliant’"
It’s quite shocking-and surreal- when you look at your file and see they’ve been emailing stuff around the ministry about you. @ruthswailes.bsky.social @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...
Britain 2023: the creeping erosion of democratic debate
Education professionals tracked on X and ‘cancelled’ by the Department for Education were even more shocked by responses from colleagues
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 4, 2023 at 9:03 AM
"Democracies seldom die suddenly. Instead, they are chipped away. In the early stages of collapse, it is very typical that small, subtle public signals of disapproval from government sources gradually cause individuals to become scared to speak up, in case they are also seen as ‘non-compliant’"
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Under Johnson the Tories descended into a criminal enterprise that now exist purely for their own interests. Public service is anathema to them.
November 3, 2023 at 9:59 AM
Under Johnson the Tories descended into a criminal enterprise that now exist purely for their own interests. Public service is anathema to them.
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The government's own watchdog warned three years ago that Britain's prisons would run out of space by 2023 as it accused the Treasury of failing to provide the vital cash needed
Who was Chancellor?
Who was Chancellor?
Rishi Sunak was warned by watchdog three years ago that prisons would be full by 2023
Exclusive: National Audit Office said government’s failure to invest and longer sentences were driving shortfall
www.independent.co.uk
October 13, 2023 at 3:59 PM
The government's own watchdog warned three years ago that Britain's prisons would run out of space by 2023 as it accused the Treasury of failing to provide the vital cash needed
Who was Chancellor?
Who was Chancellor?
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Simon Case: “This Govt does not have the credibility needed to be imposing stuff just days after deciding not to.
We look like a terrible tragic joke.
If we were going hard that decision was needed weeks ago.
I cannot cope with this”
We look like a terrible tragic joke.
If we were going hard that decision was needed weeks ago.
I cannot cope with this”
October 13, 2023 at 4:23 PM
Simon Case: “This Govt does not have the credibility needed to be imposing stuff just days after deciding not to.
We look like a terrible tragic joke.
If we were going hard that decision was needed weeks ago.
I cannot cope with this”
We look like a terrible tragic joke.
If we were going hard that decision was needed weeks ago.
I cannot cope with this”
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The problem with revenge is it has no set terminus. The problem with war is it is extremely profitable. Neither revenge nor war have come under the umbrella of compassion or logic. For that, everyone pays.
October 11, 2023 at 9:55 PM
The problem with revenge is it has no set terminus. The problem with war is it is extremely profitable. Neither revenge nor war have come under the umbrella of compassion or logic. For that, everyone pays.
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Hugo Keith KC’s opening words to COVID19 Inquiry Mod 2 are stark:
If the protection of life is the pre-eminent duty which every government owes to the people, the numbers of those who died is the marker against which the government's response must be judged
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If the protection of life is the pre-eminent duty which every government owes to the people, the numbers of those who died is the marker against which the government's response must be judged
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October 9, 2023 at 10:50 AM
Hugo Keith KC’s opening words to COVID19 Inquiry Mod 2 are stark:
If the protection of life is the pre-eminent duty which every government owes to the people, the numbers of those who died is the marker against which the government's response must be judged
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/u...
If the protection of life is the pre-eminent duty which every government owes to the people, the numbers of those who died is the marker against which the government's response must be judged
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/u...