Richard Blogger
@richardblogger.bsky.social
Patient advocate, activist, campaigner. Pragmatically left of centre.
Considering all the autoimmune conditions I have, I am clearly allergic to me
Considering all the autoimmune conditions I have, I am clearly allergic to me
Some fights are worth the effort
Just had an argument with Gemini AI over who first wrote "No more lonely nights" (Alvin Lee, 1980)
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Some fights are worth the effort
Just had an argument with Gemini AI over who first wrote "No more lonely nights" (Alvin Lee, 1980)
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Just had an argument with Gemini AI over who first wrote "No more lonely nights" (Alvin Lee, 1980)
Al Carns (UK Defence Minister): Russia has suffered more casualties in Ukraine than the US did in the entirety of World War Two, and Ukraine has still kept them at bay.
And MAGA keep saying the Russians are winning?
And MAGA keep saying the Russians are winning?
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Al Carns (UK Defence Minister): Russia has suffered more casualties in Ukraine than the US did in the entirety of World War Two, and Ukraine has still kept them at bay.
And MAGA keep saying the Russians are winning?
And MAGA keep saying the Russians are winning?
Visual Evoked Potential tests next week (electrodes on my scalp) so I need shorter hair. The comments from my wife - how short do you want it *snip* oh not that short *snip* no one will notice *snip* that beanie you wear does look quite nice.
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Visual Evoked Potential tests next week (electrodes on my scalp) so I need shorter hair. The comments from my wife - how short do you want it *snip* oh not that short *snip* no one will notice *snip* that beanie you wear does look quite nice.
I misspelled Witkoff, but Google AI helped out and told me I might be referring to a Nazi
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I misspelled Witkoff, but Google AI helped out and told me I might be referring to a Nazi
Who knew that Nazi-saluting Musk would develop a holocaust denying AI bot?
French authorities are taking X to court because Grok is now doing straight up holocaust denial. Gas chambers intended for disinfection, cyanide residue tiny, ‘story’ persists because of taboo against critical examination. (Full translation in alt text)
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Who knew that Nazi-saluting Musk would develop a holocaust denying AI bot?
My phone is back from repair - I had got a USB plug jammed in. During that time I used my old phone with my Libre and I've 4 days left so im now going around with two phones. (Newer phone has bigger screen)
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My phone is back from repair - I had got a USB plug jammed in. During that time I used my old phone with my Libre and I've 4 days left so im now going around with two phones. (Newer phone has bigger screen)
You can always tell when #Trump feels threatened by #EpsteinFiles he tries to sell out Ukraine. I hope Europe has the backbone to prevent Ukraine capitulation
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
You can always tell when #Trump feels threatened by #EpsteinFiles he tries to sell out Ukraine. I hope Europe has the backbone to prevent Ukraine capitulation
Its a pity The Nerve @thenerve.news didn't use a different name because YouTube already has an established account with that name. Even so, this video by @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social
is worth a watch youtube.com/watch?v=y5OwzvIOFEM
is worth a watch youtube.com/watch?v=y5OwzvIOFEM
Chasing Farage: John Sweeney in Clacton on the trail of the elusive MP
YouTube video by The Nerve
youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Its a pity The Nerve @thenerve.news didn't use a different name because YouTube already has an established account with that name. Even so, this video by @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social
is worth a watch youtube.com/watch?v=y5OwzvIOFEM
is worth a watch youtube.com/watch?v=y5OwzvIOFEM
Reform are saying that the will renegotiate the agreement to leave the EU after we have left the EU.
I wonder if they will renegotiate us leaving the Roman Empire too?
I wonder if they will renegotiate us leaving the Roman Empire too?
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Reform are saying that the will renegotiate the agreement to leave the EU after we have left the EU.
I wonder if they will renegotiate us leaving the Roman Empire too?
I wonder if they will renegotiate us leaving the Roman Empire too?
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The BBC should start its own crypto coin - call it the Cry Baby - and offer to compensate Trump with a trillion Cry Babies.
BBC should not pay Trump any money, says former BBC director general
BBC should not pay Trump any money, says former BBC director general
Tony Hall says it’s not ‘appropriate’ to pay US president with licence fee payer’s money after he threatened to sue broadcaster for up to $5bn
The BBC should not pay any money to Donald Trump, the former BBC director general Tony Hall has said.
The US president has said he plans to sue the BBC for up to $5bn (£3.8bn) despite receiving the apology he demanded over a misleading Panorama edit of his 6 January speech. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The BBC should start its own crypto coin - call it the Cry Baby - and offer to compensate Trump with a trillion Cry Babies.
Maybe this is the time the EU has a binding policy with the UK on asylum?
Justice and Migration Minister Jim O'Callaghan said he's committed to ensuring Ireland is 'not viewed more favourably than the UK by those seeking to claim asylum'.
His statement comes following proposed reforms to the UK's asylum practices
jrnl.ie/6877693
His statement comes following proposed reforms to the UK's asylum practices
jrnl.ie/6877693
O'Callaghan 'committed' to ensuring Ireland not viewed 'more favourably' than the UK by asylum seekers
A new International Protection Bill to reform Ireland’s asylum system will be published later this year.
jrnl.ie
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Maybe this is the time the EU has a binding policy with the UK on asylum?
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The son of a Chinese woman who escaped the Communist takeover in China told me his mother bought gold coins which she sewed into the hems of her dress so the communists could not find them, and used this money to pay their way when they got to England
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The son of a Chinese woman who escaped the Communist takeover in China told me his mother bought gold coins which she sewed into the hems of her dress so the communists could not find them, and used this money to pay their way when they got to England
FFS I get sent a questionnaire by local hospital asking if I have any of a list of conditions. Why don't you already know? and when you ask "do you have X" why are the options only "Yes". If you click that by accident (as in "Do you have Type 2 Diabetes" and I have type 1) you cannot unclick Yes
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
FFS I get sent a questionnaire by local hospital asking if I have any of a list of conditions. Why don't you already know? and when you ask "do you have X" why are the options only "Yes". If you click that by accident (as in "Do you have Type 2 Diabetes" and I have type 1) you cannot unclick Yes
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🧵1/ Europe is experiencing a hybrid war. Russia is targeting not only military and commercial infrastructure and security systems but our health systems. In our new paper in the European Journal of Public Health, @charlottemar.bsky.social & I spell out the implications
@eupha.bsky.social
@eupha.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🧵1/ Europe is experiencing a hybrid war. Russia is targeting not only military and commercial infrastructure and security systems but our health systems. In our new paper in the European Journal of Public Health, @charlottemar.bsky.social & I spell out the implications
@eupha.bsky.social
@eupha.bsky.social
Local GP is offering private appts. There is a conflict of interest since if he reduces the number of NHS consultations he does, and increase waits, that may increase numbers of people wanting to see him privately. But he's an idiot because he is charging £160 per appt a higher rate than specialists
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Local GP is offering private appts. There is a conflict of interest since if he reduces the number of NHS consultations he does, and increase waits, that may increase numbers of people wanting to see him privately. But he's an idiot because he is charging £160 per appt a higher rate than specialists
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Eduardo Reyes: “The letter from #Trump’s lawyer asserts ‘the #BBC has caused President Trump to suffer overwhelming financial and reputational harm’, to the tune of $1bn. (To compensate for an election he won? Personally I’d stand firm on that one.)”
Trump lawyer’s letter to the BBC – comfortingly familiar to media editors everywhere
Such letters always have so many points in common.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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I'm pissed off with app developers. I use BIG fonts on my phone because I'm partially sighted. But too often an app cannot handle them and buttons are off screen. So I have to reduce the font just yo press OK and hope I can increase fonts after
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm pissed off with app developers. I use BIG fonts on my phone because I'm partially sighted. But too often an app cannot handle them and buttons are off screen. So I have to reduce the font just yo press OK and hope I can increase fonts after
I lived in Kudlington in the 90s. It is not remote. It is essentially a detached suburb of Oxford. I am amazed no one noticed. Loads of backhanders?
More illegal fly tipping resulting in fears of toxic waste run off into the nearby River Cherwell, near Kidlington
An organised crime group is suspected.
The tip is estimated by the BBC to be 150m (490ft) long and 6m (20ft) high appeared in the span of 1 month.
apple.news/AKuooST2hSp6...
An organised crime group is suspected.
The tip is estimated by the BBC to be 150m (490ft) long and 6m (20ft) high appeared in the span of 1 month.
apple.news/AKuooST2hSp6...
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I lived in Kudlington in the 90s. It is not remote. It is essentially a detached suburb of Oxford. I am amazed no one noticed. Loads of backhanders?
Gah. ITV News claiming that every person who has CPR survive. Few do. DNR are for those people who decide their last minutes should not be them being pummelled.
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Gah. ITV News claiming that every person who has CPR survive. Few do. DNR are for those people who decide their last minutes should not be them being pummelled.
The good news is that in 11 days it will be the 25th, and all these Xmas ads will stop. That's right, isn't it?
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The good news is that in 11 days it will be the 25th, and all these Xmas ads will stop. That's right, isn't it?
Well, I am glad I bought some new wellies two weeks ago to replace the old ones with holes in them
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Well, I am glad I bought some new wellies two weeks ago to replace the old ones with holes in them