@sbank1.bsky.social
Re-join the EU, atheist, anti-monarchy, anti-tory, critical thinker, gamer, career in HR, partner and mother.
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Ah. Proper scrutiny.
www.economist.com/britain/2025... quite the chart from @archiehall.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Ah. Proper scrutiny.
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development
UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development
Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building
There is very little evidence that protections for nature are a blocker to development, the government has admitted in its own impact assessment of the controversial new planning and infrastructure bill.
The analysis by Whitehall officials provides no data or research to back up the government’s central argument that it is environmental legislation that holds up building. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:10 AM
UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development
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Christopher Hitchens on Christianity.
May 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Christopher Hitchens on Christianity.
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ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
Lawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention center
ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
www.npr.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
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Brexit's disastrous impact on the NHS led to 1,485 extra deaths per year, according to a new academic study.
Researchers say after the 2016 leave vote, EU nurses left & were replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had knock-on effect for patients
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Researchers say after the 2016 leave vote, EU nurses left & were replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had knock-on effect for patients
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK, study finds
Quality of care dropped as staff were replaced with less experienced nurses, researchers at the University of Surrey say
www.independent.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Brexit's disastrous impact on the NHS led to 1,485 extra deaths per year, according to a new academic study.
Researchers say after the 2016 leave vote, EU nurses left & were replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had knock-on effect for patients
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Researchers say after the 2016 leave vote, EU nurses left & were replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had knock-on effect for patients
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
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Can you imagine a British Prime Minister having this conversation with Jon Stewart...
April 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Can you imagine a British Prime Minister having this conversation with Jon Stewart...
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It's pretty funny that Trump has engineered a geo-political game of chicken between two societies - the US and China - where the winner will be the society most willing to withstand economic pain and inconveience in furtherance of some future national collective goal. Not really a US strong suit!
April 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It's pretty funny that Trump has engineered a geo-political game of chicken between two societies - the US and China - where the winner will be the society most willing to withstand economic pain and inconveience in furtherance of some future national collective goal. Not really a US strong suit!
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Trump has set up a new club where CEOs, tech bros, and foreign oligarchs can pay $500,000 to join in order to get access to the Trump Cabinet who will all be there regularly.
Just because the grift is all public doesn’t mean this isn’t the most corrupt White House in history.
Just because the grift is all public doesn’t mean this isn’t the most corrupt White House in history.
April 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Trump has set up a new club where CEOs, tech bros, and foreign oligarchs can pay $500,000 to join in order to get access to the Trump Cabinet who will all be there regularly.
Just because the grift is all public doesn’t mean this isn’t the most corrupt White House in history.
Just because the grift is all public doesn’t mean this isn’t the most corrupt White House in history.
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Juttu, joka on raskas lukea.
Silti se pitää lukea.
”The researchers from Oxford University and elsewhere found that half a million additional children will die of AIDS in the next 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa and nearly 3 million more African children will be orphaned by AIDS.”
Silti se pitää lukea.
”The researchers from Oxford University and elsewhere found that half a million additional children will die of AIDS in the next 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa and nearly 3 million more African children will be orphaned by AIDS.”
Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out
Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Juttu, joka on raskas lukea.
Silti se pitää lukea.
”The researchers from Oxford University and elsewhere found that half a million additional children will die of AIDS in the next 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa and nearly 3 million more African children will be orphaned by AIDS.”
Silti se pitää lukea.
”The researchers from Oxford University and elsewhere found that half a million additional children will die of AIDS in the next 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa and nearly 3 million more African children will be orphaned by AIDS.”
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Free Speech latest.
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Free Speech latest.
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Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’
Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’
Aix-Marseille University generates interest amid a US crackdown and calls for a ‘scientific refugee’ status
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’
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I’m beginning to think that the people who claimed to care deeply about academic liberty & freedom of speech on college campuses may not have been entirely honest.
April 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I’m beginning to think that the people who claimed to care deeply about academic liberty & freedom of speech on college campuses may not have been entirely honest.
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When the head of ICE starts talking about how great it would be to have Amazon Prime for shipping human beings to a concentration camp in El Salvador that no one ever leaves, you’ve gone way past “it could never happen here.”
ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: ‘Prime, but with human beings’ • Michigan Advance
The leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that his dream for the agency is squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the same way that Amazon trucks crisscross American citi...
michiganadvance.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
When the head of ICE starts talking about how great it would be to have Amazon Prime for shipping human beings to a concentration camp in El Salvador that no one ever leaves, you’ve gone way past “it could never happen here.”
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Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
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I happen to know that some powerful media orgs were unhappy that AP filed suit; they thought the conflict with the White House would blow over on its own and that AP risked making bad law. The AP's leadership deserves a lot of credit for having proceeded as it did. apnews.com/article/trum...
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
apnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I happen to know that some powerful media orgs were unhappy that AP filed suit; they thought the conflict with the White House would blow over on its own and that AP risked making bad law. The AP's leadership deserves a lot of credit for having proceeded as it did. apnews.com/article/trum...
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BBC News shows that the last two big dips in the stock market led to recession
And worries are, another is now to follow
And worries are, another is now to follow
April 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
BBC News shows that the last two big dips in the stock market led to recession
And worries are, another is now to follow
And worries are, another is now to follow
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They underreacted because they still think he’s going to reverse them in a few days. Wait until they realize he isn’t.
April 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
They underreacted because they still think he’s going to reverse them in a few days. Wait until they realize he isn’t.
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Girls in England feel less safe at school than they did pre-Covid, survey finds
Girls in England feel less safe at school than they did pre-Covid, survey finds
Study finds larger drop-off among girls aged 13-14 who feel safe than among boys, compared with age group in 2019
Girls in England say they feel less safe at school and are more disenchanted with their education, research has found.
Using data from an international study of pupils at primary and secondary schools, researchers said the steep fall in girls’ “emotional engagement” compared with the years before the Covid pandemic has become a pressing issue for schools. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Girls in England feel less safe at school than they did pre-Covid, survey finds
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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UK study (N=8,000) finds 58% of women would consider quitting their jobs if they could no longer work flexibly vs 42% of men. "For many working women, the stress and burnout of trying to juggle it all is very real."
www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1912...
www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1912...
Women more likely to quit than men if forced to give up hybrid working, research finds
Experts argue rigid policies ‘do more harm than good’ and warn return to office mandates risk widening gender pay gap
www.peoplemanagement.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
UK study (N=8,000) finds 58% of women would consider quitting their jobs if they could no longer work flexibly vs 42% of men. "For many working women, the stress and burnout of trying to juggle it all is very real."
www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1912...
www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1912...
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Number crunching: Cuts to health and disability benefit, and reduction in financial support for carers v unpaid care carried out every year.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
April 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Number crunching: Cuts to health and disability benefit, and reduction in financial support for carers v unpaid care carried out every year.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Had to give a crash course in Phone Hacking 101 today because our national security advisors seem to have no idea that messages can be hacked even when using encrypted apps like Signal. ‼️
April 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Had to give a crash course in Phone Hacking 101 today because our national security advisors seem to have no idea that messages can be hacked even when using encrypted apps like Signal. ‼️
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Red flag for the US. Three high profile Yale professors,!experts on fascism and dictatorship, have fled to Canada after seeing the writing on the wall: Trump’s regime is going full fascist.
Many more academics, scientists, and civil society member expected to flee the United States soon.
Many more academics, scientists, and civil society member expected to flee the United States soon.
April 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Red flag for the US. Three high profile Yale professors,!experts on fascism and dictatorship, have fled to Canada after seeing the writing on the wall: Trump’s regime is going full fascist.
Many more academics, scientists, and civil society member expected to flee the United States soon.
Many more academics, scientists, and civil society member expected to flee the United States soon.