@shahsatish03.bsky.social
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Well that's Fast & Fuhreous,
May 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Well that's Fast & Fuhreous,
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Some child said, "Haha I can't believe you kids still believe in Santa Claus."
I said to him, "You shouldn't be laughing at anybody, your parents still believe in Nigel Farage."
I said to him, "You shouldn't be laughing at anybody, your parents still believe in Nigel Farage."
May 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Some child said, "Haha I can't believe you kids still believe in Santa Claus."
I said to him, "You shouldn't be laughing at anybody, your parents still believe in Nigel Farage."
I said to him, "You shouldn't be laughing at anybody, your parents still believe in Nigel Farage."
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What Trump has done is FAR WORSE than Liz Truss.
At least Truss reversed policy within 10 days and was ejected from office.
Neither will happen with Trump. He is the worst combination of stupid, stubborn and surrounded by sycophants.
At least Truss reversed policy within 10 days and was ejected from office.
Neither will happen with Trump. He is the worst combination of stupid, stubborn and surrounded by sycophants.
April 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
What Trump has done is FAR WORSE than Liz Truss.
At least Truss reversed policy within 10 days and was ejected from office.
Neither will happen with Trump. He is the worst combination of stupid, stubborn and surrounded by sycophants.
At least Truss reversed policy within 10 days and was ejected from office.
Neither will happen with Trump. He is the worst combination of stupid, stubborn and surrounded by sycophants.
Congress will do nothing
April 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Congress will do nothing
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Aid workers warn a lack of toilets and clean drinking water is raising the risk of waterborne diseases
@mollyblackall.bsky.social reports
@mollyblackall.bsky.social reports
Musk cuts hit Myanmar's devastated children after earthquake
Aid workers warn a lack of toilets and clean drinking water is raising the risk of waterborne diseases
trib.al
April 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Aid workers warn a lack of toilets and clean drinking water is raising the risk of waterborne diseases
@mollyblackall.bsky.social reports
@mollyblackall.bsky.social reports
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To write this @newstatesman.com column, I asked colleagues about their enduring memories of working on Covid wards.
Their messages, sent as voicenotes, had one thing in common: each respondent broke down in tears.
What does that rawness mean for today's NHS? 🧵
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
Their messages, sent as voicenotes, had one thing in common: each respondent broke down in tears.
What does that rawness mean for today's NHS? 🧵
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
NHS staff are still traumatised by the pandemic
Despite their continuing levels of severe distress, funding has now been withdrawn from mental health hubs.
www.newstatesman.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
To write this @newstatesman.com column, I asked colleagues about their enduring memories of working on Covid wards.
Their messages, sent as voicenotes, had one thing in common: each respondent broke down in tears.
What does that rawness mean for today's NHS? 🧵
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
Their messages, sent as voicenotes, had one thing in common: each respondent broke down in tears.
What does that rawness mean for today's NHS? 🧵
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
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Specifically, what does it mean for @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social’s pledge to get the health service “back on its feet” & “fit for the future”?
110,00 posts in England are currently unfilled.
1 in 8 staff say they plan to leave the NHS within the next 12 months.
Covid trauma is real & ongoing.
110,00 posts in England are currently unfilled.
1 in 8 staff say they plan to leave the NHS within the next 12 months.
Covid trauma is real & ongoing.
April 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Specifically, what does it mean for @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social’s pledge to get the health service “back on its feet” & “fit for the future”?
110,00 posts in England are currently unfilled.
1 in 8 staff say they plan to leave the NHS within the next 12 months.
Covid trauma is real & ongoing.
110,00 posts in England are currently unfilled.
1 in 8 staff say they plan to leave the NHS within the next 12 months.
Covid trauma is real & ongoing.
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Very proud of Sam!
Like father, like son: How William Dalrymple’s son, Sam, is changing the way you look at history with his new book
www.mid-day.com/sunday-mid-d...
Like father, like son: How William Dalrymple’s son, Sam, is changing the way you look at history with his new book
www.mid-day.com/sunday-mid-d...
How William Dalrymple’s son, Sam Dalrymple, is changing the way you look at history with his new book
William Dalrymple’s son, Sam, is carving out his own identity as an upcoming historian. His new book deals with the effect of the Raj on South Asia and the five
www.mid-day.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Very proud of Sam!
Like father, like son: How William Dalrymple’s son, Sam, is changing the way you look at history with his new book
www.mid-day.com/sunday-mid-d...
Like father, like son: How William Dalrymple’s son, Sam, is changing the way you look at history with his new book
www.mid-day.com/sunday-mid-d...
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🧵 NEW: Is Britain really a high tax country?
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
March 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🧵 NEW: Is Britain really a high tax country?
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
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Lovely data visualisation in the FT today looking at pressure on the UK's public finances: www.ft.com/content/ebe5... At Carnegie UK, we're looking at how we might break the current cycle: carnegieuk.org/publication/...
March 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Lovely data visualisation in the FT today looking at pressure on the UK's public finances: www.ft.com/content/ebe5... At Carnegie UK, we're looking at how we might break the current cycle: carnegieuk.org/publication/...
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The first half of the 2020s has been miserable for people in the UK - but particularly miserable for the OBR which has been persistently too optimistic
March 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The first half of the 2020s has been miserable for people in the UK - but particularly miserable for the OBR which has been persistently too optimistic
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A United Airlines 787 flying from Los Angeles to China had to turn around this weekend after it was discovered one of the pilots had taken off without their passport.
Plane turns around after pilot forgets passport | CNN
A United Airlines 787 flying from Los Angeles to China had to turn around this weekend after it was discovered one of the pilots had taken off without their passport, the airline told CNN in a stateme...
www.cnn.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A United Airlines 787 flying from Los Angeles to China had to turn around this weekend after it was discovered one of the pilots had taken off without their passport.
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Lots of responses saying “just don’t go to the US.” Sad, we’ll miss you.
However a lot of this guide also applies to Americans returning from abroad.
However a lot of this guide also applies to Americans returning from abroad.
Green card holders detained. A French researcher denied entry for anti-Trump messages. A new travel ban on 40+ countries coming.
Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
www.wired.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Lots of responses saying “just don’t go to the US.” Sad, we’ll miss you.
However a lot of this guide also applies to Americans returning from abroad.
However a lot of this guide also applies to Americans returning from abroad.
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Librarians in Cincinnati got a shock recently when an overdue book was returned 98 years late. "Wild West" by Bertrand W. Sinclair was due back on Nov. 23, 1926.
(via @917wvxu.bsky.social)
(via @917wvxu.bsky.social)
This Cincinnati Library book was returned nearly a century after its due date
"Wild West" by Bertrand W. Sinclair was checked out in 1926.
www.wvxu.org
March 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Librarians in Cincinnati got a shock recently when an overdue book was returned 98 years late. "Wild West" by Bertrand W. Sinclair was due back on Nov. 23, 1926.
(via @917wvxu.bsky.social)
(via @917wvxu.bsky.social)
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I should say - because I am contractually obliged to - that if anybody wishes to pre-order The Cut Throat Trial (and I will be pathetically grateful if you do), links to various booksellers - including lovely independents - are at this link: bio.to/7zNmPU
Out 28th August 2025.
Out 28th August 2025.
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I should say - because I am contractually obliged to - that if anybody wishes to pre-order The Cut Throat Trial (and I will be pathetically grateful if you do), links to various booksellers - including lovely independents - are at this link: bio.to/7zNmPU
Out 28th August 2025.
Out 28th August 2025.
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In 1938 Adolf Hitler launched Acktion T4 to kill all the mentally disabled people who couldn't work
Within the next year 120,000 mentally disabled people were taken away 'to camps'
They weren't they were murdered within minutes.
Nobody said anything
We are at that point again
Within the next year 120,000 mentally disabled people were taken away 'to camps'
They weren't they were murdered within minutes.
Nobody said anything
We are at that point again
March 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
In 1938 Adolf Hitler launched Acktion T4 to kill all the mentally disabled people who couldn't work
Within the next year 120,000 mentally disabled people were taken away 'to camps'
They weren't they were murdered within minutes.
Nobody said anything
We are at that point again
Within the next year 120,000 mentally disabled people were taken away 'to camps'
They weren't they were murdered within minutes.
Nobody said anything
We are at that point again
@doctoroxford.com let's be wary of sharing personal data to a private company @doctorshaib.bsky.social
23andMe filed for bankruptcy, proposing to try to sell all of its assets.
For consumers who have provided genetic data to the company for testing purposes, here’s what to know.
For consumers who have provided genetic data to the company for testing purposes, here’s what to know.
23andMe Is Bankrupt. Here’s What You Need to Know About Your Genetic Data
The genetic testing company holds biological information on millions of people.
buff.ly
March 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
@doctoroxford.com let's be wary of sharing personal data to a private company @doctorshaib.bsky.social
Consumers pay. Clever
March 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Consumers pay. Clever
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If you wanted to help get 'Disabled People into work'.
The place you would start is by improving the UK's worst ever Mental Healthcare, and longest ever waiting lists.
The place you would start is by improving the UK's worst ever Mental Healthcare, and longest ever waiting lists.
March 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If you wanted to help get 'Disabled People into work'.
The place you would start is by improving the UK's worst ever Mental Healthcare, and longest ever waiting lists.
The place you would start is by improving the UK's worst ever Mental Healthcare, and longest ever waiting lists.
Yet public vote for austerity parties. Amazing for a country with such high literacy.
While international comparisons can be confounded by different methods of measurement, the main difference between the UK & other developed countries is that the NHS had been consistently underfunded
Covid exposed a failed #NHS with massive gaps in provision, leading to a huge growth in waits
Covid exposed a failed #NHS with massive gaps in provision, leading to a huge growth in waits
March 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Yet public vote for austerity parties. Amazing for a country with such high literacy.
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We did a fancy exhibition of charts. Here’s how to get your hands on one of them 📊
https://www.ft.com/content/ff3c7c59-779d-4aec-9c49-840853cdb433
https://www.ft.com/content/ff3c7c59-779d-4aec-9c49-840853cdb433
We did a fancy exhibition of charts. Here’s how to get your hands on one of them
News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
www.ft.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
We did a fancy exhibition of charts. Here’s how to get your hands on one of them 📊
https://www.ft.com/content/ff3c7c59-779d-4aec-9c49-840853cdb433
https://www.ft.com/content/ff3c7c59-779d-4aec-9c49-840853cdb433
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We went to Dubai. We did our Adam Smith show (usually only on at the Ed Fest) to a brilliant live audience with super good guests. And here, for you, is the result! Trump, tariffs, too much tax and time to sell tech. Plus useful tips on how to be an influencer.
open.spotify.com/episode/4fkB...
open.spotify.com/episode/4fkB...
What Would Adam Smith Think of Donald Trump?
Merryn Talks Money · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
We went to Dubai. We did our Adam Smith show (usually only on at the Ed Fest) to a brilliant live audience with super good guests. And here, for you, is the result! Trump, tariffs, too much tax and time to sell tech. Plus useful tips on how to be an influencer.
open.spotify.com/episode/4fkB...
open.spotify.com/episode/4fkB...
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Time for Donald Trump to go.
March 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Time for Donald Trump to go.
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For goodness sake or the sake of humanity please just say the world has changed we need to increase Taxes
The UK is already one of the worse countries for caring for the least well off & those that require support due to ill health
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social has lost its grip on reality
The UK is already one of the worse countries for caring for the least well off & those that require support due to ill health
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social has lost its grip on reality
March 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
For goodness sake or the sake of humanity please just say the world has changed we need to increase Taxes
The UK is already one of the worse countries for caring for the least well off & those that require support due to ill health
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social has lost its grip on reality
The UK is already one of the worse countries for caring for the least well off & those that require support due to ill health
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social has lost its grip on reality