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GP | Health Policy | the West Wing, naturally
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
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November 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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We've been down on the beach today picking up firework debris. It's odd, isn't it, that you can be fined £250 for dropping litter but somehow it's OK to launch rockets containing plastic casings into the sky.
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We've been down on the beach today picking up firework debris. It's odd, isn't it, that you can be fined £250 for dropping litter but somehow it's OK to launch rockets containing plastic casings into the sky.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Credit to Ed Davey for this. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
September 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Credit to Ed Davey for this. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Doctors Were Worse at Spotting Cancer After Leaning on AI, Study Finds https://gizmodo.com/doctors-were-worse-at-spotting-cancer-after-leaning-on-ai-study-finds-2000642527
Doctors Were Worse at Spotting Cancer After Leaning on AI, Study Finds
AI is not benign.
gizmodo.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Doctors Were Worse at Spotting Cancer After Leaning on AI, Study Finds https://gizmodo.com/doctors-were-worse-at-spotting-cancer-after-leaning-on-ai-study-finds-2000642527
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Deeply shocked and saddened by the passing of our dear friend, colleague and @who.int Envoy David Nabarro.
David was a great champion of global health and health equity, and a wise, generous mentor to countless individuals. His work touched and impacted so many lives across the world. (1/2)
David was a great champion of global health and health equity, and a wise, generous mentor to countless individuals. His work touched and impacted so many lives across the world. (1/2)
July 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Deeply shocked and saddened by the passing of our dear friend, colleague and @who.int Envoy David Nabarro.
David was a great champion of global health and health equity, and a wise, generous mentor to countless individuals. His work touched and impacted so many lives across the world. (1/2)
David was a great champion of global health and health equity, and a wise, generous mentor to countless individuals. His work touched and impacted so many lives across the world. (1/2)
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Dr. David Nabarro, a British physician who led the U.N. response to some of the biggest health crises in recent years, including bird flu, Ebola and the coronavirus pandemic, has died.
David Nabarro, British physician who led UN response to Ebola and COVID-19, dies
Dr. David Nabarro, a British physician who led the U.N. response to some of the biggest health crises in recent years, including bird flu, Ebola and the coronavirus pandemic, has died.
bit.ly
July 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Dr. David Nabarro, a British physician who led the U.N. response to some of the biggest health crises in recent years, including bird flu, Ebola and the coronavirus pandemic, has died.
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Part of the problem is the conflation between generative AI (completely bollocks “spicy autocomplete” that’s killing the planet) and machine learning (the scientific uses to expose patterns in enormous data sets which can then be explored by humans)
July 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Part of the problem is the conflation between generative AI (completely bollocks “spicy autocomplete” that’s killing the planet) and machine learning (the scientific uses to expose patterns in enormous data sets which can then be explored by humans)
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One political dilemma of COVID is it provided a very powerful demonstration of the state’s ability to do big things quickly but did so through a massive surge in public debt. So voters now think the state can do more because of COVID right at the moment the state can do less because of COVID.
July 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
One political dilemma of COVID is it provided a very powerful demonstration of the state’s ability to do big things quickly but did so through a massive surge in public debt. So voters now think the state can do more because of COVID right at the moment the state can do less because of COVID.
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July 25, 1925: Children from London’s working-class Tower Hamlets neighborhood in London wait for a train that will take them on a weekend outing in the country.
July 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
July 25, 1925: Children from London’s working-class Tower Hamlets neighborhood in London wait for a train that will take them on a weekend outing in the country.
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What’s the point of a licence fee or anything like it if not to provide coverage of the boring but important stuff? Stopping Politics Live just the latest in the slow killing of any proper coverage of the party conferences.
The BBC has decided not to send its flagship Politics Live programme to party conferences this year, PolHome understands
An ex-culture secretary said it was a "further erosion" of the BBC's political coverage, and called for a rethink
@adampayne26.bsky.social & @siennarodgers.bsky.social report
An ex-culture secretary said it was a "further erosion" of the BBC's political coverage, and called for a rethink
@adampayne26.bsky.social & @siennarodgers.bsky.social report
BBC Politics Live Will Not Go To Party Conferences This Year
The BBC has decided to stop its flagship Politics Live programme from going to party conferences this year, in a move that has disappointed some BB...
www.politicshome.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What’s the point of a licence fee or anything like it if not to provide coverage of the boring but important stuff? Stopping Politics Live just the latest in the slow killing of any proper coverage of the party conferences.
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To be honest, I haven’t trusted Stephen Colbert ever since he conveniently abandoned all his right wing views as soon as he got hired to host a network talk show
July 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
To be honest, I haven’t trusted Stephen Colbert ever since he conveniently abandoned all his right wing views as soon as he got hired to host a network talk show
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Told the kids we were going to Iceland this summer and when elder teen joked we might see Bjork, I laughed.
Landed this am. Few hours later we visited a small local record shop. Someone was playing a kicking DJ set. Guess who. 😲
Here's a photo of elder teen's ear, six feet from stardom. Incredible.
Landed this am. Few hours later we visited a small local record shop. Someone was playing a kicking DJ set. Guess who. 😲
Here's a photo of elder teen's ear, six feet from stardom. Incredible.
July 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Told the kids we were going to Iceland this summer and when elder teen joked we might see Bjork, I laughed.
Landed this am. Few hours later we visited a small local record shop. Someone was playing a kicking DJ set. Guess who. 😲
Here's a photo of elder teen's ear, six feet from stardom. Incredible.
Landed this am. Few hours later we visited a small local record shop. Someone was playing a kicking DJ set. Guess who. 😲
Here's a photo of elder teen's ear, six feet from stardom. Incredible.
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Emergency Alert day has been confirmed as 7th September. If you have a secret phone for safety go to settings and turn off all government notifications. Setting it to silent or airplane is not enough 🚨 (guidance on each step is on the internet). Spread the word
July 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Emergency Alert day has been confirmed as 7th September. If you have a secret phone for safety go to settings and turn off all government notifications. Setting it to silent or airplane is not enough 🚨 (guidance on each step is on the internet). Spread the word
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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June 16, 1925: After a construction project of several months, London’s new Waterloo Bridge nears completion side-by-side with the old one.
June 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
June 16, 1925: After a construction project of several months, London’s new Waterloo Bridge nears completion side-by-side with the old one.
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"I've got a brand new content harvester"
May 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
"I've got a brand new content harvester"
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Why is it spelled "camouflage" and not
May 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Why is it spelled "camouflage" and not
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May 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Thursday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
May 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Thursday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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This seagull will be the first living creature to know there's a new Pope outside of the Conclave.
May 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This seagull will be the first living creature to know there's a new Pope outside of the Conclave.
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🧪Hello! are you a scientist who started your PhD in 2020 and are now wrapping up? I want to know how your life is and how you're feeling about your prospects in 2025 for a story in @nature.com. DM me or find me on Signal at aheidt.16. Tell yo friends!
(Also seeking international sources.)
(Also seeking international sources.)
May 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🧪Hello! are you a scientist who started your PhD in 2020 and are now wrapping up? I want to know how your life is and how you're feeling about your prospects in 2025 for a story in @nature.com. DM me or find me on Signal at aheidt.16. Tell yo friends!
(Also seeking international sources.)
(Also seeking international sources.)
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In Oxford, as ever, vast crowds of people turned out at 6 am this May Day morning to hear the choir of Magdalen College sing songs of spring and listen to the ringing of the bells. If you don’t mind getting up early, it’s a magical experience.
May 1, 2025 at 5:51 AM
In Oxford, as ever, vast crowds of people turned out at 6 am this May Day morning to hear the choir of Magdalen College sing songs of spring and listen to the ringing of the bells. If you don’t mind getting up early, it’s a magical experience.
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Just going through the transcript of my interview with Bill Gates. First question seems pretty to the point I think.
(The answer is, yes he could).
(The answer is, yes he could).
April 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Just going through the transcript of my interview with Bill Gates. First question seems pretty to the point I think.
(The answer is, yes he could).
(The answer is, yes he could).