Tapirtears
@tapirtears.bsky.social
Know some stuff about health care, History of medicine and Philosophy of science and Social Research - BBK and Goldsmiths. The Arts, Nature, Climate Change and Swifts.
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I finally saw Flow. It was as successful as expected, and actually deserved all the rewards in the world. Wholesome, tender, beautiful, and full of imagination: Everybody loved this indie animated movie in the family 👌
Thank you @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social 🙏
Thank you @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social 🙏
a white bird with a yellow beak is perched on a rope
Alt: Flow
media.tenor.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I finally saw Flow. It was as successful as expected, and actually deserved all the rewards in the world. Wholesome, tender, beautiful, and full of imagination: Everybody loved this indie animated movie in the family 👌
Thank you @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social 🙏
Thank you @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social 🙏
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The brutal industrialisation of East Suffolk by this govt for Sizewell C continues. Here Eastbridge, 2 miles from the site now part of the 950 acre main construction area, shows this rural location in Suffolk's National Landscape as totally unsuitable for a project of this scale
#SayNo2SizewellC
#SayNo2SizewellC
July 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The brutal industrialisation of East Suffolk by this govt for Sizewell C continues. Here Eastbridge, 2 miles from the site now part of the 950 acre main construction area, shows this rural location in Suffolk's National Landscape as totally unsuitable for a project of this scale
#SayNo2SizewellC
#SayNo2SizewellC
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Great letter from Dr Richard Lowes, Exeter University + RegulatoryAssistance Project on the continuing insane electricity pricing conditions given the need to incentivise clean energy uptake.
Still no published plan (promised by Boris Johnson in 2022)
www.ft.com/content/4931...
Still no published plan (promised by Boris Johnson in 2022)
www.ft.com/content/4931...
July 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Great letter from Dr Richard Lowes, Exeter University + RegulatoryAssistance Project on the continuing insane electricity pricing conditions given the need to incentivise clean energy uptake.
Still no published plan (promised by Boris Johnson in 2022)
www.ft.com/content/4931...
Still no published plan (promised by Boris Johnson in 2022)
www.ft.com/content/4931...
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10 sell some books
20 reveal patch of office carpet
30 realise carpet needs hoovering
40 rearrange books to cover patch
50 goto 10
20 reveal patch of office carpet
30 realise carpet needs hoovering
40 rearrange books to cover patch
50 goto 10
You may recall that I was caught up in the collapse of publishers Unbound.
I now have the rights to my book Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? And I have a lot of them to get rid of.
So if you felt like buying one I might see my office floor again before 2027.
levparikian.com/index.php/pr...
I now have the rights to my book Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? And I have a lot of them to get rid of.
So if you felt like buying one I might see my office floor again before 2027.
levparikian.com/index.php/pr...
July 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
10 sell some books
20 reveal patch of office carpet
30 realise carpet needs hoovering
40 rearrange books to cover patch
50 goto 10
20 reveal patch of office carpet
30 realise carpet needs hoovering
40 rearrange books to cover patch
50 goto 10
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East Anglia generates huge amounts of clean power – but locals don’t see the benefit.
Outdated pricing wastes billions, while families still struggle to heat their homes.
Full story from East Anglia Bylines – see what’s at stake.
Outdated pricing wastes billions, while families still struggle to heat their homes.
Full story from East Anglia Bylines – see what’s at stake.
Is zonal electricity pricing the future of UK energy?
Flexible energy pricing could save households £200 a year by 2040, but any policy change needs to reduce risks for lower-income families
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
East Anglia generates huge amounts of clean power – but locals don’t see the benefit.
Outdated pricing wastes billions, while families still struggle to heat their homes.
Full story from East Anglia Bylines – see what’s at stake.
Outdated pricing wastes billions, while families still struggle to heat their homes.
Full story from East Anglia Bylines – see what’s at stake.
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I stumbled across this Arte documentary about safety in water by chance. More than 20 years ago as a student job I worked as a lifeguard
Two things are striking
- the tech at the Spanish beach is amazing 👍
- more and more drownings each year in Europe! 😥
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...
Two things are striking
- the tech at the Spanish beach is amazing 👍
- more and more drownings each year in Europe! 😥
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...
Re: Staying Safe at the Beach - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English
When summer comes, Europeans want to cool off by taking a dip. But swimming in the sea or a lake comes with dangers which many people underestimate: Tragically 15,000 Europeans drown every year. ARTE ...
www.arte.tv
June 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I stumbled across this Arte documentary about safety in water by chance. More than 20 years ago as a student job I worked as a lifeguard
Two things are striking
- the tech at the Spanish beach is amazing 👍
- more and more drownings each year in Europe! 😥
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...
Two things are striking
- the tech at the Spanish beach is amazing 👍
- more and more drownings each year in Europe! 😥
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...
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It’s the time of year when you might find a baby bird and want to help. Most often (and slightly counterintuitively) it’s best to do nothing. Here’s a useful guide.
May 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It’s the time of year when you might find a baby bird and want to help. Most often (and slightly counterintuitively) it’s best to do nothing. Here’s a useful guide.
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Luminous angel babby from my collection, ca. 1960s.
April 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Luminous angel babby from my collection, ca. 1960s.
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Today, russia attacked Zaporizhzhia with 2 air-dropped bombs, type FAB-500.
As of now, 20 people are injured. Among them, there are 3 kids.
#Ukrainianview
As of now, 20 people are injured. Among them, there are 3 kids.
#Ukrainianview
April 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Today, russia attacked Zaporizhzhia with 2 air-dropped bombs, type FAB-500.
As of now, 20 people are injured. Among them, there are 3 kids.
#Ukrainianview
As of now, 20 people are injured. Among them, there are 3 kids.
#Ukrainianview
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Ophthalmology has taken the lead in moving NHS care to the Private sector
Here we read how some are exploiting those contracts or lack of scrutiny
This is why this move has been campaigned against by many people in the NHS
Yet @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social is keen to continue at pace
Here we read how some are exploiting those contracts or lack of scrutiny
This is why this move has been campaigned against by many people in the NHS
Yet @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social is keen to continue at pace
April 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ophthalmology has taken the lead in moving NHS care to the Private sector
Here we read how some are exploiting those contracts or lack of scrutiny
This is why this move has been campaigned against by many people in the NHS
Yet @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social is keen to continue at pace
Here we read how some are exploiting those contracts or lack of scrutiny
This is why this move has been campaigned against by many people in the NHS
Yet @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social is keen to continue at pace
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Big Larry is the street dog I rescued in Thailand 6 months ago.
Thin, scared and not quite all there in the head. But his life has transformed.
Today he arrived in his new home in England… (1/8) 🧵
Thin, scared and not quite all there in the head. But his life has transformed.
Today he arrived in his new home in England… (1/8) 🧵
April 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Big Larry is the street dog I rescued in Thailand 6 months ago.
Thin, scared and not quite all there in the head. But his life has transformed.
Today he arrived in his new home in England… (1/8) 🧵
Thin, scared and not quite all there in the head. But his life has transformed.
Today he arrived in his new home in England… (1/8) 🧵
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EDF documents from 2015 & 2017 under TASC's FOI request to ONR, show that EDF have been aware of the need for 10metre high Overland Flood Barriers for nearly 10yrs, but chose not to include them in the DCO application documents
See letter to Ed Miliband
tasizewellc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
See letter to Ed Miliband
tasizewellc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
April 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
EDF documents from 2015 & 2017 under TASC's FOI request to ONR, show that EDF have been aware of the need for 10metre high Overland Flood Barriers for nearly 10yrs, but chose not to include them in the DCO application documents
See letter to Ed Miliband
tasizewellc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
See letter to Ed Miliband
tasizewellc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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tiktok deleted the voiceover for this but i’m posting it anyway. I wrote a long piece about this experience.
I went to the mountains longing to be held, to get lost in the vastness and beauty surrounding me. I thought I had to earn it by climbing to the top, but that was the whole point. I didn’t.
I went to the mountains longing to be held, to get lost in the vastness and beauty surrounding me. I thought I had to earn it by climbing to the top, but that was the whole point. I didn’t.
April 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
tiktok deleted the voiceover for this but i’m posting it anyway. I wrote a long piece about this experience.
I went to the mountains longing to be held, to get lost in the vastness and beauty surrounding me. I thought I had to earn it by climbing to the top, but that was the whole point. I didn’t.
I went to the mountains longing to be held, to get lost in the vastness and beauty surrounding me. I thought I had to earn it by climbing to the top, but that was the whole point. I didn’t.
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Thrilled to see the release of the Oxford Bibliographies in History of Medicine edited by Jacalyn Duffin. It will be an invaluable resource for the field. I have contributed one entry on "Psychiatric Experiences." #histmed
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www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Thrilled to see the release of the Oxford Bibliographies in History of Medicine edited by Jacalyn Duffin. It will be an invaluable resource for the field. I have contributed one entry on "Psychiatric Experiences." #histmed
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
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The destruction of East Suffolk's countryside much in the AONB, for Sizewell C, a #BorisJohnson vanity project taken on & accelerated by #Labour, shows environmental devastation is so huge that Sizewell C should never have been given DCO approval.
@UKLabour must #SayNo2SizewellC
@UKLabour must #SayNo2SizewellC
April 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The destruction of East Suffolk's countryside much in the AONB, for Sizewell C, a #BorisJohnson vanity project taken on & accelerated by #Labour, shows environmental devastation is so huge that Sizewell C should never have been given DCO approval.
@UKLabour must #SayNo2SizewellC
@UKLabour must #SayNo2SizewellC
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April 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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This is organist Olena Kohut, killed today in Sumy by the Russian missile. Joseph Rheinberger, Visione, op. 156 no. 5
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April 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is organist Olena Kohut, killed today in Sumy by the Russian missile. Joseph Rheinberger, Visione, op. 156 no. 5
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"The correct answer to the question about the number of Fukushima (& Chernobyl)-related deaths is: “we will never know”. The science which can design extremely complex nuclear reactors has not yet developed the skills to produce any clear answer to the question"
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04...
Nuclear power: Fukushima’s lessons for Australia
In November 2011, eight months after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear disaster, I travelled with Japanese colleagues to Iitate, a village some 50 kilometres from the stricken power plant.
johnmenadue.com
April 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"The correct answer to the question about the number of Fukushima (& Chernobyl)-related deaths is: “we will never know”. The science which can design extremely complex nuclear reactors has not yet developed the skills to produce any clear answer to the question"
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04...
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"the laws of physics & the experience of engineers tell us that nuclear plants remain a complex, risky, time-consuming & expensive method of producing steam to run turbines. It's not too late to steer the [Sizewell C] funding in more productive directions"
www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
Times letters: Tariffs backdown and its effect on America
Sir, We are in danger of fatally underestimating the significance of President Trump’s decision to suspend his tariffs
www.thetimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"the laws of physics & the experience of engineers tell us that nuclear plants remain a complex, risky, time-consuming & expensive method of producing steam to run turbines. It's not too late to steer the [Sizewell C] funding in more productive directions"
www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
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A reminder to @Keir_Starmer- Sizewell C is #BorisJohnson's 'nuclear moment' & vanity project.
Recklessly approved by Kwasi Kwarteng against the recommendation of 5 planning inspectors.
'Let's think about our kids & grandchildren, about the next generation' & #SayNo2SizewellC
x.com/BorisJohnson...
Recklessly approved by Kwasi Kwarteng against the recommendation of 5 planning inspectors.
'Let's think about our kids & grandchildren, about the next generation' & #SayNo2SizewellC
x.com/BorisJohnson...
Boris Johnson on X: "I say go nuclear and go large and go with Sizewell C. https://t.co/Rckwa0HXaP" / X
I say go nuclear and go large and go with Sizewell C. https://t.co/Rckwa0HXaP
x.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A reminder to @Keir_Starmer- Sizewell C is #BorisJohnson's 'nuclear moment' & vanity project.
Recklessly approved by Kwasi Kwarteng against the recommendation of 5 planning inspectors.
'Let's think about our kids & grandchildren, about the next generation' & #SayNo2SizewellC
x.com/BorisJohnson...
Recklessly approved by Kwasi Kwarteng against the recommendation of 5 planning inspectors.
'Let's think about our kids & grandchildren, about the next generation' & #SayNo2SizewellC
x.com/BorisJohnson...
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"there is a clear political advantage from halting Sizewell C and redirecting the billions saved into making millions of homes more energy efficient, thus reducing fuel poverty"
#StopSizewellC
renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2025/04/forg...
#StopSizewellC
renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2025/04/forg...
April 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"there is a clear political advantage from halting Sizewell C and redirecting the billions saved into making millions of homes more energy efficient, thus reducing fuel poverty"
#StopSizewellC
renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2025/04/forg...
#StopSizewellC
renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2025/04/forg...