Nancy Pickering
@tribpot.bsky.social
Mum, carer, does healthcare IT and data analytics. UK EU.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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I have watched his bit and the bit after Kuenssberg asks the question about 20 times and my ribs hurt.
Janey, Janey, Janey, still making me laugh from beyond.
Janey, Janey, Janey, still making me laugh from beyond.
October 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I have watched his bit and the bit after Kuenssberg asks the question about 20 times and my ribs hurt.
Janey, Janey, Janey, still making me laugh from beyond.
Janey, Janey, Janey, still making me laugh from beyond.
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To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
September 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
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SOS 3rd year marine biology students enjoyed their fieldwork at the Virginia Institute for Marine Science earlier this month. The weather was almost as good as in North Wales at the time...
September 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
SOS 3rd year marine biology students enjoyed their fieldwork at the Virginia Institute for Marine Science earlier this month. The weather was almost as good as in North Wales at the time...
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this exists it is called thinking
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
this exists it is called thinking
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BREAKING: Disney+ is to replace the two-season run of Andor with a recut version that runs for only five minutes, and is just Mon Mothma apologising profusely to Darth Vader for any inconvenience, and letting him have whatever he wants.
September 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
BREAKING: Disney+ is to replace the two-season run of Andor with a recut version that runs for only five minutes, and is just Mon Mothma apologising profusely to Darth Vader for any inconvenience, and letting him have whatever he wants.
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Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.
September 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.
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New research estimates that U.S. cuts to TB programs could cost as many as 2.2 million additional lives by the end of the decade. Even short-term disruptions could cost tens of thousands.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
TB is the #1 killer among infectious diseases. A new study says its toll could mount
New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent.
www.npr.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New research estimates that U.S. cuts to TB programs could cost as many as 2.2 million additional lives by the end of the decade. Even short-term disruptions could cost tens of thousands.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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The most important news from today's reshuffle:
September 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The most important news from today's reshuffle:
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that summit could've been an email
August 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
that summit could've been an email
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Stephanie Shirley is perhaps one of the lesser known tech pioneers, but she shouldn't be. Back in the 60s she saw the potential for women in tech, setting up a company for them to code from home, going by the name Steve because it was a man's world. RIP Dame Shirley
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley, technology pioneer, dies aged 91
She founded the software company Freelance Programmers in 1962, which almost exclusively hired women, and in later life donated almost £70m of her fortune.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Stephanie Shirley is perhaps one of the lesser known tech pioneers, but she shouldn't be. Back in the 60s she saw the potential for women in tech, setting up a company for them to code from home, going by the name Steve because it was a man's world. RIP Dame Shirley
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
August 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
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Thornton agreed to marry a parliamentarian to secure her family’s financial future. She gave birth to nine babies, later describing both the dangers of childbirth and the deaths of six of her infant children. Her husband left her heavily in debt when he died.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Woman’s memoirs give fascinating insight into life in 17th-century northern England
Newly reunited manuscripts by Alice Thornton show how she navigated personal crises during tumultuous events such as the civil war
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Thornton agreed to marry a parliamentarian to secure her family’s financial future. She gave birth to nine babies, later describing both the dangers of childbirth and the deaths of six of her infant children. Her husband left her heavily in debt when he died.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
August 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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✍️ New article: "The world left its fight against tuberculosis unfinished — how can we complete the job?"
July 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
✍️ New article: "The world left its fight against tuberculosis unfinished — how can we complete the job?"
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Me not wearing a Rolex to London
July 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Me not wearing a Rolex to London
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Newly published @ukhsa.bsky.social report prepared by Field Epidemiology Service colleagues and my team on Travel-Associated infections, as we approach peak infection season in late Summer and Autumn
www.gov.uk/government/p... #EpiSky
www.gov.uk/government/p... #EpiSky
Travel-associated infections in England: 2022, 2023 and 2024 (Regional analysis)
www.gov.uk
July 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Newly published @ukhsa.bsky.social report prepared by Field Epidemiology Service colleagues and my team on Travel-Associated infections, as we approach peak infection season in late Summer and Autumn
www.gov.uk/government/p... #EpiSky
www.gov.uk/government/p... #EpiSky
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#CDC reports the confirmed #measles count in the country so far this year has hit 1,288, the highest single year total since 1992 — and the highest since measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/m...
U.S. sees most single-year measles cases since it declared disease eliminated
The U.S. has now recorded more confirmed measles cases this year than in any year in well over a quarter-century.
www.statnews.com
July 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#CDC reports the confirmed #measles count in the country so far this year has hit 1,288, the highest single year total since 1992 — and the highest since measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/m...
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Today the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill is set to have its second day of report stage in the Lords.
We will mainly be looking out for amendment 23, from Crossbencher Lord (Terry) Burns. This would cap the chamber's size at 650 and limit prime ministerial appointments.
A thread 👇
We will mainly be looking out for amendment 23, from Crossbencher Lord (Terry) Burns. This would cap the chamber's size at 650 and limit prime ministerial appointments.
A thread 👇
July 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Today the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill is set to have its second day of report stage in the Lords.
We will mainly be looking out for amendment 23, from Crossbencher Lord (Terry) Burns. This would cap the chamber's size at 650 and limit prime ministerial appointments.
A thread 👇
We will mainly be looking out for amendment 23, from Crossbencher Lord (Terry) Burns. This would cap the chamber's size at 650 and limit prime ministerial appointments.
A thread 👇
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500 killed trying to get aid. The system is set up to make that a likely outcome.
More than 130 charities & NGOs are calling for Israeli/US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to be shut down
Over 500 Palestinians have been killed while trying to get food since the GHF started operating in May, following Israel's 3 month blockade of Gaza
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Over 500 Palestinians have been killed while trying to get food since the GHF started operating in May, following Israel's 3 month blockade of Gaza
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israeli, US-backed Gaza aid group must end, say 130 charities
The call from some of the world's top aid organisations and charities comes after reports of soldiers killing hundreds of of Palestinians at aid sites.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
500 killed trying to get aid. The system is set up to make that a likely outcome.
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✍️ New article: The end of tuberculosis that wasn’t
June 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
✍️ New article: The end of tuberculosis that wasn’t
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We will be properly honouring ‘Daniel Hannan Day’ on Tuesday with all the requisite pomp, circumstance & documentary evidence of what an irredeemable arse he is that you would expect. Elevating our world’s wrongest man to the House of Lords will always be the essence of Brexit.
Do join us…
Do join us…
June 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We will be properly honouring ‘Daniel Hannan Day’ on Tuesday with all the requisite pomp, circumstance & documentary evidence of what an irredeemable arse he is that you would expect. Elevating our world’s wrongest man to the House of Lords will always be the essence of Brexit.
Do join us…
Do join us…
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'The Goonies' was released on this day 40 years ago! (June 7, 1985)
Directed by Richard Donner.
Starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Ke Huy Quan, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, & Anne Ramsey.
#OTD #OnThisDay #80sMovie #TheGoonies
Directed by Richard Donner.
Starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Ke Huy Quan, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, & Anne Ramsey.
#OTD #OnThisDay #80sMovie #TheGoonies
June 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
'The Goonies' was released on this day 40 years ago! (June 7, 1985)
Directed by Richard Donner.
Starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Ke Huy Quan, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, & Anne Ramsey.
#OTD #OnThisDay #80sMovie #TheGoonies
Directed by Richard Donner.
Starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Ke Huy Quan, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, & Anne Ramsey.
#OTD #OnThisDay #80sMovie #TheGoonies
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Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉
June 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉
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🦠Like so many infectious diseases…“We cannot address TB only with vaccines and medications. We cannot address it only with comprehensive STP programs. We must also address the root cause of tuberculosis, which is injustice.” Another 5 ⭐️ read #BookSky #MedSky #TBR @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
🦠Like so many infectious diseases…“We cannot address TB only with vaccines and medications. We cannot address it only with comprehensive STP programs. We must also address the root cause of tuberculosis, which is injustice.” Another 5 ⭐️ read #BookSky #MedSky #TBR @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social