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jay@jaycgallagher.bsky.social · last mo.

They're doing the rehabilitation routine for Jeffrey Archer. Incredible to watch tbh. There are no levels of corruption, sleaze and criminality these people won't excuse if you're part of the gang

John Bull@garius.eurosky.social · 4mo ago

Okay. So. Obscure Military Holy Orders. Bear with me on this one: In 1687 the French were aggressively expanding their trade and slavery operations on the Gold Coast. As part of this two young West African boys were sent back to France, most likely as slaves. One may have been called "Aniaba". /1🧵

sexy baba yaga@beardynoise.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My one* radical opinion is that if you practice conversion therapy you should have legal personhood stripped from you & members of the LGBT community should be allowed to beat you to death to Cher's 'Believe'

Aida@aidap.bsky.social · 5mo ago

While I read the UK license on conversion therapy, Spain national assembly literally yesterday voted to make an attempt at conversion therapy a criminal offense with jail time. It was already a banned practice, now it's flat out criminal, and if you wonder if it's worded well, read the pedo's panic

flâneurben@flaneurben.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A sterling rant from Hal Duncan about the limits of political language and the polite lie of the “centre” being anything other than a polite cover for the far right

Hal Duncan@halduncan.com · 5mo ago

It's a problem with the very idea of "centre-left" where the left/right spatial metaphor is EMPTY METAPHOR. In reality, the Sensible Moderates are just cleaving to the centrist ANTI-leftism of Bastion Theory, egging on their fash goons with a "legitimate concerns" rationale. bsky.app/profile/hald...

Christyn Parkes@parkesland.bsky.social · 5mo ago

While I respect and take seriously the authors and question, I can't help but scoff a bit at this. Britain's health establishment was besieged by a populist-accelerated ideological takeover in trans healthcare beginning 5 years ago. For trans people, this paper is not addressing a hypothetical.

Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New @bmj.com piece by me & @martinmckee.bsky.social on the need for the UK's public health institutions to prepare to speak up in the event of a populist government set on undermining our population's health protections. The tea leaves aren't that mysterious. www.bmj.com/content/393/...

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Dr Steve Taylor@drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 6mo ago

People who interpret test results – whether clinicians or patients – need to be aware that the "normal range" for a test isn’t a strict “normal/abnormal” cut off. It describes the values seen in 95% of healthy people. Around 5% of healthy people will fall outside this range.

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Dr Noor Bari@njbbari3.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Which is what I’ve been saying. It was a deeply inequitable decision for rich countries with strong health systems and lower HIV/malaria/malnutrition rates to decide to keep a pet SARS virus. Frankly, it’s just another form of oppression.

Bean & Sprout's Mom@beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"In a high HIV prevalence country, approximately 70% of children with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test were hospitalised for COVID-19 treatment; almost 70% of these children were severely ill." 😭 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Cllr Dr Alex Powell@apowelllaw.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I am not sure why Starmer thinks that having 'believed Mandelson's lies' is a defence. Being gullible and wilfully blind to a matter where you possessed the core facts sounds like exactly the kind of thing that would make someone unfit to be Prime Minister.