HERSTORY in Georgia and the United States. Congratulations to Keisha Lance Bottoms. @mrchuckd.bsky.social @flavorflav.bsky.social
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CleanAir. Climate Change/ Wildlife/ Public Health. Support Science. Keep our NHS dont erode individual agency with barriers,employ more GPs. Too earnest and preachy to Follow!
BREAKING: A New York Appeals Court has struck down Nassau County's anti-sports ban. In 2024 we sued Nassau County on behalf of the Long Island Roller Rebels, a women's roller derby league that welcomes transgender women. This is an incredible victory for trans people in New York 🏳️⚧️
If we can’t handle measles what does it say about our resiliency to other biothreats?
“There's some confusion as to whether this second fatality out of Jefferson County marks the sixth or the seventh measles-associated death of a Pennsylvania resident this year.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/penn...
Pennsylvania reports another measles-related death, the 2nd in Jefferson County
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Hearing loss may be significantly underdiagnosed among people with intellectual disabilities. A recent study from researchers at University Hospital Münster found that 44% of participants had hearing loss. Notably, 70% of those cases had never been previously diagnosed. 🔗 plos.io/4jkEx4m
Overlooked and undertreated: Hearing loss among individuals with intellectual disabilities – A German cohort study
People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are 5–10 times more likely to have hearing loss than the general population, yet it often remains undetected and untreated. To address this gap, the study…
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Health equity might be a serious topic, but who says we can’t poke fun at how we talk about it? This satirical article from @plosglobalpublichealth.org points out the pitfalls of common public health-speak in a playful way — though there’s certainly much to be learned! vist.ly/5ndz4
Refugees (including children) waiting up to 30 years before consideration of settlement is extremely unfair. Ruining people’s hopes & sense of security & belonging is so cruel, especially if they’ve been through so much trauma already. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/n...
UNHCR criticises UK’s 30-year ‘earned settlement’ plans for refugees
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood maintains rigorous rules for those who arrive on small boats
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When you and your mate agree to dress up as the Pope and the Grim Reaper for Halloween, but only one of you takes it seriously.
Fuzzy Dunlop@angrybingo.bsky.social · 13h agoThe Great Lakes region contains multitudes, but these are two of its types of guy.
“It is getting ever harder for Eurosceptics to deny that it was an economic and strategic blunder for Britain to leave the single market” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on EU ‘Made in Europe’ rules: a fatal blow to Brexiter delusions | Editorial
Editorial: It is getting ever harder for Eurosceptics to deny that it was an economic and strategic blunder for Britain to leave the single market
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@faisalislam.bsky.social: ‘NEW Pound sterling at its post Brexit high… (trade weighted, Bank of England basket of currencies)… rising against $ and esp €… but also notably other European currencies SFR, krona etc…’ 1/
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The SNP's technology minister has attacked critics of AI as anti-science and 'problematic'. This is quite simply bootlicking the oligarchs of Silicon Valley. The SNP is softening Scotland up for the spread of data centres. They're on the wrong side of public opinion. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
SNP have become craven bootlickers of US tech oligarchs
Scotland’s tech minister, Alyn Smith, has taken to sneering at voters concerned about AI. Neil Mackay says he’s picked the wrong side and is dangerously out of touch
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Iowa result! Looks like Dems have both Senate and House.
We deserve the chance to be joyful. We deserve the chance to understand that solidarity can lead to results. We deserve the chance to understand that solidarity can open up the future.
"At the moment this is the collapse of the President's party live on TV" -John King, CNN
"At @leavingmaga.org, we're trying to normalise changing one's mind – that admitting we made a mistake is not a weakness, it's a show of maturation." Pre-midterms, I spoke to former MAGA man Rich Logis about how he's creating a non-judgemental community for those exiting the "extremist group" 👇
‘We’re Trying to Normalise Changing One’s Mind’
Rich Logis was as deep into MAGA as a Trump supporter can be. Until he left. He speaks to Hardeep Matharu about the organisation he has created to help others exit the ‘extremist group’ – and to repen...
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AdviceUK has joined Law Centres Network, Manchester Justice Hub and Advicenow in responding to the Justice Committee’s warning that legal aid is “a service in managed decline”. Together, we are calling for action on the Committee’s practical recommendations to rebuild access to justice. 1/5
A very good piece. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
The boom before the bust: From the Roaring Twenties to the Great Depression
The investment boom in artificial intelligence technologies has raised concerns about a potential bubble. This column argues that the 1920s boom and the Great Depression offer useful lessons. During t...
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Thanks to Politico for the shout out for this latest Reform investigation Full story: bylinetimes.com/2026/11/02/a...
Deterrents don't work for desperate people who have no alternative but to get in a small boat. Only safe and legal routes will stop lives being lost in channel crossings. The UK must honour its promises under international law and end the hostile environment for refugees.
📌 ICYMI — ”Tommy Robinson’ Drove Me Out the Country and I’m Thrilled He’s Now Getting What He Deserves’ — Mike Stuchbery As Stephen Yaxley-Lennon is found guilty of harassment causing fear of violence, one of his former victims, Mike Stuchbery, explains why this should be the start of a broader…
”Tommy Robinson’ Drove Me Out the Country and I’m Thrilled He’s Now Getting What He Deserves’
As Stephen Yaxley-Lennon is found guilty of harassment causing fear of violence, one of his former victims, Mike Stuchbery, explains why this should be the start of a broader reckoning for the far-right
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Global 🌐 FIFA is set to fall short of prize money parity at the 2027 Women's World Cup, with the women's pot expected to reach around $220m, only about a third of the men's $655m, despite Infantino's 2023 equality pledge. buff.ly/IpvEA5Q
Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
J.K. Rowling, a supporter of Scottish NHS nurse Sandie Peggie, frequently defends her on social media and champions her case as a key battleground for single-sex spaces, but she has lost her case against the Union😀 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sandie Peggie loses discrimination case against nursing union
A tribunal found the RCN did not enagage in 'conscious or subconscious discrimination' towards Sandie Peggie.
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“Contracts for cronies remains one of the greatest stories never told. The Cabinet Office, which ‘administered’ the bonanza, successfully diverted the attention of an easily distracted Labour Government. It’s our money, we have a right to know.” democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-m...
Revealed: More than 30 senior Tories named in new Covid PPE ‘VIP lane’ records
Full details of ‘politically connected’ fast track lane for lucrative PPE contracts released after Democracy for Sale reporter's five-year legal battle.
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We're in the High Court right now to make the government come clean on Palantir 🚨 Take part 👇 https://goodlaw.social/o9zr
