1854 Aug 31: Outbreak of cholera at London's Broad Street water pump, which would be investigated by John Snow bit.ly/8q5O7 #histmed #medicalhistory
Pat Tonge
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Retired Brit at home in the UK. Not about to apologise for becoming more woke as I get older.
📌 ICYMI — Reform’s £645,000 ‘Ghost’ Pollster — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Exclusive: Payments to a business with no public footprint and a string of missing invoices are raising fresh questions about Reform UK's campaign spending
Reform’s £645,000 ‘Ghost’ Pollster
Exclusive: Payments to a business with no public footprint and a string of missing invoices are raising fresh questions about Reform UK's campaign spending
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Posts being shared thousands of times on social media claim Japan has named a Covid mRNA vaccine the “most deadly drug” in the “history of humankind”. It hasn’t. And it isn’t. Approved Covid vaccines are safe. fullfact.org/world/japan-...
Japan hasn’t named Covid mRNA vaccine the ‘most deadly drug’ – Full Fact
The misleading claim is being shared again after first appearing in 2024.
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Getting big money out of politics is too urgent to the integrity of our democracy, to be hampered by a technical problem with union subs. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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The fallout from the collapse of this glacier - a torrent of mud surging down the valley - killed hundreds of people. Gone, in a flash. Those people were wiped out by anthropogenic climate change. Our governments are simply not responding quickly enough to this disaster which is already upon us.
Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 5d agoAn incredibly well-timed Landsat 9 pass captured the effects of yesterday’s catastrophic glacier collapse near the Nepal–Tibet border. The event was so massive that it was detected by seismometers around the world.
🔥 Really looking forward to this. What a phenomenal panel we have! Link —> www.tickettailor.com/events/bylin...
With each passing day, there's more and more fighting and bad blood among the parties of the Right. They are starting to hate each other more than they hate the Left.
I think @monkemma.bsky.social monkdebunks.substack.com should be linked. I suspect it was a simple oversight @carolecadwalla.bsky.social as you have of course credited her for her reporting on this. Thanks for your investigative reporting and thanks to @thenerve.news too
Monk Debunks: Beyond the narrative | Substack
Looking behind the myths and headlines to bring you the facts and evidence-based reality. Click to read Monk Debunks: Beyond the narrative, by Emma Monk, a Substack publication with thousands of subsc...
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Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla.bsky.social · last wk.Where are the articles reflecting on the media's failures? Or any honest attempt to fill gaps in the reporting? Why has no mainstream outlet followed up on newly unearthed facts about the marathons, reported first by @bylinetimes.bsky.social & @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social & now Emma Monk? 8/
Yet TODAY, the Times can publish a piece today, citing the fraudulent marathons that Arday ran "on a broken leg", a claim he never made. It was a hairline fracture *that was reported at the time*. And the headline of the piece? You cannot make this stuff up. 5/
Is there any point, seeing as you've stopped posting on here?
The biggest public health problem today isn’t chemicals. It’s scientific illiteracy.
When Lembit Öpik joined Reform last year, he told Jeremy Kyle: “I go where the money is.” novaramedia.com/2025/09/08/f...
From Royal Cancer Conspiracies to ‘Nut Zero’: 5 Wild Moments From Reform Party Conference
Last year, Reform banned Novara Media from its conference. This year, it welcomed us with open arms. Here’s what Simon Childs discovered when he ventured to a conference hall near Birmingham airport.
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Emma Monk@monkemma.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10
This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10
This BBC article (published this am but updated this pm) is *still* recycling Reform misinformation. This is *not* what would happen. At all. It would be much worse (1/3) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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@carolecadwalla.bsky.social you probably already knew this but really quite interesting.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoArron Banks hired private investigators to dig into Conservative party chair
Thanks to Feargal Sharkey, the brilliant people he put me in touch with and everyone who contributed to writing, editing and producing this article. Read and be outraged. www.dailymail.com/lifestyle/ar...
Why are the water companies so full of s**t?
After a summer of drinking water shortages and hosepipe bans, FEARGAL SHARKEY names the execs who got filthy rich from our filthy water
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We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Sky News confirms Essex police haven't advised Nigel Farage not to attend the Clacton by-election result. So starting off his new term as he ended his last one, by lying his face off and showing contempt for his constituents in not attending the election he forced and in which they voted for him. 👍
I was just about to say that - you beat me to it Tim 😄 Poor old Farage. You can fool some of the people all of the time (at least in Clacton) and you can fool all of the people some of the time but not all the people all of the time. Are Farage/Reform etc running out of time?
thattimwalker.bsky.social@thattimwalker.bsky.social · 3w agoFarage involving the police in his lies again.
Presumably, he's referring to being photographed standing next to a Recyclon. 🗑️ 'Nigel Farage has said he won't attend the Clacton by-election count after advice from Essex police about a plot to embarrass him on stage during the announcement of the result.' www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Nigel Farage says he won’t attend count in Clacton byelection against Count Binface - UK politics live
The Reform UK leader will not be present at vote count in byelection he has tried to frame as the ‘people versus the establishment’
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The Jason Arday story is by no means the biggest scandal at Cambridge University. I'm sure the media is going to pick this up and run with it in just the same way ... Or is the exaggerated CV of one Black professor somehow more important than this?
Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · 3w ago🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned… By Byline Times raising The academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious…
“What is helping fuel antisemitism in this country… is the notion that Israel is the collective Jew.” @eliclifton.com and Ian Lustick, co-authors of ‘Israel’s Lobby,’ talk to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the outsized influence of AIPAC. Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/aipac-expo...
Journalists have been given honours specifically for toadying to the rich and powerful. I don’t know if Carole would accept one, but Burnham would be putting out a great message by giving her a gong for her courage in standing up to this and other individuals. Time she was thanked
Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3w agoNEW: The latest reporting on Arron Banks pretends he’s sprung from nowhere. I’m not the one being gaslit here. You are. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Last week Zack Polanski and the Green Party held a press conference with Chris Packham, the BBC did not play full clips of it This morning, Nigel Farage and Reform UK held a press conference, since, the BBC have continued to play full clips from it
Reform's account state the party had fundraising costs of £3.47m in 2025. Fundraising *income* was just £1.42m. That is a pretty bonkers ratio...
🤑Thames Water is failing its customers while awarding obscene payments to its top team. @andyburnham.bsky.social must step in now & take back the company. It’s criminal to let this rip off continue with 16 million households paying the price. ✍️Sign our petition if you agree: vist.ly/5e7dg
An interesting (and worrying) read www.sciencefocus.com/nature/earth...
Earth's vast fungal networks are unravelling fast – and scientists are scrambling to understand why | BBC Science Focus Magazine
This crucial, carbon-fixing network is over 11,000 lights years long – and it’s under threat
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