Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same. Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.

How likely is ‘likely’? Does ‘likely’ have a higher probability than ‘probable’? I put together a quick quiz so you can see how you interpret probability phrases, then see how you compare with others: probability.kucharski.io

You’ll enjoy doing this quiz. Probably 🤓.

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There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.

X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal. Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account. It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The ceiling of Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran (1611)

OVERWHELMED GP PRACTICES NOT TO BLAME FOR A&E WAITS Not the headline you will read but GPs are not to blame 190,000 a day additional GP practice appointments compared to 2019 Emergency Departments have seen a rise of 3000 attendances a day, whilst admissions remain unchanged

Happy tenth anniversary to photographer Joel Goodman’s classic image which by rights should be hanging in the Louvre.

Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.

You boy, what colour are you?

How do you know how far to reposition your patient!? "Around 6 inches"? "a smidge"? Check out RUDOLPH - Rough Units of Distance in Operating theatre Longitudinal Patient Handling #AnSky

Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.

This gecko joined us for lunch at the picnic table and didn't once try to sell us insurance! #herps #maui #nature #lizard #love #cool #eat #cool #nokings #photography #smallwonders #wildlife #animals

This topic, whilst not sexy in a *traditional* way, is a modern phenomenon in medical practice. And no one is talking about it

Do you remember this? Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.

I'm glad Keir Starmer has listened to our calls for this inquiry following the Reform Russian bribery scandal. Nigel Farage should be the first to give evidence.

In the absence of a magical fairy godmother, we need to take charge of our own work patterns and look after each other to reduce burnout and boost morale, writes @pmccoubrie.bsky.social in a festive column. buff.ly/q6Ee5nr #radiology

It only took a year but we did it, thanks Bluesky people! www.yorkmix.com/pictures-yor... I now know more about the UK artificial tree market than I'd ever expected.

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

My daughter had stopped using her seatbelt. So I showed her the "Julie knew her killer" road safety advert from 1998. No need to ask now. Clunk click, every trip.

This should be a wake up call to Keir Starmer. Trump is not a reliable ally. Trump wants to weaken Europe and carve up Ukraine while cosying up to Putin. Britain and our allies in Europe must stand together against his threats and bullying.

On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for a US attack on My Lai, an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam. But as the attack developed below, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else: A massacre. He decided to act. 1/28

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I don't see what's stopping the European Commission from saying something along the lines of: "We will no longer post on X and we don't think citizens of EU nations should post there either."

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“There’s a public health imperative to quickly expand the adoption of autonomous vehicles.” Would the author say the same about building bike lanes? Installing automatic traffic cameras? Requiring Intelligent Speed Assist? All of those are proven to save lives — and at a fraction of AVs' cost.

It’s clear to anyone paying attention that Farage won’t investigate the Russian infiltration of Reform. The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.

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I heard a story about a female academic giving a paper at the IHR who, after receiving a long and aggressive question from a senior male professor, simply leaned back with her hands behind her head and replied “Oh, do fuck off.”

As a brown Muslim immigrant kid with a thick accent who went to a private school age 13, I can recognise Nigel types in a blink. "Just having a laugh old boy, it's only banter, do they not have jokes in Bangladesh?" Followed by teacher: "You should learn to take it if you want to fit in"

I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities. Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has already passed 40,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done Please sign and share 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week. Please sign and share 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired. If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.

I ran across this 1896 editorial in a medical journal. The author is discussing a smallpox outbreak in Gloucester, England (pop 42,000). The town was a hotbed of anti-vaxxers until there was a massive outbreak. At that point, 25,000 people lined up for smallpox vaccines.

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“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?” “Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?” You can have those for nothing, lads.

If you need a smile today this is it. Stormzy wanted to show you something he’s been working on ❤️

Exactly “I did say the same sort of thing as Gill that landed him in prison for 10 years, but I didn’t take Russian money* for it. I said it because that is what I believe” shouldn’t be the sort of defence Farage and ReFuk think it is. Whispers “*except the money for my Russian TV appearances.”

Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.” It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.

Waiting for the axe to drop on Gill insulates the government from any Faragist crap about being unfairly targeted. Although he’ll probably try it anyway. I don’t think this story is over.

When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%. phys.org/news/2025-11...