"Umntu ngumntu ngabantu" is an African (Xhosa) phrase that means "a person is a person through other people #Ubuntu The subtext is engraved irt the statue of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Here are four giants of SA politics: Tutu, Luthuli, De Klerk and Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela. #CapeTown

😹😹😹😹 #caturday This is social media in a nutshell

New species of African lion discovered in Cape Town last Saturday: Panthera Leo Nespressus 🦁 Good morning ☕️☕️☕️

That #London

BA and Starlink to provide long haul customers fast on board WiFi for free!🤯🤩🤩 In 2026. www.britishairways.com/content/info...

securitizing my eames soft pad. do you want the top, bottom, or l̶u̶m̶b̶a̶r̶ mezzanine in the capital stack

The EU is defunding the anti abortion World Youth Alliance, after last year me and @soitakw.bsky.social exposed how its founder compared abortion to the Holocaust! www.opendemocracy.net/en/eu-fundin...

Good discussion about another tool for suicide risk prediction, which probably won’t help due to the statistical rarity of suicides in the population. It goes against the most recent guidance re risk prediction tools- not that it was any news to many clinicians. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

92- year old care home resident vows to make the last stand; will only leave in a box. I often disagree with Reform but:👇🏽 ”The Reform-voting son of another resident said any move would “kill” his mother, and vowed to quit the party if the closures went ahead.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

92- year old care home resident vows to make the last stand; will only leave in a box. I often disagree with Reform but:👇🏽 ”The Reform-voting son of another resident said any move would “kill” his mother, and vowed to quit the party if the closures went ahead.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Exododus 😂

Subtle, “acceptable” forms of everyday racisms in the #NHS: 🗣️I don’t understand the dr’s accent(speaks perfectly btw) 🗣️I disagree with the diagnosis ; wish to see someone else (animosity; counter-therapeutic attitudes) 🗣️Where are you (really) from? Etc www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

By now we’ve seen plenty evidence that structural racism in the nhs doesn’t really work; we need less of it.

NHS staff need to “build a broad movement to oppose the influence of racism and the far right,” doctors and other health workers say. In an open letter published in The BMJ a group of healthcare staff warned that a “wave of racism” was affecting patients and staff www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Let's make this happen. Together. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/pol...

I’m proud to be working with Airbnb and Women’s Aid on an innovative new pilot that will provide domestic abuse survivors, and their families, with free, emergency accommodation and the holistic support they need to recover and move forward. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I wrote about Zohran’s victory. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Altered sense of self in psychosis traced to the spinal cord

I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...

Terrible writing? Become a doctor… or take the less expensive option that has just become available: the bespoke Montblanc pen ✒️ on.ft.com/43DQCZy

Four Dogmas of Antipsychiatry Author(s)Ronald W. Pies, MD

Pandemics reveal and amplify inequalities in society. Preparing for and responding to the next pandemic should be based on trust, cooperation, and commitment to greater health equity, @michaelmarmot.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Letter re racism in the NHS: it is everybody’s business www.bmj.com/content/391/...

LOL

I don’t think the Daily Stepcount researchers recommended spending every day at the airport , but evidently it helps! 🏃🏾😅 ✈️🥂

#Measles case highlights distal impact of misinformation wrt public health matters: stigma and distrust of government protocols to stem the spread and increase herd immunity #VaccinesWork 🦠

Opinion I The platform has quietly dragged British politics into a dark place 🖋# Professor Will Jennings ➡# Read more: trib.al/vP5r0Yc

Tory MP Katie Lam is espousing views that would have barred entry to her own ancestors when they were fleeing the Nazis, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.

Nothing to see here 👀 Just some *all* purpose cleaner: BOERSEEP aka Farmer’s Soap- cleans up sweat blood etc … and afterwards you can use it as shower gel 😬 It definitely does the job.

So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform.... Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally. It's time for Proportional Representation. www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...

Fixed it.

So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?

Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story. Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done. You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story! 🧵 1/9

Variation on a theme of “Sword Lad”👇🏽

They’re going to have a shock when they get sued internationally.

Ah, yes. Reform UK. "A movement built by real people." All smiling and clasping their hands in EXACTLY the same way. I'd love to see the prompts that generated this. <make them happier> <make some of them young> <make two of them - NO, don't want to upset Pochin - one of them black> ~AA

Out of office reply is activated 😎 🧘🏽‍♂️🏊🏽‍♂️🧗🏽‍♂️ 🐋

This is a Memento Mori. It’s meant to remind you that you too must die. This is a philosopher skull, not a Nazi skull. It reminds you that you’re gonna die, but it doesn’t mean the owner is gonna actively try to murder you. 5/x

Wow every day is a school day!😳 Know your Nazi skull symbol from a non-Nazi skull symbol Thread 🧵👇🏽

Stranger than fiction: get a skinny latté while we also treat your double pneumonia ☕️ 🫁 Corridor care is the pits, but we’ve found a new level www.bbc.com/news/article...

A lack of foresight: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform principles:”Kent’s Reform UK leader, Linden Kemkaran, refused to support an opposition motion to strengthen the council’s resolve against violence against women and girls, on the grounds that she alleged these crimes are predominantly being committed by non-British nationals.….” 👀

Retraction #8 for Australian neuroscientist Gilles Guillemin, published in and retracted by Oncotarget. 'The corresponding author Dr. Guillemin agreed with the retraction, but the rest of the authors either did not respond directly or could not be reached.' pubpeer.com/publications...

We’ve reached peak #AI 🤦🏽‍♂️

TLDR: summary is that #Brexit was, and remains a lie.

Let it never be said that our German friends don’t have a sense of humour www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

Old lesson : Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences www.forbes.com/sites/christ...