Final shout out for this!

I honestly don’t understand why this became such a huge problem over lockdown, &hasn’t really changed since. I wonder how very old people now cope with the extent they’re expected to interact with GPs online& the consequences of this. Our GP will only take queries on an online interface now. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Great thread and very relevant. I’m going to have to crowd fund the £2000 I need to get my British Citizenship (which I qualify for) so I don’t get deported back to Oz for being a foreign burden on the NHS (unless they skip straight to the murder drones loaded with my NHS medical data step first?)

literally anyone who has done abortion rights work in the last 30+ years could tell you that "destroy science by any means necessary" was the only thing on the bingo card

Absolutely massive. Sending much love and strength to Raya Meredith, the lead plaintiff in this case, who was subjected to horrific behaviour at the hands of police. Redfern Legal have, once again, done brilliant work. You can help them do more of it by donating here: rlc.org.au/donate

I wish these suburbs were this diverse when I lived in them circa 1991-1998. They were white ghettos back then, awful places for a world wise teenager growing into her 20’s to live. I deliberately chose UniMelb (versus Monash) to study, so I could spend time ‘in town’ and experience multiculturalism

Oh look! Yet more corrupt Reform councilors. They aren't a political party they are three crooks in a trench coat. How embarrassing that such a pathetic gaggle of losers is calling the political shots for our country.

amnhnyc:ALTCephalopod lovers, meet a squid that’s as cute as its name: the dumpling squid (Euprymna tasmanica)! Also known as the southern bobtail squid, this cephalopod inhabits shallow waters off the coast of southern Austral... via https://queenoliviastredfern.tumblr.com/post/795347877222367232

My UV reactive flower pride pins work best in bright sunshine so probably aren't going to sell much over the next few months. If you happen to live in the southern hemisphere though, it might be the perfect time to check out some summery colour science!

It’s not just that the CDP was in and of itself unlawful. In a 3 month period the scheme issued 55k penalty notices “to 35,000 people, the vast majority of whom are Aboriginal” www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03...

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

My dream job!!!

@jessicavalenti.bsky.social is very right that Ezra Klein is very wrong, both morally and strategically, with this argument that throwing half the population under the bus (the half that already leans more Democratic).

Just want to add that reproductive rights are an economic issue and for many women a survival issue. If you can't control your body, you can't control your life.

Um… who is “we” in that sentence? Is that like a royal we? Perhaps a gubernatorial we?

The fact the governor of Illinois is beging for citizen coverage because media as a whole is intentionally not covering the governments terror campaign should be absolutely a five alarm fire if you are not already figuring out the federal government is at war against us.

Americans Are Already Sick of RFK Jr., Poll Finds gizmodo.com/americans-ar...

Watching this now!

How little do I trust the DWP? I just paid £8.15 of money I don’t have to send a free post envelope by registered post…..

Got nowhere with this - so if you know of a (bio)med or health journal that has OA now but subscription-only archives - or that is somehow still entirely paywalled - please drop a reply. I’ll make me own list! ✍️

Tony Blair Columbuses colonialism

Jesus Labour, sort this out! @labourlewis.bsky.social

‘analysis of the [graduate] wage premium… by leading… economists determined it was “extraordinarily flat” between the 1990s & 2010s, despite a near tripling in the share of working adults with an undergraduate degree over the period.’ Good piece from @amyborrett.ft.com on.ft.com/3Kn1ioF

The secret to a perfect morning routine probably isn't what you think www.sciencefocus.com... A science-based assessment the (often deranged) morning routines of 'successful and productive people', which asks whether they're actually useful? Spoiler: not in the way they claim #Productivity #Work

I migrated back to Britain to get protection from the ECHR. It was scary living in a country that had no federated court to take a Human Rights case to. I’m now worried that Starmer is getting seduced by the rise of the Far Right to the point he’s considering ‘Doing a Putin’ and leaving it.

Not read Mr B., I confess, so I'm in no position to judge. But I loved this (on him and reviewing in general) from @brianklaas.bsky.social

This guy (Thiel) has a copy of my medical records(and every one else’s in the UK.)

wired: evolutionary biology inspired: revolutionary epidemiology

Ah, this thread of 🔥🔥🔥for some Gamer Gate arsehole is giving me life.

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See also: Youth Theatre volunteers

New from @sheencr.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/sheenacr...

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Good morning, science friends. 1) It’s okay to laugh. 2) It’s okay to scream. 3) It’s okay to cry.

How many more volunteer sausage sizzles is it going to take to protect me from the Mob of my Reform voting neighbours, who want migrants out?

The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.

Alejandra is not overselling this. This executive order, if weaponized by a lawless administration like Trump, could lead to the dismantling of institutional/nonprofit opposition to Trump. It can also be used for surveillance and disruption ops similar to the civil rights era and red scare.

I’m going to have to crowd fund to afford my British passport, aren’t I? Just to stop Farage & Tice deporting me back to Oz. It’s £2k and a jingoism test though, I’d rather spend money on feeding my (White British) kids?

It’s going to be interesting to see if the Digital ID bogeyman the native white Brits are now recoiling from, causes a ‘run’ on the Banks. People have been storing their wealth in gold & silver ingots, increasingly as electronically ‘stored’ global currencies are going to glitch out any day now….

The ESCMID AMR Action Subcommittee has organised a series of online events leading up to #WAAW, 18 - 24 Nov 2025. These webinars cover topics under the theme of rethinking our response to #AMR in different ways. Learn more & register: ow.ly/46rb50X0L59#WAAW,#AMR#IDSky #clinmicro

Can’t wait for them to upload my NHS costing onto the target list of a Palantir murder drone employed by some NHS manager to pick us ‘useless eaters’ who use expensive drugs off as we attempt to attend our MS neurology clinic…

Er, I hate to rain on all you native Brits parade, but the Digital ID horse has already bolted from the stable 18 months back??? I’ve had to use it twice already to prove I’m the ‘right’ type of migrant. Once to *keep* a job when my BRP expired and once to get a re-mortgage on my house.

As a disabled wahine Māori, I see how our systems deliberately keep people poor. You struggle to get healthcare or disability support; face racism and ableism at school or work; and you have fewer chances to connect with culture, which affects mental health". thespinoff.co.nz/books/25-09-...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

The disability community needs support & solidarity to fight these pharmaceutical tariffs. Most of us can barely afford our medications as is. We can’t suddenly stop taking them, we will die. We can’t stockpile them. A 100% tariff will cost lives.

Wow, if NACC had one job….

I’m trying to get the social media manager for our PM to use ALT text, because why wouldn’t they? Blind and low vision Australians are Australians. #AusPol

Women losing their bodily autonomy, no due process, masked forces rounding people up, threatening the judiciary, ignoring the legislature, attacking artists and academics, throwing voters off the rolls, intimidating free speech, persecuting minorities How are we still calling ourselves a democracy?