'Made in Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' out now, available from bookshops and websites. Bestselling 'Northerners: A History' available in hardback and paperback. Publisher: @harpernorth.bsky.social

“Everyone in positions of influence should ask themselves the question: are you treating those fighting to save the planet more harshly than those fighting for inherited wealth? If so, why?” @josiah.writes.news bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...

How AI went from dooming radiologists to making them better www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... @hannay.bsky.social Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

We're excited to announce that applications are now open for four fully funded 12-month pupillages in our Personal Injury, Crime, Family, and Business & Property/Housing departments. Full application details here: www.cobden.co.uk/pupillage_re... #PupillageOpportunities #FutureBarristers

I’ve reported on homelessness for years and met many, many people who have found themselves in awful situations Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat

This is sort of fascinating because if you were to turn on pretty much any talk radio station or pick up any tabloid, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was the inverse.

EU births drop to new low as strains on younger generations mount. 3.6mn in 2023 vs 7mn in the mid-1960s on.ft.com/3VjJRYK

Joining our line up on Day 2 (18th June) of the BABICM Annual Conference 2025 will be Dr Giles Yeates. He will be discussing practical approaches and therapeutic interventions to support couples in navigating changes in their relationships and intimacy following a brain injury. tinyurl.com/58pmcf4n

Are you joining us on Mount Khuiten (4356m), the highest mountain in the Altai range, and also the highest in Mongolia? 2026 expedition. Taking bookings now. www.grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/mongolia-mou...

Here are our dates for Mountain Leader training and assessment courses for 2025. www.grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/Mountain-Lea...

It's our bestselling book of 2024, and the signed indie edition is a little beauty- www.bookscumbria.com/product/uk-b...

EU births drop to new low as strains on younger generations mount https://www.ft.com/content/1adaa16d-f3f7-4a42-9d1f-c39359167066

Just when you thought Brexit could do no more harm, a new economic threat looms and this time to the valuable all-Ireland foreign tourism industry. And it’s the north again that potentially has the most to lose www.irishnews.com/news/busines...

Sporting our fluffiest fleeces 💚 www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/2476202... #Cumbria

Fascinating thread on an overlooked form of rewilding. And combines acknowledging the skill and effort of past inhabitants without being beholden to it. We have heritagised much of the landscape that field drains created, but maintaining that landscape in a changing climate has wider consequences

Trump noms ordered by how urgent it is they be stopped: By Any Means 🟥 Patel 🟥 Kennedy Jr. 🟥 Gabbard 🟥 Hegseth 🟥 Bondi 🟥 Bhattacharya 🟥 Huckabee 🟥 Whitaker 🟥 Vought By Almost Any Means 🟧 McMahon 🟧 Blanche 🟧 Oz 🟧 Noem 🟧 Stefanik Try Hard 🟨 Wright 🟨 Zeldin 🟨 Bessent 🟨 Phelan 🟨 Greer Pass it on.

As depicted in Rawnsley's 1906 play "Pace-Eggin' Time", actors were rewarded with decorated eggs, to be used in an egg-rolling contest. Wordsworth Grasmere has an egg collection - far too lovely to roll! [Pic by kind permission of the Wordsworth Trust] Norman Nicholson also describes the practice

Please be aware of this new role that’s being touted as a medical role. A PA is a physician assistant, NOT a doctor. There could be a place for this, but it is not for undiagnosed patients.

"Mr. Kushner, 70, pleaded guilty in 2004 to 16 counts of tax evasion, a single count of retaliating against a federal witness and one of lying to the Federal Election Commission" and so now he will be US ambassador to France www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/u...

Here’s Maria Belovas, Estonian ambassador to the UAE. She stands next to a Taliban ~ without a headscarf. That’s no accident. @mariabelovas.bsky.social 🥰 www.afintl.com/en/202411281...

'Panic' in Russia as rouble slips to symbolic mark against US dollar The Russian currency has lost a third of its value since August as sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine bite news.sky.com/story/panic-...

An inspiring flight into Manchester this morning, frosty, sunny and clear for miles. Could even see runners and dog walkers. Wondered if the first quarry is near Buxton?

This is such a great platform. Nothing stopping other organisations setting up this sort of verification system.

Schwartz Round Community Conference 2024 in Birmingham hosted by the Point of Care Foundation. More info on our University of Liverpool Schwartz Rounds can be found here: youtu.be/cw5LItLVmsA?...

Big news! The 'all scientists who do climate' feed now stands at: 🌏 3500 MEMBERS 🌎 ...more than it ever had on Twitter! Huge welcome to #3949, my fav colleague @brasmus.bsky.social, and #3500, @johndparker.bsky.social, who says he’s “not good at social media.” No longer, John! Pin it here ⬇️

Just to say for the first time tonight in @itvmlshow.bsky.social 8pm we'll be announcing you can submit questions/comments here on Bluesky using #MartinLewis as well as on X.

There are now 220 MPs on Bluesky on my latest count You can find the @politicshome.bsky.social list here in full, and as ever, let me know if anyone has been missed off

As we are all still new and finding our feet here, a blast from the past, open access article regarding relative's experience of acquired brain injury #neurorehabilitation #socialwork @biswg-uk.bsky.social @carolinejbald.bsky.social journal.ilpnetwork.org/articles/10....

@benhtownsend.bsky.social gradually we’re all coming over 🥳

Last few remaining places at this event. We invite you to join our impressive lineup of speakers chaired by Gerard McDermott KC to explore the litigation journey and how the role of the case manager and litigation professionals fit together. babicm.glueup.com/event/the-li...

@pbrownneuro.bsky.social brilliant to see you here 🥳 @ukabif.bsky.social

Good to have found you here @karminimccann.bsky.social 🥳

Great to see you here Liz @sisterscrappy.bsky.social Slowly catching up with everyone 🥳

💥UK wants to hire EU negotiator to reset relations. Progress!

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Who's benefiting from #PlaceBased initiatives? 84% of projects in our research support Children/Young People. But older adults, the homeless, & those with complex health needs see less funds. How can place-based approaches work for all? See more: https://buff.ly/4ekP09L

My mum dying suddenly and unexpectedly was, by a wide margin, the worst experience of my life. Made immeasurably more tolerable by support from family, friends and colleagues. I wrote about it in #ACPnews ½

On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation

Hello, we're the Mary Rose Museum! If you're here for the events info, the historical banter or just to look at pretty pictures of Tudor objects recovered from the seabed, we hope you'll stick around! MaryRose.org

Fantastic opportunity here for anyone interested in pursing a #PhD in violence against women #VAWG. Fully funded PhD based at Nottingham Trent and working with the wonderful Juno Women's Aid ufncollaboratory.ac.uk/volunteering...

The latest post on the Open Justice Court of Protection blog is by @jennykitzinger.bsky.social. How does the court decide if treatment withdrawal is in the best interests of P who has a Prolonged Disorder of Consciousness and no friends or family? openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/11/15/t...

🧪Our new OA research shows informal green spaces (IGS) are an integral part of the #urbanNature landscape, contributing as much as formal green spaces to species richness! 🌏 Using crowdsourced data we assessed how different #greenspace supports #birds & #plants 🗺️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Great new report from Citizens UK on pathways to citizenship. Launch last night was inspiring. These changes don’t look that radical. But they’d make a massive difference to a lot of people and hugely improve integration. www.citizensuk.org/campaigns/mi...

Want to come and join us as a Brain Injury Case Manager? We are now an Employee Ownership Trust (like the John Lewis model) which means that all of the staff run and own the company. head-first.org/sites/0057/u...

As we are all new here, another blast from the (recent) past, a systematic review of the evidence regarding social work and acquired brain injury. #neurorehabilitation #socialwork @biswg-uk.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

NHS never really recovered from the pandemic - just look at any of the NHS indicators: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/qualitywatch... As a nation, we seem intent on a communal forgetting of how bad it was. I'm reposting this thread of testimony on the reality of the NHS during first two waves. Pls watch.

📢 App Version 1.94 is rolling out today (1/5) A new release to go along with 20 million users! Open this thread for details. 🧵

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