"Older participants (46 and above) reported lower reliance on AI tools..[with]..a preference for traditional methods of problem-solving and information-gathering, which they felt kept their cognitive skills sharper" #AI #CriticalThinking www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...

Friday Flip-tops: #Electronica Live & Solo at Cercle Odyssey, Paris - Bonobo #EDM Tinzo's Turnables...are spinning youtu.be/dYsg37kwCwM

CBP agent Gregory Lairmore, who was the government’s first witness, told jurors that the sandwich “exploded” on his chest “You could smell the onions and the mustard" #EatFreshFeelGood thehill.com/regulation/c...

"...is there anything that could happen that would cause Karp to reconsider his work with ICE, or that even has implications on his broader work with the government?” " Good question #Politics #Palantir share.google/8WhdIUUF2b8f...

Fiets foto #HuisVanOranje

Fox News: A new poll finds about 70% of Americans say groceries are more expensive now than they were a year ago. About 60% of them are blaming Trump.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

"Trump’s Justice Department has acknowledged in legal briefs released in recent months that if the tariffs are ruled unlawful, importers would likely be entitled to refunds" Trump, returning (the alleged) $17Bn in tariff take... 🥫🪱🪱🪱🪱 www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

"“We haven’t reviewed the lawsuit, but if it’s from the California Republican Party and Harmeet Dhillon’s law firm, it’s going to fail,” Newsom’s press office said on the social platform X. “Good luck, losers” " #USA #Politics thehill.com/homenews/cam...

Pour one out for all the rich Republicans who threatened to leave NYC if Mamdani won. Enjoy Tennessee or Arkansas-- I'm sure it will be very fulfilling and the social life will be totally comparable!

"Without urgent action to resolve funding for redundancies and provide strategic commissioning support, the NHS risks entering the next phase of reform on unstable footing" www.nhsconfed.org/news/health-... #NHS #10YearPlan

AOC, "Elon Musk is not a scientist, he is not an engineer. He is a billionaire conman with a lot of money" Can you imagine any Labour MP saying this?

In the face of this cruel government shutdown, we’re taking another significant step to protect Maryland families and children: I’ve signed an executive order releasing $62 million to help Marylanders who rely on SNAP benefits put food on the table.

Netherlands to return stolen ancient sculpture to Egypt. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There is talk of an #AI bubble... From military targets to healthcare data analysis, Palantir has an apparent ubiquity that makes huge profit #Crystalball share.google/d9oj5JgicobS...

Ouch! #Politics #Hypocrisy youtube.com/shorts/BFzRV...

For those who've heard me 'banging on' about this recently: There are no easy answers to today's reality #NHS #Productivity myemail.constantcontact.com/Reality.html

I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

"NHS trusts with their own products have consistently pushed back on adopting the FDP and despite 150 trusts having onboarded, only 77 were live and actively reporting benefits in September 2025, according to NHSE figures" #NHS #HealthIT www.digitalhealth.net/2025/10/nhse...

"All branches of human knowledge, not just ‘hard’ sciences, can be valuable for understanding the world and guiding action. ...pragmatists want to know what will be done with the result; what are the implications or consequences of rejecting or failing to reject the hypothesis?" #Outcome #Focus

"Wes Streeting, health secretary, said: “This data is crystal clear – more patients are seeking GP appointments online – even before the requirement came into place on 1 October." Of course, there are no confounding variables involved in these actions. None 🙄 www.digitalhealth.net/2025/10/onli...

The Nobel Peace Prize campaign gathers steam.

Imagine that. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...

I decided to open up a Patreon you can join for free or support the process in. Idea is a place to share > 300 characters and detailed thoughts+discussion on every step of the way patreon.com/cw/Cristian_uy Also here's a first mockup into a journal system that collects gathered info #art #gamedev

Wealth begets inequality... youtube.com/shorts/bCsco...

DIY D. I. Done ✅ And so to #Music

Here's a new call for papers, for a special issue of the Journal of Critical Realism on critical realism and human-nature relations: criticalrealismnetwork.org/2025/10/30/c... Looks interesting!

🚨Ticket sales at the Kennedy Center plunged 43% after Trump’s takeover, with empty seats, staff cuts, and artist boycotts reflecting a documented decline in attendance and engagement. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/kennedy-ce...

Friday Soft-Shoe Shuffles: #BluesRock Paper Doll - Samantha Fish #JazzFunk 2 x 1: Mildlife Return To Centaurus Automatic Playin'... #Disco Feet Don't Fail Me Now! Dance, Dance, Dance Hand Clappin, Foot Stompin, Funky-Butt ... Live!, as Geno Washington would have it... 🕺🪩 youtu.be/JVUOZIEj0C4

Have you voted yet?

Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this. At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years

Use motivational interviewing to partner w/ teens in decision-making & aligning goals. This can foster collaboration & lead to improved health outcomes. @drhowardliu.bsky.social @drcjohns.bsky.social @scottvernaglia.bsky.social #MedSky closler.org/connecting-w...

GP Crisis is due to Top-Down management ~20% cuts in £/patient funding in 10yr ~Partnership future undermined ~NI hikes ~£ moved to Primary Care Networks ~GP roles cut from practices using ARRS More costly services being promoted by Govt/NHSE at the cost of patient care

What fresh hell is this? 'Inadvertent' is not a defence Property Problems: Mr Athwal Ms Rayner Ms Reeves #Disappointed (to say the least) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change. Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence. My latest for Live Science www.livescience.com/... 1/10

Midweek modulations: Sparkling Controversy - Floating Points Ain't That Peculiar? - Soulpersona Blinded By The LEDs - Lindstrøm The consolation of #Music

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) this week placed two federal prosecutors on leave after they wrote in a court filing that on Jan. 6, 2021, “thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol,” a source familiar with the personnel moves told Democracy Docket.

CATCH UP: @zubirahmed.bsky.social​, the newly appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety, shared his vision for AI in the NHS at our #AIintheNHS event. Watch the recording ⬇️ https://bit.ly/48eUPWU

A coalition of progressive student groups at the University of Mississippi plans to hold a town hall with several national progressive leaders to counter Vice President JD Vance’s appearance at a Turning Point U.S.A. event on the Oxford campus this evening. buff.ly/GYG2G5m

I was far more hurt and shocked by “island of strangers” than this, Sir! As my mum always told me, it’s all about expectations…

"Rascovan’s team also discounted previous work that detected R. prowazekii or trench fever (Bartonella quintana) in soldiers buried in the same mass grave" www.popsci.com/science/napo...

Solar panels using up all of the sun Yup. That’s Trump’s Energy Secretary. Have THEY ALL got dementia?

Read the article; it's full of quotes #WordSalad #AI #MedSky #HealthIT www.digitalhealth.net/2025/10/nhs-...

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Percutaneous #TMVR using the SAPIEN M3 system effectively reduced #vhdMR w/ low rates of complications & mortality in patients who were not candidates for conventional surgery or TEER, based on findings from ENCIRCLE presented at #TCT2025. 📑 Read on: https://bit.ly/4oESF7B #ACCIC #CardioSky #MedSky

"Several Labour MPs privately described Streeting’s language as “pointed”... One said: “It’s loyalty with a warning label – Wes is saying get a grip.” " The kind of grip he got via his repetitive 'broken' NHS diatribe & 10 year plan? Sheesh... share.google/TciujbOOHqoa...