Dr Linda Dykes

Given Trump has clearly demonstrated he thinks it is perfectly reasonable to kill or kidnap leaders of whatever countries he fancies, he surely cannot possibly expect not to become someone else’s target?

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for an immediate cessation of hostilities following the strikes on Iran, saying the alternative would be a wider conflict that would destabilize the region

My friend’s lurcher pups have graduated from the whelping pen in the bedroom!

We can now see which will be smooth coated vs rough/broken coated (or at least with furnishings) so it’s time to start looking for wonderful homes. Herefordshire/Shrops/Worcs border area.

#lurcherpuppywatch

Stunning and historic result in the Gordon and Denton parliamentary by-election in the UK.

The anti-genocide Green Party led by Zack Polanski has won the seat from Keir Starmer's governing Labour Party.

Nigel Farage's Reform UK and its odious candidate Matt Goodwin beaten.

Not that you give a fuck but here He Is

Our paper on Symptom Patterns, Recovery, and Impact of
#LongCovid is now published. This is follow up data over 1 yr. Note how the pattern of symptoms changes over time with most starting out as fluctuating pattern and more ending up with a constant symptom pattern.
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This is great news!!!!

Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social,

I have enjoyed our exchange of letters about which of our parties is best placed to stop Reform. Hannah Spencer MP and I trust that you agree that this question has now been resolved once and for all.

Thanks,
Zack Polanski

Extraordinary that in these fractious & divided times, so many of us can unite around the single, simple fact that Matthew Goodwin is an irredeemable twat.

Labour MP Ian Byrne: "The lines from the PM and Cabinet today essentially labelling the Green Party as extremist is appalling, desperate and frankly embarrassing.

"It also makes very clear that the leadership has zero understanding of where it has been going wrong."

This is terrible from Starmer. Just absolute trash. And any normal voter looking at the new MP and then reading this description will think him mad.

🎯🎯

Just saying, but when people are trying to do everything they can to prevent you from voting, that’s when you absolutely need to vote.

Ready to make this the biggest midterm turnout in history?

Dear Humans,

Stop blaming me for all your bullshit. I don’t even exist. Grow up.

The three people most mentioned in the Epstein files are Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Donald Trump.
One of them died in prison, one of them is in prison now, and one of them is president. #cdnpoli

This seems ungood. #fascism

Senator calls for DEA to provide info on "incredibly disturbing" Epstein drug investigation Federal drug enforcement investigators targeted Jeffrey Epstein and 14 others in a yearslong probe first reported by CBS News.

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

Keir Starmer's attempt to paint the Greens as extremists yet again reveals his intolerance of political difference. His instincts are illiberal and authoritarian.

One of my paramedic-based EM ACPs just rang me to say they’d been appointed to a Frailty/Geris ACP role and that I’d sparked the career direction change by enthusing about complex frail patients and I am unbelievably chuffed! (Tho sad they will be leaving the ED)

Most people in a cost of living crisis think primarily on the cost of living.
Seems an utterly reasonable point on which to connect with people, when canvassing for their vote.
'There is no climate or environmental justice without social, racial, and economic justice - @zackpolanski.bsky.social'

interesting that new Green MP Hannah Spencer talks almost entirely about public services, cost of living, NHS, the grind of making ends meet....

and hardly ever mentions ecological/environmental issues....

this is the pivot that scares Labour the most

Green Party got 47% in the Gorton & Denton by-election

their previous highest by-election result anywhere, ever, was just 10%

Matt Goodwin has been sent back to Substack. The Conservatives have lost their deposit. Keir Starmer has been told left wing voters are not a guarantee for Labour. Overall, British politics could do worse than follow Gorton and Denton.

Now there is hope! It's no longer a choice between grim and grimmer. We can vote for who we want and win. Anywhere.
It's just one constituency, but the Green victory in Gorton and Denton is an electric shock to our political system.

Always read the Alt text.

“The United States trained the cartel by the way.”

Yup. True damn statement.

U.S. Special Forces trained drug enforcement and cartel personnel back in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s on special ops gorilla tactics and urban defense warfare during the “War on Drugs.”

Mistake.
I was there BTW. 😎

The optics of sending goons to terrorize and kill Minnesotans were too bad the the administration, so now they’re going to hurt Minnesotans in more subtle ways 🤬🤬🤬

The Deaths Doctors Never Thought They’d See in the U.S. For years, the worst outcomes of measles were all but unknown in the U.S. Now they look inevitable.

For years, the worst outcomes of measles were all but unknown in the U.S. Now they look inevitable.

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Reform wants to change your public-sector pension - experts say it's a bad idea The right-wing party's proposed changes would 'almost certainly result in industrial action' and be a 'huge mistake'

Dear #NHS employee: think twice before voting Ref*rm: they’re intending to wreck your #pension dreams and hopes, and make YOU pay for it.

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