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Alan

@adowns1877.bsky.social

Ex geologist. Ex software developer. Ex house husband, not ex husband to be clear 🀣 Currently, working in clinical trials at NPEU, Oxford University. Wolves supporter. Wargamer. Love hillwalking when a pub is involved. Owned by a Westie. UK based.

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Yes, but the majority will only read the headline. Probably via social media. The irony isn't lost. This then becomes "truth". In your first post you mentioned the right. Only the rights "elite" think this way. Farage and his ilk, especially as they didn't get the Brexit they wanted.

13.07.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not so sure. Critical thinking isn't what it use to be. People want sound bites and headlines. Most won't read the detail

13.07.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations. You are doing fabulously

06.06.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you know, you know

21.04.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 12961    πŸ” 2978    πŸ’¬ 488    πŸ“Œ 277
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We’re excited to share that recruitment for the DOLFIN study is now complete! | DOLFIN | NPEU The National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) is a multidisciplinary research unit based at the University of Oxford. Our work involves running randomised con

We’re excited to share that recruitment for the DOLFIN study is now complete!

Read the full article here: bit.ly/DOLFIN_Complete

A huge thank you to everyone involved for your amazing teamwork and support.
@npeu-oxford.bsky.social

16.04.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Awww that's so sweet πŸ˜…

30.03.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FACT OF THE DAY. 26 March 1953. In a huge medical breakthrough, US medical researcher Dr Jonas Salk announced that he had created the first polio vaccine. Polio cases fell from 58,000 per year in 1952 to 6,000 by 1958. Salk’s vaccine was replaced by a new one developed by Albert Sabin in 1962.

26.03.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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PERSON OF THE DAY. 15 March 44 BC. Julius Caesar (aged 55) Roman Consul and Dictator for Life of the Roman Republic was stabbed to death during a senate session at the Curia of Pompey, located in Rome's Theatre of Pompey. The brutal murder prompted the phrase: β€œBeware the Ides of March.”

15.03.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The fur thief has been at it again. Poor Bailey

14.03.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Digital reconstruction of the seventh-century Bamburgh Sword found during excavations at Bamburgh Castle.

Digital reconstruction of the seventh-century Bamburgh Sword found during excavations at Bamburgh Castle.

Oswiu, king of the Northumbrians, died #OTD 670. Kingdom reached its peak under him. He avenged his brother and predecessor Oswald by slaying Penda, pagan king of the Mercians, in battle. Aligned his Church with tonsure and liturgy of Rome at Synod of Whitby. Bamburgh Sword 7thC

15.02.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Where's all the money that Elon Musk is cutting going to?

To Elon Musk.

15.02.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 246    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

Not at all. I was a student again at 49 at the University of South Wales. It was a blast.

09.02.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Are you happy with Brexit? Yes 29%, No 70%, don’t know 1%

Are you happy with Brexit? Yes 29%, No 70%, don’t know 1%

Just a little poll in The Express.

You know what to do β€”> xd.wayin.com/display/cont...

04.02.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2045    πŸ” 864    πŸ’¬ 237    πŸ“Œ 73

Oh poor pooch. Hope she recovers quickly πŸ•πŸΎπŸΎ

04.02.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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04.02.2025 08:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Empowered by Canada's response, I *sincerely* hope the EU will now also show their muscles. This man is senile and a full-time idiot!

03.02.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Incredible to see a president tanking the world’s economy simply because he doesn’t understand it and is too dedicated to belligerent posturing to learn

03.02.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 16140    πŸ” 2271    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 180
Many stars crowd the image, shining in shades of white, blue, and orange, and more closely concentrated at the center.

Many stars crowd the image, shining in shades of white, blue, and orange, and more closely concentrated at the center.

Bright blue stars are in a cluster at the center of the image. They are surrounded by a shell of brownish and burnt orange dust and gas. The shell has ridges that reach towards the stars like teeth. Stars within the dust and gas are hidden from Hubble but visible to Webb in the infrared. A number of more distant galaxies also appear in the background.

Bright blue stars are in a cluster at the center of the image. They are surrounded by a shell of brownish and burnt orange dust and gas. The shell has ridges that reach towards the stars like teeth. Stars within the dust and gas are hidden from Hubble but visible to Webb in the infrared. A number of more distant galaxies also appear in the background.

Ferocious stellar winds, likely from the bright blue star at the top of the image, are blowing through a curtain of dust. The fine dust scatters the starlight at blue wavelengths. Farther down, another bright, super-hot star shines through filaments of obscuring dust, looking like the Sun shining through scattered clouds. A diagonal string of fainter accompanying stars looks reddish because dust is filtering starlight, allowing more of the red light to get through. The bottom of the picture presents a keyhole peek deep into the dark nebula. Hubble captures the reddish glow of ionized hydrogen. It looks like a fireworks finale, with several overlapping events.

Ferocious stellar winds, likely from the bright blue star at the top of the image, are blowing through a curtain of dust. The fine dust scatters the starlight at blue wavelengths. Farther down, another bright, super-hot star shines through filaments of obscuring dust, looking like the Sun shining through scattered clouds. A diagonal string of fainter accompanying stars looks reddish because dust is filtering starlight, allowing more of the red light to get through. The bottom of the picture presents a keyhole peek deep into the dark nebula. Hubble captures the reddish glow of ionized hydrogen. It looks like a fireworks finale, with several overlapping events.

Fluffy tan-colored nebula clouds, with rust-colored highlights, surround a black central area. Within that area, the focal point of the image is one large yellow star with eight long thin points. To the right of this star is a bright star cluster in an oval shape. The stars within the cluster look like tiny pale blue sparkles. The cluster is more densely packed at its core and scatters outward. Towards the bottom of the image, multiple arms appear to spiral out of a cloudy tan knob. Taken together, the structures resemble a spider or a squid. Other blue and yellow eight-pointed stars, as well as distant galaxies, are dotted throughout the image. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team

Fluffy tan-colored nebula clouds, with rust-colored highlights, surround a black central area. Within that area, the focal point of the image is one large yellow star with eight long thin points. To the right of this star is a bright star cluster in an oval shape. The stars within the cluster look like tiny pale blue sparkles. The cluster is more densely packed at its core and scatters outward. Towards the bottom of the image, multiple arms appear to spiral out of a cloudy tan knob. Taken together, the structures resemble a spider or a squid. Other blue and yellow eight-pointed stars, as well as distant galaxies, are dotted throughout the image. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team

i can’t fix anything that’s going on right now, but i can show you some beauty that’s out there… 🌌✨

28.01.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 9252    πŸ” 923    πŸ’¬ 216    πŸ“Œ 44
Screenshot of the β€œopinionometer” answers

Screenshot of the β€œopinionometer” answers

Public responses to EU-related questions in Falmouth, Cornwall yesterday.

Passers by were invited to put a sticker in the boxes to give their answers.

Follow @cornwall4eu.bsky.social

26.01.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2270    πŸ” 709    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 38
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Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.

β€œWhen a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC πŸ”₯🎯

22.01.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 93495    πŸ” 30396    πŸ’¬ 2445    πŸ“Œ 1769
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Banksy drops another bomb.

22.01.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5958    πŸ” 1807    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 98

Did he practice it beforehand?
Because it looks like he practiced it beforehand.

21.01.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 491    πŸ” 227    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 14
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FACT OF THE DAY. 21 January 1799. Edward Jenner’s smallpox vaccination was introduced. It was the 1st vaccine to be developed against a contagious disease. From 1958 to 1977, the World Health Organization conducted a smallpox global vaccination campaign which completely eradicated the disease.

21.01.2025 09:07 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Well done πŸ‘

21.01.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Drive
Road
Straße
Close
Way
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17.01.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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