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NGOs urge Nandy to halt sale of Telegraph over China links Letter from rights groups says RedBird Capital’s proposed takeover threatens media pluralism and transparency

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For one moment I thought the call was to stop selling COPIES of #dailytelegraph
Tempting though….

This is what you get if you vote Reform. Chaos and lies:

RFK Jr has slashed vaccine research. You need to know how perilous that is for the world | Devi Sridhar The avian flu virus is now just one mutation away from easier transmission among humans. Trump’s health chief is a grave risk to world health, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at ...

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Sane response to idiocy and incompetence of this US dept from one who actually understands the problem

"I'm not anti-vax but" has a 94% positive predictive value for being anti-vax.

EXCLUSIVE TO ALL NEWSPAPERS POWDER KEG UK ABOUT TO BLOW UP AS BRITAIN STANDS ON THE BRINK OF THE WHOLE NATION DESCENDING INTO CIVIL WAR by Our Apocalypse Staff HELENA HANDCART THE entire country has turned into a tinderbox, one spark and the whole thing could turn into a raging inferno of hatred and violence. All it needs is one little push - preferably from us - and this once peaceful island will explode. It may not take much, maybe an article with some badly researched facts, maybe some exaggerated and provocative hyperbole, and before we know it there'll be blood on the streets, and flames too, as millions of furious citizens attack each other, the police, and the emergency services, not to mention the armed forces should they tragically be called in to deal with the hate-filled mob rampaging through our cities, towns and villages, armed with burning torches and pitchforks, calling for justice, free speech and the immediate death of everyone they don't like. (Top journalism, Ed). Make no mistake, if Britain even exists by next week, we will run this piece again until someone sparks the tinderbox on the brink of the powderkeg that... (cont. for entire summer).

No one sums up the utter shamelessness of the British press and the ugly politics of Farage quite like Private Eye.

I’ve spent my life fighting bullies. I still believe there’s hope for America | Robert Reich As a child, an activist, and secretary of labor, I’ve seen the harm bullies cause. Yet I can see what led to Trump’s rise

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Very good analysis of recent US politics from one who should know

Artist Svetlana Petrova, who decided to add her big ginger cat to some iconic paintings to create some fun artworks #WomensArt

Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world | Eleanor Drage Titans like Musk would love us to believe innovation means top-down solutions that only enrich the wealthy. In fact, we all have the power, says Eleanor Drage, research fellow at Cambridge University

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Fascinating stuff here

@timsenior.bsky.social asked the question in 2012 [which I confess I overlooked at the time] :
How can music be used in med ed ? - or something similar

Great question - and here's a starter :
Peter Grimes and child protection [and much else besides]

Any other thoughts out there?

#meded #opera

A Tribute to Tom L. Beauchamp (1939–2025) Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Ahead of Print, 2025)

A Tribute to Tom L. Beauchamp (1939–2025) - By James Childress & Jeffrey Kahn | American Journal of Bioethics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The right wants to kill off the NHS. Striking doctors are playing into their hands | Polly Toynbee The BMA’s demand for pay restoration is a slap in the face for the health secretary who gave them a 22% rise – and it’s testing the public’s sympathy, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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American musical satirist Tom Lehrer dies at 97, US media report

RIP #tomlehrer the finest of American songwriters

Just published a short piece arguing that it's not that important if it's the role of the doctor to administer lethal drugs.

#philsky #bioethics

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It’s excruciating listening to reasonable questions of #nickrobinson on #bbc #today to an Israeli mouthpiece

Spot on Brian
We need this like a hole in the head - will hurt the Greens I think, who could be part of a coalition after next GE.

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana agree to launch leftwing party Former Labour MPs condemn ‘rigged’ system and promise ‘a mass redistribution of wealth and power’

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Welcome to the vanity project of #jeremycorbyn

Farage promises to build more jails by Our Reform Correspondent Nick Money BRITAIN'S next prime minister, Nigel Farage, has vowed to expand the prison service to deal with the increasing lawlessness in Broken Britain. Farage said it was imperative that we have more prisons to accommodate law-breakers such as Reform MPs. Said Farage, "No, let me finish! We are looking at hundreds more Reform MPs after the next election, and with our vetting systems we are guaranteed to have a vast number of criminal members of Parliament, who have stolen public money or pushed their girlfriends down the stairs." When asked how much all this would cost, the Reform leader explained in great detail that he didn't have a clue and couldn't care less. Farage also promised to send the worst offenders to El Salvador, following a successful pilot programme sending Reform supporters to live in Dubai.

When so much of the media rolls out the comfy red carpet for Farage, Private Eye trips him up and milkshakes him.
Be more Private Eye.

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From @roylilley1.bsky.social a dose of common sense, and NHS politicisation explained :

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Note the high transaction costs of any 'reform' - it's money just wasted....

‘It takes the passing of time to fully grasp the scale of the previous government’s vandalism’
@pollytoynbee.bsky.social in today’s #guardian
She’s right, but most of the #tory vandalism was evident from the start

Teenage pregnancy rates are a barometer of Britain’s progress. The tale they now tell is not reassuring | Polly Toynbee Years of austerity have destroyed the web of services that tackled this complex problem. Compared to our European neighbours, we are failing, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Tory benches almost deserted as Philp cops a lesson on small boats | John Crace Shadow minister crashes and burns as Yvette Cooper makes statement on new Channel crossing arrangements

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On the continuing ineptitude of #tory MPs

If so, then what happens to these individuals on joining a Tory cabinet?
Because their collective decisions have been almost universally appalling
(Won’t enumerate- it’s too obvious)
Could be fossilised members influence?

Totally agree David

It’s not credited often enough what a sea change this cabinet is - a real watershed

The contrast with Cameron’s entitled incompetents is stark

Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain would support UK rejoining EU, poll finds YouGov survey suggests majority support idea of Britain returning to bloc – but not on same terms it once enjoyed

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But typical of #tory decision making:
#brexit #railwayprivatisation #electingtruss #pfi et al

Don’t believe the myth: Britain’s services have been hit hard by Brexit Export growth has been strong but not lived up to its potential

Don’t believe the myth: Britain’s services have been hit hard by Brexit

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INVESTING FINANCE BANKS INVESTING WALL STREET HEDGE FUNDS MSA Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?' Tae Kim | afirstadopter had 81S PHET Wed. 11 Aprf 2018 | Updard 7:20 PM ET wed, 11 Agrl 2019 # CNBC ess of its [G us

With all this talk of Sunak and Goldman Sachs’s, thought I would post this. It sums up everything that’s wrong with the world.

This is such good writing from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social as usual

Describing how #brexit has poisoned so much in UK politics

I think it’s poisoned every thing…

Former Conservative party chair Jake Berry defects to Reform UK Former cabinet minister claims Tories have ‘abandoned the British people’ in fresh blow to Kemi Badenoch

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Rodents and sinking ships